Get out of my way!
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Hilarously optimistic peice of driving I witnessed on the M25 yesterday.
The M25 is busy at the best of times - but at 8:15am around Heathrow it's particularly busy.
I am sat in lane 3 which is crawling along at about 40mph - lanes 1 & 2 are similarly nose to tail.
So I was most surprised to see a gentleman in a Silver Honda CRV sat behind me flashing his headlights to request that I move over.
At first I figured that he must be unfamiliar with this vehicle and was actually not intending to give me the benefit of his full beams - but to try and wash his windscreen. I was soon disabused of this notion as he seemed to find his washers - but continued to flash me anyway.
There is zero space for me to move into lane 2 - and the queue of traffic in front of me stretched as far as I could see. He sat behind me for a full ten minutes doing this.
This gentlemen seemed to be genuinely be of the belief that he could make ALL of the traffic on the M25 move out of his way during rush hour.
Ordinarily I would have been quite annoyed by such an act of arrogance - but such was the futility of his endeavours that it actually really brightened my morning - both literally and figuratively.
I wonder if anyone else on here encounterd Mr 'pissing into the wind'?
The M25 is busy at the best of times - but at 8:15am around Heathrow it's particularly busy.
I am sat in lane 3 which is crawling along at about 40mph - lanes 1 & 2 are similarly nose to tail.
So I was most surprised to see a gentleman in a Silver Honda CRV sat behind me flashing his headlights to request that I move over.
At first I figured that he must be unfamiliar with this vehicle and was actually not intending to give me the benefit of his full beams - but to try and wash his windscreen. I was soon disabused of this notion as he seemed to find his washers - but continued to flash me anyway.
There is zero space for me to move into lane 2 - and the queue of traffic in front of me stretched as far as I could see. He sat behind me for a full ten minutes doing this.
This gentlemen seemed to be genuinely be of the belief that he could make ALL of the traffic on the M25 move out of his way during rush hour.
Ordinarily I would have been quite annoyed by such an act of arrogance - but such was the futility of his endeavours that it actually really brightened my morning - both literally and figuratively.
I wonder if anyone else on here encounterd Mr 'pissing into the wind'?
I see it when I'm towing the caravan, particularly on dual carriageways. To some people the mere presence of a caravan in front of them drives them into a winding, purple face steam escaping rage.
The fact that I'm behind a queue of slower moving traffic, and am not holding them up escapes them completely.
The fact that I'm behind a queue of slower moving traffic, and am not holding them up escapes them completely.
Yep. Brand new X3 couldn't bare sitting behind me in lane three on the M1 so decided to undertake two lanes and three cars (only just!) to nip into the gap I left between me and the chap in front.
I assumed he realised he'd made a massive error of judgement and wanted to return the car before they closed.
I assumed he realised he'd made a massive error of judgement and wanted to return the car before they closed.
At one point the traffic in front of me cleared in L3 so I planted my right foot and he became a rapidly diminishing dot in my rear view.
He caught me up 5 minutes later and when we were all gridlocked again - and continued to demonstrate how well his high beams worked.
This particularly made me laugh - he couldn't keep up with me when the road ahead was clear but was insistent that I was hampering his progress to whichever of his cousins he was on his way to sleep with.
In the end I eventually found a use for the electric rear window blind - which I raised to block out his incessant flashing. I hope that this made him particularly angry.
He caught me up 5 minutes later and when we were all gridlocked again - and continued to demonstrate how well his high beams worked.
This particularly made me laugh - he couldn't keep up with me when the road ahead was clear but was insistent that I was hampering his progress to whichever of his cousins he was on his way to sleep with.
In the end I eventually found a use for the electric rear window blind - which I raised to block out his incessant flashing. I hope that this made him particularly angry.
surveyor said:
I see it when I'm towing the caravan, particularly on dual carriageways. To some people the mere presence of a caravan in front of them drives them into a winding, purple face steam escaping rage.
