Author: MortimerMortimer Date: May 18, 2007 11:52
"Derek Geldard" miniac.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Several times per day when I have been approaching in lane 2 at an
> indicated speed of 72 or 73, a queue of lorries in the first lane
> travelling at 56 mph, I have been approached from behind by a vehicle
> travelling at high speed ( I guess 85 +/- 5mph ) which proceads to
> undertake me and then try to get through the rapidly closing gap
> between me and the rearmost truck. They will do this even if the gap
> is about 100 feet and closing at 25 feet/second.
This exact situation happened to me when I was taking my IAM advanced
driving test. Luckily I spotted the motorbike a few seconds before he made
his move into the Gap of Death, and I was still mentally in "commentary
mode" although officially I'd already done that bit of the test.
So I said "There's a motorbike behind me. He's itching to get past and
there's traffic in Lane 3. I hope he's not going to try to overtake me on
the left. Ah yes, he's now in Lane 1. The gap is closing rapidly. Surely
he's not... I'm slowing to increase the gap in case he tries. Yes, there he
goes - what a pillock."
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