Tailgate and speed

interstellaflyer

Strider590 wrote: »

Exactly, regardless of what anyone else is ranting on about, this ^^ is a fact.

I'm not sure I believe the OP totally, however, I've come across the odd foreign truck that's certainly doing a lot more than 60 mph, admittedly, not very often.

smashingyour...

Strider590 wrote: »

Exactly, regardless of what anyone else is ranting on about, this ^^ is a fact.

It is if they haven't bypassed the limiter.

Strider590

smashingyour... wrote: »

It is if they haven't bypassed the limiter.

Yeah, but that's so rare it's hardly worth thinking about and OP states it as though it happens every day. I should imagine it's also punished severely.

oldhand

I have posted in a similar thread before,before I had my licence removed I would sometimes use the motorway and often when travelling at 70 MPH I would be tailgated,I would keep my driving licence (the photo part) in a leather case and if being tailgated would hold it up with licence facing out back window.
Not sure if the tailgater thought I was police but many times it caused them to brake and pull back into inside lane.

smashingyour...

oldhand wrote: »

I have posted in a similar thread before,before I had my licence removed I would sometimes use the motorway and often when travelling at 70 MPH I would be tailgated,I would keep my driving licence (the photo part) in a leather case and if being tailgated would hold it up with licence facing out back window.
Not sure if the tailgater thought I was police but many times it caused them to brake and pull back into inside lane.

What was it removed for, not in proper control or careless?

DKLS

smashingyour... wrote: »

So you're another who plods along the motorway in the low 50s are you?

Dont worry its only a matter of time before Darwin gets them.

I saw a classic example last year, I saw an old montego estate, with his front bumper inches away from an Artic, he had a MSE sticker in his back window.

I commented on the car to the Mrs stating I hope he has the reaction speed of a fighter pilot sitting that close. We called at the services and had an overpriced lunch we continued our journey and hit a jam, after an hour we discovered the cause of the jam, the fire brigade were trying to cut the driver out of the montego, and it didnt look promising.

Common sense shouldn't be overridden by penny pinching.

interstellaflyer

smashingyour... wrote: »

What was it removed for, not in proper control or careless?

Whatever, it's certainly a criminal offence, impersonating a Police Officer.

smashingyour...

interstellaflyer wrote: »

Whatever, it's certainly a criminal offence, impersonating a Police Officer.

Who did that then?

patman99

The best tailgating video I ever saw was this Filmed on the 3-lane stretch of the A12 from Marks Tey to Spring Lane.

interstellaflyer

DKLS wrote: »

Dont worry its only a matter of time before Darwin gets them.

Err, excuse me, smahingyour was referring to my post where in fact I was doing 50mph in a 50mph limit. So you think sticking to the speed limit makes me some sort of retard?