people driving up your arse

trixyben

was driving home this evening and while on a narrow country road i see in my mirror a bmw 320d flying and catches up on me fast, he drove right up my arse for bout a mile always trying to go around me but bends on road so he couldnt...

came to T junction on road I went left and the bmw flew around me to take over i had to turn sharply to the left to avoid being hit be it, it then flew on up road where there was a 90 degree bend in road a car came the other way round bend and the bmw had to serve away left towards ditch and ended up going off road and car stuck nose down in stream...

on coming car give the guy the fingers and drove on as he had to serve to avoid him, i stopped seen he was ok and then laughed my ass off at him and drove on!

what way do you handle these tailgaters?

trixyben

trixyben wrote: »

what way do you handle these tailgaters?

Best way to handle it is to rest assured that they will end up nose down in a stream someday

vetstu

On a bad bendy road, just slow down

Northern Monkey

I had someone driving up my arse before Christmas, so I floored it to put some space between us. Two mile down the road the car that was up my arse put his flashers on and done me for speeding:o

haminka

but if it is too long and too close, i gradually slow down, and force them tp either get a grip or overtake or if that,s not possible, i flash the warning lights for a short moment. they normally cop on. i never drive faster and try never to get nervous.

Mycroft H

We had a massive thread on this not too long ago...

hang on..

EDIT

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056532332

-Corkie-

Pics or it didnt happen..

jimmyw

trixyben wrote: »

i stopped

You fool,:D

Brenireland

My 1st reaction to the title of this thread was "Ouch"...but I know what you mean...

Those Aliens...:(

Carstuck

If there's a hard shoulder I pull in and let them out, other than that drive as normal but give more of the brakes hoping they'll get the hint.

Bohrio

Carstuck wrote: »

If there's a hard shoulder I pull in and let them out, other than that drive as normal but give more of the brakes hoping they'll get the hint.

You mean like this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekKAUjdtgzA

I think the best thing is for people do nothing and let the other drver overtake, dont even help him by moving to the hardshoulder as he is likely to attempt to overtake during a low visibility area and crash into someone.

If I ever come across someone like that i just ignore him/her and mind my own business.... Accelerating will only encourage him more and he will think you want to race. Breaking like in the video could cause an accident. Moving to the hardshoulder might make him feel under pressure and he might overtake even though he wasnt trying to do so.

Just let him be, he will stop doing it when he grows up or as soon as he has an accident or a fright, maybe

make sure i'm left on the lane without pulling into hard shoulder, either keep my speed or slow down a little without braking, continue on my merry way

pretty annoying on the motorway when all the traffic ahead brakes suddenly and you know if you brake too he'll go into you
oh well

Mycroft H

Sorted

sparrowcar

I do nothing.

I generally don't drive slow enough that someone would be up my arse but if I'm on an unfamiliar road and a local is on my tail I just continue driving. If you are to busy worrying about what's behind you then you are probably not driving as safely as you should be.

Bottom line is if they wants to get by you then let them make the move.

CiniO

BX 19 wrote: »

Sorted

That reminds me I've already seen similar technique for overtaking

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okuh22qC7L4

SeaFields

When some tosser is up your arse it's surprisingly effective to pull in and let them overtake just shy of a stretch where you know there is a regular speed trap

MugMugs

CiniO wrote: »

That reminds me I've already seen similar technique for overtaking

Bit harsh! :eek:

murphyebass

Ok not condoning tailgating but on three separate occasions today alone I got stuck behind idiots doin 30-40km per hour in a 60k zone. Again I don't condone tailgating but at the same time I can understand the frustration that leads to it. So many bad drivers in this country. Too slow, too fast, pure ignorant, etc...
Rant over.

borderlinemeath

If I can I usually pull into the hard shoulder and let them past me. I'd rather that they went on they're way and sped off in front of me than in close proximity behind me.

Wanderer2010

I hate drivers who tailgate, its my number one annoyance when driving. I usually just slow donw a bit to annoy them and then ignore their enraged expression in the rear view mirrors. I simply dont understand the mentality of a driver who has to drive up your ass, and I know this sounds bad but I always secretly hope they have a bad accident when overtaking on a bend or narrow road because frankly it serves them right. Dont people know that they are ALWAYS at fault if they collide with you from the rear?? Some right idiots behind the wheels of cars.

