Walking along roads

[thesheriff443]

Why do people look at you like the devil when they are walking on the road with or without pets

Listen you silly cow you are walking on the road
I’m not driving on a foot path

Rant over

[Crimson Dynamo]

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[Benjamin]

Why do people look at you like the devil when they are walking on the road with or without pets

Listen you silly cow you are walking on the road
I’m not driving on a foot path

Rant over

Is there a footpath available?

[Beso]

Were they on the way back from the bezelbepub?

[Crimson Dynamo]

I recall the time a dangerous woman was walking down the road in just a bra and caused an accident

:omgno:

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[thesheriff443]

Is there a footpath available?

No it’s a country road
She was walking her dog

[thesheriff443]

Were they on the way back from the bezelbepub?

No just a stuck up dog walker thinking they own the road

[Benjamin]

No it’s a country road
She was walking her dog

Then respect the countryside code :nono:

(As long as she was on the correct side of the road walking towards you).

[thesheriff443]

Then respect the countryside code :nono:

(As long as she was on the correct side of the road walking towards you).

I beg you pardon
I always give walkers horse rider and cyclists plenty orifice room and make sure it’s safe for everyone involved

But I’m sorry if you going to walk on the road you are going to get vehicles coming towards you at the speed limit

There was a sign up in a field keep all dogs on leads as there were cows in the field

This stuck up woman who know thought it didn’t apply to her
Let her dogs of and w one got trampled to death

[Niamh.]

I beg you pardon
I always give walkers horse rider and cyclists plenty orifice room and make sure it’s safe for everyone involved

But I’m sorry if you going to walk on the road you are going to get vehicles coming towards you at the speed limit

There was a sign up in a field keep all dogs on leads as there were cows in the field

This stuck up woman who know thought it didn’t apply to her
Let her dogs of and w one got trampled to death

:hehe:

[thesheriff443]

:hehe:

That’s the first smile I’ve got out of you in 13 years

[Benjamin]

:hehe:

:laugh2:

[Niamh.]

That’s the first smile I’ve got out of you in 13 years

Let that be a lesson to you

[MTVN]

Not wise to do the speed limit on country roads for this reason tbf

[Glenn.]

Not wise to do the speed limit on country roads for this reason tbf

Literally just about to say this

[thesheriff443]

Not wise to do the speed limit on country roads for this reason tbf

I can drive almost any vehicle and have done

20 odd years ago I owned and drove some of the fastest cars on the road

Driving the speed limit is fine regardless of who is on the road

[Beso]

20s plenty.

[thesheriff443]

20s plenty.

In reverse gear

[Glenn.]

I mean it’s very idiotic to drive at the speed limit on a country road. Common sense would surely tell you to go a bit under for you know, safety reasons.

[Benjamin]

I can drive almost any vehicle and have done

20 odd years ago I owned and drove some of the fastest cars on the road

Driving the speed limit is fine regardless of who is on the road

Not always on country roads, especially at corners. Many hikers, walkers and horse riders out.

[rusticgal]

Not wise to do the speed limit on country roads for this reason tbf



But isn’t that the reason we have them..:shrug:

[Crimson Dynamo]

Not always on country roads, especially at corners. Many hikers, walkers and horse riders out.

And Deer

The number of times young Deer have shot out in front of me at night

[Glenn.]

There’s a country road near me that has a 60mph limit. You’re lucky if you can go 35-40 on it.

[Benjamin]

But isn’t that the reason we have them..:shrug:

Country roads are different though. More likely to encounter the things I mentioned.

Same applies to walkers/hikers. They should be following the countryside code too.

[thesheriff443]

Not always on country roads, especially at corners. Many hikers, walkers and horse riders out.

I live in a semi rural location full of cyclists horse riders and some times dog walkers

[Dogeatdog]

Country roads are pretty dangerous at speed regardless what the signs say. All sorts of animals can wander out, cyclists or other vehicles suddenly appearing around blind corners etc.

I tend to do under the speed limits on the narrow country lanes that have just a single lane with no pavements, especially in the van. It cracks me up when people approach with speed and have to slam on their brakes and end up scratching their nice Range Rovers to try and squeeze through. I don’t know why they do it? Just slow down.

[AnnieK]

From the Highway code

Rule 2, for pedestrians: "If there is no pavement, keep to the right-hand side of the road so that you can see oncoming traffic. You should take extra care and
be prepared to walk in single file, especially on narrow roads or in poor light
keep close to the side of the road.
It may be safer to cross the road well before a sharp right-hand bend so that oncoming traffic has a better chance of seeing you. Cross back after the bend."

