Driving Habbits Poll

tcawley29 · 05-08-2014 03:01PM #1

Hi guys,

Just curious. Say car A is in front and driving at 80km/h on a 100km/h road.
Car B comes up at 100km/h from behind.
Car B flashes headlights (once) to car A to let him pass where there is a hard shoulder and conditions permit this.

Would you as Car A pull in and let car B pass.

I personally would as if another driver wants to go faster that is none of my business to prevent him from doing so.

jimgoose · 05-08-2014 03:05PM

Yes.

djimi · 05-08-2014 03:05PM

It depends on what you mean by letting him past. Im not likely to put four wheel into the hard shoulder, but I will move over and wont make the overtake difficult for him if its safe to do so.

Then again, if its a 100km/h stretch of road then Im unlikely to be the one getting overtaken for being 20% under the speed limit...

tcawley29 · 05-08-2014 03:09PM

djimi wrote: »

It depends on what you mean by letting him past. Im not likely to put four wheel into the hard shoulder, but I will move over and wont make the overtake difficult for him if its safe to do so.

Then again, if its a 100km/h stretch of road then Im unlikely to be the one getting overtaken for being 20% under the speed limit...

Thats fair enough, I dont expect anyone to put themselves in danger.

However if the hard shoulder is big enough and there is oncoming traffic towards you why wouldn't you?

The Backwards Man · 05-08-2014 03:09PM

Where conditions permit overtaking he wouldn't have to flash me. Where they don't he'll have to wait, unless the lights he's flashing are blue.

tcawley29 · 05-08-2014 03:10PM

The Backwards Man wrote: »

Where conditions permit overtaking he wouldn't have to flash me. Where they don't he'll have to wait, unless the lights he's flashing are blue.

And here comes the typical backarse attitude

djimi · 05-08-2014 03:11PM

tcawley29 wrote: »

Thats fair enough, I dont expect anyone to put themselves in danger.

However if the hard shoulder is big enough and there is oncoming traffic towards you why wouldn't you?

Because a) I have no idea what kind of ****e is going to be littered around the hard shoulder so Im not risking a puncture, and b) why on earth should I drive off the road to facilitate someone coming up behind me?

I dont mind making an overtake easier. Im not going to disappear off the road altogether. The hard shoulder is not a driving/climbing/slow moving lane.

djimi · 05-08-2014 03:12PM

tcawley29 wrote: »

And here comes the typical backarse attitude

Did you start this thread so you could abuse those who didnt give the answer you wanted to hear?

pippip · 05-08-2014 03:12PM

I'd never drive too far into a hard shoulder, far too much debris.

The Backwards Man · 05-08-2014 03:13PM

tcawley29 wrote: »

And here comes the typical backarse attitude

Nothing backarse about, I've seen first hand the carnage driving in the hard shoulder can do.

monflat · 05-08-2014 03:14PM

tcawley29 wrote: »

And here comes the typical backarse attitude

?!??
Your asking people for their opinions and then disrespting the answer given because you don't agree with it?

Cabaal · 05-08-2014 03:16PM

I'm guessing if somebody drove up behind a unmarked Gardai car and flashed lights etc looking to pass they'd get pulled over for doing it and rightly so.

Its aggressive driving if somebody starts doing this. If somebody wants to overtake they can do so when it is safe to do so.

Of course me driving 80 in a 100 doesn't happen, unless the conditions are unsuitable to do so (road works, hedge cutting loads of cyclists, etc)

If I have a trailer I'll always pull abit into a hard shoulders to let stuff pass when I can safely do so.

mynamewasgone! · 05-08-2014 03:16PM

Of course let car B pass.

jimgoose · 05-08-2014 03:17PM

Cabaal wrote: »

I'm guessing if somebody drove up behind a unmarked Gardai car and flashed lights etc looking to pass they'd get pulled over for doing it and rightly so.

Its aggressive driving if somebody starts doing this. If somebody wants to overtake they can do so when it is safe to do so...

You should try the Black Autobahn!

Mycroft H · 05-08-2014 03:17PM

If someone wants to overtake me they're welcome to by accelerating past me.

daz1988 · 05-08-2014 03:18PM

the country people really are the worst on the road I live in the country and its 80km road they drive at 40 and on the middle of the road I was rushing to the hospital one evening I flashed hit the horn a few times and this person sat in the middle of the road in the end i went for it i passed out without breaking the speed limit but i just could not take it anymore im sorry but other road users may actually be in a hurry the laws are wrong anyone who drives like this should be videoed and fined for annoying others and causing accidents

tcawley29 · 05-08-2014 03:22PM

The Backwards Man wrote: »

Nothing backarse about, I've seen first hand the carnage driving in the hard shoulder can do.

Supposing they were in a rush to hospital, etc. You don't know what their story is.

The selfish attitude of not letting someone pass could be causing harm.

tcawley29 · 05-08-2014 03:23PM

daz1988 wrote: »

the country people really are the worst on the road I live in the country and its 80km road they drive at 40 and on the middle of the road I was rushing to the hospital one evening I flashed hit the horn a few times and this person sat in the middle of the road in the end i went for it i passed out without breaking the speed limit but i just could not take it anymore im sorry but other road users may actually be in a hurry the laws are wrong anyone who drives like this should be videoed and fined for annoying others and causing accidents

This,
This is exactly why I think people should be more considerate. Car B could be bringing someone to hospital or trying to get to hospital if a family member was there and had taken a turn for the worse

tcawley29 · 05-08-2014 03:25PM

djimi wrote: »

Because a) I have no idea what kind of ****e is going to be littered around the hard shoulder so Im not risking a puncture, and b) why on earth should I drive off the road to facilitate someone coming up behind me?

