Was I justified in ...the self righteous thread

[steve50]

This forum should be renamed, Cycle Chat, Home of the self righteous

 

[Jimidh]

Pretty poor driving on her part but what speed were you doing along the straight - from the video it looks like you zipping along?

 

[steve50]

It just the way it looks on the clip, the speed limit is 20mph I would have been under thirty but over 20mph, I had to slow down for the bend as it is a particularly nasty blind bend, I would have been doing less than 20mph at the point she decided to cut across the front of me, just as well really.

 

[steve50]

So you were breaking the speed limit and she was driving stupidly...

Mote and beam I'd say.

Yeah yeah and we all drive like saints don't we.....

 

[steve50]

Insight ain't your thing then?

insight or hindsight would be a wonderful thing, the point is as I have already stated I was doing less than twenty mph when I rounded that bend because I know the road well, it is a bad bend but even so the last thing I expected was some donut barrelling across the road in front of me as I rounded the bend. At that point I was within the suggested speed limit driving cautiously .

 

[Bonus]

Is there a chance that if you'd driven 20 mph or less for the duration of the limit, she'd have finished her manoeuvre by the time you got there?

;-)

 

[steve50]

Is there a chance that if you'd driven 20 mph or less for the duration of the limit, she'd have finished her manoeuvre by the time you got there?

;-)

How are we ever likely to know that?
Thats like saying if I had driven a little faster could I have avoided her altogether.

 

[Moodyman]

Is there a chance that if you'd driven 20 mph or less for the duration of the limit, she'd have finished her manoeuvre by the time you got there?

;-)

Quite possible, but if he'd been doing 40+ he might have passed that point and therefore not come across this incident

So Steve, your fault coz you was too slow.

 

[classic33]

It just the way it looks on the clip, the speed limit is 20mph I would have been under thirty but over 20mph, I had to slow down for the bend as it is a particularly nasty blind bend, I would have been doing less than 20mph at the point she decided to cut across the front of me, just as well really.

The limit is only advisory, council got the orders wrong.

 

[steve50]

The limit is only advisory, council got the orders wrong.

Is that for real? Can you enlighten me a little more about that?

 

[mjr]

Yeah yeah and we all drive like saints don't we.....

Well no but come on, keeping below the speed limit is pretty basic first-driving-lessons stuff! I wouldn't post a video showing myself committing such a blatant driving offence unless the other driver actually crashed.

 

[Crackle]

Jeezus, that's terrible whistling.

 

[steve50]

Well no but come on, keeping below the speed limit is pretty basic first-driving-lessons stuff! I wouldn't post a video showing myself committing such a blatant driving offence unless the other driver actually crashed.

Have I posted a video of me committing a driving offence?

 

[steve50]

Jeezus, that's terrible whistling.

Lol, you know I hadn't actually noticed that until you mentioned it.

 

[mjr]

The limit is only advisory, council got the orders wrong.

Unless it's a private road, putting the signs up then would be unlawful, breaching the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions. It might make enforcing the limit embarrassing (as the DfT may punish the highway authority) but I suspect one is still committing an offence if one exceeds the signed limit.