OTOH 45mph on an NSL dual carriageway will cause you to fail your driving test (any vehicle class).

It depends on the conditions, if the speed is appropriate you will not be failed. I would also imagine that if you were taking a class C test, being 5mph under the limit would not result in a fail.

Rob.

Driving very slowly makes me drowsy but when up to speed it makes you very alert of your surroundings. No wonder there are so many rear end shunts these days when people drift off to sleep at 20 mph!!

The reason that there are so many rear end shunts is that very few people ever leave a safe gap to the vehicle ahead. It doesn't have much to do with speed.

Rob.

I suppose I'm a passive aggressive. I drive fast, but anticipate everything as much as I can. Coast / use engine break before roundabouts, keep the engine rpm as low as possible before starting to strain the engine.

I've found that in my car, I'm probably around 10-15% faster / less time then when SWMBO drives my car, yet she has a worse MPG!

Coming home from my old man's place is a mixture of A / fast B roads and a few dual carriageways. I get home at impressively high average speeds, yet stay well above 50mpg

It depends on the conditions, if the speed is appropriate you will not be failed. I would also imagine that if you were taking a class C test, being 5mph under the limit would not result in a fail.

Rob.

Other than due to traffic density, if conditions are so poor that 45mph is an appropriate speed, I give you atlease 50% chance that tests have been cancelled.

and -several_million_internets for failing to realise that my statement is a generalisation.

Now I know I'm not alone! I hate stupid slow driving. Stopping on roundabouts and letting people out of junctions are really annoying. What takes the biscuit though are these people doing 60mph in the middle lane of the Motorway. My god they get my goat up. Someone else mentioned aggressive Audis on motorways but generally speaking someone doing 95mph is paying a hell of a lot more concentration to their surroundings than Mrs. Jones. in the middle lane.

I generally don't drive fast, but I like to make brisk progress be that on any time of road / situation and some of the dirty looks you get for doing an empty roundabout at 25mph staggers belief.

Deep breath....

Count to 10.......

Breathe out...........

There, now isn't that better?

I've noticed a big increase in shall we say 'older people' 55-ish to over 60's who have obviously retired(early) and are just out for a drive or to the shops but are in no hurry, this inevitably adds to congestion outside of peak 'rushhour times times and talking of 'the rush hour' this is now from 6am-11am and 2.30pm till 7.30pm !!

Speaking as a "55-ish to over 60"!!! (somewhat closer to the former!) "Older people"! :wonder: Cheeky bl00dy whipper snapper!

I think it is all of you 18-ish to under 30's "children" who are just too impatient and drive too fast.

Back to my cardigan and slippers to have an afternoon nap before I go out for my early evening stroll in the old Octy.

Only just found this thread! It's a hoot! Wet my trousers (well I am an "older person") laughing at some of the posts. As a collection of stereotyping and hyperbole it will take some beating

Particularly like the "I got behind a right one! Doing 20mph with a 5 mile queue behind him"

I have to know! How did you measure that

Oh well! Back to that afternoon nap ... :zzz: :zzz: :zzz: