Dangerous driving

[karlbowder]

What are the chances of me getting convicted of a DD charge.
I was travelling along on the motorway in the middle lane when suddenly a car on the inside lane pulled out into the middle lane (with out indicating) causing me to break hard .
I then proceeded to overtake him in the outside lane, when i did i pulled back into the middle lane, i applied my brakes as i would have exceeded the 70mph speed limit. The car in question was then tailgating me, I then accelerated to a safe distance.

[redcrx]

Have you been charged with DD then?

if you were overtaking him at over 70mph and he was right behind you when you pulled back in and tailgating you, wasnt he doing over 70 as well.

if he was, why did you need to overtake him?

[daffy654]

1: Why were you 'driving along' in the middle lane?That is an overtaking lane.
2: Why did you feel the need to then overtake this driver and then pull back in leaving no room between you and him?

[New Judge]

There are a number of occurrences of careless or inconsiderate driving in the episode you describe: the other driver pulling out in front of you without signalling; you overtaking him when you had to exceed the speed limit to do so; you braking in front of him after overtaking; him �tailgating� you (presumably at 70 mph); you �accelerating to a safe distance�. And I presume whilst all this was going on, the inside lane was occupied or, of course, you would both have returned to it as you should have done if it were clear.

I may be wrong but it seems to me that you did not like what he had done to you (pulled out without indicating) so you overtook him, slammed on your brakes in front of him and he then stuck to your rear bumper. All very sensible on both your parts.

I doubt that any of this behaviour would support a charge of dangerous driving, although from your description dangerous is certainly what it was. Any one of a number of the actions undertaken by the two of you could well have caused a collision. It would certainly be worthy of a charge of careless driving against both of you, him for pulling out in front of you and you for your overtaking manoeuvre.

[brenda]

I think in this instance you were playing silly bu88ers with the other car driver.
You will not be prosecuted , but perhaps you should be.
Just let us know what roads you travel on , so that we can can avoid you .