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Whats is the story with people driving up your ****?on my way back from town last night i got stuck behind a 4x4 and horsebox doing 50mph.couldn't pass due to roadworks.then some knobhead decides he'll drive about 4 foot off my back bumper.i couldn't speed up because i was keeping my safe distance for the 4x4.done my usual trick of maintaining my speed but putting my left foot on the brake pedal just enough for the brake lights to come on.he wasn't long about backing off and didn't come near again.I know its not the safest manover but if i genuinely had to hit the brakes,he'd have more to worry about than a little fright.
 
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I commute from Bedford to Birmingham and it's hell for tailgaters!

I remember one incident where I was driving home one Friday just after lunchtime. Was at junction 14 on the M1 Southbound and the traffic was fairly heavy but moving quickly. Behind me I had a van with three blokes in it so close all I could see in the rear mirror was the 'Ford' emblem, the driver was clearly distracted as I could see in the mirror that he was looking down into his passenger's lap (heaven knows what for!) Up ahead some brake lights appeared so I eased off the throttle (was in an automatic 1.4 TFSI A3 Courtesy Car at the time) however because the van wasn't looking he continued to get closer to the rear of my car. Concerned I tapped my brake lights, to get his attention, to which he replied by a series of middle-finger and signals which I wouldn't repeat!

Moving on, he continued to flash his lights and act like a right tit right on my back bumper (bearing in mind its a brand new car and not even mine) then, there was a small gap to the left hand side, he took this as his opportunity to run alongside and undertake me, so he thought, however there wasn't enough room. Not letting this small fact stop his pulled alongside me, attempted to undertake me but as he came around from the left the back of his van hit the front of my car and put my car into the central barrier..

Did I get his reg? No. Did he stop? No. Did the police help? No.

Went to Audi very sheepish with thousands of pounds worth of body damage to their car, luckily they were very understanding and dealt with it.

Tailgating can be so dangerous and people just don't appreciate it. It can take the slightest slip and a massive pile-up can result.
 
I also get it all the time, winds me right up as if I have to brake hard for what ever reason then they go into the back of me, my insurance goes up I'm stuck at the side of the motorway with a knackered car I have to find a replacement I have to deal with all the insurance gumph, all because they feel it's there right to try and push you out the way as they are more important, also when they eventually do crash and cause a pile up then all the other poor buggers stuck behind them because they where so selfish they didn't want to leave a correct braking distance, proper boils my urine.

I won't "brake test" them as such, most the time I'll gradually slow right down wait until they get annoyed try to under take then fly off again, and just keep doing it till they give up, I'm usually still waiting behind the car I was originally so no love lost on my part :)
 
That's typically what I do as well.

General driving standards are a joke.
 
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Yup, I also hate it being behind tailgaters (especially on motorway) because as they're so close to the car in front of them they're hitting the brake pedal every 5 seconds, it drives me mad...
 
Got tailgated again this morning but just kept accelerating away this time.then,as i was in the overtaking lane,a bmw pulled out from behind the car behind me and undertook both of us and tried to nudge in front of me.i closed up the gap with the car in front of me and didn't let him in. He had to slow down then because he had caught up on a car in the left lane.after all his effort,he ended up 2 cars back from where he had pulled out of in the 1st place.
 
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As far as I know there isn't an overtaking lane, :asskicking: unfortunately you are part of the reason no one likes to use the inside lane as they think it's the "slow" lane and the OUTSIDE lane is for cool people as its called the overtaking lane.
 
