On my way back from Wales today had not one or two but three morons who were involved either in some sort of road rage, a race or some willy waving w.r.t. their vehicles or all of the above.
I was on a single carriageway NSL doing the limit, I did sense the 730d behind me would overtake at some point and also clocked two bikers behind it who would pull out and overtake. I didn't expect all 3 to do it in one stretch at the same time. The worst part was the BMW and the first of the two bikers wouldn't relent even after passing 2-3 cars on that one overtake, with the biker in the opposite lane alongside the BMW. These guys were easily at 80-85 mph. Also the first biker was with a pillion.
Being a biker myself I cannot fathom what goes into their heads. How do they not fear any major crash or fatality is beyond me.
Inexperience - a lot of people seem to have an epiphany the first time they have to stop to attend a major accident or unfortunate enough to be involved in one.
I'd say ego more than inexperience.
There was a fatal incident less than a year ago not far from me. Claimed the lives of 6 people, 4 of them from one family including 2 kids. (
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It's thought that the bike and Porsche were involved in some form of road rage or racing when the bike hit the family of four in their Focus head on at speed. The bike rider was said to be an experienced rider and had a pillion passenger.
The family in the Focus and the 2 on the bike died.
I was able to view scene photos, not released to the public and the bike had hit the focus that hard that it managed to spin it around. The bike's engine was in the boot of the focus, having carved straight through the middle of the car front to rear, almost dead centre. It was horrific.
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Yesterday, travelling home from the cinema I was on the M1. Now my exit junction, for some reason, has a 1.5 mile exit slip lane. I'm behind an OAP in said lane, nothing in front of her, lane clear. The 3 main lanes of the motorway start slowing for heavy congestion ahead due the gantry signs showing 40, in the 3 main lanes only, my lane still displays NSL when she decides to slam on her brakes down to 40mph. The HGV behind me wasn't impressed at all and sat on his horn which then led her to inexplicably come to a complete stop.
Thankfully myself and the HGV had left sufficient space.
We all move off and at the roundabout I ended up in the lane next to her. She had a completely bewildered look on her face and seemed to be away with the fairies.
at least not as unsafe as when being overtaken on single carriageway roads.
