40 mph cruisers who speed up when overtaken...
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I had a lovely one of these last week on a B road- doing 40 in NSL and then 35 in the 30.
It was a police car (panda, not traffic)
So I lined up the overtake and blasted past, making sure not to go over 60. I definitely noticed that they hoofed it when they realised what was happening.
Luckily no pull, made my day
It was a police car (panda, not traffic)
So I lined up the overtake and blasted past, making sure not to go over 60. I definitely noticed that they hoofed it when they realised what was happening.
Luckily no pull, made my day
Followed some numptie yesterday - doing 30ish down a country lane, braking for every slight bend down to 20. Of course when we got to the 30 limit where the road was straight they disappeared off at 40mph. Caught then in the next NSL and was lucky enough to find a clear straight long enough to overtake. Down the straight they then managed 50mph but vanished when the next bends appeared.
Wouldn't normally be a problem but was driving OH's 1.2 Micra - I still get held up.
Wouldn't normally be a problem but was driving OH's 1.2 Micra - I still get held up.
DonkeyApple said:
Half the time I think they are day dreaming and you wake them up when you overtake. They then drive at the higher speed for a while.
This.Really f
ks me off when they see you preparing for an overtake after driving like Miss Daisy for a mile or two and then suddenly speeding up at the time i decide to pass. omgus said:
This.
Really fks me off when they see you preparing for an overtake after driving like Miss Daisy for a mile or two and then suddenly speeding up at the time i decide to pass.
10 years ago when someone saw you prepping they would help you. Really f
ks me off when they see you preparing for an overtake after driving like Miss Daisy for a mile or two and then suddenly speeding up at the time i decide to pass. Today in Britain everyone is small minded and mentally feeble so you don't give them any warning. Sit back calmly and wait and then bang it past before they get the idea of trying to kill you for your audacity.
omgus said:
DonkeyApple said:
Half the time I think they are day dreaming and you wake them up when you overtake. They then drive at the higher speed for a while.
This.Really f
ks me off when they see you preparing for an overtake after driving like Miss Daisy for a mile or two and then suddenly speeding up at the time i decide to pass. Riding along the A153, with a Renault just in front and the 40 mph cruiser ahead of him/her. They have a look down a straight, but don't go for it (probably expecting me to go for it first, afterall, it's a bike behind me, I know he wants to get past...) after a few corners onto the next straight I go for it, only to find the damn idiot has sped up...
I'm genuinely suprised they don't crash through boredom.
The bike was falling asleep...
Raize said:
People speed up on straights you know. Maybe if you didn't overtake as soon as you left a series of bends they might get up to speed. Not everyone likes G-force on their commute.
This.But still worth overtaking them, as they will be crawling again as soon as they get to another bend.
DonkeyApple said:
10 years ago when someone saw you prepping they would help you.
Today in Britain everyone is small minded and mentally feeble so you don't give them any warning. Sit back calmly and wait and then bang it past before they get the idea of trying to kill you for your audacity.
This why I love driving in europe. Greece was probably the best for it thinking back.Today in Britain everyone is small minded and mentally feeble so you don't give them any warning. Sit back calmly and wait and then bang it past before they get the idea of trying to kill you for your audacity.
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