Why people drive so slow out of town?

[C1REX]

Hi,

I wonder why so many drivers are so slow when national speed limits apply. Nice roads, perfect tarmac and you are stuck behind a car doing 40.

Even funnier when you reach a 30 zone and they don't slow down.
They do the same speed when the limit is cut by half.
What the fuck?
____________________
MCForum meetup - One of the biggest motorcycle clubs in UK

[kerr]

Most of the time their too busy chatting to the passenger iv found, there is no other road user that bugs me more, burn them all with fire.
____________________
aprilia 125 Af1 Futura >> Suzuki gsxr 600 srad >> J1 zx6r >> cbr 600rr >> Speed Triple

[c_dug]

I did a speed awareness course a while back, you would be amazed and scared by the amount of people who don't know what something as simple as the national speed limit is.

Out of a class of 30 there were two of us (myself included) who got all of the speed correct. About 1/3 thought the national speed limit on a dual carriageway was 50mph, about 1/5 thought it was 40mph.

People are idiots.
____________________
I am a bellend, I am a man of constant sorrow, I am a gummy bear, I am a rock.

[anthony_r6]

[Sako]

Especially bad when you come round a blind bend to find there's one in front of you.

[reed]

Because racecar.
____________________
Generic XOR 50, Gilera SMT 50, GSXR 400 GK73A, Ducati Monster 600, Honda Hornet 600.
Sold. Stolen. Written off. Sold. Current.

[FretGrinder]

I also find this incredibly annoying. The fact that people plod along doing 45 through all the speed limits, be it NSL, 30, 40 or 50.

What's more annoying is the road that you're following these cunts down has no opportunity for an overtake, so you're stuck behind them.

Then, to make matters worse, the driver behind you wants to go faster and get's right up your arse. The driver of said car is usually an Audi, which automatically makes them a cunt..
____________________
Yamaha MT-09

ಠ_ಠ

[C1REX]

Knowing the national speed limit can't be a problem because they can't reach 50 even if there is a road sign with big fat 50 on it.

I know that speed limit is not a target but this is silly. Very often there is no sharp bends and the road is very wide.
They reach a build up zone and turn into hooligans and start speeding.
Seriously
____________________
MCForum meetup - One of the biggest motorcycle clubs in UK

[metalangel]

There's a number of roads in and around Cardiff that go from NSL to 30 or 50... the number of times I'd pass someone going well below the limit, and then slow down when the limit changed only to have the aforementioned clot pass me still chugging along somewhere between the higher and lower limit...
____________________
Previous: 2002 Honda CB500 (sold), 2007 Suzuki SV650SK6 (crashed), 2005 Yamaha FZ6 Fazer (sold). Currently bikeless
"A faired bike will get you 10x more clunge than a unfaired one." -Marlboro Matt

[C1REX]

Sticking to speed limits is often impossible or dangerous.
It should be simplified and be 40 everywhere. Half of people wouldn't need to change their driving habits
____________________
MCForum meetup - One of the biggest motorcycle clubs in UK

[Wafer_Thin_Ham]

Most people are just idiots who take no pride in driving. We can prove this by the amount of crap cars on the road. I.e. Kia. These people treat a cars as white goods. Just to do a job.
____________________
My Flickr

[stonesie]

[suburban myth]

[C1REX]

My other guess: people don't read road signs.
They are not sure what is the speed limit and drive 35 or 45.

Funny when there is a speed camera with a 50 speed limit sign just before and people slow down from 45 to 40.

Sometimes I slow down with them as it makes me confused when 20 cars do that. Makes me wonder if I'm the only one who does it right.
____________________
MCForum meetup - One of the biggest motorcycle clubs in UK

[EazyDuz]

To save fuel
____________________
To shreds you say? Tss tss tss

[GrumpyGuts]

The A605 is the road I use for work. It is by far the worst road I've come across. Hardly any opportunity to overtake, countless HGV's doing about 35-40 mph and collapsed tarmac.

Now, when I do illegally overtake HGV's, I always come across some cunt doing 40 in a car that is perfectly capable of doing at least 100. What is the fucking point?? Do they not see the mother fucking tail back?
____________________
My Bikes: Lifan Beat 125cc '11 -> Suzuki B120P '76 -> Suzuki EN 125-2A '08 -> Honda CG 125 '04 -> Honda CB600F Hornet '98 -> Kawasaki ZZR 600 '99 -> Kawasaki GPZ 500S '95 (Current)
Theory test passed - 09/02/2012 >>>> Module 1 passed 24/07/2012 >>>> Module 2 passed 24/10/2012

[drzsta]

Too many drivers don't have a fucking clue. There's speed cameras on the A40 at Barnards Gate set at NSL. They slow down to about 40 past the cameras then speed up to NSL past the Junction that the cameras are there to make 'safer'. Stupid.

[C1REX]

[Kierran]

Tourists are the worst for it up here. Some scenic roads up the west of Scotland and you have OAP and foreigner cages weaving over the road accelerating from 20 to 50 then dropping back to twenty with the driver gawping out the window. Then stopping int he middle of the road to take a fukin picture. Drive to get somewhere take the bas to see the scenery.
____________________
Im not driving too fast, Im flying too low!
Current Bike - GSXR 750 K5
Current Car - BMW 318i

[1cyl]

I'll never forget my speed awareness. At the start when the lecturer asked "how long had we each been driving?" this old boy piped up with "Long b'fore pretty little things like you were even born!" To which the collective chuckled. Set the tone on the whole morning

She was a fine young lass tho.

Still can't believe I didn't spot the gorilla in the basketball clip

OP it's because of the comfort and distractions of a room on wheels.
____________________
Chase my Witch up, Catch my Snitch up.
The SMC | The Pit | Stable

[Derivative]

[Sako]

[Wafer_Thin_Ham]

[Derivative]

[Wafer_Thin_Ham]