One single thing that makes you think "knob" Vol 2

[carlove]

Pretty much everyone out in York this evening, there was two that stood out thought.

The utter tosspot with a 5 Series. Upon realising Tesco had closed for the night he decided to get his shopping from the petrol station, fair enough but he parked behind a pump ending up blocking them, which caused what can only be described as chaos as the petrol station was quite busy. Bloody BMW drivers.

Second a Suzuki, I think it was an SX4. He decided that having to wait behind a cyclist was far too much effort so he overtook giving a lovely wide pass, shame I was coming the other way and now braking hard. His lovely wide pass couldn't be continued so he had to cut in very close. Where do some people get their licence?

[chriscoates]

The guy I encountered driving the wrong way down a dual carriageway in Sheffield who, after a sustained blast of the horn to inform him of his error, thought that putting his hazards on and continuing to the next roundabout was acceptable as opposed to turning around (it was a 40mph road so safe enough). Astonishing how some people get a licence.

[nullogik]

Idiot on motorbike behind me who thought it would be a good idea to overtake me on the inside whilst I was signalling and moving across (to the left). Gave him a toot because of his dangerous stunt and he slowed down further up the road and rode alongside so he could give me some evil eye stare to try and intimidate me?! Next time he pulls a stunt like that it might be a bus/truck and he won't be so lucky.

I'm in the left lane and a black cab in the right. The front of my bumper is about a foot from the back of his back bumper. He decides it is a good time to change lanes moving in front of me. He starts to drift across the white line with NO signal. I beep him so that he is aware of my presence and he gets back in his lane. Further up the road he manages to get across and beeps me waving fingers as well. Why? I wasn't bothered that he was getting in front of me, it was the risk of me having to suddenly brake risking a rear end shunt. Idiot.

Edited by nullogik on Monday 29th September 14:15

[mikal83]

nullogik said:

Idiot on motorbike behind me who thought it would be a good idea to overtake me on the inside whilst I was signalling and moving across (to the left). Gave him a toot because of his dangerous stunt and he slowed down further up the road and rode alongside so he could give me some evil eye stare to try and intimidate me?! Next time he pulls a stunt like that it might be a bus/truck and he won't be so lucky.

I'm in the left lane and a black cab in the right. The front of my bumper is about a foot from the back of his back bumper. He decides it is a good time to change lanes moving in front of me. He starts to drift across the white line with NO signal. I beep him so that he is aware of my presence and he gets back in his lane. Further up the road he manages to get across and beeps me waving fingers as well. Why? I wasn't bothered that he was getting in front of me, it was the risk of me having to suddenly brake risking a rear end shunt. Idiot.

Edited by nullogik on Monday 29th September 14:15

mmmmmmmm did you LOOK before you moved left, the bike probably started up your left side because your holding it up.
next one....your line "the front of my bumper is about a foot from the back of his back bumper" yet he is to your right??
"Manages to get across me", to me that sounds like he tried to pull over but you wouldnt let him...

[nullogik]

mikal83 said:

mmmmmmmm did you LOOK before you moved left, the bike probably started up your left side because your holding it up.

Yes, I did LOOK before I moved. No he didn't start off on my left. We were both on a single lane road merging on to a three lane road (from the right hand side). He was behind me on the single lane road. I enter lane three he is behind me. I signal left and move to lane two. He follows behind me to lane 2. With the signal still on I then attempt to move into lane 1, which is when he attempted to overtake me on the inside.

The reason I was moving from lane 3 to lane 1 wasn't because I was obstructing traffic flow. It is because the single lane road merges into lane 3 and there was a slip road leading off a short distance up in lane 1 which I needed to take.

mikal83 said:

next one....your line "the front of my bumper is about a foot from the back of his back bumper" yet he is to your right??
"Manages to get across me", to me that sounds like he tried to pull over but you wouldnt let him...

If you re-read what I wrote. I was in the LEFT lane, he was in the RIGHT. My front bumper was about a foot from his back bumper but we were in adjacent lanes. How do I know he wants to change lanes if he isn't signalling and the first sign of his intention is drifting across the white line? Sounds like he needs to learn to use his mirrors so that he doesn't pull dangerously in front of people and indicators so that people around are aware of his intentions.

Edited by nullogik on Monday 29th September 15:19

[masermartin]

LittleEnus said:

Ej74 said:

I had right laugh at the knob who ran for the tube barged his way on then slipped a leg under the carriage - oh how I laughed as you got your just deserts

Yeah can imagine that was really funny. What an odd thing to get riled about.

