Things that annoy you beyond reason...? [Vol 3]
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People that can't drive smoothly! ffs
After doing the first stint back from an airshow I was working at over the weekend, I was looking forward to a nice snooze in the car while someone else took over the driving.
But no. Every control input was jerky, most of the them unnecessary, all the time yanking the wheel left and right to try to stay in the lane. She kept changing from 6th to 5th every time she changed lanes, jerking the clutch up each time with attempt at rev matching, when the car would have been perfectly happy in 6th the whole time anyway- she's used to driving a gutless Citroen C1. Added to which she was munching through a pot of nuts and each time she took one hand off the wheel the car drifted over to the right which was then corrected with a yank in the opposite direction. Left slightly too small a gap to the car in front which meant constant panic braking then harsh acceleration. Should have just driven the whole way myself, would have been more relaxing!
After doing the first stint back from an airshow I was working at over the weekend, I was looking forward to a nice snooze in the car while someone else took over the driving.
But no. Every control input was jerky, most of the them unnecessary, all the time yanking the wheel left and right to try to stay in the lane. She kept changing from 6th to 5th every time she changed lanes, jerking the clutch up each time with attempt at rev matching, when the car would have been perfectly happy in 6th the whole time anyway- she's used to driving a gutless Citroen C1. Added to which she was munching through a pot of nuts and each time she took one hand off the wheel the car drifted over to the right which was then corrected with a yank in the opposite direction. Left slightly too small a gap to the car in front which meant constant panic braking then harsh acceleration. Should have just driven the whole way myself, would have been more relaxing!
lufbramatt said:
People that can't drive smoothly! ffs
After doing the first stint back from an airshow I was working at over the weekend, I was looking forward to a nice snooze in the car while someone else took over the driving.
But no. Every control input was jerky, most of the them unnecessary, all the time yanking the wheel left and right to try to stay in the lane. She kept changing from 6th to 5th every time she changed lanes, jerking the clutch up each time with attempt at rev matching, when the car would have been perfectly happy in 6th the whole time anyway- she's used to driving a gutless Citroen C1. Added to which she was munching through a pot of nuts and each time she took one hand off the wheel the car drifted over to the right which was then corrected with a yank in the opposite direction. Left slightly too small a gap to the car in front which meant constant panic braking then harsh acceleration. Should have just driven the whole way myself, would have been more relaxing!
My Mum does this, but to a less severe degree. On the motorway, instead of keeping a smooth and fairly constant throttle position, she's constantly coming on and off to regulate her speed, treating it like it's digital. It gets tiresome rather quickly.After doing the first stint back from an airshow I was working at over the weekend, I was looking forward to a nice snooze in the car while someone else took over the driving.
But no. Every control input was jerky, most of the them unnecessary, all the time yanking the wheel left and right to try to stay in the lane. She kept changing from 6th to 5th every time she changed lanes, jerking the clutch up each time with attempt at rev matching, when the car would have been perfectly happy in 6th the whole time anyway- she's used to driving a gutless Citroen C1. Added to which she was munching through a pot of nuts and each time she took one hand off the wheel the car drifted over to the right which was then corrected with a yank in the opposite direction. Left slightly too small a gap to the car in front which meant constant panic braking then harsh acceleration. Should have just driven the whole way myself, would have been more relaxing!
George7 said:
My Mum does this, but to a less severe degree. On the motorway, instead of keeping a smooth and fairly constant throttle position, she's constantly coming on and off to regulate her speed, treating it like it's digital. It gets tiresome rather quickly.
I've been in a car with several drivers who do this - all women. They are the same with central heating controls - "It's cold" so turns heating full up, followed 20 minutes later by "It's too hot", heating off and windows opened to dump all that expensively heated air, then repeat the cycle - then they wonder why their heating bills are so high. I'd guess drivers who do this manage to get through a lot more fuel than a smooth driver - I know I generally got at least 10% better mpg than my ex-mrs did in the same car. I spent the weekend being driven by other people. People who turn the AC on when it's too hot, then turn it off again when it's too cold, rather than setting the temperature dial to, say, 20 degrees and leaving the car to keep the temperature stable.
It drives me mental. They also demist the windscreen on full blast when it mists up, then turn the fan off when it's clear, rather than just use a bit of fan all the time.
It drives me mental. They also demist the windscreen on full blast when it mists up, then turn the fan off when it's clear, rather than just use a bit of fan all the time.
