Re: High speed overtaking idiots.

Saab C900 Viggenist wrote:
> Sylvia Else <sylvia@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> writes:
> 
>> I shared the driving from Sydney to Dubbo and back over the last three
days.
> 
>> Some notable efforts from other drivers included
> 
>> a) Overtaking at 100+km/h on the other side of double white line and 
>> chevron marked roadway.
> 
> You think that's bad! I had a bunch of people who appeared to be of
> middle-eastern appearance speed past me in the *breakdown lane* on the
> Princes Highway a few km into the 100 km zone heading south out of
Heathcote
> (Sydney) doing about 140 (I was doing just under 100 in the normal
left-hand
> lane) driving some Mercedes sedan which was pumping out allah-allah
music at
> high volume. I was hoping they'd lose it and crash - sigh. 8-)
> 
> There weren't any cop cars chasing them so I presume they were just
being
> idiots for the sake of it. Perhaps they had some harem girls in the car
they
> were trying to impress...
> 
>> b) Following me about a car length behind when I'm overtaking someone 
>> else, again at 100+km/h. What if I changed my mind? I never have done 
>> after starting an overtake, but there's always a first time. This was P

>> plater.
> 
> That's very common! People who think you should be out of their way come
up
> your rear and tailgate when you're overtaking a slower vehicle. It's
> indirect intimidation which would count as 'road rage' I suppose.
> 
> Craig.


That's why they don't like speed limits - they use you as a marker for 
their own speed. It's always just a bit faster than you, but they don't 
understand that if you went as fast as you like or fast enough to "not 
be in their way" the race would never end... except into a tree. They 
even do it at traffic lights - follow the next car through without even 
looking at the lights.
I often wonder what those people with little white crosses at the 
roadside were actually doing when they died?