One single thing that makes you think "knob" Vol 3
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Ghost91 said:
The twunt on the M1 last night who slammed his brakes on Infront of me while passing an 'average speed' camera.
He then sped off until the next camera where he slammed on the brakes again.
Are people really this stupid?
It properly scares that people like this are allowed to drive cars...He then sped off until the next camera where he slammed on the brakes again.
Are people really this stupid?
Duelling banjo's etc...
3xpendable said:
The t
t in the 15 plate Jaguar XF yesterday in Winchcombe. I was following them down a public singe track road with passing places and the car was dithering around then suddenly braked and pulled over (ish) right at the end of a passing place and sat there for about 20 seconds before putting the indicator on. so I then had to squeeze by and to my astonishment I looked across and saw a KID in the drivers seat. I kid you not, he can't have been more than 10 and as I looked across the dad in the passenger seat tried to push his head down out of view. If only I'd got it on camera I'd have reported the car.
I say again, duelling banjo's...t in the 15 plate Jaguar XF yesterday in Winchcombe. I was following them down a public singe track road with passing places and the car was dithering around then suddenly braked and pulled over (ish) right at the end of a passing place and sat there for about 20 seconds before putting the indicator on. so I then had to squeeze by and to my astonishment I looked across and saw a KID in the drivers seat. I kid you not, he can't have been more than 10 and as I looked across the dad in the passenger seat tried to push his head down out of view. If only I'd got it on camera I'd have reported the car.Angry Dashcamman does at least have a very stylish Austin Rover T-shirt (or appears to, at least).
I wonder if he's one of the militant members of any of those British Leyland online groups that doesn't stop talking about immigrants and how the people of the UK have let the memories of our ancestors down and have betrayed the country by sometimes buying foreign products.
I wonder if he's one of the militant members of any of those British Leyland online groups that doesn't stop talking about immigrants and how the people of the UK have let the memories of our ancestors down and have betrayed the country by sometimes buying foreign products.
ORD said:
Mandalore said:
masermartin said:
ORD said:
So wake the whole street because one person has hurt your feelings? That would make you a total fecker.
If you're expecting him to go door to door knocking to find the culprit, he's going to do exactly that, only it'll take half an hour. 
</devilsadvocate>I appreciate that some people are scared of confrontation, even when they are fully in the right, but if you took the time to actually look and observe the people who park inconsiderately when they return to their cars, they are very-very rarely a 7ft tall axe murderer on the run from prison.
Also, you will probably be please to know, that there are no monsters hiding under your bed.
(1) You can simply park elsewhere for the night like a grown up.
(2) If you lean on your horn late at night because your feelings are hurt, you will quickly have someone like me (tired father of a young baby) out of his house to beat you to death with your shoes.
Waking everyone up because your parking space is full is the behaviour of a spoiled toddler. Toys out of pram and don't care about the consequences for anyone else.
A taxi driver recently started hooting at 10pm because the punter was slow to come out. 3 parents from our road descended on his car within 2 mins. He looked genuinely confused why he was being told off!
The thing is, I would never be arrogant or self-centred enough to park in someone else's space - so perhaps I therefore have different view to yourself?
Mandalore said:
ORD said:
Mandalore said:
masermartin said:
ORD said:
So wake the whole street because one person has hurt your feelings? That would make you a total fecker.
If you're expecting him to go door to door knocking to find the culprit, he's going to do exactly that, only it'll take half an hour. </devilsadvocate>I appreciate that some people are scared of confrontation, even when they are fully in the right, but if you took the time to actually look and observe the people who park inconsiderately when they return to their cars, they are very-very rarely a 7ft tall axe murderer on the run from prison.
Also, you will probably be please to know, that there are no monsters hiding under your bed.
(1) You can simply park elsewhere for the night like a grown up.
(2) If you lean on your horn late at night because your feelings are hurt, you will quickly have someone like me (tired father of a young baby) out of his house to beat you to death with your shoes.
Waking everyone up because your parking space is full is the behaviour of a spoiled toddler. Toys out of pram and don't care about the consequences for anyone else.
A taxi driver recently started hooting at 10pm because the punter was slow to come out. 3 parents from our road descended on his car within 2 mins. He looked genuinely confused why he was being told off!
The thing is, I would never be arrogant or self-centred enough to park in someone else's space - so perhaps I therefore have different view to yourself?
Two wrongs don't make a right.
