Dealing with Boy Racers
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alane29 said:I cant say i have had issues with boy racers i feel they appreciate a powerfull car, they might try race away from the lights but generally give up after a short time ,its men forced to drive people carriers or average saloons who tend to act like knobs and try to provoke a reaction .i dont even acknowledgment them except i might glance back at there grumpy faces in the mirror
It doesn't seem to matter what car I'm in, I invariably encounter Onslow in his battered Zafira, smoking fags with his kids un-seatbelted, driving his car like he is in a F1 race with no regard for others, no indication when changing direction. When they cut you up, pull out on you, overtake dangerously or drive 1m from your bumper and you let them know their driving is horrendous, your met with a verbal barrage of abuse and death threats.
Karma. That is all.
But I'd agree it's the Dads in MPVs that tend to be the biggest problem.
But I'd agree it's the Dads in MPVs that tend to be the biggest problem.
Just let them go.
We had the same thing on the M4 back from the English/Wales meet. The traffic was moving quite quickly and as you would expect, the Zed contingent was keeping up with the overall traffic flow. That didn't stop 2 muppets (0ne in a black 118 diesel and the other in, I think, a silver Hyundai hatchback) making it their only ambition in life to over take or undertake everyone - including the Zeds.
If they reached their destination thinking that they must be awesome drivers to have passed so many more powerful cars, then let them continue deluding themselves. One day they will wake up in hospital, or be interviewed by St Peter. If you let them go at least you won't be alongside them.
(This is probably the longest and most sensible post I have ever made!)
We had the same thing on the M4 back from the English/Wales meet. The traffic was moving quite quickly and as you would expect, the Zed contingent was keeping up with the overall traffic flow. That didn't stop 2 muppets (0ne in a black 118 diesel and the other in, I think, a silver Hyundai hatchback) making it their only ambition in life to over take or undertake everyone - including the Zeds.
If they reached their destination thinking that they must be awesome drivers to have passed so many more powerful cars, then let them continue deluding themselves. One day they will wake up in hospital, or be interviewed by St Peter. If you let them go at least you won't be alongside them.
(This is probably the longest and most sensible post I have ever made!)
I hate bad drivers who are late for work, cut me up and are generally a..holes. So I chase em in a fit of temper until the little guy on
my shoulder tells me to wind my neck in.
my shoulder tells me to wind my neck in.
Carol M said:Best thing I find, if you can see them eyeballing the car, rev it like mad, while gripping the wheel white knuckle style, hunch forward then pull off oh so gently while they thrash their motor away from the lights. Works every time and still amuses me.
I love this. I am going to do this from now on :lol:
Bing said:Carol M said:Best thing I find, if you can see them eyeballing the car, rev it like mad, while gripping the wheel white knuckle style, hunch forward then pull off oh so gently while they thrash their motor away from the lights. Works every time and still amuses me.
I love this. I am going to do this from now on :lol:
Being a rather old boy racer myself
I did this, whist driving the little Mazda last week. The Ford Shelby Mustang 500, that was along side us at the lights took off like a scalded rabbit. What a glorious sight and sound. a couple of miles later he stuck himself in the wrong lane at the bridge and we casualty bumbled past with a thumbs up. 8) 
Usually if someone comes flying up behind me(when I had a fast car that is!) on a dual carriageway I would pull into the inside lane and just floor it and see what they have got...which usually it wasn't very much so they just pulled into the inside lane behind me. :lol:
But if they are in something powerful you have a race anyway so its a win win!
But if they are in something powerful you have a race anyway so its a win win!
buzyg said:Nictrix said:
Oh bikers. :roll: The way to deal with quickish bikes is to drive around the out side of them, on a wet round about. They seem to not like that one.
Thats true they dont like that do they.... Or when they come flying past you on the straight and you give them a hurry up in the corners.When I had the Zed, some boy racers would try the same, but the real issue was tailgating by chav-chariots or half-fast hatches. The approach to speed limits is quite liberal in Poland, so I could just floor it or corner hard enough for them to brake. Now with the ordinary-looking Cupra it's different - like back in my Civic days. Nobody notices, apart from some savvy chavs who've done their research. The recipe remains the same, but with the years it's much harder to provoke me. I no longer brake-check them, as it is dangerous. I can understand chavs or traffic-light racers; fine, at 19 I was very much the same. But I won't tolerate anybody spoiling my hoon. Never.
Had a guy in a white van today. Right on my back bumper doing 30 in a 30 limit. Apply moderate power in the NSL section then back down to 30mph for the 30 limit... eventually the van arrives on my back bumper again. Repeat several times until on a long straight stretch of road they go the wrong side of a traffic island to well above the 20mph limit to pass me... well done son, you've officially graded a class 1 c**k!
How to deal with them? Ignore them for the most part, just leave a larger than normal gap to compensate for their lack of gap to you.
How to deal with them? Ignore them for the most part, just leave a larger than normal gap to compensate for their lack of gap to you.
Let them speed past and crash. Hope they all die without hurting anyone but themselves
