What are they thinking?

[Begbie]

Even worse down a A road when there is no one in front of the guy infront of you who is doing 40mph! But there is a million coming the other way giving you very few chances to overtake!

 

[Overlag]

I was thinking on the drive into the office this morning about the mentality of some drivers on the road. What must go through someone's head as they blast past you on a dual carriage way, way in excess of the speed limit? I get the impression a lot of drivers feel like they are better than the cars/drivers they over take? I'm talking about the drivers who make a big thing of showing you their car is faster than yours - what are they trying to prove? It goes hand in hand with the drivers who sit 2 inches from your bumper, I suppose.

cos they get annoyed at people driving at 40mph everywhere?

God no. I think Johnny69 explained it best. I'm just trying to understand why drivers zoom past then sit in front of you. Also, if I overtake a car they see it as a challenge and start racing me - as if they are trying to prove something.

oops read thread now...

yeah i had this happen in london once. coasting upto a queue of traffic thats sitting at a major junction (the light had just gone red so i knew it would be red for ages), and this chaved up old BMW 3 series overtook me then had to slam his brakes on as he hit the queue. Why would anyone do that? lol

 

[hornett]

 

[atpbx]

I dont like driving, so i tend to want to get it over with as quickly as possible.

People who are quite happy to toss it off at 45mph in a half mile tailback rather than over take the person holding them up really annoy me.
There have been times coming back from lincoln where i have overtaken 6 or 7 cars at once IN A VAN and still had room to go past another 6 or 7 just because people will not overtake, why dont they do it?
Why is overtaking such a difficult thing to do?

 

[Johno please?]

Bloody ell, I couldn't care less if someone did that, why does it bother you? Its not like its directly affecting you is it?

Are you one of those people that gets overtaken and then says "whats the point in that"

I dont understand why it bothers people

Maybe he didn't like the speed you were doing? Was in a rush? many reasons.

Do you flash your lights at people if they overtake on a single NSL road? I call them road captains.

I dont like driving, so i tend to want to get it over with as quickly as possible.

People who are quite happy to toss it off at 45mph in a half mile tailback rather than over take the person holding them up really annoy me.
There have been times coming back from lincoln where i have overtaken 6 or 7 cars at once IN A VAN and still had room to go past another 6 or 7 just because people will not overtake, why dont they do it?
Why is overtaking such a difficult thing to do?

Yea I get the impression that people think overtaking is illegal sometimes round here