It never ceases to surprise me any more how many people lack basic knowledge about our roads and the Highway Code. I appreciate some of this also comes from arrogance and greed though. My key gripes are box junctions also, people not merging correctly and the lack of knowledge about national speed limits. So many people seem to think on a road where it is 60 on a single carriage way it is 40 or 50 to them. And the I have to mention the middle laners. One of the best I saw was on the A50 dual carriageway when a long line of people were following a marked police car doing about 60 to 65. I went trundling past the line at 70 and pulled in front if the police car and the about 15 cars that were following then proceeded to do the same !!
Speed limits are maximums, not targets or minimums.
A couple iof decades ago, maybe longer, police drivers were instructed not to cruise at the speed limit as it caused too much congestion, so 5-10 mph below the limit is their normal cruise.
It amazes me how many drivers think that 60 is the limit for cars/bikes on non-motorway dual carriageways - and on forums, the number of drivers that think dual carriageways always have two lanes in each direction!
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