Last night I had a Ford Galaxy people carrier pull in front of me out of a petrol station. This annoyed me a little, but i decided top give the driver the benefit of the doubt.
However, my frustration became increasinly heightened as the driver was keen on doing 5 mph, and sometimes 10mph below the speed limit. There was no need for this, the roads were dry, there was very limited traffic about.
Next we came upto a roundabout, and they pulled into the lane to go left, rather than ahead. Thinking what was about to happen, i stayed back - and indeed they saw their mistake and pulled back into my lane to go straight ahead.
Again, they were doing 20mph in a 30mph limit, and I was starting to wonder how I was going to be able to get away from this driver before there was a simply monumental accident. Next we came to a larage roundabout which was busy. This time in the right lane to go straight ahead of right, but with no signal they veered off to the right. A car coming the other direction wanting to go straight ahead had not expected them to do this due to lack of signal, and had to slam on their brakes to avooid a colision. The driver who I had been following made no reaction.
So before you judge someone who going too fast on the roads, please remember for every 1 of those peoploe who may be oing 1mph over the speed limit, there is someone who thinks they are the safest driver ever because they stick well under the speed limit. Not true!
Showing posts with label slow. Show all posts
Showing posts with label slow. Show all posts
Tuesday, 8 January 2013
Saturday, 18 February 2012
Another slow driver! Arrrghhhh
Here's an example of one of the many slow drivers i have to deal with everyday!!
doing 30 / 35- mph max on a 60mph road. The weather was fine, it was light and the road was otherwise very light on traffic! You can easily do 70mph down this road.
Arrrrghhhh!! More than likely just out for a Sunday drive, on an errrr Friday
I didn't go for an ovetake - in case you are wondering. There was some oncoming traffic!
doing 30 / 35- mph max on a 60mph road. The weather was fine, it was light and the road was otherwise very light on traffic! You can easily do 70mph down this road.
Arrrrghhhh!! More than likely just out for a Sunday drive, on an errrr Friday
Friday, 10 February 2012
Overtaking behaviour
There has been some brilliant opportunity for some overtaking this week due to several people wanting to crawl along at ridiculously slow speeds on the way back from work. Honestly, India will have conquered how to build a Mcdonalds on the moon, before some of these people will make it home!
One person decided they would do 35mph on a 60mph road, with a long straight. The car behind that hesitated and wanted to stick behind it, sniffing its rear exhaust. So i went for it and overtook both of them. No hastle, so fuss - overtaken safely and made it home before the next Ice Age. That was Tuesday.
Wednesday, another one decided they would do 40mph on a 60mph road. I didn't hesitate, i went for it and overtook as soon as it was safe, and again all was well.
No doubt it was me who was seen as the reckless driver here - but i was not taking risks, i was completely safe. If you don't think its safe, don't do it. If you hesitate, don't do it. Only perform an overtake if you are sure you can keep control of your car.
If you get overtaken constantly, surely you should be thinking "perhaps i should go a bit faster?"
One person decided they would do 35mph on a 60mph road, with a long straight. The car behind that hesitated and wanted to stick behind it, sniffing its rear exhaust. So i went for it and overtook both of them. No hastle, so fuss - overtaken safely and made it home before the next Ice Age. That was Tuesday.
Wednesday, another one decided they would do 40mph on a 60mph road. I didn't hesitate, i went for it and overtook as soon as it was safe, and again all was well.
No doubt it was me who was seen as the reckless driver here - but i was not taking risks, i was completely safe. If you don't think its safe, don't do it. If you hesitate, don't do it. Only perform an overtake if you are sure you can keep control of your car.
If you get overtaken constantly, surely you should be thinking "perhaps i should go a bit faster?"
Monday, 16 January 2012
White van man - lost identity
This morning I was following a white man on a 60mph road. Now you would have thought that i would have to be really hard pushed to keep up with him, as if stereotypes are true he would have been doing about 150mph, sideways, talking on his mobile and smoking a sausage roll!
Quite the opposite - he was barely doing 30mph! It seems he had lost his identity, and was not actually a "white van man" - maybe he was used to riding the Teacup ride at Thorpe Park all day, and got lost on the M25, and accidentally found himself in a white van!?
Quite the opposite - he was barely doing 30mph! It seems he had lost his identity, and was not actually a "white van man" - maybe he was used to riding the Teacup ride at Thorpe Park all day, and got lost on the M25, and accidentally found himself in a white van!?