What makes me laugh is drivers who go mad trying to overtake you on narrow roads or even on normal busy urban streets, and then you see them 5 minutes later behind roadworks or a traffic light so they dont even gain any distance on you. Why are people always in such a rush? :rolleyes:

dahamsta

Northern Monkey wrote: »

I had someone driving up my arse before Christmas, so I floored it to put some space between us. Two mile down the road the car that was up my arse put his flashers on and done me for speeding:o

Exactly the same thing happened to me about 10 years ago, massive straight road, unmarked Camry right on my back bumper. Prick of a Guard, felt like buying a copy of Entrapment and cramming it up his hole.

borderlinemeath

murphyebass wrote: »

Ok not condoning tailgating but on three separate occasions today alone I got stuck behind idiots doin 30-40km per hour in a 60k zone. Again I don't condone tailgating but at the same time I can understand the frustration that leads to it. So many bad drivers in this country. Too slow, too fast, pure ignorant, etc...
Rant over.

True. There's a lot of bad drivers out there. And the ones that drive well below the speed limit on a national road tend to speed through villages or towns at the same speed. Absolutely zero perception of their surroundings. Sleeping at the wheel.

I was behind a passat on the M1 last week, she pulled out to the overtaking lane and refused to move back, after much flashing I ended up having to undertake her as did the 2 cars behind me as there was NOTHING in the left lane. Glancing over on passing she was oblivious to anything around her, let alone her speed of around 100km.

Mycroft H

dahamsta wrote: »

Exactly the same thing happened to me about 10 years ago, massive straight road, unmarked Camry right on my back bumper. Prick of a Guard, felt like buying a copy of Entrapment and cramming it up his hole.

Same reason I always think twice about overtaking a mondeo with steel wheels

MugMugs

borderlinemeath wrote: »

I was behind a passat on the M1 last week, she pulled out to the overtaking lane and refused to move back, after much flashing I ended up having to undertake her as did the 2 cars behind me as there was NOTHING in the left lane. Glancing over on passing she was oblivious to anything around her, let alone her speed of around 100km.

Sounds like a pretty typical Southbound morning M1 to me.

DarkJager

borderlinemeath wrote: »

True. There's a lot of bad drivers out there. And the ones that drive well below the speed limit on a national road tend to speed through villages or towns at the same speed. Absolutely zero perception of their surroundings. Sleeping at the wheel.

I was behind a passat on the M1 last week, she pulled out to the overtaking lane and refused to move back, after much flashing I ended up having to undertake her as did the 2 cars behind me as there was NOTHING in the left lane. Glancing over on passing she was oblivious to anything around her, let alone her speed of around 100km.

Oh it's even better when they play the "I can't see you so you aren't there" game on roundabouts. I've nearly worn the horn in the car out from encountering them so much.

-Corkie-

MugMugs wrote: »

Bit harsh! :eek:

Lol mad Polski pilots....:D

Bohrio

murphyebass wrote: »

Ok not condoning tailgating but on three separate occasions today alone I got stuck behind idiots doin 30-40km per hour in a 60k zone. Again I don't condone tailgating but at the same time I can understand the frustration that leads to it. So many bad drivers in this country. Too slow, too fast, pure ignorant, etc...
Rant over.

So true... the number of people I run into on daily basis going over red lights, doing ilegal turns, etc is unbelievable... they are the main reason why I bought a dash cam...

Worst thing is that they dont know that what they are doing is wrong! Once a taxi driver made an ilegal right turn on the N11 (right turn light was still red, and your man couldnt wait for the light to turn green). I was on the motorbike so it wasnt long until I found him again at the next traffic light. I stopped and asked him if he knew he just made an ilegal turn and he answer "oh no, its ok, that's just for people who want to make a uturn or during rush hour... speechless... and he was supposed to be a professional driver

Gingernuts31

trixyben wrote: »

was driving home this evening and while on a narrow country road i see in my mirror a bmw 320d flying and catches up on me fast, he drove right up my arse for bout a mile always trying to go around me but bends on road so he couldnt...

came to T junction on road I went left and the bmw flew around me to take over i had to turn sharply to the left to avoid being hit be it, it then flew on up road where there was a 90 degree bend in road a car came the other way round bend and the bmw had to serve away left towards ditch and ended up going off road and car stuck nose down in stream...

on coming car give the guy the fingers and drove on as he had to serve to avoid him, i stopped seen he was ok and then laughed my ass off at him and drove on!

what way do you handle these tailgaters?

