Tailgate and speed

Hintza

SpeedLimit wrote: »

There are children in many cars this time of year.....

Good to see the OP is thinking of the children though!

Strider590

@30
Cyclist are seen by many as lower class citizens, can't afford a car, don't belong on the road, which is why they're hated for no "road tax", for overtaking in traffic and a whole host of other stupid things.
The ironic thing is, most drivers don't realise that some of the cyclists they overtake are riding machines worth more than their car.

Joe_Horner

Guest101 wrote: »

It's been said a hgv can stop on a 10p coin, not many cars going to be doing that

It's also been said that the moon is made of green cheese and that, if you leave a tooh under your pillow, a fairy will come and swap it for money during the night.

As for the OP, regardless of whether he posted seriously or is trolling, he's right in that tailgating is - without doubt - the most dangerous thing you can do on the road. That's especially true on motorways / dual carriageways and there's no excuse for it, ever, under any circumstances.

Unfortunately, for reasons best known to themselves, Government has never made a specific law against it and it's much harder to police (using careless / dangerous driving) than other things such as speeding so it goes largely unchallenged :mad:

Strider590

Hintza wrote: »

Good to see the OP is thinking of the children though!

Jamie_Carter

agrinnall wrote: »

Although there seem to be many circumstances where there is no NSL sign when moving out of a restricted area. It used to be that, for instance, the reverse side of a 30 sign was always a NSL sign the same size, but now there's either no sign or a much smaller one. I assume it's a cost saving measure, but I have to wonder if it's legal not to advise of the change of limit.

If it is a smaller sign, then you have missed the initial sign. The smaller ones are just reminders.

Jamie_Carter

Mrs_Imp wrote: »

I did have someone tailgating me when I was in an old works van. I don't know how long he was there as he was so close I couldn't see him in the wing mirrors. Had I known there was a car following me I'd have pulled over to let him past as I was stuck at 45-50 in a 60 limit.

Correct use of your mirrors would mean that you would have been aware of the tailgater approaching you, long before he was in your blind spot.

Henzo

londonTiger wrote: »

you must be the idiot who tailgates then.

Just having a guess please ? Are you a Top Gear fan ! Because , It defiantly sounds like something that buffoon show does .

Jamie_Carter

Prothet_of_Doom wrote: »

I guess that the speedo is showing 66, and the car is actually doing 56.


I had a car once that when 80 mph was showing on the speedo, the Sat Nav GPS was showing 68 mph. I once saw an indicated 130 :eek: (but I was not in the UK) in a car which had an official top speed of 118 MPH. If the car were in GERMANY that would be a test failure.


If someone is tailgating you, gradually slow down, so they are forced to overtake you. or make it easier for them to overtake. Pull into the next bus stop or layby.

I am happy to accept that many people want to drive slower than me, but 3 things get me.

1) Those that travel at 45 mph in a NSL (60), and continue to travel at 45 when they get to town and it's 30. With a vengence : I hate you.
2) Those that are too scared to overtake, but don't leave a decent sized gap between them and the car in front. I might like to overtake the train of 12 cars behind the guy who is doing 40 in an NSL, but I'd rather do it in ones and twos rather than attempt all 13 at once. The highway code says you should leave a gap. If you did, I'd use it.
3) Those that don't understand the concept of a passing place.
This road is 4 miles long, there are 20+ passing places, and it's NSL. If you are doing 35 mph, and I catch you up, can't you just let me past at the next one ?

I'm quite an agressive driver, but I don't tailgate, as on a country A or B road, you can't get a decent view to overtake if you are too close, and even more important, you can't get a bit of pre-overtake acceleration, mid bend, before you decide whether the next short straight is clear to overtake.

On the motorway, I see so many near misses in lane 3, because of tailgating.

You shouldn't be driving then.

Jamie_Carter

interstellaflyer wrote: »

Something that really bugs me is the amount of HGV drivers that tailgate, we have a 50mph limit stretch of A34 that goes round the west of Oxford, sat in lane one at 50mph, I'm regularly tailgated by artics and other HGVs, being tailgated by another car is one thing, however being tailgated by a heavy goods vehicle takes things to another level, if I had to react/brake hard inresponse to something happening ahead of me ie something falling off a vehicle or an accident then I'm a dead man because that truck up my chuff ain't going to stop as quick as me.

Just make sure you leave a safe gap in front of you. That way the HGV can't shunt you into the back of another vehicle. You are much more likely to survive just being pushed along the road, than you are if you get sandwiched between the HGV and the vehicles in front.

Jamie_Carter

Guest101 wrote: »

It's been said a hgv can stop on a 10p coin, not many cars going to be doing that

Who on earth told you that?? :rotfl: