The "S**t Driving Caught On Cam" Thread (Vol 5)
Discussion
Mammasaid said:
Possibly, but what made me laugh was one of the quotes in the comments-->'He planned to visit Browns Plains, but all he got was Brown Stains.'
I use a general rule of thumb as whether to pull out in front of someone about to overtake me, so that I can overtake the slower vehicle in front of me.
I try to estimate my closing speed, and the closing speed of the vehicle overtaking me, whoever's closing faster gets to overtake the slower vehicle.
So if I'm closing faster I'll pull out in front of the car closing on me (safely I hasten to add - but he will have to slow down), if the car overtaking me is closing on me faster, I slow down and wait for it to pass me, then overtake the slower vehicle in front of me.
I hope I've explained it properly, it seems to work OK as I don't get flashed, gestured, abused much, if at all. Maybe it's the way it should be done, I don't know. OK, let me have it....
I try to estimate my closing speed, and the closing speed of the vehicle overtaking me, whoever's closing faster gets to overtake the slower vehicle.
So if I'm closing faster I'll pull out in front of the car closing on me (safely I hasten to add - but he will have to slow down), if the car overtaking me is closing on me faster, I slow down and wait for it to pass me, then overtake the slower vehicle in front of me.
I hope I've explained it properly, it seems to work OK as I don't get flashed, gestured, abused much, if at all. Maybe it's the way it should be done, I don't know. OK, let me have it....
Dashnine said:
I use a general rule of thumb as whether to pull out in front of someone about to overtake me, so that I can overtake the slower vehicle in front of me.
I try to estimate my closing speed, and the closing speed of the vehicle overtaking me, whoever's closing faster gets to overtake the slower vehicle.
So if I'm closing faster I'll pull out in front of the car closing on me (safely I hasten to add - but he will have to slow down), if the car overtaking me is closing on me faster, I slow down and wait for it to pass me, then overtake the slower vehicle in front of me.
I hope I've explained it properly, it seems to work OK as I don't get flashed, gestured, abused much, if at all. Maybe it's the way it should be done, I don't know. OK, let me have it....
I don't tend to do that, if I see someone has already started overtaking from behind I just let them pass. Why? To avoid complicated scenarios. I like to keep things simple. I understand your logic though, and I'm not critical of it.I try to estimate my closing speed, and the closing speed of the vehicle overtaking me, whoever's closing faster gets to overtake the slower vehicle.
So if I'm closing faster I'll pull out in front of the car closing on me (safely I hasten to add - but he will have to slow down), if the car overtaking me is closing on me faster, I slow down and wait for it to pass me, then overtake the slower vehicle in front of me.
I hope I've explained it properly, it seems to work OK as I don't get flashed, gestured, abused much, if at all. Maybe it's the way it should be done, I don't know. OK, let me have it....
Kawasicki said:
Dashnine said:
I use a general rule of thumb as whether to pull out in front of someone about to overtake me, so that I can overtake the slower vehicle in front of me.
I try to estimate my closing speed, and the closing speed of the vehicle overtaking me, whoever's closing faster gets to overtake the slower vehicle.
So if I'm closing faster I'll pull out in front of the car closing on me (safely I hasten to add - but he will have to slow down), if the car overtaking me is closing on me faster, I slow down and wait for it to pass me, then overtake the slower vehicle in front of me.
I hope I've explained it properly, it seems to work OK as I don't get flashed, gestured, abused much, if at all. Maybe it's the way it should be done, I don't know. OK, let me have it....
I don't tend to do that, if I see someone has already started overtaking from behind I just let them pass. Why? To avoid complicated scenarios. I like to keep things simple. I understand your logic though, and I'm not critical of it.I try to estimate my closing speed, and the closing speed of the vehicle overtaking me, whoever's closing faster gets to overtake the slower vehicle.
So if I'm closing faster I'll pull out in front of the car closing on me (safely I hasten to add - but he will have to slow down), if the car overtaking me is closing on me faster, I slow down and wait for it to pass me, then overtake the slower vehicle in front of me.
I hope I've explained it properly, it seems to work OK as I don't get flashed, gestured, abused much, if at all. Maybe it's the way it should be done, I don't know. OK, let me have it....
Dashnine said:
I guess it depends where you consider the overtake starts, in my scenario the overtaking car is quite a distance away so that I can pull in front with a safe gap but he will have to ease off - but certainly not brake. It's not like I'm pulling out and causing him to jump on the anchors, as that would aggravate (well it would aggravate me, and does when it happens to me...).