Good enough for the BMW pr!ck. I find people who drive powerful cars be it a merc, bmw or a rangerover, just powerful expensive cars in general are wan*ers on the roads. Tailgating, speeding. Not all obsivously but the cars i've noticed are usually the expensive type.

Was watching one of those police shows from the UK and there was a marked car sitting oppisite a junction with continous white lines as it was a bad spot for dangerous overtaking. Low and behold a jeep is driving along and right in front of the cop car a range rover overtakes on the continous white line and speeds off. The cops chased after and caught him few miles down the road. The guy said "There's no continous white line there is there"? "I wasn't speeding was I"? He was totally off with the fairies he claimed he didn't know what speed he was doing or was even paying attention to the road in general. That guy should not have been driving at all but he was driving a range rover :mad:.

borderlinemeath

MugMugs wrote: »

Sounds like a pretty typical Southbound morning M1 to me.

Southbound afternoon, far quieter than the morning.:p

Don't talk to me, I spent 3 years driving Drogheda to Dublin with M1 idiots.:mad:

JerCotter7

Gingernuts31 wrote: »

Good enough for the BMW pr!ck. I find people who drive powerful cars be it a merc, bmw or a rangerover, just powerful expensive cars in general are wan*ers on the roads. Tailgating, speeding. Not all obsivously but the cars i've noticed are usually the expensive type.

Was watching one of those police shows from the UK and there was a marked car sitting oppisite a junction with continous white lines as it was a bad spot for dangerous overtaking. Low and behold a jeep is driving along and right in front of the cop car a range rover overtakes on the continous white line and speeds off. The cops chased after and caught him few miles down the road. The guy said "There's no continous white line there is there"? "I wasn't speeding was I"? He was totally off with the fairies he claimed he didn't know what speed he was doing or was even paying attention to the road in general. That guy should not have been driving at all but he was driving a range rover :mad:.

People are idiots no matter what they drive. Don't see what the guy in the jeep driving a range rover has to do with anything.

JerCotter7

Wanderer2010 wrote: »

I hate drivers who tailgate, its my number one annoyance when driving. I usually just slow donw a bit to annoy them and then ignore their enraged expression in the rear view mirrors. I simply dont understand the mentality of a driver who has to drive up your ass, and I know this sounds bad but I always secretly hope they have a bad accident when overtaking on a bend or narrow road because frankly it serves them right. Dont people know that they are ALWAYS at fault if they collide with you from the rear?? Some right idiots behind the wheels of cars.

What makes me laugh is drivers who go mad trying to overtake you on narrow roads or even on normal busy urban streets, and then you see them 5 minutes later behind roadworks or a traffic light so they dont even gain any distance on you. Why are people always in such a rush? :rolleyes:

You hope they have a bad accident? It's bad enough that you say that but you also hope they do it while overtaking? So take out 1 maybe 2 cars with them? Keep that kind of stuff to yourself.

And for seeing them 5 mins down the road after overtaking. What about after the roadworks. It has happened to me before where I overtake and the person catches up at traffic lights. They might go a different direction than me at them but how was I supposed to know that first. But when they do go the same way as me I am already ahead so can just safely pull away. I wouldn't do it except that it works 90% of the time.

Can't merge posts.

MugMugs

borderlinemeath wrote: »

MugMugs wrote: »

Sounds like a pretty typical Southbound morning M1 to me.

Southbound afternoon, far quieter than the morning.:p

Don't talk to me, I spent 3 years driving Drogheda to Dublin with M1 idiots.:mad:

Get out of bed, get into car, drive to M1, sit in outside lane the whole way to work. I sh1t you not, I made it from Julianstown to Skerries in the left lane above the right lane general speed. Undertook the entire way and I wasn't even trying!

Jimmy Iovine

It happens my mum a lot when she drives. Unfortunately her average speed in a 100k zone is between 70 and 80. Rarely does she go above that. It results in a huge tailback behind the car. I have to gently remind her at times that she can go up to 100.

