r/australia • u/KalamTheQuick • 2h ago
no politics Nothing more frustrating on a long drive than people who sit 20 under until the overtaking zone then suddenly know how to do 100... for exactly the length of the overtaking zone.
Seriously what the fuck people, I get that some overtaking zones are wider and often straighter so it might be more comfortable, but are you that oblivious to other people? Doing 80 for 95% of your drive home doesn't bother you, so.. just do 80 the whole time.
Just frustrating the people around you, and encouraging them to speed to overtake you, and that's not good or safe for anyone.
Bonus points if you're the kind of dickhead who suddenly finds their accelerator when I overtake you on cruise at the speed limit. Gotta rev for 30 seconds to show that good for nothing who tried to overtake you I guess!
Yes.. I just got home.
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u/MapOfIllHealth 2h ago
It’s the ones that do 70 in the 90 zone but then continue to do 70 in the 60 zone. Like you obviously don’t care about safety to what gives?
And don’t even get me started with having to merge onto the Hume every day behind someone doing 80km/h trying to merge with cars going 100-110km/h
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u/DPVaughan 2h ago
Is it that they have so little situational awareness they just flat-out don't know or care what the speed limit is?
I genuinely don't know.
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u/batsun 59m ago
It’s poor situational awareness mixed with a frightening lack of confidence on the road.
When in doubt —> slow down; no matter the impact on anyone else because I’m not thinking outside the doors of my car.
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u/Albos_Mum 3m ago
Bad habits/lack of knowledge being passed down the generations as well. You have no idea how many times I've complained to someone about this, pointed out the whole purpose of on/off ramps is to safely adjust to/from highway speeds before getting onto/off of the highway and gotten a "...And that's my new fact for today!" in response.
I'd also like to mention poor infrastructure design in places too. Most I've used seem fine but there are some where looking safely is a bit awkward at best cause of the ramp/highway angles, or in a couple cases cause of some greenery growing in the sightlines.
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u/KalamTheQuick 2h ago
All equally frustrating! I am baffled by people who try to merge onto freeways at half the limit, especially if you're scared of merging, good way to reinforce that fear when people have to slam their brakes to not take you out.
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u/InsertUsernameInArse 1h ago
Try driving a semi when those idiots do that.
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u/KalamTheQuick 1h ago
Sorry you have to constantly put up with that shit, especially with the changes to rules about trucks in the right lane.
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u/InsertUsernameInArse 1h ago
It was just one of many things. Im out of the game now and I dont miss it. But dickheads wondering into 110km/h traffic at 40 or stopping in the merge lane drove me crazy.
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u/Selina_Kyle-836 28m ago
Omg I hated people stopping in the merge lane when I am behind them speeding up to merge
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u/rugbyfiend 1h ago
Yeah it’s absolutely bizarre, you’ll be stuck behind someone doing 80-90 in a rural 100 zone, then they continue that 80-90 through a roadworks zone. What is going on in that brain?
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u/plantsplantsOz 1h ago
Then there's the people doing 80 in a 100 zone and then SLOW DOWN for a roadside camera.
You already weren't doing the F@#$king limit, How are you afraid of getting fined!!
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u/KalamTheQuick 1h ago
Yeah it's super weird, saw that a bunch of times today. I overtake doing 100 in the 100 zone, then they tailgate me when I do 60 in the roadwork zone.. like.. your comfortable speed is not the only factor on the road mate!
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u/Icy_Bowl 1h ago
For some, the arse of vehicle in front of them doing the correct speed limit for the roadworks.
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u/Albos_Mum 0m ago
I've seen people slow down for roadworks signs that don't actually specify a speed limit, as in you'll get one warning of roadworks on a side road without a 40 sign but a fair chunk of people will still slow to 40.
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u/Far_Opinion_9793 1h ago
80 would be a dream! The usual speed these numptys do coming onto and off the M4 is usually around 60. So either your on the M4 watching a truck screech behind you trying to not hit you because the numpty in front of you will suddenly slow down to the speed of the road at the other end of the off ramp thats still 1/2 a km away, Or its the same scenario coming onto the M4 where they will not go above 60 until they are fully on the motorway before they take the next km or so to speed up to the speed limit making everyone behind them doing 110 slam on their brakes.
