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Driving under the speed limit

M94

In my opinion driving under the speed limit creates dangerous situations and almost always results in tailgating or other types of aggressive driving. You can see it every day, people overtaking dangerously on 1 lane roads because for some reason some people drive under the speed limit. Now I am not sure about this rule in Ireland during the driving test but I know that driving slower than 10 km/h of the posted limit results in a driving test failure reason being disrupting the flow of traffic in many other European Union countries. What is your opinion on this?

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ThisRegard

I think it's time for an IQ test be introduced before people are allowed apply for a licence.

FortySeven

durtybit wrote: »

So you blame other drivers for your getting to work late. How about you leave 30 mins earlier than normal or an hour earlier than normal.

When you drop the kids to school at 8.30 and start work at 9?

I still say this is not really a driver issue. More an indictment on poor road provision. Those hard shoulders on main roads are pointless and should be second lanes.

FortySeven

durtybit wrote: »

Give me a break

So you would be willing to possibly kill someone or yourself for the sake of a few minutes or waiting to safely pass

You're assuming I'm passing dangerously. Not so. I am a very careful driver and would never dream of allowing my frustration to dictate how I drive. I don't tailgate, I don't pass irresponsibly, I wait until it is safe.

Attempting to label me a potential killer to make a point is a stretch. I find it frustrating is all. I have sat in a queue of 50+ cars moving at 50kph for many miles on a road with a 100kph limit. All because some guy in a van decided the speed limit on that road for himself that day. I missed my kids school concert because of him.

Why should we have to put up with it?

M94

durtybit wrote: »

M94 wrote: »

It causes me to be late for work as you can't predict the time it takes to get there. This results in wasting your time every day and wasting your life driving for longer while you could be doing other more productive things.

So you blame other drivers for your getting to work late. How about you leave 30 mins earlier than normal or an hour earlier than normal.

Of course if they drive the speed limit I wouldn't have to leave my house earlier time is money. The slow drivers are the cause not me if they weren't driving slowly everyone would happy. Driving under the speed limit should be punished same as driving over the speed.

durtybit

M94 wrote: »

Would rather they drive at the speed limit and there would be no problems. You have to try and remove the source of the problem before resorting to other options and the source is the slow drivers creating large tailbacks.

Source of the problem is you are leaving yourself without enough time to get to your destination. These things are not factored into your travel time.

The Backwards Man

M94 wrote: »

Would rather they drive at the speed limit and there would be no problems. You have to try and remove the source of the problem before resorting to other options and the source is the slow drivers creating large tailbacks.

I wish we could remove the source of the problem too.

That's not me agreeing with you by the way. . .

M94

durtybit wrote: »

FortySeven wrote: »

Life forces me to overtake. I don't have those extra minutes to spare. The queues of cars behind these slow drivers clearly show that the vast majority are travelling at a higher speed.

Give me a break

So you would be willing to possibly kill someone or yourself for the sake of a few minutes or waiting to safely pass

Would rather they drive at the speed limit and there would be no problems. You have to try and remove the source of the problem before resorting to other options and the source is the slow drivers creating large tailbacks.

ThisRegard

M94 wrote: »

almost always results in tailgating or other types of aggressive driving. You can see it every day, people overtaking dangerously on 1 lane roads because for some reason some people drive under the speed limit.

What, the people driving below the limit jump from their cars, gun in hand, while still moving, land in the passenger seat and force the drivers to do these things?

The only thing making the decision to do these things are the drivers themselves, and if they can't wait to safely overtake, they are the problem.

durtybit

M94 wrote: »

It causes me to be late for work as you can't predict the time it takes to get there. This results in wasting your time every day and wasting your life driving for longer while you could be doing other more productive things.

So you blame other drivers for your getting to work late. How about you leave 30 mins earlier than normal or an hour earlier than normal.

durtybit

FortySeven wrote: »

Life forces me to overtake. I don't have those extra minutes to spare. The queues of cars behind these slow drivers clearly show that the vast majority are travelling at a higher speed.

Give me a break

So you would be willing to possibly kill someone or yourself for the sake of a few minutes or waiting to safely pass

M94

durtybit wrote: »

M94 wrote: »

What about the bad decisions to drive 20-30 km/h under the speed limit. As I have said it is punishable in other countries and you fail the driving test so why is it acceptable here?

Whats that got to do with your decisions

It causes me to be late for work as you can't predict the time it takes to get there. This results in wasting your time every day and wasting your life driving for longer while you could be doing other more productive things.

