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Originally Posted by Xaccers
It could be that they are tired, in which case they should not be driving at all, or it could be they've been down the pub and had a drink, again they should not be driving if their ability is impared.
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I agree with those sentiments but saying I don't know the road meant just that. I have never seen the road that you are referring to so can't give my opinion on whether the solid white lines are justified.
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Originally Posted by Xaccers
Spare tyres should be rated to alow travel at atleast 60mph.
If a vehicle is suffering a mechanical problem that is preventing it performing normally, then they should not be on the road even if it happens during a journey.
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Emergency spare wheels are often rated at 50 mph maximum and some even less. They are used on vehicles, mainly sports cars, where there is not sufficient room for a full size spare. One or two cars have different size wheels front and rear and the spare is a compromise and is onle meant to help you to get slowly to a repair station.
Some problems enable you to drive slowly and safely to your destination or to a garage. Imagine you are disabled and your mobile can't pick up a signal on a deserted out of the way road. What do you do, drive slowly to somewhere you can get help or just sit and wait maybe in a freezing cold car for hours.
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Originally Posted by Xaccers
Caused by people driving dangrously, not specifically by them exceeding the speed limit.
Remember the massive pile up in Wales due to fog? Most of the cars involved were not breaking the speed limit, however they were driving dangerously by travelling at the speed they were, and as such tens of people lost their lives, again showing that driving well under the speed limit can be as fatal as driving over it.
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Travel along any fairly busy motorway and you usually see the nearside lane practically empty, the middle lane with a fair amount of trafic doing around the speed limit and the outside lane virtually nose to tail with hardly a car length gap between the, all doing over the limit. Which of those lanes would you be in?
As for the Wales pileup, would you think the casualties would be the same or greater if the traffic had been going 10 mph faster?