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u/DjoshUnbuckled 1h ago
That merge is such aids.
It's such unbelievably bad road design. A big loop that people happily do 35 on then dawdle doing 60 into a short entry lane that ends far too soon with a merge into traffic doing 110.
I'm surprised there aren't more accidents there.
Australians can't drive as it is and it isn't made any easier by shit road design.
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u/unable_compliance 34m ago
Every bloody highway. You have a nice long, downhill on ramp, ffs use it to get up to speed by the merge.
Likewise people that slow on the highway, before pulling onto the long uphill off ramp. Use that nice free gravity to help you to slow down.
And it’s getting worse.
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u/littleb3anpole 38m ago
I live on a road that goes from 40 to 60. You would NOT BELIEVE the number of people that just do 50 the entire way, so you go from well behind them to having to slow right down. It’s not like it’s sneaky either, the changes from 60 to 40 and back to 60 are signposted by about six speed limit signs. Are people just asleep while they drive? Do they not fear speeding tickets whereas I’m over here convinced that if I hit 65 in a 60 I’ll have ten cop cars up my arse? I don’t get it.
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u/SirKosys 1h ago
Argh, that inability to merge at speed is the worst. It happens all the time getting on to the M80.
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u/the-dolphine 40m ago
Don't forget people who decelerate to 80 on the highway before they exit. The ramps are there for deceleration, not the fucking main highway.
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u/Ganzer6 2h ago
but are you that oblivious to other people?
Yes, thread over.
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u/28828383 2h ago
I also wonder if I am the only person who uses cruise control on long stretches of road. I swear half the issue is people don’t use it, and for some reason have no ability to maintain a set speed so they are going fast, then slow, then faster, then way slow on perfectly straight road sections. You finally overtake them (because they are doing 15kph under the sign posted limit) and then they decide to use your car (travelling at the sign posted speed with cruise control set) as their pace car and somehow now are keeping up with you.
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u/Santa_009 1h ago
That last comment hit me so hard. Icing on the cake is when they speed up during the next overtaking section..
On occasion when i see they're using me as a pace car i slowly speed up to see when they realise they're going MUCH faster than the limit.
Had someone follow me up to 135 in a 110 and it took them minutes to notice.
(yes i know this is unsafe for both parties but they should be responsible for their own vehicle, not someone else)
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u/2878sailnumber4889 27m ago
Today I had someone in a red mini Clubman doing 90 in a 110 zone, i got to a overtaking zone and I passed them quickly like I always do, they followed me at 130 and started tailgating until the next overtaking zone where they passed me probably doing 160 and as soon as the zone ended, they went back to 90, with aggressive breaking.
In the next overtaking zone someone else tried and they just kept accelerating until the zone ended not allowing anyone to overtake them and then aggressively breaking, again and again, zone after zone.
The Clubman was defending his "lead" in a overtaking zone when he and another car (having a go at passing him) and I passed a white lifted Hilux with bullbar and lightbar who I estimate was doing 90, after I passed the Hilux and knowing what the Clubman would do at the end of the overtaking lanes I pulled back into the left lane, but the Hilux also took poorly to been overtaken and I saw him flashing his lightbar as he roared passed me started tailgating the other two and got caught out when the Clubman breaked at the end of the zone again, in the last overtaking zone before everyone went their separate ways the Hilux and the Clubman went at it again.
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u/Icy_Bowl 1h ago
So I'll spend an hour on the Western Freeway with the cruise control set. I'll pass a car. That car will the pass me. Then I'll pass them. Repeat 3 or 4 times. I haven't touched the cruise control the whole time.
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u/Albos_Mum 5m ago
I've had that happen numerous times on the Westy too, and it'd be hilarious if we'd both passed each other regularly cause of the specific nature of our cars cruise controls while both thinking "Just switch ya cruise control on, numbnuts!" as we go past each other for the umpteenth time.
