It got to me today. On the 50mph sections. What do you do about it? Grind your teeth, or take a few clicks off and move into the first lane?
Take it easy, don’t let 'em wind you up. Saying that, North circular gets to me a lot.
Seems to attract people who want to drive at 40mph on a 50mph road.
Then when you go to overtake they get a sudden Lewis Hamilton burst, and accelerate to 60+.
No problem, but they then slow back down to 40mph further down the road.
You go to overtake and they do the same again. 
They would not pass a driving test driving at that speed on that road, why do they feel they can do it after passing their test.
Don’t care. Made me roll my eyes a lot last weekend though, a bit of rain and they went mental, now I’m all for slowing down in bad weather, but 40 in the inside and 45 in the middle is a bit much - still, I wasn’t in a rush 
Shandy123:
It got to me today. On the 50mph sections. What do you do about it? Grind your teeth, or take a few clicks off and move into the first lane?
There are things you can do & there are things you DON’T do.
Getting worked up & angry about it is one of the things you DON’T do. EVER.
If you’re struggling to think of things that you can do, then I suggest you ask a lorry driver.
Go past them on the inside lane? If I’m in the middle or outside lane and the traffic is going faster on the inside lane then people do pass, makes sense.
Most car speedometers are very inaccurate so at 45mph they might be reading somewhere near 50mph, your tachograph is calibrated, so you’ll get a far more accurate speed reading.
muckles:
Most car speedometers are very inaccurate so at 45mph they might be reading somewhere near 50mph, your tachograph is calibrated, so you’ll get a far more accurate speed reading.
I know that, but that’s what makes it even more frustrating, lol. You know that they are sitting there, all smug, with their “road warrior” hat on, thinking they are teaching you a lesson.
I am just gonna give up on trying to maintain 50, pull over, go slow and let everyone else dodge around me
TheBorg:
Shandy123:
It got to me today. On the 50mph sections. What do you do about it? Grind your teeth, or take a few clicks off and move into the first lane?There are things you can do & there are things you DON’T do.
Getting worked up & angry about it is one of the things you DON’T do. EVER.
If you’re struggling to think of things that you can do, then I suggest you ask a lorry driver.
I know, I know, and usually I don’t, but you know when you are putting yourself under a bit of pressure to get the job done as soon as safely possible, 'cos you’ve got something on…
I don’t get your last point, send again in clear, over?
Shandy123:
muckles:
Most car speedometers are very inaccurate so at 45mph they might be reading somewhere near 50mph, your tachograph is calibrated, so you’ll get a far more accurate speed reading.I know that, but that’s what makes it even more frustrating, lol. You know that they are sitting there, all smug, with their “road warrior” hat on, thinking they are teaching you a lesson.
I am just gonna give up on trying to maintain 50, pull over, go slow and let everyone else dodge around me
To be honest I know there are some road worrier types, but I think they’d sit in lane 3, so everybody has to do their speed. the ones in Lane 2 are more likely to be the ones who do very little motorway driving (especially popular at this time of year) and are scared they might trigger a speed camera if they even they go a sniff over 50mph. I just try and hold back, chill out and it seems to make going through the roadworks far smoother. Anyway no point hurrying it only gets you to the back of the next queue quicker. 
Car speedos are out by only a fraction. I don’t think car drivers do it on purpose, they aren’t that clever.
I have a idea which would solve this overnight. Make the limit in roadworks for cars 60 and keep it 50 for trucks then everyone would be actually doing 50.
ajt:
Car speedos are out by only a fraction. I don’t think car drivers do it on purpose, they aren’t that clever.I have a idea which would solve this overnight. Make the limit in roadworks for cars 60 and keep it 50 for trucks then everyone would be actually doing 50.
Car speedo can be out by 10% and always seemed to read higher than the actual speed. so a car doing 45mph could be reading 49.5mph.
Just check your car against a sat nav on a flat road.
The lower the speed the more accurate a car speedo is. Roughly 2 to 3 mph out overall. Don’t forget a lot of drivers like to sit just under the limit too which then equates to 5mph below.
ajt:
The lower the speed the more accurate a car speedo is. Roughly 2 to 3 mph out overall. Don’t forget a lot of drivers like to sit just under the limit too which then equates to 5mph below.
Err no. Mine over reads 10% pretty much from 20 to 80. At 80 mph indicated its doing 72 according to a gps position unit in some gear I have.
My biggest annoyance is the knobs that see the signs and impending roadworks, but have to pass the “juggernaut” in front, as they “don’t want to be stuck behind that” then cut you up, almost taking the corner off your bumper, then hammer on the anchors. And then sit at 42ish for the next hour.
And why oh why can’t England adopt the Scottish signing system, (which I know isn’t strictly accurate, but a professional driver should know his speed limits) and stick a “70” sign at the end of roadworks. I doubt most drivers pay any heed to the NSA signs that we use here, so carry on trundling along for as long as it takes until they realize that everyone else has speeded up and there aren’t any cones anymore.
Shandy123:
What do you do about it?
Assuming you mean through the roadworks…
I do one of two things. Either I imagine I could’ve been living in London during the blitz, and it puts the my current situation into perspective, or I imagine for a moment the person driving is my mother/father/son/daughter etc, and this quickly enables me to make big allowances for them.
Both of these lead to me adjusting my speed and not caring about extra minute added to my overall journey time. It just ain’t worth the stress.
Just have to remember you share the road with other users. The good, the bad and the ugly and yes that includes many so called ‘professional drivers’ too.
Take a chill pill and relax.
50mph through the roadworks is a limit, not a target.
If traffic is driving through the roadworks slow, then I suggest you do too.
Suggest you take a long long holiday away from driving,or see your Doctor to give you some pills to calm you down, if a trivial 5 mph below the maximum 50 gets to you that much
And relax payed by the hour who cares.But if it was a friday diffrent tune nearly beer oclock then 
Shandy123:
It got to me today. On the 50mph sections. What do you do about it? Grind your teeth, or take a few clicks off and move into the first lane?
My simple solution is to not bother overtaking through roadworks, its muppetry of the highest order. I think trucks should be banned from all but the nearside lane of roadworks also. To compensate nearside lane should be HGV only unless leaving or joining the carriageway.
Course this would mean doing crazy things like leaving really big gaps to the truck in front.
Honestly why stress over this, just stay in the nearside and tootle along. You chose your profession accept your fate and relax, most of the time we get in everybody elses way.
Oh apart from Fridays when my high horse has a day off and Im just a roadwork tailgating muppet like everyone else