Is my advanced driving tuition dangerous?

[naetype]

Over the last week while practicing my RoADA systems I have had:

On Sat' morning a muppet in a Clio sitting 2 inches from my back bumper going ballistic as I was doing 30/32 in a 30. I mean I could see her red face in the mirror. As I came to the start of the NSL at the bottom of a long, steep hill I start to 'firm up on the acceleration', she pulls out to overtake and commits! My car is a TD with 130 brake and great wads of torque. So I'm left with 2 choices; hang her out to dry to teach her a lesson or brake and allow her to creep up the hill and eventually complete the overtake 1/2 a mile up the road (I exaggerate but you get the idea).

This morning while running through my straightahead approach to roundabouts I get muppet #2 in his Audi straightlining and nearly collecting my o/s rear. For this I then get constant (and I mean constant) offers of coffee and leaning on his horn for the next 3 roundabouts over a mile or so.

These are not isolated incidents they happen almost every time I start applying the system and keeping to the speed limit. No matter where or when some feckwit will do something that really astonishes me. I'd hate to see what would happen if I used my M3 for practice and left the Mazda at home

Does anyone else suffer this problem or could it be something I'm doing?

Edited by naetype on Monday 12th February 14:20

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SVS said:

However, bear in mind that the "muppet" could be a regular driver, simply having a very bad day. People may be having to drive home after being made redundant, having to rush their loved one to hospital or anything else. You simply never know.

I suppose that could have been an option in this case. Maybe he really was in a rush to hospital to give his ailing loved one some coffee and the beans weren't for me after all.

nah. But I get the idea and applaud the sentiment.


I do find it hard when this thing occurs to maintain an even keel but I'm getting better at it. Well, the Kalashnikov should be here any day now and that's giving me something to look forward to

Edited by naetype on Friday 16th February 01:32

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Don said:

....they are largely dispassionate and professional about their driving. They remain calm no matter what. They do not react badly to poor driving around them - they simply deal with it as one of the many hazards they are coping with at the time.

Being a silver lining to every cloud this is actually what I tried to do. My reckoning was that if I managed to stay calm and not overreact to this intimidation and aggression this would be a good experience and help me come my test (which I've been told I should now book )

cj_eds said:

I'm not an advanced driver and have thought about attempting to join IAM a few times. My biggest problem in the car though is I tend to find myself getting annoyed by the muppets around me. For examples - following the 40mph club then getting to a town. You drop to 30 and another 40mph club member overtakes you in the town. by the time you get out the 30 and back into the NSL you miss the only potential overtake because they've gone so quick through the town.

But this is where your new skills are so valuable and the fun begins. Come the NSL you now start to use your new skills to gain ground unobtrusively (and you WILL) and that old slow coach they overtook on the blind corner at 20 over the limit (Friday that was ) is now sitting 2 seconds behind them and not having put anyone else, or themselves, in danger to be there. Not a great advert for their skills.

Edited by naetype on Saturday 17th February 12:40

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ph123 has answered my question quite clearly. The problem is not with me, the answer is therefore NO. The problem is with an attitude I cannot quite comprehend, I doubt and hope I never will.