Me too, it breaks up the journey.
I take it to the next degree where I can actually 'engineer' a situation which is fun. (Mostly)

 

Me too (although Audi man flummoxed me) - I especially love the game you can play with the trailer - when will the person coming down the slip road in parallel with you realise you're there and they're going to have to modify their entrance to the motorway.... (all done safely of course before any pariah's get on my case)

 

Why do people get so protective of 'their space' on the road, i.e. the classic situation where two lanes merge into one and there's a car in the left hand lane slightly behind you, so the driver accelerates to stop you taking your rightful place in the traffic.

If you were walking down a narrowing corridor, the person next to you would stop and say "after you". They wouldn't pretend they couldn't see you and elbow you out of the way to get in front.

People just turn into impatient, angry dicks when they get behind the wheel.

ps. I reserve the right not to practice what I preach whilst negotiating dithering idiots in supermarket aisles.

 

I've stated on at least two occasions, I'm talking about a general driving style and a genuine emergency

In the latter case where there is no alternative to hard braking (which will often be the case when you have nowhere to go and a hazard in front)

I'm not sure how many more ways there are to spell it out

I agree that the action you describe is stupid

I doubt anyone would disagree

It doesn't apply to my driving

Got it?

 

[QUOTE=dreamer,Jun 9 2009, 10:48 PM] ...when will the person coming down the slip road in parallel with you realise you're there and they're going to have to modify their entrance to the motorway....

 

You're bloody-minded.

WTF doesn't everyone adopt the zipper mode and allow one car in front?

The 20,000 miles a year reptiles get it as soon as you lift off and normally acknowledge; the ditherers slow down too and can be accelerated around, to come to a complete stop at the end of the slip road for a nervous breakdown.

 

im sure its a repost but precedence has been set - motorsport is dangerous but the real world has the edge.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10...ent-flames.html

I dont read the daily wail, its just the first story in google.

 

I move out of the way if there are a few cars coming down the slip (hence why mr audi cut me up as I'd moved into the middle lane to give the two cars space), but a single car who is resolutely staring straight ahead and trying to join a motorway slowly without checking mirrors, side windows or the road ahead......... just great to play games with.....

Childish but entertaining

 

Imuch prefer being in the fast lane, so that I can avoid all the numpties playing their silly sliproad games when they inevitably start bouncing off one another. No wonder such accidents are so common. Unlike sense.

 

the main reason I like a genuinely high performance car when pleb-mixing

the options it gives you