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

[Cliftonite]

JagXJR said:

Your not funny. Maybe you think you are ..............

.
You're.

[Blown2CV]

JagXJR said:

scarble said:

Maybe you're just fat?

Your not funny. Maybe you think you are ..............

You're. Dour Yorkshireman in surprising sense of humour failure. Seriously though, what I did decry is the repetitive nature of posts. People not signalling on roundabouts, MLM (or do you not understand that acronym either?), young chav trying to race my fast PH car at the lights etc etc. like in probably 1000 pages that's never come up. There is enough in this thread to out balance it however, not that I have to register my interest to participate with you. Your name rings a bell though vaguely, I'm sure we've disagreed in the past, although I'd forgotten you. Clearly you hadn't forgotten me. Life's too short anyway, and if we all left a discussion every time there was a we disagreed with, the Internet would be a barren wasteland. Also MAMIL is commonly used so don't be a TC (Thread Candidate).

[Liquid Knight]

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=5631956070998...

Let's find this guy and launch him form a catapult after building a monstrosity in his property.

See how he likes it.

[loafer123]

ShaunTheSheep said:

She looks over at me and shakes her head as if to say "why are you parked like that" - i'm inch perfect in the middle of my space as is the car the other side of her. She pulls out once more then fks off to the car park across the street

Sounds like she was considerate. Perhaps she was shaking her head in frustration at car spaces which were painted to small to be used?

[ShaunTheSheep]

loafer123 said:

Sounds like she was considerate.
Perhaps she was shaking her head in frustration at car spaces which were painted to small to be used?

She was definitely better than some that would just bash their way out regardless while scraping their handbag along your car as they go while shouting "it's only a car ffs!"

I have a strong suspicion it was only because she'd been seen though...

[JagXJR]

Blown2CV said:

JagXJR said:

scarble said:

Maybe you're just fat?

Your not funny. Maybe you think you are ..............

You're. Dour Yorkshireman in surprising sense of humour failure. Seriously though, what I did decry is the repetitive nature of posts. People not signalling on roundabouts, MLM (or do you not understand that acronym either?), young chav trying to race my fast PH car at the lights etc etc. like in probably 1000 pages that's never come up. There is enough in this thread to out balance it however, not that I have to register my interest to participate with you. Your name rings a bell though vaguely, I'm sure we've disagreed in the past, although I'd forgotten you. Clearly you hadn't forgotten me. Life's too short anyway, and if we all left a discussion every time there was a we disagreed with, the Internet would be a barren wasteland. Also MAMIL is commonly used so don't be a TC (Thread Candidate).

Oh dear, the spelling and grammar police are out it seems. TC's?

I don't care if we have disagreed in the past, some of you obviously do with the little snipes. TC's perhaps?

No you don't have to consult me to participate, but you have posted multiple times that the thread is a waste of time, should be closed, boring ect yet you are still posting. Are you saying that is not odd, having read every post it does seem so to me? Well never mind, as you say life is too short!

The problem with getting in and out of low slung cars like the Alfa and others of the ilk that you slide your legs down into, is that the doors don't open wide enough to get your legs out until almost fully open, if you have long legs (I do) then you need a large space at the drivers side for the door to open enough. Then there is the worry that some knob will park close and either damage your car or stop you from being able to get in it. That's why I asked what make the car was?

Perhaps the afore mentioned bush needs trimming if it encroaches into the parking space?

Sorry if I am dour, just don't find insulting comments funny.

[leigh1050]

Liquid Knight said:

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=5631956070998...

Let's find this guy and launch him form a catapult after building a monstrosity in his property.

See how he likes it.

Yes it does seem a bit pointless the little fker will only come back. Me I'd have shot the verminous little stbag.

[Killer2005]

JagXJR said:

Killer2005 said:

Knob at work who parked in 2 spaces, his excuse being that he drove into the corner space and can't open his car door fully due to the bush at the side of the space so needs to take up the 2 spaces.

Surely it would make more sense to either reverse in or park in a different space, but no this halfwit is clearly more important and needs 2 spaces.

Ah ha that reminds me. In car parks, the one at work springs to mind, only 1 or 2% of cars carry passengers. So why do they not park alternate, passenger side to passenger side leaving about a foot of gap to give the drivers side doors room to fully open? Makes sense to me.

Parked like this one day last week (only in the 3rd car or pool car if you like, which I don't really mind putting in danger of parking dings) only to have the daft bint that parked next to me park right on the white line to the drivers side, giving about 2 foot of space between us. I was so exasperated I started the car and parked in an end bay further away

Killer2005 some cars do need more space for the doors, I defy even the most agile of people to get out of the Alfa without the (quite long doors) fully open, what kind of car are we talking?

