Did you look at the link to the original campaign?
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/devon/7761082.stm
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Stuartli,
no, I missed that, thanks for the link. The original item includes "Offences include dangerous overtaking and mobile phone use at the wheel". Brilliant! proper policing, not just slapping a few revenue (oops, that should read "speed") cameras up. I'm all in favour.
Could they have a word with the biddy doing 30mph in her Nissan Micra on a good country road this morning please? No points or fine, just a word suggesting that the Victorian idea that you would suffocate if you exceed 30mph has turned out to be erroneous.
JH
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I'm all in favour. >>
So am I...
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Could they have a word with the biddy doing 30mph in her Nissan Micra on a good country road this morning please?
One slow driver on a good country road prompts the thought that similar ideas that going on to the other side of the road for a few seconds to overtake is equally unlikely to result in the end of the world.
Not necessarily appropriate to this particular case but saw a number of slow drivers this weekend on country roads in Scotland and managed to overtake them all without too much of a problem and that was driving my mum's 1.4 Golf.
Most of the time, don't moan about them, pass them and move on.
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commer,
"One slow driver on a good country road prompts the thought that similar ideas that going on to the other side of the road for a few seconds to overtake is equally unlikely to result in the end of the world".
Yup, did that. Fortunately the road and traffic allowed. It's not always so.
JH
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Anyone who comes across a single slow car on a country road is very lucky. The problem is one real mimser followed by two or more wimps on a single-carriageway A road. Once there are three of the carphounds in a train you need something pretty potent to overtake, and even then you may be put in the position of having to force your way back in between two of the idiots.
Driving back from Sussex yesterday I was many times stuck behind long trains of these people usually around 15 or 20mph below the limit (even when the limit is a ridiculous 50 as it so often is).
I have a little song that I sing to calm me down. Remember the TV programme Blankety Blank? I don't but I've heard of it. The song runs: Blankety blankety blank, Blankety blankety blank; Blankety blankety, Blankety blankety, Blankety blankety blank. Those aren't quite the words, but think of the sin of Onan and you will twig.
My wife says I am mad, and I am afraid she may be right. But the responsibility lies squarely with you (or some of you), my fellow motorists. And the awful thing is some of you don't even have the sense to feel ashamed.
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I had just that today on the way back from Lincoln to the coast. Three in a row. Whenever I see them in future I'll smile thinking of....
'' have a little song that I sing to calm me down. Remember the TV programme Blankety Blank? I don't but I've heard of it. The song runs: Blankety blankety blank, Blankety blankety blank; Blankety blankety, Blankety blankety, Blankety blankety blank. Those aren't quite the words, but think of the sin of Onan and you will twig. ''
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Totally agree Lud, I had a very lucky weekend , all the slow cars were on their own or in short lines with good gaps, and the roads concerned were great overtaking roads.
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Lud,
I tend to dwell on the amazing fuel economy I'm getting if I'm really stuck :-) But you could try for something more uplifting thatn blankey blank. I'd nominate George Harrison and "All things must pass". Though under the circumstances there is more than one way of taking that! Apologies if it's not to your taste:
Now the darkness only stays the night-time
In the morning it will fade away
Daylight is good at arriving at the right time
Its not always going to be this grey
All things must pass
All things must pass away
Apologies if I'm in breach of copyright, but George, of all people, would understand, I think.
JH
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If they're out to catch dangerous drivers and drivers breaking the law I'm all for the initiative. It would only be ovestepping the mark if the police used plain-clothes cars to try and push people into breaking the limit like one force was reputed to do in the 1970s - by tailgating with unmarked performance cars until the driver exceeded the limit, when they got nicked.
QUOTE:..."""Once there are three of the carphounds in a train you need something pretty potent to overtake, and even then you may be put in the position of having to force your way back in between two of the idiots."""
....and demonstrating yourself to be an even greater idiot than them in the process!!!
And remember....'A slow driver on a good country road is better than a fast driver on a bad country road'
Edited by Sofa Spud on 10/08/2009 at 18:08
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an even greater idiot than them
Really Sofa Spud?
Do you habitually drive along two car lengths from the car in front in a long queue and fail to see an overtaker in your mirror in time to let them in when something comes the other way?
I have to say from your attitude I wouldn't be surprised.
IN the old days, when a fair proportion of drivers had some sort of idea how to drive, people waddling along well below the speed limit (when there was one) expected to be overtaken and left room for people to go past the train one car at a time.
No longer though. The so-and-sos cluster together for warmth and comfort and trundle forward ever more slowly, bleating quietly to themselves. Naturally it is something of an undertaking to get past a lot of them these days. In fact one seldom bothers to try, even when the speed of the flock is so pathetic it makes you want to throw up. Even if you had a nice Porsche 911, something that could pass ten cars in the twinkling of an eye, you would hesitate these days because no one expects it and quite a few don't look in their mirrors. It's too risky, but it certainly isn't me that's the idiot.
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>>Naturally it is something of an undertaking to get past a lot of them these days.
Quite literally in some cases.
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I can't see that it matters. You have about 80 years of life to enjoy, give or take a few. What difference does 10 minutes or half an hour make? Are you going to lie on your death bed regretting that you didn't steal another 10 minutes of precious time by not overtaking a mimser 40 years ago?
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What difference does 10 minutes or half an hour make?
Perhaps you should ask his boss :-)
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SQPerhaps you should ask his boss :-)
I am the boss. I'd say leave earlier to allow time.
Edited by Dynamic Dave on 11/08/2009 at 11:37
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SQ
I'd say leave earlier to allow time.
I guessed you'd say that :-)
Problem is, you might have allowed for the mimsers, only for that to get wiped out by the overturned lorry. You can't allow for all possibilities without leaving the previous day, and when the un-allowed for does happen, mimsers (and other things) can be a pain.
Edited by Dynamic Dave on 11/08/2009 at 11:37
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I have a great track on my in car CD player thingy...'Blow 'em away' by Chuck Brodsky. Always makes me laugh....very apt.
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