One single thing that makes you think "knob" Vol 2
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Ball-bag in an old Range Rover annoyed me this morning.
There's a section of the one-way system with two lanes- one for left-hand turn (with a set of lights immediately after), one for right-hand with a pedestrian crossing at the end. Rush hour, right-hand lane has roadworks on it and is crawling, left is free-moving but is queuing further up. I'm in the right-hand lane.
In my wing mirror I see a red-faced old man in a green Range Rover pull out of part-way up the slow-moving RH lane traffic, absolutely hammer it down the left-hand lane, slam on the brakes as he approached the back of the queuing LH lane traffic and then swerve violently towards the side of my car (currently passing the last stationary vehicle in the queue) in a very aggressive and wholly pointless attempt to skip the queuing traffic. He then followed me so closely I could no longer see his lights before booting it off down a side road, through a pedestrian crossing (narrowly missing a pedestrian that, surprisingly enough, was crossing) and rejoined the same road (going the same way, too) he'd just driven like a knob on.
This is in a 30 limit, in the centre of a reasonably sized town, at ~8:50 in the morning.
There's a section of the one-way system with two lanes- one for left-hand turn (with a set of lights immediately after), one for right-hand with a pedestrian crossing at the end. Rush hour, right-hand lane has roadworks on it and is crawling, left is free-moving but is queuing further up. I'm in the right-hand lane.
In my wing mirror I see a red-faced old man in a green Range Rover pull out of part-way up the slow-moving RH lane traffic, absolutely hammer it down the left-hand lane, slam on the brakes as he approached the back of the queuing LH lane traffic and then swerve violently towards the side of my car (currently passing the last stationary vehicle in the queue) in a very aggressive and wholly pointless attempt to skip the queuing traffic. He then followed me so closely I could no longer see his lights before booting it off down a side road, through a pedestrian crossing (narrowly missing a pedestrian that, surprisingly enough, was crossing) and rejoined the same road (going the same way, too) he'd just driven like a knob on.
This is in a 30 limit, in the centre of a reasonably sized town, at ~8:50 in the morning.
SistersofPercy said:
Oh dear. The vocabulary speaks volumes; what a charming couple they must be. However, the footage of the silver Citroen C5 Estate is powerful evidence of why we have the laws about using phones whilst driving.
Did anyone else get a deep sense of irony at the end as the bloke berated the guy in the outside lane, as he undertook hin in the middle lane then proceeded in the middle lane alongside a completely empty inside lane?
I can't make my mind up if this guy's stuff is actually comedy gold.
Europa1 said:
Oh dear. The vocabulary speaks volumes; what a charming couple they must be.
However, the footage of the silver Citroen C5 Estate is powerful evidence of why we have the laws about using phones whilst driving.
Did anyone else get a deep sense of irony at the end as the bloke berated the guy in the outside lane, as he undertook hin in the middle lane then proceeded in the middle lane alongside a completely empty inside lane?
I can't make my mind up if this guy's stuff is actually comedy gold.
Oh he's comedy gold alright. He's featured here before under his previous Youtube name which was something like "Angry Andy'. Most of the incidents would barely register with normal folk. He certainly loves the sound of his horn.However, the footage of the silver Citroen C5 Estate is powerful evidence of why we have the laws about using phones whilst driving.
Did anyone else get a deep sense of irony at the end as the bloke berated the guy in the outside lane, as he undertook hin in the middle lane then proceeded in the middle lane alongside a completely empty inside lane?
I can't make my mind up if this guy's stuff is actually comedy gold.
Frimley111R said:
I know this is a common one that happens hundreds of times a day but with 2miles of queue to J6 of the M3 today you still see people get right up to the junction and then indicate and try to force their way in. Do they not think 'God, I must look like a right 
doing this.'???
I think they dont care doing this.'???robemcdonald said:
I cant usually see cars directly behind me out of my side mirrors. Was he very close or overtaking?
Not sure on the distance behind, but enough for it to reflect from my mirrors. Another point they were to my right in the middle lane just sat there not going any fast than me.Cliftonite said:
Were your rear fog lights on? Do you drive an anti-social Mercedes with blindingly-bright stop lasers?
My sister-in-law drove everywhere on main beams for a while last winter when both her dip bulbs had blown.
No rear fogs, no blinding lights and no anti-social Mercedes My sister-in-law drove everywhere on main beams for a while last winter when both her dip bulbs had blown.
Edited by Cliftonite on Monday 26th January 12:57
JagXJR said:
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Some drivers even tried to give chase but a show of how fast the XJR can really go soon stopped that.
