Question about tunnels and speed

[evilzed]

Hi guys I wanted to get your opinions on something, I've been riding for over a year and half now (not that long) and whenever I've ridden through tunnels I've always felt a little more paranoid around cars, reason being they usually tailgate more (while doing at least the limit) and I'm not one of those people that hogs the right hand lane but use it on occasion where it's empty due to having to worry less about being rear ended or being sandwiched between cars in the left but on the odd occasion I get an Audi/BMW driver race up behind me and I obviously have two options, try getting out the way to stop the tailgating or speed.

I usually slip in to the left lane but sometimes there's no real space. What I've noticed roughly 90% of the bikers I see who use the tunnel just speed (40-50 mph in 30 limit) and go in between the traffic, while that has it's own dangers and I prefer not too if possible but I can't help but get tempted when put under pressure by drivers around who are also speeding etc

What I'm asking is.....What is the most sensible option in this situation?

Thanks in advanced

[doggone]

Do what feels most comfortable, it's a fair point it's often best to go with the flow.
If you crash in a fireball in there, the smoke might kill off the other guilty drivers too.

[The Shaggy D.A.]

In a tunnel, you say?

1. Kill switch off
2. WOT
3. Kill switch on
4. ?
5. Profit
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[BakesBeans]

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[evilzed]

Lol my bikes are FI so not sure the kill switch trick works

[SQL]

2nd gear flat out

[yen_powell]

When you get a car up your bum, just press your front brake lever enough to put the light on but not enough to brake.

Wait till the car is very very close.

Repeat till they get sick of keep braking themselves. Works best on nasty wet days when going round a sharply bending tunnel (warning, may cause bad skiddy sounds behind).
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[Rogerborg]

[monkeybiker]

You could just stay in the left lane and if the car behind is following closely then slowly reduce speed to give a gap from the car in front.

Don't go slamming your brakes on and giving wanker signs and getting into some stupid road rage nonsense. Just chill out and get on with you journey, it's so much simpler and less stressful.

[WD Forte]

Needs a bit more context really but
If you pull into an empty lane and ride at the limit you'll get tailgated
Fact of life whatever you drive/ride.
If you have L plates some drivers will assume you're not going fast enough
whatever speed you're going and tailgate you.
( needs the Toy Story/Buzz lightyear pic with "Arseholes, everywhere arseholes")

I don't see this as tunnel only thing though

tailgating deterrents
laser pointers as brake lights - blind the bastards
inject parrafin into silencer - big smoke
Any old shit coming off yer bike will make people back off
even water, so an old screen wash pump and bottle of old piss
jury rigged with button on bars will get them backing off in horror

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[Vincent]

Don't let tailgaters distract you too much...concentrate on what's coming up. I've had loads of tailgaters, (although not so much on the bike), they're a nuisance, but none of them have ever actualy hit me.
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[c_dug]

Seeing the naughty side of 150 in a tunnel is great fun.

Also I no longer have any points on my licence so you should totally take my advice
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[stinkwheel]

Ride more defensively in the left lane. The right lane is for overtaking.

[chickenstrip]

[stinkwheel]

[Rogerborg]

[Fidge]

Go in the left hand lane, tap your brakes a few times (as if flashing your lights). If they don't back off then point at the nearest speed limit sign or signal to back off. If they are still tailgating then pull over.

[chickenstrip]

[Rogerborg]

[chickenstrip]

[evilzed]

Thanks for the replies guys, the traffic is nose to tail since it's usually during London peak time and everyone is in a huge rush to get home (esp drivers) two lanes btw and a couple of speed cameras but most people seem to know where they are and slow down at those points, although I have seen a few drivers get flashed by some of them.

Reason why I don't want to just blurt pass through the middle like most bikers do is my commuter doesn't have any sound (Suzuki 250 dual exhaust pipes make after market options super expensive) and drivers VERY rarely feel the need to use their indicators for some absurd reason, I have a horrible feeling one will catch me this way eventually.

[Pete.]

[evilzed]

[chickenstrip]

If you're filtering, just be wary where there's a gap in either lane that a car could pull into. Sod's law says (volume 36, section 26D, paragraph 15a) that if you filter past that gap without paying very careful attention, you will get taken out.
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[ZRX61]

turn the sound UP....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGa6SZUNvRI
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