Tailgaiting on the Motorway

[TwigtheWonderkid]

silverfoxcc said:

TwigtheWonderkid said:

MrFappyFappy said:

some thick tw@ travelling at 65 in the OVERTAKING lane.

That'll be me, overtaking someone doing 60. Is that not allowed?

Twig, with you 100%.

My bus is limited to 62 so when on a two lane motorway and i am passing a hypermiler, i have to spend a while in the overtaking lane. It also annoys a lot of fappyclones when travelling along the A329M where there is lane markings that make it in effect a two single lanes, on J10 of the M4 inside lane M4 only outside lane A329M only. Sorry pal but i am in the lane i have to be, but then you get them changing lanes to get around, fannyflapper could it be you? thus causing the amount of collisons that have occured, OR even worse staying in the M4 lane until the last moment and then doing a hard right over right ,as one chap did last week in fornt of me, Well 4.5ton of bus will at 62 will wipe out a car, hence the panic left hander and and driving along the hatched area waiting for a space to apper in the right hand lane. now that is a place for enforcement cameras for safety reasons

Lots of people just don't get it. They thing the outside lane is a "fast" lane. I'm often in the outside lane doing 65, overtaking someone in the middle lane doing 60 who in turn is passing a lorry doing 56. Nothing wrong with that. Then you get people coming up behind and flashing. Can they not see that you are overtaking. Bloody tw@s.

[Pete317]

TwigtheWonderkid said:

Lots of people just don't get it. They thing the outside lane is a "fast" lane. I'm often in the outside lane doing 65, overtaking someone in the middle lane doing 60 who in turn is passing a lorry doing 56. Nothing wrong with that. Then you get people coming up behind and flashing. Can they not see that you are overtaking. Bloody tw@s.

So you're so reluctant to drop your speed slightly to the speed of the L2 traffic for a short period that you simply have to overtake, but, in doing so, you're forcing those who were about to pass you down to 65 for as long as you choose to stay in L3

The words inconsiderate and hypocrite spring to mind.

[DonkeyApple]

MrFappyFappy said:

Get out of the overtaking lane then you fanny. I do a good lot of driving and I drive faster than 99% of all road users as I have to be places; the fking bane of a typical day on the road is VERY POOR land discipline and UNDER ADHERENCE to national speed limits.. Always get the bd 99 year old Dorris in her Jazz/Spark doing 19 in a fking 30, on the motorway and some thick tw@ travelling at 65 in the OVERTAKING lane. Get out if the way you fking morons.

ETA - I NEVER get tail gated, does that tell you something??

Edited by MrFappyFappy on Saturday 13th February 23:33

This is genius. 'I have to be places'

[ferrariF50lover]

Pete317 said:

So you're so reluctant to drop your speed slightly to the speed of the L2 traffic for a short period that you simply have to overtake, but, in doing so, you're forcing those who were about to pass you down to 65 for as long as you choose to stay in L3

The words inconsiderate and hypocrite spring to mind.

I reckon you're the only poster in the thread worthy of a licence, most of the rest of you are genuinely frightening.

[smashy]

ferrariF50lover said:

I reckon you're the only poster in the thread worthy of a licence, most of the rest of you are genuinely frightening.

As the OP I regret using the word tailgaiting ,it conjures up images of lunatics 2 feet from your back bumper ,I actually meant driving too close to each other.........which is causing a lot of these multiple shunting accidents of 3/4/5/6 cars.The continuing rows of on/off braking as we are all doing 70 in heavy moving traffic people need to back off a car length I reckon.Maybe im being presumptious but having done some advanced typetraining maybe im looking further ahead than a lot of people? I dont know maybe, maybe not.

[Geekman]

Most people on this site have fast, interesting cars. When I'm on the motorway, and there's a car of that type in the outside lane behind someone overtaking cars in lane 2 at a 1-2MPH speed differential, I can count on the fingers of one hand the times where the "interesting" car hasn't been tailgating.

I suspect we all do it very regularly - people just don't want to admit it.

[Patrick Bateman]

Not sure if Fappy is just a troll or an idiot. Possibly both.

[DonkeyApple]

Patrick Bateman said:

Not sure if Fappy is just a troll or an idiot. Possibly both.

Idioll?

