I believe they're exactly the same people who are doing an appreciable amount less than you, until you come to overtake them, at which point they gradually speed up until they're doing the same speed as you.
They're not even vaguely focussed on their driving, so their subconcsious mind takes over and they, without thinking about it, try to match speeds with whatever is around them.
It was exactly the behaviour Gibbo describes, repeatedly done, that led to me accelerating past 120 on the way through Germany to get away from the pleb, and being subjected to much sarcasm by the wife.
A good few years past, when I was a bit more headstrong, and it was safe to do so, I did practice that tactic, with a known lesser machine than the Lannie,close to my rear offside ! 70, 80, 90, 100, 120, 130. She supposedly would top 143mph or so, but most were left as rear view wake, at one of those numbers, without me going flat out? Naughty weren't I? Too many racey 'fastards 'out there now, with more potent machines, so I'm more a dawdler?
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70, 80, 90, 100, 120, 130. She supposedly would top 143mph or so, but most were left as rear view wake, at one of those numbers, without me going flat out? Naughty weren't I? Too many racey 'fastards 'out there now, with more potent machines, so I'm more a dawdler?