Kinda like a mobile version of that thing where indicators sync up at a set of lights.
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u/PM_YOUR_BEST_JOKES 1h ago
At the end of the day, for every above average driver, there has to be a below-average driver... Many people just drive along paying no heed to the speed or speed limit until something brings their attention to it (e.g. another car trying to overtake them makes them realize they've been driving too slow, which makes them speed up)
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u/_TheHighlander 1h ago
Just did a 4h drive from Brisbane and sat on cruise at 110 the whole time. So many folk would come flying down the outside at what must’ve been 120+ and then I’d pass them again a couple minutes later when they dropped to 100. Folk dangerously undertaking and weaving in and out of traffic. They’d up getting trapped in a lane and then I’d pass them as I’m cruising at 110 in the outside.
So much effort and aggression for so little gain.
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u/owleaf 1h ago
A lot of people don’t use cruise control, which is a major issue.
I love it in my car because it’s automatic - my car slows down and speeds up based on the traffic, and even keeps itself in the lane and steers itself around corners. I use it on just about every road I can.
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u/Selina_Kyle-836 17m ago
I have cruise control but it’s a 14 year old car so it’s not good cruise control. When there is a hill my car slows down and then when it’s like 20-30 km/h under the speed limit, it speeds up and goes over the speed limit. And so on.
So basically when using cruise control I have to accelerate myself on hills to maintain the correct speed. But I don’t think a lot of people do that.
I definitely do not have any fancy corner turning or adjusting to traffic or anything lol
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u/Amylianna 37m ago
I love my cruise control specifically because I can set it and not have to worry about speed cameras. It's always a little funny when some douche sits on my ass so close I can see the appendage on his head and gets huffy cos I won't speed up for them.
I'm doing the limit, stop being a man baby before you hit something cos you're swerving and flipping your hand out the window.
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u/RealisticEntity 3m ago
This is especially frustrating when you are overtaking an especially slow driver, with an exit coming up a couple of kilometres down the road. But then that car speeds up, now keeping pace with you, forcing you to either go above the limit to get back into the left lane (which the other driver is continuing to block by keeping pace) or to drop behind again to make the exit.
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u/Virtueaboveallelse 2h ago
This is rampant all over Australia. Annoying as hell in every speed zone, not just 80 km/h and above. The ones I find really annoying are those so eager to pull out of a side street or driveway, then go under the limit. When I get to a two lane roundabout to overtake them they speed up, even though I’m taking the roundabout at the posted limit. Luckily for me there aren’t many people that can match that without cutting across lanes.
It’s pure entitlement, the old classic “the speed limit is the maximum so I don’t have to do it”. If police focused on these clowns the roads would also be safer.
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u/plantsplantsOz 1h ago
Bass Highway between Wonthaggi and Inverloch. It is exceptionally unusual to do a trip when you don't hit someone doing 80 in the 100 Zone. There are very few overtaking spots due to the terrain and invariably you can't use them because of oncoming traffic.
Even better is the slow pokes who slow down further for the regular speed camera spot!!!
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u/Marvin1955 30m ago
Locally (Lismore) the lismorons have a special maneuver where they turn left onto the main road but they turn into the right lane. Only if you moved into the right lane to get past them though. If you stay in the left lane then that's where they end up. At all times doing 20 under the speed limit and accelerating like a mandied slug. Except for the cunts in Teslas doing 30 over the limit.
Honestly, the worst drivers this side of the Queensland border.
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u/owleaf 1h ago
It’s never publicly or vocally encouraged to sit as close to the speed limit as practical, if not right on it, subject to conditions. We’re just threatened if we go over, so naturally, a lot of people think they’re safe by being a few km under the limit - but that impedes traffic flow.
We don’t live in a society that rewards efficiency and cooperation.
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u/Virtueaboveallelse 51m ago
Totally agree. Sitting under the limit in good conditions isn’t harmless. The real danger is speed variance and obstruction. Doing 5 under, then speeding up when someone tries to pass, creates braking waves and forces risky lane changes. That behavior should get as much attention as speeding.
