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Why is it that on the way to work, when you're already running a few minutes late, a stupid old fool with a fast car decides that the sign with the black line through it means 'drive as slow as you can'?
It really makes me think that people over 70 should have a compulsory eye and reaction test if they want to continue to drive. Just the other day I was coming home late at night and got stuck behind some old woman that kept slowing down to 20 every time another car came past, because she obviously couldn't take the glare from the headlights!
Perhaps these people learnt to drive during the war (no driving test if you had to drive a tank or other vehicle in the war, they just let everyone go out on the road afterwards. No I know all those people that drove tanks in the war helped us and I'm greatful for their duty, but I don't really want to be on the same road as someone who drives their car like a tank and has no understanding of the traffic signs, let alone be able to actually see them.
One of the few pleasures in life is getting from a 40mph zone to a national speed limit zone and sticking the car in 5th as you take the corners at 55-60mph. This is especially true when I come home from a hard day's work. I'm not a careless driver, I always slow down in towns and watch my speed all the time, but the problem of old people not being able to drive properly is a big one, especially in the country towns.
The worst thing is when old people have brand new cars, fast cars too. They drive big powerful beasts that are capable of 0-60 in no time at all, but what do they do? Yes, poodle along at 30mph all day with a mile long queue of traffic behind them. That should be reason enough for the police to take them off the road and examine them, but no, the police are more keen on catching people who go 5mph over the speed limit (and I'm not arguing that speeding is a good thing, either).
One day there will be roads for people like that and other roads for the rest of us, so we can actually enjoy driving again. Bah!
It really makes me think that people over 70 should have a compulsory eye and reaction test if they want to continue to drive. Just the other day I was coming home late at night and got stuck behind some old woman that kept slowing down to 20 every time another car came past, because she obviously couldn't take the glare from the headlights!
Perhaps these people learnt to drive during the war (no driving test if you had to drive a tank or other vehicle in the war, they just let everyone go out on the road afterwards. No I know all those people that drove tanks in the war helped us and I'm greatful for their duty, but I don't really want to be on the same road as someone who drives their car like a tank and has no understanding of the traffic signs, let alone be able to actually see them.
One of the few pleasures in life is getting from a 40mph zone to a national speed limit zone and sticking the car in 5th as you take the corners at 55-60mph. This is especially true when I come home from a hard day's work. I'm not a careless driver, I always slow down in towns and watch my speed all the time, but the problem of old people not being able to drive properly is a big one, especially in the country towns.
The worst thing is when old people have brand new cars, fast cars too. They drive big powerful beasts that are capable of 0-60 in no time at all, but what do they do? Yes, poodle along at 30mph all day with a mile long queue of traffic behind them. That should be reason enough for the police to take them off the road and examine them, but no, the police are more keen on catching people who go 5mph over the speed limit (and I'm not arguing that speeding is a good thing, either).
One day there will be roads for people like that and other roads for the rest of us, so we can actually enjoy driving again. Bah!
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Goatboy wrote:
> Probably, not too sure.
> But still, a Citroen...
Them Saxo VTS's are damned fast.
6.8 seconds 0-60 or something stupid
> Probably, not too sure.
> But still, a Citroen...
Them Saxo VTS's are damned fast.
6.8 seconds 0-60 or something stupid
Goatboy wrote:
> Probably, not too sure.
> But still, a Citroen...
Meh. I've got a Citroen
> Probably, not too sure.
> But still, a Citroen...
Meh. I've got a Citroen
Probably, not too sure.
But still, a Citroen...
But still, a Citroen...
Goatboy wrote:
> A CITROEN! BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
>
> "Papa?"
> "Nicole!"
Wernt that from the Renault Clio adverts?
> A CITROEN! BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
>
> "Papa?"
> "Nicole!"
Wernt that from the Renault Clio adverts?
People who speed and over take on single road should be shot
I've nearly been killed twice by somebody speeding
And once on a road when some moron overtook at a corner
I've nearly been killed twice by somebody speeding
And once on a road when some moron overtook at a corner
Most people get their cars lowered, but I want to get mine highered, so I can drive over the traffic in the morning, a la Professor Pat Pending circa Wacky Races.
They should remove speed limits and equip cars with weapons.
Then I'll change my name to Lord Humungous and have a mohawked, bare-assed henchman on a leash.
Then I'll change my name to Lord Humungous and have a mohawked, bare-assed henchman on a leash.
Darkus wrote:
> Perhaps speed limits should be put up...
No. Speeds should be put up on the motorways, but not in the towns. Just raise the national speed to 90 and all will be well. Thing is, is that bacause cars are better, drivers have become sloppier. I knew a guy (volvo) who drove 40 in 30 limits because he thought that his car was better than when they set the limits. Diddn't stop him hitting a guy 3 weeks later.
> Perhaps speed limits should be put up...
No. Speeds should be put up on the motorways, but not in the towns. Just raise the national speed to 90 and all will be well. Thing is, is that bacause cars are better, drivers have become sloppier. I knew a guy (volvo) who drove 40 in 30 limits because he thought that his car was better than when they set the limits. Diddn't stop him hitting a guy 3 weeks later.
Heh, the McDonald Car-Park Andrettis.
Come to Harlow, it's the funniest thing you'll ever see.
Went there last night to get some money and a curry. Now my mate has a Integra R-Type.
This thing is a monster, a designed speedy car and he's a normal bloke that doesn't tear about with his stereo "pumping", he just likes that car and always wanted one.
And in the car-park what did we see?
A Citroen Saxo with a massive exhaust and blacked out windows.
A CITROEN! BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
"Papa?"
"Nicole!"
THAT is your Citroen.
Come to Harlow, it's the funniest thing you'll ever see.
Went there last night to get some money and a curry. Now my mate has a Integra R-Type.
This thing is a monster, a designed speedy car and he's a normal bloke that doesn't tear about with his stereo "pumping", he just likes that car and always wanted one.
And in the car-park what did we see?
A Citroen Saxo with a massive exhaust and blacked out windows.
A CITROEN! BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
"Papa?"
"Nicole!"
THAT is your Citroen.
Plus to add to your point, apparently the highway code hasn't been updated for years. It says the average stopping distance of a car at 70 mph is 315 ft, when most cars today with ABS etc can do it in just over 200...
Perhaps speed limits should be put up...
Perhaps speed limits should be put up...
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