Slow drivers are dangerous too
Plenty of people complain about drivers speeding, drink driving and tailgating etc. But there are other types of driver; maybe not so obvious that are still a menace to the rest of us. It's the slow driver who dithers along completely oblivious to anyone around him or her. How many times have you encountered one of these on the motorway or on a winding A road?
Also, I have noticed that people who drive powerful cars who tend to drive at least 10 mph under the speed limit at all times. They then brake for a ridiculous of time when going into a corner, making you’re journey both time consuming and frustrating. Why do they do this when their car is more than capable of travelling at speed? Of course having a powerful car doesn't mean you should race around everywhere and put people at risk!
Another example of slow driving that can be dangerous is when people go onto the slip road of a motorway or dual carriageway; they pull into the main line of traffic nowhere near the speed limit causing all sorts of chaos.
This is specifically true of some old people, who in my opinion should have to retake their driving test. Why do we need speed cameras to stop people speeding? They need to sort out the old people who drive too slowly as well as the speeders! I think these people are just as dangerous on the roads as those who go over the speed limit.
Let's have some common sense on the roads please.
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Just keep those bleedin lorries in the left hand lane, problem solved on dual carriage and motorways! And keep tractors and pensioners off B roads before 9am and after 4pm.
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Fella - 30-Jan-13 19:50
I really wish that all driving speed limits were abolished and people could drive at whatever speeds there like. Fast acceleration and sharp braking is good for the motor car. Get where ever you are going fast, sod everybody else. Do not believe the AA and RAC when they tell you that steady driving habits save money, just get your heavy boots on, live a bit. Yer.
P.S Short school runs are particularly advantageous as long as you rev the engine a lot outdide the school gates trying to impress the other morons.
P.S Short school runs are particularly advantageous as long as you rev the engine a lot outdide the school gates trying to impress the other morons.
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BP/ Esso/Tesco fuel share holder. - 27-Sep-12 12:33
i failed my test today because i was on a dual carriageway and the examiner told me to follow the signs to a certain directoion and there was a sign saying to leave at the nxt slip road so i went into the left lane only to find i was behind a slow moving vehicle going 40mph, turns out the slip road was further down the road and i was stuck behind the vehicle because the traffic in the right was going 70 and was dence and i couldnt pull out into a slight gap because of causing traffic to break and slow down which is supposed to be a bad thing so why did the examiner give me a serious and fail me? its not like i could do anything else
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allan - 26-Sep-12 21:45
Oh Boblet, so many answers...so little time. I'm going to show an amazing amount os self restraint and refrain from commenting any further.
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Freddie - 8-Aug-12 14:03
Do twerps look for sites that do not appear to have a resident twerp, then fill that gap? or are they just random visitors that move in to a vacuum & cause a pain in ones @rse? I hope it is the latter so the G,O,t,Ws most recent twerp will move on sometime soon.
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boblet - 7-Aug-12 09:08
Bad grammar is terrible and should not be accepted. Got the lanes wrong, the definitions I mean. Other than that, good points.
Signed, Kathy
Signed, Kathy
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Kathy - 20-Mar-12 11:44
Slow drivers cause accidents. They are as much of a danger as anyone else who drives without due consideration for other road users.
If they are incapable of driving at more than 30 mph they should not be driving at all, particularly as they may be suffering from impaired vision or other medical problems.
If they are incapable of driving at more than 30 mph they should not be driving at all, particularly as they may be suffering from impaired vision or other medical problems.
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MikeP - 25-Oct-11 14:59
I got stuck in a long line of traffic on a major road last week, held up by a small car tootling along at 40mph or less. Because the road has very few decent straights for overtaking, the queue built up to around 30 cars & yet the elderly driver didn't use a layby to allow us all to pass. This was very frustrating for all of us, but it wasn't dangerous. The only time it became dangerous was when one driver couldn't deal with his frustration and overtook 5 cars at once, failing to get back in before a hill top and others had to brake to let him in. Slow drivers might be a right pain, but impatient drivers are dangerous.
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Alf Red - 25-Oct-11 13:40
I recommend all drivers to visit Bradistan for a day. When they return to civilisation they will be able to view ordinary bad drivers in a different light. Eight open top white sports cars came roaring out of a side street onto a duel carriageway today, one stopped slewed across the carriageway blocking it, whilst the others seven zoomed noisily across on its inside. Absolutely no respect was shown to me or other drivers. Further down they had both lanes blocked again. I over took on the wrong side of the road then cut in front of them to a chorus of mother Fu**er from the Asian drivers. If I had not had a woman passenger with me I would have done something about their lack of respect. This site has a rule about bad mouthing ethnic groups but believe me Bradistany drivers truly stretch this British sense of fairplay
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Boblet - 3-Jul-11 20:24
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Female driver speeds through 20 mph Hebden Bridge and gets right up my backside as I go towards Todmorden sticking to the limit. She got so frustrated at me sticking to the limit she overtook in a 30 mph zone doing more like 40. Typical thinking of the types that think they are a cut above the law.
