Night Train
Maker of Things
- Location
- Greater Manchester
I tend not to phone the 'Is this vehicle driven considerately?' number as it is too small to read without being too close. If the vehicle has a company name and number on it then I will phone that and have a 'chat' with the transport manager. I once saw a van bully a car in lane three of the M6, it forced its way through between lanes two and three causing the car to have to run in the central reservation while cars in lane two had to move close to lane one to let the van through.
I phoned the company at the start of the bullying and asked them to record the conversation. I then described the action as it happened while staying safely back in lane three. The driver was effectively sacked on the spot.
I have also phoned the Police to report dangerous driving. On one occasion there was a 4x4 tailgating and bullying its way through a bit of congestion on the M60 until it caught up with me in lane three. It then drove within 6' of my car at 70mph with the passenger gesticulating at me and the driver speeding up and slowing down as if to ram me. I phoned the police and then had to accelerate ahead a bit to read the registration number in my mirror before the 4x4 caught up again. I told the police I was now doing 90mph and unable to slow or get back into lane two to let them pass due to the 4x4 being so close I could only see the radiator grille in my mirror. I eventually cleared the front of the traffic in lane two and moved out the way.
A few miles up the road the 4x4 was boxed in and stopped by four police cars in lane three.
I have found that the Manchester Police are really helpful with things like this but When I tried to report dangerous driving on the M25 I was told to get off the phone or I will be arrested for wasting Police time. That time it was a group of hot hatches playing chicken (speeding up to slower cars and emergency braking at the last moment) and running rings around other cars (racing past an innocent motorist in lane three, breaking hard and cutting across to lane one, racing around again).
I phoned the company at the start of the bullying and asked them to record the conversation. I then described the action as it happened while staying safely back in lane three. The driver was effectively sacked on the spot.
I have also phoned the Police to report dangerous driving. On one occasion there was a 4x4 tailgating and bullying its way through a bit of congestion on the M60 until it caught up with me in lane three. It then drove within 6' of my car at 70mph with the passenger gesticulating at me and the driver speeding up and slowing down as if to ram me. I phoned the police and then had to accelerate ahead a bit to read the registration number in my mirror before the 4x4 caught up again. I told the police I was now doing 90mph and unable to slow or get back into lane two to let them pass due to the 4x4 being so close I could only see the radiator grille in my mirror. I eventually cleared the front of the traffic in lane two and moved out the way.
A few miles up the road the 4x4 was boxed in and stopped by four police cars in lane three.
I have found that the Manchester Police are really helpful with things like this but When I tried to report dangerous driving on the M25 I was told to get off the phone or I will be arrested for wasting Police time. That time it was a group of hot hatches playing chicken (speeding up to slower cars and emergency braking at the last moment) and running rings around other cars (racing past an innocent motorist in lane three, breaking hard and cutting across to lane one, racing around again).