I'm outa here, argument afoot me thinks :undwech:
 
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Burnzybubbles said:
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As far as I know there isn't an overtaking lane, :asskicking: unfortunately you are part of the reason no one likes to use the inside lane as they think it's the "slow" lane and the OUTSIDE lane is for cool people as its called the overtaking lane.
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the left hand lane is the driving lane on the motorway, and the middle and right one are the overtaking lanes.

taken directly from the motorway part of the highway code

https://www.gov.uk/motorways-253-to-273/lane-discipline-264-to-266

You should always drive in the left-hand lane when the road ahead is clear. If you are overtaking a number of slower-moving vehicles, you should return to the left-hand lane as soon as you are safely past. Slow-moving or speed-restricted vehicles should always remain in the left-hand lane of the carriageway unless overtaking. You MUST NOT drive on the hard shoulder except in an emergency or if directed to do so by the police, HA traffic officers in uniform or by signs.
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sliced said:
the left hand lane is the driving lane on the motorway, and the middle and right one are the overtaking lanes.

taken directly from the motorway part of the highway code

https://www.gov.uk/motorways-253-to-273/lane-discipline-264-to-266
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My comment still stands, it's not called an overtaking lane, you've also proved me to be correct with the Highway Code, it's used for overtaking yes but it's not called the "overtaking lane" no where in the Highway Code does it stipulate that the outside/right hand lane or middle lane is called the overtaking lane, that was the whole point of my above post, not what it's used for but the name it gets given.
 
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My comment still stands, it's not called an overtaking lane, you've also proved me to be correct with the Highway Code, it's used for overtaking yes but it's not called the "overtaking lane" no where in the Highway Code does it stipulate that the outside/right hand lane or middle lane is called the overtaking lane, that was the whole point of my above post, not what it's used for but the name it gets given.
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It is known as the overtaking lane, as its used for overtaking. Middle-lane hoggers don't seem to grasp the concept however.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passing_lane
 
Thats exactly why the middle lane hoggers can now get a ticket because it effectively blocks a lane that is used for overtaking slower vehicles. Just because it isn't called an overtaking lane per say..doesn't mean that it isn't an overtaking lane... thats just being pedantic lol


And I enjoy tailgaters... as someone above stated..stay slow until they go for the overtake and just accelerate and annoy them even more. Face full of V8 blegh numpties!
 
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The whole point of me pointing out the wrong use of calling it an overtaking lane is to the general joe public, the inside lane is known as the slow lane the middle lane is known as the fast lane and the outside lane called the overtaking lane, if people continue to believe this then we'll never get rid of the Middle lane hoggers as they don't want to be seen to be driving in the "slow" lane.
 
You don't know what your talking about you two, its a motorway, 3 lanes, fill ya boots and make progress in any lane....:whistle2:......:greyrs4::nogarors4::redrs4:
 
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I was driving on a dual carrageway,in the OVERTAKING LANE,OVERTAKING a car that wasn't keeping up to the speed limit. Thats is what it is refered to as in our rules of the road in EIRE.
 
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One for the hate thread,people that don't know the full facts and jump in and give a jawfull.
 
devo said:
I was driving on a dual carrageway,in the OVERTAKING LANE,OVERTAKING a car that wasn't keeping up to the speed limit. Thats is what it is refered to as in our rules of the road in EIRE.
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devo said:
One for the hate thread,people that don't know the full facts and jump in and give a jawfull.
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Well do accept my apology, iv been a bundle of joy recently since I stopped smoking :)
 
No problem mate,crossed wires and all that jazz.im a narky b@//@# most of the time but my excuse is old age, hahaa.fair play with giving up the smoking.never smoked myself but mates did. They gave them up and never looked back.
 
Here's some karma you might enjoy, I hate tailgaters with a passion but, I couldn't have written this better.
Myself and the missus were on our way home from a shopping trip about three weeks ago. I was travelling on a restricted 50mph section of dual carrigeway, minding my own, when a car attached it's self to my back bumper. I just carried on until I cleared the restriction and carried on up to 70 and the tg is still there. I know I should have pulled over, but, there was slower moving traffic in the inside lane, so I sqeezed it up to 80.
this went on for another 5 miles and a roundabout was coming up, so I went to pull over and found the cheeky bu**er about to undertake me. I pulled in as he shot past on the outside, undertaking a van in front, then overtaking another car in front of the van. At this point, ( it was an old 8L S3, nobody on this forum), he shot round the roundabout and headed off on the same road as we were taking.
No sooner had I cleared the roundabout and a white Beemer shot past And a few miles down the road, I was met with the red and blues in a layby, with the S3 in front of it. I'm promptly pulled over into the layby and get met with one of the traffic cops who does heavy load escort for us at work. Anyway, turns out that Mr S3 in a hurry had been on their radar for some time and when he saw me he gives it, "oh, it's yourself, do you know this guy"...?
I got let off with a wagged finger and man in a hurry got his ar$e felt big time.

