whats the best way to make a slow driver go faster?

jamespir

David_Aston wrote: »

I wonder if Tod hasnt responded recently, because he has found the "Top Gear" forums! Surely the perfect place for such trolling. Come to think of it, he might actually be Jeremy Clarkson!

hes too busy flirting with his mates wife supposedly

alastairq

Crabman wrote: »

I find a quick spray of windscreen wash works well

oooh, my thoughts are ..''free screenwash, yipppeee'' and I close up so they can wash my screen as well....true bangernomics?;)

Lum

alastairq wrote: »

oooh, my thoughts are ..''free screenwash, yipppeee'' and I close up so they can wash my screen as well....true bangernomics?;)

Is this a handy tip for when you run out of screenwash on the motorway? Tailgate a 60mph Rover being driven by someone wearing a flat cap, get free screenwash.

Tomby1

Weird_Nev wrote: »

My point is this: Sometimes, people have a real reason for wanting to be somewhere else, fast. How do you feel about blocking someones progress in one of the situations above? Sure, you've prevented them from breaking the LAW by blocking their overtake, or boxing them in on the motorway..... Not really your place though is it? The police can catch them and deal with them as they see fit, but as a motorist it's your job to drive with courtesy and respect for everyone, even those who want to go a bit faster than you do.

I don't agree with everything you've said - but this is by far the best and most level headed comment on this thread.

Overtaking is not, in itself, a dangerous act. If someone changing their own driving style because they are being overtaken, then they themselves are potentially causing a danger to other road users. Blocking in cars, accelerating when being overtaken, sitting at 60 in the fast lane, jamming on your brakes because someone is tailgating or even spraying your windscreen wash into the face of a convertible driver are all idiotic and potentially extremely dangerous.

If I have a car coming fast up behind me on a motorway, I will move in where possible - if I can't move in straight away I will do so when space becomes available. If I am being tailgated, I will give two flickers of my brake lights and people always get the point. If I'm being overtaken on a single lane road, I will keep my speed as well as remaining vigilant about whether oncoming traffic is approaching and whether I may need to slow down to let the overtaking vehicle in.

I do like how certain people think it is acceptable to decide that because overtaking is dangerous, that it is necessary to act in a dangerous manner themselves towards the overtaking vehicle. Bizarre.

Strider590

Tomby1 wrote: »

I do like how certain people think it is acceptable to decide that because overtaking is dangerous, that it is necessary to act in a dangerous manner themselves towards the overtaking vehicle. Bizarre.

It could be put down to ego, but in fact it's really down to "queuing mentality", people will do ANYTHING to keep their place in perceived queue.... They think anyone overtaking is an impatient queue jumper.

alastairq

If someone starts to increase their speed dramatically when I am in the course of overtaking, then I will back off and abort.

There will be another opportunity soon enough.



However, there is a mentality amongst those drivers, who don't wish to sit behind others...[ as in, don't actually want to go faster, but don't want to be where they are already]....of trying to 'use' the Highway Code as a charter to 'bully' drivers in front into remaining at their existing speed...or even going slower.......simply so that the overtaking driver can sit at the front.


The particular example I will use is, where drivers deliberately commence an overtaking manoeuvre [often breaking the Law in the process]....at a point on the road where a 'reasonable' driver would expect the vehicle in front to start increasing speed.

For example, where a speed limit changes for a higher one?

Or on the exit of a junction, particularly a roundabout?


The must-get-on driver isn't prepared to be considerate enough to wait and see exactly what speed the vehicle in front is going to increase to, and cruise at.

{which often will be at or near the new speed limit].

Instead, the 'go-faster-get-there-slower' driver tries to 'use' the Highway Code to 'bully' the other driver into delaying their own ability to make progress.

In my experience, the vehicle that has just done the overtaking, will often then get 'in the way' of the overtaken vehicle , further up the road.

Now, if the 'overtaken' vehicle then overtakes, [within the Law, of course]....that driver instantly gets labelled as a 'road-rager'...or 'miffed', etc...


When in fact it is nothing of the kind.

Consideration for other road users needs to be applied by those wanting to overtake, as well as others.

Lum

Overtaking at a junction or at a speed limit increase is a daft idea and is one of the few situations where I wouldn't object in the slightest if the overtaken car speeds up. Chances are the car being overtaken isn't going to look in their mirrors before speeding up anyway.

mikey72

I do have one stretch, goes from a 30 to a 60, and quite reguarly the moron who's been tailgating at 30 tries to overtake at the 60 sign. Normally I'm accelerating, but they try to hang on out there. Some make it at 70+, others don't.

Sgt_Pepper_2

mikey72 wrote: »

I do have one stretch, goes from a 30 to a 60, and quite reguarly the moron who's been tailgating at 30 tries to overtake at the 60 sign. Normally I'm accelerating, but they try to hang on out there. Some make it at 70+, others don't.

Makes you as bad as them really.

mikey72

If I was their mum, it would be different. I'm not though.