why do they do it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[sadlonelygit]

dawdle along at 59 (real) mph then as soon as i've passed them at 62 mph come flying past me then sit back at 59, so i pass them again, so they fly past me, then slow down to 59...........AAAAAAAAAAARRRRGGGGGHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!
Drive faster or deal with being passed by a coach...................it's not big to race a speed restricted vehicle FFS!
i passed an Aygo 4 times on the M4 yesterday.

[mustardbufc]

At least they let you past. In my experience as soon as they realise they are being overtaken by a lorry they stick their foot down and leave you sat in the middle lane like a dummy!

[sinto]

At least they let you past. In my experience as soon as they realise they are being overtaken by a lorry they stick their foot down and leave you sat in the middle lane like a dummy!

But we're now getting forward facing cameras in our trucks, so I'll just sit back and clame the hours and they'll have evidence of why I didn't get to a job on time

[BBROWN1664]

I find the same in my car. Cruise control on at 75(ish) and overtake a car only for it to overtake you again and again and again as they cannot control their speed. Sometimes they creep past, other times they go past at 80-85 but you soon go past them again.

Muppets.

[sinto]

Wish I had a camera in my truck today

Foccin cage driver overtaking me in a 30mph and white hard line chevrons closing the two lanes down to one! But was she slowing down? Was she foc, she was determined to get in front of me regardless of the roadworks 500yards ahead!

[sinto]

I find the same in my car. Cruise control on at 75(ish) and overtake a car only for it to overtake you again and again and again as they cannot control their speed. Sometimes they creep past, other times they go past at 80-85 but you soon go past them again.

Muppets.

I see this more and more, don't know what they're upto, but they certainly aren't watching what's going on roundabout them

[sinto]

Drive faster or deal with being passed by a coach

That'll be why it's happened, and I'd do the same if i was in the cage
Can't you coach driver's just accept your behind a car and chill out? You need to stop at some point soon do you not?
(mix &stir)
Get a real driving job, drive a truck

[Frosties]

I find the same in my car. Cruise control on at 75(ish) and overtake a car only for it to overtake you again and again and again as they cannot control their speed. Sometimes they creep past, other times they go past at 80-85 but you soon go past them again.

Muppets.

I see this more and more, don't know what they're upto, but they certainly aren't watching what's going on roundabout them

Find the same. It's like my car turns into a friggin magnet when I pass them. Winds me right up - they accelerate, I drop back in....the gap closes, I pull out aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand repeat.

[mustardbufc]

And then there's the idiots on the slip roads. They're on the slip road but ahead of the wagon, but decelerate rather than accelerate safely out in front of you, you pull over to let them onto the carriageway, then when you are almost past them they remember where the accelerator is, shoot up the inside and your sat in the middle lane like a dummy!

[sinto]

And then there's the idiots on the slip roads. They're on the slip road but ahead of the wagon, but decelerate rather than accelerate safely out in front of you, you pull over to let them onto the carriageway, then when you are almost past them they remember where the accelerator is, shoot up the inside and your sat in the middle lane like a dummy!

You pull out to let them out?

We've had this discussion on here before somewhere, it's a foccin acceleration lane, if the numpty on it can't get upto speed and join at the speed of the traffic on it and use the give way lines,  they don't get on in my book, they get the sound of a massive air horn and that generally wakes them up

[mustardbufc]

I'm not a full time driver, obviously a lot still to learn sinto!

[sadlonelygit]

You need to stop at some point soon do you not? yep, to have our FREE lunches and vouchers
Get a real driving job, drive a truck i would but couldn't be without my tips

[sadlonelygit]

I'm not a full time driver, obviously a lot still to learn sinto!

you're not a REAL truck driver until you have perfected the art of pulling out just infront of an overtaking coach between J6-7N M5 thereby keeping us behind you all the way up the hill for 6 miles

[sinto]

I'm not a full time driver, obviously a lot still to learn sinto!

