Things that annoy you beyond reason...(Vol 4)
Discussion
Europa1 said:
SilverSixer said:
Ah, the age old misunderstanding. Some people think this thread is about things which annoy us so much we lose all reason. Others think it's about things which it is unreasonable to be annoyed by and yet one is still annoyed.
If it's supposed to be the latter, I'd suggest the thread title was badly constructed and should read "Things about which it is beyond reason to be annoyed".
So, tell us - which category is the thread title in for you?If it's supposed to be the latter, I'd suggest the thread title was badly constructed and should read "Things about which it is beyond reason to be annoyed".
Balmoral said:
glenrobbo said:
T-junction thing
Good one, but not beyond reason.ClockworkCupcake said:
Motorists who thank you with a flash or two of their hazard lights.
Now obviously, this is the annoy beyond reason thread, you've every right to your irrational annoyance, but I'm curious - what would be better/less annoying? I drive a) a van with b) hand controls so waving's doubly useless as an option - if someone's been nice, I'm gonna thank them, and I don't know another way to do it!
FlyingMeeces said:
Now obviously, this is the annoy beyond reason thread, you've every right to your irrational annoyance, but I'm curious - what would be better/less annoying? I drive a) a van with b) hand controls so waving's doubly useless as an option - if someone's been nice, I'm gonna thank them, and I don't know another way to do it!
t, are they braking?" response that putting your hazards on for a couple of flashes causes. glenrobbo said:
When queuing at a T-junction behind a row of cars indicating their intention to turn left onto the main road, but they are unable to do so because they are blocked by some idiot wanting to turn right into a stationary queue of traffic.
Unfortunately said idiot has positioned their car in the middle of the fg road, four feet from the centreline instead of adjacent to it, so nobody can get past on the left.
The flip side of that is, when joining a fast-moving A road (so not trying to join a stationary queue as in your example), when one is patiently waiting for a gap in the traffic both ways. Then someone sneaks up your inside, blocking your view left, meaning one can't go and then one misses the one opportunity to get out in the last ten minutes.Unfortunately said idiot has positioned their car in the middle of the f
g road, four feet from the centreline instead of adjacent to it, so nobody can get past on the left.Edited by AstonZagato on Thursday 2nd February 20:58
SilverSixer said:
Ah, the age old misunderstanding. Some people think this thread is about things which annoy us so much we lose all reason. Others think it's about things which it is unreasonable to be annoyed by and yet one is still annoyed.
If it's supposed to be the latter, I'd suggest the thread title was badly constructed and should read "Things about which it is beyond reason to be annoyed".
And still others think it means "things that get me annoyed, and I don't need a reason nor am I prepared to discuss my reasons (if any) and no debate is allowed" or "The thread title says that he doesn't need to give a reason, so STFU". It would make for a very boring thread if discussion were not allowed, yet I have been castigated several times for daring to discuss or challenge someone's annoyance. If it's supposed to be the latter, I'd suggest the thread title was badly constructed and should read "Things about which it is beyond reason to be annoyed".
For example, if someone's annoyance is due to a misunderstanding, or a lack of information, and by discussing it they end up less annoyed because they conclude "ok, fair enough. That makes sense" then you have reduced their annoyance and made their life infinitesimally better.
If the thread title did mean that discussion is not allowed, as some think, then someone could post "It annoys me that the sun rises in the West" and it would be unacceptable to say "no it doesn't; it rises in the East".
ClockworkCupcake said:
SilverSixer said:
Ah, the age old misunderstanding. Some people think this thread is about things which annoy us so much we lose all reason. Others think it's about things which it is unreasonable to be annoyed by and yet one is still annoyed.
If it's supposed to be the latter, I'd suggest the thread title was badly constructed and should read "Things about which it is beyond reason to be annoyed".
And still others think it means "things that get me annoyed, and I don't need a reason nor am I prepared to discuss my reasons (if any) and no debate is allowed" or "The thread title says that he doesn't need to give a reason, so STFU". It would make for a very boring thread if discussion were not allowed, yet I have been castigated several times for daring to discuss or challenge someone's annoyance. If it's supposed to be the latter, I'd suggest the thread title was badly constructed and should read "Things about which it is beyond reason to be annoyed".
For example, if someone's annoyance is due to a misunderstanding, or a lack of information, and by discussing it they end up less annoyed because they conclude "ok, fair enough. That makes sense" then you have reduced their annoyance and made their life infinitesimally better.
If the thread title did mean that discussion is not allowed, as some think, then someone could post "It annoys me that the sun rises in the West" and it would be unacceptable to say "no it doesn't; it rises in the East".
Bring us something that annoys you beyond reason. Or even something about which it is beyond reason to be annoyed. Else be gone from here!
mickk said:
Trevatanus said:
M3 Roadworks.
