[Tom]

Originally Posted by Pyramid*

Not been driving that long yet you've already 25% of the way to losing your licence.

As for your final paragraph. What utter nonsense - especially the last 4 words.

... points which run out in about 2 months. so unless I do something terrible I'm nowhere near losing my license.

Whats 'utter nonsense' about my final paragraph? If you've not got a good attention span and can't be aware of whats going on around you then you shouldn't be on the road because you'll cause a crash. And all you do on a motorway as far as speed goes is accelerate a bit, ease off, accelerate a bit more, ease off again and repeat. Its not often you need to start changing down gears unless its a bad motorway thats always packed, but for the most part and the ones I use (other than the M6) its pretty simple to drive on and I think motorway driving is a lot easier and safer than city driving

[Pyramid*]

Originally Posted by Tom

... points which run out in about 2 months. so unless I do something terrible I'm nowhere near losing my license.

Whats 'utter nonsense' about my final paragraph? If you've not got a good attention span and can't be aware of whats going on around you then you shouldn't be on the road because you'll cause a crash. And all you do on a motorway as far as speed goes is accelerate a bit, ease off, accelerate a bit more, ease off again and repeat. Its not often you need to start changing down gears unless its a bad motorway thats always packed, but for the most part and the ones I use (other than the M6) its pretty simple to drive on and I think motorway driving is a lot easier and safer than city driving

It's irrelevant how long your points have remaining. The point I was making was that given the short amount of years you have been driving - you've managed to rack up points that equate to 1/4 of the way to losing your licence already.


If you are quite serious in not being able to see what is wrong about your final paragraph - I hope you don't drive around the motorways in my part of the word.

[Tom]

Originally Posted by Pyramid*

If you are quite serious in not being able to see what is wrong about your final paragraph - I hope you don't drive around the motorways in my part of the word.

Describe to me how you drive on a motorway then and where I'm going wrong. In fact I'd love to know how you get your car up to speed if you don't keep touching on your accelerator, could save me a bomb on petrol.

[Pyramid*]

Originally Posted by Tom

Describe to me how you drive on a motorway then and where I'm going wrong.

I suggest you consider having a recheck at what affects motorway driving, and causes of accidents. It's not all about having a good attention span etc. It tends to be the things beyond 'your' control that cause the accidents - not 'you'.

Now that can be sudden queues, weather conditions, accidents, debris on the road, spillages, people cutting in suddenly, tailgating as has been discussed, others falling asleep, others having to hit brakes suddenly, car failure, a million things.

Cruising along a high speeds, limits the chances of being able to react safely to any of the above.

and it's most certainly not a case of 'it's just constant accleration' as you stated earlier.

[Tom]

Originally Posted by Pyramid*

I suggest you consider having a recheck at what affects motorway driving, and causes of accidents. It's not all about having a good attention span etc. It tends to be the things beyond 'your' control that cause the accidents - not 'you'.

Now that can be sudden queues, weather conditions, accidents, debris on the road, spillages, people cutting in suddenly, tailgating as has been discussed, others falling asleep, others having to hit brakes suddenly, car failure, a million things.

Cruising along a high speeds, limits the chances of being able to react safely to any of the above.

and it's most certainly not a case of 'it's just constant accleration' as you stated earlier.

adjust your speed accordingly then. I don't mean categorically accelerate above 70mph all the time, just if its suitable to do so. You just know if you're going too fast, you don't need a sign to tell you that.

Just out of interest, where do you live? Maybe the motorways are much moer congested near you so it takes a lot more. Its quite rare where I am (other than as I said earlier on the M6 car park) to get caught in congestion unless theres been an accident or is just generally a queue, for which there are always plenty of signs.

[Omah]

Originally Posted by Tom

If you've not got a good attention span and can't be aware of whats going on around you then you shouldn't be on the road because you'll cause a crash.

That'll include most drivers under 30 and over 55, at a guess .....

http://www.newsinsurances.co.uk/blog...roads/01691822

A recent survey by has found that van drivers are overwhelmingly considered the worst behaved on UK roads. The next worse were young drivers, older drivers, taxi drivers and school-run mothers. The poll, conducted by a motor insurance comparison service, also revealed that lorry drivers were considered the best drivers on the road.