Can people stick to a constant speed on a dc

Tech3

I came across some rather eratic driving the other day coming out the N4 dual carriageway from sligo. This DL reg car overtook me and after a 2km or so i came back upto him going up and down from 90mh/hr to 80km/hr. Then I decided to overtake him and suddenly he puts the foot down and hits about 110km/hr and decide not to overtake him as its not woth getting caught for speeding.

Then another car was about to overtake him after overtaking me but he does the same thing again putting the foot on the gas. Drivers speeding are bad enough but at least they keep to a constant speed. Rant over!

Berty

Ah those people are everywhere. They probably have no idea where the speedo is or ever use their mirrors.

This is as bad as the 60kph people who will do 60 on a dc, regional, national and through towns and past schools and the whole world ends if you overtake. Its like you pass with a sonic boom, they flash and wave fists as though you are speeding.

I personally hate the people who brake when they see headlights coming towards them even on a single lane national with hard shoulders.

GBX Rich

ohh man, i agree with ye there, we have a local twat who doesn't know how to drive, hitting 10kph (i'm been a bit OA here) is breaking the speed limit to him and when you go to overtake him he will actually drive in the middle of the road so you can't pass him.

he has been reported to the garda so many times yet they won't do anything about him, how can people like that be aloud to keep driving on the roads.

meet another person like this the other day driving home from ennis to kilrush, only doing about 40kph in a 100 zone and same again driving in the middle of the road, i was the 3rd car behind them, and a car came flying passed me and had to slam on the breaks not to crash into the back of that car, so who would be in the wrong there?

the fool who can't drive or the guy overtaking at a bit of speed, maybe 80kph as we were driving slow at the time, around 40kph.

Mr. Presentable

Berty wrote: »

I personally hate the people who brake when they see headlights coming towards them even on a single lane national with hard shoulders.

Those ones. Or they brake for all oncoming traffic.

OP, what you're dealing with is people who want a clear road ahead. Cannot be behind another driver, and go all relaxed when in front to the extent they slow down a bit. Seeing you coming just reminds them to stay in front. Old folk, nervous folk, a certain kind of women folk, or muppets like my Da.

Berty

GBX Rich wrote: »

ohh man, i agree with ye there, we have a local twat who doesn't know how to drive, hitting 10kph

There is a guy on the Limerick Newport road driving a hiace who drives ridiculously slow. I was commenting to this to friends in a pub when the girl says it was her dad and she is always telling him. He says he is comfortable driving at that speed and other drivers should slow down.

Im talking around 20kph and thats no lie.

Esel

Berty wrote: »

There is a guy on the Limerick Newport road driving a hiace who drives ridiculously slow.

You have to drive that slow to spot the valuable scrap metal at the side of the road, and be able to stop in time.

Mr. Presentable

In the 60's and 70's my granda was famous for driving slowly. One day on the Naas road a bloke pulled alongside and roared at him "Why don't you get an effing donkey?"

Mr. Presentable

esel wrote: »

You have to drive that slow to spot the valuable scrap metal at the side of the road, and be able to stop in time.

No, it's to keep the carpets from falling out......

patrickc

i joined the M8 today heading towards mitchelstown, was doing about 160kph when a focus woman driver and her passenger passed me, smiling as if to say our car is smaller but faster that yours, they stayed in the outside lane for about 4 miles, i kept going at that speed or a little more, and within another few miles she couldnt keep the speed up, she seemed to be crapping it and back down to 120 or so she was.. didnt see her again after that

Tech3

The wierdest thing about the whole event was that he incorrectly turned right at the cooloney roundabout and was intending to go for the galway turnoff (next roundabout) and eventually came back up to me on the N17 again tailgating me all the way to claremorris where he eventually overtook me. The speed limit wasnt enough for him :D

crosstownk

I drive on motorways and dual carraigeways with cruise control. The amount of cat and mouse that goes on is incredible. I pass a car at a steady 120km/h. It passes me a few kms later. I pass it again. It passes me and so on ad nauseum and all the while my cruise is set to 120km/h.

That said, I think the reason is that on a long relatively boring road like a motorway people find it hard to pay continuous attention to their speed. Uphill stretches will slow them down, downhill will speed them up. If someone is listening intently to what's on the radio then attention to speed may suffer for short spell. Same if they are having a conversation with a passenger. And so follows the "Sorry Garda, I didn't realise...." statement. We are ALL guilty of this from time to time - nobody is perfect. Thankfully cruise control does the thinking for me nowadays

But that does not excuse the muppet who does 140km/h for 1km and then slows down to 80 for the next km.

Rant ends.