Learner drivers allowed on motorways after law change

[ruston]

@Rob And as Tel has alluded to , a massive tractor parked between the bends with the pronged hay lifter in the down position while he is out locking the gate.

 

[elsparko]

i dont want to share the road with people who spend less than £200 on a car and think that our cars should be treated equally.

 

[elsparko]

if you have the ability to maintain a car that is far above average in capability, then the speed limit should be lifted

stopping distance charts are based on the average rusty bucket that single mums are driving around in

i could probably crash my car into a tree at 100 and have a very good chance of survival, so long as i wear the belt and dont hit it sideways i should make it out alive.

 

[Andy78]

i could probably crash my car into a tree at 100 and have a very good chance of survival, so long as i wear the belt and dont hit it sideways i should make it out alive.

Let us know how you get on, and don't forget to video it.

 

[ruston]

People who crash into trees very rarely survive . It was trees that claimed the lives of the victims in my previous post.

 

[elsparko]

my car for example doesnt vibrate like it was bolted together by a drunk frenchman

Let us know how you get on, and don't forget to video it.

my car has automatic impact cameras as standard

so if any of those uninsured single mothers try and put a dent in my car, ill make them foot the whole very expensive bill


guy clipped my x5 wing mirror off outside my house, cost him £700 for a new one painted from bmw

 

[elsparko]

People who crash into trees very rarely survive . It was trees that claimed the lives of the victims in my previous post.

depends on the size of the root system, but lets adjust it to a very sturdy wall, and im definitely walking out of it with only a dented ego

 

[elsparko]

the only thing ill agree on is that a higher speed limit should not be granted to all, only those who can afford to and those who are able to concentrate for more than 5 seconds without looking at their facebook to see what someone has had for lunch

if you dont know your own limits its your own fault when you push them and things turn sour.

i feel no sympathy for people who crash buckets of rust speeding, theres a reason fast cars dont use cheap suspension, its nice to take the car round the corner


i watched a guy crash his 106 gti, with a 2l engine in it but nothing else uprated, he took off from the roundabout, hit the slight bend and the momentum of his bucket going forward superseded the ability of his coca cola brakes and steering wheel, he ended up slamming into a lampost, which was all that saved him from rolling down a hill.

 

[Spoon]

Regarding the speed limit, I think there should be 'average speed cameras' on every street. Fine the people who like to speed. Scrap/confiscate the car of anyone going excessively over the speed limit. There are to many muppets on the road who don't know how to drive.

 

[telectrix]

thats a different type of b road, im meaning the two lane b roads

the roads up through the the highlands, you can see for miles, why restrict cars to 60mph on those roads, technology has improved since the speed limits were introduced, so shirley adapt them with the technology? obviously dont go speeding around residential areas, but country roads , why bloody not..

you sure you're not clarkson reincarnated?

 

[telectrix]

when you can see for miles on a b road that is wide enough, then it's safer to drive at a higher speed than on a bendy lane visibility is 20ft. hedges 6ft. tall either side. near us is an aptly named lane called corkscrew lane. anything over 20mph and you'll hit the tractor i referred to previously or go through the hedge on one of the 6 hairpin bends.

 

[telectrix]

elsparko. scotland's answer to The Stig.

 

[elsparko]

Regarding the speed limit, I think there should be 'average speed cameras' on every street. Fine the people who like to speed. Scrap/confiscate the car of anyone going excessively over the speed limit. There are to many muppets on the road who don't know how to drive.

most of them in cars that cost less than a grand

if 80mph is uncomfortable for you then you shouldnt be allowed on roads that arent in a city , if 100mph on a motorway is above your comfort level, you shouldnt be allowed on the motorway


whats more dangerous, the pensioner on a country road doing 40mph with a 20 car tailback, or 1 guy doing 80mph on the same country road?

which is more likely to cause other drivers to take evasive action?

 

[elsparko]

when you can see for miles on a b road that is wide enough, then it's safer to drive at a higher speed than on a bendy lane visibility is 20ft. hedges 6ft. tall either side. near us is an aptly named lane called corkscrew lane. anything over 20mph and you'll hit the tractor i referred to previously or go through the hedge on one of the 6 hairpin bends.

these roads exist here too, can go a bit faster at night on these roads, no lights oncoming, hammer it round the corners.

 

[telectrix]

most of them in cars that cost less than a grand

if 80mph is uncomfortable for you then you shouldnt be allowed on roads that arent in a city , if 100mph on a motorway is above your comfort level, you shouldnt be allowed on the motorway


whats more dangerous, the pensioner on a country road doing 40mph with a 20 car tailback, or 1 guy doing 80mph on the same country road?

which is more likely to cause other drivers to take evasive action?

obviously the guy doing 80 wrong side of the road on a bend he's taken too fast. KerSplatt.