One single thing that makes you think "knob" Vol 2
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The woman tootling along in the traffic this morning, chatting away on her mobile with a small child sat in the back of the car....
Also, special mention for the dick in the MK1 S3 who thought he should cut in and out of both lanes as nobody was going fast enough for him, despite the fact I was going a touch above the limit myself.
Twas an almighty shame when he had to slam on around the next bend due to the traffic queuing for the next few miles....
Also, special mention for the dick in the MK1 S3 who thought he should cut in and out of both lanes as nobody was going fast enough for him, despite the fact I was going a touch above the limit myself.
Twas an almighty shame when he had to slam on around the next bend due to the traffic queuing for the next few miles....
In general, self-righteous full beam flashers.
This morning driving southbound on the M9 taking the exit slip for the eastbound M8. The slip starts off as a single lane for around 100m then splits into two lanes. Notorious for queing during rush hour and the sheep usually enter the slip lane at the earliest opportunity resulting in a one lane queue with the beginning of the second lane empty.
If particularly busy, I will stay out of the slip lane until I approach the point where it splits in two and slip straight into the empty second lane (indicating my intentions in advance and passing about 10-15 cars in the process). I did so again this morning and was comfortably in the second lane (i.e not blocking part of the main M9 due to queuing) when self-righteous white transit driver, fully 5 or 6 car lenghths behind me gave me an extended flash of the full beams. Really? By the time you got to where I entered the slip I was a good 2 or 3 car lengths comfortably down it!
Knob
This morning driving southbound on the M9 taking the exit slip for the eastbound M8. The slip starts off as a single lane for around 100m then splits into two lanes. Notorious for queing during rush hour and the sheep usually enter the slip lane at the earliest opportunity resulting in a one lane queue with the beginning of the second lane empty.
If particularly busy, I will stay out of the slip lane until I approach the point where it splits in two and slip straight into the empty second lane (indicating my intentions in advance and passing about 10-15 cars in the process). I did so again this morning and was comfortably in the second lane (i.e not blocking part of the main M9 due to queuing) when self-righteous white transit driver, fully 5 or 6 car lenghths behind me gave me an extended flash of the full beams. Really? By the time you got to where I entered the slip I was a good 2 or 3 car lengths comfortably down it!
Knob
bairn7 said:
In general, self-righteous full beam flashers.
This morning driving southbound on the M9 taking the exit slip for the eastbound M8. The slip starts off as a single lane for around 100m then splits into two lanes. Notorious for queing during rush hour and the sheep usually enter the slip lane at the earliest opportunity resulting in a one lane queue with the beginning of the second lane empty.
If particularly busy, I will stay out of the slip lane until I approach the point where it splits in two and slip straight into the empty second lane (indicating my intentions in advance and passing about 10-15 cars in the process). I did so again this morning and was comfortably in the second lane (i.e not blocking part of the main M9 due to queuing) when self-righteous white transit driver, fully 5 or 6 car lenghths behind me gave me an extended flash of the full beams. Really? By the time you got to where I entered the slip I was a good 2 or 3 car lengths comfortably down it!
Knob
I had one like that recently (was a white Transit as well). The A1 was due to fork about a mile ahead (Newcastle, 3 lane bit for the metro centre). I need the right hand lanes and I am in L1, it was midnight. As soon as he saw the sign for the split he was out into L3, no slip road lines yet, hardly any other cars about. So I just continued in L1 past him then pulled into L2 then L3 to overtake something way ahead of him. They had the cheek to flash for about 5 seconds. Considering the time, I floored it up the A1 and the fThis morning driving southbound on the M9 taking the exit slip for the eastbound M8. The slip starts off as a single lane for around 100m then splits into two lanes. Notorious for queing during rush hour and the sheep usually enter the slip lane at the earliest opportunity resulting in a one lane queue with the beginning of the second lane empty.
