Tell me again why we don't like tailgaters...

... and why is it a 30 limit coming into Stanton?

Oh, and what do those stripey lines at a junction mean anyways???

KF07 XDK tailgating in the wet from Melbourne to Stanton

KF07 XDK tailgating in the wet between Melbourne and Stanton - why do they do it? Do they think the vehicle ahead will go faster if they leave no braking distance? Is it a company car and they just don't care if they ram somebody?
The tailgating forced us to pull over entering Stanton as it would be too dangerous heading over Swarkestone with somebody following who thinks a metre is a safe braking distance.

Monday 14th May 2012 at 06:55

That was no give way!

This one looked more exciting on the road than in the footage... Braking from 40 to 30 the white car pulling out looked a bit dodgy, but the van has no intention of giving way to traffic on the road he is joining - or even taking a look before pulling out...

iting on

SH10 UZW Tailgating by Francis Burdett

4x4 driver who obviously thinks his braking reaction speed and stopping distance is absolutely zero... This terrible example of driving continued, forcing us to pull over to let this terrorist pass and go bully somebody else. He was last seen speeding through Stanton.
20th April 2012, around 7am.

It is wet, it is dingy so what does FG03 CWP do? Tailgate...

FG03 CWP tailgating in the wet on 12th April 2012...

Highway Code Rule 201 - Don't do it!

Not one but two drivers reversing into an A-road...

Derbyshire Contabulary say we don't have a traffic problem on Cockshut Lane

So how did this happen then?

KK07 HFS Vauxhaul pushes in where there wasn't a gap...

What can I say - typical Derby driving - just pull out regardless, even though there wasn't a gap...

VN06 VXP tailgating coming out of Derby

Coming out of Derby tonight there is the aftermath of a crash - I wonder how that could possibly have happened - I've logged tailgating as a problem on this stretch on several occassions...

... and within 100 metres of the previous crash we have VN06 VXP tailgating...

Just how much is Derbyshire Constabulary refusing to perform basic traffic policing costing us all?

Fiesta BT57 NPE Tailgating

Fiesta BT57 NPE repeatedly tailgating - at around 4 metres at 40mph by the Cottage (2 second rule is 1 metre pre 1mph so *should* be 40 metres space). Later in the clip the same driver is a metre behind at 30mph. If we needed to stop for any reason - a child or animal stepping in to the road, or a mechanical failure, he'd have no chance of avoiding a collision...

Peugeot Y56 AOA pulls out regardless...

This time it is our turn for some excitement with a near-miss...

Somebody nearly needed a new car for Christmas

Oh - that looked close!

More terrorism and intimidation on the commute

This morning was icy. Cars were frosty. Tyres cold and braking distances likely to be longer than usual. But we had Mr Idiot approach us at speed, tailgating and flashing for no obvious reason... Terrified we were gone to be rammed we stopped assuming that if he was in that much of a rush in dangerous conditions he could go off and kill somebody else. Instead the driver stopped behind us. We didn't wait for a confrontation. Incident was reported to the police but feedback is that they don't know who it was and can't identify the vehicle. This is despite reporting multiple instances of the similar problems on this stretch of road at the same time of day and promises that road policing does happen. This looks like things can only continue until this driver causes the death of himself, us and others. I am frustrated that having raised this issue to the highest level I am still suffering this terrorism on my commute to work and am being left to do all of my own policing. I failed to identify this driver so nothing happens. Until we have dead. Maybe. What am I supposed to do? Just not leave the house???

T-Junction Russian Roulette?

Thursday Morning's commute - in the dark now with autumn coming on - was a little more exciting than normal. Again, a near miss that wasn't our problem but nicely captured anyway.

Just what you don't want on a driving lesson...

For a change it wasn't us getting harrassed by the tailgater - I'm not quite sure why this guy wanted past the learner quite so badly, but trying to force an overtake on the Swarkestone Causeway seems to be a bad plan, as does trying to climb into the back seats!

Carjacking? On drugs? Drunk?

This was a strange one... cut across at the roundabout then stop in the exit lane with the 'yoof' in the passenger seat hanging out of the window and jesticulating...



If the driver hadn't started up driving alongside us as we passed, the passenger jumped out and run towards us at the next lights and the driver then chased us into Derby I might have just thought it was odd behaviour, but I was left with a feeling it was an attempted carjacking or that the pair were out of their heads on drink or drugs.
During the chase I called 999 and was advised to 'pull over and wait' - given the behaviour so far no way were we stopping to find out if the pair were stoned or armed. Details were given to the police on 15th August at 07:00. The full video was given to them on the afternoon of the same day. Typically Derbyshire Constabulary have made no contact since.

Honey Badger driving - just doesn't give a shit...

I thought the pull out on to the roundabout was a little racy...
Then the driver clearly wants to be inside the hatchback he is following... or he doesn't know the way and is just navigating by holding on to the car in front.
THEN he overtakes on a white line giving the driver of the mini coming the other way a 'need clean underwear' moment.
And we still have no traffic policing... because we haven't met the quota of fatalities. Watching driving like this it can only be a matter of time!

Deejaycnc.com Tailgating at last week's crash site

A week after encountering this between Stanton by Bridge and Melbourne:



I am left wondering how could that possibly happen?

A clue perhaps, at around 4pm on Monday 15th August - this driver for DeejayCNC.COM who obviously things the correct tolerance at 40mph is about 6ft...

KM57 FPK reversing into Rush Hour traffic

Not content with creating a need for an emergency stop by reversing out into moving rush hour traffic, the driver of KM57 FPK pulls back into the driveway. Just as we're starting to pull away he bumps back out into the road ahead of us.
But not only do we have the illegal manoeuvre of reversing into an A Road - we have a beautiful example of how it turns out that 50% of motor vehicle journeys are less than 2 miles...

The writing says 'SLOW'...

... not because the corner is tight, but because some knobber is coming the other way astride the white line!