Worth reporting this 'driver'?
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Driving North in the outside lane on the M6 yesterday lunchtime I had this muppet come up behind and tailgate for a while despite me merely keeping to the 2 second rule behind a line of traffic which was doing 60 odd mph. After a few minutes he decided to undertake me (still doing 60 odd) and suddenly swerve back in so close he nearly hit me as shown:
Is it worth reporting this sort of thing and submitting the footage, i.e. when someone has deliberately driven dangerously, or would the police not find this worthy of attention?
And before anyone asks, at no point was I lane hogging (can't stand that).
Is it worth reporting this sort of thing and submitting the footage, i.e. when someone has deliberately driven dangerously, or would the police not find this worthy of attention?
And before anyone asks, at no point was I lane hogging (can't stand that).
V1nce Fox said:
Could you have moved into lane one briefly to let him pass?
Don't really see why he should be let past? I'm wanting to travel faster just as he and everyone else is in that queue, but God knows why he thinks he has more of a right to do so than the vehicles queuing in front of him.Flumpo said:
Can you not post the video?
Without seeing how quickly you are closing on the car further up in lane 2, then it’s hard to tell. Is there a reason you didn’t pull into the empty looking lane 2?
Although that doesn’t excuse or condone what seems a very dangerous manoeuvre by the van.
Just thought I'd get a quick flavour of whether people thought it was a drop in the ocean or whether it's worth taking things further. Also very annoyingly my camera changed files halfway through his manouver so I'd have to splice the files together somehow and then work out how to upload it (never done that before) which is a potentially futile effort if this is deemed a non-event.Without seeing how quickly you are closing on the car further up in lane 2, then it’s hard to tell. Is there a reason you didn’t pull into the empty looking lane 2?
Although that doesn’t excuse or condone what seems a very dangerous manoeuvre by the van.
VeeFource said:
Just thought I'd get a quick flavour of whether people thought it was a drop in the ocean or whether it's worth taking things further. Also very annoyingly my camera changed files halfway through his manouver so I'd have to splice the files together somehow and then work out how to upload it (never done that before) which is a potentially futile effort if this is deemed a non-event.
That’s OK, show us the 2 minutes before his manoeuvre VeeFource said:
Driving North in the outside lane on the M6 yesterday lunchtime I had this muppet come up behind and tailgate for a while despite me merely keeping to the 2 second rule behind a line of traffic which was doing 60 odd mph. After a few minutes he decided to undertake me (still doing 60 odd) and suddenly swerve back in so close he nearly hit me as shown:
Is it worth reporting this sort of thing and submitting the footage, i.e. when someone has deliberately driven dangerously, or would the police not find this worthy of attention?
And before anyone asks, at no point was I lane hogging (can't stand that).
LOL. If you were not blocking the outside lane how could he pass on the inside!Is it worth reporting this sort of thing and submitting the footage, i.e. when someone has deliberately driven dangerously, or would the police not find this worthy of attention?
And before anyone asks, at no point was I lane hogging (can't stand that).
You should have moved to the left.
I shouldn't bother reoprting anything because it looks like you will be reoprting yourself
VeeFource said:
Don't really see why he should be let past? I'm wanting to travel faster just as he and everyone else is in that queue, but God knows why he thinks he has more of a right to do so than the vehicles queuing in front of him.
If I'm in a car and someone's a risk I'd rather have them in front unless I can convincingly get clear of them.VeeFource said:
Don't really see why he should be let past? I'm wanting to travel faster just as he and everyone else is in that queue, but God knows why he thinks he has more of a right to do so than the vehicles queuing in front of him.
Don't bother sending the footage anywhere, you're clearly just jealous he got in front of you. You didn't follow the basic rule and move over when you weren't overtaking anyone. He didn't "nearly hit you" you were behind him, so any collision would have been your fault. Pothole said:
Don't bother sending the footage anywhere, you're clearly just jealous he got in front of you. You didn't follow the basic rule and move over when you weren't overtaking anyone. He didn't "nearly hit you" you were behind him, so any collision would have been your fault.
I wanted to overtake, but there are no more lanes to the right. Are you saying the solution to me wanting to go faster is to move to the left?kestral said:
VeeFource said:
Driving North in the outside lane on the M6 yesterday lunchtime I had this muppet come up behind and tailgate for a while despite me merely keeping to the 2 second rule behind a line of traffic which was doing 60 odd mph. After a few minutes he decided to undertake me (still doing 60 odd) and suddenly swerve back in so close he nearly hit me as shown:
Is it worth reporting this sort of thing and submitting the footage, i.e. when someone has deliberately driven dangerously, or would the police not find this worthy of attention?
And before anyone asks, at no point was I lane hogging (can't stand that).
LOL. If you were not blocking the outside lane how could he pass on the inside!Is it worth reporting this sort of thing and submitting the footage, i.e. when someone has deliberately driven dangerously, or would the police not find this worthy of attention?
And before anyone asks, at no point was I lane hogging (can't stand that).
You should have moved to the left.
I shouldn't bother reoprting anything because it looks like you will be reoprting yourself
I too would rather have someone driving like a t
t in front of me than up my arse.Edited by paintman on Friday 19th July 20:06
kestral said:
LOL. If you were not blocking the outside lane how could he pass on the inside!
You should have moved to the left.
I shouldn't bother reoprting anything because it looks like you will be reoprting yourself
Do you let everyone who stands behind you at the supermarket checkout in front of you? If so I'm amazed you haven't starved to death.You should have moved to the left.
I shouldn't bother reoprting anything because it looks like you will be reoprting yourself
As I understand it you are trying to stay a safe distace behind the vehicle in front when traffic is heavy and speeds fluctuating (hence the gap opening in L2). You are looking to make progress but that is being thwarted by someone further ahead and are just waiting your turn in line to get up to speed when the steering wheel attendant in the van saw a glimpse of getting somewhere 1 spot quicker and scooted round you when there wasn't really enough space to do it.
In short - move on, the van driver won't have given it a second thought and, as long as you sustained no damage to your car, neither should you. If you believe in Karma then the van driver will get what they deserve sooner or later.
In short - move on, the van driver won't have given it a second thought and, as long as you sustained no damage to your car, neither should you. If you believe in Karma then the van driver will get what they deserve sooner or later.
Jasey_ said:
If you're doing 60 you aren't obeying the 2 second rule from that still.
I suspect if you were to submit your footage there's a fair chance you would be be as likely to be charged as white van knobber.
Forget it and get on with your life
The van originally in front with the high vis had braked just before the I suspect if you were to submit your footage there's a fair chance you would be be as likely to be charged as white van knobber.
Forget it and get on with your life
in the white van tried to cut in which made things even worse.I agree I should just move on given the even more insane things that go on out there. It just really winds me up the way some people think they can bully their way past everyone else because they think they are more important. It would be more forgivable if they were just plain thick (seems likely based on a couple of comments on here).
One guy further up said he thought I was jealous he got in front of me. I can assure him it was either that or he would have driven into me, or I'd have gone up the back of the high vis van. There's no way you can stand your ground with idiots like that without becoming an idiot yourself.
That steering wheel attendant will come unstuck one day..
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