Cruise Control:
the A17 between boston and sleaford, they sit at 40 then hit the dual and ride the limiter like they making a run for the border
I must admit that the A17 is the one road where i sit at 40 ish and when i hit Sleaford twin track i sit at 50 max and once the backlog is clear i increase speed to make sure a 38mph trolley dolly doesn’t shaft me after the dual. Normally on single A roads i’ll sit at 50 or just under. However, nighttime, i get along as fast as i can. (they won’t spot me in the dark!!! ) [/quote ]
40 mph or 64kph is the limit on the singles and the only numbties are the ones who ride up your ■■■ thinking they will push u along and speed up on the duals.i’m tramping and i’m in no hurry but every other idiot wants to carve the job up by speeding all the time and you know who u are with your lost number plates
I would like to know why other drivers would wish me to speed so they can get to their destination quicker?
I could drive along on a single carriageway on the limiter no problem at all. I don’t because it’s a 40 limit and if I get pulled I get points. If I had an accident and had been travelling close to 50, there’s no way of explaining that away. Even if it wasn’t my fault, my excessive speed would be seen as a contributing factor and I’m not willing to risk my livelyhood to get to somewhere quicker.
I don’t hog the line but I travel at the speed limit and speed up to 50 on dual cariageway sections. I make no apologies, you want me to go faster, have the speed limit changed. Other than that, back off. With a 45 feet, double deck trailer behind me, driving close doesn’t intimidate me. It makes me think the driver behind is a jerk and will be injured should I need to stop, I’ll be fine.
MikeCunn:
I would like to know why other drivers would wish me to speed so they can get to their destination quicker?
Perhaps the other drive is not paid by the hour so it is to their personnal advantage to get done quicker.
That is not to say that all non-hourly paid drivers think this way or drive unsafely but I would be surprised if those hourly paid drivers felt the need to break the limit for the same reason.
MikeCunn:
Until last Friday, I was shift paid. The quicker I got the job done the better for me. Didn’t make me speed though.
Of course it diidn’t
That would be down to the choice of the driver which is why I said what I did in my last post.
The point I was trying to make was that if there were 100 hourly paid drivers and 100 non-hourly paid then it would be more LIKELY that more deliberate speeders would come from the non-hourly paid than the hourly paid - but you’ll still get deliberate speeders in both.
dessy:
40 mph or 64kph is the limit on the singles and the only numbties are the ones who ride up your ■■■ thinking they will push u along and speed up on the duals.i’m tramping and i’m in no hurry but every other idiot wants to carve the job up by speeding all the time and you know who u are with your lost number plates
looks like im a numbtie then(its actually spelt NUMPTY you numpty).like you i tramp,however i drive at whatever speed i want to on a single carriageway and will not be dictated to by the whiter than white brigade in aspects such as safety/law etc etc. as ive already explained in many other beaten to death posts on the same subject.if in my view its safe to do so.i do not however sit up someones chuff trying to pressure them out of the way(i leave that to the true heroes).
ps my rear number plate is always fitted…(cos its bolted on).
pps thanks for pointing out the speed limit is 40mph or 64kmh on a single.i never knew that.learn something new everyday here.
MikeCunn:
Until last Friday, I was shift paid. The quicker I got the job done the better for me. Didn’t make me speed though.
well your obviously a very lucky chap then arent you.im bonus paid so the quicker i get the job done the better for me,and it DOES make me speed.does that make me unsafe/dangerous/lesser being than yourself??.i think not.
the whiter than white brigade is that way
buck rogers:
looks like im a numbtie then(its actually spelt NUMPTY you numpty).like you i tramp,however i drive at whatever speed i want to on a single carriageway as ive already explained in many other beaten to death posts on the same subject.if in my view its safe to do so.i do not however sit up someones chuff trying to pressure them out of the way
The only person that you would be a numpty to is yourself if you got points etc but that is YOUR CHOICE - being safe but illegal does not, IMO, make you an UNSAFE NUMPTY
For those who may be surprised by my comments - I do not condone the breaking of speed limits but I’m not a law enforcer, just a campaigner of safe driving.
buck rogers:
well your obviously a very lucky chap then arent you.im bonus paid so the quicker i get the job done the better for me,and it DOES make me speed.does that make me unsafe/dangerous??.i think not.
the whiter than white brigade is that way
I think so yes.
Thanks for the directions to ‘The Whiter Than White Brigade’. Please forgive me for having an opinion on people who are arrogant enough to break the law (it is 40mph by law you know) then defend themselves by saying they’re safe doing it.
Consider me chastised.
MikeCunn:
Please forgive me for having an opinion on people who are arrogant enough to break the law (it is 40mph by law you know) then defend themselves by saying they’re safe doing it.
Consider me chastised.
