Tailgating should be made a criminal offence

cyclonebri1

northstar23 wrote: »

One final point -I drove a Ford Anglia 105... 1963 model I think. Despite being a total menace on the road doing 35mph in 60 sections etc no other drivers ever gave me any grief, they simply overtook safely when they could. I guess most people realised I couldn't safely go much faster. Even the fools in the Audi's / BMW's and Golf's gave me a wide berth. .

They were simply amazed that a lump of junk such that ford produced back then still existed, and as you said "total menace on the road"

Tongue in cheek to say the least chap :D

cyclonebri1

sunshinetours wrote: »

There are two different issues still now going on.

The OP has come back and said the context he thought of originally was not dual carriageways or motorways mainly, which is what we have all mainly been referring to

Not going over the motorway stuff again, plenty of examples above of poor driving by some and even more poor driving by the tailgaters which as Martinthebandit correctly says are always in the wrong

Tailgating on rural or urban roads is pretty common and I think some people who do this simply have no concept of road awareness. As others have said they may well be the people who drive at 35/40mph everywhere pretty much.
We have a 20mph one nearby (outside schools) and you can guarantee you will get tailgated there almost without fail. if people can't slow down hwne young children are running around they really have no concept of what they are doing I'm afraid.
These however are generally i believe rather different to the motorway "outside lane generals"

As for country road tailgaters well they probably live in the country so are a completely different breed anyway ...

WE also live near a school and I often watch drivers behaviour.
In general it's good, but only at the times that the kids are piling into or out of school.

The real hazardous time is just after the drop off or just before pick up. And guess who the main perpetrators are?, no not boy racers, but the ones with child on board signs pinned in the rear windows, young mums rushing to and from the "better school" several miles off.:mad::mad::mad:

missile

A touch on the brake pedal works for me

almillar

byjimini & Crabman - yes, parents should have just slowed down, or pulled in, and let these **** be on their merry way. Why get involved? Call it being bullied off the road if you like, but it resolves the situation.
NBLondon & northstar23 - Yep, just because you start a manouvre (in this case an overtake) doesn't mean you have to go through with it. This is a huge mistake that people make, fearing that being seen changing their mind (even with a good reason) will make them look like a bad driver.