FortySeven

durtybit wrote: »

Cop yourself on nobody FORCES you to do anything, you make bad decisions based on whats presented to you

The same drivers also stick to 70 when passing through 50 zones.

Life forces me to overtake. I don't have those extra minutes to spare. The queues of cars behind these slow drivers clearly show that the vast majority are travelling at a higher speed.

To be honest, the problem in this country is not that there are drivers moving slowly and more the lack of dual carriageways on heavily used commuter routes.

M94

maximum12 wrote: »

It depends. There is often no reason to drive under the limit.

However, 50 is often too fast for residential areas, particularly when there are a lot of parked cars.

Talking mainly about the 80 and 100 km/h roads where you see every day driving at 60 in 80 roads and 80 in 100 roads.

The Backwards Man

If the motors forum recently is representative of the general mentality of the average Irish motorist, then the sooner private vehicles are banned off the road the better.

average_runner

FortySeven wrote: »

Drives me insane. Constantly stuck behind people doing 70 in 100 areas.

I view it as a selfish driver robbing me of 30% of my time.

It's infuriating and forces manouvers like overtaking which I would rather not have to make. I'm not alone in this. On my commute there will be a queue of cars waiting to go head on into traffic to pass these time wasters.

Keep doing that and you will have no time left

durtybit

M94 wrote: »

What about the bad decisions to drive 20-30 km/h under the speed limit. As I have said it is punishable in other countries and you fail the driving test so why is it acceptable here?

Whats that got to do with your decisions

M94

durtybit wrote: »

FortySeven wrote: »

Drives me insane. Constantly stuck behind people doing 70 in 100 areas.

I view it as a selfish driver robbing me of 30% of my time.

It's infuriating and forces manouvers like overtaking which I would rather not have to make. I'm not alone in this. On my commute there will be a queue of cars waiting to go head on into traffic to pass these time wasters.

Cop yourself on nobody FORCES you to do anything, you make bad decisions based on whats presented to you

What about the bad decisions to drive 20-30 km/h under the speed limit. As I have said it is punishable in other countries and you fail the driving test so why is it acceptable here?

maximum12

It depends. There is often no reason to drive under the limit.

However, 50 is often too fast for residential areas, particularly when there are a lot of parked cars.

durtybit

FortySeven wrote: »

Drives me insane. Constantly stuck behind people doing 70 in 100 areas.

I view it as a selfish driver robbing me of 30% of my time.

It's infuriating and forces manouvers like overtaking which I would rather not have to make. I'm not alone in this. On my commute there will be a queue of cars waiting to go head on into traffic to pass these time wasters.

Cop yourself on nobody FORCES you to do anything, you make bad decisions based on whats presented to you

M94

endacl wrote: »

My opinion? You should relax.

I am not the only one when you see these cars you see like a train of 20 cars behind them.

paddydone1

:rolleyes:

FortySeven

Drives me insane. Constantly stuck behind people doing 70 in 100 areas.

I view it as a selfish driver robbing me of 30% of my time.

It's infuriating and forces manouvers like overtaking which I would rather not have to make. I'm not alone in this. On my commute there will be a queue of cars waiting to go head on into traffic to pass these time wasters.

durtybit

M94 wrote: »

In my opinion driving under the speed limit creates dangerous situations and almost always results in tailgating or other types of aggressive driving. You can see it every day, people overtaking dangerously on 1 lane roads because for some reason some people drive under the speed limit. Now I am not sure about this rule in Ireland during the driving test but I know that driving slower than 10 km/h of the posted limit results in a driving test failure reason being disrupting the flow of traffic in many other European Union countries. What is your opinion on this?

My opinion is if someone else is driving like a dick, this does not give you a free pass to drive like a dick ...

Mental Mickey

M94 wrote: »

In my opinion driving under the speed limit creates dangerous situations and almost always results in tailgating or other types of aggressive driving. You can see it every day, people overtaking dangerously on 1 lane roads because for some reason some people drive under the speed limit. Now I am not sure about this rule in Ireland during the driving test but I know that driving slower than 10 km/h of the posted limit results in a driving test failure reason being disrupting the flow of traffic in many other European Union countries. What is your opinion on this?

Pointless thread. Speed limits are called such - shock horror - for a reason.

PucaMama

It's a speed limit. Not a target. Drive at it or up to 10km under it.

Isambard

please, not again.

CiniO

I have no opinion.
Never tried it.

endacl

My opinion? You should relax.