Maybe that makes me a bit of a knob but sitting behind some jerkoff checking their brakes does not really appeal!
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Having recently purchased an XJR, can I just say that that supercharger whine at full throttle is seriously addictive, and escaping from some knob is just one of many excuses I'll use to hear it. Some drivers even tried to give chase but a show of how fast the XJR can really go soon stopped that.
Maybe that makes me a bit of a knob but sitting behind some jerkoff checking their brakes does not really appeal!
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Frimley111R said:
I know this is a common one that happens hundreds of times a day but with 2miles of queue to J6 of the M3 today you still see people get right up to the junction and then indicate and try to force their way in. Do they not think 'God, I must look like a right doing this.'???
More to the point, do they not think "hey, I missed the turn, I'm going to style it out by going to J7 and coming back down the A30, I'll still be in Amazingstoke before them"? doing this.'???robemcdonald said:
Stevoox said:
robemcdonald said:
There should be a Lever / button / knob on your rear view mirror. Actuating said device will cause the mirror to move and prevent you being dazzled by the following car. (The best thing about this is you can still see out of the mirror, but its like you have put on a pair of sunglasses.) When the other driver is gone / realises the error of his ways, simply actuate the device once again and the mirror will return to the original position.
Hope this information is of use.
Aware of said device but it doesn't stope the glare from side view mirrors. Plus the person is still a knob anyway...Hope this information is of use.
DervVW said:
Frimley111R said:
I know this is a common one that happens hundreds of times a day but with 2miles of queue to J6 of the M3 today you still see people get right up to the junction and then indicate and try to force their way in. Do they not think 'God, I must look like a right doing this.'???
I think they dont care doing this.'???ker and such behind their back.iva cosworth said:
Self righteous Renault Modus with "I slow down for tailgaters" in the rear window.
How about driving on a 4 lane motorway with your mirrors all unfolded.
People driving about with their mirrors folded in seriously busts my hump. It is, quite literally, a sign of how unaware they are of their surroundings and how little attention they are paying to being in control of a couple of tons of metal that, handled incorrectly, has the potential to utterly ruin someone's life. Total f*£%tards.How about driving on a 4 lane motorway with your mirrors all unfolded.
Europa1 said:
iva cosworth said:
Self righteous Renault Modus with "I slow down for tailgaters" in the rear window.
How about driving on a 4 lane motorway with your mirrors all unfolded.
People driving about with their mirrors folded in seriously busts my hump. It is, quite literally, a sign of how unaware they are of their surroundings and how little attention they are paying to being in control of a couple of tons of metal that, handled incorrectly, has the potential to utterly ruin someone's life. Total f*£%tards.How about driving on a 4 lane motorway with your mirrors all unfolded.
As a lorry driver I know how important mirrors are for all round observation......
ORD said:
One from Friday that confused me at the time and seems stranger the more I think about it...
A queue of traffic back from red light at a junction. Single lane road.
I am in the queue, stopped just before a yellow hatched box that allows traffic to turn across the queue in and out of a side-road. I spot someone in my right-hand rearview overtaking the line of stationary traffic. He passes about 7 or 8 cars and then ducks into the hatched box in front of me and flashes his hazard lights, presumably to say "Thanks" or "Sorry". He then proceeds in the queue, having gained 7 "places".
WTF was he doing? Did he think it was a two-lane road? Unlikely given how busy it is - he must have passed traffic going the other way before seeing a gap and deciding to overtake. Utterly bizarre! He must be a local (like me) and have decided that he doesn't like how slow the road can be in the evening.
Becoming increasingly common.A queue of traffic back from red light at a junction. Single lane road.
I am in the queue, stopped just before a yellow hatched box that allows traffic to turn across the queue in and out of a side-road. I spot someone in my right-hand rearview overtaking the line of stationary traffic. He passes about 7 or 8 cars and then ducks into the hatched box in front of me and flashes his hazard lights, presumably to say "Thanks" or "Sorry". He then proceeds in the queue, having gained 7 "places".
WTF was he doing? Did he think it was a two-lane road? Unlikely given how busy it is - he must have passed traffic going the other way before seeing a gap and deciding to overtake. Utterly bizarre! He must be a local (like me) and have decided that he doesn't like how slow the road can be in the evening.
Waiting in a long line of traffic at the Enfield Lock railway crossing and not one but two cars drove past the whole line of traffic on the wrong side of the road, passing circa 20 cars in total to then pull in to the queue.
And this morning, queueing down the A1055 (single lane, long line of traffic) two cars drove past the entire queue to join the "right turn" lane but went on straight on.
It's the whole "f**k you" attitude that's so prevalent in society.
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