To have gestured at this aggressive driver who was trying to intimidate me?

[ManicUnicorn]

Driving home just now along a road that is and always has been 40mph a twat with a meet me in McDonalds haircut, in a souped up white estate car that he looked barely old enough to drive, came racing up behind me and was literally touching my bumper. I'm not kidding he was that close. I refused to speed up, and it and it was impossible for him to pass me. The girl in the passenger seat seemed to find this hilarious.

The road then goes into 30mph and this continued until he finally eased right off. I the. turned left into my road and as I did so I slowed right down, stared right him, mouthed the word 'wanker' and did the accompanying hand gesture. I received the finger in response. He was also mouthing something but I couldn't see what.

I wouldn't usually do something like that, but he was driving so fucking dangerously in a built up residential area during the school holidays when there are kids everywhere. I'm now slightly worried he knows where I live and was expecting him to appear on my street. I'm hoping it was all bravado and he wouldn't be half as brave without the protection of his big flash car.

He’s just showing off to his equally dumb gf from sounds of it. Personally it winds me up when people tailgate and just are generally annoying but then I carry on my day ignoring them while they get more wound up and look sillier by the minute. Can’t even be bothered to swear at them they are not worth the effort

I always tap the breaks that makes them back off

Aargh I hate dicks like this so yeah, technically not the best move but I'd have done it too

DingDongDenny

In the world of dashcams I wouldn’t advise that, if it’s obvious it was only done due the person tailgating you are guilty of dangerous driving and looking at a ban.

I’ve found what really causes confusion with crap drivers is waving and smiling as though you recognise them, rather than giving them the finger. I don’t think they can cope with not getting an angry reaction.

Be very careful about responding to this, it can put you in a dangerous situation with an idiot. Whenever you feel any emotion (anger) it affects your brain thinking so not great for driving. On a recent naughty person speed awareness course, this was discussed, advised to ignore and be sure not to speed up or take any action that might cause an incident. Recently it has become very apparent that women (young) are also driving in this way so no I don't think its all men.

Something similar happened to me, I beeped my horn at him for cutting me up and he ended up following me. I had the babies in the car so drove to the police station.
Soon drove off but it really scared me

I wouldn't - not after what happened to me once. Bloke in a 4x4 went to cut me up and I wouldn't let him in - I said to myself "It's my right of way, you stupid git" not realising that his car window was open as well as mine so he heard what I said.
He followed me within inches of my bumper several miles through a busy town, and as we neared a mini roundabout, he undercut, shot diagonally sideways in front of me and tried to force me off the road. Fortunately I jammed on the brakes just in time, and we both came to a standstill without colliding. Because he was on my left, and right up by my front wing he couldn't open his own door and get out. I'm convinced he would have assaulted me if he'd been able to and there hadn't been other people watching in the other cars waiting at the junction. Never been so scared in my life. In the end he gave up and shot off like a maniac.

Flipping heck hornbeam. That's awful.Did you report it?

Some years ago, DD was driving home from hospital after visiting my Mum, DN was there too and they left at the same time, each in their own cars. When DN turned off the road, DD raised her hand to say goodbye to her cousin. Bloke behind her took the hand signal the wrong way and proceeded to overtake DD and then drive at 30 miles under the speed limit for 10 miles . DD, being the sensible sort, just locked her cars doors and followed his speed.

Some people are just wankers, don't give them head room

I don't know if any of the other drivers who saw what happened would have reported it, but I was shaking like a leaf and too shocked to get the reg number or make or anything. By the time I got home I couldn't have described what the driver looked like either, or what he was screaming at me out of the window, because it wasn't intelligible so in the end I thought there was no point.