One single thing that makes you think "knob" Vol 2
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The ancient ( i think) t
t who thought 30 was a suitable spped along the southbound A355 tonight causing a 9 car tailback, who all got by without causing any deaths, however, as i was approaching him with RH indicator on i justgave him a flash to let him know i was there ( but not for lng) Stupid prick then brake tested me, rather late as it happens as i was passing him . Stupid cretin
t who thought 30 was a suitable spped along the southbound A355 tonight causing a 9 car tailback, who all got by without causing any deaths, however, as i was approaching him with RH indicator on i justgave him a flash to let him know i was there ( but not for lng) Stupid prick then brake tested me, rather late as it happens as i was passing him . Stupid cretinRobinOakapple said:
Anybody driving a 20 year old 3 bhp per ton horsebox on a twisty A road at 35mph pulling a 20 car train of annoyed drivers behind her (it's nearly always a 'her').
I absolutely agree. I'd seriously consider taking some of them of the road as they are dangerously slow. I'd definitely not advise being behind one when you're trying to join a busy motorway/dual carriageway.
Mr GrimNasty said:
No vehicle is dangerously slow, some drivers are dangerously impatient.
I think you misunderstand. 
I'm saying that some of these horse boxes seem to be so slow (or perhaps driven over cautiously?) that they are effectively like mobile chicanes when entering a fast moving road. I'm aware that you need to be aware of other road users at all times, and I'd agree that there are more than enough impatient and aggressive drivers (God knows I seem to encounter them on a daily basis). However, being stuck behind a slow moving, underpowered vehicle when trying to merge onto a busy carriageway is not something most people on here would choose to do. 
Blown2CV said:
Skills are only loosely related to worth, and they are not the same. The ability to carve intricate figurines out of dried-out dogst is a skill, but I'd assume it's not worth much.
Well putt is a skill, but I'd assume it's not worth much. 
Someone could spend their time doing something they enjoy on a recreational level and become extremely talented/skilled at it (I used to surf a lot and was/am fairly proficient at it) but it's not going to necessarily bring in good paychecks.But anyway having eventually woken up from last nights excesses and outed by AW
... back to the champagne, white lines and totty! 
RobinOakapple said:
Anybody driving a 20 year old 3 bhp per ton horsebox on a twisty A road at 35mph pulling a 20 car train of annoyed drivers behind her (it's nearly always a 'her').
Horse boxes are nearly always secondhand chassis with the horsebox bit put on it. I took our old on to have a new chassis and the old one, with it's 6 cylinder engine was plenty lively and the new one with a 4 cylinder is just as lively, just needs driving differently. The problem is the drivers are normally petrified and think their cargo is A) made of bone china and B) think it's worth fortunes when in fact it's worth about 80p per kilo dead weight.
ORD said:
MikeT66 said:
I've never replied to this thread previously, but...
C**k-knocker No.1 - the 'hipster' in the blue BMW that I followed onto the M60 the other day. There are only TWO lanes at the traffic lights at the Junction onto the M60, so why you had to change your mind three times which one you wanted to be in, without indicating at any point, is beyond me. No doubt the latest App on your iPhone for Wired/Dazed & Confused had your attention. You then hurtled forward once the lights went green (no doubt to show the prowess of your PCP car) - and, without indicating again, straight into a line of cars on the M60, into someone's safe-braking zone, causing a near pile-up behind you. But that's OK, as you are waaay cooler than I am.
C**k-knocker No.2 - the Bentley Continental driver who followed me for 1/5 mile on the way into work this morning, but then thundered past me when I was doing the 40mph speed limit (but that's just not fast enough for you, is it?), only to turn left 100 yards down the road. Seriously, WTF is that about?
Why does No 2 bother you? I don't understand people who get upset at being overtaken. He didn't say anything about your wife or the size of your penis :C**k-knocker No.1 - the 'hipster' in the blue BMW that I followed onto the M60 the other day. There are only TWO lanes at the traffic lights at the Junction onto the M60, so why you had to change your mind three times which one you wanted to be in, without indicating at any point, is beyond me. No doubt the latest App on your iPhone for Wired/Dazed & Confused had your attention. You then hurtled forward once the lights went green (no doubt to show the prowess of your PCP car) - and, without indicating again, straight into a line of cars on the M60, into someone's safe-braking zone, causing a near pile-up behind you. But that's OK, as you are waaay cooler than I am.
C**k-knocker No.2 - the Bentley Continental driver who followed me for 1/5 mile on the way into work this morning, but then thundered past me when I was doing the 40mph speed limit (but that's just not fast enough for you, is it?), only to turn left 100 yards down the road. Seriously, WTF is that about?
Edited by WD39 on Sunday 21st December 21:09
jogger1976 said:
Mr GrimNasty said:
No vehicle is dangerously slow, some drivers are dangerously impatient.
I think you misunderstand. I'm saying that some of these horse boxes seem to be so slow (or perhaps driven over cautiously?) that they are effectively like mobile chicanes when entering a fast moving road. I'm aware that you need to be aware of other road users at all times, and I'd agree that there are more than enough impatient and aggressive drivers (God knows I seem to encounter them on a daily basis). However, being stuck behind a slow moving, underpowered vehicle when trying to merge onto a busy carriageway is not something most people on here would choose to do. People who'll swear black is white that horses can't possibly be a problem on the roads whether it be on foot or being chauffeured in their (slightly) mobile stables. There are plenty of fields if you want to exercise your primitive method of transport meaning crossing a road is as close as a horse should need to get.