Its a current model Scirocco, I'll admit it does have big doors but still no need to take up 2 spaces. My old Alfa 147 had relatively long doors, and if anyone parks a bit too close to my current S2000 it can be a bit difficult to get in, however I'm not going to take up 2 spaces to make my life easier, if I want that I'll just park at the end of the car park away from everyone else.

Todays knobs were the group of 10-15 cyclists riding 3-4 abreast a long one of the main roads out of Dewsbury, the road also has traffic islands along it and speed camera's so no-one could/would overtake in the small available gaps

[masermartin]

A variation on a theme today (sorry 2cv, it's probably been covered before, so feel free to skip this post).

Yesterday I was ferrying my parents around and therefore was driving at 72mph-ish on cruise control. Knob candidate comes up to overtake in the middle lane, and I plan to move out after he passes in order to overtake the truck I'm approaching in lane 1. Knob then slows down right next to my rear quarter, in my blind spot, but not overtaking, thus forcing me to choose a) boot it and dive out in front of him to overtake the truck I'm still gaining on, or b) come off cruise control, coast while he passes me and come out behind him like I had been intending all along. I choose option 2 because this is safer but then he also slows and slows down to 60mph, effectively blocking me into lane 1. I have no idea why he did this. If he thought he was slowing to allow me out, that's great, but it's better he does this some time before he's alongside me, because I still can't come out into the side of his car. I also can't accelerate to get ahead of him in that lane because I'm still approaching that truck and I'm quite close now...

Bizarre.

[ORD]

masermartin said:

A variation on a theme today (sorry 2cv, it's probably been covered before, so feel free to skip this post).

Yesterday I was ferrying my parents around and therefore was driving at 72mph-ish on cruise control. Knob candidate comes up to overtake in the middle lane, and I plan to move out after he passes in order to overtake the truck I'm approaching in lane 1. Knob then slows down right next to my rear quarter, in my blind spot, but not overtaking, thus forcing me to choose a) boot it and dive out in front of him to overtake the truck I'm still gaining on, or b) come off cruise control, coast while he passes me and come out behind him like I had been intending all along. I choose option 2 because this is safer but then he also slows and slows down to 60mph, effectively blocking me into lane 1. I have no idea why he did this. If he thought he was slowing to allow me out, that's great, but it's better he does this some time before he's alongside me, because I still can't come out into the side of his car. I also can't accelerate to get ahead of him in that lane because I'm still approaching that truck and I'm quite close now...

Bizarre.

Hanging out in someone's blind spot is beyond stupid. Once you realise how little people are aware of their surroundings on the motorway, you don't want to be alongside any car for longer than you have to be. I choose to either sit behind or overtake at reasonable speed. Overtaking with a 2mph speed differential is riskier than it should be.

[JagXJR]

Killer2005 said:

JagXJR said:

Killer2005 said:

Knob at work who parked in 2 spaces, his excuse being that he drove into the corner space and can't open his car door fully due to the bush at the side of the space so needs to take up the 2 spaces.

Surely it would make more sense to either reverse in or park in a different space, but no this halfwit is clearly more important and needs 2 spaces.

Ah ha that reminds me. In car parks, the one at work springs to mind, only 1 or 2% of cars carry passengers. So why do they not park alternate, passenger side to passenger side leaving about a foot of gap to give the drivers side doors room to fully open? Makes sense to me.

Parked like this one day last week (only in the 3rd car or pool car if you like, which I don't really mind putting in danger of parking dings) only to have the daft bint that parked next to me park right on the white line to the drivers side, giving about 2 foot of space between us. I was so exasperated I started the car and parked in an end bay further away

Killer2005 some cars do need more space for the doors, I defy even the most agile of people to get out of the Alfa without the (quite long doors) fully open, what kind of car are we talking?

Its a current model Scirocco, I'll admit it does have big doors but still no need to take up 2 spaces. My old Alfa 147 had relatively long doors, and if anyone parks a bit too close to my current S2000 it can be a bit difficult to get in, however I'm not going to take up 2 spaces to make my life easier, if I want that I'll just park at the end of the car park away from everyone else.

Todays knobs were the group of 10-15 cyclists riding 3-4 abreast a long one of the main roads out of Dewsbury, the road also has traffic islands along it and speed camera's so no-one could/would overtake in the small available gaps

Sorry, not strictly speaking true, I can get out with a struggle at between half open and fully open, sorry to mislead anyone.

I am not that familiar with the new Scirocco but as you say if it is an issue you can park in end bays as I do.

I live in the countryside so regularly get this with cyclists, not a problem so much when moving Quickly on the flat but behind them on hills gets very annoying. Much more so whan the pull up on the crest to have a breather and a chat

we all have to share the road and I'm fine with that, when road-users insist on the priority all their own way gets a bit annoying. I'm guessing if drivers blocked their progress they would soon be moaning?

[mistakenplane]

Apologies if I offend anyone with this one.

