Morons who dislike being overtaken

I have had this all my driving career, even once had some twit in a Boxster try follow me in the CTR at some considerable pace but he ended up taking off two wheels and had oil pouring out from under the car. He really felt like a ***** afterwards as I stuck around and rubbed it in then the police gave him a bollocking, even after I told them the honest truth. That was after many other morons like it and sometimes I was even on my bike, not acceptable in any way.

The problem is townies and city folks who move out that way or on a day trip. They drive with the same 30mph mentality which is fine, but they also have the inner city road rage gene which makes life invariably dangerous for the people wanting make genuine progress (the whole point of driving).

There's also the people who flash their lights at you coming the other way. At no point have I overtaken prior and I'm still within the limit, albeit mid corner, but they're flashing their lighjts and waving their hands mid corner coming the other way like im some sort of criminal. Who is more dangerous? I've had one accident on a country road, but too many more in built up areas. If people concentrated more on anticipating the road ahead than trying to be some sort of elitist ***** I think we'd probably get somewhere in life.
 
Robbie G said:
I overtook a Jeep once and he caught right up to me and started making jerk off signs at me. His wife and kids were in the car also! Couldn't believe it, some people must just think you're being aggressive somehow.
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Never had that, but people can go over the top sometimes
 
ive seen it loads of times, it is like youve questioned their sexuality or something.

lastnight i had a run down one of my favourite b roads, i overtook a couple cars and neither flashed at all etc

id like someone to try and chase though. any excuse to race
 
I have no problem overtaking, being overtaken etc happens all the time on the way to work - I do have a problem being overtaken when I subsequently have to brake or slow down to let the idiot in before he kills someone on a blind corner etc --- all to get 1 or 2 cars ahead. They quite often are going to the same work as me so I can see at the main gates they are only 15 secs ahead after numerous stupid and dangerous overtakes.

I am happy to let the plonker risk his own life (unless it costs me more taxes looking after him on the NHS etc) but when they risk others (in particular mine) then it becomes a problem!


Lately it seems to be motorbikes! love the advert, "look, think bike", maybe it should read "look, think idiot on a bike!"
 
To be honest if im driving at the speed limit and some idiot decides he wants to drive faster than the speed limit and overtakes me, i get annoyed.

I see people performing dangerous maneouvers all the time and then meet them a couple of seconds later at a junction.

Isnt the most efficient speed 55.6mph?
 
Frenzy said:
To be honest if im driving at the speed limit and some idiot decides he wants to drive faster than the speed limit and overtakes me, i get annoyed.
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Why? What business is it of yours if someone wants to drive faster than you? Just let them overtake and forget about it. I don't see what the problem is, as long as they do it safely and don't hassle you. I've been overtaken loads, as long as they do it properly, I just give them room and let them get on with it.
 
I get it all the time, I have to say, the most annoying response is when people decide to flash you for overtaking, I recall it happening many times, but one time in particular it really annoyed me, so I decided to take heed in the other drivers concern, and proceeded to drive at 20MPH with them following me for the next 4 miles.

The ones that try to keep up after I've overtaken them do nothing but amuse me, and often find on our twisty roads over here, that very rarely can they keep pace, even when I'm doing sensible speeds.

One thing that really does **** me off is people that speed up, I have memories of a particular experience in my VXR overtaking an E46 BMW (No idea what engine, but it moved well), where they decided it was a good idea to speed up with a car coming the other way - but I was persistent and eventually forced my way back in forcing them to slam on their brakes. After this, they proceeded to flash their lights at me like mad, so at the next traffic lights, I pulled to one side, and decided to approach the car behind - he was swearing and blinding about me knocking them off the road (Still sat in his car with the windows 3/4 may I add), and how they were going to report me to the police. I politely replied telling them that if I had any contact from the police, I'll quite happily explain to them, as would my friend in the car behind him, the outright dangerous move he made when I decided to overtake both in a safe and legal manner, and next time he did something so stupid, I wouldn't hesitate physically barging him off the road to avoid meeting oncoming traffic.
 
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Don't often overtake on a single carraigway but if I do I give it enough so that I'm past before he has time to react, even if he wanted to.

I must admit most people who overtake me aren't equipped for it and more often than not I find myself lifting off slightly so they can get past before the next corner. I do wonder if they know what they're doing but I'm not going to go past them just to show them how it's done, that would be rude :)
 
Conscript said:
Why? What business is it of yours if someone wants to drive faster than you? Just let them overtake and forget about it. I don't see what the problem is, as long as they do it safely and don't hassle you. I've been overtaken loads, as long as they do it properly, I just give them room and let them get on with it.
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Theres a speed limit for a reason, or are you one of those idiots that like to drive above it to get to where you are going slightly faster.
 
