rant time...

(First off sorry if anyone doesnt like, you think i am out of line give me a pm)

just finished for the day, commute on way home 40miles and i got stuck in a queue of traffic about 10 cars long 3rd in the queue was a police car we were sitting at 40mph then 50mph on the straights when nothing else was coming. Now let me get this clear the road is easy, no sharp bends or anything like that it is a normal A class road and you can sit easyily at 60mph in a scenic the entire way and never have to slow down if it wasnt for idiots like this.

This is the second police car that i have found in a queue sitting at 40-50mph. I overtook them all eventually, not the point. BUT why are the police not giving them a talking to? I thought the highway code said "Do not hold up a long queue of traffic.... check your mirrors frequently, and if necessary, pull in where it is safe and let traffic pass" and there was an abundance of places which they could have pulled in.

but furthermore if these people can only drive at 40mph in the daylight when it is dry are they even fit to drive? WHY are the police not doing something after all we pay them and one of their jobs is to maintain driving standards and unfortunately they are all we have to enforce driving standards!!! It seems to appear it is far too complicated/ much hassle to pull someone over address any other problem apart from speeding!

I thought about going in to complain, but first of all only me on my bike (need witness?), then you would have to give all your details, name, address, reg. no, blood group, mothers name, shoes size, etc,etc. All this would achieve in my opinion would make my self a target for getting pulled!

I got a pulled up for not going fast enough at one point on my bike test yesterday. Examiner said that if I'd ridden like that all through the test he would have failed me.

It seems that it's okay to do it in normal driving circumstances though.

Originally Posted by madness

I got a pulled up for not going fast enough at one point on my bike test yesterday. Examiner said that if I'd ridden like that all through the test he would have failed me.

It seems that it's okay to do it in normal driving circumstances though.

exactly my point you WOULD fail your test for driving so slow so why are the police letting them get away with it???

It's a maximum speed limit, not a set speed limit. You don't have to drive too the limit.

As for checking your mirrors regularly and pulling over, yes, but we are talking about 'slow' moving vehicles here. Tractors, track vehicles, heavy slow vehicles.

If they only feel comfortable to be driving at 40 mph the so be it. You got round them eventually. 10 miles an hour slower than the speed limit is not classed as slow.

i do agree, but you cant expect coppers to get out of their nice warm cars!

the other thing, is when you do get past the slow moving buggers you are pretty much guranteed a clear run for a few miles. playtime? i think so.

it is up to the driver to deem what is reasonable to them in terms of thier speed, within the limit set.

Originally Posted by 454697819

it is up to the driver to deem what is reasonable to them in terms of thier speed, within the limit set.

I'm with you, ad53. I don't agree with Alex numbers. It's damn irritating to be sat behind someone driving so slow, and I wouldn't be at all surprised if it really does cause accidents as people get so frustrated and try to overtake in places where perhaps they mighn't ordinarily.

I'd rather sit behind some 'idiot' doing 40-50 safely than some 'idiot' doing 60 past their own limited abilities and looking like they're going to end up in a hedgerow, or worse in the path of oncoming traffic.

Originally Posted by Ed

I'm with you, ad53. I don't agree with Alex numbers. It's damn irritating to be sat behind someone driving so slow, and I wouldn't be at all surprised if it really does cause accidents as people get so frustrated and try to overtake in places where perhaps they mighn't ordinarily.

so who's at fault if that happens? mr and mrs slow and steady or dave impatient gotta get to my destiantion 3 minutes earlier...?

my money's on Dave being in the wrong...

Originally Posted by Ed

I'm with you, ad53. I don't agree with Alex numbers. It's damn irritating to be sat behind someone driving so slow, and I wouldn't be at all surprised if it really does cause accidents as people get so frustrated and try to overtake in places where perhaps they mighn't ordinarily.

Though, that is the fault of the overtaker not the overtakee...

It's frustrating but do you really want to force someone to go faster than they are comfortable with? That's more dangerous in my eyes.

I don't think going 10mph below the speed limit in an NSL is necessarily a reason to say they shouldn't have a licence, either - along the same lines I wouldn't say going 10mph ABOVE the speed limit is necessarily a reason to say they shouldn't have a licence...you get what I mean.