The fact that I'm behind a queue of slower moving traffic, and am not holding them up escapes them completely.
Even if they look round, they won't see the queue - same as when people see a cyclist in front in city centre traffic - all they see is the cyclist and need to overtake... to join the back of the queue and watch the cyclist go around them and in to the distance The fact that I'm behind a queue of slower moving traffic, and am not holding them up escapes them completely.
I had some tit in the same situation, lane 3 though with all 3 lanes going about 20mph in heavy traffic, after 5 minutes of flashing he decides to undercut me, and I swiftly closed the gap between me and car in front leaving him blowing a fuse in lane 2 with his indicator on to get back into lane 3. I contemplated blowing him a kissas I rolled on by but I honestly think he would have exploded and left itty bits of brain all over his headliner. He finally got back into lane 3 about 10 cars behind me. Made me chuckle.
carpetsoiler said:
Mr Gearchange said:
In the end I eventually found a use for the electric rear window blind - which I raised to block out his incessant flashing. I hope that this made him particularly angry.
That got a chuckle. Excellent use of your car's features. Ved said:
Yep. Brand new X3 couldn't bare sitting behind me in lane three on the M1 so decided to undertake two lanes and three cars (only just!) to nip into the gap I left between me and the chap in front.
I assumed he realised he'd made a massive error of judgement and wanted to return the car before they closed.
I assumed he realised he'd made a massive error of judgement and wanted to return the car before they closed.
Axionknight said:
Ved said:
Yep. Brand new X3 couldn't bare sitting behind me in lane three on the M1 so decided to undertake two lanes and three cars (only just!) to nip into the gap I left between me and the chap in front.
I assumed he realised he'd made a massive error of judgement and wanted to return the car before they closed.
I assumed he realised he'd made a massive error of judgement and wanted to return the car before they closed.
surveyor said:
I see it when I'm towing the caravan, particularly on dual carriageways. To some people the mere presence of a caravan in front of them drives them into a winding, purple face steam escaping rage.
The fact that I'm behind a queue of slower moving traffic, and am not holding them up escapes them completely.
Growing up, the purple steam faced rage would have described my dad perfectly. He would then overtake, possibly giving the coffee beans and cut back in sharply.The fact that I'm behind a queue of slower moving traffic, and am not holding them up escapes them completely.
Last year he bought a caravan...
The Nothing-to-Gain Overtakers, see it a lot.
Traffic on the A10 can get really rather dense of a morning. Just earlier today I was driving along (in traffic) at approx 65mph when a washing machine on wheels came and sat on my bumper. It was one of those Toyota IQ things. There was slightly slower moving traffic in the other lane and when it was safe to do so I moved over. The general speed of traffic had increased by this point to just over what it was before, but it took all the little Toyota could muster to get past and sit behind the next car before traffic inevitably slowed again.
Ironically I think it's lack of IQ that prompts such action.
Best ones are those who try to get a couple more cars ahead before they take the next exit slip-road. If you can get them along side you it can be great fun watching them panic as they try to get back into lane before it comes up - blocked from the front by dense traffic.
...Obviously I don't condone that sort of thing...
Traffic on the A10 can get really rather dense of a morning. Just earlier today I was driving along (in traffic) at approx 65mph when a washing machine on wheels came and sat on my bumper. It was one of those Toyota IQ things. There was slightly slower moving traffic in the other lane and when it was safe to do so I moved over. The general speed of traffic had increased by this point to just over what it was before, but it took all the little Toyota could muster to get past and sit behind the next car before traffic inevitably slowed again.
Ironically I think it's lack of IQ that prompts such action.
Best ones are those who try to get a couple more cars ahead before they take the next exit slip-road. If you can get them along side you it can be great fun watching them panic as they try to get back into lane before it comes up - blocked from the front by dense traffic.