I dont mind making an overtake easier. Im not going to disappear off the road altogether. The hard shoulder is not a driving/climbing/slow moving lane.

Very good point and makes perfect sense. Never thought of that side of it before

Cabaal · 05-08-2014 03:25PM

tcawley29 wrote: »

The selfish attitude of not letting someone pass could be causing harm.

Statistically though its likely they are not in an emergency situation,

Its much more likely the person just wants to drive faster to get to work/pub/shop etc 0.5seconds faster.

The Backwards Man · 05-08-2014 03:26PM

tcawley29 wrote: »

Supposing they were in a rush to hospital, etc. You don't know what their story is.

The selfish attitude of not letting someone pass could be causing harm.

Suppose there's a kid on a bike turning at the driveway of their house and they get decapitated by a passing vehicle driving on the hard shoulder to let someone else overtake?

endacl · 05-08-2014 03:26PM

tcawley29 wrote: »

And here comes the typical backarse attitude

Somebody didn't let you past, and you so important and all?

Slicemeister · 05-08-2014 03:27PM

On a sidenote I'm of the opinion an overtake should be completed as quickly as possible. That means breaking the speed limit on the wrong side of the road. Anyone ever done or reprimanded for this?

Nothing worse than an overtake that takes so long it endangers other road users too imo.

tcawley29 · 05-08-2014 03:27PM

The Backwards Man wrote: »

Suppose there's a kid on a bike turning at the driveway of their house and they get decapitated by a passing vehicle driving on the hard shoulder to let someone else overtake?

If there was a child there then conditions would not permit the driver to pull in, thus your argument is invalid

daz1988 · 05-08-2014 03:29PM

There is a woman who live about 3 miles away from me her son collapsed during a hurling game rushed to hospital she left her house and about a mile from my house she came behind a person who refused to pull in she sat there for 10 minutes eventually she rammed the car as she passed and did not stop the guards treated her as a criminal and tried to arrest her while she sat at her sons bedside about a week later her husband called to that persons door and explained the story and this persons words were ( I dont give a **** she is a mad woman she needs her head checked she could have killed me ) If anything serious happened like that happened that I had to get to hospital there and then no one would stop me no cars no road blocks i would not stop country is a joke country drivers should be ashamed driving there fancy cars staying on the middle of the road as there afraid to get a scratch on them

endacl · 05-08-2014 03:30PM

tcawley29 wrote: »

If there was a child there then conditions would not permit the driver to pull in, thus your argument is invalid

Not really. Kids are unpredictable.

Your poll is a bit ..... 'loaded'....?

Why didn't you just have a rant and leave it at that?

endacl · 05-08-2014 03:31PM

daz1988 wrote: »

There is a woman who live about 3 miles away from me her son collapsed during a hurling game rushed to hospital she left her house and about a mile from my house she came behind a person who refused to pull in she sat there for 10 minutes eventually she rammed the car as she passed and did not stop the guards treated her as a criminal and tried to arrest her while she sat at her sons bedside about a week later her husband called to that persons door and explained the story and this persons words were ( I dont give a **** she is a mad woman she needs her head checked she could have killed me ) If anything serious happened like that happened that I had to get to hospital there and then no one would stop me no cars no road blocks i would not stop country is a joke country drivers should be ashamed driving there fancy cars staying on the middle of the road as there afraid to get a scratch on them

Punctuation and paragraphs please. You don't need to type the same way as you drive.

The Backwards Man · 05-08-2014 03:32PM

tcawley29 wrote: »

If there was a child there then conditions would not permit the driver to pull in, thus your argument is invalid

Are you one of those super drivers that can see the future?
Us mere mortals can't react to situations on the road until we see them.

That's why I think it's safer to err on the side of caution, the person rushing to the hospital will get past me, the kid with his head fifty yards down the road in a gully hasn't a hope.

tcawley29 · 05-08-2014 03:34PM

The Backwards Man wrote: »

Are you one of those super drivers that can see the future?
Us mere mortals can't react to situations on the road until we see them.

No I'm just one of those lucky people that was born with two eyes to look at where im driving and whats up ahead of me

Witcher · 05-08-2014 03:36PM

Slicemeister wrote: »

On a sidenote I'm of the opinion an overtake should be completed as quickly as possible. That means breaking the speed limit on the wrong side of the road. Anyone ever done or reprimanded for this?

Nothing worse than an overtake that takes so long it endangers other road users too imo.

Saw a lad overtake a car ahead of me the other day coming up to a hill, he could have safely overtaken the car even with the hill there but he was so slow about it that he was nearly on the crest of the hill by the time he moved back in.

Cleveland Hot Pocket · 05-08-2014 03:38PM

I'd move over as far left in my lane as possible to allow car B some better visibility.
But not go into the hard shoulder.

I've done it in the past, I drove some cars that would be a lot slower than those around them. I've been both car A and car B in that scenario at one time or another.

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