Being unsafe and being illegal are 2 seperate issues which sometimes go together but not always
Being illegal does not necessarily mean a driver is unsafe and being legal does not necessarily mean a driver is safe.
To be honest, I usually drive like i’ve stolen it. I never harrass or tail gate other road users (the code) unless they are in the right hand lane of a dual carriageway and there is nothing in the inside lane for miles ahead, even then nothing agressive just a cheeky bout of undertaking, can’t understand these people who flash the lights and tail gate people like this to bully them in to moving over. Yeah they’re stupid but it’s a free country. I will do 56 on a single carriageway all day long but if there’s a chap paid by the hour ahead of me sitting at 40 then them’s the breaks and good luck to him (as long as he let’s you past on a dual say).
buck rogers:
well your obviously a very lucky chap then arent you.im bonus paid so the quicker i get the job done the better for me,and it DOES make me speed.does that make me unsafe/dangerous??.i think not.
the whiter than white brigade is that way
I think so yes.
Thanks for the directions to ‘The Whiter Than White Brigade’. Please forgive me for having an opinion on people who are arrogant enough to break the law (it is 40mph by law you know) then defend themselves by saying they’re safe doing it.
Consider me chastised.
got no problem with anyone having an opinion,its an open forum after all.but i take great exception to the"brigade" quoting laws,and jumping on the “its not safe” bandwagon to people who choose not to sit at 38 mph mile after mile,then have the audacity to call them arrogant,or unsafe
ps i must be safe doing it ive got 14 accident free(bar 1 none fault) years and god knows how many kms under my feet driving just the same as i always do.
and in my opinion,getting back to the original post,its exactly the likes of the 38mph im not budging on the “single” and then flat out on a dual"your not getting past" idiots who are more unsafe and cost lives.
MikeCunn:
I would like to know why other drivers would wish me to speed so they can get to their destination quicker?
I could drive along on a single carriageway on the limiter no problem at all. I don’t because it’s a 40 limit and if I get pulled I get points. If I had an accident and had been travelling close to 50, there’s no way of explaining that away. Even if it wasn’t my fault, my excessive speed would be seen as a contributing factor and I’m not willing to risk my livelyhood to get to somewhere quicker.
I don’t hog the line but I travel at the speed limit and speed up to 50 on dual cariageway sections. I make no apologies, you want me to go faster, have the speed limit changed. Other than that, back off. With a 45 feet, double deck trailer behind me, driving close doesn’t intimidate me. It makes me think the driver behind is a jerk and will be injured should I need to stop, I’ll be fine.
None of what you have said there has any connection to my original post. If you wish to sit at 40 mph, so be it, I don’t have a problem. As you have said, you keep left & let others past on single carriageways, and do 50 on a dual carriageway.thats as it should be. congratulations!
If you want to do 40 that’s your perogative and again i’ve no problem with any one who wants to run at the speed limit. But neither have I a problem with other chaps like me who want to crack on and do 56 if the road is clear. I’ve only a problem with aggressive drivers.
Theres a limit for a reason we don’t all know the roads we are running on speed cameras etc. Heard a guy complaining the other day about drivers doing 40 on A605 when i was at Tescoes RDC i would have dropped him but was on the clock.
I’m on the hour and usually stay at the 40mph on single roads, I pull over occasionally and let the traffic past and stick to 40 again if a short stretch of dual opens up…all perfectly fair imo, but today (happens quite regularly) whilst on my way up the A49 towards our wrexham depot, on 2 seperate occasions, a 7.5t & then an artic both overtook me as soon as they could but felt the need to get on the horn as they passed and give me the “friendly hello” hand signals for doing 40mph - winds me up
George-1982:
both overtook me as soon as they could but felt the need to get on the horn as they passed and give me the “friendly hello” hand signals for doing 40mph
Just shows what a bad attitude they have - BIG smile & wave back nicely
George-1982:
both overtook me as soon as they could but felt the need to get on the horn as they passed and give me the “friendly hello” hand signals for doing 40mph
Just shows what a bad attitude they have - BIG smile & wave back nicely
George-1982:
both overtook me as soon as they could but felt the need to get on the horn as they passed and give me the “friendly hello” hand signals for doing 40mph
Just shows what a bad attitude they have - BIG smile & wave back nicely
Blow them a kiss that annoy’s them even more !
Working nights i tend to find a lot more trucks cracking on, no problem with that, but what does annoy me like others have said is the driver that sits at 40 on single carriageways and as soon as they get to twin track they are on the limiter, and everyone else sat in outside lane not going anywhere,we are paid salary, so no rush, but been paid by the km and know what it’s like trying to earn a good wage, and drivers who do the 40 then flat out bit, really should think about there actions a bit more, just my two pennies worth !
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