...Obviously I don't condone that sort of thing...
dazwalsh said:
I had some tit in the same situation, lane 3 though with all 3 lanes going about 20mph in heavy traffic, after 5 minutes of flashing he decides to undercut me, and I swiftly closed the gap between me and car in front leaving him blowing a fuse in lane 2 with his indicator on to get back into lane 3. I contemplated blowing him a kissas I rolled on by but I honestly think he would have exploded and left itty bits of brain all over his headliner. He finally got back into lane 3 about 10 cars behind me. Made me chuckle.
One of my favourite things to witness on the road is where you have a 'team' of seasoned motorway drivers working in unison to deliver the perfect
block strategy.We've all seen it - some cocksocket decides he is going to take a run down the inside lane to undertake a group of traffic to pull into someone's safety gap.
The 'team' all see it and decide such unbecoming behaviour cannot be tolerated.
Those at the front of the pack being undertaken put their foot down to close the gap which the moron is aiming for.
Those in the mid pack close the gap to the cars in front - and check their speed to match the moron to their left and allow the cars behind to close up the gaps and ensure that the fool has to join the very back of the queue - in a worse position that he was in orginally.
This is one of the small things in life which restores my faith in humanity.
Amazes me the people you see on the motorway who drive at 65mph no matter what.
So when you're in heavy traffic they absolutely must get past you no matter what weaving and swerving they have to do, but when the traffic opens up again they maintain the 65 and everyone passes them....until the next time.
M1 Southbound from Luton until the M25 exit is a classic for this. And most of the drivers seem to be... residents of but not necessarily from Luton.
So when you're in heavy traffic they absolutely must get past you no matter what weaving and swerving they have to do, but when the traffic opens up again they maintain the 65 and everyone passes them....until the next time.
M1 Southbound from Luton until the M25 exit is a classic for this. And most of the drivers seem to be... residents of but not necessarily from Luton.
Hackney said:
Amazes me the people you see on the motorway who drive at 65mph no matter what.
So when you're in heavy traffic they absolutely must get past you no matter what weaving and swerving they have to do, but when the traffic opens up again they maintain the 65 and everyone passes them....until the next time.
M1 Southbound from Luton until the M25 exit is a classic for this. And most of the drivers seem to be... residents of but not necessarily from Luton.
How can you tell where they live?So when you're in heavy traffic they absolutely must get past you no matter what weaving and swerving they have to do, but when the traffic opens up again they maintain the 65 and everyone passes them....until the next time.
M1 Southbound from Luton until the M25 exit is a classic for this. And most of the drivers seem to be... residents of but not necessarily from Luton.
williredale said:
surveyor said:
I see it when I'm towing the caravan, particularly on dual carriageways. To some people the mere presence of a caravan in front of them drives them into a winding, purple face steam escaping rage.
The fact that I'm behind a queue of slower moving traffic, and am not holding them up escapes them completely.
Growing up, the purple steam faced rage would have described my dad perfectly. He would then overtake, possibly giving the coffee beans and cut back in sharply.The fact that I'm behind a queue of slower moving traffic, and am not holding them up escapes them completely.
Last year he bought a caravan...
Still all I need is a small gap to produce a wobbly elephant in their path and I'm in and they are not braking rather than easing off.
Thankyou4calling said:
Hackney said:
Amazes me the people you see on the motorway who drive at 65mph no matter what.
So when you're in heavy traffic they absolutely must get past you no matter what weaving and swerving they have to do, but when the traffic opens up again they maintain the 65 and everyone passes them....until the next time.
M1 Southbound from Luton until the M25 exit is a classic for this. And most of the drivers seem to be... residents of but not necessarily from Luton.
How can you tell where they live?So when you're in heavy traffic they absolutely must get past you no matter what weaving and swerving they have to do, but when the traffic opens up again they maintain the 65 and everyone passes them....until the next time.
M1 Southbound from Luton until the M25 exit is a classic for this. And most of the drivers seem to be... residents of but not necessarily from Luton.
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