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Female driver speeds through 20 mph Hebden Bridge and gets right up my backside as I go towards Todmorden sticking to the limit. She got so frustrated at me sticking to the limit she overtook in a 30 mph zone doing more like 40. Typical thinking of the types that think they are a cut above the law.
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ach-y-fi - 3-Jul-11 12:12
That road I drive on every day is a major trunk road and for years the traffic used to be either at a standstill or at walking pace during the rush hour. The solution......the speed limit was reduced from 70mph to 50 mph over the troublesome section - and it's worked. Instead of the idiots racing and braking hard, the vehicles actually make steady progress, albeit slow at times. The other upside, is it's reduced the number of accidents that hold everybody up.
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Alf Red - 7-May-11 13:20
Alf I am not sure that a lot of drivers appreciate that getting to close to the car in front then having to brake causes tailbacks.
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Boblet - 6-May-11 20:10
I don't see what the problem is with slower drivers. OK, they may hold other drivers up a bit, but if any driver gets "so frustrated that they place themselves in dangerous situations such as overtaking on hills in order to pass", then I would question whether they are mentally suited to holding a driving licence and anyone who confesses to being like that should maybe consider some sort of stress relief. If you became frustrated and carried out dangerous manoevres or suffered road rage while taking your driving test, you would fail, so why become an idiot just because you've passed the test. The slow tractors are a pain, but are not doing anything illegal, unless there's a traffic order banning them, so if we feel that we may be held up, just set off earlier. Having travelled in rush hour traffic on a busy dual carriageway for many years, I would have welcomed the opportunity to travel as quickly as a tractor, it was walking pace most of the time and not a tractor in sight. If everyone just chilled out a bit, showed some courtesy, let other cars onto the main roads and stopped the flat out acceleration and heavy braking that causes tailbacks, we would all arrive at our destinations less tired and stressed.
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Alf Red - 6-May-11 17:46
Am I the only one completely fed up with slow moving tractors on the road during rush hour times i.e. between 7 and 9am, then again between 4 and 5pm?
Despite the many lay-bys and endless places they could stop, these slow moving tractors still move onward relentlessly either completely oblivious, or simply ignorant to the traffic behind them. Drivers then get so frustrated that they place themselves in dangerous situations such as overtaking on hills in order to pass these ignorant farmers and their tractors!!
There is not a day passes by when these idiots are NOT on the road whilst I'm driving to work. Rush hour can be a complete nightmare! Instead of holding up the traffic, they should at least have the decency to pull over to allow the REAL drivers to arrive at work on time!!
Tractors and slow moving vehicles as such should be banned from the road at rush hour when people are going to and from work. It's little wonder a lot of drivers suffer from road rage because I'm beginning to lose it too!!
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Wee Linda Lou - 17-Apr-11 21:36
The person quoted on the 10th march claiming to be The Crash Expert is not the real one.
The real Crash Expert did not write the comment.
Someone who hijacked the identity of the Crash Expert wrote the comment.
The real Crash Expert did not write the comment.
Someone who hijacked the identity of the Crash Expert wrote the comment.
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the crash expert - 28-Mar-11 00:13
Well crash expert you may be happy after all these years, I am not. You have just disproved my favourite theory. "You cannot educate cabbage"
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Boblet - 10-Mar-11 14:09
You're welcome. I have my shortcomings too as I've only just figured out the red lights mean stop and not nail it to the floor! LOL
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AOD - 10-Mar-11 12:07
I'm sorry, hey after all these years I just read the Highway Code and guess what , you're right, the outside lane is for overtaking after all. No wonder I've been getting funny looks all these years. They don't call me the "Expert" for nothing you know. Thinking about it maybe that stretch of road had a 40 limit as well, silly me !
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the crash expert - 10-Mar-11 11:30
Hey crash expert buddy, I think you've got your insides and your outsides a tad mixed up there haven't you? The inside lane is the slow lane, the middle and outside lane are the ones for overtaking.
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AOD - 10-Mar-11 08:53
I came upon a mobile chicane on the outskirts of Oxford today, a red car travelling on the northern bypass in the inside lane doing literally 40mph! I flashed the driver from behind because I was closing up from 60/65mph and gaining fast, there was no response from the red car, so I eased the gas, and then when a gap in the outside lane opened up I moved out and overtook.
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the crash expert - 9-Mar-11 22:24
