Do people in big cars try to boss aboutpeople in small cars?

[BertBert]

Fore Left said:

Well that's a big improvement on when you made the OP ten years ago. Must be the calming effect of the cat

I like stroking a nice pussy!

[VanDiesel99]

I don't have the power in my 70bhp Estate car to pull away from anyone when I get tail-gated, most recently by a woman in a Citroen C1 (!!), but removing the foot from the throttle and slowing to considerably less than the legal speed limit for a minute or so in a situation where its impractical to overtake usually has the desired effect.

Bossing about in different cars, not sure, but I notice

Drivers of 4x4's seem to have no idea of where their left hand extremity is, which can make things 'tight' on rural roads.
I'm kind to 'time pressured' Commercial drivers and will let a Van or Lorry out
I try to avoid letting out a 4WD unless its unsafe to do so

I also notice that its easy to drive Mum's modern Nissan Micra (hardly the fastest thing on four wheels) too fast, not just coz it has a damn sight more power than mine but also because it has much less of a sensation of speed. If this applies similarly to modern sports cars, I wonder how much fun they are.... .

[DianaDiana]

Were standing at a traffic light I was on Fiat Panda against Suzuki Ibiza and panda made it, with a separation so decent. Ahahah.

[Pothole]

SkinnyBoy said:

humbling of large vehicles is a favourite sport of mine. Never let them in, if they cut me up, i make sure that at the next available opportunity they get to test their ABS system. I'm not adverse either to get out of the car at traffic lights and give them an earful. I find women to be the worst offenders, most blokes are predictable in their aggressiveness on the road and easily avoided, its the dozy airheads in their X5's etc that pose the greatest risk to human survival.

Averse. You're a tt.

[SVS]

jakesmith said:

I think people worry that they’re being slowed down even when they’re not.

I think there’s a lot of truth to this.

[FiF]

Funniest thing I experienced was when a relative called in one evening on his way back from a meeting. We'd not long had our shopping trolley school run Fabia. Relative in uniform of plod Chief Inspector, and as he was in Traffic used to being treated on the roads rather differently to most folks,

Asked if he could have a go in the Fabia as they needed to look at another car to replace their school run Metro. You can see where this is going.

Let's say the face on the Audi driving regional photo copier salesman was a picture when 6ft 3 of senior plod unfolded from this Fabia.

[jakesmith]

FiF said:

Funniest thing I experienced was when a relative called in one evening on his way back from a meeting. We'd not long had our shopping trolley school run Fabia. Relative in uniform of plod Chief Inspector, and as he was in Traffic used to being treated on the roads rather differently to most folks,

Asked if he could have a go in the Fabia as they needed to look at another car to replace their school run Metro. You can see where this is going.

Let's say the face on the Audi driving regional photo copier salesman was a picture when 6ft 3 of senior plod unfolded from this Fabia.

Did he pull someone over in the Skoda by holding up a blue flashing app on his iPhone before giving them a bleedin rollicking?

[FiF]

jakesmith said:

Did he pull someone over in the Skoda by holding up a blue flashing app on his iPhone before giving them a bleedin rollicking?

Nope, narrow lane, just pulled up at a restriction

[PaoloMey]

Depends on the personality of each person.
The more rounded or developed a personality is lest effected he/she'll be.

Unfortunately few people work on themselves, they rather bicker about others.

[CatfishCKY]

Actually came here to post a thread just like this. I haven't posted for a while, but after a day like today I feel I have to.

Currently, I unfortunately drive a Toyota Yaris T Sport as a stop gap until I can get a diesel wagon, but i don't pootle along, I drive to the conditions and to be fair the car can shift when I need it to. But the amount I get bullied on the roads in this car is shocking!
Today on the A34 to Chieveley, I was stuck behind someone pottering along at 60 as they overtook some slower moving traffic. Behind me, matey boy in a Ford Mondeo starting tailgating me for no reason, even though it was clear I wasn't the one doing the holding up.
Then getting fuel tonight at Aldermaston garage, some bright spark in a HGV had parked on the busy road outside making it difficult to leave the garage. There was a car in front of me, I let a Rangey go and then as I went to go forward as I was currently blocking the pumps waiting, the van behind the Rangey bunched right up to the back of it to make sure I couldn't go. I asked him what the hell he was playing at and was met with a blank stare. Then he took an absolute age to leave the forecourt.
That's only today, but every day I drive it some other rooster womble will undoubtedly threaten me or bully me.

I'm getting so tired of driving this car, fun though it can be, because I am sick of other road users attitudes to a girl in a warm Yaris hatch. Why do people act like it?