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Annoyed by overtaking

There was me thinking people were being nice and flashing me to tell me that I had successfully completed my overtake and could safely move back into the lane...
 
Bellow said:
It is a dying art. Being slowly murdered by the over-cautious.
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I agree with this, Partly a consequence of the 'speed kills' campaigns focussing general attention on anyone daring to travel slightly faster than anyone else; regardless if the overtakee is well below the limit
 
I love overtaking part of the pleasure of driving and not bothered about being overtaken. I however people who try to undertake in slow moving traffic and hogging the fast lane :wallbash:
 
I overtook a slow car where two roads merge into one. Huge gap, but of course I offended the woman who decided to give me a hand gesture...for once in my life I actually ignored it and just carried on. She wasn't happy though :D

I think jealousy is an issue half the time.
 
I used to get much more abuse overtaking when i had an impreza. People don't seem as bothered with the cls. Maybe it was the flames they didn't like, who knows.
 
Buy a Nissan Micra. In the first place, you won't have the power to overtake anybody; in the second place, absolutely NOBODY will be jealous...
 
E55BOF said:
Buy a Nissan Micra. In the first place, you won't have the power to overtake anybody; in the second place, absolutely NOBODY will be jealous...
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Don't you believe it. One overtook me the other day. It must have been doing 90 in the outside lane. Mind you, I wasn't jealous - just gobsmacked! :eek:
 
30 years ago when I was a kid I bought a brand new Vauxhall Nova 1.2. It was the fastest car I had ever owned up to then (118mph indicated on a downhill runway - M'Lud). I could never understand why it upset so many other road users when I would use its potent 60hp or whatever it had to overtake them.
In the interests of my longevity I now keep my exuberance to the occasional track day on my track prepared GSXR600. I find it a whole lot more difficult to overtake when all those around me are trying to go as fast as they can also....I used to think I could ride fast on a road until I mixed it up on the track with some seriously fast and talented riders....
 
^ Boy; isn't that the truth. Once you've been on a track the world changes.
 
Dizzy said:
When driving my HGV on the M25 I was passing an slip lane on my left and I was in the inside lane doing 56mph (limited). There was a car coming down the slip road and on checking my offside mirror I could not change into lane 2 (as I normally do out of courtesy) because there was a vehicle coming up the outside. The woman coming onto the motorway drew level with me and kept staring at me, I had two choices - slow down or just continue so I simply continued at my steady speed. As the slip lane was rapidly coming to an end the woman slowed down and went behind me. She then accelerated past me on the outside giving me the old two finger salute as she sped passed. Can you believe that?! :dk: The point being - she had the power (and time) to pass me while she was on the slip lane but chose to sit and give me daggers!
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Maybe she was feeling 'empowered' that day...full of radical feminist pugnaciousness and bellicosity against the patriarchy? Lol. Truck 1 Loser 0 ;)
 
Avnt said:
I had that yesterday on a bloody dual carriage way. The b***end in his 4x4 didnt want a common folk mobile over taking him even thou he was going under the limit. Boils my p***

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That's where you need a stinger missile :devil:
 
moonloops said:
Maybe he was a detailing nut job and got offended by your dirty air ? :D
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Give him some of his own medicine, flick your cruise lever down 1 mph at a time until at his original speed of 35/40? ;) :devil:
 
Felstmiester said:
I think some have hit nail here. It may be me but people don't overtake people nowadays. As a kid I remember overtaking was paramount lol. Overtake him dad!! I remember it well!

I'm getting old now ( 44 ) and I must say even when I want to overtake and it's more than safe to do so, I hold back. Part because I can't be bothered to get the usual flash of lights or dab of break lights as you move out to overtake. Weather in the wife's car, van, or c63 I feel as if I'll be frowned upon.

Last year about 10 mins from home I overtook a 4x4 on a long strait bit of road with no on coming traffic and no other cars around. It wasn't a fly by manoeuvre just a normal indicate, pull out, overtake, leave plenty of room and move back to right side of the road. In a way I will admit it was a bit pointless because 3 miles on I came into the built up area where I live and slowed to the 30 mph and the 4x4 id overtook was right up behind me. I indicated to pull in to my road but there was a car pulling out so I pulled in to the turning as much as I could so said 4x4 could get past. Next thing I heard some shouting and the woman had pulled around me wound her passenger window down and was hurling abuse at me saying I'll kill someone one day driving the way I was. I was in the c63 so maybe the noise gave her a fright??? But at the end of the day what did I do wrong??

I do think sometimes people are so set in there ways and get p155ed off so easy. It's better to not overtake than wind them up so they follow u to your destination and key your car up. But yes I've had the flash brigade a lot. Don't know what's wrong with some people nowadays.
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I think we seem to live in the 'easily offended' society now...people seem to get so easily offended...maybe it is all the moral brow beating we seem to endure from the media etc? Who knows?

Just do what you want to, overtake, and f the stupid morons who pee their pants if you overtake them :D

Maybe it's something in the water? ;)
 
PaulG said:
Lot of good sense written above...

I think the problem with "drivers" objecting to being overtaken is even simpler, it's laziness.

Switch the brain off and just cruise along a few feet behind the bloke in front.

When you overtake these members of the Anti-Destination League, it's more hazardous than it need be because they are tailgating eachother.

They Flash/gesticulate because they really want to do the same. They have just forgotten how to.

It's very sad, but it shouldn't stop you driving WITH THE OBJECT OF GETTING SOMEWHERE. You might just have to wait a bit longer for a safe overtaking opportunity.

Once these lamebrains are behind you, they no longer matter.
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...until you catch up with more of them ahead :D
 
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