Slowing down to overtake.

I wonder if some people might get nervous that the car they're overtaking could change lanes. I know I do, but it makes me accelerate past them more quickly, even if that means exceeding the posted limit.

Are you sure the vehicle passing out slows down....because I've found there's an increasing number of cars that are cruising along at 100/110kph, you go to pass and they increase speed and for a few minutes you are cruising at max speed limit alongside them until they finally reduce their speed and you can continue passing out.

While you observe this behaviour, what lane on the motorway are you in yourself?

Like the OP I sit there in cruise control and it happens all the time on the M8. I do 45k per year so when I say happens all the time, I mean a number of times per week.

Another odd observation is when cruising along at 120 on cruise control I come up behind a slower vehicle, pull into the overtaking lane and as I pull up beside them they oddly increase the speed to 120 as well. We're then side by side until either they slow down or I increase the speed to 122/123 just to complete the manoeuvre.

They tend to then slow down again and before long they disappear in the rear view mirror.

Both of these occurrences happen regularly. So so odd.

This is a constant occurrence. They hog the overtaking lane, eventually move over, and then straight back into it once you have overtaken them. I had it the yesterday heading to Belfast, except the van refused to move over, 6/7 cars eventually passed on the left, and he still stayed in the overtaking lane. Doing a sedate 110km. Issue is zero enforcement of this, some drivers are clueless, and some, like this one are just plain cnuts.

Aw those pesky “ people “ again who always seem to annoy and get in the way of all the “ really good “ drivers . Who the heck are they I wonder 🤔

Are they in your way....

Do you think that someone using the outside lane as their normal driving lane is good practice?

Absolutely think that it’s very bad and dangerous practice and I wish all those “ other people “ would stop doing it and stop annoying all us “ really good “ drivers. 🙄

I have encountered those types. They sit right up your hole but won't overtake you when they get the chance. When you speed up they do too. When you slow down they follow suit.

Too chicken to drive the road on their own, as you say, afraid of meeting oncoming traffic. They would rather stay up your hole and watch your brakelights instead.

2000 is a quarter of century ago. 25yrs of driving.

The issue is not the ageism your fond of. It's the lack of enforcement of the rules. People can drive like a clown and never get pulled over.