blakep82
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| posted on 3/3/11 at 04:57 PM |
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^ lol yes! just down the bottom of the road from me, is 30mph, turn left and its NSL, the number of folk that drive round it at 40 is rediculous. its
not a particularly hard road. a bit twisty, but easy enough. so you follow someone round there at 40mph becuase they're scared to do the limit,
then they get to the 30mph bit and they STILL do 40!
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mcerd1
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| posted on 3/3/11 at 05:02 PM |
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^^ they must be afraid of speed in general, rather than inappropriate speed
(I'd have to guess they think more than 40/50mph is dangerous, but 40/50mph past a primary school at kicking out time is fine)
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 3/3/11 at 05:05 PM |
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I'm with you on the second one... I live in a village with a 30mph limit, and 60mph on either side. It's astonishing how many people
drive at 40 in the 60 bit, then stick at 40 in the 30 bit.
My other annoyance is the bod who sits right on your tail when you're doing 30(-ish) in the 30 zone as if you're not going fast enough for
him (it's usually a 'him' ) but when you accelerate to 60 later on he makes no attempt to keep up - he wasn't in any sort of
hurry after all.
As for the original point raised - I was motoring along a 60mph A-road in the toy car one day (at or below the speed limit), when I went around a
corner to see a Picasso doing 30mph some way in front of me. The road was straight and clear so I just indicated and zoomed past... he nearly swerved
off the road, then flashed his lights and tried to catch me up! I think he was asleep when I passed...
[Edited on 3/3/11 by David Jenkins]
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blakep82
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| posted on 3/3/11 at 05:20 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by David Jenkins
I'm with you on the second one... I live in a village with a 30mph limit, and 60mph on either side. It's astonishing how many people
drive at 40 in the 60 bit, then stick at 40 in the 30 bit.
My other annoyance is the bod who sits right on your tail when you're doing 30(-ish) in the 30 zone as if you're not going fast enough for
him (it's usually a 'him' ) but when you accelerate to 60 later on he makes no attempt to keep up - he wasn't in any sort of
hurry after all.
As for the original point raised - I was motoring along a 60mph A-road in the toy car one day (at or below the speed limit), when I went around a
corner to see a Picasso doing 30mph some way in front of me. The road was straight and clear so I just indicated and zoomed past... he nearly swerved
off the road, then flashed his lights and tried to catch me up! I think he was asleep when I passed...
[Edited on 3/3/11 by David Jenkins]
i would have stopped and asked what him problem was 
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dlatch
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| posted on 3/3/11 at 05:37 PM |
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what annoys me is following someone doing well under the speed limit for miles only to watch them then
either jump the lights or turn off with no indication
i am sure if you asked them they would say they are a very safe driver that always drives under the speed limit too 
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ReMan
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| posted on 3/3/11 at 09:07 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by karlak
quote:
Originally posted by thunderace
my mate has a r32 and if you try to overtake him he hangs you out to die he wont let you past ,he floor it and makes you pull in behind him.he drives
at the speed limit on B roads and says they should no be speeding to pass him so foook them.i have told him he will get someone killed one day.
Hopefully that someone will be him,,, What a knob !!!
What a cock, and obvoposly should no better.
One day he'll get put in a ditch/tree as the better option when a van passing him aviods the head on
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BigLee
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| posted on 3/3/11 at 09:35 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by ReMan
quote:
Originally posted by karlak
quote:
Originally posted by thunderace
my mate has a r32 and if you try to overtake him he hangs you out to die he wont let you past ,he floor it and makes you pull in behind him.he drives
at the speed limit on B roads and says they should no be speeding to pass him so foook them.i have told him he will get someone killed one day.
Hopefully that someone will be him,,, What a knob !!!
What a cock, and obvoposly should no better.
One day he'll get put in a ditch/tree as the better option when a van passing him aviods the head on
I have witnessed someone do this 1st hand. The person overtaking hit a truck and was thrown from their car (no seatbelt). They died at the scene.
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MikeRJ
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| posted on 3/3/11 at 10:13 PM |
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Originally posted by A1
its this new self righteous 'person' thats on our roads...usually found in a p(r)ious, who does the limit exactly to the number, or about
10 mph under the limit and therefore nobody should be going faster than them. Ive had it where they see you coming up the outside then pull out doing
the exact limit and NOTHING will make them move in and let you pass, unless you undertake. which i dont.
I don't "undertake", I merely continue at my existing speed in the correct lane 
Sometimes people go out of their way to block anyone who wants to go faster than they do, but more often than not it's simply clueless morons
who are completely unaware of anything behind them, or the fact that they are in the wrong lane.
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eddie99
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| posted on 4/3/11 at 12:30 AM |
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As others have mentioned, this isnt just for Scotland... Lots of people in the UK dislike it, no matter if they are doing 40mph or 5mph slower than
you.... And i've only met a few that havent drastically sped up...
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 4/3/11 at 08:45 AM |
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On the up-side... I once came briskly round a corner in the Locost to find an old Volvo doing 20mph less than me. As I bided my time waiting for an
opportunity, he moved towards the kerb, stuck his hand out of the window and waved me past!
What a nice old gent... 
He got a cheery thank-you wave from me...
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coyoteboy
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| posted on 4/3/11 at 10:38 AM |
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my mate has a r32 and if you try to overtake him he hangs you out to die he wont let you past ,he floor it and makes you pull in behind him.he
drives at the speed limit on B roads and says they should no be speeding to pass him so foook them.i have told him he will get someone killed one
day.
He wouldn't be my mate for long I'm sure as I'd be openly calling him a complete %&$%^ to his face if he admitted to that. What
a small minded, screwed logic moron. If he tried to accelerate next to me in that situation I'd simply pull in behind, stop and report him to
the police. That is if I hadn't panicked and simply shoved him off the road first (which I'd consider preferable to a head on). I hope
he's taken off the road sooner rather than later.
Anyway, back to the point in hand - glad it's not just me that experiences this, it's not like it's every day but it's a bit
disconcerting having people gesticulating at you like mad when you've done nothing wrong. Ah well, I'll grow a thicker skin lol.
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Ninehigh
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| posted on 4/3/11 at 05:03 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by dlatch
what annoys me is following someone doing well under the speed limit for miles only to watch them then
either jump the lights or turn off with no indication
i am sure if you asked them they would say they are a very safe driver that always drives under the speed limit too
As we all well know the ONLY factor that decides how good a driver you are is your speed. Other factors, like driving in accordance with weather, road
condition and other vehicles cannot be measured with a camera and are therefore superflous (sp?)
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iank
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| posted on 5/3/11 at 09:34 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by karlak
quote:
Originally posted by thunderace
my mate has a r32 and if you try to overtake him he hangs you out to die he wont let you past ,he floor it and makes you pull in behind him.he drives
at the speed limit on B roads and says they should no be speeding to pass him so foook them.i have told him he will get someone killed one day.
Hopefully that someone will be him,,, What a knob !!!
Hopefully the car trying to overtake will start their hidden blue lights and write him a ticket for "racing on the public highway"
(Obligatory disqualification. Obligatory endorsement - licence endorsed three to eleven penalty points, fine up to level 4)
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