Driving slowly but never let the build up of traffic go

Is it few or occasional - can't be both? Those trying to overtake when not safe are the dangerous driver, the speed limit is a max limit not a target and many roads would have a max speed that is not achievable at times but any good driver would be able to get around them on an open stretch so sounds like lots of nervous drivers behind them that can not accelerate to get ahead of them

Oh yeah, that big time! Think that is usually a thing with newer drivers not knowing to kick down a gear for more acceleration

Isn’t driving in the hard shoulder illegal. I’d drive in it occasionally with the tractor if it’s clear but there often be a lorry pulled up in the few around here and makes it dangerous.

Maybe worse are the ones who toddle along at 50/60kph on moderately bendy bits and then when it comes to a straight are up to 80/90 quickly. If they stayed at their happy rate of progress, others would have no problem overtaking when safe to do so on the straights.

Slow drivers are generally rubbish drivers because they are oblivious to what is going on around them. A typical slow driver behaviour would be to dawdle along at 70 km/h on an N road, drive at the same speed through a village and blow through a pedestrian crossing without noticing that someone is crossing.

I used to do a long commute and would overtake many of these dumb fcuks every day. Another typical slow driver behaviour is to drive with faulty lights or not use lights correctly. Foggy conditions or dusk/dawn and there they are, crawling along with sidelights or blown bulbs with 50 cars behind them.

There's also a small number of "enforcer" slow drivers - they drive slowly and speed up /close gaps when others try to overtake. They should be battered.

They aren't the ones telling everyone they don't know how to overtake unless people pull over for them.

If that was true they would have statistically more points for driving offences. . .

sorry if I'm being a bit dim but what's your point?

sorry, misread your post due to a typo - I thought you meant the N59 had a hard shoulder at the random spot you picked

The N59 does have a few sections with a hard shoulder where it's next to impossible to overtake a slow driver such as the OP described during peak commuting time (eg between Moycullen and Galway). I know someone who drives that route every day, it's not an uncommon occurance

I don't know where the OP is talking about but I live near the N81 and at rush hour basically any attempt at an overtake would be risky if not illegal due to continuous white lines on many of the straights.