From: The Peeler on
On Sun, 11 Jul 2010 23:12:56 +0100, "Mortimer" <me(a)privacy.net> wrote:

>"Harry Bloomfield" <harry.m1byt(a)NOSPAM.tiscali.co.uk> wrote in message
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>> For 15 miles I was tail-gated by a P reg 16v Escort, the driver of which
>> obviously didn't have a clue how to set himself up to see the road ahead
>> of me to find an opportunity to overtake.
>
>The other day I was following a slowish HGV (a big but non-articulated
>lorry) and I kept well back and positioned myself on the inside of bends (ie
>slightly left of centre on a left bend, and slightly right on right bends)
>to give me best visibility of the road ahead to decide whether it was safe
>to overtake.
>
>A young woman in a Vauxhall came up behind me and started tailgating me and
>flashing me (maybe she wanted me to go closer to the slow vehicle rather
>than hanging back). Eventually, with a blare of her horn and a long flash of
>her lights, she overtook and pulled in sharply between me and the lorry. She
>then sat about 3" from his back bumper, flashing her lights furiously, which
>he probably couldn't even see because of the old "if you can't see my
>mirrors, I can't see you".
>
>Several times she pulled out to overtake but had to abort because of an
>oncoming car which I was well aware of because I was far enough back to see
>the road ahead of the lorry.
>
>Eventually I saw that there was a good long gap so I overtook both her and
>the lorry, as did the car behind me. I felt almost sorry for her that by the
>time she pulled out, a car was coming and she had to abort again - I saw it
>all in my door mirror.

Women should not be allowed to drive while menstruating.
From: cupra on


"Albert T Cone" <a.k.kirby(a)durham.ac.uk> wrote in message
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> Harry Bloomfield wrote:
>> Friday afternoon, I towed home through the mid Wales over the mountains..
>>snip< The lead car was doing around 30 to 40 mph, much slower than the
>>road would dictate....
>>
>> Is this a Welsh thing?
>
> I'm not sure. When I went to wales last year I was suprised at how slowly
> everyone drove - moreso because I went there regularly until a couple of
> years previously and things seemed to have changed quite rapidly.
>
> I put it down to it perhaps being tourist season, or my distinctly
> imperfect memory, but perhaps it's a real effect. Odd, 'cos they have
> some fantastic roads all across the country, when they aren't blocked by
> dawdlers (and caravans...)

I recall driving windy roads (not particularly slowly) near Newtown many
years back when a 205Gti (rollcage, recaro seats) flew past me at a heck of
a rate of knots.... the driver was a lady, probably about 70 years of age.

Challenged quite a few prejudices :)


From: Graham Harrison on

" cupra" <NOcupra.sSPAM(a)gmail.com> wrote in message
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>
>
> "Albert T Cone" <a.k.kirby(a)durham.ac.uk> wrote in message
> news:i1esid$bfj$1(a)heffalump.dur.ac.uk...
>> Harry Bloomfield wrote:
>>> Friday afternoon, I towed home through the mid Wales over the
>>> mountains..
>>>snip< The lead car was doing around 30 to 40 mph, much slower than the
>>>road would dictate....
>>>
>>> Is this a Welsh thing?
>>
>> I'm not sure. When I went to wales last year I was suprised at how
>> slowly everyone drove - moreso because I went there regularly until a
>> couple of years previously and things seemed to have changed quite
>> rapidly.
>>
>> I put it down to it perhaps being tourist season, or my distinctly
>> imperfect memory, but perhaps it's a real effect. Odd, 'cos they have
>> some fantastic roads all across the country, when they aren't blocked by
>> dawdlers (and caravans...)
>
> I recall driving windy roads (not particularly slowly) near Newtown many
> years back when a 205Gti (rollcage, recaro seats) flew past me at a heck
> of a rate of knots.... the driver was a lady, probably about 70 years of
> age.
>
> Challenged quite a few prejudices :)
>

Many (many) years ago I worked in a travel agency in Knightsbridge. An
elderly lady came to book her car on the cross channel ferry and when it
came to asking about the car she said it was an AC Cobra.

We saw her again a few days later in the car - with a significantly younger
male driving!

From: GT on
"Harry Bloomfield" <harry.m1byt(a)NOSPAM.tiscali.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Friday afternoon, I towed home through the mid Wales over the mountains,
> past Devils Bridge. It was a very pleasant day and there was little
> traffic about. With patience and reasonable competence, there are plenty
> of long straight stretches to overtake if necessary.
>
> For 15 miles I was tail-gated by a P reg 16v Escort, the driver of which
> obviously didn't have a clue how to set himself up to see the road ahead
> of me to find an opportunity to overtake. Despite him, three drivers did
> manage to get past both me and the Escort in one maneuver. I was towing
> mostly at 45 to 60 (not much slower than most cars would be doing, if at
> all) and several times I eased off on the straight bits to give him a good
> opportunity to get past, but he seemed perfectly content with the view of
> the rear end of my van.

More often than not, its the car in second and/or third place that cause a
traffic queue to build up - if you are caught behind something, either
overtake, or back off and leave space for others to overtake.

On the other hand, if you were causing a line of cars to build up, you
should pull over and let them all pass!


From: Brimstone on

"GT" <a(a)b.c> wrote in message
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> if you were causing a line of cars to build up, you should pull over and
> let them all pass!
Where does one "pull over" to?