Is overtaking someone you know rude?

[SilkClayFlowers]

On the school run home on Friday I overtook a woman collecting her Grandchild from the same school. It’s,a tiny school and had I recognised the car I wouldn’t have done unless I was in a rush.

She was going 35-40mph in a national speed limit zone albeit a country road during the last of harvest and all the traffic issues that can bring!

Today at collection her daughter (the school child’s mother) said, “oh you drive the polo, haha my mums not happy with you after you sped by” . She said this in a jokey way but it got me wondering if it’s not the done thing to overtake someone you may know.

I’ve only been driving for just over a year so am still a bit unsure about the unwritten etiquette.

Not particularly sensible to overtake someone doing 35-40 on a country road, even if it is technically legal
Yes it is.

Alot of overtaking is a bit pointless as in the case of the op who arrived at the same time, approx, as the lady she over took.

For the second time, @Vulpine, did you misread the OP and assume they were both going to the same place? They weren’t! OP was going home, not to school. The child made the comment after the weekend when they were all back at school together.

I don't think it's rude. It's not like it's a personal attack and I'm definitely not going to sit behind someone pooteling along just in case they get offended. A slow driver is a slow driver regardless of whether you know them or not. If you know them and see each other just wave hello and continue on your way.
I wonder if the daughter mentioned it just light heartedly to make a joke of it because she knows her mum can't drive drives slowly.

Alot of overtaking is a bit pointless as in the case of the op who arrived at the same time, approx, as the lady she over took

they didn’t go to the same place? Maybe your comprehension skills and your driving skills need brushing up!