Funny little bit of Karma.

[Darko92]

Was on the M25 today between JCT 28-29 and I was in the 3rd lane going 70ish.. Behind me pulls up a white Astra van tailgating me as they do.. Flashing his headlights at me (Note: he didnt overtake me, just kept flashing and tailgating REALLY close).

To avoid an incident, I pulled to the left lane and carried on pootling along. This p*llock carried on going and doing the same thing to the car infront of me, again flashing and now veering in and out of lanes like an absolute t**t.

Now, he wasnt in a rush to go anywhere because he couldve caned it and left us all behind but he seemed to be in the mood to agitate all the other drivers.

This is where it gets funny, Astravan pulls back into fast lane and does the same thing to car infront.. Flashing, tail gating.. Car infront moves over and Astra van overtakes and starts slamming on brakes/slowing down erratically to shake the other driver..

Then..

Flashing blue lights. The car behind the astra was an unmarked police car with 4 bobbies sat inside.


INB4 Cool Story Bro - AstraVan had 2 PH stickers on the rear and one on the side... Who was it?

[Darko92]

Hahaha, I have to say it was mighty funny for me. There was a few cars in a row and all of them flashed their headlights as he got pulled over.

It was one of those genuine pillocks that just thinks they own the road and actually put a few drivers at risk.

No way to contest it, few coppers in the car.

I'm sure we'll see a topic soon pop up

[Darko92]

Me?

I wasn't in the fast lane. I was in the 3rd lane, he had the room to overtake but insisted on flashing everyone from behind.

[Darko92]

Lol, I think PH is the only forum where this thread will turn into a debate about my driving skills??

Have none of you been on the M25 during peak rush hour time? The 1st lane is hogged by lorries driving at about 50ish, the second and third lane are your general cruisers, I was in the 3rd Lane because I had just overtaken someone else and the 2nd lane to my left had a big old coach in it. So no, I couldnt move over If you read the thread again, as soon as I COULD move over, I did, to let the dumbass Astravan driver through.

Judging by the comments on this, I assume you people that posted telling me how to drive sit in the 1st lane going at 50mph all day everyday yep?

[Darko92]

AyBee said:

Swanny87 said:

Here's a novel idea. The OP may have been overtaking something if he was in L3? A lot of keyboard warriors on here...

OP said:

To avoid an incident, I pulled to the left lane and carried on pootling along.

Except he's already stated that he pulled over to the left and carried on pootling. So, by his own admission, he was pootling in lane 3 with space to the left to move into. If he'd done that originally, said van could have continued on his path without getting agitated. How many times do you see people flashing cars to move over when there isn't room to do so and when the other option is for them to move right and overtake? I'd have done the same as the van in this situation and yet, it's the van that gets pulled and the OP goes on his way thinking that his driving is fine...

One of the main reasons our motorways are crowded is because people essentially narrow the available road space (since we can't overtake on both sides) with their poor road positioning, oblivious that they're in the wrong (the OP).

So because I wrote "Carried on" it means I was lane hogging? Lane hogging would have meant I did not move out of his way, only for him to overtake me and get more agitated.

I did move out of the way. The van driver WAS at fault because he was swerving in and out of traffic, flashing his headlights and tailgating. If my driving is completely incorrect, why did the police not stop me? Why did they stop him?

[Darko92]

AyBee said:

Darko92 said:

I was in the 3rd Lane because I had just overtaken someone else and the 2nd lane to my left had a big old coach in it. So no, I couldnt move over

So, he flashed you, even though you had nowhere to move left into, and he could have overtaken clearly in lane 4? Didn't think so!

If you're implying that you/other PH'ers have never seen a driver tailgate someone else and try and p*ss them off when they could have overtaken then I'm not sure what to say to you. It seems like you're on a bit of a stint here to prove that I am a terrible driver and I should be off the roads because how dare I sit in the 3rd Lane for longer than 5 minutes!!!!!1!£213

Whatever helps you sleep at night pal.

[Darko92]

ritch said:

AyBee said:

Except he's already stated that he pulled over to the left and carried on pootling. So, by his own admission, he was pootling in lane 3 with space to the left to move into.

doing 70ish mph if you read the OPs first post. so doing close to the national speed limit overtaking in L3 then pulling over to L2. God forbid it was maybe raining, windy, or the M25 plain old congested and the OP was driving in accordance to the conditions.

OP you have my sympathies for the pish posted on here after you took the time to post an amusing story on the General pedantry forum.

I'm off to sit in L3 at 50mph for the next hour and annoy astra vans

Excellent! Thanks - People seem to have the highway code glued to their b***ocks on here and all drive in accordance to the law by the book! It was meant to be a humorous story to brighten up a crappy Wednesday afternoon but lo behold the PH police came along.