snd1966 wrote: ↑Sat 27 Dec 2025 2:53 pm
Yes the human being definitely has to learn respect,responsibility, use their brain for their actions on the road. Those that do not agree please advise why it is ok to use your phone, overtake/undertake just to hopefully arrive at your destination up to maybe 15 minutes earlier.
It's not the roads, lack of lighting, it's not taking in the conditions of where/ what you are driving on.
Well you did ask so here goes.
Using phone whilst driving - no argument here. If you are physically holding and operating your phone whilst driving that is unsafe and irresponsible and should not be done. Such behaviour should be and is illegal, though the police here in my experience are just as guilty of this as other drivers.
Overtaking. Overtaking in and off itself is not in my opinion by definition unsafe, irresponsible or disrespectful. Overtaking can be done irresponsibly and dangerously and it can also be done safely, responsibly and respectfully (and legally). Just like pulling out of a minor road onto a major one can be done safely and responsibly or unsafely and irresponsibly.
Undertaking. In my opinion undertaking is more often than not the result of the person being undertaken being more disrespectful and irresponsible than the person doing the undertaking. To drive on a road with two lanes in each direction with a speed limit of 65km/h and sit in the outside lane doing 40km/h and steadfastly refusing to move over to the inside lane is dangerous, irresponsible and disrespectful. It is in my experience here a very common behaviour yet does not seem to be on your 'list'.
club before the rain, we were undertaken by cement lorry and overtaken by white car outside sultans!! And the white car turned at the next right junction by the marble factory, oncoming traffic too