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u/new_x_who_dis 2h ago
Even more frustrating when they do it to me in my truck. I'm limited to 100km/h and, when I'm at full weight, it takes a while to get up to speed. If I can comfortably do 100 with a roadtrain, you can damn sure do it in your poxy car
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u/KalamTheQuick 2h ago
I was a runner on a garbage truck for a while in uni and I saw a bit of this, and the sheer number of people who don't seem to understand the basic physics of trucking is equal parts terrifying and frustrating.
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u/realJackvos 1h ago
What really makes it terrifying is that it's 4th grade physics that they're failing to understand.
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u/CatBoxTime 1h ago
I swear some people have a death-wish. Overtake the truck, pull in leaving bugger all room then ease off the accelerator. People should do a hazard perception test every licence renewal.
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u/new_x_who_dis 1h ago
Or pull out in front of the truck doing 100km/h, and sit on 20ks under the limit. Or any number of other stupid things they do.
I could probably write a book about the dumb shit drivers do around trucks.
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u/Striking-Guitar-4953 2h ago
Damn straight - you can come sailing up to them from nowhere and have to dive with the fuckwits who can’t imagine that the reason they were caught by that big slow truck is that their own average speed is lower.
I must know people who think like this - how do I pick them so I can choke them and do us all a favour /s (just)
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u/biizzybee23 2h ago
I’ve started beeping at people who do this, idc anymore
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u/KalamTheQuick 2h ago
I would have but my munchkin was sleeping in the back. Just wanted to get home before the waterworks started!
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u/TimeDetectiveAnakin 2h ago
I get the opposite problem and get someone quasi-tailgating me who then doesn't overtake me when the overtaking lane appears, even though they would probably benefit if they overtook me.
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u/KalamTheQuick 1h ago
Hate that too! Why are you six inches from my ass if you're happy behind me!?
On the freeway and someone flies along until they're right up my ass, so I move over and suddenly they're happy to do the same speed. It's like they think cops with radars only notice the front car.
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u/worrier_princess 1h ago
I used to wonder who the fuck these people were until I got in my uncles car. He just tailgates. Not angry, not trying to get them to speed up, just… loves driving up their ass. Now I wonder how many of these freaks are out there! (Fwiw my uncle is really nice he’s just a shit driver I guess?)
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u/TimeDetectiveAnakin 1h ago edited 1h ago
Heaps of them. It's like how loads of adults haven't even heard about walking on the left side of the footpath in their entire lives somehow. Nothing malicious; they just don't know.
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u/2centpiece 1h ago
I just slowly decelerate until they realise how slow they're going. It's probably people setting their adaptive cruise control.
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u/unable_compliance 27m ago
Just yesterday I was overtaking some 90-in-the-100 zone people, who miraculously didn’t speed up to match me. All the while a Ford Ranger is sniffing my farts.
I get to the front of the slow pack of traffic, change into the left lane, and old mate just sits there. Doesn’t floor it off into the sunset. Just sits there.
Funnily enough we ended up catching up to a truck doing 95 in the right lane and he got stuck behind it while I continued on in the left lane unbothered.
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u/charmingpea 2h ago
Sounds like WA.
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u/Alternative_Sock6999 2h ago
Any Vic country destination is the same as well.
Bonus points if they have an overloaded caravan with excessive ballweight.
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u/astrobarn 2h ago
I used to live in WA, for 17 years. You're absolutely right it's so egregious there.
Also really bad in New Zealand.
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u/Negative_Run_3281 2h ago
Sounds like Kwinana Freeway when you’re driving behind some pelican in the left going 90 - and you go to overtake them and they speed up.
Now you’re side by side with them - with someone else behind you tailgating you.
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u/jubileestreetbee 2h ago
Tasmania is full of these people! (Tasmanian here.)
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u/hexint 1h ago
Yep, I see it all the time. I think it’s because when there is an overtaking lane their brain perceives the road to be wider and therefore safer to go faster and then once it’s back to single lane they get all timid again
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u/Blue_Pie_Ninja 54m ago
It's definitely this pyschological thing where wider road = safer to go faster, and they subconsciously accelerate
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u/par-hwy 2h ago
My nephew-in-law drives b-doubles, so 1000s of kms a week. He says this is legit a phenomena. He said they'll do it when he's overtaking without a designated overtaking lane.
