Horn hoggers

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[Globalti]

Had something simlar yesterday driving in to Manchester to pick up some visitors. A young guy in a chavved up old Civic tried to undertake then cut in front of me but I closed the gap, so then he sat right on my bumper for several miles in heavy traffic angrily flashing his lights. Then he tried again but at the same moment somebody pulled out from lane 1 and closed the door on him, meanwhile the traffic had closed up behind me so he found himself about five cars further back, I could actually see the driver behind me laughing. Eventually we both pulled off at the Middleton exit and I was about 3 cars behind him all the way in to town. Lost him in Deansgate and carried on to the Novotel, turned in to the street and beggar me, there he was parked right outside the hotel! So I pulled up quietly behind him and just sat, impassive. He got out and I don't know if he recognised me or not, he made a good job of paying at the meter and walking off but if he did recognise me I bet he was worried as hell about leaving his car! He looked well dressed and bright for somebody driving such a crap car, looked as if he was on his way to an interview or a meeting.

 

[Dayvo]

so then he sat right on my bumper for several miles in heavy traffic angrily flashing his lights.

He looked well dressed and bright for somebody driving such a crap car, looked as if he was on his way to an interview or a meeting.

Maybe he was just trying to tell you your wallet was on your car roof!

 

[XmisterIS]

A young guy in a chavved up old Civic tried to undertake then cut in front of me but I closed the gap, so then he sat right on my bumper for several miles in heavy traffic angrily flashing his lights.

Oh, guys like that crack me right up when I'm on my motorbike!

There are three chavmobile-related scenarios that really make me grin from ear to ear:

1) I filter through the traffic to the lights, chav boy beside me starts reving his engine - when the lights change he floors it - and I leisurely put my bike into gear and leave him for dust without even trying

2) Chav boy-racers at the lights, side by side, lights change as I approach, they both floor it - I just sit back behind the faster car, easily keeping pace with him as his engine almost explodes from trying to leave me behind!

3) Now this one is a real hoot - really makes me laugh! I'm approaching the slip-road to go onto a motorway from a 40mph zone. I am being aggressively tailgated by some chav w@nker who thinks the speed limit doesn't apply to him. If there's no-one behind chav-boy, I deliberately ride down the slip road at 35mph, with him going completely nuts behind me. When we're almost onto the motorway, I just open the throttle up and blast up to 70mph in a couple of seconds. He, however, in his fully-kitted and lowered 1 litre Vauxhall Nova, is completely f*cked and has to drive onto the hard shoulder and wait for a gap in traffic.

 

[NickM]

...he was still man enough to tell me something angrily.

Shame I have no idea what it was.

It was "I've got a tiny penis".

 

[vernon]

Oh, guys like that crack me right up when I'm on my motorbike!

There are three chavmobile-related scenarios that really make me as bad as they are

1) I filter through the traffic to the lights, chav boy beside me starts reving his engine - when the lights change he floors it - and I leisurely put my bike into gear and leave him for dust without even trying

Which could be interpreted as racing. If they are determined to be first let them race ahead and get into an unmanageable situation. A motorcyclist doing exactly what you described was killed 100m from my place of work. In his haste to beat a car he failed to observe a car reversing out of a driveway and maanged to partially sever his head and the horror was witnessed by over a hundred school kids making their way to school.

2) Chav boy-racers at the lights, side by side, lights change as I approach, they both floor it - I just sit back behind the faster car, easily keeping pace with him as his engine almost explodes from trying to leave me behind!

Racing again. You're no better than the prats in the cars.

3) Now this one is a real hoot - really makes me laugh! I'm approaching the slip-road to go onto a motorway from a 40mph zone. I am being aggressively tailgated by some chav w@nker who thinks the speed limit doesn't apply to him. If there's no-one behind chav-boy, I deliberately ride down the slip road at 35mph, with him going completely nuts behind me. When we're almost onto the motorway, I just open the throttle up and blast up to 70mph in a couple of seconds. He, however, in his fully-kitted and lowered 1 litre Vauxhall Nova, is completely f*cked and has to drive onto the hard shoulder and wait for a gap in traffic.