I've seen people get really annoyed with her and try to overtake at some ridiculous points just to get past her. I dunno how other people find her because she drove me up the wall when I was younger and I needed to get to training on time.

She drives with blinkers on. She takes almost no notice of anything that happens around her in a car. We had a close call recently on roundabouts when she cut across a person. Amazingly she never noticed it at all, despite the other car being mere inches from crashing into her side.

She may be very slow but I suppose she has never been in an accident as of yet so there may be a method to her madness. I still prefer to drive when I have the chance though.

Jimdagym

MugMugs wrote: »

Get out of bed, get into car, drive to M1, sit in outside lane the whole way to work. I sh1t you not, I made it from Julianstown to Skerries in the left lane above the right lane general speed. Undertook the entire way and I wasn't even trying!

It's nuts that m1. It's like reverse driving. I feel like a pr*ck overtaking in the driving lane, but I am often doing it at 105 kph. Mental.

Jimdagym

Jimmy Iovine wrote: »

It happens my mum a lot when she drives. Unfortunately her average speed in a 100k zone is between 70 and 80. Rarely does she go above that. It results in a huge tailback behind the car. I have to gently remind her at times that she can go up to 100.

I've seen people get really annoyed with her and try to overtake at some ridiculous points just to get past her. I dunno how other people find her because she drove me up the wall when I was younger and I needed to get to training on time.

She drives with blinkers on. She takes almost no notice of anything that happens around her in a car. We had a close call recently on roundabouts when she cut across a person. Amazingly she never noticed it at all, despite the other car being mere inches from crashing into her side.

She may be very slow but I suppose she has never been in an accident as of yet so there may be a method to her madness. I still prefer to drive when I have the chance though.

No disrespect to your mum, but such drivers can cause accidents without being in them.

fasttalkerchat

Official way to deal with it is to drive like normal and ignore it. If you are in danger, stop the car and call the police.

Wanderer2010

JerCotter7 wrote: »

You hope they have a bad accident? It's bad enough that you say that but you also hope they do it while overtaking? So take out 1 maybe 2 cars with them? Keep that kind of stuff to yourself.

And for seeing them 5 mins down the road after overtaking. What about after the roadworks. It has happened to me before where I overtake and the person catches up at traffic lights. They might go a different direction than me at them but how was I supposed to know that first. But when they do go the same way as me I am already ahead so can just safely pull away. I wouldn't do it except that it works 90% of the time.

Can't merge posts.

Yes, I do wish people who overtake have a bad accident, as in hit a pole or ditch, because they are dangerous retards who deserve to be punished for their reckless driving. Are you saying that you never wish people could learn a very hard lesson when they put your life in danger during very risky overtaking on roads? Fair play to you if you dont, but thats how i feel.

I have no idea what you mean with your point on the traffic lights. I personally dont feel the need to overtake people just to gain an extra 2 seconds of time so im not familiar with the process.

Bohrio

Wanderer2010 wrote: »

What makes me laugh is drivers who go mad trying to overtake you on narrow roads or even on normal busy urban streets, and then you see them 5 minutes later behind roadworks or a traffic light so they dont even gain any distance on you. Why are people always in such a rush? :rolleyes:

Since I turned 30 I dont tailgate anymore, but I can tell you one thing, the main reason why I would overtake someone is the because I can't trust the person driving in front of me.

I never know if he is going to break all of the sudden, or stop to make an ilegal turn, or reduce his speed because he saw something he likes etc... I wont make it an obsession but rest assured that if I dont feel confident enough with the person in front of me I will overtake and If I can't I will increase the distance between both of us until I am allowed to do so

trixyben

might invest in one of those James Bond car modifications were you press a button and the rear bumper drops loads of sharp metal pins ripping holes in the tyres of the retard who is up your arse:D

Wanderer2010

Bohrio wrote: »

Since I turned 30 I dont tailgate anymore, but I can tell you one thing, the main reason why I would overtake someone is the because I can't trust the person driving in front of me.

