PeterE wrote:Ralge wrote:What makes a speed limit "ridiculously low", out of interest?
A speed limit that is significantly lower than the speed at which you, as an advanced driver, would choose to drive if the road had no speed limit apart from NSL - the link in the previous post being a good example.
Having just joined this Forum I hesitate from causing a stir so quickly but the idea that speed limits are ridiculously low on occasions is one that "ordinary" drivers on "ordinary" forums voice. This is also normally bolted to the spoon-fed, tabloid assertions of "war on motorist" etc etc. Many "ordinary" drivers claim that they judge what is a safe speed, after all, they drive to the conditions (despite the fact that they rarely check tyre pressures or tread AND can't tell you what the tread does ... and when it stops doing it effectively)
So as an Advanced Driver (who hopefully knows better ... who knows everything on here?), am I allowed to make my own rules?
Does the level of hazard vary hourly, daily, weekly etc.
Does the pedestrian planning to cross the road randomly know I am AD?
What is an AD, anyway? Are there differences between IAM, RoSPA in standards and the re-testing of them?
Do we have "off days"?
Are we happy that our "we can drive down here faster than the limit right now 'cos we are AD's" might get copied by a less enlightened driver?
Don't get me wrong, I am no "speed kills" merchant, a speed limit is no guarantor of safe outcomes but, I guess, I am more supportive of Councils' attempts to cut KSI's than most because speed limit reduction is by no means the only tool in their box however much it may seem to be the case.
Fleet ADI, RoSPA Dip, RoADTest examiner.