Thanks guys.
The memory is still a vivid one. Hope they didn't die - just got some nasty bruises. Before I had a kid and held my own life in limited esteem, I used to tap the brake lights and make a (polite) back-off signal in the rearview to cars tailgating me. If that failed to work,
I'd just slam on the brakes, usually with better results.

I mean, fairplay if some berk is blocking the overtaking lane at some absurdly low speed and is ignoring all behind him. You can close the stopping distance a bit to let them know that you mean business and that they're not the only motorist on the road. But it really gets my goat when you're in a queue of cars moving along a busy road and some complete anus hovers three feet behind you as if you're somehow to blame or as if overtaking you is going to make one iota of difference to their time of arrival.
(Happybara The jungle came alive and took him, Wed 28 Apr 2010, 17:27, Reply)