Slow drivers are dangerous too

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.

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.

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

1720 2nd July 2011
BT03TGE
Black Peugeot Convertible
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.

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.

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.

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.

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!!

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.

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"

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

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 !

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.

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.

Boblet.......I must admit that I am guilty of doing that too. One thing I have been doing for a few years now is dipping my headlights as a courteous thank you instead of flashing my full beam. I've never understood the concept of saying thanks to somebody by blinding them!
I'll stop doing the brake light thing as well now. I just wish some people would stop doing the front or rear fog lights when they're not needed thing but that's a whole different argument!!!!

X207FNP

Blue Ford Focus Zetec

Impatient and aggressive driver getting right up my rear trying to get me to go faster. I was doing the speed limit and there was a lot of traffic in front going at the speed limit. He overtakes doing about 60 in a 40 zone and barges his way back into the stream of traffic. A585 towards Fleetwood on 2nd March about 6.25pm.

A typical show-off who is deluded.

Of course,young drivers are the source of all road problems. Round where I live,the young generation of drivers drive like manics,crashing into bulidings and destroying shops!
As for the old people however,they just drive 30 miles under the speed limit and cause traffic jams!
Other than that,it's quite fine around these parts.

I am being satirical here,you know.

Learning from the Gripes, I read a gripe recently where it was pointed out that some drivers hold their car stationary at lights etc using the foot brake thus dazzling the car behind. I have now stopped doing this & can only appreciate the fact that it was pointed out to me. I did not realize that it was an example of bad driving.

Why do people who speed in cars & motorbikes never speed in Work? I have never met one person, male or female, young or old, that went to fast in the work place, unless they were driving a forklift truck of course.

'Matthew Sibley'

It is well known that Congo does not enter into private correspondence and it must be noted you are quoting US research. This, I would venture is not applicable to UK drivers and would probably be disputed by many insurance companies.

Do you have any relevant UK research to support your contention?