I was mighty relieved, but, don't mess with these people, they will only drag you into the mire with them.
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Had a tailgater that frightened the life out of me the other day, heavy traffic on M6 look in my rear view mirror to see the guy within less than a cars length of my bumper constantly looking down at his phone. I was just waiting for the car in front to brake hard and have him to cave my boot in. I couldn't get out of the guys way as all 3 lanes totally rammed and I would've had to slow down to move over, he would never have reacted in time. That text message that was "so important" seemed to last about 2 miles:eek::eek::eek:
 
im getting a camera front and back and will give footage to police when its installed,i usually put my rear fog on, that usually sorts it.
 
^ Rear fog, I like that idea.

Further to Jake 61's karma post, my wife was being tailgated mercilessly on a single lane road in heavy traffic for no particular reason. The nebbish was weaving side to side about an inch off her bumper. He was so intent on harassing her that he didn't notice the fully marked police car behind him! As soon as the road widened to 2 lanes he took off like a shot and must have p'ssed his pants when the siren blared and the cop car lit up. Karma, baby!
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Ro55 said:
im getting a camera front and back and will give footage to police when its installed,i usually put my rear fog on, that usually sorts it.
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This is what I do too, it's great during the winter as its usually dark, so blaring fogs usually is enough but during the summer I'll usually revert to speeding up and slowing down till they finally get the message.
 
^^^^ i had a land rover before and i wired in a work light with 60 leds,they soon backed off ;)

its all because of ABS people think because the car wownt skid,they can stop before you...and ABS doesnt always stop you skidding.

ive seen a laser on ebay that i reckon should work on a sensor,if the person behind gets to close it activates it,i was going to fit one but if a copper ever see it in use expect a pull over.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SUV-4WD-C...636?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item3aa3096f14
 
I'd like to think your right but I personally think it's because people are just ignorant and stupid, also once you've started braking then the person behind is just playing catchup to slow down as fast, hence most emergency braking with tailgaters usually involves a pile up, very true that abs doesn't stop you skidding, iv had the back end come loose on a slight bend whilst braking hard, first car iv had it do it to me in a long while but then it is a heavy beast and the brakes could probably do with a refresh and a cleanup to get them 100% again.

I like the work light idea, would be funny to see there reaction as you blind them lol!

Not keen on the laser but just because some scroat would probably try and sue you for blindness or something as ridiculous, and the police as you've mentioned.
 
Yeah i agree most people are stupid and dont realise that once the car in front has already broken,you have to play catch up. im always looking in my mirror worrying about getting shunted if i have to brake hard,so i leave plenty of gap,but even loose that way as the idiot behind wants to overtake to fill it...thats when i indicate ;)
 
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Lol! I leave good braking distance and get fed up of ******* filling it and giving no notice of pulling out from the middle lane, iv only had one car written off (touches wood) and that was from someone plowing into the back of it, id braked for a L/R that decided I needed to stop to let him through as he went passed the bin lorry, I had to slam the brakes on and the dopey bloke behind was doing something other than driving and lowed straight into me, writing off my mk5 escort and I was only on a little cruise with my just fitted 17" tsw alpines, I then had to strip the car bare after for all the Parsi had fitted since I owned it haha! Them where the days, I had some fun in that little motor.
 