Any sympathy I have for someone losing their parking space is immediately lost by how they react to this... by sitting on the horn. As ORD says, childish behaviour of the highest order. Especially when a temporary solution is so easily and quietly found.
I wouldn't park in someone else's space. I suspect neither would ORD so your theory doesn't hold water.
I'm not "victimising the person who's space it was", I'm victimising the inconsiderate idiot pipping her horn late in the evening.
The massive BMW-driving cocksocket who came within an inch of killing me on Friday evening.
I'd just collected my 1978 MG from the garage having spent a tidy sum of money having the bodywork attended to, MOT etc. Driving very carefully back home, my OH in the car behind, I stopped at the traffic lights on the total nightmare that is presently the Black Dam Roundabout in Basingstoke. We were on the A30 coming from Hook, and wanting to go straight over.
I was at the front of the queue at the lights, and when they changed I had a 'spidey sense' moment and didn't launch out onto the roundabout. Thank feck because about 2 seconds later a BMW came steaming over, jumped a VERY clear red light, missed the front of the MG by about a rizla's width, and belted up towards the M3.
He did have the grace to slow down after and flash his hazards though, so that made it alright.
My OH said he genuinely thought he'd be scraping me off the road. Unfortunately his dashcam didn't capture it, otherwise I'd be hunting the twazzock down and battering him with the bloody stumps of his own limbs.
I'd just collected my 1978 MG from the garage having spent a tidy sum of money having the bodywork attended to, MOT etc. Driving very carefully back home, my OH in the car behind, I stopped at the traffic lights on the total nightmare that is presently the Black Dam Roundabout in Basingstoke. We were on the A30 coming from Hook, and wanting to go straight over.
I was at the front of the queue at the lights, and when they changed I had a 'spidey sense' moment and didn't launch out onto the roundabout. Thank feck because about 2 seconds later a BMW came steaming over, jumped a VERY clear red light, missed the front of the MG by about a rizla's width, and belted up towards the M3.
He did have the grace to slow down after and flash his hazards though, so that made it alright.
My OH said he genuinely thought he'd be scraping me off the road. Unfortunately his dashcam didn't capture it, otherwise I'd be hunting the twazzock down and battering him with the bloody stumps of his own limbs.
The BMW driver who followed me at a safe distance along L3 of the M40 last week but when I was held up in traffic he looked to do a bit of undertaking.
His first attempt came to nothing due to there being too much traffic in all lanes.
His second attempt was more interesting. He went into lane 2, then saw a gap in lane 1 on the inside of a lorry.
The lorry indicated and moved left just as he was going for the gap and he had to stamp on the anchors. I thought he'd swerve on to the hard shoulder but no, he opted to rely on the brakes. Brake lights flashing indicating ABS activated(?)
This clearly shook him up as he dropped back for a while, then went for it again.
At all times no-one could have been accused of lane hogging, it was just the usual 70mph busy motorway traffic.
His first attempt came to nothing due to there being too much traffic in all lanes.
His second attempt was more interesting. He went into lane 2, then saw a gap in lane 1 on the inside of a lorry.
The lorry indicated and moved left just as he was going for the gap and he had to stamp on the anchors. I thought he'd swerve on to the hard shoulder but no, he opted to rely on the brakes. Brake lights flashing indicating ABS activated(?)
This clearly shook him up as he dropped back for a while, then went for it again.
At all times no-one could have been accused of lane hogging, it was just the usual 70mph busy motorway traffic.
Mandalore said:
Interesting view on victimising the person who's space it was, and apologising for the knob that parked there. All because she dared beep her horn and he was too arrogant to return immediately and move.
The thing is, I would never be arrogant or self-centred enough to park in someone else's space - so perhaps I therefore have different view to yourself?
I would argue that sitting there and blaring your horn late at night shows a similarly self-absorbed attitude to someone who parks in someone else's space, it smacks of wanting your problems solved above any consideration for anyone else. The thing is, I would never be arrogant or self-centred enough to park in someone else's space - so perhaps I therefore have different view to yourself?
I have nothing to add.The driver of the E Class bimbling along in lane 2 of the M1 today at probably no more than 50mph(He was being overtaken by HGV's, so I'm assuming this). When I passed him he was fiddling with his sat nav. He then took off like a stabbed rat, undertaking me and forcing his way into lane four, where he positioned himself inches of the bumper of the Mondeo in front, before undertaking several cars and repeating the process
Knob in the Ford Fusion who nearly caused a massive, possibly fatal, accident, when he pulled straight onto the M1 from the hard shoulder this evening. Thank god people were paying attention. Kudos to the driver of the Latvian registered Iveco and the guy driving the Sprinter van who managed to swerve out of the way of the stupid tosser.
