VW Golf VR6 vs SL 500

[PXW]

That has to take the record for the most smilies in a single post. I've removed the words, as they are completely redundant... ()

 

[MBK]

i was going to mention the number of smileys too... you beat me to it

 

[horsesuitedfool]

I never brake when a car is wanting to pass me on motorway as when its other way round and i am the one wanting to pass and the car in front brakes i find it dangerous and very frustrating so i just move and let them past as thats what i would appreciate if it were me trying to pass them......The only time i brake in front on purpose is if someone does it to me, then i return the favour ten fold....

 

[Bobby Dazzler]

I've not read this thread in full, but...

Braking on the motorway is the work of the devil. OK maybe not the devil, but a bad thing indeed. It interupts the flow of the traffic as a other drivers react immediately whether required or not - either by braking or changing lanes, which then prompts another driver and so it continues.

The danger is probably some way behind the tailgater and brake-dabber, as the concertina effect increases in intensity.

Not sure if it was a dab of brakes due to tailgating or some other reason but I observed exactly this on the M1 last week. On a downhill straight stretch I saw brake lights flash on and off way into the distance which propigated back towards me along with the odd lane change. The driver in front almost had to do an emergency stop.

Of course if the gap between cars is a safe distance then there is no need to react immediately but the sad reality is that there is seldom a safe gap.

 

[Oily Rag]

I never brake when a car is wanting to pass me on motorway as when its other way round and i am the one wanting to pass and the car in front brakes i find it dangerous and very frustrating so i just move and let them past as thats what i would appreciate if it were me trying to pass them......The only time i brake in front on purpose is if someone does it to me, then i return the favour ten fold....

See post 23.

 

[Oily Rag]

I've not read this thread in full, but...

Braking on the motorway is the work of the devil. OK maybe not the devil, but a bad thing indeed. It interupts the flow of the traffic as a other drivers react immediately whether required or not - either by braking or changing lanes, which then prompts another driver and so it continues.

The danger is probably some way behind the tailgater and brake-dabber, as the concertina effect increases in intensity.

Not sure if it was a dab of brakes due to tailgating or some other reason but I observed exactly this on the M1 last week. On a downhill straight stretch I saw brake lights flash on and off way into the distance which propigated back towards me along with the odd lane change. The driver in front almost had to do an emergency stop.

Of course if the gap between cars is a safe distance then there is no need to react immediately but the sad reality is that there is seldom a safe gap.

See post 23

 

[Bobby Dazzler]

See post 23

Not suggesting you do brake on the motorway, but there are suggestions of it in this thread.

 

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Not suggesting you do brake on the motorway, but there are suggestions of it in this thread.

It was first suggested to me , believe it or not , by a serving Police Traffic officer who told the better driving class I was attending that was how he dealt with people who drove too close behind him ! Not sure if he meant in a police car or in his own car .

 

[Bobby Dazzler]

It was first suggested to me , believe it or not , by a serving Police Traffic officer who told the better driving class I was attending that was how he dealt with people who drove too close behind him ! Not sure if he meant in a police car or in his own car .

I understand the rationale, and to be fair on an average motorway on an average day it would probably do the trick and have little affect on other drivers.

It's rush hour on the busy motorways where almost everyone is driving too close that it causes a problem.