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Originally Posted by GreatWhiteEbola
I travel the QEII quite often and I see this crap , in the video, all the time. Am I a magnet for the guy that's unable to maintain a consistent speed?
On the QEII, I use cruise at 121 km/h and when I see a fast mover behind me when I'm about to pass I cancel my cruise, resume when it's safe to do so, and initiate my pass. As well, when I am engaged in a passing maneuver and I am blocking traffic I will increase my speed to get out of the way, then resume my 121 km/h.
This spring I drove 3500 kms in 5 European countries...they certainly do have it down to a science. I had a rental MB A180 AMG and the cruise was excellent, it went up single km/h increments when tapped up once, and when it was tapped twice it went up 10km/h. Great for over-taking. I rarely used the accelerator pedal.
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Oh man, this happened to me on Saturday. Some cow passed me 3 times and slowed down, to about 100km/h. The final straw was when she passed me and changed lanes with less than 2m between us. I layed on the horn, changed lanes and stepped on it. When I looked at her she looked really embarrassed. I stayed on the gas until I couldn't see her anymore. I didn't want her dangerous ass anywhere near me.
That's what pisses me off most, people who think they have a right to put your life in danger, either through ignorance of their horrible driving, or over aggressive driving. I do what I can to put distance between myself and them. That includes if I look over and see someone on their cell phone. Stay the f#@k away from me.