One single thing that makes you think "knob"

[masermartin]

sneaky schnell said:

Blown2CV said:

it wouldn't be forcing-in, if people merged properly. Because it is seen as sneaky overtaking, shoving out the way and showing off, people don't allow those others to merge in, which means the outer lane is generally more empty... which makes it more attractive to cut down the outside and the issue perpetuates. If everyone just zipper merged and left their emotions at home then we'd all be better off. The whole point of having an extra lane is for greater traffic volumes, but it can't be used because of this st.

This is it.

The same people who are happy to hold a door for you completely forget their manners when behind the wheel.
The inconsiderate oafs feel their right to a 10m2 section of road is being violated by allowing someone in.

Knobjockeys, all of them.

This debate will rage on until both sides see that common courtesy is a two way street; when you spot a gap 150 yards before the merge, it is courtesy to other drivers to take that gap, rather than blindly carrying on until you're facing traffic cones or Armco and then getting all fake-indignant.

[g3org3y]

BorkFactor said:

On a 70 mph dual carrageway, the people that insist on pulling out in front of you to overtake another car, and sit at 60 mph! FFS

Absolutely. Also those who overtake at 0.0001mph speed difference.

Look you fking s, I know it's very exciting that you managed to achieve 735mpg on your st box diesel by driving so slow but some of us actually have places to go. If you're too poor to drive at a reasonable pace on the motorway get the fking bus with the rest of the paupers, in the meantime fk off to lane 1 and get out of my way.

[Clivey]

g3org3y said:

Absolutely. Also those who overtake at 0.0001mph speed difference.

Look you fking s, I know it's very exciting that you managed to achieve 735mpg on your st box diesel by driving so slow but some of us actually have places to go. If you're too poor to drive at a reasonable pace on the motorway get the fking bus with the rest of the paupers, in the meantime fk off to lane 1 and get out of my way.

• People who think that any car older than 5 years is a shed. - Usually because they can't be bothered to look after their own car properly.

• On a related note; the person who told me that I should "get rid of your car because it's costing you money now". - It needed new brake discs and pads.

• Those that won't do the NSL when it's safe to do so on a country road, yet blast through a housing estate at ~40.

[HebdenHedgehog]

That last sentence strikes a chord with me...

I have lived and worked in some of the more attractive parts of the country for all my driving life (30+ years) and it never (well, rarely) ceases to irritate me when there are people who travel at 30mph wherever they are. They trundle along the roads (NSL) gawping at the sights. It's usually 4 'older citizens' inside the car and they're all wombling along oblivious to anyone else behind them, often a train of cars who can't overtake due to the winding / narrow nature of the roads.

When they encounter someone coming the other way they seem to panic and come to full stop while the other driver has to negotiate their way around them. If they come across a tractor it can be quite funny as these guys just steam on through before the 'oldies' can react in time and are often seen pulling over shortly afterwards - maybe the drivers had a stroke?!

Speaking of pulling over - what I fail to understand is why they don't just realise that they are holding people up and pull over and have a decent look out the window rather than being a mobile chicane.

I fully appreciate the lovely landscape and want them to do so too, but not whilst they are driving along holding everyone else up (and I'd question their attentiveness to the road too).

Grrr!


(Oooh, does feel better getting it off your chest doesn't it?! )

[ant leigh]

HebdenHedgehog said:

That last sentence strikes a chord with me...

I have lived and worked in some of the more attractive parts of the country for all my driving life (30+ years) and it never (well, rarely) ceases to irritate me when there are people who travel at 30mph wherever they are. They trundle along the roads (NSL) gawping at the sights. It's usually 4 'older citizens' inside the car and they're all wombling along oblivious to anyone else behind them, often a train of cars who can't overtake due to the winding / narrow nature of the roads.

When they encounter someone coming the other way they seem to panic and come to full stop while the other driver has to negotiate their way around them. If they come across a tractor it can be quite funny as these guys just steam on through before the 'oldies' can react in time and are often seen pulling over shortly afterwards - maybe the drivers had a stroke?!

Speaking of pulling over - what I fail to understand is why they don't just realise that they are holding people up and pull over and have a decent look out the window rather than being a mobile chicane.

I fully appreciate the lovely landscape and want them to do so too, but not whilst they are driving along holding everyone else up (and I'd question their attentiveness to the road too).

Grrr!


(Oooh, does feel better getting it off your chest doesn't it?! )

+1

I have been driven around South Africa by a friend in an M3 at a pretty good pace. Usually any 'slower' motorist you come up behind will slow and pull to one side so you can pass easily and safely without any problems.

I can't understand why so many motorists in the UK seem to feel that its their 'right' to slow everybody down to the speed they think is acceptable.
They don't even seem to realise their driving is actually dangerous and the highway code even instructs them not to behave like this.

e.g.


"168

Being overtaken. If a driver is trying to overtake you, maintain a steady course and speed, slowing down if necessary to let the vehicle pass. Never obstruct drivers who wish to pass. Speeding up or driving unpredictably while someone is overtaking you is dangerous. Drop back to maintain a two-second gap if someone overtakes and pulls into the gap in front of you.

169

Do not hold up a long queue of traffic, especially if you are driving a large or slow-moving vehicle. Check your mirrors frequently, and if necessary, pull in where it is safe and let traffic pass."

[P Nuts]

People who put cigarettes behind their ear like a pencil - this tends to be a pretty good indciation as to the type of person they are.

