Bigger the car, bigger the ego......
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What is it about these things.....
That seems to attract complete and utter w**kers?
Overtook one today (white) on a dual carriageway, he was clearly "racing" once he realised I was overtaking, but it was FAR too late. I saw the huge cloud of black smoke as he floored it, but the speed difference was too large (70mph versus 50ish). He then sits on my bumper, waits til the road merges, overtakes on solid white lines into a non-existent gap, cuts in front, slams on the anchors and gets out to have a fight!!!
Seriously, does this guy want a punch up with EVERY car that dares overtake him?
I considered reaching for the Maglite and teaching the guy some manners, but I reckon this guy would have snapped in half if i'd so much as coughed..... It was truly laughable!!!
(I wish my camera had been running)
Instead, I played it cool and I waited til he got along side my car, put on this huge grin and saluted as I overtook his stupid tonka toy (now blocking a major A road).
That seems to attract complete and utter w**kers?
Overtook one today (white) on a dual carriageway, he was clearly "racing" once he realised I was overtaking, but it was FAR too late. I saw the huge cloud of black smoke as he floored it, but the speed difference was too large (70mph versus 50ish). He then sits on my bumper, waits til the road merges, overtakes on solid white lines into a non-existent gap, cuts in front, slams on the anchors and gets out to have a fight!!!
Seriously, does this guy want a punch up with EVERY car that dares overtake him?
I considered reaching for the Maglite and teaching the guy some manners, but I reckon this guy would have snapped in half if i'd so much as coughed..... It was truly laughable!!!
(I wish my camera had been running)
Instead, I played it cool and I waited til he got along side my car, put on this huge grin and saluted as I overtook his stupid tonka toy (now blocking a major A road).
Edited by lyonspride on Tuesday 24th April 09:27
lyonspride said:
What is it about these things.....
That seems to attract complete and utter w**kers?
Overtook one today (white) on a dual carriageway, he was clearly "racing" once he realised I was overtaking, but it was FAR too late. I saw the huge cloud of black smoke as he floored it, but the speed difference was too large (70mph versus 50ish). He then sits on my bumper, waits til the road merges, overtakes on solid white lines into a non-existent gap, cuts in front, slams on the anchors and gets out to have a fight!!!
Seriously, does this guy want a punch up with EVERY car that dares overtake him?
I considered reaching for the Maglite and teaching the guy some manners, but I reckon this guy would have snapped in half if i'd so much as coughed..... It was truly laughable!!!
(I wish my camera had been running)
Instead, I played it cool and I waited til he got along side my car, put on this huge grin and saluted as I overtook his stupid tonka toy (now blocking a major A road).
There are some things you should keep to yourself OP. This will not end well.That seems to attract complete and utter w**kers?
Overtook one today (white) on a dual carriageway, he was clearly "racing" once he realised I was overtaking, but it was FAR too late. I saw the huge cloud of black smoke as he floored it, but the speed difference was too large (70mph versus 50ish). He then sits on my bumper, waits til the road merges, overtakes on solid white lines into a non-existent gap, cuts in front, slams on the anchors and gets out to have a fight!!!
Seriously, does this guy want a punch up with EVERY car that dares overtake him?
I considered reaching for the Maglite and teaching the guy some manners, but I reckon this guy would have snapped in half if i'd so much as coughed..... It was truly laughable!!!
(I wish my camera had been running)
Instead, I played it cool and I waited til he got along side my car, put on this huge grin and saluted as I overtook his stupid tonka toy (now blocking a major A road).
Edited by lyonspride on Tuesday 24th April 09:27
SSBB said:
I'm sorry, but there has to be more to this. You are saying that the guy stopped and got out of his car in the middle of a major road, to have some fisticuffs with you, because you passed him on a dual carriageway?
That's exactly what i'm saying.....It was at least 500ft before the road merged down to one lane.
He couldn't get the momentum to overtake me until I slowed for the cars in front. He overtook on the solid white lined hatch markings and cut in front to stop.
I'll even throw in a Google map.....
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=droitwich&hl=e...
Stopping around here.....
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=droitwich&hl=e...
Anyone who knows the area, will know that it's not uncommon for tossers to try to block people in the RH hand from merging. But to take offence to being overtaken and give chase so far before the merge.......
It's almost as if it's gone from certain people being an a** when there's someone overtaking a slow moving queue, to being an a** if anyone overtakes at any point anywhere.
