Overtake haters
Discussion
Matt 211988 said:
anyone else have the car being overtaken speed up?
Periodically you get this around here (north Cumbria) from gentlemen driving Citroen Picassos and the like. I just laugh at them these days as by the time the puff of black smoke emerges from their exhaust I'm well past, even SWMBO continually borrows the 1er "because its safer for overtaking."hora said:
Behind a van today- hes doing 40-45, as soon as Im parallel he maxes his speed and is level with me. I beep once and conplete overtake- he then spends the next mile almost throwing himself off the road until he drops way back. I imagine he scared himself seeing his driving in the mirror.
Why do some blokes see being overtaken as anal rape?
Why do some blokes see being overtaken as anal rape?
SebastienClement said:
It left me, and my observer, rather baffled.
That police officer is a menace to society. Wonder what he'd have said if you mentioned the IAM aspect?You need to bring this to the attention of his Chief Constable. If this is typical of your police force, their drivers need more theory tuition.
It's also another reason why you need to install a carcam.
mybrainhurts said:
That police officer is a menace to society. Wonder what he'd have said if you mentioned the IAM aspect?
You need to bring this to the attention of his Chief Constable. If this is typical of your police force, their drivers need more theory tuition.
It's also another reason why you need to install a carcam.
I decided not to mention I was on an IAM run. From other people's experiences with the police on here (and the fact it was my first tug ever) I assumed anything like that would rile him.You need to bring this to the attention of his Chief Constable. If this is typical of your police force, their drivers need more theory tuition.
It's also another reason why you need to install a carcam.
I may look into contacting the Chief Constable. Especially as I have a witness, and he was just one officer in a car. I really don't want anything resurrected because I took action though.
hora said:
Behind a van today- hes doing 40-45, as soon as Im parallel he maxes his speed and is level with me. I beep once and conplete overtake- he then spends the next mile almost throwing himself off the road until he drops way back. I imagine he scared himself seeing his driving in the mirror.
Why do some blokes see being overtaken as anal rape?
This situation has occurred during my commute on a 9 mile section of excellent twisty 'B' road which has a couple of adverse camber bends. I will 'dispatch' a slower moving vehicle only for the usual moronic headlight flashing to commence and then the fWhy do some blokes see being overtaken as anal rape?
kwit will try and keep pace with me. This usually lasts only a short while on them rapidly discovering their complete lack of talent. On two occasions of note I have witnessed, in my rear view mirror, said fkwit try to match pace on the tricky bits and end up 'chewing up' the verge in a large cloud of muck and dust. They rapidly disappeared from view then!Garvin said:
hora said:
Behind a van today- hes doing 40-45, as soon as Im parallel he maxes his speed and is level with me. I beep once and conplete overtake- he then spends the next mile almost throwing himself off the road until he drops way back. I imagine he scared himself seeing his driving in the mirror.
Why do some blokes see being overtaken as anal rape?
This situation has occurred during my commute on a 9 mile section of excellent twisty 'B' road which has a couple of adverse camber bends. I will 'dispatch' a slower moving vehicle only for the usual moronic headlight flashing to commence and then the fWhy do some blokes see being overtaken as anal rape?
kwit will try and keep pace with me. This usually lasts only a short while on them rapidly discovering their complete lack of talent. On two occasions of note I have witnessed, in my rear view mirror, said fkwit try to match pace on the tricky bits and end up 'chewing up' the verge in a large cloud of muck and dust. They rapidly disappeared from view then!hora said:
Why do some blokes see being overtaken as anal rape?
Because for every overtake that has been done on them with performance, precision and safe execution.They will have been victim to over 100 talentless feckwits who have endangered the lives of themselves and others.
You are just tarred with the same brush.
I see a fair amount of people struggle with the overtake ego. It seems to mainly be vans or larger saloons. They just HAVE to take that place back or ride your bumper for the next 10 miles.
