leeds
Member Since: 28 Dec 2009
Location: West Yorkshire
Posts: 8582
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22900013A wrote:
I was not commenting on people doing the speed limit, but the people who go unnecessarily slowly for no good reason...... ... Likewise there is no reason to do 45-50 on a motoroway, be passed by a speed limited vehicle, then match your speed to the vehicle trying to pass you, which then forces him back in behind you where you proceed to slow down yet again. If they want to do 50 on a motorway, then that's fine, but stick to it when someone is trying to pass you.
I tow quite regularly on motorways and if a modern car can not keep up with the average speed of the flow of traffic in lane 1 on a motorway on a clear, dry day then one should question whether that driver is a fit and competent driver to be on the motorway.
I am not talking about a 'classic' car which struggles to maintain speeds of 50mph plus.
Towing vehicles on a motorway are restricted to 60 mph and are normally forbidden from using the outside lane of a motorway.
Now a modern car doing 50-55 mph in lane 1 are forcing many speed restricted vehicles or towing vehicles to move out into lane 2 to overtake. This may cause congestion in lane 2 and slow down the average speed of the motorway traffic. If they then match the speed of the overtaking vehicle???? Aggggggh Yes it does happen.
Then you get the modern car driver on a clear dry motorway with lightish traffic flow sat in lane 2 doing 50-55mph. They can not drive in Lane 1 as that is the 'slow lane/HGV lane'. Defender towing trailer doing 55-60mph, can not overtake in lane 3 as that is prohibited on a 3 lane motorway. Can not tail gate/flash lights to get lane 2 hog either to speed up or move across to lane 1.
Not allowed to undertake, but if it is a long uphill climb will lose momentum, so what can they do to maintain reasonable speed/safety?
Now are these inconsiderate drivers just novice drivers? Hence you could argue for motorway driver training/test.
Trying to save fuel without any due consideration to the congestion and safety implications they are causing?
Brendan |
27th Jan 2014 3:48pm |
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