[anonymous-user]

TwigtheWonderkid said:

Lots of people just don't get it. They thing the outside lane is a "fast" lane. I'm often in the outside lane doing 65, overtaking someone in the middle lane doing 60 who in turn is passing a lorry doing 56. Nothing wrong with that. Then you get people coming up behind and flashing. Can they not see that you are overtaking. Bloody tw@s.

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[pinchmeimdreamin]

Pete317 said:

So you're so reluctant to drop your speed slightly to the speed of the L2 traffic for a short period that you simply have to overtake, but, in doing so, you're forcing those who were about to pass you down to 65 for as long as you choose to stay in L3

The words inconsiderate and hypocrite spring to mind.

So you're reluctant to back off slightly and let Them complete the overtake, you would rather roar up behind them and flash your lights ?

The words inconsiderate and hypocrite spring to mind.

[Pete317]

pinchmeimdreamin said:

Pete317 said:

So you're so reluctant to drop your speed slightly to the speed of the L2 traffic for a short period that you simply have to overtake, but, in doing so, you're forcing those who were about to pass you down to 65 for as long as you choose to stay in L3

The words inconsiderate and hypocrite spring to mind.

So you're reluctant to back off slightly and let Them complete the overtake, you would rather roar up behind them and flash your lights ?

The words inconsiderate and hypocrite spring to mind.

I never roar up behind people and flash my lights. Don't make up things about me.

I'm referring to a) those who wait until you're right behind them before pulling out in front of you, b) then proceed to sit in L3 for the next 10 miles, and c) -specifically referring to twig's post - refuse to speed up above 65 or whatever speed they happen to be doing in order to complete their overtake in good time.

[pinchmeimdreamin]

Pete317 said:

I never roar up behind people and flash my lights.

I'm referring to a) those who wait until you're right behind them before pulling out in front of you, b) then proceed to sit in L3 for the next 10 miles, and c) -specifically referring to twig's post - refuse to speed up above 65 or whatever speed they happen to be doing in order to complete their overtake in good time.

Agree totally n thos who pull out in front of you to do it, however if they are already committed to the overtake then I just back off till they have completed it, I wouldn't expect them to go faster than they wanted to just because I want to go faster.

[Gary C]

Pete317 said:

TwigtheWonderkid said:

Lots of people just don't get it. They thing the outside lane is a "fast" lane. I'm often in the outside lane doing 65, overtaking someone in the middle lane doing 60 who in turn is passing a lorry doing 56. Nothing wrong with that. Then you get people coming up behind and flashing. Can they not see that you are overtaking. Bloody tw@s.

So you're so reluctant to drop your speed slightly to the speed of the L2 traffic for a short period that you simply have to overtake, but, in doing so, you're forcing those who were about to pass you down to 65 for as long as you choose to stay in L3

The words inconsiderate and hypocrite spring to mind.

So are you saying, if you want to do 65, then you are not allowed to overtake ? (Which I don't think you are),

Surely it's all a bit live and let live.

Always be aware of other traffic and adjust your speed to make things as smooth as possible. Sometimes I slow slightly if a faster car is approaching then pull out afterwards, some times I may speed up a little to complete a manoeuvre without inconveniencing another road user, but sometimes a faster driver has to wait a little for a slower vehicle to complete its overtake, just life.

In 30 years of driving it does seem that people are more impatient now. in the past on an mway, if you were held up for a short time, you could make it up by peddling a bit quicker, but now with camera's and traffic, people seem to explode when they loose 2 minutes.

[Riktoid]

Overtakers who dawdle really boil my piss.

Why should I have to adjust my speed etc because Johnny fkwit pulls out on me to overtake at 2mph faster than the overtakee?

And before anyone starts, I'm in the overtaking lane anticipating to overtake two cars.

[Pete317]

pinchmeimdreamin said:

Pete317 said:

I never roar up behind people and flash my lights.

I'm referring to a) those who wait until you're right behind them before pulling out in front of you, b) then proceed to sit in L3 for the next 10 miles, and c) -specifically referring to twig's post - refuse to speed up above 65 or whatever speed they happen to be doing in order to complete their overtake in good time.

Agree totally n thos who pull out in front of you to do it, however if they are already committed to the overtake then I just back off till they have completed it, I wouldn't expect them to go faster than they wanted to just because I want to go faster.

