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On the drive back to Sydney from Surfers was going along quite well for a change (usually a bad driver a minute almost). Just the usual pick of drivers who do 90km/h in 100 zones and then as soon as there is an overtaking lane they speed up to 110 which means it is virtually impossible to get past them.
One such driver in an old Mazda van was doing this very trick but only sped up to about my normal cruising speed (using cruise control) at overtaking lanes. So I thought, as I could see where the overtaking lane ended, I would speed up just enough to get past and then be rid of him. But that was not his idea. I pulled into the right lane and started to move up and just as I was about to move alongside his rear bumper he cut across in front of me. I left it at that after a small amount of cursing and a dab of the brakes. At the next overtaking lane I had a fair idea he would do it again. And unsurprisingly, I was about to pull alongside during the next overtaking lane and again he moved across. Now it isn't what I normally do, but I didn't want this to happen ever time so I did the only remaining option. I swung back to the left lane (I did indicate and look first) and motored past well before the overtaking lane ended. And luckily that was the end of him as he wasn't able to manage the speed limit during the single lane sections.
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