Who's in the wrong (overtaking - video inside)?

System

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/the-highway-code/using-the-road-159-to-203

JustAnotherSaver

Tarambor wrote: »

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/the-highway-code/using-the-road-159-to-203

Rule 168

Being overtaken. If a driver is trying to overtake you, maintain a steady course and speed, slowing down if necessary to let the vehicle pass. Never obstruct drivers who wish to pass. Speeding up or driving unpredictably while someone is overtaking you is dangerous. Drop back to maintain a two-second gap if someone overtakes and pulls into the gap in front of you.

So the person behind you, or a couple behind you, decide to be an idiot and overtake a stream of traffic with oncoming traffic & go to bully their way in. You're to let them. Let people do as they please on the road.

Norman_Castle

Joe_Horner wrote: »

(a) He was filtering - the bikers say there's no law against filtering. Seeing as the law's the same for cars & bikes.....

The laws of physics are the same. You can't get a quart into a pint pot.

boliston

JustAnotherSaver wrote: »

So the person behind you, or a couple behind you, decide to be an idiot and overtake a stream of traffic with oncoming traffic & go to bully their way in. You're to let them. Let people do as they please on the road.

Lots of people do stupid things but it's not your job to "police" the road and stop them being stupid, especially if that "policing" also puts you at risk.

Jackmydad

JustAnotherSaver wrote: »

So the person behind you, or a couple behind you, decide to be an idiot and overtake a stream of traffic with oncoming traffic & go to bully their way in. You're to let them. Let people do as they please on the road.

Let 'em go. I'd rather have idiots in front of me than behind me.
Driving on the road isn't a competitive sport.

JustAnotherSaver

Agreed. It's just frustrating to get penalised for doing nothing wrong (for the record i actually didn't try and close the guy out in my case, i didn't accelerate or decelerate) when the other guy gets away with doing wrong (in my case he hit me, didn't stop & then just said sorry officer i don't know what you're talking about).

bigadaj

Norman_Castle wrote: »

The laws of physics are the same. You can't get a quart into a pint pot.

You certainly can if you increase the pressure, Boyles law.

And there seems to be a lot of increased blood pressure for many drivers.

Aylesbury_Duck

bigadaj wrote: »

You certainly can if you increase the pressure, Boyles law.

And there seems to be a lot of increased blood pressure for many drivers.

Yep. PV=nRT where R is the constant universal Rage.

Car_54

bigadaj wrote: »

You certainly can if you increase the pressure, Boyles law.

And there seems to be a lot of increased blood pressure for many drivers.

Boyle's Law applies to gases, not liquids.

bigadaj

Car_54 wrote: »

Boyle's Law applies to gases, not liquids.

Yes, so is this thread referring to people emitting a lot of hot gas or certain type of fluid, that's not clear currently, could well be both.