People who drive 40 everywhere

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Sorry this subject has probably been done to death but I let it really annoy me today so just want to get it off my chest 🤣
AIBU to be annoyed at people who drive 40mph everywhere? Following a car home today, I live in a small village of which the road to it varies between 30/60. It isn't a bad road, fairly straight on the 60 bits but I appreciate 60 isn't a target speed but it riles me up when said car is happy to speed in the 30 bits but not willing to go a little faster in the 60 bits.

Anyone else?

It’s the speeding in the 30 zones which is the most egregious. And particularly galling when they’ve just held you up by driving 20mph under the speed limit in the 60 zones.

They reach 45 if going downhill. 35 on a slight incline though.

@Allfur Point on the doll to where I said I took any action.

Another thing that bugs me is when you're driving along with nothing behind you and a car pulls out in front of you and then proceeds to pootle along at a snail's pace! Why not just wait to pull out after I've gone past? It's almost as if they gain a perverse pleasure from pulling in front and then slowing me down 😡

@VikingLady I have a tiny one litre and manage to merge onto motorways at over 50-60 iif traffic allows and I often manage to nip into the middle lane. I also use all three lanes at 70+. You're changing gears too soon- if you're speeding up, stay in lower gears.

Oh my god driving past Loch Lomond is infuriating!!!!

Macaroni46 · Yesterday 22:15

^Another thing that bugs me is when you're driving along with nothing behind you and a car pulls out in front of you and then proceeds to pootle along at a snail's pace! Why not just wait to pull out after I've gone past? It's almost as if they gain a perverse pleasure from pulling in front and then slowing me down.

And their close cousin, the speeding tailgater who overtakes, then slows down, once in front.

Good point 😂

None of that is relevant to this thread, which is talking about the people who speed in restricted/residential areas and then don't accelerate when the speed limit increases.

Trying to keep a consistent speed would be a reason and therefore relevant

Not exceeding the speed limit in restricted/built up areas wouldn't!!

Do you drive @Allfur?

And why would you want to maintain a consistent speed? On most 60mph rural roads this makes no sense.

The op's first post does not mention restricted/built up areas

I couldn't give a monkeys about the whys and wherefores of maintaining a consistent speed, I was merely opposing the poster who said it was irrelevant

Yes

Somehow I highly doubt that many of the 40mph drivers are transporting ill passengers. They're just oblivious to their own inability to drive properly.

It's also possible to transport an ill person and slow down without causing them to feel worse, it's called taking your foot off the accelerator in plenty of time, using the clutch to slow down before gently applying the brake if needed. Speeding up, you don't slam the accelerator down...again, gently.

That’s another whole subject - why do people apply the brake rather than just taking their foot off the accelerator?!

it's called taking your foot off the accelerator in plenty of time, using the clutch to slow down before gently applying the brake if needed.

That doesn’t work in an automatic, the only way to slow down is with the brake. No hybrids or EVs have clutches.

It mentions speeding in 30 limit areas!

One of our cars is an automatic and you can decelerate by taking your foot off the brake. If you're driving at speed in 5th or 6th gear in a manual car, you don't decelerate quickly if you take the foot off the accelerator either. I'd say they're pretty similar. You only decelerate quickly in a manual if you're either already in a low gear or you purposely change down gear to slow (which you shouldn't do).

I got told off for that on another thread about tail gaiters, and told that it's dangerous because the car behind doesn't know you're slowing down and might hit you.

@Carnewb well that’s the best argument I’ve heard yet in favour of taking your foot off the accelerator rather than braking!

Taking your foot off will slow an automatic. It’s the most fuel efficient way to drive.

Taking your foot off will slow an automatic.

Not fast enough.

Fast enough for what? If you’re driving as you are meant to, I.e looking ahead, barring a sudden unforeseen danger it should be perfectly sufficient.