J666AYP
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| posted on 27/11/17 at 11:24 PM |
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Aggressive road users
Hi gents,
Abit of a random one...
I Test drove a road legal quadzilla buggy today (Not my cup of tea). In the space of about 5 miles I had fast food wrappers thrown at me from the car
infront, deliberate very close overtakes, tailgating and general A-hole behaviour from other road users. I was not speeding or doing anything wrong so
this makes me think that something else is going on.
Have any of you had similar problems with kit cars on the road?
I'm thick skinned so I dont mind abit of green eyed envy, but I dont fancy catching a coke can in the face at road speed.
Jay
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coyoteboy
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| posted on 27/11/17 at 11:43 PM |
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Had a few glass bottles lobbed at me while cycling, one of which exploded on my top tube.
Literally every 2nd time I overtake someone on the roads around here they go mental and flash me like I'm a loon (I'm not).
People are idiots generally.
[Edited on 27/11/17 by coyoteboy]
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obfripper
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| posted on 28/11/17 at 12:27 AM |
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While driving through ebbw vale at about 2am some random pissed up bloke decided to grab onto my rollbar as i passed by - he held on for 1/4 second
then slipped over and bounced off the kerb. I watched him get up in the mirrors but didn't think going back to check was the best of moves
going by first impressions.
Dave
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907
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| posted on 28/11/17 at 09:01 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by coyoteboy
Literally every 2nd time I overtake someone on the roads around here they go mental and flash me like I'm a loon (I'm not).
[Edited on 27/11/17 by coyoteboy]
Don't forget that one in four people that drive can't pass the number plate test.
What you might see as 500m of clear road they see 50m and after that its a blur.
Paul G
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JAG
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| posted on 28/11/17 at 09:12 AM |
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quote:
People are idiots generally
This - I think this all the time!
Plus most people have given up on overtaking - has anyone else noticed that?
So when 'we' do it they get angry and wave their fists etc.... it seem to have become anti-social to overtake anyone these days.
Justin
Who is this super hero? Sarge? ...No.
Rosemary, the telephone operator? ...No.
Penry, the mild-mannered janitor? ...Could be!
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motorcycle_mayhem
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| posted on 28/11/17 at 09:15 AM |
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I suffer a lot from 'punishment' attacks.
Unfortunately, I proceed at the speed limit (often not the towing/3.5T/ice/rain/night/class limit, but the car limit). This means that I see a lot of
dangerous driving, with the wrong side of traffic islands being a favourite passing point. No, I'm not obstructing the road, there's
usually a long, long line of vehicles I'm following.
'Punishment' here means the overtake, followed by a brake test. OK, so I anticipate this always, slow to a crawl as the idiot passes,
avoiding an 'accident'. The idiot then accelerates away to tailgate the next vehicle.
The roads are no fun, there's no pleasure in driving (for me anyway). However, it's a necessary evil (and risk) to get the car to the
circuit. The attitude of some road users (in their car, and I guess their life approach in general) is simply murderous. I wish it was treated as
such.
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nick205
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| posted on 28/11/17 at 09:28 AM |
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There are some "interesting" road users out there. I see bad driving/road manners pretty much every day. Often people so desperate to
overtake they do so dangerously then spend the rest of the journey in front of you having not really got anywhere quicker. Often those that are
driving within the road rules and traffic conditions that see or receive the abuse from these people. I simply take pleasure in being in the right
and try to make sure they can't do me any harm.
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russbost
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| posted on 28/11/17 at 10:00 AM |
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I would agree that most road users are idiots & always try to take this into account with my driving, I think the biggest problem, particularly at
this end of the country (S.E.) is far too many cars in far too small a space, hence, congestion, frustration & idiotic manoeuvres to save about
1/2 a second off a journeytime! 
However, when I'm out in the Furore, I am frequently treated to the most gentlemanly behaviour, people stop to let me out of junctions or to
cross when turning right across traffic, on dual carriageways & motorways most of the time I only have to show myself in their mirrors (just
supposing they've remembered where they are & are looking in them!) & most people move out of the way, I think they then expect me to go
past flat out whereas I normally go by at or around the speed limit - must come as a disappointment! 
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hughpinder
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| posted on 28/11/17 at 10:11 AM |
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I drive in to work every day down a stretch road that is actually 'the most dangerous road in Europe" - by number of deaths in the last 10
years. I see large numbers of people overtake by pulling out and very slowly passing -- usually meaning the manoeuvre takes them round the next blind
bend/ over the hill into the dip that can hide a car etc. At least twice a year I have to avoid cars on the wrong side of the road who are obviously
trying to overtake an artic at 50mph while in 6th. A couple of years back I was just at the point where I had moved so my left hand wheels were as far
off the tarmac as I could safely go, decided that driving off the road into the 8ft drop to the field was better than the alternative head on
collision, when the other guy decided he wasn't gong to make it, hit the brakes and into the back wheels of the artics trailer. He didn't
stop, despite the left hand side of his car being torn off, and his bonnet flying past the screen of my car at about 2 ft away! I still can't
believe that we didn't collide.
