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Tailgating 101
Cyberprog:
I spend a lot of time on the motorways these days, and it seems there are far too many amateurs tailgating, so here's a quick guide for those of you out there who indulge in this practice.
a) Don't tailgate anyone crazier than yourself. This includes vehicles like trucks and land rovers with "Your Skid Ends Here" or similar on the bumper.
b) When tailgating someone, remember that flashing your brights at them will only irritate them.
c) When fed up, don't just put your main beams on to try and [throw it] them off. Odds are when they pull over and you go past you'll see their vehicle covered in extra driving lights, and you'll get a nice tan for the rest of your journey with them on *your* bumper.
d) When they slam on their brakes and try to make you crash into them, don't just start tailgating again. See rule 1 - they're clearly crazier than you.
e) When you do crash into them, don't expect any sympathy. Hell, don't expect them to stick around either, you just ate a foot of steel in your front end, you're not going anywhere without your radiator!
Mr Mondeo went through rules a through d, and nearly e this evening. Why people are so insistent on getting past me I don't know, I'm normally doing 70ish in the outside lane keeping up with traffic in front and keeping a decent braking distance from them and I get prats trying to get past me!
So, tell your stories and impart your lessons, I'd love to hear them :)
Defensive Driving? Hell yeah.
thermidorthelobster:
A lot of people don't like being stuck behind something they can't see past easily. On the other hand, I find I'm much more frequently tailgated when driving Abby's Rover than when I'm in the Discovery, because it's a small car so people reason that it's not going to be any danger to them.
I got into trouble the other day though - I'd inadvertently moved into the BMW lane in order to overtake somebody, which earned me a flash of the lights from some supercilious bitch of a BMW driver who was highly indignant I'd had the cheek to momentarily impede her progress. I hope she drives the car right where the sun doesn't shine.
laser_jock99:
Two words...
kenneth noye
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/692329.stm
If another driver winds you up just recall this story- you never know who you might be dealing with. Calms me down!
Agressive lot these Discovery drivers......
Cyberprog:
--- Quote from: "thermidorthelobster" ---I hope she drives the car right where the sun doesn't shine.
--- End quote ---
That'll be the 5-tonne rated pin & ball on the back of my disco then :) Sun don't shine there :)
--- Quote from: "laser_jock99" ---If another driver winds you up just recall this story- you never know who you might be dealing with. Calms me down!
Agressive lot these Discovery drivers......
--- End quote ---
Yeah, they might be dealing with me :) I strongly suspect I'm crazier than most of the nutters I encounter :)
jjsaul:
....i keep meaning to fit a NATO hitch for a reason :lol: ...
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