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Leaving the office late generally is as fun as it sounds, but one nice side effect is that the roads are pretty much dead so i can safely have a bit of a hoon without bothering other people or risking a tug.
On the motorway i try and keep the speed sensible when people are in view but put on a bit of a sprint between blocks of cars .... in the distance i see 2 cars travelling one behind the other in the middle lane so i'm starting to coast down to a more social level when i notice the first of the two cars is a police car.
I sense fun times ahead so i match speed and hang back ... police car keeps following, other driver oblivious ... so eventually i go past speeding ever so slightly to make the pass but well below anything that will rile up the fuzz (72ish).
After i go past i go right the the far left lane, hanging in the middle lane and making a bit play of it ... plenty of space as i know plod is watching but i'm trying to give the guy a subtle hint.
He puts on the horn and beams. What a c*ck.
Few seconds later blue lights come on and he gets tugged
So, lessons learned:
1) traffic police still patrol motorways at 2:50ish am (i thought they stopped after midnight).
2) middle lane drivers do occasionally get tugged
3) some people just can't be helped
P.s also made a nice average speed
Leaving the office late generally is as fun as it sounds, but one nice side effect is that the roads are pretty much dead so i can safely have a bit of a hoon without bothering other people or risking a tug.
On the motorway i try and keep the speed sensible when people are in view but put on a bit of a sprint between blocks of cars .... in the distance i see 2 cars travelling one behind the other in the middle lane so i'm starting to coast down to a more social level when i notice the first of the two cars is a police car.
I sense fun times ahead so i match speed and hang back ... police car keeps following, other driver oblivious ... so eventually i go past speeding ever so slightly to make the pass but well below anything that will rile up the fuzz (72ish).
After i go past i go right the the far left lane, hanging in the middle lane and making a bit play of it ... plenty of space as i know plod is watching but i'm trying to give the guy a subtle hint.
He puts on the horn and beams. What a c*ck.
Few seconds later blue lights come on and he gets tugged
So, lessons learned:
1) traffic police still patrol motorways at 2:50ish am (i thought they stopped after midnight).
2) middle lane drivers do occasionally get tugged
3) some people just can't be helped
P.s also made a nice average speed
Edited by MrJingles705 on Friday 28th April 10:16
Alex_225 said:
Good to see these people getting pulled over now and again, shame is such an infrequent thing but better than nothing.
OP, did the middle lane hogger flash and beep you for overtaking and going all the way to the left again? He/She sounds like a t*t!
Yep - literally went from 3rd lane to 2nd, indicator off, paused for a couple of seconds, then indicated across to 1 ... no "chop", no gesture or anything like that.OP, did the middle lane hogger flash and beep you for overtaking and going all the way to the left again? He/She sounds like a t*t!
I thought by pausing that little bit it would come across better but nope ... he took offence for some reason. Maybe he took offence to me (slightly) speeding? God knows.
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