Guest Anonymous Posted February 23, 2006 Report Share Posted February 23, 2006 I think everyone should stick to within the speed limit. But I hate drivers who go 30mph on a 60mph road when conditions are fine! They can cause accidents with people getting frustrated and over takeing when it may not be safe to do so. Also a nightmare if you cant overtake such as on a single track road and they just putter along gawking at everything while a back log of cars builds up. Think they should be done as much as speeders. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Njugle Posted February 23, 2006 Report Share Posted February 23, 2006 Wait a moment till i get my spoon out.......ah there we go, now then: How about cyclists on the 'A' roads? Walkers on the 'B' roads And......wait for it.........HORSES on the 'A'&'B' Roads and in aboot the toon!? Discuss..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted February 23, 2006 Report Share Posted February 23, 2006 I think everyone should stick to within the speed limit. But I hate drivers who go 30mph on a 60mph road when conditions are fine! They can cause accidents with people getting frustrated and over takeing when it may not be safe to do so. Also a nightmare if you cant overtake such as on a single track road and they just putter along gawking at everything while a back log of cars builds up. Think they should be done as much as speeders. oh i totaly agree they drive me mad usualy they are female or a man with a hat! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Jimson Posted February 23, 2006 Report Share Posted February 23, 2006 I think everyone should stick to within the speed limit. But I hate drivers who go 30mph on a 60mph road when conditions are fine! They can cause accidents with people getting frustrated and over takeing when it may not be safe to do so. Also a nightmare if you cant overtake such as on a single track road and they just putter along gawking at everything while a back log of cars builds up. Think they should be done as much as speeders. That is absolute nonsense. It's not good if they are driving below the speed limit for people behind, but if they don't feel comfortable driving faster then they should hardly be compelled to. It's not them causing the danger if people decided to overtake dangerously, and they are hardly responsible for deaths/accidents on the road on a comparable level to speeders. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustMe Posted February 23, 2006 Report Share Posted February 23, 2006 Well no!....."they" do not cause accidents. Accidents happen when someone allows themselves to become irritated by the slower driver and try to pass when it is not safe to do so. And yes they annoy me at times. On single track roads drivers should pull into a passing place to allow faster drivers to pass and it might be worthwhile taking a note of their registration number and passing it onto the police. Thinking about the whole issue of speeding on Shetlands roads I think the worst place for drivers breaking the speed limit might well be Lochside despite all the recent publicity and to my mind the place that sees more drivers travelling at a dangerous speed just has to me Commercial street. Yep!.....with the chance of a child (or even an adult) walking into the road without looking I think that anyone driving at more than a fast walking pace is driving dangerously. And before someone mentions the speed limit I know it is 30mph but the law only imposes maximum speed limits and a driver is still required to adjust speed to suit conditions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Njugle Posted February 23, 2006 Report Share Posted February 23, 2006 people getting frustrated and over takeing when it may not be safe to do so. Surely the real answer to your own point Styles. People who get frustrated and overtake when it is not safe to do so should be "done as much as speeders" Why would anyone feel the need to get "frustrated", Did you leave home late? Is it your road and no-one else has the right to flout the rules you impose? What about tractors, shall we make them all faster? And then, come the day when you blow two pistons out of four and can only manage 30mph in the 60, are you ready for your ticket too? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Njugle Posted February 23, 2006 Report Share Posted February 23, 2006 Ps. Buy a motorbike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowe Posted February 23, 2006 Report Share Posted February 23, 2006 Surely the worst problem is not so much slow drivers but drivers with an erratic speed, they're more likely to cause an accident. People who get overly stressed about slow driving should possibly not be drivng themselves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claudias Posted February 24, 2006 Report Share Posted February 24, 2006 a driver is still required to adjust speed to suit conditions. If all drivers complied with this rule there would be no need for speed limits.There are times when 10mph is too fast in town yet times when 100mph is appropriate on motorways. It isn't speed which kills. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moorit Posted February 28, 2006 Report Share Posted February 28, 2006 What about the drivers who suddenly stop on the main road to let a car out of a side road. Meanwhile nearly causing 2 or 3 shunts behind them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted February 28, 2006 Report Share Posted February 28, 2006 You can fail your driving test for not driving at the proper speed limit, so surely people who will not drive at the proper speed limit once they are qualified should not be driving either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Njugle Posted February 28, 2006 Report Share Posted February 28, 2006 You can fail your driving test for not driving at the proper speed limit, so surely people who will not drive at the proper speed limit once they are qualified should not be driving either. It's very snowy today. A lot of the side roads are pretty much untreated. Please, please, please anonymous guest give me a shout and let's see you do sixty on all the roads today, i'd really love to see it. Cos 60 is "the proper speed limit" after all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustMe Posted February 28, 2006 Report Share Posted February 28, 2006 I always thought that the driving test expected the driver to make due progress having regard to the road conditions. As an extreme example the speed limit on Commercial Street is 30mph. Any learner doing that speed would fail for dangerous driving. Anyway driving slower than the driver behind wants to drive is not an offence except, I believe, on certain stretches of motorway. And I would add that if anyone driving in Shetland is in so much of a hurry as to get irritated by the spped of traffic in front then they should have started their journey a bit earlier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lumpsucker Posted March 19, 2006 Report Share Posted March 19, 2006 On the subject of pushbikes and horses on the road - I would rather have pushbikes - they don't sharn all over the road or rear up when you drive by. They should however be barred from cycling two abreast - and whats with the leotards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dB Posted March 22, 2006 Report Share Posted March 22, 2006 You can generally get by a slow driver. My absolute pet hate is drivers afore me taking up position on the left of a junction whilst turning right, thereby stopping me fae turning left. I sit in an impotent rage wishing I could had me hand on da horn like they do in Rome. This is especially galling when exiting left fae Bolts or Sound Service Station. These places hae a one way system, why don't folk use it. Note to owners of these establishments - perhaps clearer markings would encourage folk like me to visit more. Rant ower - thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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