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DTPCHEMICALS

Evening all
I travel about 600 miles per week on business and usually drive to the speed limit, and a bit more where safe to do so.
Over the last few days since the hike in fuel prices i have spotted two new breeds of driver with similar driving characteristics.

1 The large car and 4x4 driver.
2 The older driver.

Both seem to think it is a good idea to drive at 40 - 50 mph totally oblivious to the queue of traffic behind them. At the end of the queue is usually some pimply youth in his corsa wanting to overtake all of the cars in front and in one go.
Slow drivers and speeders are as dangerous as each other.

Have you spotted any of the above.

Dave P

mrtrilby

We get plenty of those queues around here thanks to lorries that are limited to 40MPH (I think) on A roads. When some of them obey it, you can get big convoys build up.

I rarely manage to get to the speed limit when I'm driving the van.

IMHO, slow drivers aren't the problem - it's the people who bunch up behind who have no intention to overtake, but get irate and leave no gap to help those who do want to.

People in general seem to have little idea how to overtake (you even get the impression that some think it's totally illegal), nor any idea on how to make it easier/safer for others to overtake. Quite a contrast to driving in France.

camper69

ksebruce

On a recent trip to Norfolk, from the A1 to Kings Lynn and from there to Gt Yarmouth we were constantly stuck behind artics limited to 40 mph (according to the notice on the back). I have been told that this is to decrease the emissions contributing to global warming. Hmmm I find in the m/home and the car 40 mph keeps me in 4th gear rather than 5th which I would imagine have the opposite effect. Also I think it will lead to accidents due to the "nutters" scraping past in frustration. We saw at least half a dozen "near misses". I believe Tesco is one of the companies involved perhaps they should review this policy?

aultymer

Jagman

Hello All

Interesting topic, well done Dave P, I could go on and on but will just say my most scary experiences in the past year have been in N.Cumbria, West Central Wales, Cotswolds and some parts of Merseyside on straight bits of A road when overtakers seriously risk head-on collisions which would have closing speeds of 120mph plus - more of a plane-crash really. Recent horror accidents in each of those areas resulted from such risks going wrong. It always male drivers and usually young. Frustration prompting red-mist manoeuvre could be due to either your Mk1 or Mk 2 drivers though Dave. Rant over.

Pollydoodle

I think you will find that 40mph on a single carriage way is the legal limit for an HGV, not a speed made up by Tescos and the like.

SidT

Hi Camper69. must agree with others on this topic, having driven in France for many years the worse drivers I have witnessed have been Brits who seem to think there is no speed limit on the autoroutes.
Sid

camper69