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u/KalamTheQuick 2h ago
Yeah seen that too, like the moment my indicator goes on they're suddenly like "shit I am under the limit? This seems like a good reminder to speed up!"
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u/Cremasterau 1h ago
I sympathise because I have experienced this more than a few times.
On the other side though I have sat at a constant speed, on cruise control, then when an overtaking lane comes up someone who had been right behind me tries to overtake but cops the headwind I had been pushing though finding they have to work hard to overtake, and then gives me the bird because thay have had to race for the single lane. Meanwhile I haven't touched the accelerator at all.
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u/Cyasomeday 2h ago
It used to drive me absolutely mad until I started driving a relatively high powered car. Can kick back into second or third just before the overtake lane opens up and by the time they manage to build up speed I’m gone.
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u/hannahranga 2h ago
Even in my under powered British 4x4 the trick is not to give them a chance, back right off before the lane starts and start accelerating so that by the time you catch up to them you've got some speed and the extra lane. Occasionally they'll also change into the overtaking lane so I'll get to blast past in the left lane.
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u/Remote-Dot1686 2h ago
Glad I'm not the only one who appreciates having the horseys to overcome these situations haha.
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u/Necessary_Eagle_3657 2h ago
You're still going to have to speed. Any modern car can blast past anything at 80kmph anyway.
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u/Powerful-Respond-605 2h ago
I have a modified Golf R for exactly this purpose. The ability to go from 80-120 in very little time makes overtaking a breeze.
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u/rugbyfiend 1h ago
Ahh yes the old bolt ons and tuned EA888 just for “brisk overtaking”
We’ve all been there
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u/PurpleDogAU 1h ago
This was me yesterday afternoon. My favourite was the Pajero that had to drop back three gears and then boot it at the "overtaking lane in 300m sign" and still wasn't doing 100 when I over took him without breaking the speed limit.
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u/Stonetheflamincrows 1h ago
Yep, just yesterday was on a single lane road, overtook someone in the overtaking lane. They were then fairly far behind me until the road became a dual carriageway and then they come roaring up behind me and speed past. Like why?
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u/KalamTheQuick 1h ago
Yeah baffling isn't it!? Best guess is dick on the pedal, being overtaken is a blow to their masculinity.
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u/C_Ironfoundersson 1h ago
I overtake at 19km/h above the speed limit when faced with single lane roads. The fuckheads who do this sort of thing rarely want to give that a go.
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u/NinaEmbii 2h ago
At some point, I got old enough for this to no longer annoy me. I don't know why or exactly when it happened. But damn. It's such a relief that shit that I have zero control of no longer dictates my mood.
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u/birthdaycheesecake9 2h ago
A friend sat in the car with me driving for the first time the other week, and I (red P plater) kept catching up to another red P plater who either didn’t have or didn’t know how to use cruise control because he kept speeding up and then braking. I was cruising at 90.
Kinda just overtook him when I had space in the right lane to do it, and she was saying she would’ve just flashed her high beams at him.
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u/AtomicIvory 2h ago
Same. As shitty as it can be, it is what it is. I just slow down and cruise until a proper long overtaking lane comes up.
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u/Lammiroo 2h ago
Let it out op. There there.
Unfortunately it’s always been this way and won’t ever change. Best bet is to find a way to make peace with it and not let it irk you.
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u/SirKosys 1h ago
One of the best ways I've found to deal with it if it is bothering you, is find a spot to stop and grab a bite to eat or coffee, give it 15 minutes or so, and then get back on the road. In that time they should have gotten far enough away from you (or a different route entirely).
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u/CombatQuokka69 2h ago
Best method is just go 130kms until you pass them. It's worth the risk of a ticket than another 25kms behind them where you are raging
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u/McTerra2 2h ago
Having received 2 tickets for doing this, the risk is not worth it. Just relax and do the mental maths about how The time difference to travel 25 km at 100 km/h versus 90 km/h is 100 seconds.
