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Originally Posted by seebaruk
Just 2 weeks ago some geezer who looked about 90 was plodding along at just over 30mph on a single carriageway (limit 60mph) to Norwich. There was a huge tailback behind him, and people had to veer into oncoming traffic to get past him.
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And that situation resulted in how many accidents?
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Exactly.
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Loads of accidents are caused by dozy tossers driving so slow they force people doing the limit to overtake, leading to dangerous situations.
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Overtaking is arguably the most dangerous manoeuvre, true. Still, WTF? The slow driver isn't *forcing* you to do this. It's your conscious decision that you can't be bothered to drive that slow. (That doesn't include highways, where there actually is a minimal velocity you should be going with - in some countries, at least). And if you meant that you
don't have enough time to slow down after you spot the "dozy tosser", then you in fact *were* driving too fast, no matter what the road signs said.
And, frankly, (that's addressed not just at seebaruk, but all), what do I care that drunken drivers, SUV drivers, 90-year old drivers or alien spaceships cause ten times more accidents, assuming that was true? Exceeding the speed limit is a bloody irresponsible thing to do and greatly decreases the safety of everyone on the road. Simple.
