i get middle finger when overtaking?

Housey · 8 Aug 2010 at 18:12

It means you're one hell of a quick runner.

Scania · 8 Aug 2010 at 18:13

I sometimes get this.

More often in my truck than car........

Back in the day, with a previous employer, I had just the answer....

Barks · 8 Aug 2010 at 18:16

Why would anyone do that on a dual carriageway?

TangoSixteen · 8 Aug 2010 at 18:18

Lol,

I overtake too fast to see what anyones actually doing. I usually get flashed though.

Sometimes when I do, I pull in up the road somewhere out of view, see them go past, and overtake them a second time!!

LOL, its hilarious!

[TW]Fox · 8 Aug 2010 at 18:19

If you routinely get flashed when overtaking it's probably because most of your overtakes are stupid and reckless.

We've all overtaken the odd muppet who takes major offence and goes bonkers when it was totally safe but these people are in the minority. If you usually get flashed, stop driving like a tool.

Minxy · 8 Aug 2010 at 18:22

Are you sitting up their arse before overtaking?

Kenai · 8 Aug 2010 at 18:22

TangoSixteen said:
Lol,

I overtake too fast to see what anyones actually doing. I usually get flashed though.

Sometimes when I do, I pull in up the road somewhere out of view, see them go past, and overtake them a second time!!

LOL, its hilarious!

I wish I was as cool as you

malfunkshun · 8 Aug 2010 at 18:36

[TW]Fox;17116157 said:
If you routinely get flashed when overtaking it's probably because most of your overtakes are stupid and reckless.

We've all overtaken the odd muppet who takes major offence and goes bonkers when it was totally safe but these people are in the minority. If you usually get flashed, stop driving like a tool.

I forgot that you have, apparently, overtaken every other motorist in the UK, making you supremely qualified to make that comment. I should think it also took quite some time to observe the overtaking actions of everyone else that posted here before you were able to come to the conclusion that we all drive like idiots.
Or, and I prefer this option, you just like to cause annoyance

InvaderGIR · 8 Aug 2010 at 18:39

malfunkshun said:
I forgot that you have, apparently, overtaken every other motorist in the UK, making you supremely qualified to make that comment. I should think it also took quite some time to observe the overtaking actions of everyone else that posted here before you were able to come to the conclusion that we all drive like idiots.
Or, and I prefer this option, you just like to cause annoyance

He's right. I don't get flashed or sworn at when I overtake people, because I perform safe manoeuvres.

[TW]Fox · 8 Aug 2010 at 18:39

malfunkshun said:
I forgot that you have, apparently, overtaken every other motorist in the UK, making you supremely qualified to make that comment. I should think it also took quite some time to observe the overtaking actions of everyone else that posted here before you were able to come to the conclusion that we all drive like idiots.
Or, and I prefer this option, you just like to cause annoyance

Oh come off it and think about it. For almost EVERYone you overtake to take offence to the extent that they flash at you is some going, right? You don't need to overtake everyone in the UK to have the opinion that if everyone is flashing you, the common problem is you, not everyone else.

As for causing annoyance, get a grip.

From time to time, we'll all overtake a plonker who would flash even if you overtook on a 10 mile straight. But almost every driver you ever overtake flashes you? Something is wrong.

Lopéz · 8 Aug 2010 at 18:43

thepeteh said:
Anyone had any similar experiences?

Yes, very similar

Originally posted by Me said:
What's even more alarming is when you go to overtake someone on an A road and they think it would be really clever to move into the centre of the road and perform an emergency stop in an effort to block you as some absolute lunatic did to me last weekend. I'm still not entirely sure how I kept it out of his back bumper and out of the scenery.

After the second attempt at overtaking him resulted in a full on block and emergency stop, I came to a stop diagonally across the road, took a deep breath and decided the best thing to do was to remove myself from the situation. I wanted to go after him but really, what would I have done, rammed him? There was no winning solution for me so I just pulled out.

The guy must have been off his head. The only possible outcomes were me crashing and/or stopping in a dangerous fashion, or me crashing into him - a possibility he must have been aware of given the fact his MG ZT-T would not doubt stop a damn sight quicker than Kate's Mk2 Golf GTI.

