Is Birmingham the worst UK city to drive in?

Is Birmingham the worst UK city to drive in?

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shotta287

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852 posts

93 months

Saturday 21st January 2017
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Got family over in Birmingham and I must say it's a total dump to drive in, especially in the areas dominated by ethnic minorities. People randomly walk into the road, drivers never seem to indicate or have a clue about the highway code. Also the amount of illegal parking is shocking. No wonder its the worst UK city for insurance.

HedgeyGedgey

1,281 posts

93 months

Saturday 21st January 2017
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I live close to the city centre for my uni, I agree completely. The parking is what annoys me the most, people park in the bus lanes because that's where their house is. There's a school opposite and people park blocking the mini roundabout. I get genuinely surprised if a driver slows down so I can cross the road. It's madness

Gojira

899 posts

122 months

Saturday 21st January 2017
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Well, as a Black Country lad, if Britain had piles they'd be in Brum hehe

But there is carp driving about everywhere - big cities, small towns, posh places and run-down bits....

And there is good driving too, even in places you wouldn't expect it yikes

JimbobVFR

2,680 posts

143 months

Saturday 21st January 2017
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Jesus How bad is Birmingham if it's worse than Bradford? It must be pretty close I'd have thought.

eldar

21,614 posts

195 months

Saturday 21st January 2017
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Leicester is quite fun. Seems to have a fair number people intent on suicide or mayhem attempting to drive. The concept of lanes is unknown.

HannsG

3,031 posts

133 months

Saturday 21st January 2017
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Wolverhampton
Bradford
Parts of Leeds

I think Bradford and Leeds are easily the worst. I remember driving down the wrong street and a bunch of ethnics staring at me as if I was lost.

I myself am an ethnic of the Sikh variety minus turban and beard.

It was disconcerting to say the least as I was not a local. Merely passing through the st hole known as Bradford.

Leroy902

1,539 posts

102 months

Saturday 21st January 2017
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The knight in shining armour capital city of yours is the absolute worst city to drive in the UK.

shotta287

Original Poster:

852 posts

93 months

Saturday 21st January 2017
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Leroy902 said:
The knight in shining armour capital city of yours is the absolute worst city to drive in the UK.
I'm from Worcester my friend.

shotta287

Original Poster:

852 posts

93 months

Saturday 21st January 2017
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No surprises there, Bradford, Birmingham etc. have a large population of ethnic minorities. They do seem to have some nice cars however.

Meridius

1,608 posts

151 months

Saturday 21st January 2017
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You get used to it.

As the saying goes... if you cant beat em, join em smile

e8_pack

1,384 posts

180 months

Saturday 21st January 2017
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shotta287 said:
No surprises there, Bradford, Birmingham etc. have a large population of ethnic minorities. They do seem to have some nice cars however.
Poorly maintained, never serviced and kept on the road.

Muddle238

3,871 posts

112 months

Saturday 21st January 2017
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I find in Birmingham the standard of driving is just generally crap. The very worst though are the ethnic minorities, either as minicab drivers who simply don't possess the aptitude to operate a vehicle safely or considerately as far as I can tell, or the young rudeboys in a blacked out Audi/BMW/Merc/VW who tailgate with the seat reclined and the cripple hook over the steering wheel.

I had an encounter with such a specimen a few months back during a rare venture into North Birmingham. Not sure what I can really say without not being "politically correct", other than he was a tt. He was in a BMW. He seemed to think the road was his private racetrack and how dare I venture out onto a public road and happen to be in his way.

Sump

5,484 posts

166 months

Saturday 21st January 2017
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TBF I've found driving in those places to be more relaxing with less road rage. You see some stupid crap but you see no one going mental other than caucasian folks. The other ethnics carry on as normal hehe

vikingaero

10,256 posts

168 months

Saturday 21st January 2017
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May I nominate the Principality of Medway: Chavham, Strood, Rochester, Gillingham etc.

Being an historic overspill from London everyone is a gangsta, bruv, innit and they often drive to the stereotype.

poing

8,743 posts

199 months

Saturday 21st January 2017
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The thread title appears to be too long by 3 words.

Adam y0

119 posts

156 months

Saturday 21st January 2017
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Bradford is truly horrific. It's scary that zooming down the wrong side of the road to get to a junction seems to be considered the 'norm'.

Zooming is such a great word by the way.

hora

37,011 posts

210 months

Saturday 21st January 2017
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shotta287 said:
Got family over in Birmingham and I must say it's a total dump to drive in, especially in the areas dominated by ethnic minorities. People randomly walk into the road, drivers never seem to indicate or have a clue about the highway code. Also the amount of illegal parking is shocking. No wonder its the worst UK city for insurance.
Why? The areas dominated by ethnic minorities? Nice one OP. Not.

jas xjr

11,309 posts

238 months

Saturday 21st January 2017
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last summer i was working on a property in birmingham. i was then dropping off some lads in derby and then going home to stoke. the standard of driving in birmingham was shocking , a lot of needless agression too from our eastern european friends.
it was like some weird parallel universe, when i was back in derby or stoke , everything was calm and normal again.

jas xjr

11,309 posts

238 months

Saturday 21st January 2017
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SidewaysSi

10,742 posts

233 months

Saturday 21st January 2017
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Those ethnic minorities...coming over here, walking on our roads etc. Who do they think they are eh?