To feel intimidated by expensive cars whilst driving?

[malificent7]

A bit of a generalisation here but I often find BMW, Mercedes, Audi cars etc drive much faster than me...often tailgate me and overtake when I'm on Maxim speed limit.
I feel that a certain kind of go getting person has the money to buy such cars and this is a wflwcted in their driving. This makes no sense I know! I can't help feel intimidated when a beautiful BNW or Mercedes drives behind me. I gave a bimbly Honda jazz!/

While we are at it....it's never those bloody tail gaters who get caught speeding is it?!

Have I got the end of the stick then Moons and Junes? You said they do 30 in a 50. I’m confused now.

mummy

In my original comment I was calling for tolerance between road users.

One person said that they hated people dawdling (can't remember the exact phrase used) at 30 in a 50.
My point was - hang back or overtake. It's quite simple.
I'm against all this raging stuff- 'they shouldn't be in the road, they're a hazard etc. etc. ' we need to be more tolerant of everyone.

I made the mistake of saying that my DM (70) and DD (new driver) drive slowly - in that they drive slower than most.

The age thing was picked up on and Now my DM, who is a perfectly able driver has suddenly turned into an incompetent half wit who shouldn't be on the road.

Mummy
Just to add, MY DD and DM don't do
30 in a 50. I was replying to someone who said they are irritated by people who do.

A friend of our likes to drive a bit fast

He has rear ended three cars, his insurance is now through the roof (justly so!)

Apparently any car rear-ending another car is automatically at fault for not keeping enough distance

FWIW, I also think you are talking shire!

That's ok. It is still an offence; and that offence still makes no allowance for age. Irrespective of what you think, those are the facts.

I drive an Audi and I find it’s people in cheaper cars driving like dicks around me like in their heads they’re having a race with me.

Yep...the good old mentality of my car's a pile of complete shite, but I feel the need to show you it can keep up with yours. Happens constantly on motorways and it's very dangerous as well as annoying.

The age thing was picked up on and Now my DM, who is a perfectly able driver has suddenly turned into an incompetent half wit who shouldn't be on the road.

Did anybody say this? Im not sure it happened.

What you drive changes how you’re treated.

I’ve had all sorts of cars. I went from a merc A class - was treated really well by all drivers, to a freelander, and then suddenly everyone was so aggressive! It was like day to night!

I very rarely used the size of my vehicle aggressively, only when people were being mean to others or being an arsehole about queue joining... having a Landrover ‘Card’ to play is useful sometimes

When I sold the freelander and got something smaller and more economical, Road reactions changed again. School gate reactions too actually as fellow parents who’d never spoken to me before suddenly said hello of a morning!

I since got a convertible, nothing flash, just an ordinary brand, but again you’re treated differently. Fellow convertible drivers are accommodating, people are friendly, and having the roof down makes you much less stressed. You don’t speed too much either, I think, as the sensation of driving is more pronounced

There is a pecking order in cars, I would give most Toyota drivers a wide birth, and Honda Jazz tbh, have had far too many incidents of road positioning chaos or lack of Highway Code knowledge

I certainly wouldn’t get up too close behind anything tho, I’ve seen the trend for this get stronger and stronger and it really annoys me.

Nobody has the right to bully anyone on the road.

Peanut
My DB has done similar!
He never goes above the speed limit but has no consideration for other drivers & drives up close because he wants them to move faster!

welcomething: 9.50 'I said using 'my mum is 70' and 'new newly qualified DD is 18' is not a reason to drive at 30mph in a 50mph zone. It is road conditions that dictate what speed you should travel (within the limit), not age. Driving too slowly, when unnecessary is an offence. It's called inconsiderate driving.*

Do you think I wrote that my DM and DD drive at 30 in a 50 too?
Go back to the start.
My DD and DM don't do that!. I said they hey drive slowly.
someone needs to RTFT

No I meant did anybody say y DM, who is a perfectly able driver has suddenly turned into an incompetent half wit who shouldn't be on the road.

Which is why I quoted it in bold and said 'did anybody say this?'