I never know if he is going to break all of the sudden, or stop to make an ilegal turn, or reduce his speed because he saw something he likes etc... I wont make it an obsession but rest assured that if I dont feel confident enough with the person in front of me I will overtake and If I can't I will increase the distance between both of us until I am allowed to do so

So you used to tailgate before 30? I agree with you on overtaking people who are unpredictable, dont indicate, seem drunk, swerve the car etc but since you seemed to do it as a habit, im just curious- why the rush? I never understood why drivers tailgate, is it a sad attempt to intimidate drivers into pulling over, a very bad habit you aren't even aware of, or just plain bad driving??

-Corkie-

Wanderer2010 wrote: »

Yes, I do wish people who overtake have a bad accident, as in hit a pole or ditch, because they are dangerous retards who deserve to be punished for their reckless driving. Are you saying that you never wish people could learn a very hard lesson when they put your life in danger during very risky overtaking on roads? Fair play to you if you dont, but thats how i feel.

I have no idea what you mean with your point on the traffic lights. I personally dont feel the need to overtake people just to gain an extra 2 seconds of time so im not familiar with the process.

Thats a bit silly now in fairness. How to you know that the person has not got a real emergency. Would you like some one to hit a pole while there wife is in labour???.

JerCotter7

Wanderer2010 wrote: »

Yes, I do wish people who overtake have a bad accident, as in hit a pole or ditch, because they are dangerous retards who deserve to be punished for their reckless driving. Are you saying that you never wish people could learn a very hard lesson when they put your life in danger during very risky overtaking on roads? Fair play to you if you dont, but thats how i feel.

I have no idea what you mean with your point on the traffic lights. I personally dont feel the need to overtake people just to gain an extra 2 seconds of time so im not familiar with the process.

Whatever I do I would never hope anyone gets into a bad accident. Deserve to be be punished? Ah, you're taking the piss.

Jimmy Iovine

Jimdagym wrote: »

No disrespect to your mum, but such drivers can cause accidents without being in them.

Oh I know. It's a miracle that she hasn't been in one and/or been the cause of one. I keep meaning to tell her about it but she'd probably take a lot offence to my comments. I may as well just tell her tomorrow.

Wanderer2010

^ Nope, but most of the people who overtake on narrow roads or bends are retards/boy racers trying to be hard, who dont understand how dangerous the act is, something an accident would definitely hit home. I would have no sympathy whatsoever for a person who died hitting a pole or ditch whilst trying to madly overtake a normal driver on a narrow road. Its a stupid act performed by stupid drivers.

Bohrio

Wanderer2010 wrote: »

So you used to tailgate before 30? I agree with you on overtaking people who are unpredictable, dont indicate, seem drunk, swerve the car etc but since you seemed to do it as a habit, im just curious- why the rush? I never understood why drivers tailgate, is it a sad attempt to intimidate drivers into pulling over, a very bad habit you aren't even aware of, or just plain bad driving??

When I was younger I was a bit of a prick on the road, never knew what going slow meant, always going as fast as I could, ilegal racing, speeds limits meant nothing to me. I am not proud of that, I was young and stupid back then, dont get me wrong I still break the speed limit from time to time but I do it in a different way now, I am more concious about whats going on and have a better sense of awareness and only go fast when I feel is ok to do so. still no excuse but its stronger than me.

Back in my younger years, if I would have met someone like you on the road I would have overtaken that person if he would have pushed the breaks i would have given him a small push and proceed to overtake.

When I moved to ireland I was forced to be without a car for a few years... did me good. Hence that in my opinion drivers who tailgate are normally inmature, young and unexpierenced.

So in conclusion, when driving mind your own business, you never know what kind of a psycho is behind the others cars wheel...

Oh and I forgot! The reason why people overtake is rarely because they are in a hurry, is just because they like going fast, they like going first and they hate having someone in front of them, to them is like a dare, to them, you are competition, once they overtake you they move to their next "victim" and thereon...

Wanderer2010

Bohrio wrote: »

When I was younger I was a bit of a prick on the road, never knew what going slow meant, always going as fast as I could, ilegal racing, speeds limits meant nothing to me. I am not proud of that, I was young and stupid back then, dont get me wrong I still break the speed limit from time to time but I do it in a different way now, I am more concious about whats going on and have a better sense of awareness and only go fast when I feel is ok to do so. still no excuse but its stronger than me.