Anyway, woman yesterday. Driving behind me, pulls alongside at lights. As my lane moves first she has to filter back behind me, but instead sits 1/3rd along side my car so I cant pull over, causing me to slow right down, turn and glare at her till she backs off.

She then gestures wildly at me as if Im being some sort of dhead.

[Foobar2]

When there's hatching in the middle of a single carriageway with a lane for someone to turn right, but someone doesn't use it, instead stopping their car diagonally across the road and blocking the cars that were following them.

Edited by Foobar2 on Monday 6th October 17:50

[Blown2CV]

Foobar2 said:

When there's hatching in the middle of a single carriageway with a lane for someone to turn right, but someone doesn't use it, instead stopping their car diagonally across the road and blocking the cars that were following them.

Edited by Foobar2 on Monday 6th October 17:50

you know 'hatching' isn't actually for that, right? Stripes inside a solid-lined box means "do not enter". Right-turn lanes are to get right-turners out the way of following traffic. If there's no break in the hatching for a RT lane then strictly speaking you're not supposed to wait in it for right turns.

[masermartin]

Blown2CV said:

Foobar2 said:

When there's hatching in the middle of a single carriageway with a lane for someone to turn right, but someone doesn't use it, instead stopping their car diagonally across the road and blocking the cars that were following them.

Edited by Foobar2 on Monday 6th October 17:50

you know 'hatching' isn't actually for that, right? Stripes inside a solid-lined box means "do not enter". Right-turn lanes are to get right-turners out the way of following traffic. If there's no break in the hatching for a RT lane then strictly speaking you're not supposed to wait in it for right turns.

I bolded the bit that's important for you. He doesn't mean the hatching itself, he means the filter lane that appears after the hatching that people seem incapable of actually driving into, thus stopping with their arse over the lane they were previously in, thus blocking it, thus causing ire, thus causing Foobar2's post.

You do spend an inordinate amount of time getting unnecessarily grumpy about other people's posts on this thread, don't you?

[Foobar2]

When your stuck in a queue behind a tractor, but when the tractor turns off, the person at the front of the queue keeps driving at the speed of a tractor!

[Foobar2]

Blown2CV said:

Foobar2 said:

When there's hatching in the middle of a single carriageway with a lane for someone to turn right, but someone doesn't use it, instead stopping their car diagonally across the road and blocking the cars that were following them.

Edited by Foobar2 on Monday 6th October 17:50

you know 'hatching' isn't actually for that, right? Stripes inside a solid-lined box means "do not enter". Right-turn lanes are to get right-turners out the way of following traffic. If there's no break in the hatching for a RT lane then strictly speaking you're not supposed to wait in it for right turns.

Sorry. Didn't describe that very well. Needed a diagram. Picture this: hatching -> right turn lane -> more hatching + plus car across road and centre lane for turning right.

BTW, I didn't specify whether hatching had a broken or solid line and the highway code specifies that hatching with a broken white line is to protect drivers turning right (although hatching appears in all kinds of other places as well). My driving instructor told me to wait on it when turning right, but may be he had it wrong. Hatching with solid white lines may only be entered in an emergency.

[Foobar2]

masermartin said:

Blown2CV said:

Foobar2 said:

When there's hatching in the middle of a single carriageway with a lane for someone to turn right, but someone doesn't use it, instead stopping their car diagonally across the road and blocking the cars that were following them.

Edited by Foobar2 on Monday 6th October 17:50

you know 'hatching' isn't actually for that, right? Stripes inside a solid-lined box means "do not enter". Right-turn lanes are to get right-turners out the way of following traffic. If there's no break in the hatching for a RT lane then strictly speaking you're not supposed to wait in it for right turns.

I bolded the bit that's important for you. He doesn't mean the hatching itself, he means the filter lane that appears after the hatching that people seem incapable of actually driving into, thus stopping with their arse over the lane they were previously in, thus blocking it, thus causing ire, thus causing Foobar2's post.

You do spend an inordinate amount of time getting unnecessarily grumpy about other people's posts on this thread, don't you?

Precisomond!

[Captainawesome]

The absolute fkwit who decided to try to block my perfectly safe overtake yesterday by swerving out onto the other side of the road just before I got level with the back of his van causing me to have to slam the brakes on. Thought he was maybe meandering but he did it again...by this time I had spent twice as long on the wrong side of the road as I should have and had to pull back in. I used a bit more speed on the next straight and got past him but WTF??? I have heard of such idiocy on here before but have never encountered it myself before. Drove down the same bit of road and relayed the tale to my wife who also couldn't see what the problem was.

Also the tosser in a camper van who held me and 4 other cars up for 11 miles of single track road at 30MPH despite numerous signs telling people to use the passing places to let queues clear.

[Liquid Knight]

Literally...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBi9m4nNPYQ&li...