[...] It is clear that a significant minority of British drivers put their time and their 'needs' above the safety of other road users and pedestrians. In a few decades, the driverless car will be perfected and the driven car must be made obsolete, preferably by law.
Until then the Government and the insurance industry should take radical steps to help residents of rural and urban communities reclaim their neighbourhoods from the lorries, the lunatics - and those Great British Motorists who like toddlers think they can do what they like, and explode with rage and indignation when questioned about it.
Black boxes compulsory in every vehicle, with improved technology that detects speed limit breaking and careless or aggressive driving.
Insurance companies encouraged to hike premiums immediately and punitively as bad driving is revealed.
Insurance companies obliged to hand over to DVLA and / or police all data that reveals traffic offences and dangerous driving.
Legal framework to allow prosecution and driving bans relating to offences revealed by black boxes.
Legal changes to encourage use of dashcam / helmet-cam / CCTV evidence to prosecute motorists.
Comprehensive review of 30mph speed limits, with local consultations on which should be lowered to 20mph.
Limit revs to 3,000rpm on all vehicles - as condition of passing MOT - to cut noise and dangerous acceleration.
Funding for technology that will limit all vehicles automatically to the local speed limit (and in the case of national speed limits, a safe speed for the road conditions); and will prevent heavy goods vehicles from using inappropriate rural and urban roads.
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(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 22 2016, @01:12AM
People who have places to go, things to see, and people to do simply do NOT want to dawdle along behind you.
You need to leave earlier so you're not in so much of a rush. To be honest it frustrates me too, but that's life, no need to get worked up over it, just take a deep breath and accept it may take you a few minutes more, because if it's not one person blocking your way, it'll be another and a few minutes is the most you'd save if that one slow person wasn't in your way
Worse, you cause the very worst kinds of rage if you travel 15 or more MPH below the speed limit through the curves and hills, then speed up to prevent anyone passing you in the straightaway.
To drive safely you need to consider the limit of your vision, and the fact there may be something just beyond it forcing you to stop, so go slow enough that you can stop should there be an unexpected obstruction round the corner, if that means you go 15mph under the limit round bends and over hills, so be it. Doing otherwise makes you a bad driver.