I went to tesco about an hour ago to get some fuel and got there to find the pumps all locked. I thought no problem theres a shell station just round the corner, to get to the station you have to go round a big roundabout sort of thing all controlled by traffic lights.
Anyway I am waiting to pull on to the main road when this big saloon comes past and stops at a set of green lights, followed closely by a yaris which slows right down. I didn't think too much of it and pulled out into the right hand lane to turn right (by now the lights were red and all 3 cars are waiting). The lights change and the yaris immediatly swerves in front of me causing me to brake then moves back accross. I stay back and he cuts me up and almost hits me a couple of times and we reach the next set of lights which were red. The yaris driver is now going back the way he came and the saloon has powered off in a different direction as if he were escaping.
I looked over into the other car and the driver looked like some spotty teenager, which was a bit odd because the car was full of baby stuff and blankets. The guy gives me a funny look and is too busy to notice the lights change. I drive off toward the shell garage and just before it the lanes merge, at this point the yaris which is some way behind tries to floor it up the inside as the space is narrowing but is too far away and just ends up on my bumper. In my mirror I can see a lot of swearing and hand gestures. I decide not to pull into the shell garage in case this nutter follows and so decide to keep going.
I then drive at between 30-35 along clear roads with a yaris 3ft off my backside who appears to be following me with his main beam on. We then get to this bit of dual carriage way and the yaris boots past and I think finally, plus there is a big roundabout approaching so I can just swing round and go home. The yaris then slowed to about 10mph so I just went past, then the other driver booted it to catch up. I reached the roundabout and did not want to lead this person to my house so saw a sign for the motorway and hoped I could lose them on that because I knew that my car was a lot quicker.
The road opens up into dual carriageway and the yaris went past and then slowed down in front of me prompting me to go past again doing the speed limit. The road then narrowed into 1 lane and now I am doing 60 with a yaris 3ft off the back of my car flashing its lights. It is now getting foggy. The road opens up to a dual carriageway so I move to the inside lane, the yaris moves up to about an inch behind me in the outer lane. At this point I am thinking about just booting it and getting away but the road is seriously foggy now and I am only a mile from the motorway which should be a lot clearer.
Suddenly out of the fog the motorway junction appears and the lights change to red and as I am slowing down all I can see is the yaris which I am hoping is not going to go up my ass as I stop. In the end I braked quite gently and stoped over the line but without a car in my back. I can then hear the yaris engine revving like mad. The lights change and I floored it onto the motorway taking a completely different exit than the road I was in lane for and went the opposite way for 25 miles to be sure I'd lost him.
I then went back and got my petrol, as I was filling up was thinking about the way the guy in the saloon seemed to be trying to get away from the yaris (he veered off the roundabout at the last moment at speed) and wondered if perhaps the yaris was nicked and being taken for a joyride.
I could not believe how scared I got when the car was just a few feet behind me in fog and wouldn't just leave me alone. I swear that every set of lights I saw behind me on the way home I expected to be the yaris back again.
Why do people do it?
Anyway I am waiting to pull on to the main road when this big saloon comes past and stops at a set of green lights, followed closely by a yaris which slows right down. I didn't think too much of it and pulled out into the right hand lane to turn right (by now the lights were red and all 3 cars are waiting). The lights change and the yaris immediatly swerves in front of me causing me to brake then moves back accross. I stay back and he cuts me up and almost hits me a couple of times and we reach the next set of lights which were red. The yaris driver is now going back the way he came and the saloon has powered off in a different direction as if he were escaping.
I looked over into the other car and the driver looked like some spotty teenager, which was a bit odd because the car was full of baby stuff and blankets. The guy gives me a funny look and is too busy to notice the lights change. I drive off toward the shell garage and just before it the lanes merge, at this point the yaris which is some way behind tries to floor it up the inside as the space is narrowing but is too far away and just ends up on my bumper. In my mirror I can see a lot of swearing and hand gestures. I decide not to pull into the shell garage in case this nutter follows and so decide to keep going.
I then drive at between 30-35 along clear roads with a yaris 3ft off my backside who appears to be following me with his main beam on. We then get to this bit of dual carriage way and the yaris boots past and I think finally, plus there is a big roundabout approaching so I can just swing round and go home. The yaris then slowed to about 10mph so I just went past, then the other driver booted it to catch up. I reached the roundabout and did not want to lead this person to my house so saw a sign for the motorway and hoped I could lose them on that because I knew that my car was a lot quicker.
The road opens up into dual carriageway and the yaris went past and then slowed down in front of me prompting me to go past again doing the speed limit. The road then narrowed into 1 lane and now I am doing 60 with a yaris 3ft off the back of my car flashing its lights. It is now getting foggy. The road opens up to a dual carriageway so I move to the inside lane, the yaris moves up to about an inch behind me in the outer lane. At this point I am thinking about just booting it and getting away but the road is seriously foggy now and I am only a mile from the motorway which should be a lot clearer.
Suddenly out of the fog the motorway junction appears and the lights change to red and as I am slowing down all I can see is the yaris which I am hoping is not going to go up my ass as I stop. In the end I braked quite gently and stoped over the line but without a car in my back. I can then hear the yaris engine revving like mad. The lights change and I floored it onto the motorway taking a completely different exit than the road I was in lane for and went the opposite way for 25 miles to be sure I'd lost him.
I then went back and got my petrol, as I was filling up was thinking about the way the guy in the saloon seemed to be trying to get away from the yaris (he veered off the roundabout at the last moment at speed) and wondered if perhaps the yaris was nicked and being taken for a joyride.
I could not believe how scared I got when the car was just a few feet behind me in fog and wouldn't just leave me alone. I swear that every set of lights I saw behind me on the way home I expected to be the yaris back again.
Why do people do it?
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