Is this a case of road trolling?

[jmorgan]

Dropping back is not always easy. I do it, it causes issues. The one that has just sped up leaving me in the lane, will often slow down again. They are not paying attention. However people hanging off your bumper and people that close the gap to the one asleep, it gets interesting. A pox on the lot of them I say.

[Finlandia]

TooMany2cvs said:

Engineer792 said:

TooMany2cvs said:

corozin said:

TooMany2cvs said:

Was there a reason the wagon didn't slow down and drop in behind?

I think you missed the point of the whole post.

Not really. It almost always takes two to turn a small situation into a larger one.

If the trollee doesn't play, then there's no game.

And, the wagon having dropped in behind again, the Peugeot would simply have slowed down once more - rinse, repeat ...

Will it?

Yes.

[TooMany2cvs]

Finlandia said:

TooMany2cvs said:

Engineer792 said:

TooMany2cvs said:

corozin said:

TooMany2cvs said:

Was there a reason the wagon didn't slow down and drop in behind?

I think you missed the point of the whole post.

Not really. It almost always takes two to turn a small situation into a larger one.

If the trollee doesn't play, then there's no game.

And, the wagon having dropped in behind again, the Peugeot would simply have slowed down once more - rinse, repeat ...

Will it?

Yes.

You were driving the Peugeot?

[captainaverage]

If people don't like being passed then why don't they go faster? Sometimes when I have overtaken someone slowing down they overtake me multiple times then slow down again. I don't understand the mentality.

Another thing I have seen happen is a whole queue of cars going slow so I start thinking maybe there is an event up ahead. A few minutes later, there is actually an event but on the opposite side of the road (dual carriageway/motorway with central reservation in the middle). Do people really slow down to look at the accident on the other side?!

Edited by captainaverage on Saturday 18th February 14:53

[Finlandia]

TooMany2cvs said:

Finlandia said:

TooMany2cvs said:

Engineer792 said:

TooMany2cvs said:

corozin said:

TooMany2cvs said:

Was there a reason the wagon didn't slow down and drop in behind?

I think you missed the point of the whole post.

Not really. It almost always takes two to turn a small situation into a larger one.

If the trollee doesn't play, then there's no game.

And, the wagon having dropped in behind again, the Peugeot would simply have slowed down once more - rinse, repeat ...

Will it?

Yes.

You were driving the Peugeot?

No.

[captainaverage]

TooMany2cvs said:

Will it? Unlikely. The Pug driver's just woken up and realised there's a wagon passing them.

B'sides, the wagon doesn't need to drop that far back to pull in.

~16 m of articulated lorry, pug speeds up but maintains position near the rear wheels of the lorry. Yes maybe it does need to drop a fair bit back.

[V8Matthew]

I think some people are just totally oblivious of anything that's not directly in front of them. The type of people you go to pass on motorways, who then speed up because the car in front of them has moved over. You pull back in and they slow down for the next car

Very frustrating when you're driving a speed limited vehicle.

[xjay1337]

TooMany2cvs said:

You were driving the Peugeot?

.......... you again.

[Muddle238]

I don't know why they do it. Utterly, utterly frustrating when you're on cruise control, you pull out to overtake a slower car ahead as the motorway goes over a crest, as you get to the downhill section the other car suddenly rockets away making you look like a tt.

I guess some people just have absolutely no comprehension of either what they're doing or what others are doing around them.

[talksthetorque]

captainaverage said:

~16 m of articulated lorry, pug speeds up but maintains position near the rear wheels of the lorry. Yes maybe it does need to drop a fair bit back.

Or to put it another way - at 56mph, 0.7 seconds lost.

[Engineer792]

TooMany2cvs said:

Will it? Unlikely. The Pug driver's just woken up and realised there's a wagon passing them.

Then they would likely have either speeded up to get ahead or dropped back - or even just maintained their speed.

The fact that they speeded up just enough to match the lorry's speed seems to indicate that they were out to play games.

Edited by Engineer792 on Saturday 18th February 17:13

[Tankrizzo]

I see Captain Google has hit the thread.

[Johnnytheboy]

Another thread has been "TooMany2CV'd"

[Darryl247W]

I reckon folk are driving along at a reasonable pace, but when somebody tries to pass it flicks a switch in their head that says "Ooooh, I mustn't be going fast enough, I must speed up a tad." As someone who tries to think the best of people, I hope they do it subconsciously but the fact remains they've hung someone out to dry in the outside lane.

It's for this reason I overtake with the foot to the board. It's odd how you're tootling behind someone who is maybe at 50-55mph on a single-carriageway, but when you overtake you find you're reaching for 75mph because you're not passing them as quickly as you anticipated. Having gained enough distance and pulling back in and dropping to 60mph, they soon seem to be disappearing into the distance because they've dropped down towards 50mph again. Gnnnnah!

[GC8]

Engineer792 said:

TooMany2cvs said:

corozin said:

TooMany2cvs said:

Was there a reason the wagon didn't slow down and drop in behind?

I think you missed the point of the whole post.

Not really. It almost always takes two to turn a small situation into a larger one.

If the trollee doesn't play, then there's no game.

And, the wagon having dropped in behind again, the Peugeot would simply have slowed down once more - rinse, repeat ...

Is that so difficult to understand?

This is what frequently happens. Remember too that if it was as easy to 'slow and drop in behind' as the clown thinks, then most drivers would do it.

[GC8]

talksthetorque said:

captainaverage said:

~16 m of articulated lorry, pug speeds up but maintains position near the rear wheels of the lorry. Yes maybe it does need to drop a fair bit back.

Or to put it another way - at 56mph, 0.7 seconds lost.

Better to keep quiet and allow people to wonder whether you're a fool, than to speak and confirm it.

[talksthetorque]

GC8 said:

Better to keep quiet and allow people to wonder whether you're a fool, than to speak and confirm it.

Well done - Rather than contribute, just think of copy and paste a clever way of calling someone a name.

[GC8]

talksthetorque said:

GC8 said:

Better to keep quiet and allow people to wonder whether you're a fool, than to speak and confirm it.

Well done - Rather than contribute, just think of copy and paste a clever way of calling someone a name.

I have made a worthwhile contribution, whereas you have made a stupid remark which demonstrates that you have little or no idea what you're talking about.

Better to have kept quiet.

[Cliftonite]

captainaverage said:

If people don't like being passed then why don't they go faster? Sometimes when I have overtaken someone slowing down they overtake me multiple times then slow down again. I don't understand the mentality.

Another thing I have seen happen is a whole queue of cars going slow so I start thinking maybe there is an event up ahead. A few minutes later, there is actually an event but on the opposite side of the road (dual carriageway/motorway with central reservation in the middle). Do people really slow down to look at the accident on the other side?!

Edited by captainaverage on Saturday 18th February 14:53

Of course they do. Do you not do much motorway driving? It is called 'rubbernecking'

[talksthetorque]

GC8 said:

I have made a worthwhile contribution, whereas you have made a stupid remark which demonstrates that you have little or no idea what you're talking about.

Better to have kept quiet.

I was pointing out that all this inconvenience of another driver has probably added 0.7 seconds to the journey.
Is it worth bothering about?
You've spent about sixty times that on this thread ( and a great deal of time on other threads) being a condescending tt ( to join in the name calling).