People that block overtakes.
Discussion
Benbay001 said:
DaveCWK said:
One of the reasons most of my overtakes feature the words 'surprise' and 'power'
Yep! 
By the time they know im coming past, im already past!
usually as they're coming out of a roundabout or something as they're too busy changing gear/updating facebook to react in timeHad a few people try that in the past, or speeding up...Absolutely boils my piss, and would be curious if they know of the danger they cause!
As said, best thing to do is a "surprise overtake". While it's not exactly booksafe, it is the best thing to do because by the time they think about blocking or speeding up, I'm already 3 car lengths away!
As said, best thing to do is a "surprise overtake". While it's not exactly booksafe, it is the best thing to do because by the time they think about blocking or speeding up, I'm already 3 car lengths away!
Had guy like this literally on Sunday whilst in the car with my old man. We were running a little late to a family meal so were flying a bit; anyway we were coming up to a short section of dual carriage way. There were two cars already on it doing about 50 we were doing like 70-75, the car behind a white 12 plate Passat decided to overtake, pulled out a bit on us but we didn't react and let him overtake. He proceeded to sit in the outside lane so we nudged a little closer just to let him know we wanted to get past, so he started to move over very slowly trying to stop us getting past before it cut back down to one lane. So the old fart booted it, by which point this Passat swerved back across pushing us up against the centre barrier, my dad had to jump onto the brakes and swerve which ended up in a right tank slapper, genuinely thought we going off the road.
The car being overtook stopped and asked if we were ok as it was dangerous what this guy had done. What's worst when I looked down the road the Passat had just driven off with a couple of passengers giving us a few tasteful remarks. Anyway the next part is the bit neither of us are proud of as the red mist descended. Went flying after them flashing our lights to get them to pull over. Anyway this Passat then turns down a side road without indicating and cutting up a on coming car, as if he was something from a film trying to lose whoever was following him!!
Worst part of it all...... we were still late for lunch.
Anyway, I can't remember the plate but if you see a guy around the Broadway, Worcestershire area in about his late 30s/early 40s with short brown hair, in a white 12 plate Passat. Just watch out!!
The car being overtook stopped and asked if we were ok as it was dangerous what this guy had done. What's worst when I looked down the road the Passat had just driven off with a couple of passengers giving us a few tasteful remarks. Anyway the next part is the bit neither of us are proud of as the red mist descended. Went flying after them flashing our lights to get them to pull over. Anyway this Passat then turns down a side road without indicating and cutting up a on coming car, as if he was something from a film trying to lose whoever was following him!!
Worst part of it all...... we were still late for lunch.
Anyway, I can't remember the plate but if you see a guy around the Broadway, Worcestershire area in about his late 30s/early 40s with short brown hair, in a white 12 plate Passat. Just watch out!!
I had someone do this to me last week, he couldnt be arsed to wait 10 seconds so tried to pass everyone in the bus lane, reaching my car as the bus lane turns back into a road, a road i needed to be on. He sat almost level with my car, determined not to let me in. I called his bluff, put my signal on and just started pulling into his lane anyway. Not wanting his astra to be crushed by a fat german, he slammed his brakes on.
As for people who block overtakes, Its always people in slow cars that try and do it. Ive never been held up by a fast car, with ONE exception (and if thats you in the new xkr near north berwick, hand your car back in, and get a cygnet). If someone was pulling out to stop me and weaving over the road id assume they had seen something ahead and were warning me. If it turned out they were just a prick, well, thats what an ashtray full of pennies is for.
As for people who block overtakes, Its always people in slow cars that try and do it. Ive never been held up by a fast car, with ONE exception (and if thats you in the new xkr near north berwick, hand your car back in, and get a cygnet). If someone was pulling out to stop me and weaving over the road id assume they had seen something ahead and were warning me. If it turned out they were just a prick, well, thats what an ashtray full of pennies is for.
Justin Cyder said:
I do realise that. But you are describing a perfect world & every day I see w
kers barging their way in & causing the delays in the first place. In practice, the boys in the white vans for it usually that subspecies see the car up ahead blocking the lane, see sense, pull in earlier & the whole thing flows better than if Mr. fk off out of my way had pulled his selfish st.
I have no qualms with it at all.
kers barging their way in & causing the delays in the first place. In practice, the boys in the white vans for it usually that subspecies see the car up ahead blocking the lane, see sense, pull in earlier & the whole thing flows better than if Mr. fk off out of my way had pulled his selfish st.I have no qualms with it at all.
