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Should I change my driving style for other road users?
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You should have held back from accelerating, and let him go. Even when you were already accelerating, you should have slowed when the oncoming car appeared, to allow him to pull in front of you.I posted on here the other day and enjoyed hearing others' opinions, so thought I'd ask this on here, too.
I was driving through a village at about 5.30am this morning. A car appeared behind me and seemed frustrated I was doing the 30mph limit and demonstrated this but trying to see how close he could get to my rear bumper.
After a couple of miles, I entered a national speed limit and the road straightened, so I accelerated. It was at this point that the car decided this was the perfect moment to overtake, even though we were going up a hill.
Headlights appeared in the distance and he was forced to pull back. As the car passed there was a lot of beeping, as it was uncomfortably close.
I was then subjected to a lot of flashing from my friend and he spent the next couple of miles seeing if he could get even closer to my rear bumper.
Should I have changed my driving style to accommodate his desire to overtake?
He was clearly hassling you, and trying to push you faster than you wanted to go, so there was nothing to be gained by blocking his overtake.
Can I point you to Highway Code rule 168...?0 -
I'd have not wanted that liability so close to my car - once I reached the national speed limit I'd have tucked myself in close to the left, accelerated a little, but given him ample opportunity and space to overtake if he wished.
While tempting to take it straight from 30 to 60 the minute the sign was passed "just to pee him off" that isn't productive in the longer term... so I'd have given him the opportunity to s0d off and stop ruining my morning . Allow him and his accident to occur elsewhere.0 -
Yes, for everyone's safety you should allow tailgaters to overtake when it is safe to do so.
So if someone is hugging your bumper around corners, once you get to a straight bit with nothing coming in the opposite direction you should not accelerate too fast but do it more gradually, and if they move into the overtaking position you should come off the accelerator and make sure they pass safely.
If you don't you might find yourself involved in an accident when they try a dangerous overtake.Changing the world, one sarcastic comment at a time.0 -
Gloomendoom wrote: »
Plus, as somebody else said, he may have had some sort of emergency. You never know.
Perhaps you could provide a link to the legislation that says if you have an "emergency" you can drive like a !!!!!!.0 -
Given that my car is modified, I might well be tempted to put my foot down and smoke him once in a NSL area. Having said that, I tend to just let idiots overtake so they're out of my vicinity. People who drive like that might well have an accident sooner rather than later and you don't want to be the other party involved when it happens sooner.0
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MS50 (Motor racing on the highway) - 3 to 11 points.d0nkeyk0ng wrote: »Given that my car is modified, I might well be tempted to put my foot down and smoke him once in a NSL area.0 -
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Obviously just an idiot, i'm happy behind someone doing 30 in a 30, because I know they'll speed up when the limit changes. A lot happier than if I see someone speeding off in a 30 zone, when I see this I actually wish i'd never left the house, because I know there's going to be conflict and I hate conflict.
Had the person not raged, had they overtaken in the 30, I would bet money you'd have found them a few minutes later doing 42mph.
42mph driving is becoming so common that people think it is acceptable.“I may not agree with you, but I will defend to the death your right to make an a** of yourself.”
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Stevie_Palimo wrote: »I find a quick tap of the brakes normally suffices in these situations.
If you are driving at the limits and with due care ignore others as best you can as they will carry on with the reckless ways they choose to drive in.
Isn't the unofficial way to use your fog lights on / off as they're brighter but doesn't mean slowing down? If he has a dash cam it'll go against you in part for brake checking even if he is tailgatingSam Vimes' Boots Theory of Socioeconomic Unfairness:
People are rich because they spend less money. A poor man buys $10 boots that last a season or two before he's walking in wet shoes and has to buy another pair. A rich man buys $50 boots that are made better and give him 10 years of dry feet. The poor man has spent $100 over those 10 years and still has wet feet.
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I wonder if the eventual 'flashing' were blue lights.Originally Posted by shortcrust
"Contact the Ministry of Fairness....If sufficient evidence of unfairness is discovered you’ll get an apology, a permanent contract with backdated benefits, a ‘Let’s Make it Fair!’ tshirt and mug, and those guilty of unfairness will be sent on a Fairness Awareness course."0
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