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[Troll]

I find sticking mainbeam on, leaning constantly on the horn and zooming at breakneck speed towards the rear bumper whilst giving them the finger in my big BMW works well.

More effective with a 10 year old 4x4

HTH

[milanbenes]

I'm not a member of the Institute of Advanced Motorists, but I do have one rule,

if somebody is tailgating me, and wants to get past,

I let 'em past

rather they are in front and cause an accident than behind being a menace

you wanna be in front, you're welcome to it


so my advice is Wilmslow et al, maintain the gap, but if some behind is behaving in a way which suggests they'd like to be in front, move over, let them past and then get back out there



Milan.

[Troll]

if somebody is tailgating me, and wants to get past,I let 'em past

Naaw... slam the anchors on and test their reaction times... bonus if your 10 year old 4x4 is written off

[DimPrawn]

I would enjoy casually letting you through and then doing the same to you once you've gone past me.

That's a good game. I enjoy that one. To add a bit of variation after a few swaps, do some undertaking and brake slamming.

Nothing worse than a quiet commute into work.

[milanbenes]

he he

nah those games aren't for me and I would want my 4 weeks old 4x4 damaged.

Milan.

[Troll]

he he

nah those games aren't for me and I would want my 4 weeks old 4x4 damaged.

Milan.

give it time...

[basshead]

Some interesting stuff about driver behaviour here:

http://www.amasci.com/amateur/traffic/traffic1.html

I'm with Wilmslow and always try to maintain the 2 second gap. I find I get to where I want go go feeling much more relaxed and safe than if I've tried to beat every other driver on the road.

[moorfield]

Has Wilmslow bought that £200 banger yet ? No one will go near him on the motorway in one of those whichever lane he's in.

[Sockpuppet]

I'm with Wilmslow and always try to maintain the 2 second gap.

Remember 2 seconds is for dry roads.

double for wet roads.

10 times for icy roads

[BoredBloke]

You describe 'slow lane theory', it works on quite a few of my commutes, M6/M62 is good for it. I've got all sorts of theories for tackling the M6/M62/M60/M56 mess but if you are in a good mood just sticking in the slow lane and not lane weaving is the best for your sanity and often the quickest.

Are you saying you leave the motorway on the slip road and come back on the other side of the roundabout, that is desperation stuff, I'd slag you off but I did it earlier this week after the M60 crash were the old duffer did a U turn.

Yes - I do that all the time in heavy traffic. The length of some slip roads means that you can do a good half a mile when you look at the distance between getting off and back on again. Before the toll road was opened on the M6 I used to go round the back of the services at the bottom of the old M6. Thatused to bypass a chunk of traffic also.


"you wanna be in front, you're welcome to it"

Something you have no choice about given the diesel Passat!