Thursday, 3 November 2011
Driving to work rage
I am fortunate enough to work in some buildings surrounding a country mansion house in the middle of the Hampshire / West Sussex countryside. It is a great place to work but comes with its downfalls in that it is a magnet for seriously slow and dangerous drivers!
There is a very straight and 60mph limit road leading to a series of country roads in which the work place is situated. Pretty much every day I get stuck behind someone doing 35mph max, who then of course turns off to go the same way as me. The country roads can accommodate a car doing at least 40mph, but people insist on travelling 20mph. This week i was stuck behind one such driver who did 20mph all along this road (probably thinking they were being safe) and then at a sharp bend decided to speed up and cut the corner off. If a car had been coming the opposite way there would have definitely been a head on crash! More proof that people who think they are being safe because they are going slow, end up causing the accidents because they are not skilled drivers.
There used to be someone who worked for us, who used to do 15mph down this road. His car had a huge dent in the back of his car - because he had reversed into his girlfriends house... TWICE! When trying to overtake him, he would always decide to head to the middle of the road. Now, if that doesn't speak "cannot drive, should be banned" i do not know what is.
The driveway to work has a speed limit of 20mph and speed humps. 30mph is about the correct speed here and perfectly safe. This week an e-mail was sent around all businesses on the estate telling people not to speed, and not to do handbrake turns in the car park! To which my only comment was. It wasn't me - this time!
Speed doesn't cause crashes. People who cannot drive do!
There is a very straight and 60mph limit road leading to a series of country roads in which the work place is situated. Pretty much every day I get stuck behind someone doing 35mph max, who then of course turns off to go the same way as me. The country roads can accommodate a car doing at least 40mph, but people insist on travelling 20mph. This week i was stuck behind one such driver who did 20mph all along this road (probably thinking they were being safe) and then at a sharp bend decided to speed up and cut the corner off. If a car had been coming the opposite way there would have definitely been a head on crash! More proof that people who think they are being safe because they are going slow, end up causing the accidents because they are not skilled drivers.
There used to be someone who worked for us, who used to do 15mph down this road. His car had a huge dent in the back of his car - because he had reversed into his girlfriends house... TWICE! When trying to overtake him, he would always decide to head to the middle of the road. Now, if that doesn't speak "cannot drive, should be banned" i do not know what is.
The driveway to work has a speed limit of 20mph and speed humps. 30mph is about the correct speed here and perfectly safe. This week an e-mail was sent around all businesses on the estate telling people not to speed, and not to do handbrake turns in the car park! To which my only comment was. It wasn't me - this time!
Speed doesn't cause crashes. People who cannot drive do!
Sunday, 23 October 2011
Views and burgers cause accidents
On a trip along Portsdown hill today that has views across Portsmouth, and the Isle of White I saw several near crashes happen in front of my eyes.
The car in front was doing 35mph in a 40mph limit, and weaving about all over the road. On 2 occasions the car weaved over the centre line, and had to swerve back again to avoid a head on crash. It was obvious that the driver was too busy looking at the view from the hill, and not concentrating on the road. Either that or they were getting a foot massage, but I'm fairly sure that kind of service is not available in Portsmouth. Not during daylight anyway! When it was safe to do so i overtook the car, not wanting to be involved in a pile up behind them. I got flashed at because they considered me dangerous. No cars were coming, i was still doing around the speed limit - not dangerous! They obviously thought they were the best driver in the world and didn't notice their dangerous weaving about.
A few miles down the road and there was another car sightseeing. This time doing 20mph in a 40mph limit. The car immediately behind had obviously had enough, and overtook on a double solid white line. An illegal move, and there was a car coming the other way! If this had resulted in a crash, there is no doubt that the overtaking car would be to blame, when in fact the slow, sightseeing car would have been the cause. Pure sacrilege.
Another 500 yds down the road there is a well known 24hr Mobile burger van, which as it turns out is not mobile. Its there all the time, and is renown as the best burgers on the south coast. It is of course Micks. The car that was about 3 cars in front of me had obviously decided they fancied getting larded up on a face full of burger, and braked suddenly to turn in to the ample parking area. The cars behind had to brake suddenly to ensure there wasn't a crash. Could have been an expensive burger if this had gone wrong!
The moral of this story is. If you want to gawp at the views on a road then pull over, don't risk getting in a crash due to lack of concentration, and if you want to fill your face, then don't take risks. Micks is great, but you don't want to be lying in hospital eating a cold sausage, now do you!