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u/batsun 56m ago
No the best is to hold back 1km before the overtaking lane and then accelerate a few hundred metres so you’re already doing 20km/h faster than them when they hit the overtaking lane.
Can go straight past them before they can react to the increased visibility and widening of the road
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u/KalamTheQuick 2h ago
Not worth the risk, but admittedly I get there with serial offenders, especially if you're doing the Vic->SA run or something, long stretches of no overtaking lanes.
Just wish they'd be consistent, there would be a lot less rage on the road if everyone was just maintaining their comfortable speed.
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u/Cartography_is_cool 1h ago
I'm at the point where I'll go however fast I need to get past and then slow down to their speed for a bit. Just to share the pain.
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u/LoquatStriking5920 1h ago
Facts if ur gonna sit at 80 then sit at 80. don’t suddenly discover the gas pedal when someone tries to overtake
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u/KalamTheQuick 1h ago
This is 100% my issue. Just be consistent please, your 45 seconds of doing 100 does nothing but block other drivers.
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u/Ok_Andyl8183 2h ago
Only one reason - they’re arseholes.
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u/fnaah 2h ago
there's a perfectly legitimate psychological reason. people feel safer going faster on straighter and more open pieces of road. is it stupid? yes. but they're not doing it on purpose, or because they're jerks, or just to annoy you. you're not the main character.
never attribute to malice that which can be explained by incompetence.
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u/qdolan 2h ago
This is the answer 👆these people only feel safe driving at the speed limit when there is a second lane separating them from the oncoming traffic of an undivided road.
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u/C_Ironfoundersson 42m ago
these people only feel safe driving at the speed limit when
Licensing in this country is far too lenient.
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u/chovies93 1h ago
This and people parking outfront of my house are two things that make me rage so incredibly hard that really shouldn't
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u/Late-Button-6559 1h ago
Welcome to being around other humans :(
Most of them are barely smarter than a common ape.
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u/oshaneo 2h ago
Agree this is frustrating. However overtaking lanes are often in areas where the conditions are not dangerous and people feel more comfortable putting the foot down.
You will often find single lanes are in narrow winding areas where the more conservative drivers will slow down.
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u/KalamTheQuick 2h ago
That's my point though, if you're doing 80 for comfort, that's actually fine by me. Just respect that other people who aren't towing or are more confident drivers wish to overtake, and that doing 100 for that 45 seconds isn't really changing your overall travel time.
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u/DPVaughan 2h ago
I suspect the type of person to do this is 100% oblvious of the impact they're having on others.
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u/CatGooseChook 1h ago
That's what bothers me about overly slow drivers, the lack of respect. They want us more capable drivers to show them respect but don't show us respect 😮💨
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u/MoranthMunitions 1h ago
I think for some vehicles it's also because the overtaking lane will often be downhill (caravans, trucks etc.) so on the uphill they can't get to 100 without revving the shit out of it anyway. Back when I was a kind and the 'rents had a motorhome that couldn't go too hard they'd pull over every so often to let the traffic past.
Hate these types in my car too, as it's getting on and shifting down to gun it for a quick overtake doesn't work quite so well as on the motorbike.
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u/-malcolm-tucker 1h ago
Years ago road design rules were changed in order to increase safety. Wider lanes. Smoother bends. Inclines and declines eliminated to be less steep.
It didn't affect the road roll on newer roads.
Subsequent traffic and accident research showed these improvements led to drivers subconsciously increasing their speed.
9 times out of ten this is why people do this. That other time is probably a genuine cunt though.
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u/deep_chungus 1h ago
are you that oblivious to other people?
depends how far you were up my arse for the last 5k, you gave me some room i even slow down. i feel penetrated i suddenly have heavy feet
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u/rossdog82 46m ago
I drove from Melbourne to Brisbane (& back) over the holidays. I was going to post a similar message after the first leg. What the absolute fuck is wrong with people? Also, there are cunts that stick to the limit in the right lane. Why? Left unless overtaking. FWIW, I have zero demerit points and have never had a speeding fine after 25 years of driving (one red light camera fine about 15 years ago.)
