Just back back from a trip om M1 in tin top, traffics flowing well but busy.
Cruising along with the flow, unmarked plod passes he's keeping up with the flow 70-80ish not bothering any one I pull out behind him to overtake
and stay behind in for a couple of miles overtaking slower moving traffic. I can see in mirrors mister angry is flashing and tailgating slowing trying
to fight through the busy but flowing traffic, eventually it's my turn headlights a blaze arms waving.
1st gap that appears in middle lane I indicate and move over, he flys past me straight up the unmarked plods rear, flashes him, plod doesn't
move, he decides to undertake him, the rest is history.
Had he not been such a knob I would have held him back and warned him, was I wrong to sort of set him up ?
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Originally posted by Jon Ison
Just back back from a trip om M1 in tin top, traffics flowing well but busy.
Cruising along with the flow, unmarked plod passes he's keeping up with the flow 70-80ish not bothering any one I pull out behind him to overtake and stay behind in for a couple of miles overtaking slower moving traffic. I can see in mirrors mister angry is flashing and tailgating slowing trying to fight through the busy but flowing traffic, eventually it's my turn headlights a blaze arms waving.
1st gap that appears in middle lane I indicate and move over, he flys past me straight up the unmarked plods rear, flashes him, plod doesn't move, he decides to undertake him, the rest is history.
Had he not been such a knob I would have held him back and warned him, was I wrong to sort of set him up ?
You reap what you sow......
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, was I wrong to sort of set him up ?
Karma... you act like an ass, you get your just deserts. I would of done exactly the same, but i would of found amuzement at it, and laughed at him so he could see!
His own fault in my opinion. He should have been paying more attention and spotted plod himself like you did.
If you'd tried to warn him you'd probably have just got 1 or 2 fingers back as he overtook/undertook you any way!.
Ian
You behaved perfectly. Anything else might have led to an accident.
You did the right thing
What goes around comes around
Who knows, he may even learn by what he has done and not be a risk to everybody in the future ?
I'd have goaded him into doing something worse... (I know that's a naughty thing, but it's funny to antagonise already arseholey
drivers...) Of course, he could have been racing home for a few last words with his dying son/daughter/mother/wife etc...............
As for Mango's comments, there's a speed trap on the way into Chester, just after a two lane traffic light and it's perfect for a
little drag race start, and I've raced quite a few people in to Chester and then slammed the brakes on to see the camera double-flash the other
car...
Once again, yes I know it's petty, but I just can't help it sometimes in the car!
You did it right mate.
If you hung around long enough to see mr tailgater get pulled and if you got chance to give him the w&nker sign then you did the right thing
Yep right thing, nice one, fook him, the bellend, deserved everything he got.
Sorry to disagree but you made a big mistake. 
Once the police stopped him, you should have pulled over and given the imbecile driver the Vs. 
If only I was so lucky with those idiots 
- Audi or BMW?
I hope you made room in the middle lane so he could execute the undertake. People like that at best slow the average speed of the traffic down as
people have to slam the brakes on at some point to avoid them, at worse people die.
If you were caught warning him about the unmarked then in theory they could pull you over and charge you with perverting the course of justice (which
they have done for people warning of speed traps) which carries potential jail time. Best to let him make his own bed and entertain the entire
section of the M1.
I don't disagree with your course of action at all, you drove in accordance with the highway code.
However:
The police should also have pulled accross, allowing him to overtake (in accordance with the highway code) and then pulled him over for tailgating or
speeding, not deliverately held the outside lane when the inside was clear to encourage the undertake.
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Originally posted by alistairolsen
The police should also have pulled accross, allowing him to overtake (in accordance with the highway code) and then pulled him over for tailgating or speeding, not deliverately held the outside lane when the inside was clear to encourage the undertake.
Bet he was in a BMW
Nice one.
Theres a world of difference between driving fast and being a bullying knob
I bet Audi or perhaps a 4x4?
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Originally posted by 02GF74
Sorry it just had to be :
You should always help a fellow motorist against the cops, even if they are being a c***.
I'd have done the same, and felt smug about it afterwards.
And it's "passing on the inside", "undertaking" is what funeral directors do
I quite regularly pass on the inside when there's a middle-lane-hogging-knob-jockey refusing to budge.
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Originally posted by A1
You should always help a fellow motorist against the cops, even if they are being a c***.
Im really not stupid, or irresponsible actually, but thanks for the vote of confidence
Im not saying I approve of driving like a douche, but when the cops are there playing games (and hiding) as ever, Id warn 99% of people. not prius
drivers though. as said, maybe they were in an emergency. you never know...
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Originally posted by A1
You should always help a fellow motorist against the cops, even if they are being a c***.
quote:
Originally posted by A1
You should always help a fellow motorist against the cops, even if they are being a c***.
