Originally Posted by
rastuscat
As regards people filling your gap. So someone you don't know and never will driving a car you'll never see again takes the space ahead of you. So what. It's not a contest.
It's not as simple as that Rastuscat. Overtakers have a habit of moving into one's lane without sufficient clearance between themselves and you. "Only fool breaks the two second rule"? Ha. I find myself taking evasive action all too often after being overtaken. If the driver ahead gives me a couple of cycles of the indicator I will make space and avoid the problem. I have no objection to doing this - it's just good manners. But most of the time I don't get that chance.
Distances between vehicles ought to be partly the responsibility of the person overtaking as well as that of the overtaken.
. “No pleasure is worth giving up for two more years in a rest home.” Kingsley Amis
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