Have a tailgater what for

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milesgiles

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2,304 posts

44 months

Monday 1st April 2024
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I was pootling happily in the slow lane at 60 idiot starts flashing me. Took my foot off the gas ended up going less than thirty he still didn’t overtake

Bizarre. Eventually he exited left and I made a point of getting back up to 60 quick smart

anonymous-user

69 months

Monday 1st April 2024
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If you're on a 60mph/NSL speed limit dual carriageway and decide to reduce your speed to <30mph, you're being more dangerous to the traffic around you than the tailgater.

Reduce your speed (but not too much), carefully anticipate the road ahead and avoid sharp changes in speed or direction.

It's possible the tailgater didn't want to overtake you because they knew they were leaving to the nearside soon.

Pica-Pica

15,198 posts

99 months

Monday 1st April 2024
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What an odd way to drive.
1) it’s the ‘driving lane’, not the ‘slow lane’, the other lanes are for overtaking.
2) ignore any flashing, just carry, and certainly don’t slow to 30, that is just stupid.

JackJarvis

3,081 posts

149 months

Monday 1st April 2024
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Cool story bro.

No such thing as the “slow lane”.

119

11,803 posts

51 months

Monday 1st April 2024
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milesgiles said:
I was pootling happily in the slow lane at 60 idiot starts flashing me. Took my foot off the gas ended up going less than thirty he still didn’t overtake

Bizarre. Eventually he exited left and I made a point of getting back up to 60 quick smart
Amazing.

Funky Squirrel

434 posts

87 months

Monday 1st April 2024
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I've had something similar happen albeit rarely. I just assume the person is almost out of fuel and trying to slipstream a few hundred meters more. Slowing down then booting it away usually works to wake them up.

OverSteery

3,753 posts

246 months

Monday 1st April 2024
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milesgiles said:
I was pootling happily in the slow lane at 60 idiot starts flashing me. Took my foot off the gas ended up going less than thirty he still didn’t overtake

Bizarre. Eventually he exited left and I made a point of getting back up to 60 quick smart
Did you have your rear fog light on?

MightyBadger

2,970 posts

65 months

Monday 1st April 2024
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milesgiles said:
I was pootling happily in the slow lane at 60 idiot starts flashing me. Took my foot off the gas ended up going less than thirty he still didn’t overtake

Bizarre. Eventually he exited left and I made a point of getting back up to 60 quick smart
Going down to less than 30 in a 60 all of a sudden makes you the dhead being dangerous?

Nibbles_bits

1,765 posts

54 months

Monday 1st April 2024
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OP, your Knighthood is on it's way

snuffy

11,275 posts

299 months

Monday 1st April 2024
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Maybe you had left a small child on the roof and they were trying to tell you ?


martinbiz

3,574 posts

160 months

Monday 1st April 2024
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What does the thread title even mean???

Drumroll

4,146 posts

135 months

Monday 1st April 2024
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milesgiles said:
I was pootling happily in the slow lane at 60 idiot starts flashing me. Took my foot off the gas ended up going less than thirty he still didn’t overtake

Bizarre. Eventually he exited left and I made a point of getting back up to 60 quick smart
The more bizarre behaviour is yours.

How can reducing your speed in the circumstances described be anything other than bizarre. Dangerous, might be another word to use.

Seasonal Hero

7,954 posts

67 months

Monday 1st April 2024
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Threads that didn’t go the way the OP expected #48764

E-bmw

11,050 posts

167 months

Monday 1st April 2024
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martinbiz said:
What does the thread title even mean???
I suspect he meant "GAVE the tailgater what for".

The OP REALLY did that didn't he, I mean, the tailgater will NEVER do that again, will he?

fatjon

2,298 posts

228 months

Monday 1st April 2024
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MightyBadger said:
Going down to less than 30 in a 60 all of a sudden makes you the dhead being dangerous?
yes it does.

dundarach

5,678 posts

243 months

Monday 1st April 2024
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He probably thought 'fk it' for whatever he was trying to tell you about.

Greendubber

14,253 posts

218 months

Monday 1st April 2024
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milesgiles said:
I was pootling happily in the slow lane at 60 idiot starts flashing me. Took my foot off the gas ended up going less than thirty he still didn’t overtake

Bizarre. Eventually he exited left and I made a point of getting back up to 60 quick smart
Top trolling!

JackJarvis

3,081 posts

149 months

Monday 1st April 2024
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MightyBadger said:
milesgiles said:
I was pootling happily in the slow lane at 60 idiot starts flashing me. Took my foot off the gas ended up going less than thirty he still didn’t overtake

Bizarre. Eventually he exited left and I made a point of getting back up to 60 quick smart
Going down to less than 30 in a 60 all of a sudden makes you the dhead being dangerous?
Very much so, especially as it was probably a 70 limit.

Debaser

7,123 posts

276 months

Monday 1st April 2024
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milesgiles said:
I was pootling happily in the slow lane at 60 idiot starts flashing me. Took my foot off the gas ended up going less than thirty he still didn’t overtake

Bizarre. Eventually he exited left and I made a point of getting back up to 60 quick smart
Weird

anonymous-user

69 months

Monday 1st April 2024
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Seasonal Hero said:
Threads that didn’t go the way the OP expected #48764
Dumb comment #48765

Must have been due a copious screenwash.
Wind up the throbber up a bit more!
His heart attack, not yours…