If the car in front has to stop or even slow for any reason well there is a tragic accident especially at highway speeds.

I have had people accelerate when I overtake them and I pull back in behind if possible. With a run up though i.e gap then your car should have sufficient speed to overtake anyway.

Yes and it was a f$5$en old widebody doing 90klms in a 110klm zone.LOL

Agree with you Captain, when someone is doing 90 – 95 in a 100 zone it is really difficult to overtake without speeding. To be honest I go at a speed that makes the overtaking safest, if that means a brief burst of 120kmh then so be it. If I get busted by the cops, then bad luck I suppose, if I can’t argue it away. But in NSW highway patrol do seem fairly liberal with the 10% extra if you only do it for overtaking.

And yes Slower drivers can, in a lot of ways be more dangerous then speeding drivers.

I’ll continue to drive the way I have for the last 40 years and several million kilometers, during which time I’ve never hit the back of another car (or the front or the side)

I’m happy for all those above who will leave a 3 second gap, because that lets me overtake a line of cars one at a time and duck into the gap each time if required.

I hate those who accelerate to 100 after travelling at 85 through the slight curves, the instant the road straightens, just when you want to go past.

Would like to know the number of accidents caused by excessive tailgating and cars not keeping to the left.

At the end of the day it’s all about patience,commonsense and courtesy.

Unfortunate these days most don’t give a flying@34 about anyone else and that’s the main problem.

I was on the Sydney Freeway today in my Kia Grand Carnival
and moved into the right lane to pass a far slower car.

There was a blue sv6 vz quite a way back so i indicated and moved over. Of course my moving into the right lane 200 metres ahead of him prompted him to flatten it and make like he was going to run over the top of me. I moved over but with idiots like this in the bright blue vz sv6 you are probably wasting your time.

If I could have confronted that idiot I would have stoved his face in with my fist.LOL.

Driving home from my holidays recently, I found that most drivers suddenly acquire a lead foot the second an overtaking lane appears. They seem adamant to not let you pass.

“The best way I’ve found is to climb all over the back of the nuisance driver until the clear road appears…”

People like you put people’s lives at risk on our roads.

And as mentioned above you should blast past without worrying about exceeding the too low speed limit. It is also good driving and courtesy to blast past quickly so other cars have an oportunity to overtake the slow vehicle.

Reckless1 Says:January 1st, 2009 at 10:19 am:
you must drive a slow car, get big Aussie V8 or turbo6 ya mug, then you can blast past whilst maintaining safe gaps at all times.

Please let us all know which state you live in, along with the days you are driving so we know where NOT to EVER drive.

People like you should be taken off the road and lined up against a wall.

And if they want to be a wanker and accelerate when you try and overtake (which is illegal) then just hang back and wait. Eventually they’ll stop paying attention to you, and thats when you overtake normally before they realise and start to accelerate.

It assumes the car you are trying to get past will NEVER accelerate when you want to pass, and this is just wishful thinking – they always do.

When you are 3 seconds back, the driver in front assumes you are happy to stay behind, and will accelerate when the road is clear enough for you to get past. This means you can’t pass at all.

The best way I’ve found is to climb all over the back of the nuisance driver until the clear road appears, and then rip past them – they are only too happy to let you go, while tut-tutting amongst themselves about the hoon.