However I did experience the most bizarre case of overtake anger the other night. On my way home I zipped past a doddery old woman in her little Hyundai I10 thing. I thought nothing of it as I expected that she would be used to such an act as her speed was around 20 on a dual carriage way. The next thing I knew I was coming up to a little bit of traffic once the road had filtered into single file and up comes said old lady gesturing all sorts. She then decided to try to undertake myself and another car that had left a gap for traffic to turn right into a side road only stopping in that gap as a car was about to turn down the road then causing traffic to back up on the other side.
I must admit I generally accept some sort of reaction from certain characters, but this one I just didn't expect.
Who'd have thought it, OAP road rage.
However I did experience the most bizarre case of overtake anger the other night. On my way home I zipped past a doddery old woman in her little Hyundai I10 thing. I thought nothing of it as I expected that she would be used to such an act as her speed was around 20 on a dual carriage way. The next thing I knew I was coming up to a little bit of traffic once the road had filtered into single file and up comes said old lady gesturing all sorts. She then decided to try to undertake myself and another car that had left a gap for traffic to turn right into a side road only stopping in that gap as a car was about to turn down the road then causing traffic to back up on the other side.
I must admit I generally accept some sort of reaction from certain characters, but this one I just didn't expect.
Who'd have thought it, OAP road rage.
I meant evoke. 
Garvin said:
hora said:
Behind a van today- hes doing 40-45, as soon as Im parallel he maxes his speed and is level with me. I beep once and conplete overtake- he then spends the next mile almost throwing himself off the road until he drops way back. I imagine he scared himself seeing his driving in the mirror.
Why do some blokes see being overtaken as anal rape?
This situation has occurred during my commute on a 9 mile section of excellent twisty 'B' road which has a couple of adverse camber bends. I will 'dispatch' a slower moving vehicle only for the usual moronic headlight flashing to commence and then the fWhy do some blokes see being overtaken as anal rape?
kwit will try and keep pace with me. This usually lasts only a short while on them rapidly discovering their complete lack of talent. On two occasions of note I have witnessed, in my rear view mirror, said fkwit try to match pace on the tricky bits and end up 'chewing up' the verge in a large cloud of muck and dust. They rapidly disappeared from view then!* Ask the 200SX owner in MK who ended up with a conviction a few years ago after a bunch of young lads in a Fiesta decided to try to keep up with him and fell off the road rather nastily...forget all the details but the SX owner maintained all along he had no idea the Fiesta was behind him...and yet still ended up losing the case.
megatron said:
I see a fair amount of people struggle with the overtake ego. It seems to mainly be vans or larger saloons. They just HAVE to take that place back or ride your bumper for the next 10 miles.
However I did experience the most bizarre case of overtake anger the other night. On my way home I zipped past a doddery old woman in her little Hyundai I10 thing. I thought nothing of it as I expected that she would be used to such an act as her speed was around 20 on a dual carriage way. The next thing I knew I was coming up to a little bit of traffic once the road had filtered into single file and up comes said old lady gesturing all sorts. She then decided to try to undertake myself and another car that had left a gap for traffic to turn right into a side road only stopping in that gap as a car was about to turn down the road then causing traffic to back up on the other side.
I must admit I generally accept some sort of reaction from certain characters, but this one I just didn't expect.
Who'd have thought it, OAP road rage.
Love it...However I did experience the most bizarre case of overtake anger the other night. On my way home I zipped past a doddery old woman in her little Hyundai I10 thing. I thought nothing of it as I expected that she would be used to such an act as her speed was around 20 on a dual carriage way. The next thing I knew I was coming up to a little bit of traffic once the road had filtered into single file and up comes said old lady gesturing all sorts. She then decided to try to undertake myself and another car that had left a gap for traffic to turn right into a side road only stopping in that gap as a car was about to turn down the road then causing traffic to back up on the other side.
I must admit I generally accept some sort of reaction from certain characters, but this one I just didn't expect.
Who'd have thought it, OAP road rage.
I was meeting an old lady disembarking from a cruise ship. The man in yellow wouldn't let me stop, so she nearly set about him with her handbag. Could have been messy...
Here's more...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MrPNrZgWGs
hora said:
Why do people do it?
If someone comes up behind me I will lift off and even indicate left sometimes. fk the stress of trying to keep ahead like a muppet etc etc.