Telescopi said:
Don't often overtake on a single carraigway but if I do I I give it enough so that I'm past before he has time to react, even if he wanted to.
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His reactions were cat-like, he knew he was going to do it before I even signalled to overtake. It's not as if I don't have the power or performance to get past safely.
 
Frenzy said:
Theres a speed limit for a reason, or are you one of those idiots that like to drive above it to get to where you are going slightly faster.
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slightly faster ?, drive double the speed you halve your journey time, its works, try it :)

edit: this works especially well on long dual carriageways at 4am in the morning...where it is safe to do so
 
Frenzy said:
Theres a speed limit for a reason, or are you one of those idiots that like to drive above it to get to where you are going slightly faster.
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Sorry, but its those who drive around thinking numbers on a round sign will keep them safe that are the idiots.

I drive to the conditions, sometimes thats less than the limit, sometimes its more - but I feel that I'm a much better judge of both my cars and my own abilities and safety on the road.
 
TBirdUK said:
I have no problem overtaking, being overtaken etc happens all the time on the way to work - I do have a problem being overtaken when I subsequently have to brake or slow down to let the idiot in before he kills someone on a blind corner etc --- all to get 1 or 2 cars ahead. They quite often are going to the same work as me so I can see at the main gates they are only 15 secs ahead after numerous stupid and dangerous overtakes.

I am happy to let the plonker risk his own life (unless it costs me more taxes looking after him on the NHS etc) but when they risk others (in particular mine) then it becomes a problem!


Lately it seems to be motorbikes! love the advert, "look, think bike", maybe it should read "look, think idiot on a bike!"
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To the inexperienced rider (or non-rider), some perfectly safe manoeuvres performed by a motorcyclist can appear silly and dangerous.

I was in a car with my boss on the way to a meeting once, when she suddenly turned to me and started exclaiming at how dangerous and unnecessary the risk the biker in front had supposedly just taken. A "risk" which I must perform multiple times every time I ride, in actuality not very risky at all.

In most cases, a manoeuvre which might make your sphincter contract if performed by a car may be a lot safer when performed by a bike.
 
Frenzy said:
Theres a speed limit for a reason, or are you one of those idiots that like to drive above it to get to where you are going slightly faster.
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Are you one of those idiots who thinks that 40MPH speed limits on long, straight wide A-roads are there for a good reason and not just an arbitrary number on a sign?

I will drive as fast as road conditions and my car's (meagre) abilities will allow. If that means I sometimes go faster than speed limit, then it doesnt matter; adhering strictly to the advertised limit doesn't gaurantee me to be much safer, if at all.

Now, given that we've got that point out of the way, lets get back to the question. Why does it annoy you so much if someone else wants to break the speed limit? You dont want to, that's fair enough. But I dont see why you should care if someone else does and overtakes you to do so, as long as they cause you no inconvenience. Especially as mentioned, no one has stated that overtaking others is always done to excel the limit, but to pass those who think doing half of the limit is acceptable.
 
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paradigm said:
His reactions were cat-like, he knew he was going to do it before I even signalled to overtake. It's not as if I don't have the power or performance to get past safely.
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I'm sure, but just give it everything you've got from the outset - it's dangerous on the other side remember so your not being chavvy for screaming past him on the limiter :)
 
Frenzy said:
Theres a speed limit for a reason, or are you one of those idiots that like to drive above it to get to where you are going slightly faster.
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We're not talking about overtaking people who are doing 60 in a 60. We're talking about people doing 35mph in a 60.
 
Smithy said:
To the inexperienced rider (or non-rider), some perfectly safe manoeuvres performed by a motorcyclist can appear silly and dangerous.

I was in a car with my boss on the way to a meeting once, when she suddenly turned to me and started exclaiming at how dangerous and unnecessary the risk the biker in front had supposedly just taken. A "risk" which I must perform multiple times every time I ride, in actuality not very risky at all.

In most cases, a manoeuvre which might make your sphincter contract if performed by a car may be a lot safer when performed by a bike.
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How about driving between 2 cars on a roundabout where there is barely enough room for 2 cars side be side? Saw a biker do that last night on the way home and wondered why he didn't wait 10 seconds till he'd past the roundabout.
 
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