Ooh I'm wetting my pants laughing - not. Impeding the flow of traffic - a recommended procedure as found in the highway code. You are no better than your perceived adversaries. Is it any wonder that motorcyclists get a bad name when an irresponsible minority engage in activities that a minority of drivers engage in to earn motorists the vilification from cyclists.

There's no room for 'righteous poor behaviour' on the roads.

 

[XmisterIS]

Which could be interpreted as racing. If they are determined to be first let them race ahead and get into an unmanageable situation. A motorcyclist doing exactly what you described was killed 100m from my place of work. In his haste to beat a car he failed to observe a car reversing out of a driveway and maanged to partially sever his head and the horror was witnessed by over a hundred school kids making their way to school.

I don't do it all the time! I certainly don't exceed the speed limit doing it and I wouldn't do it in a built-up area with lots of other traffic/side roads etc. The chap must have been going pretty quick to almost sever his own head. Nasty.

Racing again. You're no better than the prats in the cars.

As above. Also, I keep a good distance from the car and I don't exceed the speed limit. I am not "ragging it" to keep up with these guys - just accelerating at my normal pace, which is well within the capability of the engine.

Ooh I'm wetting my pants laughing - not. Impeding the flow of traffic - a recommended procedure as found in the highway code. You are no better than your perceived adversaries. Is it any wonder that motorcyclists get a bad name when an irresponsible minority engage in activities that a minority of drivers engage in to earn motorists the vilification from cyclists.

There's no room for 'righteous poor behaviour' on the roads.

Fair point! I should just leave 'em behind. I just get annoyed with them though! Again, I can count on the fingers of one hand the number of times I have done this.

 

[Dayvo]

I can count on the fingers of one hand the number of times I have done this.

Bloody 'ell, XM! You lost the other hand?

Anyway, I thought it was funny; reducing him to a snail's pace on the hard-shoulder!

 

[Globalti]

My wife nags me for accelerating hard to join the motorway and moaning when other drivers don't accelerate, blocking me. Like all regularly nagged husbands I've given up trying to explain that you are supposed to match the speed of the other traffic; it's what makes motorways the safest roads if used correctly.

 

[vernon]

Bloody 'ell, XM! You lost the other hand?

Anyway, I thought it was funny; reducing him to a snail's pace on the hard-shoulder!

It's not funny been marooned on the hard shoulder. The hard shoulder is a hostile environment. The young bucks are likely to be inexperienced drivers and the last thing other motorway users need is someone making a bad call when trying to join the motorway.

 

[XmisterIS]

It's not funny been marooned on the hard shoulder. The hard shoulder is a hostile environment. The young bucks are likely to be inexperienced drivers and the last thing other motorway users need is someone making a bad call when trying to join the motorway.

Aye, it is an evil thing to do, and I've literally only ever done it a couple of times (as I said). Thinking about it now, I'm best off just accelerating away from them as soon as I enter the slip road.

 

[vernon]

I don't do it all the time! I certainly don't exceed the speed limit doing it and I wouldn't do it in a built-up area with lots of other traffic/side roads etc. The chap must have been going pretty quick to almost sever his own head. Nasty.

You don't have to break any speed limits to be deemed to be racing.

Fair point! I should just leave 'em behind. I just get annoyed with them though! Again, I can count on the fingers of one hand the number of times I have done this.

There's no point in getting angry. It affects your judgement. The frequency of your 'sins' is immaterial, you just have to get it wrong once.........

 

[Dayvo]

I am being aggressively tailgated by some chav w@nker who thinks the speed limit doesn't apply to him.

It's not funny been marooned on the hard shoulder. The hard shoulder is a hostile environment. The young bucks are likely to be inexperienced drivers and the last thing other motorway users need is someone making a bad call when trying to join the motorway.

I agree fully, Vernon, but as per XmisterIS' post, his actions were understandable, if not correct!

And the bold in your post suggests that so-called inexperienced young-bucks (aka chavs) should drive carefully and not intimidate other road users.

I think most of us would have reacted in way or other in letting the vehicle behind know that he's too close/driving oo fast!

Self-righteousness is easy until that person experiences it for themselves!

 

[XmisterIS]

*gets tin hat*