To get a sign made for the back of my car saying.....

[VinegarTits]

'Backoff you tag tailing tosspot'

or

'Your so far up my arse you tickling my tonsils'

grrrr

[Heated]

Sorry, I should have made clear that she didn't hit him, she hit the central reservation and spun. Fortunately the traffic behind were all able to stop in time.

[Heated]

I just assumed the knobhead driver's fault and I'm sure she would have said if that wasn't the case. Insurers paid out without any trouble because there was a police incident report, witnesses able to give a partial number plate, but police couldn't trace him.

[Wallace]

Heated - May I just ask whose fault that accident was deemed to be. My dh says that it is always the driver of the car behind who is at fault because they obviouly didn't leave a big enough gap

I think I read on here a while ago that a good way to deal with tailgaters is to turn your lights on so they see the red lights and think you are braking.

[Heated]

A gf was tailgated by a complete knob on the motorway, she pulled over as soon as safe to do so. He then deliberately pulled in front of her and slammed on the brakes. She crashed. Fortunately no serious injuries, car a write off, motorway closed for 3 hours.

[hf128219]

I have no need to backtrack!

[SpawnChorus]

By hf128219 on Fri 19-Jun-09 13:04:27
If you've been caught by speed cameras 3 times you are obviously not paying attention.

Paying attention to what? Where the speed cameras are?

[SomeGuy]

100mph anywhere outside of a motorway/dual carriageway is lunatic and you should have been prosecuted and banned. No excuse whatsoever.

[SpawnChorus]

pitiful backtracking hf

[monkeyfacegrace]

Guys I was 18 and thought I was the dogs cuz Id got my first years NCD, it was years ago and hands up everyone who thought they were gods gift at 18! So from an adult perspective yeah I was a prat but I wasn't exactly a responsible adult back then!
I was just making the point that police can be a little 'selective' at times!

[Louby1983]

national speed limit on a hedgelined wide road would have only been 60, so u would therefore have still been 40mph over the limit. also, even if the road was clear & visibility was gud etc, u cud hav had wildlife run out in front of u unexpectedly which at 100mph would have caused a drastic accident.
I have a friend who was involved with a collision with a tree at that speed on a clear country lane - as the driver was flung through the passenger window, his head got severed.
My friend was crushed completely from the waist down. These guys were in the motor trade & had years of driving experience.
fair enough, be a confident driver, and maybe go 5-10mph over every now & then, but fgs b careful!!! U can never completely predict what ur journey will hold.

[hf128219]

And you wrote 'you are a nob for claiming that 140mph is safe'

My point exactly.

[frasersmummy]

100 in a 30 zone?????? when you were pregnant????

did you really have so little respect for your unborn child????

and I dont care if it was to become national speed limit .. it wasnt.. and you deserved to have lost your licence for such recklesnees

Just last week I was on a dual carriageway (60mph) and I had pulled out to avoid 4/5 slower moving cars

This dark blue car comes right up my bum.. he flashes me and I touch the brakes. He flashes me again and I hold my hands up and say what in my rear view mirror. He bumps his horn and I tap my brake again. Next time I look in the rearview they are holding up their police id cards...oops.. got out the way and they went flying past waving and laughing

[Ivykaty44]

I regularly do 140+ mph. No accidents/points

was what you actually wrote

[hf128219]

So where did I say 140 mph was safe?

[monkeyfacegrace]

Lets be honest though, stick at 70mph and you get overtaken by lorrys as already mentioned. I do a steady 80-85mph on the M5 and am aware 100% of the time whats around me. I think the key is to drive at a speed that you feel comfortable at. Lets remember, some people are great drivers, some are appauling, so we cant judge everybody the same. Though, when I was preg with my first, I was pulled over by police at midnight doing 100 in a 30 zone (before anyone cringes it was about to become national limit on a hedgelined wide road-no kids could have run out etc), as he came to my window, I shoved my bump out and cried 'Im so pregant and if I dont wee right now Im gunna do it on the seat!', was the first thing that came to mind. The policeman just smirked, told me to watch it, and to be on my way!!
But as far as car signs go, I have a pad in my glovebox of sheets that say, 'next time you park up my arse leave me a fucking tin opener', great for leaving on the windscreens of people who box you in!

[alicet]

I have read the thread properly thankyou very much.

[hf128219]

Alicet - no need to call me a knob when you don't read the thread properly. Ta.

[alicet]

I got dh this fantastic thing that was a plastic fist with sticky things to put on your rear windscreen. There was a long string with a button at the end of it that reached from the rear windscreen to your drivers seat. Then when someone is tailgating you press the button and hey presto - the hand flicks the bird!!! Quality! haven't had the nerve to use it though!!! Will link it if I can find it - think it was on some site like presentsformen or something similar....

hf128219 while the many points you make about unsafe driving are correct (not sure about mobile phone use being confined to mum's aside) I think you are a nob for claiming that 140mph is safe

[Ivykaty44]

I am sure the man tailgating me this morn has a mn as a wife - wifey said something and he drew back...was it you??

[HecatesTwopenceworth]

When we get someone inches off the bumper I say to dh that we need a sign that says "Don't come any closer without lube" or "If you get any closer we will need vaseline"

So annoying. I lightly touch the brakes to give them a scare!

[elvislives]

I had someone the other week come belting up behind me on the Mway. I was in the outside lane, doing about 90mph, in the process of overtaking and with no space to get back in, and he sat right on my bumper. When I'd had enough and braked (but not hard) he started beeping and flashing. I don't know quite what he expected me to do.

[BitOfFun]

Ah, see but I knew that hf meant track days straightaway...tis the Way Of HF to be enigmatic

[fizzpops]

I don't have to go and stand near a busy road I see as many drivers as the next person and as far as I can tell the mobile phone users are a pretty broad demographic. But as you are paying close attention to driving safely I can understand your being mistaken about it