To still be upset about this dreadful driver?

[Netcurtainnelly]

Mr net Curtain and I were driving down a country road on Friday and realised we were being tailgated.
I looked round and the driver was featuring us to go faster. We did not as we were already driving to the speed of the road

We just ignored him and carried on. Next thing he or someone behind him starts blasting the horn furiously obviously trying to get us to go faster
We did not eventually the driver turned off

It really unnerved me and made me nervous. I can't believe that people are prepared to cause a crash on a road just because they want you to hurry up.

Has this happened to anyone else? have experienced tailgaters before but never someone blasting their horn etc. So dangerous.

It is very, very common (normal in fact) to NOT drive at 60mph on the tens of thousands of miles of rural roads where national speed limit applies.

Irrelevant. Bullying/abusive behaviour is NEVER acceptable, whatever the circumstances.

Ever thought your driving could be the factor behind the accident

Don’t be ridiculous. You have to have been driving for a mere five minutes if you’ve never experienced a tailgater. Unless you’re one yourself…

No, it’s to increase the distance between you and any vehicle in front, so you can then brake more slowly to avoid the twat behind you slamming into you.

You need more than cats eyes. My last sentence says that…

This is actually bullshit. There are thousands of miles of NSL roads across the UK where it would be ludicrous to drive at NSL.

Again. Literally says that in my post. I hope your driving is better than your comprehension. For all our sakes.

I'm a big advocate of driving to the conditions. A 60 on a back road is obviously a load of rubbish and if someone wants to go faster than I feel comfortable I just pull over and let them get on with their angry day. I don't need to be a apart of it!

However I do tend to drive over the speed limit in other circumstances if I feel it safe and admittedly get frustrated at those doing 40 on a straight wide road with miles of visibility

the world is full of knob heads and some of them can drive. forget about it OP

A dual carriage way but only wide enough for one car?

what?

I’ve addressed that twice now. 2-way, narrow rural road.

A dual carriageway is two lanes in each direction.

No. It’s defined by what’s in the middle dividing the carriageways. If there is a physical barrier it’s a dual carriageway.

Your post also said "rarely". That's what people are disagreeing with. It's not rare at all. There are tens of thousands of miles of roads like this. Round my way I'd guesstimate 75% of the roads are unclassified single track.

That’s not a dual carriageway: that’s a carriageway.

You need to brush up on your Highway Code

Bloody hell, you’re right. Thank you, I’ve been wrong about that for decades.

Like I said…. That’s 3 times.

Nonsense. How silly to assume everyone was in the wrong.

There are some crazy crazy drivers out there - in my town we have 30 mph limits and a number of drivers (usually taxi drivers) bombing through at 50mph, and completely up in your behind if you dare to not breach the speed limit.

I've had this happen to me. Going from one motorway to another and the road has very steep turns. I was doing the speed limit as was shown but this car came right up behind me trying to make me go faster I just carried on as I was at the limit and driving safely. Got onto the motorway this car drives besides me and the driver is shouting, not helpful as both our windows up so I couldn't hear what we was saying! I just flipped him the bird and carried on.

If two cars behind were both blasting their horns you were probably right going too slow…

This happens a lot more than you think. I live in Birmingham and my road is terrible! Also red traffic lights don’t apply!

I usually let people past in those circumstances…

What do you mean by driving to the speed of the road? Do you mean at the speed limit?

Some people getting angry and aggressive on this thread at the thought of someone driving within the speed limit. Unless the conscientious driver is absolutely taking the piss - which admittedly does happen - then it's these aggressive and self righteous types who're in the wrong, and dangerous.