Last night driving to work in my car on a single-carriageway A-road at 50mph, a Scanny V8 McGawn from Maybole sat about 4ft from my rear bumper. I indicated left for him but he just started flashing his lights. I just carried on at 50mph, as I wasn’t going to be bullied or intimidated to travelling faster just to suit him…he tried to overtake but pulled in when a car appeared. A half mile later he pulled out again, crossed a solid white line and caused a car emerging from the junction on the opposite side to take avoiding action.
I invited him for a coffee, with the international coffee-bean hand gesture, to which he replied by testing his horn…it was working.
I was glad this lunatic was in front of me and no longer a danger to me. A mile or so later, whilst all the while travelling at a constant 50mph, I catch him as he is behind a fast-track tractor travelling at 40mph…oh dear…all that power and he can’t get by a tractor!!! FAIL!
And this morning, returning from work on the same stretch of single-carriageway, I was travelling at the same constant 50mph, a Hovis van overtook me on a blind-right hander, almost colliding with the Army transporter travelling in the opposite direction. As it passed me, I noticed a sticker on the back…‘Limited to 54mph’.
A mile later he indicated left to presumably pull into the next town…I counted the seconds…he gained a total of 4 seconds!
Is gaining 4 seconds worth putting my life and the two Army lads lifes’ at risk?
Those two lunatics are an absolute disgrace to the industry. This time they were lucky and nobody was hurt…but it’s only a matter of time before they kill someone.
If they were causing such a problem to you any normal person would have pulled in at the first convenient layby and let them get on with it. By the tone of your post it sounds like you enjoyed playing being a cop and got kicks from their frustration. And don’t bother pointing me at “I indicated left” because it means nothing. You know as well as the rest of us that trucks are limited to 56mph so indicating left for him to pass when you’re doing 50mph yourself serves no useful purpose as it would take half a mile to complete the manoeuvre at that speed. You’re obviously not in any hurry yourself doing 50mph, so just pull over and stop making such a [zb] issue out of it.
we jump in the hopeing we can wipe folk out.
FIRST THING ON OUR MIND.
have a look at your own drivining then give me a call.
26 years not an accident but ive seen a few things.
Rob K:
If they were causing such a problem to you any normal person would have pulled in at the first convenient layby and let them get on with it. By the tone of your post it sounds like you enjoyed playing being a cop and got kicks from their frustration. And don’t bother pointing me at “I indicated left” because it means nothing. You know as well as the rest of us that trucks are limited to 56mph so indicating left for him to pass when you’re doing 50mph yourself serves no useful purpose as it would take half a mile to complete the manoeuvre at that speed. You’re obviously not in any hurry yourself doing 50mph, so just pull over and stop making such a [zb] issue out of it.
I think the OP refers to drivers such as yourself. As far as I am concerned if the driver in front of me wants to drive at a lower speed than the speed limit for the road, then unless I can overtake safely I remain behind them at a safe distance.
Rob K:
If they were causing such a problem to you any normal person would have pulled in at the first convenient layby and let them get on with it. By the tone of your post it sounds like you enjoyed playing being a cop and got kicks from their frustration. And don’t bother pointing me at “I indicated left” because it means nothing. You know as well as the rest of us that trucks are limited to 56mph so indicating left for him to pass when you’re doing 50mph yourself serves no useful purpose as it would take half a mile to complete the manoeuvre at that speed. You’re obviously not in any hurry yourself doing 50mph, so just pull over and stop making such a [zb] issue out of it.
I think the OP refers to drivers such as yourself. As far as I am concerned if the driver in front of me wants to drive at a lower speed than the speed limit for the road, then unless I can overtake safely then I remain behind them at a safe distance.
I never said otherwise, but he is the one leading, not the follower.
i must admit i dont think its the cleverest thing to follow behind a foot or two off the bumper of the car in front, but as has been said your not helping him by telling him too pass whilst doing 50 mph, id of eased back to 40 mph then ive him a couple of flashes to come by, and then been ready to knock it off a tad more if he struggles to get by.
as for hand signals were not allowed to do them ,or flash the lights /hit the horn as its upset the general public[not that i ever did it ]stay cool
If you had been doing the speed limit, he would not have been so close. And if he was just 4 ft from your bumper, which is the height of a small child, he couldn’t of possibly seen your indicator.
Rob K:
If they were causing such a problem to you any normal person would have pulled in at the first convenient layby and let them get on with it. By the tone of your post it sounds like you enjoyed playing being a cop and got kicks from their frustration. And don’t bother pointing me at “I indicated left” because it means nothing. You know as well as the rest of us that trucks are limited to 56mph so indicating left for him to pass when you’re doing 50mph yourself serves no useful purpose as it would take half a mile to complete the manoeuvre at that speed. You’re obviously not in any hurry yourself doing 50mph, so just pull over and stop making such a [zb] issue out of it.
This is a typical answer to drivers with a …you attitude. He was keeping to the legal limit. Why was the artic driver doing 50 plus in a 40mph zone? That is the issue with me. No nastiness…FACT!
