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Driving under the speed limit

  • 02-11-2016 07:11PM
    #1
    M94
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 88 ✭✭


    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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  • #2
    endacl
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,448 ✭✭✭✭endacl


    My opinion? You should relax.


  • #3
    CiniO
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,069 ✭✭✭✭CiniO


    I have no opinion.
    Never tried it.


  • #4
    Isambard
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,796 ✭✭✭Isambard


    please, not again.


  • #5
    PucaMama
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,129 ✭✭✭PucaMama


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


  • #6
    Mental Mickey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,669 ✭✭✭✭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.


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  • #7
    durtybit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 384 ✭✭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 ...


  • #8
    FortySeven
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,296 ✭✭✭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.


  • #9
    paddydone1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 65 ✭✭paddydone1


    :rolleyes:


  • #10
    M94
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 88 ✭✭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.


  • #11
    durtybit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 384 ✭✭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


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  • #12
    maximum12
    Closed Accounts Posts: 666 ✭✭✭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.


  • #13
    M94
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 88 ✭✭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?


  • #14
    durtybit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 384 ✭✭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


  • #15
    average_runner
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,881 ✭✭✭✭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


  • #16
    The Backwards Man
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,299 ✭✭✭✭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.


  • #17
    M94
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 88 ✭✭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.


  • #18
    FortySeven
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,296 ✭✭✭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.


  • #19
    M94
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 88 ✭✭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.


  • #20
    durtybit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 384 ✭✭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


  • #21
    durtybit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 384 ✭✭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.


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  • #22
    ThisRegard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,833 ✭✭✭✭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.


  • #23
    M94
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 88 ✭✭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.


  • #24
    The Backwards Man
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,299 ✭✭✭✭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. . .


  • #25
    durtybit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 384 ✭✭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.


  • #26
    M94
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 88 ✭✭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.


  • #27
    FortySeven
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,296 ✭✭✭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?


  • #28
    FortySeven
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,296 ✭✭✭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.


  • #29
    ThisRegard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,833 ✭✭✭✭ThisRegard


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


  • #30
    X6.430macman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,367 ✭✭✭X6.430macman


    I agree 100% with the op. Test my patient to the limit, and what annoys me most of all is that most of them say 'must be in an awful rush' yes believe it or not people have places to be and things to. Going off topic here now but I have respect for tractor/truck drivers as they may be slowing you up but a tractor doing 40/50k is flat out and at least s/he is making an effort.


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  • #31
    nanook5
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 927 ✭✭✭nanook5


    During the driving test , you are marked on progress on the straight and a driving instructor will tell you to try stick to as close to the speed limit so that you don't get marked on this . So yes , people should drive at the limit unless road conditions or otherwise make it unsafe to do so .


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