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

rev_henry

flashg67 wrote: »

Try the 'T-pac' manoeuvre as featured on 'American Cops are great' or whatever?

:rotfl: TPAC is British; Tactical Pursuit and Containment, the American thing is the PIT manoevre.

Sagz_2

Awwwww no ones biting Tod, you must be losing your touch.

Joe_Horner

tod123 wrote: »

hang on guys, if you are on a schedule , and the person in front is doing 20 in a 30 , then thats really annoying, and you need to get them to go faster!

No, you need to rethink your schedule to allow for the fact you might find yourself doing 20 in a 30 for some reason.

muddyl

Personally i'd shout and swear at them. Hand gestured the lot!
That way not just the driver but everyone around could see how much of a to$$er I am.

tod123

Joe_Horner wrote: »

No, you need to rethink your schedule to allow for the fact you might find yourself doing 20 in a 30 for some reason.

Thats all very well for you to say , but I had to be somewhere for dinner,

robpw2

perhaps , turn off the computer game and get some sleep

Joe_Horner

tod123 wrote: »

Thats all very well for you to say , but I had to be somewhere for dinner,

In that case obviously just ram him off the road. Pratt.

jaydeeuk1

I do find slow drivers to be extremely inconsiderate. Just because their journey isn't essential, doesn't mean those in the the convoy behind them aren't either.

Perhaps if the Government introduced a tax for the amount of time drivers spent on the road, rather then the distance, drivers might suddenly remember what the pedal on the right does.

Lum

Overtake them in a safe and legal manner once a suitable opportunity presents itself.

In my experience that soon gets them to speed up once they realise you're alongside them.


Edit for seriousness: Yes it's still legal to overtake on a single carriageway, providing you obey the relevant road markings, eg. don't do it on a double white line, but it's ok to use a hatched area to overtake providing that hatched area has a broken white line bordering it on your side.

Problem is, many of these people get offended by being overtaken and will speed up to prevent you from pulling in. In their little world going above 40mph is a cardinal sin so you must be punished by being held out on the wrong side of the road until you collide with an oncoming car. Apparently attempted murder is less serious than wanting to drive at 55mph in a 60 limit.

So you need to learn the "stealth overtake". Do not tailgate (this is true even if you don't intend to overtake), hang well back and keep an eye on the upcoming road layout, road markings and oncoming traffic. Do not indicate unless there is a vehicle behind, such as a motorbike, who you think may also try to overtake at the same point.

Once you have decided you can overtake, stay in lane and accelerate until you are nearing the point of no return, this is the point where you must either pull out and actually overtake or brake to avoid hitting them. At this point you must reassess whether it's still safe to overtake and either brake or pull out. You should be going around 20mph faster at this point.

Once you pull out, the person may actually wake up and realise what's happening (unlikely as these people usually think their mirrors are decorations, but it does happen) and they will accelerate, others will wait until you are alongside before they accelerate. Either way as you're already 20mph faster they will be unable to block you and you can complete your manoeuvre in a smooth and safe manner.

If this style of overtaking sounds silly and unnecessary, I actually sort-of agree, it should not be necessary to overtake like this. Unfortunately it is.

alastairq

I have tried flashing my lights, driving really close & beeping but its not had much effect.

ooooh, love it!

Just the sort of sucker I like to see in my door mirror, just itching to finance my next new car, and maybe even a couple of nice sunny holidays?

Love it!