Clearly I'm in a minority but...
I think you're a div. Lots of smug arseholes who get uppity about doing a perfectly safe 90mph on a clear road, who then position themselves 3 feet from my bumper in the 50mph zones, just because they can finally catch up. Speed limits are frequently bizarre, sometimes inadequate (there are plenty of self-policing national speed limit roads that work fine, noone feels compelled to drive at 60mph) and made worse because of an unofficial understanding with the police that breaking the limit is fine up to a point.

I can't see how a night time 70mph, 5 metres behind someone in the rain, which is legal (and therefore ignored by speed cameras) is worse than driving at 80mph on a quiet motorway applying common sense (which isn't legal, and risks fines and bans etc). There is dick all justification for cameras, except they're cheaper than real cops and make more money by not applying judgement to catch dangerous drivers.

With you on the rest though except undertaking. You should be in the inside lane unless you're overtaking. If there is time and space for you to be undertaken, you are the one who should be punished, because you should have pulled in to let the other person pass.

If you live in or around Oxford, I will probably overtake you soon, and you and your family will be quite unchanged by the experience. Unless you're a fucking dreadful driver who mistakes meticulous adherence to the law for driving ability. In which case your children will learn new words and gestures from me through the window...
(Mumm-ra, Thu 14 Feb 2008, 15:59, Reply)