But as per your standard, you have ignored the actual question and rambled on

Oh I see MoonsandJunes I misunderstood. My mother drives slower than me but she’s a competent driver. It’s an acceleration thing and a stopping distance thing. She still leaves a ridiculous amount of space between my car and hers even if she’s following me. As a result cars pull out in front of her, I lose her, especially at traffic lights as I can’t stop in green. Yet somehow all of this is my fault. I’ve tried to explain to her she needs to stay close yet she is firmly resolved to leave enough stopping distance for a car built in the 1950’s doing 70mph when she’s in an almost new car doing 30. She drives overly cautiously, always has. Not an age thing. But it’s mega stressful for me as the lead driver not to lose her when I’m driving slower than normal to accommodate her slow acceleration yet when in the past I have slowed to 20 to allow her to catch up she won’t. There is no dealing with her in every aspect.

Hissy, it's tribal

There is a big tribe around where I live of "dishwasher cars" (small boxy Hyundais mostly, the size of a dishwasher) who tootle at 30 on a national speed limit road towards the garden centre nearby

I allow an extra 5 minutes now, so I don't get wound up

They pull out very slowly in front of you, and before taking a corner, any corner, they have to come to a complete standstill first (and tootle a bit)

A summary of events not a quote obviously!

Welcomething You are obviously up for an argument (bad day?) but it is you who is deliberately misinterpreting what I have said and am saying.

Anyway I’ve just recounted my story so anyone who wants to say anything about my mother, know I yourself out.

Haha no, not a bad day. Just became invested

Hope you have a wonderful rest of the day

Peanut
In the day those cars were medium sized. So perhaps manouverability is an issue. . My jaw always drops when I see an original mini. It looks like it was made for elves.

I know yourself = knock yourself

Mummy
Yes! 'Overcautious' is a better way of putting it.
My DD and DM are far more aware, cautious and careful than anyone I know!
They take it slow whereas I will nip out of junctions or take roads & bends faster.
They always drive under the speed limit and DD says that she often gets people pushing for ghee to go faster. It's impatience.
My DB is the opposite. He doesn't tolerate anyone who can't drive 'as well or as fast' as he can. Being in the car with him is horrible.

I drive a BMW. I'm on my third one. I have never caused an accident because I don't drive like a dick. I have been hit twice however, once by a Ford Fiesta not watching where they were going and once by a Nissan Quasqai who claimed they 'didn't see you there', but yeah OP, tag all BMW, Audi, Merc drivers as the problem
If other cars on the road 'intimidate' you, then maybe you shouldn't be driving.

My DB is one of those twatty drivers, with a sports BMW. He has been in two road accidents where he drove like a maniac to his garage entrance or a turn and then slammed the brakes on, catching the person behind by surprise. Yes, the drivers behind him should have kept safety distance and so on and so forth, but it's not uncommon to not expect the car in front to sharply break if they are driving at high speeds. It has got to the point where my dad once made him stop and got out of the car, and my dad is a superb driver!

I'm a small woman who drives an expensive car. I get a lot of twattery aimed at me.

Moons
My brother is the same. Pathetic.

I noticed when I drove a metro (remember them?) when I first passed my test that other drivers treated me in a totally different way to when we bought a much bigger, newer saloon car. Going through width restrictions, where no one had right of way for eg, the big bmw or Mercedes coming towards me would just barge through as if that was the law! Funnily enough, they were nearly all male drivers.

OP another Jazz driver here....
TBH the vast majority of Honda Jazz drivers are elderly, we always cheer when we see another young family in one!

Anyhoo - my current Jazz and my previous one both struggle up hills, they have poor acceleration at higher speeds, and while this is occasionally irritating, I buy them for their fabulousness as a runabout/school run car.
Anyone behind me in a high-powered car may well get frustrated going up hills etc, as they assume everyone in a small car is driving badly/unconfidently rather than realising our small engines simply can't do better!

I drive DH's Passat occasionally and OMG it's fast and easy to speed in.
His first car was our old Jazz, and he used to be a great driver. Now he has a speedy car he can be quite a knob in it.

Humm, I drive a decent car Porsche find a lot of young drivers think they are having a race against me at every set or traffic lights in there saxo. Or annoyed people waving hands on back lanes thinking my car is going too fast as it sounds and looks quick doing 30 is not fast I'm not an aggressive driver just some people seem to have a chip on there shoulder about decent cars!!