And I wouldn't expect people to go slower than they wanted to just because I want to go slower.
But if I'm in front of them then they have no choice - by being in front of them I've taken their choice away.

You must have experienced the huge tailbacks caused by two lorries "elephant racing" one another for mile after mile on a dual carriageway, so why do you apparently think it's OK for cars to dawdle past each other when they can easily speed up a bit to complete their overtake with the minimum amount of disruption?

A bit of give and take goes a long way

[pinchmeimdreamin]

Pete317 said:

You must have experienced the huge tailbacks caused by two lorries "elephant racing" one another for mile after mile on a dual carriageway, so why do you apparently think it's OK for cars to dawdle past each other when they can easily speed up a bit to complete their overtake with the minimum amount of disruption?

A bit of give and take goes a long way

Its all about give and take, I love fast cars and I enjoy driving fast, However the roads are so busy nowadays that I would say I am in the minority now.

So personally if someone want to pootle down the motorway at 65 and hold me up for a minute or two I don't give a monkeys. I will just ease off a bit and wait until the road is clear than carry on at the pace I want to.

Personally if I saw someone coming up behind me faster than I was going I would speed up a bit and pull in, But I wouldn't get annoyed by someone who didn't.

[Pete317]

Gary C said:

Pete317 said:

TwigtheWonderkid said:

Lots of people just don't get it. They thing the outside lane is a "fast" lane. I'm often in the outside lane doing 65, overtaking someone in the middle lane doing 60 who in turn is passing a lorry doing 56. Nothing wrong with that. Then you get people coming up behind and flashing. Can they not see that you are overtaking. Bloody tw@s.

So you're so reluctant to drop your speed slightly to the speed of the L2 traffic for a short period that you simply have to overtake, but, in doing so, you're forcing those who were about to pass you down to 65 for as long as you choose to stay in L3

The words inconsiderate and hypocrite spring to mind.

So are you saying, if you want to do 65, then you are not allowed to overtake ? (Which I don't think you are),

Surely it's all a bit live and let live.

Always be aware of other traffic and adjust your speed to make things as smooth as possible. Sometimes I slow slightly if a faster car is approaching then pull out afterwards, some times I may speed up a little to complete a manoeuvre without inconveniencing another road user, but sometimes a faster driver has to wait a little for a slower vehicle to complete its overtake, just life.

In 30 years of driving it does seem that people are more impatient now. in the past on an mway, if you were held up for a short time, you could make it up by peddling a bit quicker, but now with camera's and traffic, people seem to explode when they loose 2 minutes.

If there's nobody about to pass you then by all means, knock yourself out.
But because you want to go 65, and you don't want to slow down to 62 for a few seconds, don't expect others to be happy when they want to do 70 and you force them to slow down simply because you couldn't wait a few seconds?
What makes your choice of speed more important than their choice?

You know, it used to be the case that if you collected a queue of cars behind you, you might have thought, "Gee, I might be going a bit on the slow side - perhaps I should speed up a bit".

But that was many years ago.

Nowadays, people are far more likely to take the attitude of "fk you, this is my speed, so like it or lump it"

Edited by Pete317 on Sunday 14th February 13:55

[Meridius]

No need for tailgating. Just have a bit of patience.

[smashy]

Pints said:

Here's a spot of recent tailgating karma.
https://youtu.be/W6yl1XQNg-c

The driver of the Polo was interviewed on the radio and said it's happened to him before. These idiots seem to attract each other, like flies to dung.

edit: link fixed

Edited by Pints on Sunday 14th February 07:02

That polo was so lucky nothing was on his left,there but for...

[TwigtheWonderkid]

Riktoid said:

Overtakers who dawdle really boil my piss.

Why should I have to adjust my speed etc because Johnny fkwit pulls out on me to overtake at 2mph faster than the overtakee?

And before anyone starts, I'm in the overtaking lane anticipating to overtake two cars.

Idiot.

This post sums up exactly what's wrong with drivers attitude today. If I'm doing 65, and I encounter a lorry doing 56 in L1, and a car overtaking in L2 doing 60, I go into L3 doing 65 to get past them both. Then back into L2 & L1. If that causes anyone a problem, because they're in a rush, then they should have left home earlier!