If particularly busy, I will stay out of the slip lane until I approach the point where it splits in two and slip straight into the empty second lane (indicating my intentions in advance and passing about 10-15 cars in the process). I did so again this morning and was comfortably in the second lane (i.e not blocking part of the main M9 due to queuing) when self-righteous white transit driver, fully 5 or 6 car lenghths behind me gave me an extended flash of the full beams. Really? By the time you got to where I entered the slip I was a good 2 or 3 car lengths comfortably down it!
Knob
ker came right up behind me as if to 'scare' me or something. Anyway, he ends up in front but I keep up with him at a fair distance. Coincidentally we end up going the same route into town (towards an industrial estate) with me behind him all the way. His driving style went a bit wobbly and he must have thought I was after him... until he turned right at a junction and I carried straight on 
rj1986 said:
Idiot in the corsa this morning.
Decides to make his/her own lane before the lanes split for the traffic lights. Serves them right when a car takes off their wing mirror
Nothing wrong with that IMO. Maybe people should wait as if the 'holder' doesn't know the junction they could get into the wrong lane before they see the road markings. Which leads me onto my knob vote; whoever thought putting junction markings on the road itself instead of having 'get in lane' signs instead. Would stop people doing what you mentioned...Decides to make his/her own lane before the lanes split for the traffic lights. Serves them right when a car takes off their wing mirror
The guy who reversed quite hard into a parked car last night as I was walking back to my car.
I noticed them with their reverse lights on whilst rolling forwards which made me think "hmmm, knob", but then he reversed into the back of a car facing up the road hard enough to shove it up the road a bit. They then swung across the road into a parking spot, and I saw the oldish guy get out and shuffle across the road into his house, only to appear a short while later with a torch, walk past the car he'd just clattered and check for damage on his car! He then disappeared back into his house!
I was just leaving a note for the poor owner of the other car when she returned back to it, so I explained what had happened and she checked for damage (difficult in the dark), she tried to open her boot but it was stuck solid, so I gave her my details and off I went home. Later that night I got a call from the local police station asking for my version of the story, so it looks like he'd denied everything.
I can't believe people will damage someone's car and not own up to it. I know first-hand how upsetting and expensive it is when someone damages your pride and joy and doesn't leave a note, so it was nice to see the guy get some karma.
I noticed them with their reverse lights on whilst rolling forwards which made me think "hmmm, knob", but then he reversed into the back of a car facing up the road hard enough to shove it up the road a bit. They then swung across the road into a parking spot, and I saw the oldish guy get out and shuffle across the road into his house, only to appear a short while later with a torch, walk past the car he'd just clattered and check for damage on his car! He then disappeared back into his house!
I was just leaving a note for the poor owner of the other car when she returned back to it, so I explained what had happened and she checked for damage (difficult in the dark), she tried to open her boot but it was stuck solid, so I gave her my details and off I went home. Later that night I got a call from the local police station asking for my version of the story, so it looks like he'd denied everything.
I can't believe people will damage someone's car and not own up to it. I know first-hand how upsetting and expensive it is when someone damages your pride and joy and doesn't leave a note, so it was nice to see the guy get some karma.
Two weavers on the motorway today - one Doris weaving around the middle lane in a red Hyundai type shopping trolley whilst poking around at her phone (needless to say, there was nothing in the inside lane), and one white van man ruffling through his paperwork making a few diversions into the hard shoulder.
Idiots, the pair of them.
Idiots, the pair of them.
shandyboy said:
karma
Good on you for that. Someone owned up to scraping my car the other day outside my parents' place, it's nice when people own up to these things, and it seems to be becoming rarer. I'm doing my best to get a decent price on the repairs, as a result, instead of just going with the most straightforward solution.shandyboy said:
The guy who reversed quite hard into a parked car last night as I was walking back to my car.
I noticed them with their reverse lights on whilst rolling forwards which made me think "hmmm, knob", but then he reversed into the back of a car facing up the road hard enough to shove it up the road a bit. They then swung across the road into a parking spot, and I saw the oldish guy get out and shuffle across the road into his house, only to appear a short while later with a torch, walk past the car he'd just clattered and check for damage on his car! He then disappeared back into his house!
