Only a fool breaks the 2 second rule

It really isn't worth winding someone up to that effect. Don't know if you are old enough to remember Kenneth Noye. He got into a road rage with a young lad, they got out to confront each other. The young lad was some sort of martial arts expert, Noye had a knife and stabbed him to death.

Best thing to do is just pull over and let then pass. I always think it's better to have them in front if me so I can see them easier, rather than keep looking in my rear view mirror and not concentrating with the traffic ahead.

I agree with you to a degree, but there was nowhere to pull over to let him pass, and I maintained my speed (60 mph) and didn’t slow down. Wanted to convey the message that he’s too close and it didn‘t get through and granted, I got a bit excitable but he was just some meathead trying to look hard. In hindsight, my emotions probably got the better of me and I should have just completely ignored him but it’s so hard sometimes when you feel you are being put at risk, and short of driving off the road into a ditch, there was no way to let him past.
I don‘t agree with brake testing or anything like that and I try not to add to the risk.
Giving someone the evils as they drive past is the limit of my actions nowadays.
 
I often pull over on trimdon avenue to let "speeders" past. It's a 20mph road 24/7 but not many people adhere to it.
 
I've found these tailgaters on a motorway genuinely tend to target drivers by car as if trying to intimidate them.

When I had my massive mer, I didn't get that many tailgaters.

When I drove the other halves Juke I seemed to get loads more. As if a smaller car can be pushed out of the way?

The solution? Brake check them!

Intentionally take an action that could cause an accident because you don’t like how someone is driving?

I don’t understand why anyone of sane mind would do this. The best action is to continue driving in your usual manner.
 
I tend to just carry on as normal, if they try to overtake then I will move over as much as is safe to do so. I used to get really angry about it and slow right down especially if it's a road they can't overtake, but as I have got older and more chilled I just let them get on with it.
 
Intentionally take an action that could cause an accident because you don’t like how someone is driving?

I don’t understand why anyone of sane mind would do this. The best action is to continue driving in your usual manner.
No, the tailgating itself is the thing risking an accident. Do whatever you must to extract yourself form the situation, if you slow down maybe they'll get the hint and stop tailgating
 
If the insurance companies clubbed together and put a series of 'no tailgating' ads on TV, for very little money they would

1 - decrease road rage
2 - decrease accidents
3 - decrease injury & deaths
4 - increase their profits

It's a total no brainer IMO
 
I was always told to do this on HGV refresher courses we did at work.
Agreed but someone doing 40 in a 60 when conditions are good is very frustrating.
If you want a nice easy run out in the country fine, enjoy it, but please pull over and let the person behind you get on their way.
Very few do it.
 
The inconvienience to me if my car was taken off the road due to someone elses actions just isnt worth it. I drive country roads a lot, and generally find that pulling in and letting them get on with it is the easiest solution. Costs me little and the amount of shunts i've seen on these roads due to the hidden junctions/ car parks / dog walkers/ animals is phenomenal.

You can be as careful as you want, but if someone is up your **** and you have to break you are the one that will suffer the consequences.
 
I drive loads on the A1 and A19 for work and it never ceases to amaze me how lots of people have such lack of discipline when driving. It's not unusual for me to keep a good distance from the car in front, only for someone to jump in the gap I've left. On the A1 near Durham there's even chevrons on the road providing visual aid to maintaining a gap. Lots of drivers take no notice at all.
That annoys the **** out of me, I leave a 2-3 second gap then some doyle overtakes and then cuts in front about 0.5 seconds away.
 
Why bother trying to wind someone up further? It just adds to the problem, and probably ultimately causes plenty of crashes itself. If someone is being a d ckhead, rather than slowing down, why not just pull over and let them past?
I can see your point, just getting out the way and having done with is, but for some I think sod em. Making cars slow down should make them safer in most instances. Having a car up your **** doing 70 is extremely dangerous to both cars. If there's an incident in front at 70, I can deal with it as I've left enough room, I can't do anything about the clown behind. Nobody should have to think like they need to give way because someone wants to speed, and wants to break decent road etiquette in the process.

Some times I think these clowns want the gratification of overtaking, and they think being overtaken is like a hit to their personal pride. Id rather not let them think they've "won", or at least make them lose more before letting them by.

If you keep letting people by who are acting like dicks, then they will just do it more an more, applies to lots of situations, not just on the road.
 
Lorries "overtaking" each other at 0.2mph speed difference on dual carriageways is my worst annoyance on the road, it's ridiculously inconsiderate.

They're only gaining about 0.5% less travel time, and over 4 hours it's like 1 minute saved, and ends up holding up about 20 cars for about 3 minutes, so their 1 minute costs others 1 hour, and that's if they do it only once. I've been behind some doing that for nearly 10 minutes, dicks.

It's the other wagons in front's fault as well mind, when someone catches up and gets to a point where they're "overtaking" in the adjacent lane, they should lift off and let them by quicker, rather than trying "race" them.
 
Why bother trying to wind someone up further? It just adds to the problem, and probably ultimately causes plenty of crashes itself. If someone is being a d ckhead, rather than slowing down, why not just pull over and let them past?
Because they get exactly what they want
 
maybe a controversial take on tailgating.

if you dont like being tailgated, TRY PULLING INTO THE LEFT HAND LANE ONCE EVERY 20 FOOKING MILES, instead of choking up the roads and delaying people who have places to be.

and before you get your panties in a bunch, my car has collision avoidance, so I couldn't crash into you even if I wanted to. :mad:
 
maybe a controversial take on tailgating.

if you dont like being tailgated, TRY PULLING INTO THE LEFT HAND LANE ONCE EVERY 20 FOOKING MILES, instead of choking up the roads and delaying people who have places to be.
I have decent lane discipline (certainly better than my cars self driving suggestions) so that’s not the issue.
That last comment helps to highlight the raw selfishness of the tailgater doesn’t it? We all have places to go. I’m not sat on a cold M40 with an Audi up my chuff for a giggle
 
I have decent lane discipline (certainly better than my cars self driving suggestions) so that’s not the issue.
That last comment helps to highlight the raw selfishness of the tailgater doesn’t it? We all have places to go. I’m not sat on a cold M40 with an Audi up my chuff for a giggle
in reality tailgating is often a 2 way thing.

There is zero excuse when traffic is heavy and there is no where for the tailgate-ee to go. However, when the road is not busy and the tailgate-ee sits in the right hand lane because there is a lorry to be overtaken in a couple of miles, or sitting in a light traffic situation doing 15 mph less than the speed limit, then they are contributing to the issue.

but, as you say, 2 wrongs dont make a right, and its often selfishness by all concerned.
 
Lorries "overtaking" each other at 0.2mph speed difference on dual carriageways is my worst annoyance on the road, it's ridiculously inconsiderate.

They're only gaining about 0.5% less travel time, and over 4 hours it's like 1 minute saved, and ends up holding up about 20 cars for about 3 minutes, so their 1 minute costs others 1 hour, and that's if they do it only once. I've been behind some doing that for nearly 10 minutes, dicks.

It's the other wagons in front's fault as well mind, when someone catches up and gets to a point where they're "overtaking" in the adjacent lane, they should lift off and let them by quicker, rather than trying "race" them.
I disagree, those drivers have to be efficient as possible so that means they need to overtake even if the vehicle in front is slightly slower
 
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