Taranaki Toy Run crash

[Edbear]

There's certainly no aggro on my part Ed, the tailgater is the one with all that. And yeah sure, there's always a cop around to catch them just down the road.

Aggro on their part really. I prefer to let them go and get caught for speeding than have them get angry enough to do something stupid and put others at risk.

I'm pretty laid back these days myself.

[PrincessBandit]

There's certainly no aggro on my part Ed, the tailgater is the one with all that. And yeah sure, there's always a cop around to catch them just down the road.

Unfortunately there actually often isn't. (Unless you were commenting as a "tui")

If I'm on the motorway or a dual carriage way of course I'll pull to the left as soon as I've passed whatever I'm overtaking to let someone going faster behind me past. I won't sit in the second lane holding up vehicles behind me who are obviously wanting to (i'll never say "needing" ) to go faster. However if I'm on a single lane road, particularly where there aren't places to just pull over at a whim, then I sure ain't going to speed up for the sake of some inconsiderate wanker behind me. I reckon there'd be extremely few of them who had a legit reason for needing to exceed the speed limit.

[Zedder]

Aggro on their part really. I prefer to let them go and get caught for speeding than have them get angry enough to do something stupid and put others at risk.

I'm pretty laid back these days myself.

But they're already angry Ed, that's their type. Good to hear you're laid back though.

[Zedder]

Unfortunately there actually often isn't. (Unless you were commenting as a "tui")

If I'm on the motorway or a dual carriage way of course I'll pull to the left as soon as I've passed whatever I'm overtaking to let someone going faster behind me past. I won't sit in the second lane holding up vehicles behind me who are obviously wanting to (i'll never say "needing" ) to go faster. However if I'm on a single lane road, particularly where there aren't places to just pull over at a whim, then I sure ain't going to speed up for the sake of some inconsiderate wanker behind me. I reckon there'd be extremely few of them who had a legit reason for needing to exceed the speed limit.

Yep, definitely a Tui there PB and yep also to all else of the above.

[caspernz]

There is no "danger zone". There is however the legal and correct zone which a driver should drive in and feel safe in without being bullied.

The requirement is for the following vehicle to overtake safely and correctly as per the road code. However tailgaters, being bullies, aren't capable of doing that and would rather make the legal driver move over for them.

What's the weather like in Utopia today??

I understand what you mean, but in practical terms when I've got an aggro driver on my arse, I prefer to let him/her go past.

After about 4 million clicks I've come to accept that the Road Code and the Code of the Road are not exactly the same...and those aren't my words, first heard that wisdom from an old trucker who taught me a few things...

[Zedder]

What's the weather like in Utopia today??

I understand what you mean, but in practical terms when I've got an aggro driver on my arse, I prefer to let him/her go past.

After about 4 million clicks I've come to accept that the Road Code and the Code of the Road are not exactly the same...and those aren't my words, first heard that wisdom from an old trucker who taught me a few things...

Yeah I know, but how often do ya get someone in a cage tailgating your truck?

[caspernz]

Yeah I know, but how often do ya get someone in a cage tailgating your truck?

Every day actually, despite it being a fuel tanker. No worries with a 20 tonne rated rear bumper...

It's that crazed clown on four wheels when I'm riding my bike that gives me the shits

[Subike]

Yeah I know, but how often do ya get someone in a cage tailgating your truck?

I have seen this so often on the open road, dumb fucks sitting inches off the back trailer out of sight of the driver, they have no real view of what coming , just sit and bounce in and out looking for the ""gap"" to leapfrog the truck. Seen a lot of close calls because they dont really have a concept of how much truck they have to pass. They forget they are in the "tow" zone of the truck, and when pulling out into the other lane to pass, suddenly find a huge loss of power due to not having the "tow" of the truck assisting them anymore. The worst offenders are Vans and campers. Sadly I have seen bikes do this as well.

[scumdog]

Unfortunately there actually often isn't. (Unless you were commenting as a "tui")

Sometimes I'm lucky and there's a cop right there to see it all - and the one doing the bad driving doesn't even realise it!!!

[Coldrider]

Sometimes I'm lucky and there's a cop right there to see it all - and the one doing the bad driving doesn't even realise it!!!

would that be on a sunday afternoon in the 'marina'?, no wonder they wouldn't realise it.

[paturoa]

gaaarrggghhhh, there are many types of tail gaters and reason's why they tail gate.

TYPE 1: Always an arsehole: These are the arseholes who always tail gate (except if there is a popo around, which tells a story). I see them daily on my commute to work along the motorway. There are lanes to choose to travel faster, but no, they choose to drive about 1-2 car lengths behind a vehicle in the middle lane. Another scenario where this arsehole is observed, is where there is absolutley nowhere to overtake on 2 lane roads. These are the worst kind and need to be removed from the road.

The range moves through to the "I'm brain dead" and not concentrating type AH2: These occasionally tailgate but not through choice, through neglegence. I do it occasionally as I've realised myself doing over the years when I'm not thinking.

We move forwards to Type 3, the "I'm frustrated because I can't get past" and wil tail gate to send a message. Often observed when a righteous (sp?) right laner travels at 90ks in the right lane or passing lane. This is the 2 arsehole scenario and incorporates Type 4 who is the lead vehicle.

[Zedder]

It sure sounds like tailgating arseholes are more common than I thought they are.

[FJRider]

It sure sounds like tailgating arseholes are more common than I thought they are.

Perhaps ...

Numbers doing it may drop ... if the law allowed us to shoot their tyres out ...

[Road kill]

Yeah I know, but how often do ya get someone in a cage tailgating your truck?

Yep as casper said "every day an it's not only cars.

I used to get a laugh when I was transporting big plastic water tanks an I got a good wind gust "the tail gater would suddenly go from being so close I couldn't see them in my mirrors to a couple of hundred meters behind me.

Now days I'm often carting wide and high machinery and quite frankly as much as I do try to be as polite as possible I only move over or not depending on how I feel about my load "nothing to do with who wants to get past.

Sometimes trucks have reasons other than what can be seen for not wanting to move over "but people seldom if ever think about that.

[Road kill]

It sure sounds like tailgating arseholes are more common than I thought they are.

Yes but a lot of them are not doing it because they want to get past,,it's simply how they always drive.

My Mother in law is a classic,,one car length from the car in front and if somebody "me" should mention it,,,I'm just being silly because shes been driving for 50 years and has never had an accident or a ticket in her life.

Another "mate",,,, constantly being brake checked by cars in front of him and he asks "what's their fucken' problem ?

Reckons I'm the cunt because after the first time I won't travel in his car anymore.

Both these clowns refuse to see that they have a problem no matter how you try to explain it.



Just give up.