Opinion's on OAP driver's.?

[DOA]

Sod all this re-test business and stick people on a track. If they are not capable of reaching a set time repeatably and without crashing then they just should not be allowed on the road full stop. People may mention logistics here but this is perfectly acheivable and would bring a lot of business to race circuits around the country and give employment to a lot of instructors. You may also say that track driving is completely different to road driving and yes, to an extent I would agree, however, it does ensure that you have good hand to eye co-ordination, stress management ability and spacial awareness in stressfull situations, something that just isnt tested at the moment and is very necessary when you are about to have an accident.

Im sick of all of these "safe" (read incapable of driving faster out of fear of losing control/getting pulled for speeding/lack of spacial awareness to take in what is occuring around them) drivers who feel it is fine to drive at 30 in 40 zones or think that the speed limits are gospel everywhere. Im also sick of the twits who live along fast roads who ask the council to lower the speed limit for supposed safety reasons. This just leads to the inevitable trails of people following one twit (usually over 50) who insists that 30 is a fine speed for such a road or a tractor that just cant go faster and then ends in people taking ridiculous risks to overtake the lot of them in one go since everyone bunches up due to the low speed and no-one will overtake as they just dont have the bottle to do it safely any more or are scared of being arrested for speeding (and the suicide lanes have mostly all gone to help with this).

[RandomJord]

Im also sick of the twits who live along fast roads who ask the council to lower the speed limit for supposed safety reasons.

Dick. My cousin was killed walking along a path by some cnut on a road like you're describing. his defence was 'I do trackdays so can control a vehicle at high speed on suitable roads' .....clearly on that particular day he couldnt.

Hopefully he was raped to pieces in prison.

The speed limits are there for a reason, i do speed limits pretty much everywhere, even the motorway these days. if you've got a problem with it, f**k off to the autobahn an wank yourself silly

[DOA]

Im also sick of the twits who live along fast roads who ask the council to lower the speed limit for supposed safety reasons.

Dick. My cousin was killed walking along a path by some cnut on a road like you're describing. his defence was 'I do trackdays so can control a vehicle at high speed on suitable roads' .....clearly on that particular day he couldnt.

Hopefully he was raped to pieces in prison.

The speed limits are there for a reason, i do speed limits pretty much everywhere, even the motorway these days. if you've got a problem with it, f**k off to the autobahn an wank yourself silly

Theres always one  .

[Adam]

Im also sick of the twits who live along fast roads who ask the council to lower the speed limit for supposed safety reasons.

Dick. My cousin was killed walking along a path by some cnut on a road like you're describing. his defence was 'I do trackdays so can control a vehicle at high speed on suitable roads' .....clearly on that particular day he couldnt.

Hopefully he was raped to pieces in prison.

The speed limits are there for a reason, i do speed limits pretty much everywhere, even the motorway these days. if you've got a problem with it, f**k off to the autobahn an wank yourself silly

Theres always one  .

What do you mean there is always one?! 

[VR6_Wherry]

Im also sick of the twits who live along fast roads who ask the council to lower the speed limit for supposed safety reasons.

Dick. My cousin was killed walking along a path by some cnut on a road like you're describing. his defence was 'I do trackdays so can control a vehicle at high speed on suitable roads' .....clearly on that particular day he couldnt.

Hopefully he was raped to pieces in prison.

The speed limits are there for a reason, i do speed limits pretty much everywhere, even the motorway these days. if you've got a problem with it, f**k off to the autobahn an wank yourself silly

Theres always one  .

One what? One person who doesn't agree with your opinion and has a damn good reason not to?

Did you even read your reply or were you just smashing your willy on the keyboard?

[Ant1981]

Opinion's?

Opinion is...what?

Were you bored when you posted this thread?

[Jay]

Remember kids, speed limits are the very MAXIMUM limit you should do not the speed you SHOULD do.
Limits are not averages.

[R32UK]

Sod all this re-test business and stick people on a track. If they are not capable of reaching a set time repeatably and without crashing then they just should not be allowed on the road full stop. People may mention logistics here but this is perfectly acheivable and would bring a lot of business to race circuits around the country and give employment to a lot of instructors. You may also say that track driving is completely different to road driving and yes, to an extent I would agree, however, it does ensure that you have good hand to eye co-ordination, stress management ability and spacial awareness in stressfull situations, something that just isnt tested at the moment and is very necessary when you are about to have an accident.

Im sick of all of these "safe" (read incapable of driving faster out of fear of losing control/getting pulled for speeding/lack of spacial awareness to take in what is occuring around them) drivers who feel it is fine to drive at 30 in 40 zones or think that the speed limits are gospel everywhere. Im also sick of the twits who live along fast roads who ask the council to lower the speed limit for supposed safety reasons. This just leads to the inevitable trails of people following one twit (usually over 50) who insists that 30 is a fine speed for such a road or a tractor that just cant go faster and then ends in people taking ridiculous risks to overtake the lot of them in one go since everyone bunches up due to the low speed and no-one will overtake as they just dont have the bottle to do it safely any more or are scared of being arrested for speeding (and the suicide lanes have mostly all gone to help with this).

I used to drive quite fast... and even i see that everything you have written is dribble

[DOA]

One what? One person who doesn't agree with your opinion and has a damn good reason not to?

People die every day from all sorts of things, donkey kicks, lightening strikes, OAP's mowing into them because they forgot to brake, that one random dickhead driving far too fast on a road he barely knows careening off the road and smashing into an inocent........ Unfortunately and understandably, random occurances tend to breed an irrational fear of such random occurances resulting in an overbearing response to someones opinion and an inevitable kneejerk response from a multitude of well meaning people who believe that the opinion given by the "offending" poster is the most hatefull response ever given because it doesnt sit well with their very pleasant sensibilities...... This is that one...... I have given my opinion on an internet forum, it clashed with an overbearing forum personality and now with everyone it would appear, I am now heinous and shall consider myself as the worst thing in the world. Have fun with it (you probably will), Im off to read other things

[mcgee9t2]

Sod all this re-test business and stick people on a track. If they are not capable of reaching a set time repeatably and without crashing then they just should not be allowed on the road full stop. People may mention logistics here but this is perfectly acheivable and would bring a lot of business to race circuits around the country and give employment to a lot of instructors. You may also say that track driving is completely different to road driving and yes, to an extent I would agree, however, it does ensure that you have good hand to eye co-ordination, stress management ability and spacial awareness in stressfull situations, something that just isnt tested at the moment and is very necessary when you are about to have an accident.

Im sick of all of these "safe" (read incapable of driving faster out of fear of losing control/getting pulled for speeding/lack of spacial awareness to take in what is occuring around them) drivers who feel it is fine to drive at 30 in 40 zones or think that the speed limits are gospel everywhere. Im also sick of the twits who live along fast roads who ask the council to lower the speed limit for supposed safety reasons. This just leads to the inevitable trails of people following one twit (usually over 50) who insists that 30 is a fine speed for such a road or a tractor that just cant go faster and then ends in people taking ridiculous risks to overtake the lot of them in one go since everyone bunches up due to the low speed and no-one will overtake as they just dont have the bottle to do it safely any more or are scared of being arrested for speeding (and the suicide lanes have mostly all gone to help with this).

I used to drive quite fast... and even i see that everything you have written is dribble

i got to the part were he said stick people on a track and stoped reading...