driving on country roads

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I regularly drive on country roads with a variable limit from 30-40-NSL-50-40-30-NSL-50 along my regular route. It's a road with a lot of bends with digital warning signs to slow down to 30. Two bends have digital warning signs of 20 and 25.

I drive at the speed limit except when going through puddles of standing water which have been across the whole road at times recently. There are some 5-6 dips where this has been the case several times and cars in both directions drive through it along the middle of the road going very slowly. The road is also frequently used by horse riders and there are deer around - I've seen three run across this road in the last month.

I am often overtaken when going at the speed limit which is really pissing me off as it's so dangerous. AIBU?

I definitely agree about people tailgating irrespective of the speed you're going, and feeling pressured.

I got stuck behind a 20mph driver on various speed limit roads on my way home the other day. It added 20 minutes to my journey and was incredibly frustrating, but I kept a reasonable distance back as I usually do and didn't pressure them. That would be horrendous!

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YANBU, OP, except probably you shouldn't always be driving at the speed limit either.

If you're regularly tailgated on straight roads its worth checking your actual speed eg from a satnav versus your car speedo, my last car read the full 10% allowed high so when it said 40 I was actually only doing 36. Still not really an excuse for tailgating, but it happened a lot less when I adjusted for that.

If you're regularly tailgated on straight roads its worth checking your actual speed eg from a satnav versus your car speedo,

I don't use a satnav but the digital displays of speed always match my car to within 1-2 miles.

Surely 36 is fast enough in a 40? It's a limit not an obligation.

I live rurally and for me the biggest issue isn't speed, it's people going round blind corners in the middle of the road. No matter what your speed - even 20m an hour - that's really dangerous

I find it's more and more common. It's like people don't get that someone else might be coming the other way

Thankfully I've not seen that - yet!

@intheheatoflisbon well, given I have to cross the road to go around the corner safely, where else am I meant to stand to cross other than past the corner? In the middle of it? I never said I was standing just past the corner, so I've no idea where you got that from.

I can't exactly teleport around it..

The highway code says:
If there is no pavement, keep to the right-hand side of the road so that you can see oncoming traffic. You should take extra care and

be prepared to walk in single file, especially on narrow roads or in poor light
keep close to the side of the road.
It may be safer to cross the road well before a sharp right-hand bend so that oncoming traffic has a better chance of seeing you. Cross back after the bend.

I don't see that it's even mostly my fault if drivers are going too fast to react in time to give me space. Especially not on a road with houses on. I could have been a child.

You don't HAVE to drive at the speed limit. You need to drive safely. I think you should slow down.

I really don't think many cars are overtaking you on winding country lanes.