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From: Now in San Diego on 28 Jan 2008 17:49 On Jan 28, 12:56 pm, halfanorange <halfanora...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > On Jan 28, 9:09 am, gazzafield > No one has a legitimate reason enough to tail gate or break the speed > limit unless their vehicle is equipped with flashing blue lights. Aere you taking about the legal speed limit or going over a speed safe for the conditions? (I assume that you understand the safety-professional concept of how a non-speeder can pass a speeder.)
From: Ray Shafranski on 28 Jan 2008 17:56 "halfanorange" <halfanorange(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:32fee86e-3559-48ab-83bf-8877aaa02e8e(a)e10g2000prf.googlegroups.com... > So you spot someone coming up behind you very quickly in your rear > view mirror, obviously in a hurry and would like you out of their way. > The highway code states if that happens you should slow down. But what > other ways are there to annoy them? > > 1. When you arrive at a roundabout only pull away when there are > absolutely no cars in sight. This should leave the tail gater fuming > as you pass up many opportunities to pull away. > > 2. When there is no longer any excuse to sit at the roundabout pull > away, but first do it in a way that causes you car to stall leaving > you sitting there for another 10 seconds or so. > > 3. Before starting your engine put the back wipers on, make him > believe you have no idea how to work a car and should give up on the > idea of getting to wherever he's going on time. > > 4. If stopped at some lights wait at least 5 seconds after the lights > have gone to green before pulling away, then dribble down the road > before -slowly- picking up speed. > > 5. Keep -at least- 5mph below the speed limit. > > 6. Take every opportunity to flash cars in or out of junctions, > anything to put a bit of traffic and time between the tailgater and > their destination. > You would also need a weapon to deal with the tailgater when he eventually catches up with you and threatens to smash your face in.
From: Bill on 28 Jan 2008 18:12 In message <d96d813c-04ed-4fa9-ab61-51f92f9555ee(a)j78g2000hsd.googlegroups.com>, Mark W <miwaterton(a)tiscali.co.uk> writes >Yes they can have. I certainly would have had one less sister had my >old man not managed to cover some 4 miles in as many minutes (in an >Austin Maxi at the time !) despite the 30 limit and Norfolk village >roads. Cos thats how long it took to meet the ambulance coming the >other way when she stopped breathing as a baby. > >If some tosser played silly buggers in front of me under similar >circumstances there would be two casualties in the ambulance. Ditto with an uncle of mine when he slashed his arm open on a job we were doing, not quite so near terminal but not far off. I had already decided that I would rather have a speeding conviction than risk loosing him. Bottom line is YOU don't know why the other driver is in a hurry so let him past if he wants to go. -- Bill
From: Iridium on 28 Jan 2008 20:17 "halfanorange" <halfanorange(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:32fee86e-3559-48ab-83bf-8877aaa02e8e(a)e10g2000prf.googlegroups.com... > So you spot someone coming up behind you very quickly in your rear > view mirror, obviously in a hurry and would like you out of their way. > The highway code states if that happens you should slow down. But what > other ways are there to annoy them? > > 1. When you arrive at a roundabout only pull away when there are > absolutely no cars in sight. This should leave the tail gater fuming > as you pass up many opportunities to pull away. > <snip> All the other points are mute, you dithered, I went round you in the other lane.
From: Ian Dalziel on 28 Jan 2008 22:24
On Tue, 29 Jan 2008 01:17:37 -0000, "Iridium" <iridiumdan(a)googlemail.com> wrote: >All the other points are mute Nope - I heard them. -- Ian D |