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 28/11/17 at 10:43 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by russbost
I would agree that most road users are idiots & always try to take this into account with my driving, I think the biggest problem, particularly at
this end of the country (S.E.) is far too many cars in far too small a space, hence, congestion, frustration & idiotic manoeuvres to save about
1/2 a second off a journeytime!
I think there's definitely a macho aspect of driving in Essex - I live just over the border in Suffolk, and every time I go south I notice a big
increase in aggressive driving. Obviously this doesn't go for the vast majority of Essex drivers, but there seems to be a larger-than-normal
proportion of pushy and almost violent drivers in that county. It's even worse than London where the driving can be direct and sometimes scary,
but I've not witnessed the same level of aggression (and I've driven cars and ridden motorbikes a lot in London over the years). However,
I haven't driven in *every* area of London, so I can't claim totally reliable knowledge there...
The main problem in Suffolk is dozy drivers, who think that 30mph on a clear, straight 60mph road is perfectly OK - and who wonder why they're
at the head of a queue of cars... but that's a totally different issue!
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CosKev3
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| posted on 28/11/17 at 11:38 AM |
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I think a lot of abuse towards kit cars etc is jealousy tbh.
I've had water squirted out of the window of a pikeys transit going in the opposite direction,and also the Pissed up idiot running out and
holding onto the rollbar passing through a town 
I really did wish his foot/leg undr my rear wheel but unfortunately it didn't happen!
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Sam_68
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| posted on 28/11/17 at 11:47 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by russbost
However, when I'm out in the Furore, I am frequently treated to the most gentlemanly behaviour...
I have to say that this is my general experience fo driving kit cars, too. I occasionally get people trying to provoke a race, but even that is
'friendly', rather than abusive.
I can't remember ever having experienced any dangerous abuse or aggression of the sort that some posters are reporting. 
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russbost
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| posted on 28/11/17 at 12:13 PM |
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When they try to race, that is just plain funny! Was coming back from Brands in the Furore after BTCC one time travelling in convoy with a friend in
an R1 engined MNR, we'd just had a bit of fun thro' the dartford tunnel! & pulled up at the lights ready to join the A13 one
behind the other, a Toyota Starlet pulled up next to us, it was a typical "furry dice & large exhaust" car as you'd expect from
a Saxo or similar, he sat there revving the engine & looking across at us, when the lights turned amber he took off with loads of revs &
wheelspin, we waited for the green then set off nose to tail (no wheelspin or drama!) & had both gone past him b4 we cleared the other side of the
lights - I just wish I could have seen his face!
People simply don't realise the performance available to many kitcars! 
[Edited on 28/11/17 by russbost]
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 28/11/17 at 12:21 PM |
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odd as I've owned a few kit cars and always only had nice comments, waves, thumbs up, shouts "NICE CAR!" etc the most scary aspect
being people not actually looking where their going cos their too interested in your car
I'm surprised no one offered you a jacket testing a buggy like that in this weather that aside your really need a windscreen on any road car
or wear a full face helmet with a visor, stones fly up all the time
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coyoteboy
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| posted on 28/11/17 at 01:07 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by 907
Don't forget that one in four people that drive can't pass the number plate test.
What you might see as 500m of clear road they see 50m and after that its a blur.
Paul G
Yeah, there is that. But then they should not complain because they're the one causing the issue! I'm getting tired of being full-beamed
and dazzled from behind by dozy-daisy toddling at 30mph down a dry, straight, open NSL.
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907
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| posted on 28/11/17 at 03:19 PM |
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The thing is that everyone thinks they're a good driver. To them whatever they do is good, and everyone else is wrong.
Lets take Mr 45. He drives at his speed wether in a 60 or a 30, even past a school at 3.30pm.
No need to rush like these mad overtakers. I get there just as quick.
Then there's Mr Left. He thinks he drives slowly and carefully around roundabouts so he uses the left lane, even when turning right.
There's Mr Quick. A gifted talented driver who narrowly missed an F1 seat. He an expert at using the full width of the road, even on blind
bends.
He curses anyone that dares to be on the same road as him, even if they are faster.
What about Mr C, no not that C, this is Mr Cataract. He's perfectly ok to drive because the NHS won't operate till he starts walking into
doors.
I bet you lot know loads more. Feel free to add.
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 28/11/17 at 03:32 PM |
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Not forgetting Mr 4x4 - He drives his big "sports" 4x4 around country lanes as though it's an MX5, lurching around corners and
crossing the while line because he doesn't really know where the nearside of the car is...
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CosKev3
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| posted on 28/11/17 at 03:49 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by 907
The thing is that everyone thinks they're a good driver. To them whatever they do is good, and everyone else is wrong.
