Triton
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| posted on 16/4/05 at 04:14 PM |
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M6 nightmare
On my way back from Brum with my lad after collecting a grp front end for his Mini....we are minding our own business albeit at 95mph overtaking long
line of cars...when some prick in an M3 Blurb decides he wants my bit of the road....so quick flick of the brake pedal which usually freaks tailgaters
out into dropping back has this M3 driving prick coming past me on the inside then cutting in so close i shut my eyes thinking F*** he is gonna hit
us......he then decides to weave in and out of the two lanes ......
Motorways are fast becoming "Mad Max" style........serious shit
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JoelP
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| posted on 16/4/05 at 04:19 PM |
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shouldnt brake test people then i guess... you could just've ignored him 
i only mess with people on the road if i am prepared to follow through if they start kicking off - since i cant be bothered clubbing people these
days, i tend to keep my cool.
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zilspeed
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| posted on 16/4/05 at 04:29 PM |
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I frequently find myself thinking I wish I could give give up driving on the public highway when this sort of thing.
It's either tossers like this or the other end of the spectrum - barely awake.
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Triton
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| posted on 16/4/05 at 04:33 PM |
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I usually bumble along minding my own business but with no where to go and car whizzing it's head off with nowt left to get out of his
way.......my only option to wake the prick up was to show him the brake lights, if i could have moved over i would have but it's an Astra estate
i drive not a helicopter.
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Danozeman
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| posted on 16/4/05 at 04:57 PM |
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I hate ppl like that. I was coming down the A14 one day funnily enough id just come off the M6. I had some tit in a 4x4 sitting up my arse and
started flashign at me to move. I was doing about 90 at the time. Being in a low calibra the headlights were right in my mirror so i gave him the
brakes which made him come closer so i pulled in and the twat came past then slowed down. He then did the same thing again!! I was right pissed off
so i slowed down to 50 he soon stopped it!!
Dan
Built the purple peril!! Let the modifications begin!!
http://www.eastangliankitcars.co.uk
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JonBowden
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| posted on 16/4/05 at 05:19 PM |
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Thing that really bugs me about having someone like that up my backside is that I have to pay some attention to him rather than watching the road
ahead. Thus It makes me more likely to screw up. Oh and if I do have to do an emergency stop, the prick behind me will turn the drama into a crisis by
crashing in to me.
Jon
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rthurbin
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| posted on 16/4/05 at 05:21 PM |
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quote:
the twat came past then slowed down
There are 2 things I can’t stand... people who sit in the centre (or lane 3 on a 4 lane carriageway) and people who overtake you and then slow down!!!
How infuriating...
I do about 25,000 miles a year (not that many, I know) so I try my hardest not to get wound up.
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Regards,
Richard.
richard@thurbin.demon.co.uk
http://www.thurbin.demon.co.uk/blog
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zilspeed
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| posted on 16/4/05 at 05:36 PM |
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Further to previous postings.
If you're being tailgated by someone and you genuinely just want some space and no hassle, don't bother brake testing them - that
let's them know you're annoyed and always leads to confrontation to a certain degree.
However
If you just use your washers - not rear washers, just the normal front ones - the surprise as it covers their windscreen will automatically cause them
to slow down and give you space the space you wantewd. And you haven't done anything to antagonise them.
I find this technique particularly usefull when being buzzed by a swarm of bikers on a Sunday afternoon as well. Generally wearing dayglo leathers -
you know the type  A face full of washer fluid soon sorts them out. (1)
(1) I'm joking !!! Never with bikers - only lonney tintop/van drivers.
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chrism
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| posted on 16/4/05 at 05:37 PM |
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How about the people who drive slow and then when your overtaking speed up so you have to drive faster to pass them or slow down and pull in behind
them.
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A little hard work never killed anyone, but why take the risk!
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JoelP
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| posted on 16/4/05 at 05:38 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by rthurbin
There are 2 things I can’t stand... people who sit in the centre (or lane 3 on a 4 lane carriageway) and people who overtake you and then slow down!!!
How infuriating...
amen to that brother - i undertake people most times i go on the motorway, with a finger stuck to the window - soon makes them pull back in. 
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OX
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| posted on 16/4/05 at 05:48 PM |
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flick on the fog lights ,they poo there pants and you steam off ahead
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phelpsa
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| posted on 16/4/05 at 05:50 PM |
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And on a dual carriagway with roundabouts all along it, people who get in lane to turn right after the first roundabout with a mile to the next
one
Im a back seat driver
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viatron
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| posted on 16/4/05 at 07:30 PM |
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Brake tested a Carlton on the M54 last year after about 3 miles of him flashing lights and getting so close on occasion that i couldnt see the grill,
i was doing 90 and constantly overtaking traffic!
After i brake tested him he lit up his hidden blue lights !!! Yep it was a copper, went mental at me, was going to report me for speeding, dangerous
driving etc etc, until i pointed out that i was more than willing to go to court with of course a copy of his in car video footage in my pocket!!