Edited by lyonspride on Tuesday 24th April 09:50
I had a similar situation with a housewife in a Range Rover. She was bimbling along doing the predictable 40mph on an empty straight 60mph road, on a sunny day. So I overtake as I am not on a sight seeing tour, nor delivering milk, or attending a funeral procession. In my rear view mirror I see she goes mental. Her lights are flashing, her hands gesticulating, face full of rage. Highly amusing coming from a little woman in her box on stilts. Funny how certain cars change their drivers 
Some people get stupid on the roads, when I was 15 my friends step dad (a vicar) was taking us to the ice rink, sole perceived insult was inferred by another driver, (he was just changing lanes to turn left ahead plenty of room, guy screeched ahead blocked off the road and tired to stab said vicar in the face through a partially open window. Some people are just mental, to varying degrees.
Jaguar steve said:
Warrior or Animal? There's a clue in there somewhere... 
Neither, it's a Nissan! Ha!The best way to wind one of these up is to goad it into a race on a clear dual carriageway. Not necessarily speaking from experience but hypothetically car one is a beaten up Fiesta with a top speed of 92 mph. Car (or truck two) is a double cab with a bulging, balding builder behind the wheel. He is high on steroids and has argued with his significant other or boss. He wishes to ram car one off the road.
His truck accelerates far more convincingly, what with its turbo and all, but the Fiesta does not give way. He tailgates as hard as anyone has ever tailgated, almost impressing his bumper into the Fiesta's shonky hatchback. But then something unexpected happens. The truck reaches its top speed. This is about 90.5 mph. The Fiesta, pushrods wailing in protest, wibbles up to 91.5. A gap begins to open. Minuscule at first, but inches turn to feet and then yards. Fiesta driver backs off and holds steady. The truck driver can do absolutely nothing whatsoever about the little car in front. The rear view mirror clearly displays his crushing fury, his abject horror, the testosterone and fighty impulses bursting from his temples. Yet he can do bugger all.
Best done on a bypass into town.
Not that I have, or indeed would.
I quite like double cabs in principle, shame that some are driven by onanists.
Powerfully built man beats little big man in overtaking/torch shocker.
Best thing would be to drive on, ignoring the guy heading for hugely high blood pressure, and go about your business, chalking it up to the fact that some people are idiots.
(thats him by the way, not you for bravely 'showing him some manners' with your torch)
Best thing would be to drive on, ignoring the guy heading for hugely high blood pressure, and go about your business, chalking it up to the fact that some people are idiots.
(thats him by the way, not you for bravely 'showing him some manners' with your torch)
I did have a similarly strange experience with someone driving a Warrior some time back.
He tailgated me the whole way along a local road.. I upped my speed to over the limit, to put some distance between us, but he kept up. We got to a two lane roundabout and he tried to undertake me round the outside roundabout, nearly causing an accident with another motorist in the process and then as we joined an A road he re-attached himself to my bumper. I dropped it down a few gears and left him behind! After putting some distance between us he eventually caught up and I left him to it!
I hadn't done anything stupid, like cutting him up. He just caught up with me out of nowhere and decided he wanted to give me a hard time. Go figure.
He tailgated me the whole way along a local road.. I upped my speed to over the limit, to put some distance between us, but he kept up. We got to a two lane roundabout and he tried to undertake me round the outside roundabout, nearly causing an accident with another motorist in the process and then as we joined an A road he re-attached himself to my bumper. I dropped it down a few gears and left him behind! After putting some distance between us he eventually caught up and I left him to it!
I hadn't done anything stupid, like cutting him up. He just caught up with me out of nowhere and decided he wanted to give me a hard time. Go figure.
Futuramic said:
Jaguar steve said:
Warrior or Animal? There's a clue in there somewhere...
Neither, it's a Nissan! Ha!The best way to wind one of these up is to goad it into a race on a clear dual carriageway. Not necessarily speaking from experience but hypothetically car one is a beaten up Fiesta with a top speed of 92 mph. Car (or truck two) is a double cab with a bulging, balding builder behind the wheel. He is high on steroids and has argued with his significant other or boss. He wishes to ram car one off the road.
His truck accelerates far more convincingly, what with its turbo and all, but the Fiesta does not give way. He tailgates as hard as anyone has ever tailgated, almost impressing his bumper into the Fiesta's shonky hatchback. But then something unexpected happens. The truck reaches its top speed. This is about 90.5 mph. The Fiesta, pushrods wailing in protest, wibbles up to 91.5. A gap begins to open. Minuscule at first, but inches turn to feet and then yards. Fiesta driver backs off and holds steady. The truck driver can do absolutely nothing whatsoever about the little car in front. The rear view mirror clearly displays his crushing fury, his abject horror, the testosterone and fighty impulses bursting from his temples. Yet he can do bugger all.
Best done on a bypass into town.
Not that I have, or indeed would.
I quite like double cabs in principle, shame that some are driven by onanists.
I'm deeply worried you speak of these things with such intimate knowledge ... 
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