Cars that drive up your jacksie
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benjijames28 said:
Mandat said:
+1.
I very rarely get tailgated, and I would suggest that if the OP is getting tailgated as often as he is, it might be indicative of the OP's own bad driving, rather than others.
It is quite telling that the OP is happy for the fiesta to continue tailgating after the roundabout, rather than using it as an opportunity to let the fiesta overtake.
Firstly I'm not the one who started this thread, and two I never said I get tailgated often. I just said it happened last night.I very rarely get tailgated, and I would suggest that if the OP is getting tailgated as often as he is, it might be indicative of the OP's own bad driving, rather than others.
It is quite telling that the OP is happy for the fiesta to continue tailgating after the roundabout, rather than using it as an opportunity to let the fiesta overtake.
As for what point I proved by slowing down, I proved that I'm not going to be bullied into breaking the speed limit on a road I know is frequented by speed camera vans, just cause some idiot wants to double the speed limit.
It was childish of me to accelerate harder than usual to get ahead of him after roundabout, but I still let him pass, I had no objection to him passing me where he is allowed to do so safely.
As for all this... Someone will follow u and hit you bulls
t.... Let them, confrontation is not something that bothers me.Normally if someone wants to get past I let them, if he wanted to get past he would have crossed the solid white lines and done it, but he didn't want to, he just wanted to try forcing me to speed. It had opposite effect.
During the course of my driving experience I garner information from front, side and rear. If someone is really close behind then that affects how I judge my stopping /slowing speed, they're affecting my calculations. If they are doing it for vanity or I think they'll hold me up if they pass then get to a hill or roundabout, lights etc then I will maintain my position ahead of them. I do slow down if they're really close and look to see their response, if they are 'batty' I don't want to follow them upn head. If their driving style is presented as pressing then they can overtake, if they can't overtake they don't deserve to be ahead. As with the OP I like to boot it out out of roundabouts and make them work to be ahead, this should signal to them my expectations. I personally hate playing overtake with idiots and close tailgating is rude. I love my clean license and suspect the tailgaters are using their proximity to increase my speed - forget it I'm a traffic calmer not a knob.
Mandat said:
+1.
I very rarely get tailgated, and I would suggest that if the OP is getting tailgated as often as he is, it might be indicative of the OP's own bad driving, rather than others.
Not sure I fully understand I very rarely get tailgated, and I would suggest that if the OP is getting tailgated as often as he is, it might be indicative of the OP's own bad driving, rather than others.
How would "bad driving" by the car in front result in him being justifiably tailgated?
Anybody who tailgates is a moron, pure and simple. Nothing justifies it and doing it because you're rushing to the hospital (or wherever) is especially stupid.
There is only one way to deal with a tailgater.
Signal left. Slow to a halt. Let him pass. He's in a hurry to get somewhere, after all.
Preferably time this manoeuvre so that you come to a stop in the face of a long stream on on-coming traffic.
Wait an eternity while the tailgater figures out what is going on, realises he is so close that he is going to have to back up before he can pass, and then waits for an appropriate gap. If necessary, wind the window down and do the "come on and pass" hand and arm signal.
Follow the tailgater at a sensible distance for the next five miles.
The tailgater is always driving an Audi, a Land Rover Discovery with those stupid fking headlights or an Insignia. If a Discovery, he will invariably drive slower than you were driving before you let him have the lead. It is like Discovery drivers take the lead and then don't know what to do with it.
Signal left. Slow to a halt. Let him pass. He's in a hurry to get somewhere, after all.
Preferably time this manoeuvre so that you come to a stop in the face of a long stream on on-coming traffic.
Wait an eternity while the tailgater figures out what is going on, realises he is so close that he is going to have to back up before he can pass, and then waits for an appropriate gap. If necessary, wind the window down and do the "come on and pass" hand and arm signal.
Follow the tailgater at a sensible distance for the next five miles.
The tailgater is always driving an Audi, a Land Rover Discovery with those stupid f
king headlights or an Insignia. If a Discovery, he will invariably drive slower than you were driving before you let him have the lead. It is like Discovery drivers take the lead and then don't know what to do with it.Could always do this..
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=118071...
(Looks like a setup to me)
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=118071...
(Looks like a setup to me)
If someone is close to me, it means they want to go faster than me.
I just try to let them past at the earliest opportunity.
I particularly give plenty of room to motor bikes.
I don't get this thing about if I'm doing the speed limit, that should be fast enough for others.
More often than not, I get a wave of appreciation.
I just try to let them past at the earliest opportunity.
I particularly give plenty of room to motor bikes.
I don't get this thing about if I'm doing the speed limit, that should be fast enough for others.
More often than not, I get a wave of appreciation.
rxe said:
Any marque of car can be driven badly. There are two categories of tailgater though....
Firstly there is the deliberately aggressive - tailgating to intimidate. At least they are probably paying attention.