Especially with bikes- on a tight twisty I immediately indicate left and lift if I see hes making good progress
Has anyone done something like this and then have the car behind refuse to overtake. One time in the Mendips I almost came to a halt trying to let some Jaguar past, he just didn't seem to get it.If someone comes up behind me I will lift off and even indicate left sometimes. f
k the stress of trying to keep ahead like a muppet etc etc. Especially with bikes- on a tight twisty I immediately indicate left and lift if I see hes making good progress
I get grumpy reactions a lot. Maybe to do with my car?
A bright yellow seicento
I've never endangered anyone and will only overtake when it is obviously safe to do so, but I think a lot of people think I'm a generic teenage boy racer (I'm 33!)
It's slow but can carry silly speed along B roads.
When I used to ride super bikes in South Wales I always had to check my mirrors for blue lights as traffic would part as soon as I appeared, I felt like Moses on a motorbike!
A bright yellow seicento
I've never endangered anyone and will only overtake when it is obviously safe to do so, but I think a lot of people think I'm a generic teenage boy racer (I'm 33!)
It's slow but can carry silly speed along B roads.
When I used to ride super bikes in South Wales I always had to check my mirrors for blue lights as traffic would part as soon as I appeared, I felt like Moses on a motorbike!
Johnnytheboy said:
hora said:
Why do people do it?
If someone comes up behind me I will lift off and even indicate left sometimes. fk the stress of trying to keep ahead like a muppet etc etc.
Especially with bikes- on a tight twisty I immediately indicate left and lift if I see hes making good progress
Has anyone done something like this and then have the car behind refuse to overtake. One time in the Mendips I almost came to a halt trying to let some Jaguar past, he just didn't seem to get it.If someone comes up behind me I will lift off and even indicate left sometimes. f
k the stress of trying to keep ahead like a muppet etc etc. Especially with bikes- on a tight twisty I immediately indicate left and lift if I see hes making good progress
After many miles, I decided the only solution was to wind it up and leave her. I increased progress up Rushup Edge, but not sufficiently to leave her, when a ruddy big hare shot across the road. I couldn't miss it.
It rattled under my car and came out of the back in pieces...
All over her windscreen.
She dropped back immediately...
Johnnytheboy said:
Has anyone done something like this and then have the car behind refuse to overtake. One time in the Mendips I almost came to a halt trying to let some Jaguar past, he just didn't seem to get it.
It's a difficult one. My main experience of this is on the bike. I've had indicate left and lift off slightly perfectly safely, which is fine (if a little pointless).I've also had people so desperate to let me pass that they will literally drive in the verge showering the front of the bike with crap, and their car will skip around in the dirt, until I drop back or go past.
I appreciate the thought, but if you're going to drive along the verge just before a blind corner, even though you've made the effort to pull over, I'm still not going to get past.
Never really had it in the car.
Matt 211988 said:
anyone else have the car being overtaken speed up?
A few times thinking about it...Two recent cases were, firstly; a Vectra diesel taxi, who by the time he realised what was happening was already suffering from a 20mph speed differential deficit...
Second was a Toyota Rav-4. He realised just as I pulled out into the oncoming lane. Unfortunately for him his car wasn't quite as quick as he thought it would be.
Conversely, the other day someone moved over to the left slightly to allow me more room as the oncoming lane was slightly narrower, and I have had a couple of people actively slow and allow me/wave me past. All of this was thanked with a brief hazard light flash
hora said:
Johnnytheboy said:
Has anyone done something like this and then have the car behind refuse to overtake. One time in the Mendips I almost came to a halt trying to let some Jaguar past, he just didn't seem to get it.
Not just me then! You are 'aarrrgghh are you thick'?!On long straight stretches, with nothing oncoming I would keep far left & slow down to let following cars past easily. Some would just not pass, no matter what. I used to try to pull over & stop whenever there was a line of 4 or more cars stuck behind me. I did not want to blaze a trail of ill will for other horse people. Only about one in 10 would acknowledge my courtesy.
The worst were those who were never ever going to overtake me, but would follow too closely for another car to overtake them, & pull in behind me.
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