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Pheebs · 24-02-2009, 12:18

I'm sure people here are safe drivers when it comes to it.

Motorway wise, most of the time (weather and traffic permitting) I will tend to nip above 70mph but not by much. On roads none national speed limit I will 99% of the time stick to the limit (although they've just changed all of the roads around here to 20mph which has thrown me a bit)... just because I'm a bit of a law abiding swot when it comes to things like that

I also find it makes little difference going any faster.

I know some people have expressed they have elite driving skills (not meaning to pick but your kind self Mister Willhelm)... but I think this doesn't matter in the slightest. I consider myself quite an observant person and seem to have always been told I am very "aware and observant" especially when driving... and yet I've been driving down a 30mph road and from behind a car this kid has just ran out. I missed him (God knows how) and when continuing down the road I saw some of, I presume his mates, hidden round the corner of a building with pretend guns.

It was normally a "non kid zone" road... I've driven it hundreds of times... there were no schools near by or other people at the time.

I genuinely couldn't have second guessed that kid was there.

Had I hit him, at 30 he may of stood a chance. Any more than that he would have been dead.

It's things like that which makes me think that no matter how "good" I am and perhaps, how above average my perception is, accidents can still happen.

You also have to consider you're not alone on the road (and if I'm sounding patronising I don't mean to be!) YOU may be a bloody amazing driver, but that doesn't mean the dude coming towards you on the opposite side of the road is. What's to say he won't just suddenly swerve at you? Or on the motorway, someone playing with the radio swerve out suddenly and thwack you? Also, what if you're vehicle mucks up? My Pa's car went doolally on him on the motorway, ended up locking and spinning him round and down the motorway backwards at speeds over 60mph into a lamp post. He survived... but had he been going any faster God knows what would of happened.

Unless you're spidey man you canny see these things coming and so to me... anyone who thinks they feel they can speed because they have better perception is a bit rubbish really

24-02-2009, 12:18	#11
Pheebs Deep Throat Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 6,512	I'm sure people here are safe drivers when it comes to it. Motorway wise, most of the time (weather and traffic permitting) I will tend to nip above 70mph but not by much. On roads none national speed limit I will 99% of the time stick to the limit (although they've just changed all of the roads around here to 20mph which has thrown me a bit)... just because I'm a bit of a law abiding swot when it comes to things like that I also find it makes little difference going any faster. I know some people have expressed they have elite driving skills (not meaning to pick but your kind self Mister Willhelm)... but I think this doesn't matter in the slightest. I consider myself quite an observant person and seem to have always been told I am very "aware and observant" especially when driving... and yet I've been driving down a 30mph road and from behind a car this kid has just ran out. I missed him (God knows how) and when continuing down the road I saw some of, I presume his mates, hidden round the corner of a building with pretend guns. It was normally a "non kid zone" road... I've driven it hundreds of times... there were no schools near by or other people at the time. I genuinely couldn't have second guessed that kid was there. Had I hit him, at 30 he may of stood a chance. Any more than that he would have been dead. It's things like that which makes me think that no matter how "good" I am and perhaps, how above average my perception is, accidents can still happen. You also have to consider you're not alone on the road (and if I'm sounding patronising I don't mean to be!) YOU may be a bloody amazing driver, but that doesn't mean the dude coming towards you on the opposite side of the road is. What's to say he won't just suddenly swerve at you? Or on the motorway, someone playing with the radio swerve out suddenly and thwack you? Also, what if you're vehicle mucks up? My Pa's car went doolally on him on the motorway, ended up locking and spinning him round and down the motorway backwards at speeds over 60mph into a lamp post. He survived... but had he been going any faster God knows what would of happened. Unless you're spidey man you canny see these things coming and so to me... anyone who thinks they feel they can speed because they have better perception is a bit rubbish really __________________ http://www.spiffingdesigns.co.uk