To think you can't just trundle along at any old speed you fancy...

[TallulahTwinkletoes]

I fully expect to get flamed for this because I know I'm a tad over the top about this but it's my pet hate so here goes.

If say be gentle but I know this is the wrong place for that

I drive a lot. Every day I drive on a road that's technically a country road as there are fields either side but it's more than wide enough and not too windy. This road is followed by two straight roads. These are all national speed limit roads.

This is comfortably attainable with a few corners on the country road where 50 is a better speed. Obviously various weathers call for different speeds. I was behind a double decker bus doing 50 down there today.

The last few days I have been stuck behind people doing 35-40. Today the lady flashed at me when I finally get chance to overtake.

They way I see it is if you are driving so slow on the roads either
A) you are unaware of the speed limit/unable to follow basic road signs and therefore shouldn't be driving
B) do not feel comfortable driving at an appropriate limit for the road and therefore shouldn't be driving.

I know it's a limit not a target but you fail your driving test if you 'fail to progress' so they shouldn't be driving like this.

It's the principle that they don't care about anyone's time frame or how they affect other people. They just trundle along deciding what speed they want to go at and not giving a fuck.

We all have bad days where we mess up roundabouts and misjudge but Jesus Christ, if you can't drive at 60 in a straight line...

Oh and i think that a driver who is going too slow and frustrating other drivers to the point of reckless decision making are partly at fault when these accidents occurr.

I see your point, but the person who made the reckless decision is responsible, not the person who was being overtaken.

We get loads here that do 30 on the NSR which is completely straight and has no hazards, they then speed up through the village that comes after!

You really need to have a word with yourself if you allow yourself to get that angry behind the wheel of a car.

Overheard in the retiring room of my magistrates' court when another Bench was agreeing its findings:

The car which you tailgated in this dangerous and aggressive manner for a mile and a half was an unmarked police vehicle . . .

From the Out of Luck Department, I think!

45 mile an hour man comes out on our local windy but 60mph road every weekend. Frustratingly, he only slows down to 35 in the villages we pass through.

He's predictable, though. Less predictable, but more infuriating is the person who puts their foot down on the accelerator on the straights, then slams their breaks on, on the bends. Makes it very difficult to keep a safe distance - and DH is the driver and likes to accelerate through uphill bends, and so on, in order to maintain momentum (and not stall), but can't because of the nervous driver creeping around the corner. So, he ends up crawing along at 35, with a BMW up his arse.

Yes tbf i do get angry about this but ive never attempted to overtake on a bend or when the road wasnt completely clear on the other side, nor would i. So i was probably wrong to insinuate they should be blamed but slow driving is dangerous.

Mintyy i was car 25 behind someone who was doing 25mph / 30mph on a 60mph limit road the other day. Having been held up at dodgy temporary traffic lights already and in a rush to collect dc before nursery were due to close i dont think its that odd to get pissed off with someone who shouldnt have a driving license slowing so many people down.

You dont know there speed limit and they could have an animal or something in the car.
When people flash me to speed up i purposely drive slow. You want to drive fast over take but dont expect others to break speed limits for you.
Be careful who you try bully on the roads i know many people who have dragged people out of their cars and beat them because of there bullying on the road, youre dangering THEIR lifes and car by blinding them n flashing or putting them under pressure

The car which you tailgated in this dangerous and aggressive manner for a mile and a half was an unmarked police vehicle

To my shame, I have done this. When I was about 21 I had a very fast car and was unused to how fast it was. I once tailgated a car driving slowly out of a large town, then the rear lights came on and they pulled me over.

I was mortified and very apologetic. They gave me a telling off and sent me on my way and I learned my lesson. The only time I have ever been even vaguely aggressive towards a slow vehicle was on a motorway when I came upon a minibus doing 45mph in the middle lane. I did actually flash them and signal that they should move over, which they did.

But it fucking irritates me that there are a whole load of people out there who think it's fine to do

Think i need to move. The majority of slow drivers near me are tourists (car rammed with bags on the back window) and its just too frequent to be justified by each of the passengers of these vehicles having special circumstances other than theyre in holiday mode.

Christina, who mentioned breaking speed limits?

Animals should be restrained, Christina. Not rattling around on the back shelf.

The speed limit is a limit not a goal, clue's in the name... As long as the driver is in the appropriate lane (if motorway/dual carriageway) they are being totally reasonable.

Hello peeps. On Monday I will be driving to Norwich. The journey includes about 45 miles of NSL single carriageway. NSL single in my case is 40 mph, because I'll be in a 44 tonne artic.

I like watching the tailgaters. Watching them twitch over the white line, and jerk back in when an oncoming vehicle hoves into view. What I really like is when they pull in front and slam the anchors on. Or wave a knife out of the sunroof. You wouldn't believe how sharp the camera pictures are. Or how very quickly our legal department can get your name, address and inside leg measurement, especially if the load shifts.

Chill.

The bottom line is that people need to drive properly and not interpret the highway code to mean what they think it should mean.

What about single lane and doing half the speed limit?

I give up on this thread. I see this happening all the time so understand OP and there really is a proportion of society who do this for no good reason. If you dont have to put up with it then it sounds as though people would only do this if there was a logical reason. Well ive seen it farrrrrrrrr too many times to realise that often there isnt.

Dunno whi i said society there, have made it sound like a much bigger problem than it is n'night!

Because i dont live in a built up area and there are too many instances of it happening. I live in a place that is very popular with tourists so i think thats more likely to be it than every 10th car has an ill passenger.

Who mentioned the breaking the speed limits?

Like i said you dont know what speed they're driving at. Some cars are slower then others.
Most would think this is common sense to drivers.

Theres NO reason what so ever to bully people on the road.
I live in london and ive seen idiots tailgating n ending up in crashes
You wouldn't ever tailgate a police car but you're so bad n brave to do it to a normal car?
You people should be off the road, youre the same ones that will be crying in the police station and court expecting sympathy.
Its YOUR business if youre late for your destination not anyone elses.

God im a 22yr old girl and i have more sense then some of you.

Lot of angry drivers on this thread. I want you in front if me where I can see you. Treat daft drivers as a hazard to be negotiated safely. No point in getting angry. It makes you unsafe.

I don't really understand what the problem is. Just overtake the slow drivers if the road is so straight

Lol ouryve