Who is more of a nuisance to you?

Question

A " Jack the Lad", who flashes past you, way over the speed limit, or a "Steady Eddy", who is driving way under the speed limit, but is positioned in such a way as to make it virtually impossible for you to overtake?

Answer 1

steady eddy!

the 'jack' will probably be soon removing himself from the gene pool!

Answer 2

Jack the Lads and folks like you (Tailgating Tommy) are dangerous.

Don't get me wrong. Steady Eddy in the left lane is very annoying as well.

Edit: I know you well enough to understand why you left tailgating off your list.

Answer 3

steady eddy

Answer 4

Steady Eddy! Got places to go and people to see?

Answer 5

eddie cause he's always in my way when i sleep in for work

Answer 6

definitely the slow old codger, getting stuck behind them turns you into one of the speeders.

Answer 7

The Steady Eddy. Especially on motorways when they sit in the middle lane. NOTE TO ALL OF YOU EDDIES: the middle and right lanes are for overtaking. (in the UK, anyway)

Besides, the Jack the Lad's going to be out of our hair one day soon- let him speed by. ;-)

Answer 8

probably Eddy, as Jack goes by quickly and its over.

Answer 9

Steady Eddy's are every bit as dangerous on the roads as boy racers, as they cause everybody stuck behind them to get frustrated and possibly make bad decisions.  You don't get road signs saying "Frustration Kills" for no reason!

Answer 10

Jack the Lad.. Theres no point in all this speeding! Better to get there in one piece than not get there at all..!

Answer 11

steady eddy

jack the lad will be gone in a few seconds

Answer 12

Well I'm not going to be like much but who cares?

I'm a Steady-Eddie and legally obliged to be as lorries are not allowed to travel as fast as cars.

most annoying are deffinately, Tailgating-Tommy and and the double white blind bend overtakers that put others at risk  just to get 2 minutes  ahead on journey time

Answer 13

good question they both have different tolerance zones, but mine would be jack the lad, as with steady eddie you have more chance of reading what he's going to do, and most steady eddies are only out on a short excursion somewhere,

Answer 14

Steady Eddy because road hogs that won't move waste more of my time than a Jack in the Lad.  :)

Answer 15

The Steady Eddy - at least the "jack the lad" is out of my way.

Answer 16

From a pedestrian point of view Jack the Lad - they are FAR more DANGEROUS than 'Steddy Eddy' (who may be positioned in such a way to avoid pedestrians in areas where there are NO pavements - rural areas in particular, half the walking journey I make every day has no pavement).

Answer 17

steady eddy :)

Answer 18

Steady Eddy....nothing to do and all day to do it!

Answer 19

Eddy.  I hate him.  Eddy ... GET OUT OF THE LEFT LANE.

Answer 20

"steady eddie", at least the speeder is out of your way quicker.

Answer 21

The drivers that annoy me most are those that sit in the middle lane at 69.75 mph and won't pull into the inside lane because there is something in that lane half a mile ahead.

They soon pull in when they are flashed by the boys in blue.

Lane hoggers should be charged with driving without due care and attention.

Answer 22

I can always eventually pass "Steady Eddy"- That is what horns are for- God Bless "Steady Eddies" out there- My Grandpa was one- May He Rest In Peace!

Answer 23

Both are equally annoying, (I'm a H.G.V.driver by the way), but I have far more patience with steady eddy as he/she will probably not kill someone with their idiotic antics whilst behind the wheel.Sure, they are gonna nark the pants off of you by holding you up, but hey, we're all gonna be older and nervous one day. Steady eddy costs me money, cos I'm fined by the rdc if I miss my timed delivery slot, but at least I know I'll get there alive after he turns off. With jack, you never know what stupid thing they are gonna do next. Here is ane example of what 'jack' did to me last Novenber. Travelling along the M40 towards London, just as I came to the split for the A34, 'Jack' passed me going at least 90mph. As he came along side he suddenly decided to reactivate his normally dormant brain cell, only to realise he was passing his turn off. He slammed on his brakes, swerved across in front of me, misjudged it and hit the drivers side front wheel of my lorry,(a 44ton tanker at the time). As you will imagine, I felt a bump and he lost the entire front wing,wheel, suspension leg and passenger door of his little Citroen Saxo. He was very lucky he was not killed, or killed someone else!!  So you see, 'Eddy' will always give at least twwo miles notice of his intention to turn off, despite having pulled out in front you ten miles ago.