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Tailgating and flashing headlights

Its a pet hate of mine.  You're driving along the motorway or dual carriageway and you're in either the outside lane or the middle lane overtaking the car on your left.  Along comes Mr.  Impatient who can't wait to get wherever he's going and of course, you're in the way!

An attempt to force you into moving over...

He starts by manoeuvring his car as close as possible to the back end of yours in an attempt to force you into moving over so he can go past at breakneck speed.  Is he blind or something?  Can't he see that you are already part way through an overtaking manoeuvre?

"Well come in why dont you You're knocking on the back door there so you might as well!"  I'm not dragging my heels here; I'm actually overtaking at or above the speed limit so you're not sitting behind a little old lady peering over the steering wheel.

A car with bright headlights The tailgating hasn't worked so Mr Impatient tries a different approach.  He starts flashing his headlights at regular intervals.  Well what is this meant to achieve?  Do you think that I didn't see you there?  Flashing your headlights to attract my attention just demonstrates that you're rude and arrogant.  It's not going to have the desired effect of getting me out the way no sir!

This kind of aggressive driving irritates the hell out of me.  You're supposed to pull over and let these idiots go by like that discourages it.  I'm afraid it just makes me see red though and I stand my ground, carry on overtaking and move in when it suits me.

If anything I take my time about it all.  Yes I know.  It's the wrong thing to do, but I dont feel inclined to make life easier for these rude and arrogant idiots.

By: Hate Tailgaters

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You don't explain yourself very well for a Crash expert, Did you overtake? or undertake?, eitherway if you are an expert you sound a bit inexpert to me.

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Dogfighter - 10-Mar-11 00:21 

Dogfighter you are a very bad driver, you are ignorant and you are dangerous. The sooner the cops pull you over for your stupid dangerous antics the better.
I had to flash a red car today who was doing 40mph in front of me on a dual carriageway, I was approaching and closing from behind at around 60/65mph. There was no response from the red car, so I had no option other than to overtake.

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the crash expert - 9-Mar-11 22:13 

You started it JB you are like a lot of self-opinionated folk you like to preach. In the real world I only saw one idiot today on the M62 heading west, he was on the phone, I undertook him he was totally oblivious to anyone around him in his Bentley LES 34, the 34 bit was a bit optimistic he looked 70 if he was a day, Blue rinse & all

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Dogfighter - 9-Mar-11 18:57 

Poor old Dogfighter, I can't help thinking we would get a more coherent discussion with Charlie Sheen or Colonel Gadaffi.

But to all the people who have admitted to doing the same things he does, you may not be as extreme as him but you are just like him. It is just a question of degrees. Hopefully that might send a message out to some of you and cause you to mend your ways.

Fingers crossed, eh?

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JohnnyB - 9-Mar-11 13:20 

If you weren't so arrogant you may want to try and drive in the correct lane, at the speed you wish. Other than that, in Australia anyway, "KEEP LEFT UNLESS OVERTAKING". There is no excuse for 'driving' in the overtaking lane

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Johno - 9-Mar-11 07:16 

JB if you don't do it why do you defend it? is it because you are ashamed of doing it? Like those fairies who need a hard looking dog? I am not most people, tailgate me & you are in trouble simple. Potholing is my next most dangerous pastime. The Pamplona bull run is tame, the bulls run with you not at you.

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Dogfighter - 8-Mar-11 14:09 

Dogfighter, driving is the single most dangerous activity that most of us participate in. I really think you lack the emotional maturity required to operate a motor vehicle and you should really leave it to the grown ups before you do someone a mischief.

And as a point of fact, I don't tailgate people.

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JohnnyB - 8-Mar-11 13:27 

just as a matter of interest JohnnyB why do you tailgate people?

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Dogfighter - 8-Mar-11 00:01 

Its not all my fault JohnnyB, it takes two to tango, If a dog goes to bite me, I sort it in my way, I guarantee that dog doesn’t go near me again it is a dog eat dog world.

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Dogfighter - 7-Mar-11 23:49 

Dogfighter, the sooner you get banned from driving the better. I just hope for your sake it's before you get yourself, or the other guy, or worse still some innocent bystander ki11ed.

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JohnnyB - 7-Mar-11 22:43 

GOW thats the problem I do brake sudden, I make no excuse for it, it is terrible driving, I just see red, (excuse the pun) I switch the rear fog on first that sets them up for when I hit the brakes. sorry but there it is,

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Dogfighter - 7-Mar-11 20:39 

Well, all you have to do is let him past and then he won't be your problem any more! He's not likely to rear-end you unless you brake suddenly, and you usually get some warning of things happening in front if your attention is there and not on the driver behind you! Making it worse is not the answer.

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grumpyoldwoman - 7-Mar-11 11:21 

Does the tailgater have my safety on their agenda? GOW I only ask

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Dogfighter - 7-Mar-11 11:04 

Well, Dogfighter, as I said, you don't seem to have road safety on your agenda at all. I do hope you realise the possible consequences.

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grumpyoldwoman - 7-Mar-11 07:04 

OK JB if you want to be pedantic I should have said " the likes of me" however the cap does fit. I am a self appointed pig who will tailgate the tailgater, my car in common with most modern cars is quite fast, leave me alone & I will leave you alone. As for road safety GOW I am so keen to push the tailgater beyond their limit, I drive worse than him/her, it is not until I have played the game for a few miles or my gater has left the motorway because of my dangerous driving that that Captain Sensible returns. I have not looked but I hope I don't turn green during these moments of self rightious anger

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Dogfighter - 6-Mar-11 13:38 

I didn't actually call *you* anything, Dogfighter, but as they say "if the cap fits".

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JohnnyB - 6-Mar-11 12:45 

Well, I'd still like an answer from Jack but maybe the question was too hard for him!

Perhaps you could come up with an answer for him, Dogfighter. Although you don't seem to have road safety on your agenda at all.

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grumpyoldwoman - 6-Mar-11 09:18 

"JohnnyB" you used the term idiot to describe me; I am a person who reacts aggressively to tailgaters. I admit I have not read the back posts. In my experience few people own up to committing a crime, thus no one has posted “I am a tailgater”. I leave it to you to answer why. Does a rapist admit his crime? or a Pedophile own up. why ask such a puerile question? By definition I commit a crime when I react, which I own up to. I see it as a way of removing an irritating piece of crap.

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Dogfighter - 6-Mar-11 02:07 

If you can be bothered, try having a read back over the comments here. Not a single person has come on and posted "I aggressively tailgate people and try to force them out of the way." But a sizeable proportion have posted "I aggressively impede people's progress, and refuse to move out of people's way, and brake erratically, and deliberately upset other road users, and act as a self appointed policeman."

I think that can probably tell every sensible road user who the real idiots out there are.

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JohnnyB - 6-Mar-11 01:02 

Jack can I tell you what happens to myopic’s at speed. As the traffic allows speed up, they are never ever still there at 110/5mph, on occasions just for fun, I do the wimp thing & let them past, then gate them. They seem reluctant to go over the ton, the odd glower of your lights takes them out of their comfort zone. Pay back driving is rewarding & exhilarating but if the car in question has a few extra quills you might be in trouble

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Dogfighter - 4-Mar-11 10:45 

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