How to deal with jerkoff bikers on the road

[68Wooley]

Personally I wish they would change the rule to "keep right unless overtaking"' ... and give out tickets for it. In the US police will forgive almost anything ... overtaking on the right, driving in the left lane when not overtaking, tailgaiting, etc etc, just as long as you obey the speed limit. On most fast roads in europe, like the autobahn, it is the opposite ... they will forgive any speed as long as you obey all the other rules. I think their system is superior.

Policing of driving varies a bit from country to country in Europe, but they are certainly not lenient on speeding. Even in Germany, the number of unrestricted sections of autobahn is shrinking. In the UK, speeding is used as a government cash cow and the country's road are now awash with various types of speed cameras. If you break the limit, you will get a ticket. A machine can't tell if there is great visibility, a dry road and no other traffic.

[Kaw1000]

Slippy sounds like you were tailgating the car in front of you...how do you think those folks felt?
Stay away from Bikers...When I see them I let them have the right of way no matter what...Know why?
I have seen A biker crash...it was something that I will never forget..I don't want to get graphic..but..
Think about what would happen when a few bikes get hit at those speeds...the carnage is something you never
want to see regardless of whos at fault!!

[whiteman]

there is no "slower traffic" if you drive above speed limit

 

trust me, there is always someone driving faster in Texas. get out into West Texas you can pass people going 100 mph and some other nut will pass you doing 130. Of course the same can be true on the drive home from downtown Houston.

And if you really want to get somewhere in a hurry, follow one when he's headed back to the barn at the end of his shift. 75+

LOL, 7PM drive home is pretty quick just don't pass them.

[68Wooley]

Eskimo - that was 20 years ago, unfortunately - it must have changed somewhat because now in anything more than light traffic, you often have people clogging up the right hand lane (fast-lane) over here.

The problem in the UK is that undertaking is illegal. Undertake and you get the ticket, not the person holding you up. I can understand that, but I think if thats the case the police should be ticketing people driving in the middle or outer lanes unnecessarily.

What this means is that one granny driving at 50 in the middle lane (or two trucks trying to overtake even though their speed restrictors mean they have a speed differential of about 1/4 mph effectively reduce a three lane road to one lane. Its not uncommon in the UK to have a queue of traffic in the outside lane with the two inside lanes virtually unused.

[NavyOne1978]

my simple solution for annoying tailgaters... find the slowest cars on the road, match speed, and block said tailgater for 10-15 miles.....
really really makes them happy....

actually done it when someone was being a complete a-hole behind me....  several times..  does it make me an a-hole too.. yep, but the gratification of watching someone beat the crap out of their interior in frustration is priceless..

[33Vortex]

Wash your windshield and accept that there will always be people who need to make themselves feel good about themselves by treating others poorly. A flaw in their character, not yours.

I'm with AKIron on this one.  

Really don't care about such people. They're just busy proving to the world how big loosers they are.

[Maverick]

I didn't read the entire thread, what I saw in page one and three was plenty.  

Short and sweet. If someone is tail gating let them by. It's not a race, you get no additional life points by being first at any destination or rest stop. If there is room to move to the right let them go. Life is too short to sweat the hemorrhoids of the world. Let them blast ahead. Who knows they may just go speeding past smokey around the corner and get nailed. Nothing sweeter while driving than watching some dipstick that hassled you get pulled over a couple miles down the road.

[DREDIOCK]

Don't know if its different away form the east coast. but the left lane is the passing lane only.
Your supposed to stay to the right lane/s unless your passing someone.

Up and down the east coast you get tickets for failing to stay to the right.
I know I'm a left lane driver as well and have had my share of tickets for it.

NJ Turnpike its one of their favorite tickets to give

Now as soon as I see a cop. or I see someone closing behind me. I move to the right.

I know some cops who would have given you a ticket for failure to yield as well

[slipknot]

I didn't read the entire thread, what I saw in page one and three was plenty.  

Short and sweet. If someone is tail gating let them by. It's not a race, you get no additional life points by being first at any destination or rest stop. If there is room to move to the right let them go. Life is too short to sweat the hemorrhoids of the world. Let them blast ahead. Who knows they may just go speeding past smokey around the corner and get nailed. Nothing sweeter while driving than watching some dipstick that hassled you get pulled over a couple miles down the road.

I didn't see anybody getting pulled over, but I was avenged, in a way.

About 15 minutes after I lost sight of them, the area we were driving through was hit by the mother of all thunderstorms. Maybe they made it home before getting drenched, maybe they didn't.

[Grayeagle]

Sounds like a coupla bikers that havent been down yet at speed.
They probably havent learned there are no fender benders on a bike.

Being on 'choppers' means their ability to manuever is restricted..
..they dont stop well, turn well, and if they're Harley's ..they dont accelerate very well either
.. compared to every other motorcycle made.

I figure people like that deserve all the room they can get,
because as has been stated, their stupidity will catch up with them.

I dont want to get blood and guts all over my car when it does.

-Frank

[33Vortex]

Sounds like a coupla bikers that havent been down yet at speed.
They probably havent learned there are no fender benders on a bike.

Being on 'choppers' means their ability to manuever is restricted..
..they dont stop well, turn well, and if they're Harley's ..they dont accelerate very well either
.. compared to every other motorcycle made.

I figure people like that deserve all the room they can get,
because as has been stated, their stupidity will catch up with them.

I dont want to get blood and guts all over my car when it does.

-Frank

 

Well said!

[ROX]

The law is slower traffic keep right.  I have never seen it enforced.

Here in Arkansas, there is no drivers education, so throw all the rules & regs out the window.

Texas drivers OWN the Left lane (express lane) and are clueless about slower traffic keep right, even though there is a sign every few miles regarding it.

Driver's courtesy has gone downhill in the last 10 years.  It almost dosen't exist anymore.



ROX

[RTHolmes]

if you're the only car in the fast lane then, hell yeah move over! if you're following others at a safe distance (as the OP) then the tailgaters have got to wait like evryone else.

tailgating 2 feet behind a car is REALLY dumb. on a bike its a darwin award nomination. easy solution, keep your speed and give the brake pedal a good 2s dab, enough to get the brake lights lit up in their face. that close, you can actually see the blood drain from their face in the mirror during their 0.1s reaction time

and yes I rode bikes for a few years, but not long enough to develop that kind of king-of-the-road bs attitude

[Bones]

I will never understand the mentality of people who insist on trying to make people angry on the road.  The "he did it to me first!" finger waving crowd should have thier drivers licenses revoked on the spot.

Children should not be allowed to play with full size cars.

[eskimo2]

P.S.

Don't mess with people who obviously don't care about their own lives.