08-03-2020, 10:04 AM
Hi Andrew
If I'm bowling along happily at 45 or 50 mph, then no I would not want someone squeezing past between me and oncoming traffic, but if I'm struggling up a hill I would prefer the car behind to get past me rather than sit on my tail. It all depends on speed and road conditions of course, but my point was there does seem to be an increasing number of drivers for whom a normal overtaking manoeuvre is a foreign concept. Quite understandable of course, since in modern traffic overtaking the car in front usually just serves to move you one space up a dreary queue.
If I'm bowling along happily at 45 or 50 mph, then no I would not want someone squeezing past between me and oncoming traffic, but if I'm struggling up a hill I would prefer the car behind to get past me rather than sit on my tail. It all depends on speed and road conditions of course, but my point was there does seem to be an increasing number of drivers for whom a normal overtaking manoeuvre is a foreign concept. Quite understandable of course, since in modern traffic overtaking the car in front usually just serves to move you one space up a dreary queue.