>> Mr Mimser should pull over regularly and yield to faster traffic he's obstructing - it's
>> no cost to him, but a big saving to others. He certainly shouldn't be finding
>> the accelerator pedal as he's being overtaken.
Are we talking in the original context or the way the thread has developed?... if the latter then I don't agree unless we are talking of someone who is driving at well below the limit... If they want to travel at 25/30 in a 30 zone or 50 in a 60 the thats their right to do so... if you don't like it then overtake them, but there is no reason on earth why they should have to pull over... advocating that is shear arrogance... and tbh thats what I've seen from those who advocate that everyone should drive faster, or at least at the speed THEY want to!
If they were travelling at some speed well under the limit you may have a point, but thats covered in the HC which tells drivers of slow vehicles to pull over if they are causing tailbacks, but that is aimed at farm vehicles and perhaps horseboxes rather than someone who chooses to travel a little under the limit.
At the end of the day the speed merchants amongst us won't agree with me, and I won't with them, but I think that we all should try to live with each other...
I've lost count of the times when I've been driving at 55 in a NSL section, seen someone catching me up fast and moved over as far as I can for them to get past only for the "person" to chicken out and end up tailgating me for no reason at all... And then you end up with a queue because the driver right behind the slower vehicle can't or won't overtake... perhaps you should sort them out as well while you are at it!
Last edited by: hobby on Fri 21 May 10 at 14:53
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