Know exactly what you mean, I only use the M3 once a week and I dread it. How much longer?
I live between junctions 4 and 4a. At a public consultation, damn near 100% of local residents, drivers, and politicians were against the very idea of loosing the hard shoulder permanently to a running lane. Remember that the M1 was built without a hard shoulder, and they were put in later for safety reasons. So they ignored our concerns, both about safety on the completed road, and about disruption during the regular overnight closures while they build it. But the government wanted it, and so it went ahead. It had been, on and off (they're currently working mostly out of earshot, further up, but due to come back down soon to resurface the southbound side) since the works began.
And it's pointless as well as dangerous. Because the same increase in capacity could have been brought about by overhead gantries with mandatory lower speed limits based on traffic density, and some basic driver education about lane discipline. As it is, as soon as it's fully open the usual suspects will be hung out in lanes three and four of four, instead of lanes two and three of three, and there'll be scarcely any usable increase in capacity or traffic average speeds. Millions of pounds spunked down the drain on a pointless project.
The M3 'Smart Motorway' can only ever be as 'Smart' as the idiots driving on it.
By no means do I mean everyone on it, but there's a large enough contingent of tailgaters, lane hoggers, and overtake blockers on it that the extra lane will be next to useless in increasing traffic flow.
Local emergency crews, especially the fire brigade, don't like it either. There've already been several complete closures due to accidents, including at least one involving a truck and a car at Jct 4a southbound where the air ambulance has been required.
I predict that it is only a matter of time before a coroners court somewhere issues a report stating that a fatality is directly related to the lack of a hard shoulder. Whereupon there will be vocal calls for the hard shoulder to be reinstated. I hope it runs smoothly, really I do. I don't want deaths and serious injuries to come about because of this brain fart of an idea. But look now at how much traffic ignores the "Big Red X" on other motorways, and at tunnels like the one on the A3 at Hindhead. Now imagine that the reason for the red X is a car load of kids being driven home from their holidays, and the media is awash with images of buckets and spades and surfboards scattered about the carriageway with police evidence markers next to them. It'll be like that idiot truck driver on the A34 all over again.
I've said it before and I'll say it again. This is the most stupid idea I think I've ever seen from a roads design perspective. I've been against it from the beginning, I fear it will end in tears, and they won't be the tears of those who pressed ahead with this idiocy. I hope, vainly, that someone will see sense, call the whole thing off, and we'll benefit from a low-noise surface on all lanes and an upgraded hard shoulder. Then we can tackle the real issue, which is the fact that British drivers are not taught to drive on motorways, and while we're at it we can make the test several orders of magnitude more difficult, so as to push some of the mouth-breathers out of cars and into trains and buses...
By no means do I mean everyone on it, but there's a large enough contingent of tailgaters, lane hoggers, and overtake blockers on it that the extra lane will be next to useless in increasing traffic flow.
Local emergency crews, especially the fire brigade, don't like it either. There've already been several complete closures due to accidents, including at least one involving a truck and a car at Jct 4a southbound where the air ambulance has been required.
I predict that it is only a matter of time before a coroners court somewhere issues a report stating that a fatality is directly related to the lack of a hard shoulder. Whereupon there will be vocal calls for the hard shoulder to be reinstated. I hope it runs smoothly, really I do. I don't want deaths and serious injuries to come about because of this brain fart of an idea. But look now at how much traffic ignores the "Big Red X" on other motorways, and at tunnels like the one on the A3 at Hindhead. Now imagine that the reason for the red X is a car load of kids being driven home from their holidays, and the media is awash with images of buckets and spades and surfboards scattered about the carriageway with police evidence markers next to them. It'll be like that idiot truck driver on the A34 all over again.
I've said it before and I'll say it again. This is the most stupid idea I think I've ever seen from a roads design perspective. I've been against it from the beginning, I fear it will end in tears, and they won't be the tears of those who pressed ahead with this idiocy. I hope, vainly, that someone will see sense, call the whole thing off, and we'll benefit from a low-noise surface on all lanes and an upgraded hard shoulder. Then we can tackle the real issue, which is the fact that British drivers are not taught to drive on motorways, and while we're at it we can make the test several orders of magnitude more difficult, so as to push some of the mouth-breathers out of cars and into trains and buses...
Legmaster said:
Aaron fking Heslehurst.
Just shut the fk up you shouty Aussie .
I was about to post "Who he?" but then I suddenly remembered how to use Google.king Heslehurst.Just shut the f
k up you shouty Aussie . He doesn't bother me, but then I don't bother watching the sort of stuff that he tends to present. Although on the occasions I have seen him, I can see why you might feel that way...
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