gemmawilks

Having spent hours polishing the Subaru and feeling very proud of her thought I go for a drive, 10 mins into it a white Evo appears behind me im on a 30 road it looks as if he close enough to sit in my boot. Naturally I accelerate a little to move away he does the same back to square one, I accelerate a little more and it continues.
So I find the local motorway where I know a sitting traffic officer is and test the Evo cut a long storey short after a few minutes on the m/way at what people would not class as suitable speeds I stop accelerating and the evo goes for it, im left gliding behind him watching as the traffic car pulls him over sorry Mr Evo but please dont ruin my quite Saturday

RON

1168

thats actually a bit of a ****e thing to do to a fellow lover of performace saloons

gaz-cole

depends if gemma thought he was being a muppet, as tailgating is not big or clever no matter what road you are on or what car and some evo owners think just because there is another japanese car on the raod they should turn that road into a local race track

gemmawilks

He was pushing for it, I like performance cars but I dont drive up peoples ***** trying to move them out of the way or drive around looking to race everything, he took his chance the way all performance car drivers do, just this time the police stopped him.

Luminous

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It is a s**** thing to do, but one I have also done. I hate it when people park themselves on my rear seats and just won't leave me alone.

I'm fine for people seeing if I want to play, but when they have their answer that is it. It is time for them to move on and pick one someone else.

The chap who had a go at me found me allowing him to accelerate hard past a hidden speed camera. I'm sure he enjoyed the 100+mph in a 40 picture when he got it.

1168

maybe,but was more than likley just looking for a bit of fun on a proper highway not a side street.lets face it most impreza drivers me included would have been more than happy to oblige.

corradoboy

If someone is driving too close behind you, the correct course of action is to slow down a little to give you more time to react in an emergency, reduce the severity of the potentional reaction or resultant accident, and give the car behind the same benefits.

Only a fool breaks the two second rule, and that applies to what's behind you too. If someone is one second behind then add the missing second (at least) to the front.

cookstar

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I never drive up close do i mate

1168

the thing is ,if he was up your ****,just stay at the same speed or ease off.if you exellerate twice hes going to think your up for it surely

gemmawilks

I was tought to pull back on my driving lessons but in real life that would of left me touching the car behind, ive already been hit in the side of a previous car as someone misjudged there driving. Im cautious but as with anyone who drives a performance car they have there moments.

Luminous

iTrader: (3)

Hump back bridge, no really, Its a HUMP BACK BRIDGE!!!!

Bubba po

I don't see what's wrong with pulling over to an absolute crawl and waving them past.

cookstar

iTrader: (6)

whislt eating king size sausage roll

1168

unfortunatly gemma this is going to happen when your driving an imprezza ,you gat every ****** trying to race you.by the way i dont agree with tailgating.

Luminous

iTrader: (3)

That is what I did, only it was just before the straight leading to the speed camera

gemmawilks

each driver takes there risks and points thats the law of the road, like all ive had my moments and when someone slows down it just gives the person behind a reason to over take on the wrong side of the road we all know its dangerous, tbh my slight acceration would be the same for any car driving up my **** in an attemt to stop some fool overtaking recklessly

rabskyline

i , like most evo owners ( had both and i am members of both sites ) read both sites.....i can see retribution in my crystal ball !!! it wont be long till someone tells him/her of this if they are mlr members !!! oops too late !! i would possibly have kept this under my hat ! ps, i think its bad show too , just my two bobs worth !!

bob r

iTrader: (46)

How will she sleep at night

At the end of the day, it was Gemmas call, she was put in that situation by the driving standards of someone else, and if another driver, (whatever the make) pi**ed me off enough perhaps I would have done something similar ?

scoobchrissy

iTrader: (1)

Gemma i know he / she should'nt have been tailgating you as that was crap, but to lead them into police was a IMO of course......

v5 man

iTrader: (4)

God damned Evo drivers eh!!

scooby-tc

iTrader: (2)

Its times like that when a flamer kit comes in handy,one press of the red button and they arent on your tail for long not that i need a flamer kit to see off an evo the right pedal normally loses them for good

1168

am i missing something here.ive read your first statement a few times now and from the way i read it he never tried to overtake on the other side of the road.even tho its a perfectley legitamate thing to do as long as you have plenty of room.he never overtook you until you were on the motorway.sorry gemma but i think you ought to sell the impreza and get yourself a nice rover metro

bob r

iTrader: (46)

Tidy Evo that

Hope you didn't get cow poo on you when taking the last photo.

v5 man

iTrader: (4)

Thanks No cow poo worries up there, just rabbit and dog poo to contend with

Hol

iTrader: (1)

Thats a funny thing to happen to any tailgater!

Im going to logon and see who it was.

marmski

I personally applaudde Gemma for her actions. Another reckless moron with the points they deserve (hopefully a ban).

Never sit so close that it eliminates your thinking time to stop... because even though your car can stop much faster than most, the chances are you cant process the choice before you make the action.

I would do the same... regardless of marque and even if it was another member from here quite happyly.

leonpoole

Bullsh*t. In reallity he was probably driving like a *** (which i don't condone) and left you for dead, and you probably thought "i wish the police were up ahead to bust that ******".
Sorry but iv'e wished that on others before myself and i bet most on here have too, but in reality it never happens so i don't belive you. I hope it did actually happen but i doubt it myself. All IMO of course

Chip Sengravy

What's wrong with just a quick 2 taps on the brake pedal?

they soon get the message, if they don't just slow down even more.

chrisola

lol... nice move!