That is an entirely different matter unfortunately.
Indeed. Just thought i'd throw that into the mix.
A guy I know was a sergeant on the local traffic police, & I remember him telling me that when he was patrolling in the fully marked Vectra, he very rarely, if at all, saw any examples of bad/dangerous driving happening first hand. If he was out in one of the unmarked cars, however, he'd have a very busy shift shall we say.
Perhaps if the 'new rules' are passed we will see more unmarked cars patrolling the roads.
best thing to do if a vehicle is sat right up close to your bumber is squirt the windscreen washer for a long time, several times. They soon get the message.
PS. I was nicked for speeding by a traffic cop in a black Skoda last week. Pretty stealth he was, I first noticed the 'black' car when it was about 500yds behind me. Figured it was someone else making use of the clear road. Just a few seconds later he was ten foot off my bumper & flicked on the lights behind the grill.
Kev
I reckon the best thing is to tap the brake pedal just enough to flash the lights with one's left foot a few times.
Do people really look out for police cars? Why?
So you can predict the automatic 10 mph slowdown caused by the appearance of a police car or speed camera.
Teh reason for knowing the colour for me is to know if the car behind me has been replaced by another.
Really? So the well driven blue car behind you will never be replaced by an aggressively driven blue car, but your awesome observational abilities will leave you believing that nothing has changed because the car colour is the same? Or if the whte car driven by two white shited business gents changes to a white cop car, you won't see that happening either?
Unless you now think believing in your own omniscience while reflecting on how to phrase your next devastating STW put-down will keep you safe.
EDIT [i]two white shi[b]r[/b]ted business gents[/i]
Sorry, reading too much TJ is having a subconcious effect
..and, just as a matter of interest, if you can routinely spot all this happening, how come you can't spot your typos before hitting the POST button?
I reckon the best thing is to tap the brake pedal just enough to flash the lights with one's left foot a few times.
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*i raise my carton of apple juice to you sir*
I reckon the best thing is to tap the brake pedal just enough to flash the lights with one's left foot a few times.
My driving instructor told me that one 😯
Hmm this is interesting. What do I recall about today's (car) journey into work?
Cop car near the second motorway junction I take - they are grey with a green stripe in Germany 🙂 I thought he had pulled some dark grey BMW over for speeding but he looked like he'd hit a.. blue corsa maybe? Crumpled off-side wing.
Foreign, poss. Slovenian lorry on the A99 in front of me, noticed because he was doing 90km/h unlike everyone else
Got onto the single carriageway road behind a blue fabric sided lorry and trailer, grey BMW 5 series tourer I think behind me who didn't pass when I did.
White Audi overtaking towards me on the straight.. er.. that's about it really. Possibly a blue Audi A4 estate pulling out nearly infront of me at the roundabout by work.
I reckon the best thing is to tap the brake pedal just enough to flash the lights with one's left foot a few times.
DD is smurf-mat
I reckon the best thing is to tap the brake pedal just enough to flash the lights with one's left foot a few times.
You are smurfhat in disguise AICMFP...
EDIT: Damn, too slow!!
DD is smurf-mat
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Surf-Mat has wasted more awesomeness than I can ever achieve. 8)
*wonders if he lurks sometimes*
of course he lurks, and he has log-ins under different names.
he's just that god damn awesome.
Ya reckon? Nobody here even remotely sounds as awesome as him.
yeah... being as awesome as he is i know that his awesome-levels never get in the way of being supersexysmart... he knows not to mention the luminous bike light, the cars and his other signatures.
Unmarked cars, look at the roof, trend to have an extra aerial, look at the grill you can often see the lights, look for hi viz vests,
Not as easy to see but there are often signs to look out for.
I know glos pol have/had some midnight blue beemers,
Wow coffeeking - you describe classic adrenaline tunnel vision. Dangerous stuff.
So while people are stereotyping ditherers & boy racers, 19yr old Jonny who's borrowed Dad's grey Volvo S60 is about to pull out into your path while he's trying to pick his Kanye West CD off the floor........
