Should I change my driving style for other road users?

George_Michael

Stevie_Palimo wrote: »

I find a quick tap of the brakes normally suffices in these situations.

Would you say the same thing if another driver did this and the resulting accident killed someone in your family or another totally innocent motorist or pedestrian?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSE3fkeHAmo

Car_54

Nasqueron wrote: »

In 2015 Labour lost the general election, do you think they should do nothing until 2020 or try and hold the government to account?

They'd have been better off doing nothing than electing Corbyn.:)

Mercdriver

What does the political issues of the last 12 months have to do with the OP's question exactly? Nearly every post on thsi page and many of the previous are wildly irrelevant.

Frudd

Devils Advocate here. At 5.30 in the morning most people drive to the road rather than the speed limit.

Would I have let him pass? Well I probably wouldnt have been doing 30 on the dot in the first place at that time...it would have depended on my mood/how much they annoyed me how much I put my foot down at the NSL sign.

deaston

My mistake. I didn't realise speed limits only applied at certain times of the day.

Frudd

deaston wrote: »

My mistake. I didn't realise speed limits only applied at certain times of the day.

Never said they didnt apply. Just that in my experience of early commutes most people are going faster than the speed limit rather than sticking to it.

bartelbe

splishsplash wrote: »

OP, you drove like a kn*b. You accelerated when someone behind you was clearly trying to overtake, and you almost caused an accident.

Another driver doesn't 'appear' behind you unless they are travelling faster than you. You don't need to be a brain scientist to figure that one out. It's simple physics.

So yes, you need to change your driving style.

He accelerated when he left the 30 limit and hit a NSL. The road is not a race track, you don't tailgate full stop. If you are incapable of performing a self overtaking manoeuvre, you're a c**p driver and should hand in your licence.

motorguy

deaston wrote: »

My mistake. I didn't realise speed limits only applied at certain times of the day.

I'm wholly with you on this - theree was a stretch of road i used to commute on in the early hours of the morning and was a 30mph, and it was notorious for speed cameras during the day. I ALWAYS sat at no more than 30mph down it even though it was around 06:00. I'd people blasting past me doing goodness knows what speed on occasions and doing so down chevroned lines. Crazy.

As i've said - and you've acknowledged for next time- the only thing i'd have done differently is that once i saw him start to overtake i'd have maintained my speed at that point and let him pass - just to get rid of the dolt if nothing else.

motorguy

bartelbe wrote: »

He accelerated when he left the 30 limit and hit a NSL. The road is not a race track, you don't tailgate full stop. If you are incapable of performing a self overtaking manoeuvre, you're a c**p driver and should hand in your licence.

Not if someone speeds up when you're doing it.

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motorguy wrote: »

Not if someone speeds up when you're doing it.

That just means you have a c**p car if you can't out accelerate them to 100 :rotfl:
(I think I will get that Charger Hellcat after all )