Jay762 Posted March 14, 2015 Share Posted March 14, 2015 Driving up the motorway the other night I came across a red astra - I had been doing the use inside and middle lane as traffic was quite light - about 21:30 in evening, so was crossing the lanes as I needed to overtake. As I came up behind this car I moved from the middle to outside lane behind him - he had been sat there for a bit. we were doing comfortable motorway speeds so I had left a good 3 - 4 car gap behind him but then also noticed both the rear lights were out - the brake lights did work though. We got past the cars in the middle lane and then eventually the astra pulled into the middle so I could get past - I was in a standard enterprise rental rep car black SRI insignia, nothing special. Anyhow this is where it gets strange, as I pulled alongside he put his offside indicator back on, nothing in front of us so I dont know why that was done I assumed at the time it may have been caught as the lane was changed. We were then approaching a wide load with convoy escort - I was back in middle lane ahead of the astra but slowed down to under 60 to pass the wide load in the middle lane. Matey in the Astra was back in outside lane but when I looked he was still indicating to the right side and he was turning his headlights on and off?? He then sat on my rear quarter offside for the next couple of miles - if I accelerated a bit he would match and if I slowed he would slow. In the end I wondered if it wasn't the Astra and I had picked up an unmarked car so I slowed right down and let him come past - it was the astra still so I thought ok let him pull in and I can over take - He pulled in about half a mile later and sat there a few car lengths in front. I gave it a bit longer happy he wasn't going to leap for the outside lane again and indicated then over took and pulled away getting clear and moving into the middle lane, as I pulled along side the indicator came on again and as I pulled into the middle lane a good few cars clear he started turning the headlights on and off again - like the opposite of high beaming me. I thought initially I had fog lights on or left the indicators on but after a check I confirmed they were off. So does this mean anything? Been driving a fair few years and seen many lorry drivers high beam you as you overtake them :P but never seen anyone deliberately turn off their headlights on a motorway in the dark?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scoobyghost Posted March 14, 2015 Share Posted March 14, 2015 I'd usually flash my lights off/on if I see someone doesn't have thier lights on. Are your rear lights working? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay762 Posted March 14, 2015 Author Share Posted March 14, 2015 Yup they were fine - it was a 63 plate rental car all in good order Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scoobyghost Posted March 14, 2015 Share Posted March 14, 2015 Very strange then. Turning the indicator towards you as you overtake seems an aggressive move. Almost to make you second guess your overtake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gambit Posted March 14, 2015 Share Posted March 14, 2015 Possible he was wanting to race it is done to let other's know its race time. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin959 Posted March 14, 2015 Share Posted March 14, 2015 gosh, sorry for the bad quality its the only one that I could find on youtube :( https://youtu.be/dLXQbVmjzcE 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steveuk260.Esq Posted March 14, 2015 Share Posted March 14, 2015 I seen that happen begore usually when someone is driving with rear fogs on and blinding everyone behing. Had it happen today actually. I myself usually pull infront of em and stick my rear fog on. Couple of times sometime it work sometime it doesnt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stants Posted March 14, 2015 Share Posted March 14, 2015 Maybe he was just a !Removed!, I see random stuff all the time, people that get on my !Removed! are ones that are doing 20mph under the limit on well sighted A road who take offence at you passing them and start to flash you like they are protector of the highways.. I'll only flash some to day thanks or draw attention to something like the've left the filler cap hanging off etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay762 Posted March 14, 2015 Author Share Posted March 14, 2015 OK happy with that - I wasn't missing something, ill write this one up as plonker :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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