When I am President, all tailgating drivers will be permanently stopped

I witnessed the most BEAUTIFUL moment last week - an aggressive guy tailgating a young girl who was doing 70 on the motorway past slower traffic in the middle lane. When she pulled in, the car in the middle lane pulled out to switch places with her and the tailgater did the same again…….until the blue lights came on and they pulled him over.

That just never happens and it literally made my day 😂😂

I drive a tiny 1 litre noddy car on the motorway for hundreds of miles a week. I use all three lanes and in all honestly rarely get tailgated because I use the overtaking lanes properly and don’t drive excessively slow.

Can we also add people who drive 10 miles below the speed limit in safe good conditions on roads that other drivers can’t safely overtake them?

What about tiny cars that pull out to the right in order to turn left?

Is their ego that big?

Oh dear god. I don't stay behind them. People are willfully obtuse. We all know there are such things as middle lane hoggers who just stick to the middle lane for miles on end. When it's busy, you can get stuck behind them and caught in dangerous situations.

There's information films about it Fgs.

I am aware of how to deal with it thanks. It's still annoying.

Agree. Can I add the twats who suddenly speed up as you’re overtaking then slow down again as soon as you pull back in?

This doesnt make any sense at all. So you're behind this person for 20 miles, thats about 20 mins or so, in the middle lane yourself, when the inside lane is empty. Is that right?

Who are you overtaking then?

If you're not behind them, or next to them in the inside lane, for 20 miles, how do you know they're driving for 20 miles in this manner?

In any case, because you keep to the inside lane, if you move past them at a faster speed that is not undertaking them. You can move past them.

I squirt them with my backwind screen washer fluid. Seems to get them to back off a bit.

I didn't mean 20 mph. I mean people who just drive for twenty miles doing say 60 mph, with a lane clear to their left, or going more slowly than the traffic to their left. I can't believe you don't realise middle lane hoggers are an issue. You can't do much actual driving!

Yes, special place in hell for those who do that. Teaching my son to drive was eye opening! The lack of empathy and patience in some drivers (always men!) was staggering.

Tailgaters. Especially in the rain or on very busy roads. I slow down to increase my stopping distance if I can't pull over.

There should also be a section in the driving test about country lanes. You need to be able to plan ahead (so you don't stupidly overshoot a passing place), be competent at reversing around bends (to get back to a passing place), be aware of horses and farm machinery, and not get in a lather when waiting for livestock or tractors.

And also not tailgate, because the car in front might suddenly brake to avoid wildlife on the road - you're not supposed to, but everyone does, it's a normal reaction.

If they are on a 3 lane highway I’d probably call them construction traffic because your scenario is so unlikely.

A single motorway lane caters for approx 2000 car or car equivalents per hour - a truck is approximately 2 cars.

We put in other lanes because the road has more than that volume at peak then another lane because it has exceeded the capacity again. The three lane highway typically operates over a 1 lane capacity across most of the day. Car drivers should absolutely be driving in the middle lane across the day but no one should drive on a motorway at twenty miles an hour unless they are blocked from moving faster as the road approaches capacity which slows down traffic speeds. The Highway Code states that drivers should be in the near side lane unless they are overtaking but in a three plus highway those rules are simply not applicable nor appropriate.

I see it all the time

Had a driver up my ass all through town a few weeks ago. When I got to the traffic lights and let a person out of the petrol station, she properly went ballistic in the car behind me, banged steering wheel and through her arms up twice or three times as if to say ‘wtf’. She tried to pass me out going past a school and then flew by me, looking in with the angriest look on face (she actually freaked me out a little!) then properly sped up the road ahead. Then … I heard sirens. A police car flew up behind me and further up the road I saw they’d pulled her over!!! (I’m actually still smiling writing this) 😅

This is a common cry on forums like this but in the many hours of driving I do a week I dont commonly see people sitting at 60ish in the middle lane, nor do I often see a long section of empty inside lane.

I'm talking about the people who sit (usually about 60mph or less) in the middle lane when the inside lane is clear for a mile ahead. Forcing everyone into the 3rd lane to pass them. It does the complete opposite of increasing the capacity of the motoway.

This is NOT what the middle lane is for and is poor, poor driving. If you can pull over left, you should.

Can we add non driving offences like stopping and blocking the top of escalators, or putting used matches back in the matchbox?

If your job is that important just leave earlier

Tailgating causes more accidents than middle lane hoggers

@JoyousEagle not always. Do you always downplay serious issues in society? You see this game plays both ways 😁

Totally with you OP and I'll be your campaign manager

I fantasise when driving along, that I have a James Bond style secreted gun that operates and shoots when a car gets to a certain distance to me, just pops up and bang, then folds back down and I go on my merry way

When I am feeling more generous, Im content to fantasise that the machinery instead contains a paint gun and just splatters paint all over their windscreen, sort of Dick Dastardly stylee

There should be especially high penalties for lorry drivers who tailgate in traffic on the motorway.

Good start President Replacementbusservice I will add drivers that zoom down the near side motorway lane of a slip road queue and then cut in at the last minute in front of a person safely and patiently waiting.

Using the middle lane to overtake, yes good. Use the left hand lane when empty so others can overtake you and also be overtaken.

Three lanes are for capacity of the road.

🤣 My partner always hears my whinging about it.