The moron in his leased 320d trying to overtake me in a narrow residential street because I was going to slowly over speed bumps.
I would have stopped and got out to explain why you shouldn't really be attempting to verify your masculinity to your pig of a wife in such a ridiculous way, but didn't have the time, nor the crayons.
I would have stopped and got out to explain why you shouldn't really be attempting to verify your masculinity to your pig of a wife in such a ridiculous way, but didn't have the time, nor the crayons.
Did consider calling in a possible drink driver last night, but eventually decided it was just incompetence.
25-30 in a 50mph didn't wind me up anywhere near as much as it did the VXR driver in front, who at the traffic lights before had seriously floored it to get to 60 in a 40 so he was past me. The fact that I'd just left him behind in the previous 50-60mph section and had been stationary at the lights for a good minute before he got to them was lost on him.
Still, finding him stuck at the back of the queue behind said 25mph driver shortly after the 40mph section ended provided me with some entertainment.
The idiot twenty minutes before that, who pulled out on me at a roundabout, came to a near stop just before my exit and then proceeded to take that exit without indicating, annoyed me a bit more.
25-30 in a 50mph didn't wind me up anywhere near as much as it did the VXR driver in front, who at the traffic lights before had seriously floored it to get to 60 in a 40 so he was past me. The fact that I'd just left him behind in the previous 50-60mph section and had been stationary at the lights for a good minute before he got to them was lost on him.
Still, finding him stuck at the back of the queue behind said 25mph driver shortly after the 40mph section ended provided me with some entertainment.
The idiot twenty minutes before that, who pulled out on me at a roundabout, came to a near stop just before my exit and then proceeded to take that exit without indicating, annoyed me a bit more.
Edited by Ahimoth on Monday 22 December 08:07
Willy Nilly said:
The problem is the drivers are normally petrified and think their cargo is A) made of bone china and B) think it's worth fortunes when in fact it's worth about 80p per kilo dead weight.
This. Everyone has to drive at 25mph because Jacyntha's pony is the most important thing on the road. Sod everyone else's journey. Selfish wkers. It does make me wonder if it would actually be less stressful to the horse to be driven a little aaster, than it is to have the queue of cars maxing their engines just to get past on the few and far between straights, passing 2 feet away from the flighty, scared bits of walking dog food.
Person who couldn't be bothered to pull up on the side of the road, in a designated parking spot this morning. Instead, stopped half in the road and half in the space with hazards on. I sat behind him wondering what he was doing, he was sat in the car on the phone, so I assumed he'd actually broke down. As it's a one way system and narrow, I have to mount the kerb to drive past, look across and hes looking at me with one hand in the air. Confused, I carry on 50 yards down the yard, park up in an empty car park and walk into the Post Office. As I walk in though, this plep drives off so clearly he'd just stopped to take a call, but blocked the road to do so. Knob.
OpulentBob said:
This. Everyone has to drive at 25mph because Jacyntha's pony is the most important thing on the road. Sod everyone else's journey. Selfish wkers.
It does make me wonder if it would actually be less stressful to the horse to be driven a little aaster, than it is to have the queue of cars maxing their engines just to get past on the few and far between straights, passing 2 feet away from the flighty, scared bits of walking dog food.
I nearly got sugary coffee in my keyboard laughing at this.kers. It does make me wonder if it would actually be less stressful to the horse to be driven a little aaster, than it is to have the queue of cars maxing their engines just to get past on the few and far between straights, passing 2 feet away from the flighty, scared bits of walking dog food.
The imbecile in the beaten up Octavia who has fitted his utter POS with HID lights. You can see him from a mile away, in fact you could probably see him from Mars. He sits about one metre behind a leading car with his lights blazing away in all three mirrors. I see him do it regularly and I have no doubt he does it deliberately.
Sometimes on the A23 near Brighton when both lanes are full, he sits in the outside lane irritating the driver in front. It's obvious he does it to try and bully them to move - by the way he places his car; just to the right so his car's d/s light will be fully reflected in the car in fronts d/s mirror.
Sometimes on the A23 near Brighton when both lanes are full, he sits in the outside lane irritating the driver in front. It's obvious he does it to try and bully them to move - by the way he places his car; just to the right so his car's d/s light will be fully reflected in the car in fronts d/s mirror.
57Ford said:
People who'll swear black is white that horses can't possibly be a problem on the roads whether it be on foot or being chauffeured in their (slightly) mobile stables. There are plenty of fields if you want to exercise your primitive method of transport meaning crossing a road is as close as a horse should need to get.
I am happy to tolerate the horses - I love living in the countryside so take the rough with ths smooth.However - Saturday, on a country lane near home, came round a blind bend to find a group of horses (& riders, natch) using up the whole width of the road. Now, I was driving slowly, so easily pulled up and let them sort themselves out before continuing. Other drivers though, drive somewhat faster than I do down that particular lane - could have been such a different story.
Like I said, happy to tolerate horses on the roads, but FFS use some common sense, stay in single file and behave yourselves.
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