Don't think the thread title is offensive but if it's classed as one, sorry...
I'll set the scene, I'm driving home from college today, people are just starting to knock off work so the roads are fairly busy. On one of the busy routes there is road works and it's down to one lane of traffic both directions. Technically it's not even a dual carriage way, it's a really wide road with no road markings so there should really be no cars overtaking as that's the wrong side of the road. Especially when cars are parked at the other side of the road it often forces people in the other direction to take avoiding action. There are signs up making you well aware and one big long queue of cars gives you a fair idea something's up. Not to mention the big blue arrow sign pointing to the lane to be in.
So anyway, I'm near the entry of the single lane when I see someone in their Audi A6 coming down, passing probably 30 cars and unlucky for him I'm not into the single lane part yet.
The guy behind me swerves out to make the guy well aware he isn't letting him in and I do the same, but he cheekily passes us. He is now in a position that he is in the way of the traffic coming the other direction. He sticks the front left of his Audi in the gap between me and the car in front. I just looked across and made him well aware I wasn't going to let him in. He continues to edge forward trying to obviously stop me from being able to go forwards without letting him in. I continued to edge slowly forward as the traffic began moving again and so did he, although as I knew he would chicken out. Obviously scared I scratch his paint. Unfortunately the driver following behind who initially tried to stop him wasn't paying attention and moved too late to stop him getting in :/.
Once we are out of this I joined the left lane and he decided to drive along side me slowing the right lane of traffic for a good 20/30 seconds to give all sorts of gestures. Tbh he looked like a right geek (no offence anyone, best way to describe him) that would probably be scared of getting into a brawl (not that I want to) with someone and the gesturing really didn't suit him, I couldn't help but laugh and didn't bother giving him the attention. He decided to continue driving alongside me for a good 20 seconds after this.
What I hate is how he feels he is better than all us who are waiting in the queue. Why he thinks he can skip a 10-15min wait in traffic. If everyone did it, he'd be no better off. What I can't understand, after looking in my mirrors and seeing more do it is why do people let these people cut in. If they didn't these people would never do it but too many people up here anyway don't mind letting you jump the queue.
Now to my next arse. Country road but wide enough for two cars to drive side by side easily and easily capable of 60mph (I'd reckon the Clio could probably do 80 easy along this road, and it handles like jelly) all the way in my 1.2 Clio. I come up behind some guy in a BMW Z4 doing 40mph, unfortunately he is going the same direction I'm going when we re join a main-ish road. It's a straight road and no cars are coming the other direction. So I indicate and pull out to pass, just as I'm getting past him he puts his foot down and goes from 40mph to matching my speed. He put me in a very dodgy situation heading to a junction on the wrong side of the road, had he not sped up I'd have passed him ages ago before reaching here. He forced me to brake real hard and luckily the guy following me realised and made space.
All the way home I had to follow this guy at 50mph in straight lines and 40mph on slight curves in the road because everytime I went to pass him he put his foot down. Everytime I dropped back coming to a corner to get a good run (only a small 1.2!) he'd slow down with me.
Again I can't understand this logic, what's the point in doing that? Is he embarrassed to watch lil old Clio worth a fraction of his BMW drive past? Surely he should be more embarrassed having me following with a bunch of other pissed off drivers trying to pass.
Since I've been going into and out college at early and late times more this block I've noticed this happening to me more and more, nearly every Mon-Wed. One of these days they are going to get me so pissed off I'm going to make sure they hit my car and I get a nice big insurance claim. Especially the arses who tailgate because I've not let them barge in the queue. I often catch them out using the handbrake to brake in slow moving traffic, often stops them tailgating with there poor judgement.
Rant over , so what's everyone else's experiences? I doubt I'm the only one who comes across this sort of person.
I'll set the scene, I'm driving home from college today, people are just starting to knock off work so the roads are fairly busy. On one of the busy routes there is road works and it's down to one lane of traffic both directions. Technically it's not even a dual carriage way, it's a really wide road with no road markings so there should really be no cars overtaking as that's the wrong side of the road. Especially when cars are parked at the other side of the road it often forces people in the other direction to take avoiding action. There are signs up making you well aware and one big long queue of cars gives you a fair idea something's up. Not to mention the big blue arrow sign pointing to the lane to be in.
So anyway, I'm near the entry of the single lane when I see someone in their Audi A6 coming down, passing probably 30 cars and unlucky for him I'm not into the single lane part yet.
The guy behind me swerves out to make the guy well aware he isn't letting him in and I do the same, but he cheekily passes us. He is now in a position that he is in the way of the traffic coming the other direction. He sticks the front left of his Audi in the gap between me and the car in front. I just looked across and made him well aware I wasn't going to let him in. He continues to edge forward trying to obviously stop me from being able to go forwards without letting him in. I continued to edge slowly forward as the traffic began moving again and so did he, although as I knew he would chicken out. Obviously scared I scratch his paint. Unfortunately the driver following behind who initially tried to stop him wasn't paying attention and moved too late to stop him getting in :/.
Once we are out of this I joined the left lane and he decided to drive along side me slowing the right lane of traffic for a good 20/30 seconds to give all sorts of gestures. Tbh he looked like a right geek (no offence anyone, best way to describe him) that would probably be scared of getting into a brawl (not that I want to) with someone and the gesturing really didn't suit him, I couldn't help but laugh and didn't bother giving him the attention. He decided to continue driving alongside me for a good 20 seconds after this.
What I hate is how he feels he is better than all us who are waiting in the queue. Why he thinks he can skip a 10-15min wait in traffic. If everyone did it, he'd be no better off. What I can't understand, after looking in my mirrors and seeing more do it is why do people let these people cut in. If they didn't these people would never do it but too many people up here anyway don't mind letting you jump the queue.
Now to my next arse. Country road but wide enough for two cars to drive side by side easily and easily capable of 60mph (I'd reckon the Clio could probably do 80 easy along this road, and it handles like jelly) all the way in my 1.2 Clio. I come up behind some guy in a BMW Z4 doing 40mph, unfortunately he is going the same direction I'm going when we re join a main-ish road. It's a straight road and no cars are coming the other direction. So I indicate and pull out to pass, just as I'm getting past him he puts his foot down and goes from 40mph to matching my speed. He put me in a very dodgy situation heading to a junction on the wrong side of the road, had he not sped up I'd have passed him ages ago before reaching here. He forced me to brake real hard and luckily the guy following me realised and made space.
All the way home I had to follow this guy at 50mph in straight lines and 40mph on slight curves in the road because everytime I went to pass him he put his foot down. Everytime I dropped back coming to a corner to get a good run (only a small 1.2!) he'd slow down with me.
Again I can't understand this logic, what's the point in doing that? Is he embarrassed to watch lil old Clio worth a fraction of his BMW drive past? Surely he should be more embarrassed having me following with a bunch of other pissed off drivers trying to pass.
Since I've been going into and out college at early and late times more this block I've noticed this happening to me more and more, nearly every Mon-Wed. One of these days they are going to get me so pissed off I'm going to make sure they hit my car and I get a nice big insurance claim. Especially the arses who tailgate because I've not let them barge in the queue. I often catch them out using the handbrake to brake in slow moving traffic, often stops them tailgating with there poor judgement.
Rant over , so what's everyone else's experiences? I doubt I'm the only one who comes across this sort of person.