SoylentNews is people
SoylentNews
[...] 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.
Source: This is Money
(Score: 2) by janrinok on Monday August 22 2016, @04:53PM
TFS isn't about highways - it is about all roads.
HGV's unable to travel at the permitted maximum speed limit for our motorways/autobahns etc do so all the time. Such roads do not have a minimum speed limit, in fact such limits are rare. So you have to be prepared to overtake vehicles moving more slowly than yourself.
This is nothing about 'fear' - there is no requirement for anyone to travel at any speed faster than they feel comfortable driving at and are able to maintain control of their vehicle. It seems that attitudes are different here in Europe. We actually acknowledge that newly qualified drivers have to learn to travel on high speed highways at some point - they are not expected to travel at the maximum permissible speed just because it might delay someone else. There are lanes for overtaking. When you have finished overtaking pull back into the lane which matches your speed. If all the lanes are travelling too slowly for your liking - then tough shit. It isn't your own personal highway.
HGV's are forbidden from using the fastest lane of a motorway/highway (except for a few special exceptions) regardless of whether they can meet the speed of other traffic travelling in that lane. If there is a lane travelling more slowly than you wish to travel, you either overtake and regain that lane, or you change to a faster lane.
People who do not know a particular part of the road might be looking for road signs indicating which lane is to be used for specific destinations. It is reasonable to expect such people to drive more slowly so that they have time to read the signs and make the necessary manoeuvre to change safely to the appropriate lane.
Basically, the road system is for the benefit of all traffic, not just those who are late for work or want to go at the maximum permitted speed. Insisting that you should have the right to dictate what speed other drivers should travel at on European roads will quickly end up with you getting the ticket - not the person who was driving more slowly than you thought was acceptable. Tail-gating or trying to intimidate someone into driving faster is illegal. Life is for enjoying - if people want to travel more slowly in the appropriate lane and enjoy the view then they are perfectly entitled so to do.
If all the lanes in your highway system are full then blame your highway system.