brucemillar
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Hmmm
So I am driving along on the inside lane of an "empty" dual carriageway. My speed is set on cruise or controlled by my foot. My speed is steady and I am not lifting & accelerating (this is important).
I can see in the distance ahead of me another road user also in the inside lane and I am overhauling them at a reasonable speed. In my mirrors I see another car that is making no progress on me. Now as I start to get to a point where somebody needs to make a maneuver to pass each other. The car that is at the rear, starts to accelerate. Just a perceptible movement, enough for you to barely notice that they are indeed barely gaining on you. So you think, slow down and allow them to pass us both. No they slow down, just a tiny bit, but enough to start a queue. So you speed up. You guessed it, they start to speed up. Not enough to pass, but enough to close the gap.
This can continue for some time. So that nobody is making any headway or progress on the car at the head of the queue and you are stuck unable to move in or out or pass.
Why do people do this?
So I am driving along on the inside lane of an "empty" dual carriageway. My speed is set on cruise or controlled by my foot. My speed is steady and I am not lifting & accelerating (this is important).
I can see in the distance ahead of me another road user also in the inside lane and I am overhauling them at a reasonable speed. In my mirrors I see another car that is making no progress on me. Now as I start to get to a point where somebody needs to make a maneuver to pass each other. The car that is at the rear, starts to accelerate. Just a perceptible movement, enough for you to barely notice that they are indeed barely gaining on you. So you think, slow down and allow them to pass us both. No they slow down, just a tiny bit, but enough to start a queue. So you speed up. You guessed it, they start to speed up. Not enough to pass, but enough to close the gap.
This can continue for some time. So that nobody is making any headway or progress on the car at the head of the queue and you are stuck unable to move in or out or pass.
Why do people do this?