I've been in situations where I'm going through a construction zone (45) and I'm going like 4 or 5 over and somebody tailgates me and then have somebody blow by me going like 55-60.
I know what you mean, on my drive to Italy (from England), I drive on A and B roads though France and Switzerland, I love their county and I’ve not come across very bad drivers, or speeding drivers, maybe a lot to do with the way the French hide speed cameras and the penalty for not observing it
but when I get to Italy, I take the motorways, after 6 years driving to my home there, I find most Italian drivers think they are kings of the road and will risk life and limb, to prove a point, or to get passed you if they think you overtook them to prove your car is faster than theirs.
A few examples, a few years back, the motorway between Bologna and Florence was still only a two lane stretch dating back from the 60’s but since then increase traffic meant that both lanes would have traffic speeding along on them, now this stretch of motorway was full of bends as in the 60’s most of that road followed the contours of the mountain and there were few tunnels. Lorries would be on the near side so most cars were on the out side lane, I still remember me in my Lotus Elise doing between 85 and 90 MPH on the outside lane when I had lights flashing me from behind, so I pull in the the nearside lane with the lorries dropping my speed to about 60mph, what did I see passing me at over 90mph? this Fiat panda 0 to 62 maybe in 3 days
taking death deifying bends on the motorway as if his/her life depended on it, Now maybe 90-95% of the motorway from Milan to well passed Eboli (in the south) is all 3 or 4 lanes motorway, and bad driving still hasn’t stopped. whatI’ve discovered is Italians like to tailgate you if they catch up with you, never mind why you can’t go any faster they will be up your ass, and example,
driving along near side lame when the 3 cars in front of me start to move over to the second lane as they come up to a lorry so we all move over and speed up a bit, in doing so we catch up other cars in the second lane so me and the two cars in front of me pull over to the third lane and over take the cars in lane three, when new in lane three catch up to slower moving cars so me and the car in front pull out to the forth lane and overtake, so at this moment in time there are four lanes and everyone is overtaking, no one is hogging in a lane, just that all of us are going faster than the lorries in the near side lane, me being the last car in the forth lane I see this BMW or Audi come right up my a$$ as if I should move out of the way except there is no where to go as all the lanes have slower moving cars, and by now I’m doing around 130Km (in Italy thats the speed limit on 4 lane motorways), the Lotus hasn’t a great top speed but in the right hands (not mine, should be able to do 0 to 62 in around 6 seconds and its as light as a father, so we the lan in front of me clears I floor it hitting 125mph in no time, and then pull in, looking in the rearview mirror I see these BMW’s or Audis only a spec in my mirror, then see them pull in and there’s no one in land 2,3 or 4 for them to overtake, the sad part is that around 2/3 minutes later then will be able to pass me as they have a better top speed, but its fun to leave them standing in the outside lane after they have been flashing their lights to get people to move out of the way
sorry for this long post, maybe didn’t come across as good as if one actually saw these powerful cars flashing away and then left for dead in the outside lane
