I had a total peenarse the other day on the m4 in an e36 - he was doing broadly the same speed as me for some miles, usually in the outer two lanes for no reason, so when there was stuff to overtake, despite his rather lax attitude to lane discipline, I was comfortably able to pull out ahead. When it came to two lorries in the inner two lanes, I increased my speed slightly to ensure I was not treading on his toes, but he seemed hell bent on boxing me in behind the lorries, accelerating and matching my speed, before dropping into fourth and standing on the throttle just as I began to indicate my intention to pull out. I know I shouldn't have with hindsight, but I just yanked it into fourth and pulled the fuck out anyway, which he didn't take to especially kindly. It really pisses me off that people can't act with a reasonable amount of courtesy - I reckon he just decided he was bored of being behind me, and chose the least opportune moment possible to attempt to overtake, misjudged his closing speed and went ahead anyway, with no regard whatsoever for the progress of my journey, nor indeed my safety. I didn't react in the best way I suppose, and I bet he didn't even realise what he had done to piss me off, but I'm not sure that excuses his driving - people should be much more aware of what is going on around them and anticipate what is likely to happen. I know everybody makes mistakes, but being pointlessly aggressive and not even making progress is just bloody daft.
