Overtaking just as the speed limit increases

anewman

Another road rage thread with a pet hate of mine. Got to hate it when people overtake you as you're doing the speed limit (and I mean by sat nav not the under-reading speedo), and pull straight back in apparently without looking, just as the speed limit increases. It is exactly the point in time law abiding motorists want to put their foot down to make progress and get up to the new speed limit, but such overtakers often force you to do the sensible thing and not accelerate. It's like they have no forethought to consider that as the speed limit increases someone might want to increase speed.

Or is it just me who has experienced this? :rotfl:

Paradigm

I see it (& worse) all the time. Stay chilled, if they're that impatient they'll be gone in a few seconds anyway!

Nothing about driving is worth getting stressed about

Rolandtheroadie

I know where your coming from but I have to admit, theres circumstances where I would do this.
Normally travelling to Ayrshire through a multitude of 30 zones when the car in fronts done 45-55 in the NSL sections but NOW wants to do 65.

[Deleted User]

I was on a dual carriageway today in the outside lane doing about 80 by the speedo. Saw in my rear view mirror a Vectra weaving it's way through the traffic under taking and over taking. I didn't even have time to move over into the inside lane before the plank under took me too. Best of all, the fool had an L-plate in the back window too!

anewman

When it annoys me most is when its something like a 1 litre Clio/Corsa that my car could easily out accelerate, and they cut back in so close that I have to stick at the slower speed. Generally they eventually disappear as they usually go away and break the speed limit. If it was something like a 3 litre BMW actually overtaking positively and leaving plenty of space as it comes back to the left side of the road allowing me to stick my foot down and there's no chance of an incident it wouldn't bother me (as much )

goldspanners

Deleted_User wrote: »

I didn't even have time to move over into the inside lane before the plank under took me too.

i don't for one minute beleive that. if there was enough time and space for the vectra to get into the left and overtake on the inside then there was enough time for you to move back to the left before him.

my pet hate,sitting behind someone who is slowly overtaking,then when theres space to move in and let me pass they either sit there and do nothing,move in and then speed away,or they stay in the overtaking lane and speed up until the next car they are overtaking,they then slow down overtaking again by this point im now behind them again,then the whole process starts all over again.speed up,slow down,speed up slow down...

TVR2

lol I love how much moaning there is here...

I tend to use the speed limits religiously, so I stick to 30 right through a village and then the moment I pass the national limit sign I floor it in second and my V6 has me at 60 in a flash. If someone happens to be overtaking they'd better be sure they have a hefty motor under the bonnet else they'll be finding themselves stuck on the wrong side of the road.

And yes, I realise this is very wasteful in terms of petrol consumption and pollution but I only fly once every 5 years or so so I feel it balances out (hopefully)!

anewman

TVR2 wrote: »

and then the moment I pass the national limit sign I floor it in second and my V6 has me at 60 in a flash.

There's my answer then, get a faster car

[Deleted User]

goldspanners wrote: »

i don't for one minute beleive that. if there was enough time and space for the vectra to get into the left and overtake on the inside then there was enough time for you to move back to the left before him.

He had moved back into the inside lane long before he was right behind me, and going at speed. So if I had moved into the inside lane he would of been in my boot.

And no I wasn't hogging the outside lane as I was following other cars in it plus a roundabout was coming up which I needed to be in the right for.

Hintza

TVR2 wrote: »

but I only fly once every 5 years or so so I feel it balances out (hopefully)!

What has that got to do with the price of beef?

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

pwllbwdr

Deleted_User wrote: »

He had moved back into the inside lane long before he was right behind me, and going at speed.

Therefore there was a "long" amount of inside lane free that you weren't using?