With regard to the OP, I find the constant ignorance of speed limits coupled with systematic tailgating and awareness of only of the car in front a huge frustration when trying to drive something like what the highway code wants on motorways.
You're doing circa-70mph on the inside lane, approaching a slow vehicle so check your mirror and blind spot to find 2-ish car gaps between the stream of cars on the outside. Indicate at this point to enter the lane but dippy behind the last car to go past you isn't paying attention and doesn't back off, so either you potentially cause a crash and go for it or wait. This can be repeated by several cars by which time you're stuck behind a lorry at 20-30mph less than the outside lane. So glad I work early days in the middle of nowhere 😀
Have had some fun with tailgater's recently, practice a rather angry face to couple with some hand gestures and expletives when the eventual overtake happens....pure comedy at times !
Posted : 02/12/2015 10:05 pm
nobody was suggesting that you should speed up to get out of the way of other people on single carriageway roads
No but max previously made several comments along the lines of "you should never get in the way of another driver, ever" and "minimising conflict" which included speeding up to avoid being tailgated, so I was wondering how he and others would handle this situation. That's all. No straw intended.
Posted : 02/12/2015 10:20 pm
takes 2 to minimise conflict
Posted : 02/12/2015 10:22 pm
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