El Guapo said:
lufbramatt said:
People that can't drive smoothly!
So true. Somebody I know drives like this, some form of correction to speed or direction every 0.18 seconds. It's exhausting just being a passenger.One chap with a 13 plate S class has been doing it for 30 years and for me a little over two years. He just happened to be at mine so I got him to drop me off into town.
Good god!
What an awful driver. 45 in a 30 limit even when it's clear they're other cars ahead doing 30 he's flat out then heavy breaking. Tailgating, not looking ahead and just generally jerky. In an S class!
It's impressive he managed to drive that car so badly.
I've not used him since.
Sometimes people are just crap no matter how much training and experience they've had.
the monumental bellend in his crappy ancient eurobox on the A303 who decided that my 65mph overtake (in a Land Rover Defender 90, not known for its supersonic speeds) of the three 55mph HGV's in the left lane was sufficient to ruin his day to the extent that he felt it necessary to tailgate me for the whole 2- minute duration, with one hand permanently on the horn and the other giving me the coffee-beans out of the window and then brake-tested me once I managed to pull back in.
Seriously mate, WTT? Take a pill, you're going to have a heart attack if you carry on like that.
I was kind of hoping to see him upside down in a ditch further down the road, but no such luck.
Seriously mate, WTT? Take a pill, you're going to have a heart attack if you carry on like that.
I was kind of hoping to see him upside down in a ditch further down the road, but no such luck.
Also, Race for Life.
A fit able bodied person walking 5km in an hour is not any sort of achievement. The whole thing is sexist, Cancer Research UK cream off a load of the sponsorship money to pay HUGE salaries to their directors, none of the entry fees for the "race" go to charity, it all goes to a limited company that organise the events.
As a bloke who has lost friends and relatives to the disease, and is watching his mother in law go through a whole world of s
t whilst fighting it off for the third time, how they can justify making it female-only in this day and age is just outrageous.
A fit able bodied person walking 5km in an hour is not any sort of achievement. The whole thing is sexist, Cancer Research UK cream off a load of the sponsorship money to pay HUGE salaries to their directors, none of the entry fees for the "race" go to charity, it all goes to a limited company that organise the events.
As a bloke who has lost friends and relatives to the disease, and is watching his mother in law go through a whole world of s
t whilst fighting it off for the third time, how they can justify making it female-only in this day and age is just outrageous.james_tigerwoods said:
lufbramatt said:
Also, Race for Life.
Cancer Research UK cream off a load of the sponsorship money to pay HUGE salaries to their directors, none of the entry fees for the "race" go to charity, it all goes to a limited company that organise the events.
Really? Is that actually true?Cancer Research UK cream off a load of the sponsorship money to pay HUGE salaries to their directors, none of the entry fees for the "race" go to charity, it all goes to a limited company that organise the events.
Only the sponsorship raised by "runners" goes to the charity, the (~£12) entry fee goes to the company that organises the events.
I had it yesterday afternoon at home and did not go out, then the missus decided to do a tidy up 
Captain Muppet said:
It drives me mental. They also demist the windscreen on full blast when it mists up, then turn the fan off when it's clear, rather than just use a bit of fan all the time.
My missus does this when she first gets in and the engines cold. Full blast. I've tried explaining that all she is doing is ensuring the engine warms up a lot slower and therefore wasting her time and money - but no.Cobnapint said:
Captain Muppet said:
It drives me mental. They also demist the windscreen on full blast when it mists up, then turn the fan off when it's clear, rather than just use a bit of fan all the time.
My missus does this when she first gets in and the engines cold. Full blast. I've tried explaining that all she is doing is ensuring the engine warms up a lot slower and therefore wasting her time and money - but no."Fine then we'll drive around virtually blind for 10 mins in heavy traffic before the engine heats up and the windscreen clears shall we?"
"Whatever - the air con isn't meant for clearing the windows"
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"lufbramatt said:
People that can't drive smoothly! ffs
I know, I follow some people who are braking every 2 seconds when I have not braked once. Often this is because they are nearly attached to the bumper of the car in front and have to overreact to any change in their speed, but sometimes they do this on open roads with perfectly good visibility. I wonder if these people ever get anywhere near their car's claimed MPG. I bet they moan they keep having to get new brake pads too.Gassing Station | The Lounge | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff