I just been tail-gated for 50 minutes while driving down from brisbane to gold coast.
Offender used High beam and very close to the car and this psycho kept following me even when i moved out of the way.
Whats the best way to get these psychos. I want to prepare for next time
Even if you’re overtaking and they are a few k faster these types will ride your arse anyway. Must be closet homos.
dog's bum sniffers
it takes a certain IQ to think "I'll show 'em by risking crashing the front of my car into the rear of their car" while actually risking any such damage to your car being blamed directly on you ;-)
"Yes you're in the right"
Not when the lane to the left is empty, and you're doing 80km/h or more. Then you're actually NOT in the right. Under 80 it is still considered courtesy.
Keep left unless overtaking is actually a simple concept - yet causes the most congestion and frustration, directly followed by round-abouts.
Yes yes that was implied and obviously you keep left unless overtaking, but it seems most peoples arguments are that even when legally overtaking they still get tailgated by others wanting to go faster.
Fair.
That makes your second part "yes they're an idiot", completely valid :)
@Ramrunner: I'm sure everyone has seen it . Side by side auto speed on the only 2 lanes 100 km ph.
The one on the right can show some common courtesy by following that car and not clogging the road up .
A good idea is to pretend the car trailing them is an emergency vehicle with their lights on .
Get out of the `^ ing way .
Throw banana peels out the window
Call police, give location and have them meet you
I had a strange encounter on a country back road once where I was in a 4x4 came upon a small car going about 10km/h slower, I patiently waited until the next broken lines (maybe 30-40 seconds), overtook quickly and put some distance between us and reset the cruise control, completely normal, no aggression.
After a little while the car caught up to me and sat on my arse matching my speed. OK I thought you want to faster now, no big deal, but he wouldn't overtake when the road was suitable, and was exactly matching my speed, after 5 mins I sped up because it was annoying me, but he just caught up again, I did this maybe 5-6 times and he kept catching up and sitting on my arse. At one point I cracked it and floored it and put hundreds of metres between us and yep after a minute or two there he was again, it like a scene from Duel, except I was in the bigger vehicle. I even tried slowing down gently (no break check) to 80km/h go get him to go past me but he just kept matching me.
This continued for well over half an hour until we got to the next town, I slowed down to almost a complete stop, he finally went round when I was doing something like 5km/h, then just as I caught back up to him he floored it and burnt up the first random side road without indicating!
All I can think of is that he must have been on some good drugs. It was the dumbest and most infuriating experience, he wasn't flashing, gesturing or surging his car at me, he was just THERE, sitting just inside what would be considered a polite distance.
You probably ran into one of those country Meth Heads .
I was between Wangaratta and Myrtleford so I'm gonna say that's probably more likely than not
This happens all the time on country roads with bigger vehicles. It's because people in smaller cars feel safer driving behind larger vehicles especially during dusk and dawn to avoid any roos. Used to annoy me but once i figured it out it doesn't bother me. Once i stopped at the servo to fill up and have a snack when 2 other motorists asked if I'll be on the road soon. They had been following me and creeped me out so i told them it was none of their business. But then one of them said that since it was raining heavily and getting dark and they didn't have a bullbar they'd prefer to follow. Over time I've learnt to differentiate between nuisance tailgaters vs safety seekers :p
I hear what you're saying and have experienced similar, this guy was going out of his was to try and antagonize me
Keep a carton of eggs in the car
You were most likely right-lane hogging on the highway… cannot stand these types of road users.
if the OP has already maxed the limit, then you can't do anything about it, just drive past.
I right-lane hog to 110 max, I see 120 drivers getting pissed, but who the fark cares, are they gonna pay my speeding ticket?
You're proud of being a right lane hog?
I am doing what's right, and yes I'm proud of it. Limit is limit, 110. If you want to drive past my car with me driving at 110, it's your prerogative, but can't bully me out of the lane…
@[Deactivated]: left lane drivers ride at 90 or 100, can't stay out of right lane, just find your way around, otherwise drive a police car, fire truck or ambulance.
@[Deactivated]: Am I now, really. Right.
Blame the 'revenue gathering' department idiots out there for penalizing me twice and didn't even consider my appeal and circumstances, so I learned my lesson and now pissing off speedsters out there…
@[Deactivated]: what's funney, you the grammer polize hear?
Penalize
verb
subject to a penalty or punishment.
"high-spending councils will be penalized"
Tell me how smart you are…
It's quite easy to get rid of tailgaters like that… 5c warnings and 50c once you've got your aim in! Isn't that why we keep coins in the car anyway?
How long were you camping in the right lane for before moving out of his way, OP?
I drive more than most people on the freeway and I have no sympathy for people that get tailgated after being stubborn on the right lane. Nor the people that speed up or slow down to match the speed of the car next to them.
OP, you buy one of those heavy steering wheel lock.
Then there's a tailgater and won't let off, slow down, like really slow down.
If it comes down to it where he blocked you and got out of his car, grab the steering wheel lock, and rock n roll, don't back down, if you're getting beat up and will end up in hospital, make sure you return the favor, that's the only way these bogan drivers will know not everyone is chicken sh**.
Exactly this. Slow down. Tailgaters hate it and they won't hang around for too long.
I drove super slow on a trip to Central Coast once, stayed on the far left lane the whole time, never had an issue, even big trucks were passing me fast on the right lane lol!
Plenty of crazy folk out there with anger and substance abuse issues. And it gets worse around any holiday period.
I once had a feral ute tailgate us at night while continually revving and honking for around 30kms on Tasmania country road until i finally reached the nearest township and drove straight to the police station. The bloke was drinking, laughing and yelling with the bottle in his hand asking us to race!
Another time a ute in front of us started drifting off the road so I thought he's dowsy and woke him with a short beep of the horn. He straightened up but started drifting off a minute later and I woke him again. Another minute later he started drifting off , car losing momentum and crossing over 2 lanes heading for the bush so I hit the horn to wake him again and drove up beside him to see if all ok. He straightened but was drinking whiskey straight from the bottle while driving!!
Oh then he decided to really wake up! He threw an empty bottle at another vehicle and tailgated us for 2kms with his horn blasting everyone. Then he cut us off and slammed the breaks in front of us. All of this was in the right lane of the motorway. He then got out of his car with a bottle in one hand and hammer in the other coming straight for my windscreen. Sadly for him he was too drunk to even walk properly and fell on the ground unable to get up. I called the police to help him.
Then got a call back from the police saying thanks for notifying them and that he had already hit and run 4 vehicles in the last half hour and caused a fatality :(
Another one time I had to hit the breaks when a kid on a bike drove on the road from a concealed driveway turn. Woman behind me was doing way above limit in a 50 zone and drove straight into my heavy duty towbar. Entire front of her newish car damaged and written off and she had no insurance!!
Well that ended up being longer and with more incidents than i intended to write about :p
Good stories though. Just remember to bring your commercial grade crowbar all the time, or your heavy duty steering wheel lock, you'll never know when it's gonna come in handy.
90% of these road rage problems could be easily solved by just getting out of peoples way. If you're sitting in the right lane (overtaking and keeping a 3 sec gap, etc, etc) doing the speed limit and you see some nut coming up behind you fast or starting to tailgate you, just move over and let them go. Being stubborn and having this "I'm in the right and they're speeding" attitude is just asking for trouble. There are heaps of nuts out there and pissing them off will only end up getting you in a dangerous situation like OP. Yes you're in the right and yes they're an idiot, but is it worth the trouble when it takes you 3 seconds to just move over and avoid the whole situation?! They'll get what's coming to them, but your safety takes priority over being right.