Drivers not letting you pass

wandererz

Heading down the M1 from Belfast two weekends ago on the Irish side (late at night), we had just flown back into Belfast airport and driving back to Dublin.

Some guy in a red skoda with foreign plates is on the left lane.

I signal and move onto the right light to overtake and he speeds up. I move back into the left lane.

He then slows down, I signal and move onto the right light to overtake and he speeds up again. I move back into the left lane.

Get to the toll booth and i am delayed by cars ahead. I then get through and by this time he's had quite some time to get far ahead.

Instead i find him crawling along 2 miles ahead. The same situtation ensues.

Finally i get behind him in the left lane and turn on the superbrights. Wife tells me not to entice him, which i wasn't..just warning him.

Just so happens that 3 mins later we pass a guarda car or ambulance stopped to help someone at the side of the road and he slows down and i pass.

What the hell??? Did this a**hole think i was interested in racing him or something?

The more i drive on irish roads the more i'm amazed.

Christmas present today from the wife: dashcam!!

J. Football

There are people out there who seem to take it as a personal insult when someone attempts to overtake them.

I like to call them spastics.

Dermo123

J. Football wrote: »

There are people out there who seem to take it as a personal insult when someone attempts to overtake them.

I like to call them spastics.

And the roads are full of them

Supergurrier

Used to get this alot in the 1.4 Octavia, not so much anymore

Also couldn't help myself

SV

You could always speed up and overtake him.

keithclancy

The opposite that bugs me is when some clown goes into the overtaking lane, speeds up and then stays next to you so you have to slow down coming up to the next car in front.

Thats even worse.

nacimroc

Wife didn't get me the toe-bar for the front of the car I wanted for xmas. :mad: 2013 = Mad max year!

wandererz

SV wrote: »

You could always speed up and overtake him.

Tried that, but he sped up anyway.
i.e. as i attempted to pass him he sped up accordingly in the left lane. (that's the whole point of this post).

Of course i could have let all hell loose and passed him, but;
1) sense prevailed,
2) had the other half in the car, and
3) was not in the mood for what he had in mind.

3ndahalfof6

Up his hole with full lights on, while it might not be the way you would want to do it, he will move.

nacimroc

Just pull up beside him with your phone up as if recording him. If he thinks it'll be on youtube/given to gardai he will soon cop on without danger of racing him.

3ndahalfof6

nacimroc wrote: »

Just pull up beside him with your phone up as if recording him. If he thinks it'll be on youtube/given to gardai he will soon cop on without danger of racing him.

Gardai, cop, this will not end well.

Conmaicne Mara

3ndahalfof6 wrote: »

Up his hole with full lights on, while it might not be the way you would want to do it, he will move.

And if he taps on his breaks and tell the Garda a deer/fox/yetti/rockinghorse jumped out in front, how will ya explain why ya couldn't stop?

Satisfying as it is, could land ya in trouble some day.

(Not trying to be argumentative btw, and happy Christmas )

Wicklowandy

Not worth getting upset over, stay in outside lane, drop back 400-500 yards, adjust headlights onto the ground, accelerate as hard as you can. If executed well in most cars, you'll be past again he realises what happens.

This is a judgement call. Is the guy your trying to overtake impaired by drink, drugs or red mist? if i was unsure, id just hang back.

I still cant understand why people get so upset by the way other people choose to drive. If they do something illegal, call the law if it makes you feel better. If theyre just illmannered like this numty, by the time you get out of the car, your bad feelings should be well gone. Why bring bad feeling like that home with you?

How many people have rants while driving in front of their children? Thats going to have an effect.

Many drivers do need driving lessons, but around the same amount need anger management.

Edit:if he was foreign eg lhd, he may have thought YOU were trying to undertake him:)

JMSE

OP - welcome to the truck drivers world.......

Henry Ford III

Conmaicne Mara wrote: »

And if he taps on his breaks and tell the Garda a deer/fox/yetti/rockinghorse jumped out in front, how will ya explain why ya couldn't stop?

Satisfying as it is, could land ya in trouble some day.

(Not trying to be argumentative btw, and happy Christmas )

Brakes not breaks shirley?

denishurley

wandererz wrote: »

Heading down the M1 from Belfast two weekends ago on the Irish side (late at night), we had just flown back into Belfast airport and driving back to Dublin.

Some guy in a red skoda with foreign plates is on the left lane.

I signal and move onto the right light to overtake and he speeds up. I move back into the left lane.

He then slows down, I signal and move onto the right light to overtake and he speeds up again. I move back into the left lane.

Get to the toll booth and i am delayed by cars ahead. I then get through and by this time he's had quite some time to get far ahead.

Instead i find him crawling along 2 miles ahead. The same situtation ensues.

Finally i get behind him in the left lane and turn on the superbrights. Wife tells me not to entice him, which i wasn't..just warning him.

Just so happens that 3 mins later we pass a guarda car or ambulance stopped to help someone at the side of the road and he slows down and i pass.

What the hell??? Did this a**hole think i was interested in racing him or something?

The more i drive on irish roads the more i'm amazed.

Christmas present today from the wife: dashcam!!

Had an almost-exactly similar situation about six weeks ago, guy in a souped-up Focus who seemed to be trying to get me to race, gave up after trying to pass him twice.

Decided, after thinking about it, to report him. Garda said that he wouldn't be able to get a dangerous-driving out of it but that he'd caution him. Was happy I did it

Conmaicne Mara

Henry Ford III wrote: »

Brakes not breaks shirley?

Shirley indeed, my fingers had been drinking :eek:

TonyStark

wandererz wrote: »

Heading down the M1 from Belfast two weekends ago on the Irish side (late at night), we had just flown back into Belfast airport and driving back to Dublin.

Some guy in a red skoda with foreign plates is on the left lane.

I signal and move onto the right light to overtake and he speeds up. I move back into the left lane.

He then slows down, I signal and move onto the right light to overtake and he speeds up again. I move back into the left lane.

Usually find myself in a situation more often than I would like. The best remedy is to overtake. 95% of them usually desist their nonsense if you overtake them and put a bit of distance between you and them. touching the brakes etc doesn't do anything other than antagonize them and really the goal here is to have as little to do with them as possible.

Ridiculous when you find yourself in a situation where you need to accelerate to 130-160kmph just to overtake a car that was doing under the speed limit a few moments previous. Mostly I find that overtaking and putting a little bit of distance does work for most of it.