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[jerry]

Is it me or has the recent spell of bad weather disengaged most motorists right foot since? I freely admit to having erred on the side of caution with the snow and ice but despite improvement of the conditions-pot holes aside!-most people are still reluctant to hit the national speedlimit . Ive seen quite a few doing 50 -60 when they could be doing 70 and today, whilst I feel 50 in a 60 was fine due to the slight fog there were some doing 35! Ive just got home and met people doing 40 in a 60 and road conditions/visibility was fine. Is it just me? :-/

[MickAP]

No you're not alone.
I encountered quite a few Sunday drivers yesterday.
Well it was Sunday

Mick

[Turk]

Unnecessarily slow drivers...they'll proudly announce "I've never had an accident !"
Yeah, maybe not, but I bet you've caused a fair few over the years !

[Vamps]

Much of my commute is on rural roads, you need to be a Rally Driver the pot holes are really bad, there is one point that if I can not straddle the white line the road tries to throw the car into the hedge, and the loose bits of tarmac, like driving on a newly gritted road. This has caused me to slow down in some places, sadly........

I should add, not just pot holes but long trenches of damage.....

[jerry]

Know exactly what you mean there Vamps-am now dreading the long bloody delays when they eventually get round to fixing them!

[feeutfo]

there are some large lumps of the racing line missing round our way, but a slight tweek of the turn in point and most can be avoided, i reckon they (the plodding drivers) are all on the sighting lap getting ready for a good run tommorow?  :-/  ....maybe not

[Chris_H]

Is it me or has the recent spell of bad weather disengaged most motorists right foot since? I freely admit to having erred on the side of caution with the snow and ice but despite improvement of the conditions-pot holes aside!-most people are still reluctant to hit the national speedlimit . Ive seen quite a few doing 50 -60 when they could be doing 70 and today, whilst I feel 50 in a 60 was fine due to the slight fog there were some doing 35! Ive just got home and met people doing 40 in a 60 and road conditions/visibility was fine. Is it just me? :-/

I had noticed that too.  But they are still shooting out of side turnings as if it's still slippery.

[STMO999]

I do most of my driving between 9 and 3. Pensioners and young unemployed are my company. I can be behind a 20mph crawler one minute and be overtaken by a clapped out nova the next.

[Kevin Wood]

there are some large lumps of the racing line missing round our way, but a slight tweek of the turn in point and most can be avoided, i reckon they (the plodding drivers) are all on the sighting lap getting ready for a good run tommorow?  :-/  ....maybe not

PMSL.

"Sighting?" Most of them haven't even got their eyes open. 

Kevin

[mantahatch]

I try to avoid paying gordons stealth tax on speed. So generally I stick to speed limits I am afraid.

It is annoying at times I agree, but I justify it like this, my funeral is ahead of me, the faster I go, the nearer my funeral is.

[Kevin Wood]

I try to avoid paying gordons stealth tax on speed. So generally I stick to speed limits I am afraid.

It is annoying at times I agree, but I justify it like this, my funeral is ahead of me, the faster I go, the nearer my funeral is.

.. unless you do a 180 and put the hammer down.

Kevin

[Lazydocker]

I stick to limits but must confess it's been nice to clear the pipes and give it a good thrashing now the roads are more friendly

[Vamps]

Know exactly what you mean there Vamps-am now dreading the long bloody delays when they eventually get round to fixing them!

Started, traffic lights on roadworks...

Roads bad this morning so took the main road, which takes me through the town....   Came home my normal route, these pot holes are serious, some are deep but some 'throw' the car sideways, so many that I cant see them being fixed quickly.... Lease car, so not worried about damage....