Driving Pet Peeves

[lord bunberry]

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I get really annoyed by the same thing. I think some folk think they're doing you a favour by speeding up on the straights - by letting you go faster too.

I have a 10 mile drive to work. It's mostly an A road and there's no need whatsoever to slow down on the bends. Apart from anything else it bumps up your fuel consumption.

There are also folk who slow down on the straights if there's traffic coming the other way.

And then there are some who get humpty and flash you when you eventually manage to overtake them. WTF is that all about?

There's another A road that I use regularly with tighter bends where slowing down is understandable for those that don't know the road. Most of the time here you can tell if someone is local from their number plate. If I'm on such a road that I don't know I'll often let a local to overtake me then follow in his/her wake.

The last part is a good point as it’s much easier following a car on a road you don’t know in the dark.

[Moulin Yarns]

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The last part is a good point as it’s much easier following a car on a road you don’t know in the dark.

Same thing in fog. I was on Saddleworth Moor a few years ago and it was very foggy, I was at the front of a few cars and every time I pulled over to let them pass they all pulled in as well 🙄

Another time the A9 was blocked by an accident, I know all the back roads so turned back a bit and went up by tulliemet, other cars followed, all the way to my mother in law's house 😂😂

[lyonhibs]

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The last part is a good point as it’s much easier following a car on a road you don’t know in the dark.

I am not a driver, but as a passenger in Mexico once, a mate was driving in grim conditions in the wee hours as we had misjudged the time the journey would take BADLY (update: Mexico is absolutely huge) and we discovered the best way to get where we were going a) quickly and b) with a bit of warning about the completely unsignposted and mostly invisible speedbumps called "topes" was to wait until a lunatic local bus driver overtook us then just tag on to them for as long as we dared.