There was an 'accident' near me a few years ago on a country road NSL. Car tried to overtake on a straight but crashed head on into a car coming in the opposite direction. Its a 50mph limit now. I wonder how many accidents are caused by illegal overtaking, which is hardly an accident because there is blame.
Have they changed the limit since the accident? I wonder how they think that will help.
There was an 'accident' near me a few years ago on a country road NSL. Car tried to overtake on a straight but crashed head on into a car coming in the opposite direction. Its a 50mph limit now. I wonder how many accidents are caused by illegal overtaking, which is hardly an accident because there is blame.
Was it an illegal overtake or just a badly judged/timed one?
Have they changed the limit since the accident? I wonder how they think that will help.
It had been lowered to 50mph since the accident. I can only assume the lower speed may stop people illegally overtaking. I doubt that would stop many drivers/vehicles anyway but would be a stiffer penalty if it can be proved they exceeded the limit.
Was it an illegal overtake or just a badly judged/timed one?
Both. It was a frustrated overtake of a couple of cars and was badly timed as a car came around the corner at the last second. The driver was going way over the limit and it would of been impossible to complete the manoeuvre at a lower speed. The person in question got a shed load of points and 6 months in hospital, the other driver had minor injuries. Drives more sensibly now!
It had been lowered to 50mph since the accident. I can only assume the lower speed may stop people illegally overtaking. I doubt that would stop many drivers/vehicles anyway but would be a stiffer penalty if it can be proved they exceeded the limit.
Surely the lower limit is more likely to make people overtake? Or am i missing something?
Surely the lower limit is more likely to make people overtake? Or am i missing something?
It will certainly increase the frustration. I believe one of the reasons they increased the speed limits for HGVs on single carriageway from 40mph to 50mph was down to concerns re hazardous overtakes.
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Have they changed the limit since the accident? I wonder how they think that will help.
Was it an illegal overtake or just a badly judged/timed one?
The main contributor is driver error where no excessive speed is involved, followed by driving whilst under the influence of drink/drugs.
It had been lowered to 50mph since the accident. I can only assume the lower speed may stop people illegally overtaking. I doubt that would stop many drivers/vehicles anyway but would be a stiffer penalty if it can be proved they exceeded the limit.
Both. It was a frustrated overtake of a couple of cars and was badly timed as a car came around the corner at the last second. The driver was going way over the limit and it would of been impossible to complete the manoeuvre at a lower speed. The person in question got a shed load of points and 6 months in hospital, the other driver had minor injuries. Drives more sensibly now!
Surely the lower limit is more likely to make people overtake? Or am i missing something?
It will certainly increase the frustration. I believe one of the reasons they increased the speed limits for HGVs on single carriageway from 40mph to 50mph was down to concerns re hazardous overtakes.
If its too low I suppose you would get more people likely to overtake illegally. Those who stick to the highway code won't overtake.