Would you ever report a dangerous driver?
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Heading up the A90 towards Aberdeen tonight a white Focus RS with WR Tuning on the side and a similar private plate came shooting past with a BMW coupe close behind.
There was an old woman in a Skoda Fabia overtaking doing around 70-75mph which they caught up with.
The Focus RS driver would boot it and get right on her bumper, then brake. This happened quite a few times and the car was loud so it stood out a mile.
The roads were wet and it was raining at the time with numerous cars all following closely.
He then accelerated hard before the car was even out the way and he had to swerve as to not to run into the back of the Fabia. It looked as if he got the offsidee wheels on the grass.
The old women looked petrified when I past her and it was clear why .
It has been a long time since I've seen such aggressive and needless behaviour on the road.
I've never felt the need to report anyone, but his behaviour really overstepped the mark by a long way.
Would you?
If not I hope he's on this forum and realises he needs to get a grip and stop behaving like an idiot on the road.
There was an old woman in a Skoda Fabia overtaking doing around 70-75mph which they caught up with.
The Focus RS driver would boot it and get right on her bumper, then brake. This happened quite a few times and the car was loud so it stood out a mile.
The roads were wet and it was raining at the time with numerous cars all following closely.
He then accelerated hard before the car was even out the way and he had to swerve as to not to run into the back of the Fabia. It looked as if he got the offsidee wheels on the grass.
The old women looked petrified when I past her and it was clear why .
It has been a long time since I've seen such aggressive and needless behaviour on the road.
I've never felt the need to report anyone, but his behaviour really overstepped the mark by a long way.
Would you?
If not I hope he's on this forum and realises he needs to get a grip and stop behaving like an idiot on the road.
Edited by Driver101 on Sunday 17th August 21:57
Driver101 said:
The Focus RS driver would boot it and get right on her bumper, then brake. This happened quite a few times and the car was loud so it stood out a mile.
He may have been caught out by torque steer and road camber at that point.I know grammar nazism is frowned upon, but 'women' is plural, 'woman' is the singular form.
Certainly would. Followed a HGV BETWEEN m6 j2& 3 with it weaving between l1 and the hard shoulder .Couldn't get pastis safely to get off, so followed it to Corley ,and called in at police post where I was thanked by a trafpol . Can't remember the VRN configuration, but one part( i.e trailer /tractor unit) had UK plates, the other foreign .
I've felt like it a few times but never had.
A mate was coming home from visiting his girlfriend and got pulled years. He was and can still be a weapons grade bell-end behind the wheel of a car. He assumed someone had taken offence and called the plod, but when they didn't pulling him wasn't speeding but told him to slow it down.
A mate was coming home from visiting his girlfriend and got pulled years. He was and can still be a weapons grade bell-end behind the wheel of a car. He assumed someone had taken offence and called the plod, but when they didn't pulling him wasn't speeding but told him to slow it down.
xRIEx said:
Driver101 said:
The Focus RS driver would boot it and get right on her bumper, then brake. This happened quite a few times and the car was loud so it stood out a mile.
He may have been caught out by torque steer and road camber at that point.I know grammar nazism is frowned upon, but 'women' is plural, 'woman' is the singular form.
I apologise for the error.
Didn't really expect a sensible question to be firstly hit with a smart arse and then my English scrutinised.
Driver101 said:
I am fully aware of that. Not sure if I did spell it like that accidentally, or if my phone wrongly corrected it.
I apologise for the error.
Didn't really expect a sensible question to be firstly hit with a smart arse and then my English scrutinised.
Didn't you know this is Piston Heads where grammar matters! I apologise for the error.
Didn't really expect a sensible question to be firstly hit with a smart arse and then my English scrutinised.
Yes, and I have done previously... but only if it really, really takes the biscuit.
A couple of Sundays ago (may have been last Sunday), I was on my way into work and witnessed the most f
kwit driving I've ever seen perpetrated by a white Nissan Navara (what else? 
). Called it in, reported offences (tailgating, nearly ramming two cars off the road, speeding, swerving in as if to ram other vehicles), stated location and direction of travel, left it at that.
Mostly, live and let live... but if it's genuinely dangerous and seriously intimidates people, it's worth calling in.
A couple of Sundays ago (may have been last Sunday), I was on my way into work and witnessed the most f
kwit driving I've ever seen perpetrated by a white Nissan Navara (what else? ). Called it in, reported offences (tailgating, nearly ramming two cars off the road, speeding, swerving in as if to ram other vehicles), stated location and direction of travel, left it at that.Mostly, live and let live... but if it's genuinely dangerous and seriously intimidates people, it's worth calling in.
