tek-monkey
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I always thought that the speed limit was what you felt comfortable with, up to a maximum? The only time I've got wound up by people doing 40 in a 50 is when they stay at 40 through the 30 bit too!
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Examples of poor driving you have witnessed!
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Apricot
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You get that a lot on the A34 from the Weeping Cross double islands going towards Cannock. My work colleague used to call them 'unispeeders'.
I was in a queue of traffic once stuck behind one unispeeder doing 40mph all the way from Milford to Cannock. When we got to the 30mph bit at Huntington the rest of us slowed down and he sped off into the distance, to be greeted by the flash of a speed camera.
proactive
Enjoying a drop of red.
Sometimes, there is a god.
Withnail
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My reply some time ago was prompted by just this phenomenon.
At the time i was driving to Cannock once a week, on that very stretch - plain sailing >40 to the bit before the Seven Stars > 50 to Brocton > 40 slow down to >30 through Brocton > up again to 40 to the chase turn then > 60 all the way to a bit before Huntington > 30 the rest of the way through.
Didn't always work that way, thus a bit of leeway was always worked into timings - you might easily be stuck behind the bus/tractor/wagon/leisure cruiser etc, all of those sorts of things were possible - for the avoidance of unnecessary stress. Of course the best thing about giving oneself the gift of time -and the stresslessness that goes with it - is the luxury of observation.
The 'unispeeders' - a name was needed for them, so pass on my thanks to your colleague - i could never quite stretch my noodle around. Their geometry is something that defies any kind of 'law abiding' logic. Genuinely you will find yourself driving behind a person who seems to have taken it upon themselves to impose their own 'average speed limit'.
The most maddening thing about the 'unispeeder' is that you end up, after the increases and decreases in velocity that you have made, exactly as you were bid to do, by the limits that you adhered to, exactly in the same place behind the 'unispeeder' - who has done none of these things - as you enter Huntington.
Which makes you wonder whether they were right all along?
Which then makes you wonder if you actually want to live in a world where the 'unispeeder' is right...
Luckily i no longer have to drive to Cannock once a week, and instead now have to drive into Stafford.
Out of the existential 'frying pan', what?
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airbusA346
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If we were within our right to drive so far below the speed limit, it wouldn't be a driving fault on the driving test.
Cue
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Has there been some update to the Highway Code that says you only need to flick the indicator as you change lanes? Seem to be seeing more and more people switching lanes in front of other people without actually indicating. And then as they touch the middle line they'll flick the indicator down slightly so that it lets out a single blink as a "oh yeah, I am coming in by the way".
That is how accidents happen.
That is how accidents happen.
staffordjas
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Laurie61
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I noticed some while ago that a single wink was in vogue for motorway overtakes. Quite a few cars now seem to have indicators equipped with a three wink system whereby if you flick the indicator stalk you get, a pre set, three winks. There has obviously been much scientific research conducted to arrive at the three wink solution.
I would imagine the rational behind this is a reasonably attentive driver will see at least two of the three winks, those who don’t are probably on their mobile phone and would not only miss three winks but also your whole car. So more winks do not increase the chances of observation?
I would imagine the rational behind this is a reasonably attentive driver will see at least two of the three winks, those who don’t are probably on their mobile phone and would not only miss three winks but also your whole car. So more winks do not increase the chances of observation?
Apricot
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Cue
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Pretty sure you indicate you say you want to come in, not to say you're coming in. Then the recipient of the winks needs to give you let you in and give you room.
Unlike the person I saw the other week at the Queensway Roundabout who was in the lane to go towards the bus stop area up near Foregate but instead realised they wanted to go towards Weston Road so cut across immediately causing the person in front of me to come to a complete stop because the split in the road was only a few car length's away. If you're at that point probably best to keep going and correct your course later on instead of almost causing an accident.
Unlike the person I saw the other week at the Queensway Roundabout who was in the lane to go towards the bus stop area up near Foregate but instead realised they wanted to go towards Weston Road so cut across immediately causing the person in front of me to come to a complete stop because the split in the road was only a few car length's away. If you're at that point probably best to keep going and correct your course later on instead of almost causing an accident.
Kickstart
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The cynical part of me thinks the 3 winks were chosen because when you can't stop them having caught the indicator stalk then 3 winks can't do too much damage!
All the best
Katy
Thehooperman
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proactive
Enjoying a drop of red.
As taught with tedious regularity by a number of our local driving schools.
Gramaisc
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I have had forty winks a few times on longer drives, I try not to do it now.
tek-monkey
wanna see my snake?
No. 8 bus this morning on Stone Road. Disabled chap I see most days running as fast as he could to get to the stop, the bus waited til he drew alongside the door then drove off. Poor show, would have taken you less than 30 seconds to do the guy a favour 