The car in front was doing 35mph in a 40mph limit, and weaving about all over the road. On 2 occasions the car weaved over the centre line, and had to swerve back again to avoid a head on crash. It was obvious that the driver was too busy looking at the view from the hill, and not concentrating on the road. Either that or they were getting a foot massage, but I'm fairly sure that kind of service is not available in Portsmouth. Not during daylight anyway! When it was safe to do so i overtook the car, not wanting to be involved in a pile up behind them. I got flashed at because they considered me dangerous. No cars were coming, i was still doing around the speed limit - not dangerous! They obviously thought they were the best driver in the world and didn't notice their dangerous weaving about.
A few miles down the road and there was another car sightseeing. This time doing 20mph in a 40mph limit. The car immediately behind had obviously had enough, and overtook on a double solid white line. An illegal move, and there was a car coming the other way! If this had resulted in a crash, there is no doubt that the overtaking car would be to blame, when in fact the slow, sightseeing car would have been the cause. Pure sacrilege.
Another 500 yds down the road there is a well known 24hr Mobile burger van, which as it turns out is not mobile. Its there all the time, and is renown as the best burgers on the south coast. It is of course Micks. The car that was about 3 cars in front of me had obviously decided they fancied getting larded up on a face full of burger, and braked suddenly to turn in to the ample parking area. The cars behind had to brake suddenly to ensure there wasn't a crash. Could have been an expensive burger if this had gone wrong!
The moral of this story is. If you want to gawp at the views on a road then pull over, don't risk getting in a crash due to lack of concentration, and if you want to fill your face, then don't take risks. Micks is great, but you don't want to be lying in hospital eating a cold sausage, now do you!
Saturday, 20 August 2011
Driving me MAD!!
I think i must be some kind of bad driver magnet recently. I've had a visit from the shocking driver leader during the night who has implanted a small device in my brain to signal all of his members to my vicinity when i am on the road! Seriously!!
Again yesterday on leaving work - a car pulled out on me and then proceeded to drive at a speed a millipede with 99 legs broken, could manage. This was on the straight before the S bend i mentioned in my previous post. I saw a gap and went for the the overtake, otherwise i wold have actually been there until my 80th birthday! It was a completely safe overtake, but the driver decided he'd take exception to it and started flashing their lights. To be honest I'm surprised they knew where the button was to turn on their lights, they certainly didn't know where the "GO" pedal is!
Again yesterday on leaving work - a car pulled out on me and then proceeded to drive at a speed a millipede with 99 legs broken, could manage. This was on the straight before the S bend i mentioned in my previous post. I saw a gap and went for the the overtake, otherwise i wold have actually been there until my 80th birthday! It was a completely safe overtake, but the driver decided he'd take exception to it and started flashing their lights. To be honest I'm surprised they knew where the button was to turn on their lights, they certainly didn't know where the "GO" pedal is!
Wednesday, 17 August 2011
More Bad Driver Irritation
On the way home from work today I came across yet another bad driver. This type is all too common and one of the most dangerous. Theres no question about it, these people need to be run off the road - and I'm not talking about a letter being sent to them, I mean literally run off the road. We should employ the tactics the American cops have. No warning, a pit maneuver is performed on the car, sending it spinning into the nearby hedge. Once stopped - shout "sorry, you have to be stopped," and drive off! That will teach them!!
On a 60mph limit road this car was doing 35mph, and this road is a fairly straight road which you can safely do 60mph. The car behind it got to fed up they decided to overtake (not me, i have to add!.) The driver who overtook had become so frustrated he took a big risk of overtaking on a slight bend, meaning there was a risk of an oncoming car coming and a head on collision. If this had occurred it would have no doubt been the car overtaking at fault, which in actual fact the root cause was the driver being shoickingly slow.
A little way down the road i came to be behind this slow driver who was still ticking along in 2nd gear. We came to a SLOW sign on the road, because there is an S bend. Again you take this bend at 40mph without issue. The driver decided he'd slow down to 15mph, and then keep jabbing the brakes on til we were almost stopped! There was no way i could overtake so i just had to suck it up, but this was very frustrating.
We then came to 30mph limit where there is a school, and 30mph is the max you want to do here. You would think that the slow drive would be a careful driver, and wanting to stick to this limit? No... he sped up to around 45mph!!
So, just because a driver is slow doesn't mean they are safe. Quite the opposite actually! This type of driver who obviously cannot really drive at all has to be stopped by any means necessary. They are the ones who will cause accidents!
I maintain that a regular test of skill around the nurburg ring would be the way to go. Anyone who fails get this British passport torn up and made to stay to dig up roads. Anyone who passes gets to come back and get given a Supercar.
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