Afraid to drive

[LuckyOliveDeer]

I am a good driver I have been told so it is just other drivers on the road that are the problem. I drive just below the speed limit so 28 in a 30 just so I don't go over but not a lot under. We don't know how a lot of these awful drivers have been given licenses. Speeding doing a 50 or 60 on a 30, then over taking at dangerous points, cutting you off, pulling out at a junction when you have right of way. it honestly happens every day. There are occasional cameras including at a box junction, but not many. They could cause an accident and almost have. It happens a lot if you happen to be out during the school run or coming home from work.. If this is you, you need telling off as it could cost lives

Over cautious drivers are a menace on the roads. They impede the flow of traffic.
You are probably ‘inviting’ people to overtake you OP, and anything faster than 28mph is going to seem way faster to you when they go past (I doubt everyone is reaching the speeds you suggest).

If you are that cautious on the roads, I suggest you stop driving.

I will not stop driving because other road users cut me off, speed or otherwise drive dangerously. That is not my problem? I appreciate the advice to watch out for it., but it can and does happen so fast it is not always noticeable. There is an obvious difference between someone going 2 OR 3 few miles faster and someone going 10, 20 OR 30 MILES faster.
I think those turning this around on me are most likely trying to deflect. I am not an overly cautious driver. I don't need more lessons. You've imagined that and then compared me to someone you know. I thought my speedometer was slightly off which I have said before.
This is similar to those threads where a man does anything like fart, or something unrelated to the relationship and they all tell her to leave him ending a marriage of many years over something ridiculous. Why does it have to be all or nothing.

Oh here we go 😂

You aren’t overly cautious but you are scared to drive?

I drove a lot for work and I don’t think there are lots of dangerous drivers. I think there are some careless ones, I encounter maybe one a day. But outright dangerous, no.

Overtaking- I drove on single lane 60mph roads a lot, lost safe to do 60 on. It drives me nuts when people drive at 40 on them. And yes I do overtake when safe.

I don’t think anyone is particularly turning it around and blaming you as such. By your own admission you drive below the speed limit and as your title says afraid to drive hence why people have commented as they have.

Honestly, the best thing you can do as a driver is to drive defensively. Always be aware of what other road users are doing, because they can, and will, do something stupid.
I've been driving a long time now, and have a fairly well tuned radar for "that car/van is being driven by a twat." And my best advice is just to hold back and give them plenty of space.

I remember driving down the A14 towards Cambridge about a year ago, first thing on a Saturday morning. Odd stretches of that road are very quiet at that time of the morning, and it just happened that it was me and a van. The van was ahead and weaving here, there and everywhere. I genuinely thought a number of times that he was going to drive right off the road. So I held back. Didn't even try to overtake, just gave him a shit-ton of room and followed behind. He eventually pulled off at a junction, but I've never seen driving like it.

Assume all other road users are idiots and you won't go wrong. If you are expecting people to be arseholes, speeding, cutting you up etc, then you can anticipate what they are going to do in enough time to allow for it and keep out of their way. Let them be the arseholes.

I’d far rather meet with a nervous/cautious driver than one who thinks they are a part of Grand Theft Auto - plenty of those around.