Since we have started using our Trailer,we have noticed how many other drivers like to tailgate. Took the trailer out today to collect a large cupboard and on the way back had this car tucked up so close behind the trailer i could not see him in my Mirrors and on country roads where Farmers with tractors or Animals could be in the road is really dangerous. Has anybody else noticed this?
I have had them so close to my back window I cannot even see their headlights in the dark. There was a thread on here a few years ago where someone was defending this sort of behaviour because it meant the roads were less conjested. He had a theory that the more cars you could get on a mile of road travelling at a given speed meant the roads were less conjested. He couldn't get his head around the fact that eventually these vehicles would all stop at a junction and therefore everyone else on the road had to stop too and the chances of an accident were increased.
I do hope that doesn't get kick started back into life.
PMSL what a theory legsdown! I get tailgated every time I leave the house, it's the norm around here. Just because I stick to the limit it seems to be a crime. Muppets. I just slow down and glare at them in the mirror.
Its envy of your trailer. The tailgaters are so wowed by your trailer and its wonderful contents that they just want to get close and bathe in the charisma.
Yes snowy747 it`s the same here up north, when I drive at 30mph in 30 area I have a big line of vehicles behind me. When on the motorway at 70mph I`m the slowest on it apart from HGV`s and careful caravanners.
It's in situations like this that cruise control is really handy. Turn it on, set the speed, and don't be intimidated by the clown behind.
As long as you are making good progress and not unnecessarily holding up traffic you've nothing to be worried about. Do not let yourself be bullied - but do allow extra space ahead of you so that you have lots of time to gently slow down should traffic in front slow or stop, and allow the clown behind time to do the same.
But if you are uncomfortable just pull over and let them pass. It's not worth the hassle.
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It wasn't my theory I hasten to add! I can't find it now. It was quite a few years ago. If the guy is still here I expect he will be very quiet about it almost everyone told him what a t0$$3r he was.
i remember years ago a biker friend told me of the time he had a volvo stuck to his number plate.
served the b*gger right that the bike chain decided to throw a link and the chain "accidentally" dented the bonnet and roof and shatter the windscreen in the process.
I am sure that the volvo had to claim on his own insurance.
Quote: Originally posted by LegsDownKettleOn on 07/9/2009
There was a thread on here a few years ago where someone was defending this sort of behaviour because it meant the roads were less conjested. He had a theory that the more cars you could get on a mile of road travelling at a given speed meant the roads were less conjested.
Unfortunately, the authorities implicitly use this theory on the M25, M42, and anywhere else they've put in variable speed limits. The stated goal is to smooth traffic flow by restricting the speed so that everyone travels at the same speed. However, as soon as that happens the gaps start to close and you usually see mile after mile of cars all doing 40, 50, or whatever the current limit is with a car-length or less between each other. The crazy thing is that when everyone obeys the two-second rule, the faster the speed the higher the capacity (i.e. the more vehicles per minute will pass a fixed point), and so reducing the speed limit can only worsen congestion in theory. However, the authorities know the gaps will close and rely on that happening.
As with all systems susceptible to failure, the longer you manage to put off that failure the more catastrophic the eventual failure is. This is why (IMO) whenever there's a crash in an active variable speed limit section it's almost always a multi-vehicle pile-up.
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Topic: being tailgated
