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I'm not sure what to make of this one.
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Originally posted by Whorty View Post
Us youngsters use our phones to help with makeup application these days. Come on oldie, get with the times.
Oh and you have to be an to not realise you can use your mobile for that."You’re just a bad memory who doesn’t know when to go away" JRComment
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Originally posted by SueEllen View Post
Oh god you not like one of those people, mostly women, who use their front facing mobile camera to look at themselves?
Oh and you have to be an to not realise you can use your mobile for that.
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Originally posted by rik sherman View PostTailgating is £100 fine and 3 points on the license.
If someone is tailgating me I will increase the distance between myself and the car in front of me, if needed, to allow an initial light braking to get the tailgater to start braking without hitting me or I will pull over, if possible, to get the dangerous twat out of my danger zone.
If you apply your brakes then the driver behind you has no inkling initially of how hard or for how long you're braking so they are most likely going to over-brake, possibly causing issues behind them.
The following is what I would do...
Pull over when safe to do so, that way the driver behind me who is behaving so badly is no longer my problem.Last edited by Zigenare; 4 March 2023, 08:04.Old Greg - In search of acceptance since Mar 2007. Hoping each leap will be his last.Comment
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Originally posted by Zigenare View Post
That is probably one of the most dangerous things you can do for the following reason...
If you apply your brakes then the driver behind you has no inkling initially of how hard or for how long you're braking so they are most likely going to over-brake, possibly causing issues behind them.
The following is what I would do...
Pull over when safe to do so, that way the driver behind me who is behaving so badly is no longer my problem.
I need a sheep dip to get clean!I am what I drink, and I'm a bitter manComment
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Originally posted by Whorty View Post
I feel so dirty when I agree with Ziggy
I need a sheep dip to get clean!Old Greg - In search of acceptance since Mar 2007. Hoping each leap will be his last.Comment
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Originally posted by rik sherman View PostTailgating is £100 fine and 3 points on the license.
If someone is tailgating me I will increase the distance between myself and the car in front of me, if needed, to allow an initial light braking to get the tailgater to start braking without hitting me or I will pull over, if possible, to get the dangerous twat out of my danger zone.Originally posted by Whorty View Post
The other poster is an idiot to be fair ... but he's slept with loads of women ... apparently .. because we all need to know about his sex life for some reasonAlways forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.Comment
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Originally posted by rik sherman View PostTailgating is £100 fine and 3 points on the license.
If someone is tailgating me I will increase the distance between myself and the car in front of me, if needed, to allow an initial light braking to get the tailgater to start braking without hitting me or I will pull over, if possible, to get the dangerous twat out of my danger zone.Originally posted by Zigenare View Post
That is probably one of the most dangerous things you can do for the following reason...
If you apply your brakes then the driver behind you has no inkling initially of how hard or for how long you're braking so they are most likely going to over-brake, possibly causing issues behind them.
The following is what I would do...
Pull over when safe to do so, that way the driver behind me who is behaving so badly is no longer my problem.
It seems to work for me, as recommended by a number driving experts I cover the brake so the lights just work, most people pull back if they are inadvertent tailgaters. If they don't I slow to maintain my braking distance. You know the people behind are expected not to rear end me? If they can't they should get off the ffin road ditto the ones behind them, when I see tailgaters ahead of me I back off and let them go kill themselves. I would like them actively removed from the road just like speeders are severely reduced since the introduction of speed cameras.
Nothing like a bit of victim shaming from you hang on and it will be alright feckwits.
Its simple you should maintain a gap of 2 seconds from the car ahead of you as advised by the highway code. Failure to do so is the dangerous part not the poor sod being intimidated by an idiot 6 foot from my rear end.
https://nationalhighways.co.uk/road-...afe-stay-back/
Its normally difficult because other drivers like some of your morons do not respect the distance either in front by overtaking and then taking it or behind by trailing . I will actively maintain this distance to preserve my and my passengers safety. This is important in situations where traffic is heavy and something unexpected happens.
Among other situations I have been in 50mph queues where a lorry has lost its tread in front of me, 2 cars collided, caravans and vans rolled, cars pulled out from the hard shoulder without indicators or speeding up, lorries snaking, lorries losing their load. I managed to avoid them thanks to maintaining my braking distance all but it frequently required me to bake heavily and change lanes. This is not possible safely if everyone is six feet from my boot. I have also had issues where my car lost power and most of its coolant at 69 mph which required me to cross two lanes while coasting luckily the drivers in the inner two lanes had a decent stopping distance and gave me the space I needed , seems that would be too difficult for drivers of your calibre.
If you observe most secondary accidents on motorways involve an Audi,Mercedes and BMW (other German penis extensions are available) in a triple rear end shunt which suggests all of them don't understand stopping distance and don't pay attention to the car in front.
The figures suggest that tailgating is a significant part of car accidents, I drive defensively and avoid them.Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.Comment
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Originally posted by rik sherman View PostTailgating is £100 fine and 3 points on the license.
If someone is tailgating me I will increase the distance between myself and the car in front of me, if needed, to allow an initial light braking to get the tailgater to start braking without hitting me or I will pull over, if possible, to get the dangerous twat out of my danger zone.Originally posted by Zigenare View Post
Then don't.Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.Comment
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Originally posted by vetran View Post
That is why Warty the super driver has never had any accidents? They see some hairdresser mobile with a man in it dressed as a penis doing his make up in his mobile and give him a very wide berth.
How many girls have you slept with again? Go check your chuff chartI am what I drink, and I'm a bitter manComment
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