> furnessvale aol.com> wrote:

>> On Sep 24, 3:25?pm, Adrian gmail.com> wrote:

>>> Brian Robertson (brian@[nospam].com) gurgled happily, sounding much like
>>> they were saying :

>

>>>> My experience tells me that I do not believe it is safe to break the
>>>> speed limit for any reason.

>

>>> Does the converse hold true? That it's automatically safe as long as you're
>>> not breaking the limit?

>

>>> You believe that a speed which may well have been perfectly safe on this
>>> stretch of road last week is suddenly unsafe on the exact same stretch this
>>> week - purely because the limit has been changed?

>

>> It is possible. Last week other drivers and pedestrians were entitled
>> to believe that an approaching vehicle may be doing, say, 60mph. This
>> week they are entitled to believe the vehicle is doing, say 40mph.

>
> No they are not, nothing gives any driver the right to mnake
> assumptions, they can see for themselves how fast traffic is
> approaching. Although what you describe is how 90%% of the aggressive,
> stupid fuckwits on the road drive; don't look, don't think, don't obey
> the rule that ones actions should cause another driver to have to take
> avoiding action. The rules apply to all drivers.
>

>> By
>> the time they have worked out that the driver is exceeding the limit
>> it may be too late.

>
> If there's any doubt, then they should not perform a maouever that puts
> both parties in the way of danger.
>
> Although I do realise that in Furness/Bridgemont driving like a twat is
> apparently a condition of residence.- Hide quoted text -