I've been a bit of a prat!
Discussion
Before this thread turns into an abundance of post telling me I am a prat I'm going to admit that right now to save you all having to waste your time and effort confirming what I already know.
Right lets get down to what happened.
Friday afternoon driving down the a46 between Lincoln towards Newark I was merrily enjoying my drive home. Followed a Lorry in the left hand lane when a Mitsubishi Saracen 4x4 pickup type thing past us both. We got too the swinderby island and once we got round the island I pulled in behind the 4x4 to pass the Lorry.
Now Mr 4x 4 driver proceeds to stay in the outside lane, I move back to the left. Unusually for this road at this time it's rather quite ahead but mr 4x4 proceeds for the next 2 or 3 miles to dawdle along at maybe 60 in the outside lane in his own little world.
I'm not a speed up and start flashing lights type of guy or ride an inch from the bumper and intimidate a person but after a minute or so of sitting in the left hand lane and him sat there in the outside lane when it's clearly free for him to move back in I just lost my rag with him, I indicated into the outside lane and sat behind him (again not intimidating him) but did the thing of moving my car about in the lane hoping he will open his eyes and see me in his side mirrors. Still nothing, cars are now cueing up behind us. So I flash my lights at him hoping to get his attention. Still nothing, 10 seconds later and some more moving about in my lane I can see his head moving, looking at me in his mirror now and he is just blatantly not going to move over and let people past.
Here's where I went into t
t mode. I don't condone it either. I just plane undertook him. I was so pissed off that he was clearly doing this just to be a wker,
Anyway as I get in front I move infront of him and signal to the inside lane as a suggestion to stop sitting in the outside lane when it's clear on the inside. He then proceeds to accelerate to the back of my car so close that I can't see the number plate. Ie close. At this point I thought I've had enough of this I am off, where mr 4x4 then glues himself a foot from my bumper all the way to 90 mph.
To top it off as we reach the next island he pulls up next to me and points at the dash cam.
In hindsight it's almost like he was trying to goad me into it knowing he had a dashcam. I'm not too worried about him going to plod as he would incriminate himself for speeding, but if he did what's the chances of getting a prosecution out of this. I believe some police forces are now using dash cam footage as evidence. I expect to find myself on YouTube or Facebook soon.
Anyway sorry for the long post. I admit I drove like a tit and admit it was wrong. Honestly I'm not normally an aggressive driver but middle/outside lane hoggers are my pet hate. Why hold everybody up like a dick. It's not hard to use an indicator and move over. Especially when it's clear for quite a while ahead.
This has spurred me on to refit my dashcam.
Let the flaming begin.
Right lets get down to what happened.
Friday afternoon driving down the a46 between Lincoln towards Newark I was merrily enjoying my drive home. Followed a Lorry in the left hand lane when a Mitsubishi Saracen 4x4 pickup type thing past us both. We got too the swinderby island and once we got round the island I pulled in behind the 4x4 to pass the Lorry.
Now Mr 4x 4 driver proceeds to stay in the outside lane, I move back to the left. Unusually for this road at this time it's rather quite ahead but mr 4x4 proceeds for the next 2 or 3 miles to dawdle along at maybe 60 in the outside lane in his own little world.
I'm not a speed up and start flashing lights type of guy or ride an inch from the bumper and intimidate a person but after a minute or so of sitting in the left hand lane and him sat there in the outside lane when it's clearly free for him to move back in I just lost my rag with him, I indicated into the outside lane and sat behind him (again not intimidating him) but did the thing of moving my car about in the lane hoping he will open his eyes and see me in his side mirrors. Still nothing, cars are now cueing up behind us. So I flash my lights at him hoping to get his attention. Still nothing, 10 seconds later and some more moving about in my lane I can see his head moving, looking at me in his mirror now and he is just blatantly not going to move over and let people past.
Here's where I went into t
t mode. I don't condone it either. I just plane undertook him. I was so pissed off that he was clearly doing this just to be a wker,Anyway as I get in front I move infront of him and signal to the inside lane as a suggestion to stop sitting in the outside lane when it's clear on the inside. He then proceeds to accelerate to the back of my car so close that I can't see the number plate. Ie close. At this point I thought I've had enough of this I am off, where mr 4x4 then glues himself a foot from my bumper all the way to 90 mph.
To top it off as we reach the next island he pulls up next to me and points at the dash cam.
In hindsight it's almost like he was trying to goad me into it knowing he had a dashcam. I'm not too worried about him going to plod as he would incriminate himself for speeding, but if he did what's the chances of getting a prosecution out of this. I believe some police forces are now using dash cam footage as evidence. I expect to find myself on YouTube or Facebook soon.
Anyway sorry for the long post. I admit I drove like a tit and admit it was wrong. Honestly I'm not normally an aggressive driver but middle/outside lane hoggers are my pet hate. Why hold everybody up like a dick. It's not hard to use an indicator and move over. Especially when it's clear for quite a while ahead.
This has spurred me on to refit my dashcam.
Let the flaming begin.
Dave Hedgehog said:
He would have to be the worlds biggest idiot to show himself driving mm's from the back of another car
I agree in principal but it would be very easy to edit his part in the incident out. Then hand it to the police. It's one of the reasons why I am always suspicious of some of the videos posted online. Often they don't show what's gone on before or after.
If I find the footage I will post a link. The more I think about it the less I am bothered.
I've often said to my wife the only other job I would be interested in is road traffic plod. What a great job (apart from clearing up the wrecks and bodies). People doing 90 on a deserted motorway, no problems crack on. So long as it's safe. I'd like to think I would use common sence. Heaven help the world if I ever did become road traffic police. Dawdlers, poor lane discipline, bumper hogging, they would be first in my list of priorities for a stop and education. I don't know why but middle/ outside lane hoggers just piss me off and tend to be the once that have no situational/special awareness at all. That and people on there phone or as in the idiot I saw on the a46 a couple of weeks back with an iPad strapped to his steering wheel watching a movie. It defies belief sometimes.
I've often said to my wife the only other job I would be interested in is road traffic plod. What a great job (apart from clearing up the wrecks and bodies). People doing 90 on a deserted motorway, no problems crack on. So long as it's safe. I'd like to think I would use common sence. Heaven help the world if I ever did become road traffic police. Dawdlers, poor lane discipline, bumper hogging, they would be first in my list of priorities for a stop and education. I don't know why but middle/ outside lane hoggers just piss me off and tend to be the once that have no situational/special awareness at all. That and people on there phone or as in the idiot I saw on the a46 a couple of weeks back with an iPad strapped to his steering wheel watching a movie. It defies belief sometimes.
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