Nice one.
most tailgaters ignore you when you dab the brake with your left foot these days.
I find slamming it down a gear and lifting off the accelerator much more effective in making them crap themselves.
and yes, it is dangerous but I get really pee'd off with them so if the dog and missus are not in the car they get the harsh response.
Had to nip out at lunch. I deliberately and very consciously looked at every car to make a mental note of make and model and indeed colour. I didn't know what half of them were. Clearly someone on here spends too much time reading What Car.
Stilltortoise - it isn't a test where you need to know makes, models, age, modifications etc - it is simply a case of being aware of what is going on around you. If I didn't know makes and models I would still be able to recall colours, body shapes etc. I am sure the vast majority of drivers can.
I do wonder what level of information an F1 driver or a rally driver takes in though - I bet they will be able to process massive amounts of stuff as they tootle along.
Schoolboy error, you forgot to memorise the contents as well... You will surely die! Mwawahahahahahahah.... 🙂
<edit> I drove past a blue Mini Metro in 1987. Blimmin good thing I can recall that or Lordy knows what the ramifications would be... 😈
I expect F1 drivers are acutely aware of the colours of the cars around them 🙂
Anyone ever see that programme about F1 drivers where they tracked their eye movements as they scanned corners far ahead of them. Quite stunning really.
Anyway, back on topic, I like the Daily Mash take on this:
http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/society/crackdown-on-drivers-who-do n't-vote-201105113797/
it isn't a test where you need to know makes, models, age, modifications etc - it is simply a case of being aware of what is going on around you. If I didn't know makes and models I would still be able to recall colours, body shapes etc. I am sure the vast majority of drivers can
Maybe some of us have a photographic memory for a certain level of detail and interpret that memory as being an important part of being observant. I watched a handful of vehicles go past me whilst I was waiting to pull out of a junction. Do I remember what those vehicles were (make, model, colour, shape, whatever)? No, although I suppose I might have been able to tell you at the time. Does that mean I wasn't observant whilst waiting to pull out? No. It just means my short term memory is more selective. Being able to remember the 432 cars I passed on my journey yesterday does not make me a better driver. An impressive feat if I could do it though
That isn't really the point that anyone was trying to make though really - it was merely that being observant about the cars around you help you make more informed decisions about your own actions. This was to counter someone's claim that driving very quickly is safe even if it means they are travelling so quickly they are [b]unable [/b]to process information enough to actually be able to recall car colours (specifically police cars).
It did get a bit silly granted.
It did get a bit silly granted.
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Yes, it did a bit
Now where are my driving gloves...
Mmm...161 posts.
Can anyone summarise it so I know whether to bother reading it?
Thanks.
here ya go...
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Kev
Beautifully succinct Kev!
That'll be a no then.
No posts that go to more than about 20 replies are really worth reading 🙂
I find slamming it down a gear and lifting off the accelerator much more effective in making them crap themselves.
I prefer to change down and floor it, tailgaters are generally in 320d's or transit vans so pretty easy to leave behind in anything a bit nippy. This is particularly good fun if I've borrowed my brothers EVO as the four foot flame from the de cat exhaust tends to give them a fright as well.
Tailgaters really piss me off, actaully more than middle lane drivers
Best thing to do with tailgaters is box them in. That really annoys them 🙂
Best thing to do with tailgaters is box them in
No. Slow down and encourage them to overtake, then speed up when they attempt it. Obviously I have never done this.
I used to drive the A68 a lot between Northumberland and Edinburgh - there is some horrible driving on that road.
But nothing amused me more than a tailgater making a big show of revving hard as he finally got past me on one of the few straight bits - and then either slam on the brakes as they nearly bin it on a hairpin bend or get caught by one of the speed cameras hidden amongst the trees. 😈
If he was being particularly annoying then I'd hold him off and only let him past when I knew the speed camera was coming up 😀
I let tailgaiters pass as soon as possible. Then they are away from me when they crash.
They went through this on Look NorthWest last night. They showed a youtube video of a cyclist getting knocked off by an audi. I'm fairly certain the guy who posted that video is on here.
