Lunacy on the Motorway
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I was driving on the M40 yesterday afternoon in atrocious conditions. Alternating between torrential rain, then sleet, then hail. At one point we are all driving on approximately 2 inches of slush. There is standing water everywhere for mile after mile.
90% of drivers slow down, doing between 50-70mph (arguably still far too fast for conditions). I am in the outside lane and when we hit the slush I slow down to approximately 40-50 mph.
I look in my rear view and I am being tailgated. I simply cannot believe the thinking that goes into that in those conditions. I figure Darwin will catch up with him/her and pull over as soon as its safe. I then see several cars careering along the outside lane as though its a sunny, cloudless bone dry day.
What can you do with these morons????
90% of drivers slow down, doing between 50-70mph (arguably still far too fast for conditions). I am in the outside lane and when we hit the slush I slow down to approximately 40-50 mph.
I look in my rear view and I am being tailgated. I simply cannot believe the thinking that goes into that in those conditions. I figure Darwin will catch up with him/her and pull over as soon as its safe. I then see several cars careering along the outside lane as though its a sunny, cloudless bone dry day.
What can you do with these morons????
Get out of the outside lane as you were obviously travelling slower than other people thought you needed to be, and also by being in the outside lane you we in other people`s opinion going too quick for the conditions.
Just remember though that feeling of smugness when the clown tailgaiting spins out and put`s it up the crass bank, like I had a while a go, 3 series convertable, snow covered outside lane, loads of speed, loads of laughing.
Just remember though that feeling of smugness when the clown tailgaiting spins out and put`s it up the crass bank, like I had a while a go, 3 series convertable, snow covered outside lane, loads of speed, loads of laughing.
Cyder said:
Honestherbert said:
Move out the fast lane and let others who want to drive more progressively get on with it.
What's the fast lane?Or have I misunderstood your reason for posting? I don't want it to look like I was just replying to seem cleverer.
Another term for the 'fast lane' would be 'place the Op should get out of if he thinks everyone else in it is going too fast.'
Marty Funkhouser said:
I just dont understand how anyone could think that doing 70mph in those conditions was anywhere near safe.
Please don't take this personally as its not meant to be, but that sums up exactly the mentality of British drivers. I'm sure that the conditions at the time were atrocious and I believe that anyone who tailgates in order to intimidate the person in front to move over should be shot in front of their families, but for gods sake, if somebody wants to drive faster than you just let them, its no skin off your nose.
Disastrous said:
As said, he may have had winter tyres on?
I borrowed my day's car with them fitted a few weeks ago and was amazed at the grip when driving in snowy conditions. I found myself being frustrated by everyone else crawling iirc so perhaps just this?
One or two perhaps, but not the steady stream of people flying along the outside lane??I borrowed my day's car with them fitted a few weeks ago and was amazed at the grip when driving in snowy conditions. I found myself being frustrated by everyone else crawling iirc so perhaps just this?
dowahdiddyman said:
Just remember though that feeling of smugness when the clown tailgaiting spins out and put`s it up the crass bank, like I had a while a go, 3 series convertable, snow covered outside lane, loads of speed, loads of laughing.
Crass bank.... best appropriate bit of misspelling i have seen for a whileJohnnytheboy said:
Cyder said:
Honestherbert said:
Move out the fast lane and let others who want to drive more progressively get on with it.
What's the fast lane?Or have I misunderstood your reason for posting? I don't want it to look like I was just replying to seem cleverer.
Another term for the 'fast lane' would be 'place the Op should get out of if he thinks everyone else in it is going too fast.'
Nonsense like calling the outside lane 'the fast lane' is probably half the reason idiots usually sit there with no traffic in the middle or inside lanes. Because they're going fast innit.
Anyway, we digress.
danwebster said:
Marty Funkhouser said:
I just dont understand how anyone could think that doing 70mph in those conditions was anywhere near safe.
Please don't take this personally as its not meant to be, but that sums up exactly the mentality of British drivers. I'm sure that the conditions at the time were atrocious and I believe that anyone who tailgates in order to intimidate the person in front to move over should be shot in front of their families, but for gods sake, if somebody wants to drive faster than you just let them, its no skin off your nose.
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