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Female jogger running down the middle of a busy main road, with her back to traffic, while wearing massive "Beats" headphones. Not only was she putting herself at huge risk, she was also causing a massive tailback, which she was completely oblivious to.
Knob in the Ford Fusion who nearly caused a massive, possibly fatal, accident, when he pulled straight onto the M1 from the hard shoulder this evening. Thank god people were paying attention. Kudos to the driver of the Latvian registered Iveco and the guy driving the Sprinter van who managed to swerve out of the way of the stupid tosser.
.Female jogger running down the middle of a busy main road, with her back to traffic, while wearing massive "Beats" headphones. Not only was she putting herself at huge risk, she was also causing a massive tailback, which she was completely oblivious to.
Edited by jogger1976 on Monday 13th July 20:50
TheAllSeeingPie said:
getawayturtle said:
Cul-de-sac, public spaces, no driveway, so probably a cowardly neighbour with some parking gripe. All the way down the rear quarter panel. Lovely.
Also looks like it could have been a kids bike, although not sure how it would happen from that angle.Unless both of the above happened to it!
getawayturtle said:
Yeah I did think the rubber marks were odd. Could have been a wheel. The scratch looks really sharp and thin though, which seems at odds with a handlebar.
Unless both of the above happened to it!
Brake levers maybe? Either way it's naff that no one left a note of it was an accident.Unless both of the above happened to it!
ORD said:
Mandalore said:
masermartin said:
ORD said:
So wake the whole street because one person has hurt your feelings? That would make you a total fecker.
If you're expecting him to go door to door knocking to find the culprit, he's going to do exactly that, only it'll take half an hour. </devilsadvocate>I appreciate that some people are scared of confrontation, even when they are fully in the right, but if you took the time to actually look and observe the people who park inconsiderately when they return to their cars, they are very-very rarely a 7ft tall axe murderer on the run from prison.
Also, you will probably be please to know, that there are no monsters hiding under your bed.
(1) You can simply park elsewhere for the night like a grown up.
(2) If you lean on your horn late at night because your feelings are hurt, you will quickly have someone like me (tired father of a young baby) out of his house to beat you to death with your shoes.
Waking everyone up because your parking space is full is the behaviour of a spoiled toddler. Toys out of pram and don't care about the consequences for anyone else.
A taxi driver recently started hooting at 10pm because the punter was slow to come out. 3 parents from our road descended on his car within 2 mins. He looked genuinely confused why he was being told off!
As for the suggestion that I park elsewhere for the night - no thanks.
The problem is the twunt who is incorrectly parked. Any inconvenience subsequently caused is as a result of his or her inconsiderate action. If anyone's upset by my use of the horn they can take it up with the inconsiderate parker.
Accommodating these people, say by parking somewhere else, just reinforces their selfish behaviour.
9mm said:
We're not talking about taxi drivers.
As for the suggestion that I park elsewhere for the night - no thanks.
The problem is the twunt who is incorrectly parked. Any inconvenience subsequently caused is as a result of his or her inconsiderate action. If anyone's upset by my use of the horn they can take it up with the inconsiderate parker.
Accommodating these people, say by parking somewhere else, just reinforces their selfish behaviour.
You're unequivocally wrong. There is an intervening factor between the actions of the twunt and the inconvenience to everyone else - your decision. As between you and the other people, the twunt having parked in your spot is a neutral background fact. Why do I care that the twunt has hurt your feelings? It's nothing to do with me. It doesn't justify your actions in the slightest.As for the suggestion that I park elsewhere for the night - no thanks.
The problem is the twunt who is incorrectly parked. Any inconvenience subsequently caused is as a result of his or her inconsiderate action. If anyone's upset by my use of the horn they can take it up with the inconsiderate parker.
Accommodating these people, say by parking somewhere else, just reinforces their selfish behaviour.
Try this example: a driver on the other side of the road moves a little into your lane; you have to choose between (a) braking to a halt, which is an inconvenience to you, or (b) riding the pavement a bit, causing inconvenience to pedestrians. You have to choose (a), and blaming the other car isn't going to cut it, because you could still choose not to inconvenient innocent 3rd parties.
This is really basic stuff - civil behaviour and a tiny bit of ethics. It should be taught in schools, because even otherwise smart and sensible people just don't get it!
ORD said:
9mm said:
We're not talking about taxi drivers.