[MGJohn]

ant leigh said:

Being overtaken. If a driver is trying to overtake you, maintain a steady course and speed, slowing down if necessary to let the vehicle pass. Never obstruct drivers who wish to pass. Speeding up or driving unpredictably while someone is overtaking you is dangerous. Drop back to maintain a two-second gap if someone overtakes and pulls into the gap in front of you.

Naaah, you got it all wrong leigh. Tell you why :~

Clarkson said:

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Being overtaken is a sign of weakness
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Now this.

ant leigh said:

Do not hold up a long queue of traffic, especially if you are driving a large or slow-moving vehicle. Check your mirrors frequently, and if necessary, pull in where it is safe and let traffic pass."

More seriously, when towing at legal speeds, this can easily happen and a long queue soon forms up behind you. Whenever possible, I pull over at the first available opportunity and allow them all to pass.

I do this as I hate to hold others up as much as I hate to be held up by others. However, far too many drivers on UK roads now deliberately do just that. That's is so sad and unnecessary.

I have been driving long enough to know for certain that it did not used to be like that.

[Blown2CV]

maintaining a steady speed, slowing down if necessary??

[Captain Muppet]

P Nuts said:

People who put cigarettes behind their ear like a pencil - this tends to be a pretty good indciation as to the type of person they are.

Smokers?

[P Nuts]

Captain Muppet said:

P Nuts said:

People who put cigarettes behind their ear like a pencil - this tends to be a pretty good indciation as to the type of person they are.

Smokers?

well that solves it - i myself am not a smoker, something about intenionally putting your health (and others) at risk and paying for it doesn't appeal to me. I just wondered why they put them behind their ears.

[Fabric]

P Nuts said:

I just wondered why they put them behind their ears.

To free up their hands. The same reason people put pencils behind their ears.

[LotusOmega375D]

P Nuts said:

Captain Muppet said:

P Nuts said:

People who put cigarettes behind their ear like a pencil - this tends to be a pretty good indciation as to the type of person they are.

Smokers?

well that solves it - i myself am not a smoker, something about intenionally putting your health (and others) at risk and paying for it doesn't appeal to me. I just wondered why they put them behind their ears.

I think we can extend this to the pencil bearers as well.

Whilst we're at it: those men who wear their sunglasses on the top of their head, rather than over their eyes. What's that all about?

[P Nuts]

Fabric said:

P Nuts said:

I just wondered why they put them behind their ears.

To free up their hands. The same reason people put pencils behind their ears.

in that case why not leave it in the box until it is required to be smoked?

Edited by P Nuts on Monday 8th October 18:38

[Hoink]

Hugo a Gogo said:

Hoink said:

The person at my work who has reversed into my car leaving a lovely scuff mark on the rear bumper. You didn't leave a note but I will be checking the carpark for traces of my paint on your car...I WILL find you.

Selfish prick.

Hoink, earlier...

...so, the update. My investigation is ongoing.

Facilities and Security have finally replied to me but unfortunately there is no recording of the incident - apparently the camera doesn't point towards my car.

I decided to keep a log of when cars come and go from my area of the car park and have narrowed it down to one car. The annoying thing is that I initially thought someone had reversed into me but this might be wrong and I now believe the guilty party parks to my right. My guess is they have reversed out of their space and have tried to pull forward and squeeze past my car...and in doing so failing to judge the gap. I will be able to check their car tomorrow and, if there is any evidence of my paint on their front bumper, point the finger and at least name and shame them at work. I doubt they will pay as they weren't honest enough when they caused the initial damage but at least I will get some satisfaction of confronting them.

The dishonest fking s that would no doubt be fking furious if some fker damaged their fking stty, dirty, dull fking family wagon.

[Liquid Knight]

Wait outside the car park first thing in the morning and shoot a load of bird seed from a fishing catapult over all the cars you can. That way you'll get the right one by default.

[Hoink]

Liquid Knight said:

Wait outside the car park first thing in the morning and shoot a load of bird seed from a fishing catapult over all the cars you can. That way you'll get the right one by default.

Knowing my luck the birds will fly over my car...

[Fabric]

P Nuts said:

in that case why not leave it in the box until it is required to be smoked?

Edited by P Nuts on Monday 8th October 18:38

No idea, I don't smoke cigarettes. Ask them next time.

[P Nuts]

Fabric said:

P Nuts said:

in that case why not leave it in the box until it is required to be smoked?

Edited by P Nuts on Monday 8th October 18:38

No idea, I don't smoke cigarette. Ask them next time.

i might do that, I know loads of smokers but they're all knobs.... Oh

[wst]

XDA said:

I agree.

But I think you need to re-read the OP. The knob carried on until lane 4 had ended and then forced in. That's how it read to me anyway?

It is a bit of both. The lane 3'ers need to stop thinking that the lane 4'ers are barging in. The lane 4'ers need to start using all of the lane consistently so that the zip thing works, instead of it being a solitary guy going and barging in.

Basically everyone on the roads needs to learn to get the fk along (enforced happiness. Maybe drugs in the aircon?). We're all trying to get somewhere so we need to work together to get there as fast and safely as possible. All the conflicts on the road just make driving slower and more dangerous.

I think kids TV shows should teach basic driving stuff and the highway code. Then they can bug their parents with "Why aren't you merging in turn?" "Keep left when you're not overtaking" "Priority was to the car on the roundabout then!" instead of "Are we nearly there yet?"

[Johnnytheboy]

HebdenHedgehog said:

Speaking of pulling over - what I fail to understand is why they don't just realise that they are holding people up and pull over and have a decent look out the window rather than being a mobile chicane.

Because they will tell you - in a bold refutation of Newton - "there's no point going any faster; you don't get there any quicker."