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Last night I was travelling back from my lad's guitar lesson along a 30mph A road in the city, doing around 32mph, with the other cars.
A white Beemer sat behind me for a while.
I can't see a fat lot out of my rear screen after dark, other than recognising the lights of a 3 series Beemer.
For no apparent reason, he suddenly sped up and moved right up to my bumper, so close that his bonnet and lights disappeared and all I could see was the outline of his windscreen.
I couldn't see who was in the car - one person, two - who knows?
Now, like everyone else, I've been tailgated before, but this was different.
I actually expected to feel a nudge as he kissed my car with his.
He sat there for what seemed a long time, but was probably only a few seconds.
Without reducing speed, for fear of a shunt, I touched my brake lights and he dropped back.
About 15 seconds later, he did it again - so close I was again waiting for contact.
Another few hundred yards of being too close for comfort (and I mean close) and he dropped back again.
However, only for a few seconds, as drew up again for some more car to car intimacy.
He was so close that applying the brakes would have transferred the control from me to him, and I wasn't prepared to see if he could avoid the contact.
Then a junction appeared, he turned right and disappeared.
Easily the most threatening close quarter driving I've ever been subjected to - very unpleasant, particularly in the dark
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Then today, in broadly the same area, coming towards me was a white M3.
Co-incidence, possibly, but my theory is that he was attempting to goad my E63 into a bit of sport, to see how it went.
Who knows, but it does offer something of an explanation.
I've searched for an image of how I think it would have looked - there aren't many on Google, but I think this one comes close - remember, in my case, this was on the road, after dark:
A white Beemer sat behind me for a while.
I can't see a fat lot out of my rear screen after dark, other than recognising the lights of a 3 series Beemer.
For no apparent reason, he suddenly sped up and moved right up to my bumper, so close that his bonnet and lights disappeared and all I could see was the outline of his windscreen.
I couldn't see who was in the car - one person, two - who knows?
Now, like everyone else, I've been tailgated before, but this was different.
I actually expected to feel a nudge as he kissed my car with his.
He sat there for what seemed a long time, but was probably only a few seconds.
Without reducing speed, for fear of a shunt, I touched my brake lights and he dropped back.
About 15 seconds later, he did it again - so close I was again waiting for contact.
Another few hundred yards of being too close for comfort (and I mean close) and he dropped back again.
However, only for a few seconds, as drew up again for some more car to car intimacy.
He was so close that applying the brakes would have transferred the control from me to him, and I wasn't prepared to see if he could avoid the contact.
Then a junction appeared, he turned right and disappeared.
Easily the most threatening close quarter driving I've ever been subjected to - very unpleasant, particularly in the dark
.Then today, in broadly the same area, coming towards me was a white M3.
Co-incidence, possibly, but my theory is that he was attempting to goad my E63 into a bit of sport, to see how it went.
Who knows, but it does offer something of an explanation.
I've searched for an image of how I think it would have looked - there aren't many on Google, but I think this one comes close - remember, in my case, this was on the road, after dark:
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