Rob K:
If they were causing such a problem to you any normal person would have pulled in at the first convenient layby and let them get on with it. By the tone of your post it sounds like you enjoyed playing being a cop and got kicks from their frustration. And don’t bother pointing me at “I indicated left” because it means nothing. You know as well as the rest of us that trucks are limited to 56mph so indicating left for him to pass when you’re doing 50mph yourself serves no useful purpose as it would take half a mile to complete the manoeuvre at that speed. You’re obviously not in any hurry yourself doing 50mph, so just pull over and stop making such a [zb] issue out of it.
This is a typical answer to drivers with a …you attitude. He was keeping to the legal limit. Why was the artic driver doing 50 plus in a 40mph zone? That is the issue with me. No nastiness…FACT!
No, it’s a COMMON SENSE attitude. Why get all defensive and militant because some guy behind wants to go faster than you? What does it matter to you if they want to do 60 in a 40? NONE. What does it matter to you if they get caught by the pigs or on a GATSO? NONE. You want to do 50 so do 50, but be aware that you do not own the road and others want to go at different speeds. I appreciate that works both ways, but you went out of your way to make it as difficult for him to pass as possible and he got ■■■■■■ off with you. All you had to do was increase your speed by 10mph or nipped into a layby for 10 secs to solve the problem, but instead you decided to play games and aggravate the situation. If you want to be a copper then join the police force, until then learn how to use the roads and use some common sense when you find yourself in these situations.
I bet you’re one of these people that sits in the outside lane of motorways at 70mph and refuses to move over because THEY shouldn’t be going any faster because that’s the speed limit. Typical selfish attitude.
Why should one driver have to speed up or pull into a lay-by because the driver behind wants to drive faster. No doubt the driver behind is only interested in him/herself and doesn’t give a monkeys about other drivers. It is the attitude of too many drivers these days.
I am never in that much of a hurry to get anywhere.
bigvern1: ERRR…I wasn’t driving. Neither were YOU! Have a nice day chief.
Don’t you think I know that? I replying collectively to your stupid comment and Andrew at the same time.
And my comment is stupid, because you and countless other bullies, think that people should move, because some impatient moron is harrassing them? As I said…Have a nice day FOOL! Oh…And nice grammar too!
waddy640:
Why should one driver have to speed up or pull into a lay-by because the driver behind wants to drive faster. No doubt the driver behind is only interested in him/herself and doesn’t give a monkeys about other drivers. It is the attitude of too many drivers these days.
I am never in that much of a hurry to get anywhere.
If you’re not in any hurry then you won’t mind pulling over occasionally to let those that are in hurry go past. Or are you just another member of the Selfish Brigade like wally640?
You miss the point. TOTALLY. Go kill yourself…Not the innocent, law abiding folk. In fact…Carry on. No-one will miss you.
And just reading back some stuff about you, from 2003…Seems you were an idiot, bullcrapper back then too.
Good luck on that road “mate”. You’ll need it.
When I am driving an LGV I will always give those following me the opporunity to pass, either by slowing or pulling into a lay-by. The problem with the latter is that no one wants to let you out again. This probably explains why I have never had this done to me by an LGV driver. This applies whether driving an LGV, coach or car.
As stated in my previous post, there are too many ignorant drivers on our roads.
bigvern1:
You miss the point. TOTALLY. Go kill yourself…Not the innocent, law abiding folk. In fact…Carry on. No-one will miss you.
The only people that are missing the point are you and your equally selfish “I don’t care if I’ve got a 300 mile long queue behind me, I’m sticking to x speed and not pulling over” pals.
Fact is that the road network in the UK is broken : not enough capacity for all the vehicles to do their own thing. The vast majority of people drive at the speed limit give or take a few mph. But then we get people like you and your pal Andrew that don’t give a [zb] about traffic flow and selfishly want to drive at 10mph below the speed limit, thus hampering the progress of umpteen other drivers and causing mass frustration.
Which part of this is so difficult for you to comprehend?
The actions of the Scania driver is an entirely different discussion. Assuming that the story is not missing any facts (which I suspect it is, given the “he was 4ft from my bumper” comment) then the driver was clearly a [zb]. However, that doesn’t mean that you should retaliate by stubbornly refusing to do anything to help the situation - that just makes you as bad as them. Irrespective of what his speed limits are for that road, he wanted to be past and wasn’t going to give up hassling you until he was, so the obvious thing to do is to either increase your speed or get yourself out of his way and let him past. He is happy and you can carry on at your leisurely speed without your arse nipping wondering whether you’ll survive the impact if you have to slam on for a sheep wandering into road or whatever.
Some drivers really do like to cause unnecessary hassle for themselves.
This whole situation is not helped by those who work for certain supermarkets and religiously stick to the speed limits, which is fine, but make no allowance for those that are allowed to travel faster.
I was behind a Tesco lorry for 26 miles from Ely to Guyhirn travelling at 35mph. At no point did he make any effort to allow either cars or other LGV’s pass, he simply plodded on because that was what he was paid to do.
Give up, because this stubborn idiot, doesn’t know his arse from his elbow. He will argue til’ the cows come home, and beyond that.
I just hope one day he drives up my exhaust. I will show the true facts. ■■■■ off Rob, and take your idiotic views elsewhere.
Drive safely, because one day…
,or flash the lights /hit the horn as its upset the general public[not that i ever did it 
