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Bargain!  I did wonder what you had that was so monstrously heavy lol!  Now off to France with you, report back when you find sun.

Ali

The way I look at it is

Let them past

80  90 100mph go on get past !

I'd much rather be held up while I drive past their wreckage scattered all over the road

Better than having the same Ar5e*ole ramming me from behind !

Its not just speed that these clowns go at, Its the mismatch of outfits, only this morning early hours i was returning back up the A30 M5 M6. god the a mount of caravans that was being towed, Cars that were by far to small to pull what they were towing, Head lights up in the air, snakeing all over the place, surly the police know the laws of towing? But are they botherd? nope. I rang the law when a pill*ck passed me at 75mph towing a van and useing  the third lane as well. I followed him from the start of the M6 up to the M62. did he get pulled. you guessed it.

and i wasnt towing by the way.

I think you will find the speed limit for caravans is now 110kph on autoroutes if the combination weighs over 3.5tonnes which is 68mph. Your unit almost certainly is over this limit.

"We have a lot of experience. " - but not quite enough perhaps!

For someone who has never, ever had a caravan and so looking at a different angle to those who have. What I would like to say in my view caravans seem to get larger and larger all the time which obviuosly need a more heavy car to tow them.It amazes me how large they get to be. That leaves it so some people and tend to ignore the fact and try and keep the size of the tow car to minium level, so it doesn't cost so much to run as an every day transport. 

WG

Quote: Originally posted by ian-albion on 10/8/2009

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We've only been caravanning just over a year now and although we have seen the odd van being towed by an unsuitable car and some driving too fast the main chunk of bad driving we see and experience is people without vans pulling out on us, cutting us up and overtaking when it's clearly not safe to do so.

You can pretty much guarantee on our short 20 min drive we do most weekends at least 2 cars will see us coming at a junction or island and race to pull out on us, we're in a 30 area and easily accelerate to the speed limit so dont hold anyone up, we frequently have to slam the brakes on to avoid ploughing into the side of someone.

Last week proved it to us, we were towing at 50mph with the van on (in a 60 zone), it was single carriageway but a straight main road,  8 cars overtook us when there was a constant stream of oncoming taffic that they squeezed in between, the following day we drove the same road but without the van on and deliberately drove at 50mph to see how many came past and not a single one did!

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Have to agree with you 100%. The amount of times we have had to slam our breaks on because some car or van has just pulled out on us or cut us up just because they see a caravan and have to get in front of it. One car overtook us and cut us up then preceded to drive slowly in front of us. So why did he need to overtake us. Idiots!!

I would say that most accidents with caravans are caused by other car or van drivers being the usual idiotic driver but alas it is the caravan driver that will get the blame and bad name.

I am not too keen when driving behing a large lorry/bus as the view ahead is restricted and I suppose it feels the same to some being behind a caravan and they will try to pass at any cost.

Carol

Quote: Originally posted by Draig on 12/8/2009

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"I must confess to being alarmed at the number of bikes I see being carried on roof racks."

The ones mounted on the rear of the car scare me more.

AL

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Quote: Originally posted by Draig on 12/8/2009

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"I must confess to being alarmed at the number of bikes I see being carried on roof racks."

The ones mounted on the rear of the car scare me more.

AL

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Whats wrong with carrying the bikes on an approved roof mounted bike rack ?

perfectly legal providing your car is not over its maximum loaded weight

Hi folks,

Just been reading through the posts and I must say I agree totally with the general opinion about driving standards.

We got our first caravan a year ago now and I had to pick it up from Leicester and bring it back to Bristol.

I have been driving coaches buses and Artics since 1988 and have to say that first drive with a caravan on the back was probably the scariest drive in all that time.

I am now even more aware of the caravans flying past my coach(doing 62mph) on the motorways and as noted often in the outside lane.

I am also more aware of the effect my coaches "bow wave" has on a caravan now and do my best when passing a rig to ease off a little and keep as far right as safely possible to minimise this.

Safe driving to you all

Quote: Originally posted by neil and lena on 12/8/2009

Quote: Originally posted by Draig on 12/8/2009"I must confess to being alarmed at the number of bikes I see being carried on roof racks."

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The ones mounted on the rear of the car scare me more.

AL

Whats wrong with carrying the bikes on an approved roof mounted bike rack ?

perfectly legal providing your car is not over its maximum loaded weight

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