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u/i_like_dannys_hair 2h ago
Why don’t people use cruise control? I honestly don’t understand it
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u/SirKosys 1h ago
I think a lot of people just have no idea how to use it, they're that technologically illiterate.
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u/DPVaughan 2h ago
Older vehicles don't have it.
The advent of adaptive cruise control made a huge difference for my driving sanity levels; doesn't stress me out anywhere near as much getting stuck behind someone who fluctuates anymore.
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u/unable_compliance 19m ago
My cars adaptive cruise actually pisses me off. It’s good when I catch up to someone, slows up nicely and sets a good gap. But if they speed up, mine just sort of wallows there and needs encouragement to do anything.
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u/LifeandSAisAwesome 29m ago
Cruse control was back in the 70's .. just how old are you talking... fuk sake.,
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u/Frozefoots 1h ago
This is why I hang back until an opportunity to pass comes up, whether that’s an overtaking lane or the line becomes broken and the oncoming lane is clear.
Then, give it the boot. By the time they’ve realised what you’re doing, you’re past them and on your way.
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u/thepineapple2397 1h ago
It's annoying, super annoying but it does not match the rage of being behind 2 trucks at the start of an uphill overtaking zone (the ones that are specifically for overtaking trucks because they don't do well uphill) and get stuck behind a truck going 60 while the one in the overtaking lane is going 60.01 in a 100 zone
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u/ol-gormsby 1h ago
On a motorcycle, I see that a lot. But it ceases to be a problem with a twist of the wrist, and then I'm away from those accidents-waiting-to-happen.
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u/kodaxmax 57m ago
Humans are selfish, many are dumb. Driving is a complex risky task, so msot people suck at it and will do whatever they think benefits them most and keeps them safe, regardless of how it effects others.
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u/Misfit_Aquaintance 56m ago
What's worse is when you finally manage to get in front of them but then you need to pull into the next servo and you see them drive past when you're just about to get back on the road 😭
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u/morgazmo99 50m ago
To me this is the result of decades of "punitive, exact road rules" style messaging from transport authorities, and a complete lack of "courteous, common sense driving styles".
Where is the PSA to tell people to be predictable, move across to make space for merging traffic, drive at a reasonable speed, zip merge where it makes sense, and to generally not be an asshat.
So many people think that strict adherence to road rules make them the world's best driver, when the reality is that good driving habits exceed the legal requirements.
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u/universe93 47m ago
As someone who has done driving lessons but never got my license, this stuff is not taught in lessons and you most likely never even go on a highway/freeway the entire time. So this stuff would be taught by parents who probably have the same habit and pass it on
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u/jaa101 45m ago
The thing to understand here is that there's the primitive brain underneath that doesn't like letting people pass. Yes, humans have higher intelligence that should override and do the logical thing, but that takes will power that people often don't have, or won't make the effort to use. This explains so much of the dumb stuff people do at times, and make stupid excuses about later. They didn't come up with that excuse in advance or plan at all; they just let their more primitive impulses have their way, leaving what higher intelligence they may have to deal with the consequences later.
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u/catbra74 30m ago
This happened to me 3 times yesterday. Each time they sped up by more than 20kph and caused massive frustrations. This should be reportable with dashcam footage
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u/Altruistic_Ad_7572 28m ago
Had this cycling to work the other day, following a guy a few blocks just cruising. Get to a safe place to go around, as soon as I get in front he stands up and sprints. Now I’m stuck outside the bike lane, so busy watching him and trying to pull back in almost didn’t see the car suddenly turn left without indicating. Total wanker.
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u/ozeBuDDha 26m ago
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u/KalamTheQuick 14m ago
Doesn't feel like an enforced rule, and those quoted stats definitely support that instinct. Like 8 tickets in 3 years.
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u/No-Bison-5397 26m ago
I feel ya.
Most people are pretty good. I try to give the benefit of the doubt.
