Oblivious drivers
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Out for a fun drive this afternoon in a 1994 456Gt; was enjoying some swift acceleration on the motorway.
A classic bus was smoking heavily up ahead and a Ford Focus Rs swerved into the fast lane from the middle into my path.
Heavy braking got things under control but it was close.
Why he needEd two lanes to pass the old bus is a mystery but it showed how Luke warm IQ some drivers can be.
What are your experiences with unwary (or incompetent) drivers out and about in a fairly swift car?
A classic bus was smoking heavily up ahead and a Ford Focus Rs swerved into the fast lane from the middle into my path.
Heavy braking got things under control but it was close.
Why he needEd two lanes to pass the old bus is a mystery but it showed how Luke warm IQ some drivers can be.
What are your experiences with unwary (or incompetent) drivers out and about in a fairly swift car?
belfry said:
I wonder if this is more about people deliberately pulling out in front of ‘exotic’ cars like the OP’s Ferrari to make a point? I’m sure that this happens to me more when I’m driving something like a Fezza than my wife’s Velar.
I generally find people are more likely to move out of my way. You sometimes get that knuckle dragger who sits in the outside lane for no reason other than to be in your way, that one does annoy me. Drl22 said:
belfry said:
I wonder if this is more about people deliberately pulling out in front of ‘exotic’ cars like the OP’s Ferrari to make a point? I’m sure that this happens to me more when I’m driving something like a Fezza than my wife’s Velar.
I generally find people are more likely to move out of my way. You sometimes get that knuckle dragger who sits in the outside lane for no reason other than to be in your way, that one does annoy me. At which point we all pulled off at our exit. God only knows what was going through his tiny mind. Maybe he wanted us to know what a bell end looks like.
Sadly you come across them every now and then.
Oaky’s euphemistic language doesn’t help in explaining the point they are trying to make so it remains a mystery.
The issue was when travelling at high speed on a clear outer lane leaving the middle lane empty - for the Ford Focus to overtake the bus in to; it became an emergency to reduce the speed by 2/3rds to avoid rear ending it because he chose to dodge across the empty middle lane in to my path.
Seemingly the driver was not embarrassed, not even a sheepish wave as if to say sorry that was a bit close for comfort.
The issue was when travelling at high speed on a clear outer lane leaving the middle lane empty - for the Ford Focus to overtake the bus in to; it became an emergency to reduce the speed by 2/3rds to avoid rear ending it because he chose to dodge across the empty middle lane in to my path.
Seemingly the driver was not embarrassed, not even a sheepish wave as if to say sorry that was a bit close for comfort.
GordonGekko said:
Oaky’s euphemistic language doesn’t help in explaining the point they are trying to make so it remains a mystery.
The issue was when travelling at high speed on a clear outer lane leaving the middle lane empty - for the Ford Focus to overtake the bus in to; it became an emergency to reduce the speed by 2/3rds to avoid rear ending it because he chose to dodge across the empty middle lane in to my path.
Seemingly the driver was not embarrassed, not even a sheepish wave as if to say sorry that was a bit close for comfort.
so you were doing three times his speed ?!The issue was when travelling at high speed on a clear outer lane leaving the middle lane empty - for the Ford Focus to overtake the bus in to; it became an emergency to reduce the speed by 2/3rds to avoid rear ending it because he chose to dodge across the empty middle lane in to my path.
Seemingly the driver was not embarrassed, not even a sheepish wave as if to say sorry that was a bit close for comfort.
GordonGekko said:
Oaky’s euphemistic language doesn’t help in explaining the point they are trying to make so it remains a mystery.
The issue was when travelling at high speed on a clear outer lane leaving the middle lane empty - for the Ford Focus to overtake the bus in to; it became an emergency to reduce the speed by 2/3rds to avoid rear ending it because he chose to dodge across the empty middle lane in to my path.
Seemingly the driver was not embarrassed, not even a sheepish wave as if to say sorry that was a bit close for comfort.
Well you were jolly lucky that you were using the 'fast' lane instead of keeping left unless overtakingThe issue was when travelling at high speed on a clear outer lane leaving the middle lane empty - for the Ford Focus to overtake the bus in to; it became an emergency to reduce the speed by 2/3rds to avoid rear ending it because he chose to dodge across the empty middle lane in to my path.
Seemingly the driver was not embarrassed, not even a sheepish wave as if to say sorry that was a bit close for comfort.
Phew
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