Stopping Distances

somethingcorporate

I hate tailgaters with a passion. Absolutely no need for it and just smacks of the selfish, aggressive attitude prevalent in society today.

dontone

somethingcorporate wrote: »

I hate tailgaters with a passion. Absolutely no need for it and just smacks of the selfish, aggressive attitude prevalent in society today.

I agree. I have a Pug 107 and get lots of idiots especially in 4x4's driving up my !!!!! end, even when the traffic in front is a bit heavy, and I can only go as fast as is safely possible. It's just bullying as I am in a smaller car. I did have a wally in a sporty Fiat a few months back so far up my rear end it was like he wanted to drive my car too. I couldn't even see his number plate he was that close. No need for it.
The biggest idiot I came across used to live up the road, and drove a Land Rover. When I set off for work, anytime he saw me pulling out of my drive, he would floor it to get past me. Didn't matter if my car was out of the drive and I was straightening it up, he'd even overtake by driving on the pavement. Or if I was out and actually driving he'd drive right up my rear bumper, and he wave his hands telling me to get out of the way (no chance). One day, he over took me while I had reversed out and it was rather cold and icy, and I followed him through the estate. There is a junction which is a bit notorious for icing up pretty bad, and he braked too sharp, and skidded straight across the road into the front wall of someones garden. Luckily no-one was walking on that bit of pavement or driving on that bit. Had I been a bit earlier, and been in front, he could have flattened my car.
Funnily enough, he's not bullied me since

pka_2

To be honest i'm not sure who I hate more: Tailgaters, or people who hog the middle/outside lane doing exactly 69mph (or indeed any speed) with nothing inside them for miles

bitemebankers

It's not just cars. A !!!!!! in a National Express coach was doing exactly the same thing on the M6 on Friday. Tailgating motorists in the middle lane and flashing them to get out of the way. Eventually, the coach (illegally) moved into the outside lane to get past me and the Merc I was behind!

gregg1

pka wrote: »

I pulled in as soon as I'd overtaken all the cars in the inside lane. Risking the outside lane would have made him a bigger !!!! than he already is and would most likely of ended up with him taking out all three lanes of traffic while he was at it :eek:

I put my hazard warning lights on, it works about 75% of the time and they back off.

pulliptears

dontone wrote: »

I agree. I have a Pug 107 and get lots of idiots especially in 4x4's driving up my !!!!! end

I drive a little old Clio and it's not good in the ice and snow. As I said earlier my estate isn't on a grit run and is very dicey indeed. I feels like every time I've been in or out of it this last week I've had a 4x4 up my arris.
I'm taking it slowly because Its sensible. I apologise that I've held you up for all of 2 sodding minutes but I'll be damned if I'm taking risks and writing my car off so you can get somewhere a nanosecond quicker. Besides, having you inches from my rear bumper only serves to make me slow down more

My other bugbear is the hill onto the estate. It always has cars parked either side so you need to give way. I was always taught you give way to traffic coming up the hill. With the ice you need the momentum at present, hardly surprising then on getting halfway up someone will always force their way down, making you pull in and losing the momentum then struggle to get going again. Common sense is to wait at the top and let the car coming up complete their manoeuvre. It's not that difficult surely?

scottishblondie

ThumbRemote wrote: »

The problem is exacerbated by idiots who don't pull in, and just sit in the middle / outside lane. Because this behaviour is now so common, other drivers either have to pass on the inside, or drive right up to the car in front to make the point that they want to pass.

There is never a need to drive that dangerously. If I had needed to slow down even slightly, he would have crashed into the back of me. It's just stupid behaviour.

pogofish

gregg1 wrote: »

I put my hazard warning lights on, it works about 75% of the time and they back off.

I finnd that firing a photographic flashgun over my shoulder works best of all on tailgaters - esp at night!

lazer

I was driving home on Monday in the snow and there was a big steep hill coming up - the car on front of me was insisting on crawling in the snow, so come the hill I stopped before it so that he was out of my way so I could get enough speed to get up the hill without skidding

The idiot behind me, then pulled out to pass me (Note country road, with basically a track through the middle of the snow - so he was passingin about 6 inches of snow)

I watched him try to make it up the hill (crawling as well) and he was skidding all over the place.

When we people learn that in snow the cars need the speed and momentum to get up hills.

I had another idiot pull out on front of me when i was going up the hill in the snow.

I think in bad weather we should have adverts/e-mails etc advising people how to drive in snow - some people just have no idea!

Bowling_4_Gold

I drive a stretch of road that is NSL, and every day without fail I will only be able to get up to 40/45 on it. For some reason there is always some one at the front of the 3/4 cars ahead insistent on doing 40!

The thing is that occasionally we creep up to 45. So even if their excuse was that they thought it was a 40 zone, it shows how much they care for speed limits... grrrr

I try and overtake but there are bends on the road. As soon as I go for the overtake, the motorist in front usually speeds up a little to teach me a lesson- swiftly followed by a brake test.