Travelling south on the M6 on New Years day, (light traffic) spotted a car in the distance ahead which we were approaching in rapid time while we was travelling at approx 70mph... As we got closer I saw It was a silver Leaf.
Road conditions where light rain but plenty of spray but decent visibility all round but this changed mile after mile..
The car was in lane 1 doing approx 30mph, we passed at 70mph and went past like it was stood still. (car had 2 people in my passenger said..)
This sparked off a conversation in the car, If the car had limited range or was in some sort of limp mode.....
So, back to the main question...
At what "slow" speed would you bail out onto the hard shoulder ?
Anyone been in this position ?
Road conditions where light rain but plenty of spray but decent visibility all round but this changed mile after mile..
The car was in lane 1 doing approx 30mph, we passed at 70mph and went past like it was stood still. (car had 2 people in my passenger said..)
This sparked off a conversation in the car, If the car had limited range or was in some sort of limp mode.....
- At what speed (if the car had some kind of issue) would you decide to pull over onto the hard shoulder and stop to get recovered??
- If you decided it was "safe" to keep the car moving to the next junction, would you drive up the hard shoulder with the hazards on to prevent creating a tailback and possible collision due to speed behind you ?
- Run in lane 1 with hazards on ?
- If the driver was in fact trying to "preserve" battery due to limited range left would you continue at say 50mph / 56mph until the car runs flat or just stop onto the hard shoulder ? (or any of the above)
- Or it could of just been a really poor driver.
So, back to the main question...
At what "slow" speed would you bail out onto the hard shoulder ?
Anyone been in this position ?