Then there are the people who just drive 3 feet from the car in front because that's how they drive. Not aggressive, just not thinking. They're the really dangerous ones.
My response to both is simply slow down so that the gap they leave is appropriate to the speed we are doing. Sometimes, that is very slow indeed. No problem letting them overtake when they can, I'm a hell of a lot safer with them in front of me than behind.
Bang on the money. I find the intimidating driver actually has a worse time if you stick to the speed limit. As they are focusing so hard on not crashing into you they get burnt out after a short amount of time. If they're still there gone 10 minutes then I think it would be best to make a phone call to the police! Firstly there is the deliberately aggressive - tailgating to intimidate. At least they are probably paying attention.
Then there are the people who just drive 3 feet from the car in front because that's how they drive. Not aggressive, just not thinking. They're the really dangerous ones.
My response to both is simply slow down so that the gap they leave is appropriate to the speed we are doing. Sometimes, that is very slow indeed. No problem letting them overtake when they can, I'm a hell of a lot safer with them in front of me than behind.
I just drive at the same speed and if they want to overtake they can. I find slowing down or trying to accommodate them only makes a messy situation as what a logical person would do doesn't apply. Safest thing to do is to continue at the appropriate speed and to be vigilant of them as they may do something stupid.
The worst offenders of tail-gating are vehicles with high seating such as 4x4 and all that. They tend to forget how close they are because the high seating position makes them feel a bit further away.
My main gripe about them is the fact they take up extra attention when you're driving as you're try to make sure you catch the stupid thing they do as soon as possible. Also they reduce rear visibility and blind you with their lights at night.
benjijames28 said:
Firstly I'm not the one who started this thread, and two I never said I get tailgated often. I just said it happened last night.
As for what point I proved by slowing down, I proved that I'm not going to be bullied into breaking the speed limit on a road I know is frequented by speed camera vans, just cause some idiot wants to double the speed limit.
It was childish of me to accelerate harder than usual to get ahead of him after roundabout, but I still let him pass, I had no objection to him passing me where he is allowed to do so safely.
Normally if someone wants to get past I let them, if he wanted to get past he would have crossed the solid white lines and done it, but he didn't want to, he just wanted to try forcing me to speed. It had opposite effect.
There seems to be an awful lot of people trying to excuse aggressive driving. Drive Audi's do we?As for what point I proved by slowing down, I proved that I'm not going to be bullied into breaking the speed limit on a road I know is frequented by speed camera vans, just cause some idiot wants to double the speed limit.
It was childish of me to accelerate harder than usual to get ahead of him after roundabout, but I still let him pass, I had no objection to him passing me where he is allowed to do so safely.
Normally if someone wants to get past I let them, if he wanted to get past he would have crossed the solid white lines and done it, but he didn't want to, he just wanted to try forcing me to speed. It had opposite effect.
I'm with benji on this. Tailgaters get zero respect from me. If I'm at the speed limit and you want to overtake safely, go ahead, I'll even slow down to let you past once you've started your overtake into on-coming traffic. If you're going to be a dick and do something dangerous like tailgate me, then I'm not going to go out of my way to help you out.
Some of you obviously can't read very well. Initially, benji in no way impeded the other driver, other than driving at the speed limit. It was only when he started tailgating that benji slowed down a bit. f
k him, I'd have done the same, particularly if there was any traffic in front of me, which is exactly what you're supposed to do, i.e. increase the space between you and the car in front. If the other guy had wanted to, he could still have broken the law and overtaken. Maybe his chips were getting cold, who knows? When they came to a two lane section of road benji accelerated hard but started in lane one. Exactly how does that impede the tailgater? He went past in lane two. RTFP before spouting off s
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On the bike: never happens. In the car, depends where we are, but I was given some advice a few years back to average out the 2 second gap fore and aft so if someone's tailgating I drop off the car in front. I enjoy watching the red glow from over heated cheeks inside the following vehicle.
One of my worst habits and one that I have worked hard to stop. I very rarely do it now and must be a delight on motorways because I always leave a big enough gap for someone else to pull into.
However, the past two 'strangers' I have been driven by both seem to see nothing wrong with driving 4 feet behind people, even going so far as to call the driver in front an ahole after they have slowed and then braked as a clear message to back the fk off. This in spite of the fact that they've been sat 4 feet off their bumper on a twisty NSL road for a good few miles.
Mostly when I see folks doing 60 on a 60 road everyone is nicely spaced and just tootling along, it's when you meet a dawdler that everyone bunches up.
However, the past two 'strangers' I have been driven by both seem to see nothing wrong with driving 4 feet behind people, even going so far as to call the driver in front an a
hole after they have slowed and then braked as a clear message to back the fk off. This in spite of the fact that they've been sat 4 feet off their bumper on a twisty NSL road for a good few miles.Mostly when I see folks doing 60 on a 60 road everyone is nicely spaced and just tootling along, it's when you meet a dawdler that everyone bunches up.
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