Tailgating in snow...seriously!?!
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To the person who decided to tailgate me this morning whilst driving through very bad snowy roads, what the hell is wrong with you?..why cant people use a brain cell...with all that slush, one heavy brake from me would see his car slide into my rear! Some peoples stupidity is beyond belief! Rant over.
Do rental cars come with snow tyres? (I doubt it..)
But that Hyundai this morning with an enterprise sticker in the rear window, don't try testing your front parking sensors on my rear bumper whilst we're doing 50mph, w
ker.
I use the A3 to get to work, its a NSL but in this weather and my MX5 I feel 50mph is fine, no.. According to the other idiots as they go shooting past into the distance 100mph is fine. You know if they have a crash it'll affect your insurance and the will drive off.
But that Hyundai this morning with an enterprise sticker in the rear window, don't try testing your front parking sensors on my rear bumper whilst we're doing 50mph, w
ker.I use the A3 to get to work, its a NSL but in this weather and my MX5 I feel 50mph is fine, no.. According to the other idiots as they go shooting past into the distance 100mph is fine. You know if they have a crash it'll affect your insurance and the
will drive off.Last night on the M25 (once we got moving) about 95% of drivers were beign very sensible and leaving decent gaps, following each others wheel tracks etc. Ofcourse there were 5% of idiots out there which included one artic sitting a few inches from my bumper. Eventually he pulled out of the single lane of wheeltracks to try to overtake me, before deciding better of it and pulling back in and leaving a sensible gap. I was glad when I dropped him on the next hill.
sinizter said:
Par for the course. Pretty much everyone behind me yesterday stayed the same distance or closer than when driving in dry or damp conditions. Makes me nervous, but what can I do ?
Leave a bigger gap to the car in front, and brake earlier and more gently than usual. I've read in the AD forum the idea of maintaining your 2s gap in front and behind as a total. You can't do much about the gap behind you, so if it's less than 2s, increase the one in front of you by the same amount. e.g., car behind is 0.5s away, leave 3.5s to the car in front. Obviously in snow you can multiply that a few times.
Not a lot else though. Tailgaters are the pits.
swiveleyedgit said:
Lordglenmorangie said:
Know where you are coming from, a knob in a Audi ten feet away this mooring on a B road covered in six inche of new snow, then he overtook and sped of in a flurry of White stuff. Brave or stupid 
or running on his winter tyres?A3 Quattro with Continental WinterContact 830P tyres.
BBC News 24 made me laugh earlier whilst watching it in the staff canteen.
Live footage of a road up norf where the snow is and the journalist is commenting on the fact that the cars are nose to tail due to the adverse conditions preventing progress.
No.
The numpties are driving at the same speed as the car in front.
Therefore leave a bigger gap in case you need to stop.
Live footage of a road up norf where the snow is and the journalist is commenting on the fact that the cars are nose to tail due to the adverse conditions preventing progress.
No.
The numpties are driving at the same speed as the car in front.
Therefore leave a bigger gap in case you need to stop.
Only been driving in town, but I'd probably do what I always do with tailgaters - ease off the throttle and touch the brake very lightly just to light them up without scrubbing off any speed, then speed up slightly again to build a gap.
After a couple cycles of that they normally get the message.
After a couple cycles of that they normally get the message.
From my recent experiences in the snow covered North East of England, the most prolific tailgating offenders are:
1) Taxi drivers
2) White Van Man
3) Young ladies with fluffy dice/steering wheels
The latter two groups tend to be on the phone, smoking a fag or eating a pie of some description.
1) Taxi drivers
2) White Van Man
3) Young ladies with fluffy dice/steering wheels
The latter two groups tend to be on the phone, smoking a fag or eating a pie of some description.
tailgaiters are bad at best of times but in snow?! grrr boils my piss quicker than a tefal quick cup. tonight i had a van on my arse on bad snowy roads with his lights blindingly bright in all 3 mirrors. who ever invented the mirror dimmer is a genius! but back to the story - he had been like this for at least 4 miles and finally overtook me on the long straight after hatton bends. i was doing 45-50 on nsl as it was most i felt could be achieved and be comfy with. obviously wrong since the invincible van man always prevails.....
I had an absolute fknugget tailgating me earlier, in blizzard conditions. He was a) tailgating me within a foot or so of my bumper, b) one headlight completely out, c) foglights on, d) remaining light on full beam. I indicated to pull over and let it by, and what does it do? That's right, stops behind me, virtually touching my bumper and starts gesticulating. I decided to lower my window and give it a clue as to what it should do. It then gets the message and pulls around me, narrowly missing my wing mirror, shaking it's fist and head simultaneously. I despair.
knugget tailgating me earlier, in blizzard conditions. He was a) tailgating me within a foot or so of my bumper, b) one headlight completely out, c) foglights on, d) remaining light on full beam. I indicated to pull over and let it by, and what does it do? That's right, stops behind me, virtually touching my bumper and starts gesticulating. I decided to lower my window and give it a clue as to what it should do. It then gets the message and pulls around me, narrowly missing my wing mirror, shaking it's fist and head simultaneously. I despair.Add to this the muppets that will tailgate my bus - if I have to stop, and you go into the back of me, your car is going to come off worst. Trust me.
See also, people who see a bus coming along an icy road and either step or pull out in front of me, because obviously buses are fitted with studded tyres and can stop on a sixpence...
See also, people who see a bus coming along an icy road and either step or pull out in front of me, because obviously buses are fitted with studded tyres and can stop on a sixpence...
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