The latest Craze in UK

Yup! The slower you get, the safer you go unless you encounter some crazy-@ss people.

 

People driving much faster than the flow of traffic are a danger to everyone on the road.

There are too many people driving at first world freeway speeds. These roads and the peoples mindset are not suitable for these speeds.

 

When I started this topic, it was sadly after a boy 15 years old was killed just round the corner from our home by a hit and run driver, while riding his cycle at 9;45 at night. I dont know whether he had lights on his bike or not, an inquest has opened.
The driver of the car was quickly found the next day, apparently aged 22 with a previous conviction for dangerous driving!
I hope that lessons for both drivers and cyclist's will be learnt by this tragic accident.

 

Totally agree here But and there is always a but, You I am sure as I do take into account the Idiots that emerge without stopping and/or looking, that just come out without a care from the side roads and Road side Shops and stalls, this can alter any flow of traffic and cause problems

 

In my opinion 70 kph is too fast for the Southern Highway. I was driving it this weekend. There are construction excavations in the road that are poorly marked with sticks and caution tape. While veering around one in my lane I find an oncoming pick-up in my lane (wrong side of road for him) who is passing a vehicle that was traveling at least 55 kph.

My point is that the infrastructure and behavior (poorly marked road repairs) cannot support 70 kph safely. A two lane highway each way is not reliably two lanes. (Poorly marked road construction, occasional parked vehicles, etc.) The outside (slow) lane is not useful and dangerous to drive in.

 

Opinion vs. facts. There will always be people and areas behind the times that cause issues like there are throughout the Philippines. Rye would be the kind of guy to get taxed, providing funds to the improvement of the area to help it adjust with the times and argue to keep overly slow bicycles, horses, and tricycles off the road, for the safety of everyone. Skipjack seems like the guy that would argue, "I don't know why we ever stopped walking. My shoes work fine." Those two ideologies will always clash. I'd suggest there's places both could live and get exactly what they want, but they both choose to live in a place where neither will get what they want. What to do.