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**viagraman** · 01-17-2011, 09:15 PM

I thought LL meant that as he could see the other car's lights, they should have been able to see his lights. I could be wrong, though.

I think that's what he meant. But he will have been able to see their headlights from a much greater distance than they will have seen his stoplights.

There are at least three who have said it's OK to drive faster than they can stop in the clear road they can see - they rely on luck, apparently, to keep the road clear.

Personally I wouldn't dream of doing less than the speed limit on a motorway even if it's pitch dark (excluding fog, rain, snow or ice) and I just have my headlights. I frequently drive quite slowly on normal roads though when I can't see very far. I think the calculated risk of hitting something on the motorway is just too low to worry.

1) There are multiple lanes to go across, even if I can't see far enough to stop I can see far enough to safely go round an object.

2) If a motorway is so dark that the above is necessary I can be 99% sure I won't be driving dangerously for other road users

3) If an accident blocks all lanes then it's going to be big enough to be lit (hazard lights, headlights, stoplights from multiple vehicles) from a long way.

The risk of all three of those factors failing isn't great enough for me to do 40mph on a motorway.

01-17-2011, 09:15 PM	#36
viagraman Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 487 Senior Member	I thought LL meant that as he could see the other car's lights, they should have been able to see his lights. I could be wrong, though. I think that's what he meant. But he will have been able to see their headlights from a much greater distance than they will have seen his stoplights. There are at least three who have said it's OK to drive faster than they can stop in the clear road they can see - they rely on luck, apparently, to keep the road clear. Personally I wouldn't dream of doing less than the speed limit on a motorway even if it's pitch dark (excluding fog, rain, snow or ice) and I just have my headlights. I frequently drive quite slowly on normal roads though when I can't see very far. I think the calculated risk of hitting something on the motorway is just too low to worry. 1) There are multiple lanes to go across, even if I can't see far enough to stop I can see far enough to safely go round an object. 2) If a motorway is so dark that the above is necessary I can be 99% sure I won't be driving dangerously for other road users 3) If an accident blocks all lanes then it's going to be big enough to be lit (hazard lights, headlights, stoplights from multiple vehicles) from a long way. The risk of all three of those factors failing isn't great enough for me to do 40mph on a motorway.
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