Needless to say he "Let me off with a warning" yeah right!!!
Mac
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andy d (rizla)
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| posted on 16/4/05 at 08:04 PM |
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my trick that works really well when its at dusk,when the idiot cuts you up and pulls in front,get out the digital camera and take a pic of him,as a
digital camera flashes twice,you whatch him slow down quicker than a F1 car
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 16/4/05 at 08:37 PM |
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Had a comedian today - I was driving down the A12 passing Colchester at 70-ish, no particular hurry so in the inside lane. Van overtaking a bit
faster than me, when I saw a boy-racer hammering up behind the two of us, in the outside lane. He crossed all the lanes, went into the end of the
OUT slip-road on my left, and passed me doing around 100mph. He had about 25 yards of road left as he passed me.
I briefly considered drifting left as he approached, but even I'm not that evil - he'd have had to brake hard or go up the embankment, and
either way he'd have been deeply in the soft and smelly. There was a fair chance he would have taken me with him on the way past.
I just kept my course and speed and prayed that it was a lucky day for all of us...
DJ
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andyharding
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| posted on 16/4/05 at 08:55 PM |
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I was driving to Manchester with a mate for business the other evening. We both had suits on.
So we're minding our own business in the right lane following the car in front with about a 20m gap (don't like stone chips). We'd
been following the same car for 10mins and the traffic wasn't going anywhere.
Some prick in a Civic comes tanking up behind us and sits about 2 feet off the bumper for 5 mins before under taking us. When he catches the car in
front he drops to the middle lane then the left.
Now, my mate has a Scanner which looks like a police radio (we listen the the airport on the way in to Manchester).
So I chase the Civic and as we pull along side my mate holds the Scanner to his mouth and makes a gesture to pull over.
The guy in the Civic sh!t himself and actually pulled onto the hard shoulder.
We were still laughing 1/2 hour later
[Edited on 16/4/05 by andyharding]
Are you a Mac user or a retard?
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Avoneer
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| posted on 16/4/05 at 09:24 PM |
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Same thing happened to my Bulgarian brother-in-law (car up his arse) and he's a big scary looking bloke. Pulled into the middle lane and the car
pulled next to him and drew a gun on him.
I just pull in and let them go now.
Pat...
No trees were killed in the sending of this message.
However a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced.
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Simon
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| posted on 16/4/05 at 10:18 PM |
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Saw a friend today who related a story that happened in last week or two.
Him and wife driving from T/Wells to Orpington, being "harrassed" (wasn't deliberate, they reckon he was pissed or high cos of all
the weaving) by some muppet along A26 and A21. At some point they lost him, but on M25(?) he was seen (via rear view) to be approaching at high speed
in lane 3. Friend in lane one saw him coming straight for him from lane three, so accelerated away, muppet left motorway, went to top of embankment
onto roof and rolled down onto motorway.
My thoughts, being the kind, considerate liberal that I am, said it was a shame there weren't three 40 tonners following to finish him off.
ATB
Simon
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gazza285
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| posted on 16/4/05 at 10:57 PM |
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I think I've posted this on here before but I'll post it again.
The only tip my father gave me when I first started learning to drive
"Assume everybody else is an idiot"
Works for me.
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gazza285
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| posted on 16/4/05 at 11:03 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Simon
It was a shame there weren't three 40 tonners following to finish him off.
ATB
Simon
I find this in poor taste, my business partners only child (his daughter) was killed by an over hours artic driver, the undertaker put the three bits
together and made the missing bits up with plastacine (or whatever they use) so she could be buried.
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stephen_gusterson
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| posted on 16/4/05 at 11:13 PM |
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think that 'brake testing' someone at 95 mph would have got you quite a few points.
glass houses and stones....
atb
steve
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Simon
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| posted on 17/4/05 at 12:14 AM |
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gazza
Your story is quite tragic, and I can understand your point. Please bear in mind that if my friend had not been keeping his eyes on the mirrors and
spotted this idiot, he would have been broadsided had HE not taken preventative measures. He conservatively estimated a three figure speed.
My point was light hearted to get this guy off the road. From where my friend first encountered him, to where he crashed is about 25 miles. He could
have had his accident in Tunbridge Wells or whereever he was going - who knows what carnage he'd have done.
I do not want this kind of driver on the road.
ATB
Simon
[Edited on 17/4/05 by Simon]
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gazza285
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| posted on 17/4/05 at 01:10 AM |
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I can only repeat what my father said before,
"Assume everybody else is an idiot"
Thankfully your mate actually takes note of what is happening around him, most people seem to suffer from tunnel vision whilst driving.
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steve m
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| posted on 17/4/05 at 02:26 AM |
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but i dont go thru any tunnels
am i the odd one out ??
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chris.russell
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| posted on 17/4/05 at 09:38 AM |
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i take a dislike to people who come tanking down the outside lane then pull in at the last minute to turn off when there is loads of space behind and
they are just being idiots. For some strange reason they take offence when I boot it and close the gap and they miss their exit
Mines a pint
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