Not sure I follow? I get quite riled as well when someone takes a 20 metre sprint and launches themselves at me shoulder-first in a packed doorway because they can't be bothered to wait 2 minutes for a train they can actually fit in. Why? Because sometimes it actually hurts.

[Ej74]

Well put, I was riled as there is no need for the behaviour

I'll let you into a little secret "THERE IS ANOTHER TRAIN MOST LIKELY WITH 1 OR 2 MINS."

[Swanny87]

silverfoxcc said:

Swanny, it wasnt a shoulder charge per se more a 'well pal, you are where my right shoulder is going'

"Sorry buddy, you were accidentally in the way of my swinging fist.."

[AstonZagato]

Ej74 said:

I'll let you into a little secret "THERE IS ANOTHER TRAIN MOST LIKELY WITH 1 OR 2 MINS."

Yeah but no but yeah. I usually cut my evening commute very fine. Often, if I skip a tube, I will miss my mainline train. I then have a 30min wait. So, if I am in danger of messing that connection up I will try to get on the first train. I don't pile in though.

[masermartin]

I kind of get that, but when I was working up there, I got on whatever Tube I could get on, and got whatever train home from Waterloo I could get on. I wasn't ever aiming for a particular train, I was just happy to get home without the network grinding to a halt and spending the evening down the road in Pizza Express.

[andysgriff]

The retard in one of those retarded looking L200 things on the A14 this morning merrily texting and talking on his mobile for the best part of 20 miles.

[jogger1976]

The four absolute s today who made a particularly bad day even more st than it already was.

number one: The driver of the Berlingo van who caused me to mount the kerb and fk my tracking and my nearside alloy all because he was too busy checking his fking I Phone. And I mean REALLY checking, as in head down, completely failing to pay ANY fking attention to the road. ! Details forwarded to the police you irresponsible tt!

number two: The traffic officer in the marked V70 who parked in such a st way that he blocked two pumps AND partial access to a disabled pay at a really busy petrol station. Some poor sod in an Astra tried to gain his attention so as to squeeze past and got a glare for his troubles. His mate then strolled out ten minutes later with some sandwiches and drinks. They then spent another ten minutes hanging around before parking up in a layby just opposite the adjacent Days Inn

number three: Same petrol station and same knobbish selfish behaviour from the driver of the 3 Series who spent about 10 minutes at the pump inspecting his engine and the underside of his car. He eventually fuelled up, but then decided to do his weekly fking shop!
Once he had paid and loaded his shopping he then decided to leave his car at the pump and fk off to the Days Inn for some reason. When he returned, he seemed rather mystified as to why several people where referring to him as a fking selfish !

Finally number four: The driver of the new Peugeot 208, who decided that 20mph was perfectly acceptable in a 40mph limit. When I attempted to make a safe and legal overtake, I was subjected to brake testing, swerving, and when I eventually managed to get past, the holy trinity of horn, main beam and coffee beans. Absolute fkwittery of the highest order. All caught by my passenger on his phone and will shortly be forwarded to local plod.

I'm now going to have several cold beers and an early night! Hopefully tomorrow will be slighlty less taxing?

[thismonkeyhere]

Tailgating biker this morning.

Seriously, I don't care how good motorbike brakes are, or how superior you think your reflexes are compared to us mere car drivers (memories of a previous 'bikers who tailgate' thread), if you sit at about 1-2m off my rear bumper at speed on a DC, you are a prize . (For the record I was at speed and overtaking slower traffic, so not as if I was somehow unaware or inconsiderate).

To top it all, if you then, after I got quickly out of your way at the very first opportunity, use a hand gesture at me because I dared to give no more than a mild headshake (when, to be fair, I didn't even think you were looking), then you are simply proving me right in my opinion of you, as expressed above.

I'm, frankly, sick of being told to 'think bike', when so few bikers seem to 'think bike', or even 'think common sense' or perhaps 'think personal preservation'.

Otherwise, a nice chilled out drive to work, nothing further to report.

[Ej74]

Maserman

My sentiments exactly.

I have a rough idea of trains and times if I make it its all good if don't there's always another train along.

[yellowjack]

thismonkeyhere said:

Tailgating biker this morning.

Seriously, I don't care how good motorbike brakes are, or how superior you think your reflexes are compared to us mere car drivers (memories of a previous 'bikers who tailgate' thread), if you sit at about 1-2m off my rear bumper at speed on a DC, you are a prize . (For the record I was at speed and overtaking slower traffic, so not as if I was somehow unaware or inconsiderate).

To top it all, if you then, after I got quickly out of your way at the very first opportunity, use a hand gesture at me because I dared to give no more than a mild headshake (when, to be fair, I didn't even think you were looking), then you are simply proving me right in my opinion of you, as expressed above.

