Homer wrote:
duncanmac wrote:
I have met several drivers trying stupid overtaking moves (in both directions) on that short straight over the years.
Then it's likely there is something in the layout of the road which misleads drivers.
Since I've been driving the road for 13 years and know it well its difficult to say, maybe the bends at each end of the straight look like they won't hide other traffic. The incident on Thursday morning was in the dark but although the HGV driver would be able to see my lights around the bend the driver behind probably wouldn't have.
Homer wrote:
Or some other external influence, is this within the SPECS zone or just outside?
It is in the specs zone about 3 miles south of Maybole, the car going south could have been rushing for a ferry at Stranraer.
I actually saw more stupid driving this morning in Maybole itself, while still in the 30 limit and built up area a HGV overtook a car that was itself doing more than 30mph (it was pulling away from me). the car had to brake sharply to let the HGV in as a car appeared in the opposite direction. The HGV was then stuck in a line of traffic doing an average of about 45mph all the way to Ayr so this desperate overtake was effecively for nothing.