your all missing the biggest point......there are NO police on the roads anymore,,,,we have hundreds of speed camera's and loads of initiatives and loads of waffle,,but lets face it,,,we can do what we want on the roads now
i often see
cyclists riding down dual carriageways
people on the phone
people who pull over to chat on the fone,,,in the exact spot it starts to ring..this means ANYWHERE
smokey old bones that havnt an MOT
people who park where thay want even on crossings or roundabouts
people who ignore one ways systems
i was recently on a motorway doing 80 mph ON THE INSIDE LANE
my daughter asked me why i was driving so slow
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i often see cyclists riding down dual carriageways
To my knowledge that is not yet forbidden, But I may be wrong!!!!!
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I've often said that this sort of behaviour was going to be the direct result of the police policy becoming so one dimensional and only focussing on speeding.
You only have to look at the number of people who use a (hand-held) phone whilst driving to realise that a large group of people have started to decide for themselves which traffic laws they choose to obey.
At least you escaped OK. A friend on a motorcycle was deliberately rammed from behind in a similar circumstance.
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>>I often see.... people who ignore one way systems
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I have seen this a lot of times and it is the most worrying of all.
It is obviously NOT a mistake. I know several rat runs that are blocked by making selected roads one way but these idiots are blasting throught because they are aware the risks of getting caught are minimal.
I have observed a procession of these idiots sprinting through a road opposite a school by Kings Cross.
Next sites for cameras?
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your all missing the biggest point......there are NO police on the roads anymore,,,,we have hundreds of speed camera's and loads of initiatives and loads of waffle,,but lets face it,,,we can do what we want on the roads now
I guess on a Sunday evening, roadplod is drinking cocoa and watching Heartbeat. Pity there was no one around tonight to witness the character driving up the A11/A14 east on his front parking lights/no rear lights/no indicators at 80+ mph. Such skill!!! And the motorcyclist, completely dressed in black, with no rearlight. And the Fiesta with a defective rear light .... aaargh!
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your all missing the biggest point......there are NO police on the roads anymore,,,,we have hundreds of speed camera's and loads of initiatives and loads of waffle,,but lets face it,,,we can do what we want on the roads now i often see cyclists riding down dual carriageways people on the phone people who pull over to chat on the fone,,,in the exact spot it starts to ring..this means ANYWHERE smokey old bones that havnt an MOT people who park where thay want even on crossings or roundabouts people who ignore one ways systems i was recently on a motorway doing 80 mph ON THE INSIDE LANE
my daughter asked me why i was driving so slow
So (apart from the cyclists) all those other things are illegal, but doing 80 is OK? Don't get me wrong, I drive at whatever speed I feel is OK, but it made me laugh when a guy closed on me at high speed (I was doing 70), then swerved in front of me and gestured madly because I was holding a 'phone.
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You never see a police car on the motorways unless there's been an accident, HGV's go much too fast i.e 70mph carrying 40 tons, middle laners, I once travelled down the M40 for about 30 miles keeping in the lefthand lane at 70 mph except when overtaking a lady driver was going at the same speed as me and never moved out of the middle lane for 30 miles. What about the lunatics that leave it to the last few seconds before moving over to leave the motorway.( I'm a white van man of the older and careful variety.)
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You really only have one sensible choice when faced with this type of behaviour.
It's actually quite common to have some idiot tailgating 'cos you ain't going as fast as they want you to. As annoying as this is the best option usually to indicate left and slow down. they will usually come past (avoid eye contact with them) & hope & pray that they get caught in the speed trap just coming up! I agree with the setiment that it's far better to have these nutters in front rather than behind.
If you just can't bring yourself to adopt this 'passive' aproach then remember there ARE real maniacs on the road and you may just have one behind you this time. If you feel you have to challenge and confront intimidation against you I would suggest you just ask yourself, is it worth it? After hes gone by unless you're very unlucky you will never see them again.
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"HGV's go much too fast i.e 70mph carrying 40 tons"
Perhaps they should introduce governors which would restrict them to 60 ??!! Now there's an original idea.
Phil
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As has been mentioned before, all social classes get to drive, from the inhabitants of Posh Hall to lowlife from the sink estates.
There is no rule to say one group makes better drivers than another though Posh Hall is more likely to have passed a driving test and have insurance, but whereas in normal life one can choose which grouping to interact with, on the roads you can have anyone next to you. It probably would be best not to pick a fight with the large tatooed shaven-headed gentleman you pass on the pavement ( unless you yourself are even bigger ) well this man could well be behind you, remember a tailgater is an agressive person.
When I occasionally get to drive SWMBO's MR2 and am followed closely as I often am, I get some little amusement from sticking punctiliously to any 30mph limits I come across, generally the miscreant cannot, or dare not, overtake, and then accelerating away at the end of the limit, just when they are about to roar past
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The exact same thing happened to me last week - 40mph limit, single lane roadworks but for me it was an artic truck behind me. There was a truck about 100 yards in front so I knew that if I went faster I'd still have him right behind me but I'd also be too close to the truck in front.
Add to the mix having wife and children in the car (wife understandably starting to panic...) and it all gets a bit horrible.
As NW said, I reduced my speed a bit so if I did have to stop I could slow down more gradually. Of course this made the truck driver even more agitated!
2 miles of roadworks has never seemed so far
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The exact same thing happened to me last week - 40mph limit, single lane roadworks but for me it was an artic truck behind me.
I hope you took the name and number of the truck and reported him to his company? And that is not a sarcastic comment, I have done it a couple of times before, once when one was tailgating me and another time when I saw one speeding in a village. When I had complaints come to me as a transport manager I always took them very seriously, The last thing I wanted was to have to stand up in court giving evidence for/against a rogue driver. I would also do it for any vehicle if it was sign written and I could contact the company concerned.
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I didn't take his number or company name unfortunately, I pulled off the motorway shortly after so I couldn't see the name on the side of the trailer.
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