When you say "w
kers barging their way in", do you mean people in the right hand lane attempting to merge in turn with those in the left hand lane?The w
kers in that scenario are the ones in the left hand lane deliberately nudging forward bumper to bumper doing their best to make sure that people in the right hand lane can't merge in turn "because they haven't queued".As you can tell, I get quite irate about this! This is because I used to drive a journey fairly frequently where I had to cross over a road with just such a choke point at a roundabout just before it. If people had sensibly used both lanes and merged in turn, then I doubt the queues would ever have made it back as far as the roundabout. However, all the left hand lane w
kers used to sit in the left hand lane, and would invariably cause the queue to back up past the roundabout. Needless to say, because they're selfish tossers who are determined to make sure that nobody gets in front of them, they used to queue nose to tail across the roundabout too, forcing those of us trying to go straight over to push our way through as well.There is simply no justification for tossers sitting in the left hand lane and trying to stop people merging in turn.
I can happily live with your irateness. Question is who's the bigger wker, the left hand lane driver who won't let anyone in or the guy in the right hand lane who leapfrogs fifty cars to save a couple of minutes & in the process perpetuates the queueing?
In my experience, the left hand lane drivers do let people merge all the way until it becomes clear some mouth breather is forcing their way through. It's the good old British sense of fair play at work.
ker, the left hand lane driver who won't let anyone in or the guy in the right hand lane who leapfrogs fifty cars to save a couple of minutes & in the process perpetuates the queueing? In my experience, the left hand lane drivers do let people merge all the way until it becomes clear some mouth breather is forcing their way through. It's the good old British sense of fair play at work.
Justin Cyder said:
I can happily live with your irateness. Question is who's the bigger wker, the left hand lane driver who won't let anyone in or the guy in the right hand lane who leapfrogs fifty cars to save a couple of minutes & in the process perpetuates the queueing?
In my experience, the left hand lane drivers do let people merge all the way until it becomes clear some mouth breather is forcing their way through. It's the good old British sense of fair play at work.
Read the highway code you nescient lurdane.ker, the left hand lane driver who won't let anyone in or the guy in the right hand lane who leapfrogs fifty cars to save a couple of minutes & in the process perpetuates the queueing? In my experience, the left hand lane drivers do let people merge all the way until it becomes clear some mouth breather is forcing their way through. It's the good old British sense of fair play at work.
Edited by Art0ir on Thursday 25th July 12:40
I usually drive dads old Land Rover and it'll keep up with normal traffic up to about 55mph (77hp, 4 gears, no power steering and unassisted drum brakes all round)... I get overtaken A LOT.
On NSL roads, I back off the go pedal a little when they're halfway past so they can get clear quicker (whilst maintaining a modicum of momentum).
BUT When I overtake... and I do, (for some reason on the arrow straight, NSL, dual carriageway down the road from me 50%+ drivers have a tendency to only do 35-40mph WTF )
The previous poster who mentioned 4x4s is right, they don't block me, after I pass them @50mph+ they always speed up, tailgate and then overtake back.
IMHO if I can get past in a Land Rover YOU ARE DEFINITELY TRAVELLING TOO SLOWLY and (possibly) causing an obstruction
On NSL roads, I back off the go pedal a little when they're halfway past so they can get clear quicker (whilst maintaining a modicum of momentum).
BUT When I overtake... and I do, (for some reason on the arrow straight, NSL, dual carriageway down the road from me 50%+ drivers have a tendency to only do 35-40mph WTF
) The previous poster who mentioned 4x4s is right, they don't block me, after I pass them @50mph+ they always speed up, tailgate and then overtake back.
IMHO if I can get past in a Land Rover YOU ARE DEFINITELY TRAVELLING TOO SLOWLY and (possibly) causing an obstruction
Edited by real4star on Thursday 25th July 12:29
Edited by real4star on Thursday 25th July 12:37
g3org3y said:
Benbay001 said:
DaveCWK said:
One of the reasons most of my overtakes feature the words 'surprise' and 'power'
Yep! By the time they know im coming past, im already past!
Fast cars are safer. Fact.
Power, on the other hand, is what it's all about. Noise helps too.
swisstoni said:
I have never been blatantly blocked but I do sometimes notice an increase in speed by the car being overtaken. Pathetic and dangerous.
Sounds like *every single time* I drive in Belgium.....and the 'box the other car in behind a lorry' game seems to be the national sport there too....
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