by Why_Aye » Wed Mar 05, 2008 1:44 am
Where was this, exactly? A flashearth location would be a perfect demonstration! (Then, we could see this 'corner'.)
How would the version of events, as according to your friend (rather than the police or witnesses) be described in court?
You say that the speed was up to "55 mph so not to be off side for to long", yet "this was all done on a 1 mile perfectly straight piece of road with no-one coming towards him at all". There was no reason, therefore, to exceed the speed limit as there would have been plenty of time to safely complete the overtake within the speed limit - as it would have been obvious that there was no oncoming traffic or traffic waiting to emerge from another road. After all, what is legal: exceeding the speed limit, or; overtaking?
Had your friend overtaken within the speed limit (perfectly legal, given the circumstances you describe), then the police probably wouldn't have seen anything unsafe.
Also, I have to ask, why did your friend break the speed limit if driving is so important (for a livelihood )?
Sorry that this reply is a little negative, but given the circumstances of the overtake, I am thinking that the results are not unexpected nor entirely inappropriate.
David
Advanced driver of 2008?