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> majority of people believe their need to drive at 20% above any given limit It’s almost endorsed legally afaik. We were even taught this “rule” at school Th
by bowsamic 4y ago
> majority of people believe their need to drive at 20% above any given limit
It’s almost endorsed legally afaik. We were even taught this “rule” at school
The insane speeding on tight country roads in the UK is absolutely bizarre. It’s in no way safe but everyone does it. My friends dad died on a motorcycle by riding around country roads too fast. It should really be a 30 limit, even 20 considering the visibility, but people drive at 60, even along single file roads that require you to reverse if you come across an oncoming car
- julian_t 4y agoAnd at this time of year you're quite likely to meet a house-sized tractor or combine coming round the bend. Those don't hang around either! I'm amazed there aren't a lot more fatal accidents on country roads.
- 7952 4y agoMost roads in the UK were co-opted from farm tracks and never really designed for cars. A lot of the grading of roads is just wishful thinking and not linked to the engineering specification of the road. And people are constantly surprised that the road they have spent the last ten years driving to work on is not an eight lane freeway.