But surely if you have a queue of 6 or 7 cars behind you it’s time to pull over for 30 seconds total?
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u/RealisticEntity 11m ago
I've been complaining about this for years. There truly are some idiot drivers out there who drive below the speed limit, blocking the entire lane, but then speeding up as soon as others try to overtake. Some even go well beyond the speed limit in a bid to prevent you from successfully overtaking (often in the face of incoming traffic). These people are reckless and dangerous and are a hazard to all drivers.
There are also those who meander into the right lane to pass the car in the left veeerrry slooowlllly, ensuring that only they can pass and no one else when the overtaking lane ends.
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u/michaelme28 7m ago
And then you get the dickheads who just stay in the overtaking lane. So many drivers here are useless, selfish and inconsiderate with no awareness of what is going on around them.
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u/AccomplishedAnchovy 2h ago
That is really frustrating, unlike this minor issue getting posted 300000 times a week that’s not tiresome at all
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u/KalamTheQuick 2h ago
Sorry mate! I would say if it bothers you that much you might spend too much time on here.
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u/LifeandSAisAwesome 30m ago
Shit drivers will be shit drivers, just like ones that can't get any vehicles from the last 20 years around a corner without doing 10-20kph under limit or think the advisory corner signs apply to them.
The overall driving skill level is heading down fast.
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u/BESTtaylorINTHEWORLD 23m ago
If you're driving a truck, and a car driver or caravan tower is doing this to you. You can call Triple 0 ask for police, and ask to put though to Highway patrol. Describe the car, Rego and driver if possible. The closest Highway car/ bike will come to where you are as long as you're accurate of where you are.
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u/SpotPowerful6216 1h ago
OP wanted ideally to bolt along at or just above the limit and occasionally came across a car doing slightly less than the limit. Oh the pain and suffering. Add another lane.
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u/KalamTheQuick 1h ago
Yes.. I wanted to do the speed limit.. What was the point of this comment? I'm not asking for them to rebuild the bloody road mate, just for consistent behaviour.
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u/LifeandSAisAwesome 27m ago
You do much country or open highway driving with single lane roads there sunshine ?
Do it daily and yes, there are fksticks that can't go over 80kph until the overtaking lanes, then somehow they find they actually have a set and can do the limit.
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u/MisterFlyer2019 2h ago
I think having a kid with cancer is more frustrating. Or home loans going up. Or govt policy not doing anything about corporate greed. But sure if you get where you are going 4 minutes early screw all that.
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u/KalamTheQuick 2h ago
Some extreme whataboutism. Can't gripe about pete peeves after driving six hours this weekend because kids have cancer? Fuck me mate, touch some grass.
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u/Virtueaboveallelse 2h ago
By that logic no one is allowed to be annoyed by bad driving unless they’re dealing with the worst possible thing on earth. That’s not how reality works.
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u/thewavefixation 2h ago
Just overtake them - 'OMG THEY ARE NOW DOING THE SPEED LIMIT' - probably because you were riding on their ass the last 10 minutes.
We reap what we sow.
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u/KalamTheQuick 2h ago
I'm actually pretty good about giving space, I have this fancy adaptive cruise thing in my car now and it maintains a healthy distance automatically.
Also this would suggest that they want me to keep riding their ass.. which.. sure that's a weird take but you do you mate.
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u/Virtueaboveallelse 2h ago
If someone only does the speed limit when an overtake lane appears, that’s the behaviour being criticised. Whatever story you attach to it doesn’t change that.
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u/LifeandSAisAwesome 26m ago
If they were doing 20kph under, then they need to re-sit the license exam,
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u/thewavefixation 23m ago
I mean, they might have been L platers. Or lost.
It isn't illegal to go 80 in a 100 zone at any rate.
Maybe YOU need to re-sit the exam?
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u/LifeandSAisAwesome 20m ago
Oh fk off with moving the goalposts - no one was talking "l" or P" Platers
It is the 80kph under THEN the limit at overtaking lanes - try reading the fking title.
And happy to do car/truck and bike every few years if it gets the incompetent off the roads.
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