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by defrost 201 days ago
Here's an example of driving "standard" historic UK rural roads:

https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/800/cpsprodpb/b2ad/live/a20a6d...

from: 'Carspreading' is on the rise - and not everyone is happy about it - https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy7vdvl2531o

Throws in the term "Chelsea Tractor", in Australia in the 1980's they were called Toorak Tractors or simply Yank Tanks.

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That doesn't look like rural road in the UK (yellow lines down each side). I drive down rural roads everyday and there are usually no road markings.

Honestly getting past people isn't that much of an issue. There are normally passing spots where you pull over to let people through.

"Chelsea Tractor" is more of a dig at people Range Rovers for the looks and it never been using off-road.

There is a brand in the UK that have decided to "own" the label. Not sure why you would want/need a Ineos Grenadier in London, but some people will buy one.

https://www.chelseatruckcompany.com/

> "Chelsea Tractor" is more of a dig at people Range Rovers for the looks and it never been using off-road.

People in London bought 4x4s (in part) so they could still comfortably travel down roads covered in highly aggressive speed bumps. The joke is that we made London roads miserable to drive in a sensible small car (even at safe and legal speeds, I usually have to stop on approaching some of this stuff in a bog standard A1).

There are plenty of factors at play, but sometimes incentives are obvious

I don't see the issue with the driving standards in the photo. Road is quite wide too, and those yellow lines suggest some town area.

You do get problems in rural areas with idiots in Chelsea Tractors though. Leave them in the city -- there's no room for you in rural areas.

(For those whining about having to do the school run, just got back in my 1.6m wide car with 2 kids, 6 bags, skateboard and guitar, no problems on the 8 miles of single track road even when the lorries come the other way)

> I don't see the issue with the driving standards in the photo. Road is quite wide too, and those yellow lines suggest some town area.

It isn't the Rural Roads in the UK. Also the cars in the photo are kinda normal sized. The Volkwagen people carrier thing in the photo isn't that wide actually.