Lets take Mr 45. He drives at his speed wether in a 60 or a 30, even past a school at 3.30pm.
No need to rush like these mad overtakers. I get there just as quick.
Then there's Mr Left. He thinks he drives slowly and carefully around roundabouts so he uses the left lane, even when turning right.
There's Mr Quick. A gifted talented driver who narrowly missed an F1 seat. He an expert at using the full width of the road, even on blind
bends.
He curses anyone that dares to be on the same road as him, even if they are faster.
What about Mr C, no not that C, this is Mr Cataract. He's perfectly ok to drive because the NHS won't operate till he starts walking into
doors.
I bet you lot know loads more. Feel free to add.
Mr 45 really does wee me off
Had it a few times this year, pass them in a NSL for them to then flash there lights at you,then you slow down for a 30mph and they are sat on your
arse.
It's usually a driver in the over 60''s age range too
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coyoteboy
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| posted on 28/11/17 at 05:39 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by David Jenkins
Not forgetting Mr 4x4 - He drives his big "sports" 4x4 around country lanes as though it's an MX5, lurching around corners and
crossing the while line because he doesn't really know where the nearside of the car is...
To be fair, I drive a big 4x4 round the roads like it's an MX5, but I do try to stay to the right side of the road and only as fast as I can
stop
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coyoteboy
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| posted on 28/11/17 at 05:41 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by 907
The thing is that everyone thinks they're a good driver. To them whatever they do is good, and everyone else is wrong.
This is true, I'm sure we're all guilty of it. Takes the bigger person to stop and assess their own driving in a critical light.
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SteveWallace
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| posted on 28/11/17 at 05:46 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by 907
The thing is that everyone thinks they're a good driver. To them whatever they do is good, and everyone else is wrong.
Lets take Mr 45. He drives at his speed wether in a 60 or a 30, even past a school at 3.30pm.
No need to rush like these mad overtakers. I get there just as quick.
I bet you lot know loads more. Feel free to add.
There is also Mr speed limit minus 10. Not really sure why they do it, maybe the're related to Mr getting KPH mixed up with MPH.
When out in the kit, the good comments and looks seem to massively out weigh the negative/aggressive ones. Even quite yobbish looking kids in dodgy
areas seem ok. I tend to stick closer to the speed limit in the Viento than in my normal car in built up areas and this does provoke the occasional
tail gating. That's normally cured by not lifting when going around the next tight corner and watching what happens when they try to do the
same.
I have noticed that indicating now seems to be regarded as an optional extra. I've lost count of the number of times idiots cause confusion and
near misses by not indicating on roundabouts any more.
"I know every nut and bolt and cog in that car, I built it myself" - The Prisoner, 1967
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02GF74
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| posted on 28/11/17 at 05:56 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by JAG
Plus most people have given up on overtaking - has anyone else noticed that?
I remember the days I was overtaking on the A40 in my MGB, now I have a car with 3x the brake horses and am unable to overtake - simply due to there
being so much more traffic. This country may be borderline recession but that don't stop people buying and driving cars.
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02GF74
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| posted on 28/11/17 at 05:59 PM |
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Mr. Sit in the outer lane regardless.
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 28/11/17 at 07:50 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by JAG
Plus most people have given up on overtaking - has anyone else noticed that?
So when 'we' do it they get angry and wave their fists etc.... it seem to have become anti-social to overtake anyone these days.
I remember driving home from Sudbury some time ago: came around an open sweeping bend at 60mph (the speed limit) and saw a campervan doing about 40 in
front of me. I was in a perfect position to drive straight past without hesitation (dry road, perfect view, no oncoming traffic, broken lines in the
middle) so I just zoomed through. After I'd passed I saw the other driver swerve a bit, flash his lights and blast his horn... I think
I'd woken him up from his snooze...
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coyoteboy
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| posted on 28/11/17 at 08:19 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by 02GF74
quote:
Originally posted by JAG
Plus most people have given up on overtaking - has anyone else noticed that?
I remember the days I was overtaking on the A40 in my MGB, now I have a car with 3x the brake horses and am unable to overtake - simply due to there
being so much more traffic. This country may be borderline recession but that don't stop people buying and driving cars.
Yeah it's definitely more tricky down south. Round here it's still a piece of cake, but does seem to take people by surprise for some
reason. "I'm doing 30 so everyone else who wants to go faster must be being dangerous".
A year or two back I was flashed so aggressively by a woman that I overtook that I assumed my car had something wrong with it. I stopped to figure out
what it was and she pulled up behind (didn't want to overtake me, clearly!) - I looked at the back of my car and couldn't see a problem so
I wandered back to ask what she'd flashed at (genuinely baffled) and she literally nearly ran me over trying to get away. Clearly outraged at me
but then realised it might not be a good idea to rant at people who might want to understand why.
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