"Ian Dalziel" wrote in message
So are you saying that Peter either has misunderstood or has an idiot for an observer? Peter said he thought 1.5 car lengths was too close and ended up 1 second behind the learner. Even that sounds too close to me, especially as a learner is less predictable than a qualified driver.
Using the 2 second rule from the HC, 1.5 car lengths is a safe distance at 7.5 mph not over 40. Peter said he was approaching bends, in which case he wouldn't have been able to overtake safely. If he had tried to overtake the learner could have become confused and gone anywhere.
Slow, not necessarily saferI often find myself driving along single carriageway roads where NSL applies. Will often come behind cars doing 45 mph, generally driven by females or more elderly folk. Now, you may say this...
It doesn't take anyone with knowledge of driving standards or qualifications to know that a car should be on the road and not upside down in a farmer's field having left the road and rolled through a fence. The farmer used to have a hedge there, but it has been damaged so many times by cars going through it that a wooden fence is easier for him to repair. The police driver proved that he was no more capable than many other idiots on the road.
Ian
