Road Bullies

As much as I hate to say it I think this attitude is an Aussie thing. I could not believe the courtesy shown by drivers in the UK when motoring around there
a while back. While I was sometimes in the wrong place to go where I intended
I was never given any sign of disapproval & many would go out of their way to
facilitate my progress. None of the aggression seen here. Wait 2 seconds at the green light & horns blow...leave a gap between you & the car in front & two
will force their way in, no one uses the slow lane on freeways & then reacts badly
if passed on the inside. None of these things are the provence of the young either, plenty of old farts like me are the worst offenders. I do admit most
caravaners & camping folk are pretty good, although some use speeds I would
never consider. I dont know the answer either, but try to show respect to other
road users...always.......oldbaz

To change this behaviour ?
Rego number report to the nearest police station.
one report probably does nothing .But if enough reports are made possibly something.
Or get a KENWORTH and return the favor.

Don't whinge mate

Get their Rego No. and vehicle couour, and CALL THE COPS
That is what your rights are, and use them.

Never get intimidated, even by a road train, if they are behind you.
Guess what ?......... You have the right of way.

Cheers
Bucky

Little cars are just as bad. Tailgating gee you do the speed limit and we are still in their way. Stuff em I say go slower. You are suppose to see the rear tyres of the car in front at lights. What happened to that rule. Stop at a stop sign count to three which is what we are suppose to do. I've had people toot to hurry up. These people are just bullies.

Gone Bush, on behalf of F truck drivers, I apogise for his driving. From experience, most of us are considerate of "impression" these trucks create on the roads.

F trucks however are also the recipients of bad drivers that have no thoughts for others. Parking right next to them so their door will not open for example. For this reason we have to take an extra bay when parking. They are also huge to turn and for this reason need to take extra room, particually in car parks. Small cars duck in and give us heart attacks.

Please do not paint us all by this 'road hoon".

I still find alot of these so called nuts are only trying to pass people blocking the rh lane on multilane highways.
I simply do my passing and get back in the left lane, easy.
It's their gamble if they want to sit 20 Kay over the speed limit.
Obviously if it's single lane stand your ground!

Hi Gone bush,

I had a V8 commodore tailgate me today. I was towing my boat so couldnt do more then 95km up some of the hills. With limited overtaking lanes and limited areas to pull over to let him pass, He was reving and accelerating and generally trying to "Bully" me.

He eventually overtook me giving me the one finger salute on the way past.

In the next town he had pulled into a service station so on advice from my passenger (an off duty copper) we confronted him. He was charged with negligent driving and then really lost it.

The only way to beat a bully/imbo is to make him accountable for his actions


Cheers Wilko

There was a story no so long ago written by one of our members. He was being chased. Very scary stuff. He used his nav to make sure he didn't go down any dead ends. He called up his mate with a couple of scary dogs to help out. We just don't know what these nuts are on.

I was driving South from Darwin on Sunday afternoon. First one car was tailgating me; I was sitting on 110. He overtook and was replaced by another tailgater. Then my right hand tyre blew out on my camper just before Manton Dam. Tread, number plate, mud flap and bits and pieces of my light spewed backwards towards him. He certainly backed off quickly. He may think twice about tailgating in the future.

I also put the remains of the tyre and the rim back on the spare holder. The flapping of rubber put off potential tailgaters until I got home again.

we spent 3 years in the usa - apart from 20 odd years overseas in other places and you know apart from the usual tv/movie stereotype - i didnt even hear a tyre squeal... as some have said before, basically i think its an aussie macho thing, dont understand it myself but there it is... my brother was a hoon, i never got the gene....