should old people be allowed to drive?

[Black Sheep]

This is often a problem on a motorbike. My m/bike is easily capable of accelerating quickly enough* safely to 'leapfrog' lines of cars following a slow moving vehicle if there is a gap inbetween the cars to pull into. It is frustrating when lines of cars sit behind a lorry, with no intention of overtaking, but bunch up so closely that it's not safe to overtake on a much quicker accelerating vehicle.

*I can't quote numbers, but acceleration from, say, 40mph to 60mph, is incredibly quick on a fast m/bike. It's totally different to the accleration in a 'normal' car.

I know a bike will be gone again fairly quickly and so I do actually let them past, saves me keeping an eye on where you are along with everything else, I do expect you to wait until after the blind bend.

the issue I do have is at roundabouts when I'm waiting for a gap and bikes keep pushing through, I daredn't take a gap incase we both go for the same road space and so I end up waiting for the next gap, and another bike comes and so the problem persists
I am aware that this is not all bikers, many do tuck into traffic near the front of the queue and take their turn.

The issue I have with traffic leap frogging to overtake is, when I find a gap I'm comfortable taking, check my mirrors and pull out, to find that at the same time I start to pull out, the car behind me has also pulled out and ends up 1ft off my rear bumper, I can't help feeling I'm first in the queue to overtake and should be allowed to do so.

I've also had people try and overtake leap frog style in the queue to get through roadworks controlled by traffic lights - surely that's just queue jumping.

 

[sheddy]

response to my complaint -
Thanks for contacting us regarding BBC traffic reports.

We note you object to the use of ‘accident’ in our reports, as you believe this is an outmoded word and that ‘collision’ is a more appropriate word.

It’s always our intention that we describe correctly what we’re reporting on. While information on exactly what happened (and ultimately who’s responsible) isn’t always available to us at the time of broadcast, we can’t agree that ‘accident’ implies that there is no level of responsibility.

We of course acknowledge that you take a very different view and would assure you we do very much appreciate your feedback on this matter. Your concerns have been registered on our audience log, which is a daily report of audience feedback that’s circulated to many BBC staff, including members of the BBC Executive Board, channel controllers and other senior managers.

The audience logs are seen as important documents that can help shape decisions about future programming and content.

Thanks again for taking the trouble to contact us.

Kind Regards

Lucia Fortucci
BBC Complaints

 

[postman]

I would like to ban the young mum today near Selby.Baby in car seat, front seat.She was on her mobile driving one handed going round a roundabout.Crazy.,