If it was like Monday where if I made it to the front & there is another line of cars in front, its not worth it as you just get caught again. If I drop in on the back of a line like this I suss out the situation, if I can make my way to the front & then have a clear run I will do it. I see it time & time again & that is what I see as being the cause for the frustration, not the one car in front. Sitting behind one car is easy, sitting behind a line of them for 30km & watching them not take the passing oppourtunities provided to avoid the lineup getting any longer. This is what I see causes the frustration. The second, third, fourth & fiths dirivers then make it hard for someone sitting on a constant 100km/h & who wants to pass to actually pass. That is other people will catch them & then sit behind them as they go fast/slow, fast/slow rather than keep a constant speed. What I usually find with this type of driver is they attract like minded drivers. While they might speed up on the straights there is usually a spot I can get past them at some stage (used to frustrate me no end in my old diesel Patrol). I certainly understand that the behavoir you describe and have experienced it but as I was discussing with Holden, it is up to me to pass safely if I am not happy with sitting behind them. I am really not sure what you are trying to say in your post Henry? They feel confident enough to drive over the speed limit and tailgate, but don’t know how to overtake even if the car in front of them slows down to make it easier for them.ĭisturbingly, I’ve been finding myself agreeing with you quite a lot lately.Īhh yes but I am not one of those drivers, I grew up in the country driving country roads and I am very aware of how to handle a vehicle in the different conditions placed in front of me when driving. It’s amazing how often they chicken out though, which also annoys me. Myself, I slow down if I see an opportunity for the car behind me to overtake. And they are the only times I will sometimes go over the speed limit – to overtake them on a straight stretch. I too get frustrated when people don’t do a constant speed. (Unless it’s Brown Mountain, but I pull over immediately to let people overtake there) I usually go about 15kph over the limit on the yellow signs going through bends as that is what my car is usually capable of. I do not slow down for bends unless there is a need to. I drive the speed limit because I think it is the safe thing to do. Ever since then I am the annoying person who sticks to the speed limit regardless of how many cars are behind me or how many bird brain drivers want to make wild assumptions about my driving skills. Until I calculated how much time I actually saved doing that and my brain finally woke up and told me that those 20 minutes are really not worth risking my or anyone else’s life for. It’s the only place where you can do it without getting caught really, so I thought “Why not, it’s a long drive and I want to be there already”. I went through a stage of speeding on my way to the coast. And most likely feel insecure about their masculinity. That just confirms my suspicion that drivers who have a compulsive need to speed do so because they want to show off. The same kind of arsehole who objects to motorcycles lane-filtering.Īnd I find it rather disturbing that there are so many people out there who assume that someone only sticks to the speed limit because they are scared of going any faster. Only a complete arsehole fails to recognise the commonsense in letting them past. If somebody is right behind you – it means they are travelling faster than you. This causes anger, frustration, excessive speed and unsafe overtaking maneuvers. It’s commonsense and its being considerate.īack to the idiot with traffic banking up behind him – when he gets to a nice straight stretch of the road, what does he do? He speeds up to 100km/h in order to prevent the people who have been patiently waiting behind him from getting past. If I see somebody in a car that can comfortably do a good speed on a gravel road catching up with me, I will even pull right over early to let my dust settle so they can get past quickly. Personally, my car is not much good on gravel roads. This is the reason the traffic banks up behind them, and this is the reason a considerate road user does what they can within reason to help those travelling faster than them to get past them. The reality is that the person who “is travelling at 100km/h” is positively terrified of bends and crests, and slows down to 80km/h for each one. All speedometer accuracy aside, if someone is following me at 100, they should be happy that I am not holding them up. Maybe but I dont agree when the car in front is travelling at the posted limit.
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