Better Driving Please
Above the law no2 (NJ60 OVV)
UPDATE: Perhaps this selfish idiot is now part of another shocking statistic!
This truck had drawn up behind me in lane 3 and attempted to bully me out of the way by driving less than 5 yards (15 feet) off the rear of my vehicle whilst I was travelling at exactly the 50mph limit. The recommended stopping distance from 50mph is 175 feet (quote from older versions of the Highway Code), almost 12 times the distance this dangerous driver was allowing.
As a BMW passed to my left, the truck driver pulled into lane 2 and he too proceeded to illegally undertake me, whilst tail-gating the BMW. He then pulled back into lane 3 and sped off at (I would estimate) around 70mph.
Hopefully this impatient and dangerous driver was captured by the enforcement cameras.
Background information:
A section of long-term roadworks on the motorway with a 50mph speed restriction in force and monitored by average speed cameras. Due to the hard shoulder and part of lane 1 being blocked off, the three running lanes have all been narrowed, and there is only a couple of feet (c. 60cm) between vehicles travelling side-by-side.
Like myself, the majority of drivers observe the 50mph speed limit, which is in force in order to help ensure the safety of road users and workmen alike, as with vehicles travelling so close to each other there is an increased risk of collisions.
However, there are always a few (quite a few, it seems) drivers who regard the rules of the road as applying to everyone but them. These ignorant drivers travel through the restricted area in excess of the legally enforceable speed limit and in spite of the fact that their law-breaking is being measured and captured by the cameras. Do they really think that they will escape unpunished? Or are they displaying false registration plates, so they know they will not be held accountable for their inconsiderate and anti-social driving?
So I hereby present photographic identification of vehicles that passed me today as I drove along the restricted section of motorway at exactly 50mph (cruise control active). Thus, by default, each of these drivers was exceeding the legal speed limit and as such breaking the law.
Note: Images were captured using a camera fixed to the dashboard of my car and activated by way of a remote control unit attached to my steering wheel, thus allowing me to activate the camera without removing my eyes from the road ahead. The camera was configured to capture a wide field of vision, and images were cropped afterwards to centralise the relevant vehicles.
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Above the law no2 (NJ60 OVV)
UPDATE: Perhaps this selfish idiot is now part of another shocking statistic!
This truck had drawn up behind me in lane 3 and attempted to bully me out of the way by driving less than 5 yards (15 feet) off the rear of my vehicle whilst I was travelling at exactly the 50mph limit. The recommended stopping distance from 50mph is 175 feet (quote from older versions of the Highway Code), almost 12 times the distance this dangerous driver was allowing.
As a BMW passed to my left, the truck driver pulled into lane 2 and he too proceeded to illegally undertake me, whilst tail-gating the BMW. He then pulled back into lane 3 and sped off at (I would estimate) around 70mph.
Hopefully this impatient and dangerous driver was captured by the enforcement cameras.
Background information:
A section of long-term roadworks on the motorway with a 50mph speed restriction in force and monitored by average speed cameras. Due to the hard shoulder and part of lane 1 being blocked off, the three running lanes have all been narrowed, and there is only a couple of feet (c. 60cm) between vehicles travelling side-by-side.
Like myself, the majority of drivers observe the 50mph speed limit, which is in force in order to help ensure the safety of road users and workmen alike, as with vehicles travelling so close to each other there is an increased risk of collisions.
However, there are always a few (quite a few, it seems) drivers who regard the rules of the road as applying to everyone but them. These ignorant drivers travel through the restricted area in excess of the legally enforceable speed limit and in spite of the fact that their law-breaking is being measured and captured by the cameras. Do they really think that they will escape unpunished? Or are they displaying false registration plates, so they know they will not be held accountable for their inconsiderate and anti-social driving?
So I hereby present photographic identification of vehicles that passed me today as I drove along the restricted section of motorway at exactly 50mph (cruise control active). Thus, by default, each of these drivers was exceeding the legal speed limit and as such breaking the law.
Note: Images were captured using a camera fixed to the dashboard of my car and activated by way of a remote control unit attached to my steering wheel, thus allowing me to activate the camera without removing my eyes from the road ahead. The camera was configured to capture a wide field of vision, and images were cropped afterwards to centralise the relevant vehicles.
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