Soldato
I drive a high-performance electric vehicle. I always stick to the speed limits (honest). But if I'm first at the lights, there aren't lots of pedestrians about and the road ahead is clear I will certainly use that performance to get up to the speed limit quickly.
I did this today in a 50mph zone. I quietly and effortlessly got up to that speed and stuck to it, cruising along for about 10 seconds with other vehicles far behind me. The next thing I know, one of the vehicles behind me (a white van) decides to undertake me at what must've been at least 80mph. He applied his brakes hard to slow down for a Truvelo camera and sped up again once he had cleared that. He continued to weave in and out of traffic ahead that was likely doing the speed limit.
I am curious whether others with high performance vehicles (electric or combustion) have experienced this sort of reckless neanderthal-style behaviour? This doesn't happen very often and fortunately most drivers have a bit more sense and self-control. But I have experienced this in the past as well. And not from a man in a white van, but from a middle-aged woman in a small hatchback.
I did this today in a 50mph zone. I quietly and effortlessly got up to that speed and stuck to it, cruising along for about 10 seconds with other vehicles far behind me. The next thing I know, one of the vehicles behind me (a white van) decides to undertake me at what must've been at least 80mph. He applied his brakes hard to slow down for a Truvelo camera and sped up again once he had cleared that. He continued to weave in and out of traffic ahead that was likely doing the speed limit.
I am curious whether others with high performance vehicles (electric or combustion) have experienced this sort of reckless neanderthal-style behaviour? This doesn't happen very often and fortunately most drivers have a bit more sense and self-control. But I have experienced this in the past as well. And not from a man in a white van, but from a middle-aged woman in a small hatchback.