I'm, frankly, sick of being told to 'think bike', when so few bikers seem to 'think bike', or even 'think common sense' or perhaps 'think personal preservation'.

Otherwise, a nice chilled out drive to work, nothing further to report.

With the caveat that there are plenty of competent, sensible motorcyclists out there, and the ones you tend to remember are the halfwits, I agree, especially with the bit I've made bold. My favourite this morning? The "filtering" motorcyclist who wasn't "filtering", but more "overtaking" whilst fully in the opposing lane. Which I, and many others were trying to use in the correct bloody direction!!!!. You, sir, are a twunt. Fair enough when you have a chevron'd area in which to "filter", but YOUR failure to plan a SAFE RETURN to the queue on YOUR SIDE of the road should not result in you stubbornly going head-to-head with oncoming traffic. As it was I saw you late, hidden as you were by the van ahead of me, until he swerved last moment to avoid you. You are lucky I was paying attention...


...and not engrossed in whatever the hell was so important to the second knob(ette) of this morning's little trip. Approaching a side turning on my left, I spotted this daft Doris, resplendent in her nurses uniform, rolling forward out of said side turn whilst staring intently at the little screen clutched in her right hand. When I first spotted her, she was approximately 6 feet back from the 'Give Way' lines, and appeared to be stationary. As I closed the distance, the car slowly rolled forward, and closer still I could see that she was paying no attention whatsoever to anything beyond her phone, to the extent that, when I brought my car to a brisk, but controlled halt, and gave her a blast of the horn, she was 2 feet beyond the white lines. I gave her 'the look' and a shake of my head as I drove around the front of her car, to which her response was a single finger raised in my direction. Charming, my dear, I'm sure. Let's just hope you don't meet someone equally distracted next time, and end up hurt, eh? Or alternatively, stop using the phone in the car and concentrate on the important stuff, like, you know, driving and suchlike?

[Blown2CV]

thismonkeyhere said:

Tailgating biker this morning.

Seriously, I don't care how good motorbike brakes are, or how superior you think your reflexes are compared to us mere car drivers (memories of a previous 'bikers who tailgate' thread), if you sit at about 1-2m off my rear bumper at speed on a DC, you are a prize . (For the record I was at speed and overtaking slower traffic, so not as if I was somehow unaware or inconsiderate).

To top it all, if you then, after I got quickly out of your way at the very first opportunity, use a hand gesture at me because I dared to give no more than a mild headshake (when, to be fair, I didn't even think you were looking), then you are simply proving me right in my opinion of you, as expressed above.

I'm, frankly, sick of being told to 'think bike', when so few bikers seem to 'think bike', or even 'think common sense' or perhaps 'think personal preservation'.

Otherwise, a nice chilled out drive to work, nothing further to report.

Indeed. Especially seeing as the agility of the bike allows for rapid changes of direction, movements in relation to your car, it's very distracting when some tt of a biker does that as you need to pay attention to them more than other road users. Where the fk are they now? Are they undertaking me? Overtaking me? Blind spot? The amount of times I've checked it's safe to change lanes imminently in traffic, then checked again and a biker has arrived in the gap. You try and be aware of everything that's going on around you (and clearly that's a driver's responsibility, however the task of doing so is pushed to the max), but bikers change that scene so rapidly and unexpectedly that you just have to expect they'll do something bellendish all the time, and with no notice.

[cootuk]

Am I supposed to "Low 5"?

[djc206]

Most motorcyclists I encounter are courteous and aware and demonstrate the human desire for self preservation. Not the chap on the M27 the other day in lane 2, I'm in lane 3 overtaking doing about 75, he just wanders in to my lane doing about 60 very close to the front of the car. No effort to look to see if the lane is clear or indicate just manoeuvres. I stamp on the brakes missing him by a few feet. No acknowledgment that he'd done anything wrong/suicidal.

The thing that bothers me most is not having an accident, we've all done something silly as described above but when it's a bike there's a fair chance at the speeds involved he would have very seriously injured or even dead, two cars and we'd be chatting about it on the hard shoulder one of us terribly embarrassed. I would expect him to be a bit more shaken up by the fact that a two ton bit of metal had to stand on end to avoid turning him into mincemeat.

[speedking31]

yellowjack said:

Let's just hope you don't meet someone equally distracted next time, and end up hurt, eh?

Fixed that for you.

[masermartin]

jogger1976 said:

The four absolute s today who made a particularly bad day even more st than it already was.

Why does this always seem to be the way?