Rule 206, for drivers and riders. "Drive carefully and slowly when ... approaching pedestrians on narrow rural roads without a footway or footpath. Always slow down and be prepared to stop if necessary, giving them plenty of room as you drive past."

[AnnieK]

But isn’t that the reason we have them..:shrug:

I was told by a Traffic Cop once that it's a speed LIMIT not a target. Always drive to the road conditions regardless of limits. It was a looooong lecture but he let me off speeding :laugh: it was a long time ago though, now they just stick a fine and points on you

[Benjamin]

I was told by a Traffic Cop once that it's a speed LIMIT not a target. Always drive to the road conditions regardless of limits. It was a looooong lecture but he let me off speeding :laugh: it was a long time ago though, now they just stick a fine and points on you

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[Crimson Dynamo]

The amount of cyclists i see head to toe in dark clothes is mental

Its should be illegal not to use a bike and wear a fluorescent jacket

madness

[Benjamin]

The amount of cyclists i see head to toe in dark clothes is mental

Its should be illegal not to use a bike and wear a fluorescent jacket

madness

Yeah it’s nuts. I always pack my reflectives and head torch if I’m out hiking in case I have to walk back along a country road in the dark.

[Beso]

If you cant hear or see a car coming on a country road you shouldnt be out the house.

[Benjamin]

If you cant hear or see a car coming on a country road you shouldnt be out the house.

Electric cars freak me out on country roads. They are impossible to hear until last second

[Beso]

Electric cars freak me out on country roads. They are impossible to hear until last second

A starled pheasant does the same to me.

[Benjamin]

A starled pheasant does the same to me.

Hahaha without bloody fail, every time :laugh:

[Beso]

Hahaha without bloody fail, every time :laugh:

Happened to me not to long ago. Worse thing was I was getting attacked by a wasp at the same time. Didnt half get the heart pumping, luckily I didnt have my wellies on or I'd have shat them.

[Benjamin]

Happened to me not to long ago. Worse thing was I was getting attacked by a wasp at the same time. Didnt half get the heart pumping, luckily I didnt have my wellies on or I'd have shat them.

:joker:

[user104658]

No one is cornering at 60mph on a country road and it's perfectly fine/safe to do 60 on a straight stretch where you can see the road ahead. Apply caution when you can't see the road ahead due to a corner, hill, bad weather or whatever but that's just... driving... and applies on any road.

If it wasn't safe to do national speed limit on country roads, they wouldn't be national speed limit, and indeed some roads have a 40 or 50mph limit in place for that very reason.

[Ammi]

…it’s also being mindful of roads that it’s obvious there’s no pavement been given for a pedestrian and being aware there could be pedestrians using and blind corners etc where you might not see them from a distance…it’s just making those sort of allowances which are quite common in more rural/village areas etc…

[Niamh.]

…it’s also being mindful of roads that it’s obvious there’s no pavement been given for a pedestrian and being aware there could be pedestrians using and blind corners etc where you might not see them from a distance…it’s just making those sort of allowances which are quite common in more rural/village areas etc…

Absolutely, some of the speed limits on these kinds of roads are ridiculous especially when you factor both pedestrians and the fact that a lot of these roads are not really wide enough for two cars to comfortably pass each other at any type of fast-ish speed (over here anyway and I'm sure it's similar in the UK)

[user104658]

The issue is though really, you might as well make these roads (proper rural roads) national speed limit and trust that drivers can drive them safely, because sticking a sign on them means absolutely nothing in a rural area -- the limit is unenforceable and people will drive the roads how they want to drive them. Realistically there are not going to be police on the roads (or often... anyone at all...) and the logistics of setting up and maintaining speed cameras on every stretch of rural road is not realistically possible.

[Crimson Dynamo]

There we go!

Just been on the country roads of Fife. On a long stretch of road (2 lanes) car
in front doing 40 so coast clear I over took, as I re-entered my lane at
around 50 a large male Pheasant ran right infront of me and I could do
nothing and I hit it full on. When i arrived at the the next wee town to turn right a
lady stood chatting on the path waved at me to stop "you have a dead
Pheasant stuck to the front of your car!"


Its head went via my reg plate and jammed into the air vent, I would not free
it so I had to use my Swiss army knife and saw its head off to free the body.
When I got the auction I had to grapple under the front and pull the head
free and out. It did a wee bid of vent damage and I need a new reg plate lug
and nut.

:rolleyes:

[bots]

it's all about driving safely. So if its a long straight wide road with no likely obstacles, drive at the speed limit. Everything else, reduce your speed so you know you can deal with anything unexpected safely