Back in my younger years, if I would have met someone like you on the road I would have overtaken that person if he would have pushed the breaks i would have given him a small push and proceed to overtake.

My attitude got me into a lot of trouble, this was one of the many reasons why I moved to ireland, for over 5 years I stayed away from cars, I thought it would help me grow up and so far so good. Also the fact that I dont know any other car owners helps me keep my feet on the ground!

So in my opinion, when driving mind your own business, you never know what kind of a psycho is behind the others cars wheel...

Ha, true that you never know what kind the driver is (I have had a few road rage incidents over the years that were scary at the time but in retrospect I should have just got out of the car and told them to Fu*k off for themselves and moved on, because most people with road rage are yellow bellies who dont what to do when someone stands up to them) but in fairness, you sound like my nightmare driver when you were younger- impatient, tailgating, speeding etc. I simply hate that in other drivers and hence why I think they deserve all they get. If you are willing to put your own or others life in danger, then also be willing to suffer the consequeces if you DO crash.

You would have hated me because I wouldnt have sped up if you gave me a tap or flash from behind..I would have just slowed right down

pburns

Wow some really bitter, vitriolic, high-horse stuff here about tailgaters!

I can't help thinking that those complaining about being tailgated on a regular basis are simply driving too slow. When people start bringing up the fact that the tailgaters are usually driving something expensive and German it sounds more like jealousy.

I don't drive a prestige brand, nor do I drive spectacularly fast but I seldom come across this type of behavior and when I do I just let them on.

cofy

trixyben wrote: »

was driving home this evening and while on a narrow country road i see in my mirror a bmw 320d flying and catches up on me fast, he drove right up my arse for bout a mile always trying to go around me but bends on road so he couldnt...

came to T junction on road I went left and the bmw flew around me to take over i had to turn sharply to the left to avoid being hit be it, it then flew on up road where there was a 90 degree bend in road a car came the other way round bend and the bmw had to serve away left towards ditch and ended up going off road and car stuck nose down in stream...

on coming car give the guy the fingers and drove on as he had to serve to avoid him, i stopped seen he was ok and then laughed my ass off at him and drove on!

what way do you handle these tailgaters?

When I am driving I normally have my 2 children in the back of the car. If there is not a place to pull in and let them pass, I generally slow down, if the car driving up my rear hits me at a slower speed, the less danger of causing my children serious injury. It's them that will take the brunt of an impact.

Wanderer2010

pburns wrote: »

Wow some really bitter, vitriolic, high-horse stuff here about tailgaters!

I can't help thinking that those complaining about being tailgated on a regular basis are simply driving too slow. When people start bringing up the fact that the tailgaters are usually driving something expensive and German it sounds more like jealousy.

I don't drive a prestige brand, nor do I drive spectacularly fast but I seldom come across this type of behavior and when I do I just let them on.

Well thats not the case with me. I dont care what car people drive as long as they have some consideration for other drivers on the road and not infringe on their personal space by driving right up their bumper and distracting them. Its plain rude and inconsiderate, end of. And to the people who accuse those complaining of tailgaters of being slow etc, either you dont realise how dangerous and stupid it is (not to mention expensive, it will always be your fault), or else you are part of the problem yourselves and not the solution :rolleyes:

Bohrio

Wanderer2010 wrote: »

....If you are willing to put your own or others life in danger, then also be willing to suffer the consequeces if you DO crash.

You would have hated me because I wouldnt have sped up if you gave me a tap or flash from behind..I would have just slowed right down

I had a few accidents in my life, I even fell of a 80 m cliff and survived!

I was mad at everyone back then, anyone in front of me was an idiot!

I still feel most people out there are fools and should not be driving but it doesnt bother me anymore, I just take a deep breath and think of something happy!

Wanderer2010

Bohrio wrote: »

I had a few accidents in my life, I even fell of a 80 m cliff and survived!

I was mad at everyone back then, anyone in front of me was an idiot!

I still feel most people out there are fools and should not be driving but it doesnt bother me anymore, I just take a deep breath and think of something happy!

Im glad you have a different mindset now.

Keep taking deep breaths as its Sunday tomorrow, famous for Sunday drivers and grannies who should never be allowed access to a car ever.