Duke · 8 Aug 2010 at 18:44

Don't think I've ever been flashed or given the finger before. Maybe I don't drive like a **** or overtake enough people

malfunkshun · 8 Aug 2010 at 18:48

I perform safely and actually overtake very rarely, 7 times out of 10 I will get flashed/gestured. Most of the other 3 out of 10 is a car comparable to mine. As such my conclusion is as it was in my first response, people with newer cars don't like getting overtaken by apparent 'sheds'. OK had anyone said they got it all the time I would agree with you entirely, but since nobody has I can't. Mav even pointed out that it was on a dual carriageway and was totally safe (OK his opinion and not being there at the time...who knows eh). At the end of the day, driving a decent car, as you do, you probably miss what I dont.

InvaderGIR · 8 Aug 2010 at 18:52

malfunkshun said:
I perform safely and actually overtake very rarely, 7 times out of 10 I will get flashed/gestured. Most of the other 3 out of 10 is a car comparable to mine. As such my conclusion is as it was in my first response, people with newer cars don't like getting overtaken by apparent 'sheds'. OK had anyone said they got it all the time I would agree with you entirely, but since nobody has I can't. Mav even pointed out that it was on a dual carriageway and was totally safe (OK his opinion and not being there at the time...who knows eh). At the end of the day, driving a decent car, as you do, you probably miss what I dont.

I drive and have driven pieces of rubbish and I've been flashed, say...10 times in the past 6 years of driving. One or two will have been from stupid overtakes when I was younger. The rest will be people just being holier than thou and deeming a safe overtake to be dangerous. But the majority of the time I do not get flashed, in an old car or in a new one. People get upset when I overtake them in a 2 tonne old Land Rover but they don't flash me.

topbanana · 8 Aug 2010 at 18:56

[TW]Fox;17115774 said:
You must be doing something to annoy them, nobody else ever gets this on dual carriageways! It isnt even overtaking really is it, its going past them in the outside lane!

That was my first thought.

Are you tailgating?

malfunkshun · 8 Aug 2010 at 18:57

InvaderGIR said:
I drive and have driven pieces of rubbish and I've been flashed, say...10 times in the past 6 years of driving. One or two will have been from stupid overtakes when I was younger. The rest will be people just being holier than thou and deeming a safe overtake to be dangerous. But the majority of the time I do not get flashed, in an old car or in a new one. People get upset when I overtake them in a 2 tonne old Land Rover but they don't flash me.

Must be the way I look, I don't get it much when I borrow the father-in-laws Auris. I will also concede that Welsh drivers are often rude, ignorant and not familiar with indicators.

Edit: oh oh! I almost forgot....have almost no idea about lane discipline, whether on a motorway or roundabout or even clearly marked 1-way systems :|
Yet these are the people that show their dislike of being overtaken. Hell I dont even overtake if it requires exceeding the speed limit, it isnt worth the risk in my car, its easier to stay left and go a little less than 70.

johnny6 · 8 Aug 2010 at 19:20

I have to say the only time I've got funny looks/hand gestures from people is when they believe I'm overtaking and jumping the queue because they don't understand how merge in turn works.

One bloke once was so determined not to let me merge in front of him, he accidently crashed onto the car in front of him. Oh how I laughed.

BigglesPiP · 8 Aug 2010 at 19:27

I can't say I've ever seen that. Are you flashing your parts at them as you pass or something?

Some birk in a Rover waggled his finger at me for pulling out in front of him onto the M6 the other day, he'd done a fantastic job of matching my speed when I was trying to join with 2 empty lanes to his right. It was cut him up or almost stop, I chose the confrontational option.

loltim · 8 Aug 2010 at 19:29

BigglesPiP said:
I can't say I've ever seen that. Are you flashing your parts at them as you pass or something?

Some birk in a Rover waggled his finger at me for pulling out in front of him onto the M6 the other day, he'd done a fantastic job of matching my speed when I was trying to join with 2 empty lanes to his right. It was cut him up or almost stop, I chose the confrontational option.

I recall doing a dodgy overtake on you, and you didn't flick the bird at me

BigglesPiP · 8 Aug 2010 at 19:38

Tim said:
I recall doing a dodgy overtake on you, and you didn't flick the bird at me

It totally wasn't dodgy from where I was sat, you never had to cross the centre divide and I didn't need to slow down (was in 5th at the time mind). And I knew you were going to pass because - somehow - I could hear you coming.