We all learn everyday mate, I dont move out to let someone on, which is why there's an acceleration lane there in the first place, admitted, lots of those lanes aren't long enough, but I always make sure I've got an escape route planned in case I need to get out,  failing that, it's slow down and just let them out without pulling into lane two, as 9 times put of 10 your stuck in that lane with someone coming up the inside as they think your being an ass sitting in that lane and not pulling over.
Even when I done this on my advanced driving truck test, (I've got my bike and car too) the examiner awarded me a bonus point for explaining why I didn't go out

[sinto]

I'm not a full time driver, obviously a lot still to learn sinto!

you're not a REAL truck driver until you have perfected the art of pulling out just infront of an overtaking coach between J6-7N M5 thereby keeping us behind you all the way up the hill for 6 miles

Hee hee
Give him a chance sadlonelygit, we'll train him in the right manner of foccin off coach driver's

[sinto]

You need to stop at some point soon do you not? yep, to have our FREE lunches and vouchers

And I hope you declare such gratuities to the tax man? As that's classed as extra income

Get a real driving job, drive a truck i would but couldn't be without my tips

Best tip I'd give you is stop being like the guy on the back of megabus

[Dead Eye]

Hell, I just have my cars and bikes and this annoys me when observing the muppets trying to join and foccing off all the trucks

Though I do tend to use the acceleration lanes perhaps a little aggressively... I sort of see it as my right to see how accurate the manufacturers figures of 0-60 are

Still, in my opinion it's safer to join the motorway at 85 than 55

[sinto]

the muppets trying to join and foccing off all the trucks

Though I do tend to use the acceleration lanes perhaps a little aggressively... I sort of see it as my right to see how accurate the manufacturers figures of 0-60 are

THIS ^^^^^^ is allowed
Least your getting up to speed you get my vote mate

Still, in my opinion it's safer to join the motorway at 85 than 55

Only if the vehicles in front of you are doing that or more, or you'd run into trouble that wouldn't be a good site

[hairnet]

And then there's the idiots on the slip roads. They're on the slip road but ahead of the wagon, but decelerate rather than accelerate safely out in front of you, you pull over to let them onto the carriageway, then when you are almost past them they remember where the accelerator is, shoot up the inside and your sat in the middle lane like a dummy!

You pull out to let them out?

We've had this discussion on here before somewhere, it's a foccin acceleration lane, if the numpty on it can't get upto speed and join at the speed of the traffic on it and use the give way lines,  they don't get on in my book, they get the sound of a massive air horn and that generally wakes them up
 

ever seen a car go up the embankment after this happens to them with a truck cos it doesnt move cos it cant/wont/doesnt have to - even tho theres a hard shoulder to use they shite it and hang a left

madness

[unfazed]

dawdle along at 59 (real) mph then as soon as i've passed them at 62 mph come flying past me then sit back at 59, so i pass them again, so they fly past me, then slow down to 59...........AAAAAAAAAAARRRRGGGGGHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!
Drive faster or deal with being passed by a coach...................it's not big to race a speed restricted vehicle FFS!
i passed an Aygo 4 times on the M4 yesterday.

The reason is obvious Anywhere you go Aygo

[Dead Eye]

Still, in my opinion it's safer to join the motorway at 85 than 55

Only if the vehicles in front of you are doing that or more, or you'd run into trouble that wouldn't be a good site

My mind on it is that you can typically slow down easier and faster than you can accelerate, though I appreciate the slight legality issue :P

[sinto]

ever seen a car go up the embankment after this happens to them with a truck cos it doesnt move cos it cant/wont/doesnt have to - even tho theres a hard shoulder to use they shite it and hang a left

madness

Not really, it's their fault if they can't judge speed using the acceleration lane is it not?

Highway code states "give way to traffic from the left"

How they'd explain to their insurance / police why they've ended up on the verge would be interesting reading I'm sure.

I'm not saying I don't let people in, every situation merits different ways of doing things, there might be a safe gap in lane 2, thus allowing them on, there might not be and then I'd be at fault got just moving into lane 2 and causing them to brake or swerve me thus causing more havoc and also in highway code it states that "you shouldn't make anyone take abrasive action" so it boils back to those numpty drivers who can't get up to speed and judge a safe gap.
And it's not just car driver's, there's a lot of trucks and bikers that are like that too. Unfortunately, they don't give you this stuff when your learning to drive, it really should be part of the test I think.