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The way I deal with tailgaters on a single carriageway is to put your right hand indicator on and the fog lights at the same time. The look on their faces when they think your braking to turn right
 
im going to convert my taillights to run 2 fogs,dont tell me ive a bulb out lmao
 
My old polo would let me left foot brake, just enough to light the buggers up :devilish: wait for them to back off and speed up!! Neither of the cars I've had since then are old enough to let me do it, so i just get slower and slower until they lose it and try to undertake me, at which point I floor it. They soon leave you alone after that ;)
 
No such thing as 'slow lane' or 'fast lane'!
3 lanes on a motorway = lane 1, lane 2 and lane 3.
Lane 1 = driving lane
Lane 2&3 = overtaking lanes
6 lanes on a motorway = lanes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5&6
Lane 1 = driving lane
Lanes 2, 3, 4, 5,&6 = overtaking lanes.
Pretty simple but the standard of driving in this country (compared to Europe) is utterly disgraceful.
KEEP LEFT UNLESS OVERTAKING
if people drove properly there wouldn't be a lane available to 'undertake'
 
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90% of my driving is motorways and I've noticed if people actually drove correctly with a bit more consideration for everybody else then we'd probably nearly halve the congestion on them, countless times people won't pull back to the left when they spend a minute or so with an empty lane on the inside of them, also middle lane hoggers are more than likely one of the first people to complain about the congestion on the motorways but it's caused by themselves lol! They effectively make the motorway into a single lane carriageway as they block lane 2 making lane three the only lane to pass the slower vehicle which is probably only doing 50-60mph, gets right up my chuff.

I watch a police officer using his move left sigh on the back of his car that I was impressed by, it was on the a406 heading towards Hanger Lane, he sat right I front of this car slowed said car down with the sign blaring in this twonks face, said twonk then decides to try to over take police officer to his disgust, and police officer then moved into lane three to block them off, I didn't see how it ended as it was happening behind me, but what gets me is if a marked police car with a big flashing sign and lights can't make someone use the correct lane then what chance have we got.
 
Since reading somewhere if I get tailgated I wash my windows but let the washers work for a bit and it sprays the twonks behind and they drop back if not I just get slower and slower eventually they take the hint .
 
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I had a road rager do that to me because I didn't let him barge past me, inches from my bumper (people who try and push past me get held up more ;)), i just had to laugh, my windscreen needed a clean so I was thankful!
 
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I'm all for letting them overtake, 30 is 30, come ahead by all means, I feel much better having them in front than behind, all camera'd up so crack on whhanker..
 
I hate the idiots that fly up your back side on the motorway and then flash thier lights at you to move out the way, was overtaking a lorry when a complete idiot drove up my backside and was flashing me to move, I couldn't move because was overtaking a flipping lorry, when I did move I gave him some abuse as he came past me.
 
Been into Glasgow and out again on the M8. Not too bring up the 'overtaking' lane argument again but these idiots that sit for miles in the middle lane do my box in. Leaves only one overtaking lane which then gets jammed up because said middle lane hoggers won't move over to the empty inside lane! Also heard an advert on the radio on way in that said the police in Scotland stop a car every two minutes. Can someone please tell me where these cops are??? I drive through the busiest interchange in Lanarkshire every day and haven't seen a police car, marked or unmarked this year. Yes, 6 months!! There's no point in having a driving law written that's never enforced due to the lack of police on the road. I'd take a larger police presence on the roads any day over speed cameras. Cameras don't catch knob head drivers doing dangerous stuff on the road! I think you'd get more money through more police stopping idiots than you would with speed cameras??
 
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Also heard an advert on the radio on way in that said the police in Scotland stop a car every two minutes. Can someone please tell me where these cops are??? I drive through the busiest interchange in Lanarkshire every day and haven't seen a police car, marked or unmarked this year. Yes, 6 months!!
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Y'see, the thing with Police Scotland, is that statement on the radio covers all Police stops between Lerwick and Lockerbie.
If it was broken down per region, I bet we have the most traffic Police stopping cars in the old Northern Constabulary area. You cannot fart in the wrong gear up here.

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Audi Drivers are the worst tailgaters :whistle2:
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Having said that, I totally agree with the above and if you read through the posts on here you will find my one about an S3 that got quite cute with his tailgating... and got nabbed for his trouble.
Nearly got nabbed along with him....!
 
The thing is, Ill tailgate ready for an overtake not just to be annoying. some do it to be annoying who are the idiots.
 
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