Twice..once a liveried bread delivery van tailgating and bullying cars out of the way on a 50mph stretch of motorway, second time was dashcam of "good lad" speeding and overtaking head on into traffic in 30mph zone.
Both these stretches of road have seen numerous collisions and deaths in the last year and are supposedly a priority for the local plods.
Both these stretches of road have seen numerous collisions and deaths in the last year and are supposedly a priority for the local plods.
TTmonkey said:
No point. The police will do nothing.
Not true, depends how busy they are I guess. I got pulled over a while back after someone reported me. A concerned member of the public reported 2 black Imprezas racing down the A1 at Morpeth. 7 Minutes after the call I got tugged just at the Metro Centre(20 miles down the road). Stood at the side of the road chatting to a lovely lady police officer whilst her partner sat in his car with my licence for about 30 minutes.Since no police witnessed the event they could only give me a section 59. I pointed out travelling over 20 miles in 7 minutes is an average speed of 180mph+ something that my car is not even capable of. Luckily he just warned me. For the record, it wasn't me who was racing anyway.
Moral of the story. Police do respond to calls from members of the public but since the police did not witness the event they can only hand out a s59.
I did it once. Many years ago, two (empty) buses were racing each other through Bournemouth, cutting cars up and generally driving bloody dangerously. I called the police and reported them. A couple of days later, a policemen came to the house to take statements from my wife and I and advised that another half dozen or so people had called them. We got an update about 3 months later that both drivers had been dismissed from the company and had been charged with driving without due care and attention.
YES I would report a dangerous driver and have in the past.
Most recent was a delivery driver for the local shop.
Single lane entrance at a roundabout and the nutter in the van mounts the small island at the roundabout and passes me.
Followed them to their next delivery and the WOMAN driver in the van really couldn't give a fk about whether she was driving dangerously or not.
Told her that I would be phoning in to report her driving to the number on the van.
The problem here was the aggressive driving, her speed and also that there are three schools locally. At 8:45 am the place is very busy with children crossing the roads along with Lollipop folk slowing traffic and Traffic Lights on another road. This all leads to tailbacks at the roundabout.
Phoned and left a message with the delivery company and the manager phoned back to get the info twice over the next week.
They did say at the time that even though their drivers are on a schedule they do not tolerate any traffic offences or complaints at all and that it was a serious matter that would be dealt with.
Haven't seen her delivering to the 3 local shops in the chain since!
Most recent was a delivery driver for the local shop.
Single lane entrance at a roundabout and the nutter in the van mounts the small island at the roundabout and passes me.
Followed them to their next delivery and the WOMAN driver in the van really couldn't give a f
k about whether she was driving dangerously or not.Told her that I would be phoning in to report her driving to the number on the van.
The problem here was the aggressive driving, her speed and also that there are three schools locally. At 8:45 am the place is very busy with children crossing the roads along with Lollipop folk slowing traffic and Traffic Lights on another road. This all leads to tailbacks at the roundabout.
Phoned and left a message with the delivery company and the manager phoned back to get the info twice over the next week.
They did say at the time that even though their drivers are on a schedule they do not tolerate any traffic offences or complaints at all and that it was a serious matter that would be dealt with.
Haven't seen her delivering to the 3 local shops in the chain since!
Slightly different scenario and possibly even more dangerous, I once reported a scooby driver who was Quite literally legless.
I had pulled up on some waste ground which was used as a car park at the side of my mates house,he lived on a busy residential road and I saw this blue Impreza had stopped at the front of his house and the rear n/s tyre was flat. The driver proceeded to clamber out of the car only staying upright by falling into the car, he rolled and wobbled around the back of the car meanwhile his equally inebriated passenger exited the passenger side falling onto the pavement. The driver managed to help him to his feet, they both looked at the flat tyre and staggered back into the car and drove away.
I got on the phone to the plod straight away with the reg etc etc but I never heard anything back.
I Did think after Should have I acted and run to grab the keys whilst they were out of the car but It was one of those, "am I really seeing this? " moments.
I had pulled up on some waste ground which was used as a car park at the side of my mates house,he lived on a busy residential road and I saw this blue Impreza had stopped at the front of his house and the rear n/s tyre was flat. The driver proceeded to clamber out of the car only staying upright by falling into the car, he rolled and wobbled around the back of the car meanwhile his equally inebriated passenger exited the passenger side falling onto the pavement. The driver managed to help him to his feet, they both looked at the flat tyre and staggered back into the car and drove away.
I got on the phone to the plod straight away with the reg etc etc but I never heard anything back.
I Did think after Should have I acted and run to grab the keys whilst they were out of the car but It was one of those, "am I really seeing this? " moments.
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