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Ditherers

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SWMongoose · 06/01/2017 16:43

They say you should allow enough time for a journey that includes reasonable delays. When does 'reasonable' become a joke. A simple 35 mile trip was plagued by ditherers, middle and outside lane hoggers and worst of all what I call the ten-unders, those people who no matter the speed limit insist on driving at 10mph below it. Now I know this will incur the ire of the pedant but when I took my motorcycle test relatively recently the instructor and examiner both said how important it was to drive at or as close to the 'speed limit' as was safely possible, proving that it wasn't a limit but a target that helped remove chaos.

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HecateAntaia · 06/01/2017 16:47

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SellFridges · 06/01/2017 16:50

I failed my driving test first time for driving too slowly. The examiner was adamant that this is as dangerous as driving too fast as it's unpredictable.

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LTBforGin · 06/01/2017 16:58

Better be no ditherers in my way this pm-got 200miles to do.

It's frustrating if there's nothing you can do about it (unlit, dark, country lane for example). But generally I overtake anyone who's dithering as soon as it's safe to do so.

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Pineappletastic · 06/01/2017 17:08

Over the holidays someone in front of us actually came to a complete stop on the entry slip to the motorway after a services, seems that couldn't decide which gap to aim for and were overwhelmed so just stopped. Bloody dangerous behaviour.

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TiggyCBE · 06/01/2017 17:32

I got caught by food ditherers at lunch time. Don't hog the dinner lady if you don't know what you want. Step back from the stainless steel bain maries, heated display unit and heater gantry until you've made you chuffing mind up!

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