Overtaking a car before and he sped up and tried to not let me past

I am not saying that, I am just saying following someone close behind can be very dangerous as well, I didn't say the other guy wasn't in the wrong either.

Both driving a bit dangerously to be honest. It sounds like there was no need to overtake (you said yourself he was at the speed limit) and he drove in a way that stopped you speeding. I'd say he was less in the wrong than you - you instigated the dangerous incident needlessly.

You've been arguing that both are equally dangerous, and I'm trying to make a point which is that they are not even close.

What the hell are you on? He sped up while the OP was overtaking which is very dangerous and I'm sure that's an offence in the Highway code or something. Granted, the OP wasn't innocent (tailgating beforehand etc) but he certainly isn't more in the wrong.

They're both in the wrong here.


However, I would say the OP was more in the wrong, because he instigated the incident needlessly. If the car in front had been driving at 20mph in a 30mph zone, that'd be different. But both cars were already above the speed limit, and the OP chose to exacerbate that. The driver in front, in some ways, did the only natural thing.

They're both in the wrong here.


However, I would say the OP was more in the wrong, because he instigated the incident needlessly. If the car in front had been driving at 20mph in a 30mph zone, that'd be different. But both cars were already above the speed limit, and the OP chose to exacerbate that. The driver in front, in some ways, did the only natural thing.

Whether OP's driving could have been interpreted as aggressive or questionable, there is NO excuse for speeding up to block an overtake.

It is seriously dangerous and puts a lot of people's lives in danger. Even if the OP was driving too fast, then the other car should have just let him past instead of trying to block him. What does that achieve?

I was coming home before to pick someone up to take them the hospital as there was a minor emergency, I was driving behind a car which was driving at about the speed limit but I was driving a little to close to him as I was in quite a rush, I could see he was looking at me with anticipation through his rear mirror as if he knew I planned to over take. I stayed behind him as although there was chance to overtake I was approaching arounabout.

After the roundabout there was a long 40 MPH strait and no cars were coming in the opposite direction, I decided now was a good time to overtake so I got my speed to 50 MPH and began my overtake, Then the driver of the black car sped up and before I knew it I was doing 60 mph, I then saw another car approaching so I had to get back in my lane, yet the black car wouldn't let me past.

I slowed right down to about 30 MPH and got back behind the black car, then he slowed down again below the limit in front of me!

Why did he do this, it really pissed me off and put me in danger!?

The driver in front did "the only natural thing" by speeding up and blocking an overtake? Really? The other driver put both their lives at a considerably higher risk for no reason at all.

Like I said in my previous post, the OP may well have been driving aggressively and needlessly, but there is still NO excuse for the other driver to speed up and block the overtake.

I think it is actually quite scary that some people seem to think what the other driver did was anything other than unnecessary and extremely dangerous.

I'm not sure if we're reading the same post here. Let me summarise how I took events:


OP = Ted
Car in front = Bill

- Ted is driving behind Bill on a road. They are both at the speed limit.




- Ted is in a rush, so he decides to overtake. This requires Ted to drive 10mph above the speed limit, and position himself in the middle of the road.



- Bill, feeling concerned at the car behind him increasing his speed, when he really shouldn't be, speeds up so as not to crash. Had Bill not increased his speed, this could easily have happened:



- Fortunately for Ted, he has space to go back into his lane when a car does approach towards him. If Bill had not sped up, Ted could have blocked the oncoming traffic.




Overtaking should never exceed the speed limit. I'll admit that it was wrong of the driver in front to accelerate, however it was clearly extremely dangerous driving by the OP and the driver in front can't be blamed for his actions, it may well have avoided an accident for the OP. That might be why he slowed you down.


Moral of the story OP: Drive better.