As for the suggestion that I park elsewhere for the night - no thanks.
The problem is the twunt who is incorrectly parked. Any inconvenience subsequently caused is as a result of his or her inconsiderate action. If anyone's upset by my use of the horn they can take it up with the inconsiderate parker.
Accommodating these people, say by parking somewhere else, just reinforces their selfish behaviour.
You're unequivocally wrong. There is an intervening factor between the actions of the twunt and the inconvenience to everyone else - your decision. As between you and the other people, the twunt having parked in your spot is a neutral background fact. Why do I care that the twunt has hurt your feelings? It's nothing to do with me. It doesn't justify your actions in the slightest.As for the suggestion that I park elsewhere for the night - no thanks.
The problem is the twunt who is incorrectly parked. Any inconvenience subsequently caused is as a result of his or her inconsiderate action. If anyone's upset by my use of the horn they can take it up with the inconsiderate parker.
Accommodating these people, say by parking somewhere else, just reinforces their selfish behaviour.
Try this example: a driver on the other side of the road moves a little into your lane; you have to choose between (a) braking to a halt, which is an inconvenience to you, or (b) riding the pavement a bit, causing inconvenience to pedestrians. You have to choose (a), and blaming the other car isn't going to cut it, because you could still choose not to inconvenient innocent 3rd parties.
This is really basic stuff - civil behaviour and a tiny bit of ethics. It should be taught in schools, because even otherwise smart and sensible people just don't get it!
Your solution to the problem seems to be to let the inconsiderate parker have the space.
I'm not interested in arguing with you so let's agree to disagree.
jogger1976 said:
The driver of the E Class bimbling along in lane 2 of the M1 today at probably no more than 50mph(He was being overtaken by HGV's, so I'm assuming this). When I passed him he was fiddling with his sat nav. He then took off like a stabbed rat, undertaking me and forcing his way into lane four, where he positioned himself inches of the bumper of the Mondeo in front, before undertaking several cars and repeating the process
Knob in the Ford Fusion who nearly caused a massive, possibly fatal, accident, when he pulled straight onto the M1 from the hard shoulder this evening. Thank god people were paying attention. Kudos to the driver of the Latvian registered Iveco and the guy driving the Sprinter van who managed to swerve out of the way of the stupid tosser..
Female jogger running down the middle of a busy main road, with her back to traffic, while wearing massive "Beats" headphones. Not only was she putting herself at huge risk, she was also causing a massive tailback, which she was completely oblivious to.
Report that, could have been caught on CCTV. Usually I wouldn't say 'report this or report that' but if it's as bad as you make it out to be then they should be off the road... forever!Knob in the Ford Fusion who nearly caused a massive, possibly fatal, accident, when he pulled straight onto the M1 from the hard shoulder this evening. Thank god people were paying attention. Kudos to the driver of the Latvian registered Iveco and the guy driving the Sprinter van who managed to swerve out of the way of the stupid tosser.
.Female jogger running down the middle of a busy main road, with her back to traffic, while wearing massive "Beats" headphones. Not only was she putting herself at huge risk, she was also causing a massive tailback, which she was completely oblivious to.
Edited by jogger1976 on Monday 13th July 20:50
The arse licking fkwit of a taxi operator (driver implies too much skill) who decided to stop halfway into the main entrance of a hospital this morning. Caused sudden braking of the queue of traffic behind & I was nearly hit by the van behind me.
WTF mr arse licker thought he was doing I have no idea, taxis normally drive further in & block the ambulance only parking.
kwit of a taxi operator (driver implies too much skill) who decided to stop halfway into the main entrance of a hospital this morning. Caused sudden braking of the queue of traffic behind & I was nearly hit by the van behind me.WTF mr arse licker thought he was doing I have no idea, taxis normally drive further in & block the ambulance only parking.
Short and sweet.
I’m cycling to a roundabout and a few yards from the give way to go straight over when a Mini overtakes me and imediatly turns left across my brow to take the left exit.
The road was empty, I had clear visibility to go straight over, I was travelling at 20 mph and I wouldn’t have hindered him I was a gnats away from being taken out for no obvious reason.
Just a knob driver.
I’m cycling to a roundabout and a few yards from the give way to go straight over when a Mini overtakes me and imediatly turns left across my brow to take the left exit.
The road was empty, I had clear visibility to go straight over, I was travelling at 20 mph and I wouldn’t have hindered him I was a gnats away from being taken out for no obvious reason.
Just a knob driver.
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