I was just leaving a note for the poor owner of the other car when she returned back to it, so I explained what had happened and she checked for damage (difficult in the dark), she tried to open her boot but it was stuck solid, so I gave her my details and off I went home. Later that night I got a call from the local police station asking for my version of the story, so it looks like he'd denied everything.
I can't believe people will damage someone's car and not own up to it. I know first-hand how upsetting and expensive it is when someone damages your pride and joy and doesn't leave a note, so it was nice to see the guy get some karma.
What you did was great, he must have thought he'd got away with it! I noticed them with their reverse lights on whilst rolling forwards which made me think "hmmm, knob", but then he reversed into the back of a car facing up the road hard enough to shove it up the road a bit. They then swung across the road into a parking spot, and I saw the oldish guy get out and shuffle across the road into his house, only to appear a short while later with a torch, walk past the car he'd just clattered and check for damage on his car! He then disappeared back into his house!
I was just leaving a note for the poor owner of the other car when she returned back to it, so I explained what had happened and she checked for damage (difficult in the dark), she tried to open her boot but it was stuck solid, so I gave her my details and off I went home. Later that night I got a call from the local police station asking for my version of the story, so it looks like he'd denied everything.
I can't believe people will damage someone's car and not own up to it. I know first-hand how upsetting and expensive it is when someone damages your pride and joy and doesn't leave a note, so it was nice to see the guy get some karma.
shandyboy said:
The guy who reversed quite hard into a parked car last night as I was walking back to my car.
I noticed them with their reverse lights on whilst rolling forwards which made me think "hmmm, knob", but then he reversed into the back of a car facing up the road hard enough to shove it up the road a bit. They then swung across the road into a parking spot, and I saw the oldish guy get out and shuffle across the road into his house, only to appear a short while later with a torch, walk past the car he'd just clattered and check for damage on his car! He then disappeared back into his house!
I was just leaving a note for the poor owner of the other car when she returned back to it, so I explained what had happened and she checked for damage (difficult in the dark), she tried to open her boot but it was stuck solid, so I gave her my details and off I went home. Later that night I got a call from the local police station asking for my version of the story, so it looks like he'd denied everything.
I can't believe people will damage someone's car and not own up to it. I know first-hand how upsetting and expensive it is when someone damages your pride and joy and doesn't leave a note, so it was nice to see the guy get some karma.
Absolutely spot on. I can't believe people won't own up to stuff like that; it's bang out of order, totally knobbish and pushes up insurance premiums for everyone. I hope the bloke gets prosecuted and his insurance premiums rocket.I noticed them with their reverse lights on whilst rolling forwards which made me think "hmmm, knob", but then he reversed into the back of a car facing up the road hard enough to shove it up the road a bit. They then swung across the road into a parking spot, and I saw the oldish guy get out and shuffle across the road into his house, only to appear a short while later with a torch, walk past the car he'd just clattered and check for damage on his car! He then disappeared back into his house!
I was just leaving a note for the poor owner of the other car when she returned back to it, so I explained what had happened and she checked for damage (difficult in the dark), she tried to open her boot but it was stuck solid, so I gave her my details and off I went home. Later that night I got a call from the local police station asking for my version of the story, so it looks like he'd denied everything.
I can't believe people will damage someone's car and not own up to it. I know first-hand how upsetting and expensive it is when someone damages your pride and joy and doesn't leave a note, so it was nice to see the guy get some karma.
shandyboy said:
The guy who reversed quite hard into a parked car last night as I was walking back to my car.
I noticed them with their reverse lights on whilst rolling forwards which made me think "hmmm, knob", but then he reversed into the back of a car facing up the road hard enough to shove it up the road a bit. They then swung across the road into a parking spot, and I saw the oldish guy get out and shuffle across the road into his house, only to appear a short while later with a torch, walk past the car he'd just clattered and check for damage on his car! He then disappeared back into his house!
