Tailgators!!!

I often drive the M4 corridor. Based on my experience of driving, which is considerably longer than yours, most of your unofficial rules are make believe. Tailgating is justified? Its never justified. If you crashed into a people carrier for example, and killed someone sitting in the back, would it be justified because they were going slower than you? Your attitude is going to kill someone. Now back to reality...

Hey, i drive a van for long periods everyday and i've found car drivers to be far worse than van drivers. Those in bigger cars such as 4x4s like to bully there way along the road network. Oh and the speed limit for a van when a car can do 60mph is only 50mph...

and i'm not supporting tail gating here, BUT in a van you can see considerably further ahead than you would be able to in a car and can see hazards way before cars ahead of you.

Oh and car drivers. Idiots. The lot of them (since you can label me with all van drivers!)
Mark

4) People driving while on mobile phones

God they are annoying tailgaters, esp on country lanes/back roads, usually scare them a bit and flash my brake lights at them, then they back off a bit. WOrst thing is, on the motorway, and they are tail gating you, and you don't move, they under take you. What idiots Worse for tailgating are them New Land Rovers Drivers

how ever, if a van driver is so close, he wont notice if the car infront slams on his breaks

you will be tailgated or followed very closely. Which tbf is fair enough, i am not saying that tailgating is good, ................Although tailgaters who are inches of your bumper are annoying when you are doing the 'expected' speed limit, when the person in front is doing alot less than the expected speed limit, it is justified, although this should not be withing inches, more like feet...

The middle lane is for 80 mph cruise and the outside lane is the fast lane. If you are doing 85mph, a car comes up behind you doing 90mph you should pull into the middle lane ASAP to let that car past.i am only 18, i am a better driver than my Dad and most people on the road,

Let me put it this way:

Given a choice between you and gbduo driving me somewhere, I would choose gbduo for any journey, even though I've never met either of you.

That is because he is less likely to have an accident, and even if he did, we'd be less likely to die. There is no substitute for experience.

Why is it such a problem for you to accept that?

Thanks Mate, i'm glad some people on here have some basic common sense!

I have been asking why it is so hard for people to realise that even though i am 'only' 18, i have over 8 years experience driving cars...experience counts.

Graham

Yes agree completely on that one. Racing drivers do act differently because they all act predictably. Most drivers do act predictably its just some drivers are crap and don't!

Your right, i only have 1 and a half years experience on the road, but with cars themselves and how they work i have alot more. So even if i did God forbid lose control i would be better equipped using my experience as a racing driver to get control again and not crash into anything else, or cause minimal damage...hopefully! Obvously we all make mistakes and we need to do our best to stop these mistakes from happening, but from my experience i have probably got the knowledge on how to automatically and using my reflexes be able to control the car!

So yes i agree with you, but if i were to crash then i think i would have more knowledge and reflexes to control the crash, if that makes sense!

Graham

As i said before, it was a ****ing joke!

Also, the actual legal absolute limit on the motorway is 79mph, you get 10% +2 mph over the speed limit under the law on motorways, and all roads above 60mph. On roads below 50, you just get the +2mph i believe, although you should not speed through these areas. So you can legally cruise at 79mph, that is why the police don't care when you cruise at 80, which lets be honest most people do!

Graham

you may or may not notice there is no mention of your surname thus far on TSR. now, how did running for treasurer go?

Mr. Harvey. Do you want to admit your story thus far is complete twaddle, or should I explain it to everyone for you? For instance, what class did you race in? Or what classes allow 10 - 18 year olds to race supercars?

No its not, read the traffic laws. You get a 10% discrepancy because everyone's speedometers are different in their cars and then a further 2 mph because everyone wavers around the speed, take into account downhill and so forth.

If you do greater than 79mph you are breaking the law, so if you are doing 80 you are breaking the law and could be pulled over. Although everyone does 80mph so if the police were to enforce this they would have to pull everyone over. If you doing 90 i can assure you they will pull you over if you are caught, its usually greater than 85mph and you are screwed properly. Between 80 and 85 in my area you would get a slap on the wrist, if you go over 85 you will be prosecuted, if you do over 100 they will take you to court. Thats what the traffic officer told me that i was talking to in the pub anyway.

Graham