Could get into the original WDPDT thread so have started another - hope that's OK.
Went out with wifey for dinner etc. on Friday at about 7.30 and saw a guy (25 ish) in a BMW Z3 (top down & baseball cap on) scream up the high street, music blaring, tyres spinning. Ahh well, just another poser I thought. However, this was no ordinary poser. As we went on our way, this guy continued doing the same thing again and again, up and down the high street - rapid acceleration, screech of tyres
followed by sharp braking each time he caught up with the cars in front or had to stop at a crossing. This went on for over half an hourand yesterday morning I saw the same guy do the same thing in an even more packed high street.
What sort of pleasure do people derive from this strange behaviour I wonder. Even my wife (who's only in her mid-twenties) laughed at this idiot's antics. "Does he think he's cool or something ?" she asked.
Also, last week in right hand lane of Dartford tunnel I saw a guy in a BMW compact screaming towards me in the inside lane. He quickly caught me up, undertook, veered sharply across in front of me (despite the no changing lanes rule) and then proceeded to sit on the tail pipe of the vehicle in front of me which I had remained a reasonable distance from. The traffic was quite heavy and he was still up this guy's backside as I turned off at the Thurrock junction. I really can't understand why people do this sort of thing. What did he gain from this dangerous driving ?
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Sorry, I meant to say I couldn't get into the original thread.
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Over half an hour, and again next day; and somebody must have reported the antics....
Tomo
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I doubt anyone bothered Tomo - the police around here have a pretty poor reputation for failing to respond to local incidents. No doubt they're all tied up in neighbouring areas where there's more trouble. In my few dealings with them I've sadly found them pretty poor myself but my brother in law's a DCI I do know what a tough job they've got so I try not to be too critical.
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Most people do this sort of thing because they don't have an awful lot between their ears.
And because their sexual organs tend to be under developed.
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I guess these sad excuses for men get some kind of thrill from driving in this manner and suffer from the mistaken belief that it looks 'cool'.
Sadly, they only realise that it isn't big and it isn't clever when someone dies because of their childish antics (some of them don't even realise then). It just makes me wish that I had some sort of remote device that could mess with the electronic gubbins on their cars and bring them to a safe (and very ignominious) halt.
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You're not from Dartford are you VM?
The sort of behaviour you describe is de riguer around the one-way system here. Introduced in the mid-seventies, it has taken some 25 years for Dartford Borough Council to realise they have designed a small race circuit, and are now carrying out roadworks to change the system back again.
I recall the Romans had a good idea, one road that runs right through the middle and out the other side again.
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Not from Dartford Rob but know it well and, yes, I can see how the town centre one-way system could be especially inviting for such people!
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Never indulged myself of course :-), although I can tell you that if you apex late on turn 5, you can knock 1-2 secs off your lap time.
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If I confess to being repeatedly told off for trying to change up prematurely whilst driving an RS200 on a rally course at Brands Hatch you'll understand that I don't indulge in or approve of such antics either Rob :-)
I can still hear the instructor shouting:
"For God's sake you don't need 3rd or 4th bl&%dy gears round here you £$%&*$@ idiot ......"
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