I was just leaving a note for the poor owner of the other car when she returned back to it, so I explained what had happened and she checked for damage (difficult in the dark), she tried to open her boot but it was stuck solid, so I gave her my details and off I went home. Later that night I got a call from the local police station asking for my version of the story, so it looks like he'd denied everything.
I can't believe people will damage someone's car and not own up to it. I know first-hand how upsetting and expensive it is when someone damages your pride and joy and doesn't leave a note, so it was nice to see the guy get some karma.
Good on you! I had the same experience back in June. My 3 month old M135i was damaged whilst parked on the street. The girl who did the damage and drove off was luckily seen by a neighbour who informed me, but she's denied causing any damage and checks on her car by her insurers weren't conclusive "as the car was covered in dents and scratches on almost every panel". I noticed them with their reverse lights on whilst rolling forwards which made me think "hmmm, knob", but then he reversed into the back of a car facing up the road hard enough to shove it up the road a bit. They then swung across the road into a parking spot, and I saw the oldish guy get out and shuffle across the road into his house, only to appear a short while later with a torch, walk past the car he'd just clattered and check for damage on his car! He then disappeared back into his house!
I was just leaving a note for the poor owner of the other car when she returned back to it, so I explained what had happened and she checked for damage (difficult in the dark), she tried to open her boot but it was stuck solid, so I gave her my details and off I went home. Later that night I got a call from the local police station asking for my version of the story, so it looks like he'd denied everything.
I can't believe people will damage someone's car and not own up to it. I know first-hand how upsetting and expensive it is when someone damages your pride and joy and doesn't leave a note, so it was nice to see the guy get some karma.
I'm still waiting for third party's insurance company to take liability on her behalf once the police finally get round to sending their report to my insurers with the witness's statement. In the meantime I'm £450 out of pocket waiting for my money back having got the bodywork sorted after losing patience driving round in a damaged car for 5 months.
Probably me, but I was narked.
Daughter has a medical condition which means she often dislocates. At present she's braced up and on crutches from a knee dislocation.
Drove to college to collect her yesterday and car in front of me pulls straight into the only disabled bay. Woman driving jumps out and runs in the direction of the office. Annoyed I waited behind the car thinking sod it, if daughter turns up she can just bloody wait until I've loaded her in the car.
Woman returns before daughter (with a perfectly able bodied kid with her) so I move forward with the intention of then reversing back when she's gone. As I'm watching in the mirror woman is pissed that I'm not clearing the car park for her to leave the space (she had loads of room but just seemingly couldn't drive) and I lip read in the mirror her say to her kid 'whats her problem'.
I got out, marched up to her window and let fly with "I'm picking up a child who has a genuine disability but can't get into the spot I need because you are so bloody selfish, ok?" She muttered 'ok' and drove off.
There was an ocean of free bloody spaces at the back of the car park accessed via steps that her daughter could have gotten up but mine would have struggled with. Selfish mare.
Daughter has a medical condition which means she often dislocates. At present she's braced up and on crutches from a knee dislocation.
Drove to college to collect her yesterday and car in front of me pulls straight into the only disabled bay. Woman driving jumps out and runs in the direction of the office. Annoyed I waited behind the car thinking sod it, if daughter turns up she can just bloody wait until I've loaded her in the car.
Woman returns before daughter (with a perfectly able bodied kid with her) so I move forward with the intention of then reversing back when she's gone. As I'm watching in the mirror woman is pissed that I'm not clearing the car park for her to leave the space (she had loads of room but just seemingly couldn't drive) and I lip read in the mirror her say to her kid 'whats her problem'.
I got out, marched up to her window and let fly with "I'm picking up a child who has a genuine disability but can't get into the spot I need because you are so bloody selfish, ok?" She muttered 'ok' and drove off.
There was an ocean of free bloody spaces at the back of the car park accessed via steps that her daughter could have gotten up but mine would have struggled with. Selfish mare.
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