I understand what you have explained, as you explained it well. People do it to me fairly regularly, and it doesn't bother me in the slightest, I also don't need to slam on the brakes when they do it, just ease off a little. I don't do it to others though, because I think the situation where multiple vehicles overtaking multiple other vehicles has the potential to get tricky/hairy quite quickly.If I am in front of another car and we are both overtaking a line of slower moving traffic, then how can the driver of the car behind me have a good view of the road ahead? A good view of the road ahead is something I am super keen on, and something I think all drivers should have.
Now, if we are talking about a wide straight road, with no junctions, houses, etc then yeah, probably fine. But, generally no, I don't do it.
Mammasaid said:
My XFR-S managed that both on its OE Pirelli P-Zeros as well as the Michelin Pilot Super Sports I replaced them with. Only when the road was greasy unless being lead-footed, but it was certainly remarkably easy to break traction at 50-60mph on the move when accelerating in slippery conditions. It was common accelerating uphill from roundabouts on dual carriageways in the wet. One had to be gentle with the throttle in the wet. The DSC might as well have not been there in the Jag - all it appeared to do was flash an orange light on the dashboard.Once I was halfway through a fairly relaxed overtake of a VW Polo in the dry but at around 4degrees C. I fed in a little more power to expedite the pass and suddenly I was looking at the Polo through the windscreen. I never came close to binning my Cerbera. I frightened myself in the XFR-S more than once though...
I think this Mercedes driver thought he had it, up until the point he didn't. Maybe they'd turned off the stability control etc?
Mammasaid said:
Crap driving more like. Seems to me they were deliberately spinning up the tyres and getting a little attitude. Then binned it when confidence exceeded skilltrackdemon said:
Mammasaid said:
Crap driving more like. Seems to me they were deliberately spinning up the tyres and getting a little attitude. Then binned it when confidence exceeded skilltrackdemon said:
Mammasaid said:
Crap driving more like. Seems to me they were deliberately spinning up the tyres and getting a little attitude. Then binned it when confidence exceeded skillIn Australia some people get their driving "kicks" in extremely odd ways.
Kawasicki said:
Dashnine said:
I guess it depends where you consider the overtake starts, in my scenario the overtaking car is quite a distance away so that I can pull in front with a safe gap but he will have to ease off - but certainly not brake. It's not like I'm pulling out and causing him to jump on the anchors, as that would aggravate (well it would aggravate me, and does when it happens to me...).
I understand what you have explained, as you explained it well. People do it to me fairly regularly, and it doesn't bother me in the slightest, I also don't need to slam on the brakes when they do it, just ease off a little. I don't do it to others though, because I think the situation where multiple vehicles overtaking multiple other vehicles has the potential to get tricky/hairy quite quickly.If I am in front of another car and we are both overtaking a line of slower moving traffic, then how can the driver of the car behind me have a good view of the road ahead? A good view of the road ahead is something I am super keen on, and something I think all drivers should have.
Now, if we are talking about a wide straight road, with no junctions, houses, etc then yeah, probably fine. But, generally no, I don't do it.
Good selection - including leaving a uk car show at 3 mins
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untakenname said:
The actual incident was minor but the annoying thing is that my partner was looking at their phone at the time and started berating me for the sudden input, said I shouldn't be tailgating (she assumed the car infront had been there the whole time).
You might need to have a serious discussion with your partner about your future together. If ever anything happens on the road and one of the cars is an Audi, my wife will assume it's the Audi driver at fault.Bonefish Blues said:
As said earlier, you can see what's going on. The car you're overtaking is running up against a slow lorry. Just ease off and create a gap and everyone carries on their journey uninterrupted.
this poor observation skills , as posted be prepared for car to pull out and adjust speed accordingly , why cwere you surprised it would have been a 50/50 in an accident 
DBSV8 said:
Bonefish Blues said:
As said earlier, you can see what's going on. The car you're overtaking is running up against a slow lorry. Just ease off and create a gap and everyone carries on their journey uninterrupted.
this poor observation skills , as posted be prepared for car to pull out and adjust speed accordingly , why cwere you surprised it would have been a 50/50 in an accident Sticks. said:
DBSV8 said:
Bonefish Blues said:
As said earlier, you can see what's going on. The car you're overtaking is running up against a slow lorry. Just ease off and create a gap and everyone carries on their journey uninterrupted.
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