[sinto]

My mind on it is that you can typically slow down easier and faster than you can accelerate, though I appreciate the slight legality issue :P

Slight? 

I'm not sure if it really is easier to slow down, debatable really

[Billy Balthorpe]

Regarding joining motorways and dealing with people joining.

I agree with Dead Eye, as long as there is no one in front of you on the slip road, I always make sure im doing a good chunk more speed than the people already on the M-way, its easier to scrub 20mph off than to put it on. Plus you are more likely to find a point to safely join if you are going at a different speed than the other vehicles, passing more gaps in the traffic, and its always better to slow down, join, and match speed, than to join going slower than the flow of traffic, then try to speed up to get away from the artic up your chuff.

I never pass a blind junction (or any junction if I can help it) when im on a M-way/dual carriageway in the inside lane, I've seen too many people come dawdling down the acceleration lane, not even looking if there are any gaps until they are 50% past the point where they could have joined, then try to join doing the same speed as the artic which is trundling down the inside lane at 56mph. Ive also seen too many people stop at the end of the slip road as if the solid white line is a brick wall, much to the consternation of the other people coming down the slip road only to find a car stopped where they are just not expecting it.

People who don't seem to be able to keep a steady speed up, and keep overtaking you when you are doing the same speed.
People who hog lanes and don't pull over when they can, even when there is obviously a queue of traffic behind them.
People who pull out in front of you and make no effort to match your speed, causing you and everyone else behind you to slow down.

The people above usually don't even know they are doing anything wrong, they are completely oblivious to you behind them, and everything else which is not in their line of sight right in front of them. If they do look in their mirrors and see you there when you weren't there before, they do not think, "Where's he come from?, he wasn't there before, he must be travelling quicker than me, better get out of his way and let him bugger off", they are more likely to look see you there and think "theres a car behind me" AND THAT'S IT!!!! No further thought is dedicated to you.

I blame the demise of the public information film and people just having no thought for other road users.

I could go on for hours, but I wont (thankfully).
 
 

[maxzer1500]

Regarding joining motorways and dealing with people joining.

I agree with Dead Eye, as long as there is no one in front of you on the slip road, I always make sure im doing a good chunk more speed than the people already on the M-way, its easier to scrub 20mph off than to put it on. Plus you are more likely to find a point to safely join if you are going at a different speed than the other vehicles, passing more gaps in the traffic, and its always better to slow down, join, and match speed, than to join going slower than the flow of traffic, then try to speed up to get away from the artic up your chuff.

I never pass a blind junction (or any junction if I can help it) when im on a M-way/dual carriageway in the inside lane, I've seen too many people come dawdling down the acceleration lane, not even looking if there are any gaps until they are 50% past the point where they could have joined, then try to join doing the same speed as the artic which is trundling down the inside lane at 56mph. Ive also seen too many people stop at the end of the slip road as if the solid white line is a brick wall, much to the consternation of the other people coming down the slip road only to find a car stopped where they are just not expecting it.

People who don't seem to be able to keep a steady speed up, and keep overtaking you when you are doing the same speed.
People who hog lanes and don't pull over when they can, even when there is obviously a queue of traffic behind them.
People who pull out in front of you and make no effort to match your speed, causing you and everyone else behind you to slow down.

The people above usually don't even know they are doing anything wrong, they are completely oblivious to you behind them, and everything else which is not in their line of sight right in front of them. If they do look in their mirrors and see you there when you weren't there before, they do not think, "Where's he come from?, he wasn't there before, he must be travelling quicker than me, better get out of his way and let him bugger off", they are more likely to look see you there and think "theres a car behind me" AND THAT'S IT!!!! No further thought is dedicated to you.

I blame the demise of the public information film and people just having no thought for other road users.

I could go on for hours, but I wont (thankfully).
 
 

  Re the stopping at the end of the slip road, have been behind some twats who stop at the begining of where slip meets the main carraigeway. Some people just don't have a clue, had an ex who had no idea about lane discipline amongst other things, made me ill being a passenger, gearchanges didn't take gradients etc into account, think she just counted to three then changed up! Foccin nightmare.