Slow drivers are dangerous too

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I have nothing against old people driving as long as they follow the speed limit, where I live a lot of asian people drive very slow, some go 10mph under the speed limit, people should just drive the speed limit, if they are going slow saty in the slow lane.

Thank you for that, Obvious, but you are 1 in a million with such a reasonable attitude! I get drivers sitting on my bumper, flashing their lights, because I am doing 30 in, admittedly, a totally ridiculous place in the middle of nowhere, but the limit is 30, so I do 30. I don't give a flying whatsit about whether or not he is in a hurry, but I do care at losing my licence, which is what will happen to me if I get another speeding fine.

I've learned my lesson, but I wish that impatient drivers wouldn't try and bully law abiding citizens into breaking the law.

Nikki, You're not what people are classing as a slow driver. As you say, you do 20 in a 20, 30 in a 30 etc. The problem lies with drivers that do 20 in a 30, 30 in a 40, 35-45 in a 60. These are the people that are driving too slow and causing frustration among other road users.

I take the point you are making Obvious, but I still do not agree that slow drivers are dangerous. I classify myself as a slow driver ... in other words, I stick scrupulously to the speed limit, driving 20 in a 20, 30 in a 30 etc. etc. No little boy racer up my backside flashing his lights and hooting is going to make me go faster. Yet, if I had to suddenly brake because a child had darted out across the road, he would run into the back of me and doubtless try and blame me for driving too slowly!

I am quite capable of driving at 70 on the motorway when in my husband's Audi Estate, but when in my little Nissan Micra on a very windy motorway, I do not feel safe driving at 70, and so therefore don't. I do not see how or why this could be classified as being dangerous. It would be very dangerous indeed if I sped along at 70 and my car was blown over.

Nikki: You're missing the point. It isn't the speed that kills the child, it's the inability of the driver to figure out what was a sensible speed to be driving given the surroundings. A speed limit is not the answer and I'll give you an example:- It is safe to drive at 150mph down the centre lane of the M6 at 4 am on Christmas Morning yet it is illegal! It is not however safe to drive at 30mph through Picadilly circus at 9am on a Monday morning yet it is legal! My point is that the problem is not with the speed being driven but with the surroundings and ability of the driver.
Drivers that drive excessively fast are undoubtedly dangerous as they invariably lack the skills to do so, but similarly those that drive far too slow can also be dangerous. They invariably drive too slow because they are unable to react quickly to their surrouundings. You could fairly argue that they are driving within their abilities and are therefore exercising good judgement, but too often it is because thier driving skills have deteriorated to a below acceptable standard yet they continue to drive. These people are undoubtedly dangerous and definitely exist. My father should no longer drive, fact, yet he continues to do so. He has never had an accident in over 50 years of driving yet recently he has told me of several 'idiots' that have had accidents near him. Listening to his explanation of said accidents it is clear that his lack of speed was a contributing factor in some of them. Are slow drivers dangerous? Without a doubt!

I cant understand how some people on here seem to defend slow drivers when it seems clear to me if you are not confident to drive 60 in a 60 and 70 on a dual carriageway or motorway THEN WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING ON THE ROAD!! people who are not confident to drive 70 on a motorway should have their license revoked the majority of people in this country are good safe drivers but there's people who need to get off the road and onto the bus. and for people who drive 2.0l cars and think its fair to drive less than 70 down a slip road what about the 1.0l behind you who will take ages to get to 70 and cause mayhem when its the idiot in fronts fault!

how obvious: it doesn't matter how brilliant a driver you are, even Lewis Hamilton himself. If a child, a dog, a wild animal, jumps out in front of you, everyone has a better chance of survival if you are going 30 than if you are going 60. Hit a child at 30, that child will have an 80% chance of surviving. Hit a child at 40 (or it may be 50, can't remember, senior moment!), that child has an 80% of dying. It's as simple as that.