One single thing that makes you think "knob" Vol 2
Discussion
xRIEx said:
JagXJR said:
Rich_W said:
It looks s
t! 
Seems I'm the knob then!
Yep. Judgemental one at that!t! Seems I'm the knob then!
What has it got to do with you if someone's car looks s
t? They must like it otherwise they wouldn't be in it.I could understand if it was driven badly, not in accordance with the Highway Code.
But because of a badge that they haven't added?
JagXJR said:
What makes me think knob?
Person who start arguments instead of just responding to them, as I do. Never been very good at turning the other cheek.
Person who start arguments instead of just responding to them, as I do. Never been very good at turning the other cheek.
Fed up of knobs and their snidey little digs!
ETA Here is his post for those he think he is squeeky clean. Not called for on a thread I have stopped posting on.
Rich_W said:
Rare footage reveals why JagXJR had to stop riding a bike.
Also explains why he hates those who CAN ride bikes properly.
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Bit knobish of me to lower myself to their level I admit but as said, I never started it!Also explains why he hates those who CAN ride bikes properly.
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Edited by JagXJR on Monday 23 March 12:24
OpulentBob said:
When you see something like that, you have to almost admire the balls (or ignorance) of the MLMer. There is no way they can't know they're causing an obstruction. To be so bloody minded as to stay there shows some proper determination!
M1 was full of them last night. At one point I was in lane 1 with what must have been almost half a mile of empty carriageway both in front and behind me. Many cars in the middle lane doing 60mph.
Edited by Moonhawk on Monday 23 March 12:18
JagXJR said:
Not true, he has had a dig at me on another thread so just returning the favour.
If people left me alone and stopped their petty flame wars there would be no need for it.
So yes he is a knob, as is anyone who condones ANYONE who drives/rides badly ignoring the highway code!
Sorry, the only person acting like a knob on this thread is you. If people left me alone and stopped their petty flame wars there would be no need for it.
So yes he is a knob, as is anyone who condones ANYONE who drives/rides badly ignoring the highway code!
You're acting like you're in a primary school playground. "He said this" "He said that" (I suspect) you're a fully grown man.
If he had a dig on another thread, judging by the last few pages of this one, I suspect it was justified.
If you want to be left alone, stop commenting for a couple of week, let the thread run over half a dozen pages and come back with a fresh attitude. Perhaps then this "flaming" will stop.
People drive badly and make mistakes, it's a fact of life. No need to get your knickers in a twist about it - A suspected misbadged car which turned out to be accurate is not worthy of knob of the year, a couple of piss taking posts maybe, but not worthy of this thread.
JagXJR said:
R2T2 said:
Not half a page up you were complaining how people rip into you all the time, then you got and comment st like this when someone made a genuine mistake.
He didn't realise they made an X6 with that engine, does that make him a knob? No. Nobody here is expected to know everything about every car, we're not computers nor company directors with Goatees.
The only person on here ostracising you is yourself.
Not true, he has had a dig at me on another thread so just returning the favour.t like this when someone made a genuine mistake. He didn't realise they made an X6 with that engine, does that make him a knob? No. Nobody here is expected to know everything about every car, we're not computers nor company directors with Goatees.
The only person on here ostracising you is yourself.
If people left me alone and stopped their petty flame wars there would be no need for it.
So yes he is a knob, as is anyone who condones ANYONE who drives/rides badly ignoring the highway code!
Is your highway code comment directed at me by the way? If it is, which parts of
"Nobody has disagreed that it is bad form not to look behind when altering course"
"Where did I say their behaviour was acceptable?"
"Hardly defensive driving is it, allowing a situation to develop that you're not happy with."
"Changing course without checking is bad form"
"why did you willingly drive into a situation you anticipated you would not be happy with?"
makes you think I condone anyone riding / driving badly in contravention of the highway code?
So I was behind a car then artic lorry earlier, winding roads but a few chances to pass that the car in front didn't bother with. So when we come to a long straight, I nip past the car and start to pull in behind the lorry, but I realise there's no approaching traffic and ample room to pass the lorry as well. So indicate back out and go to pass the lorry only for the lorry to indicate right then position himself smack in the middle, blocking my pass. I have to emergency brake to avoid rear ending the lorry then pull back in, assuming the lorry is overtaking something I've not seen. But no, as I pull back in so does the lorry so I sit there for a while wondering what that was about. As we get further down the road, maybe half a mile further, lorry indicates right to turn off. So I'm assuming the lorry was blocking my pass thinking I wouldn't make it past in time? However, it'd have taken me maybe 5 seconds to pass the lorry and I was sat behind him for 2 or 3 minutes after his block! As he turned off, he stuck his hand out the window and gave me the coffee beans.
Shook me up a bit to be honest as I was concentrating on checking for traffic further up the road and making sure no motorbikes where about to overtake me. Then to notice a artic lorry moving to block leaving me little time to react. Absolute knob.
Shook me up a bit to be honest as I was concentrating on checking for traffic further up the road and making sure no motorbikes where about to overtake me. Then to notice a artic lorry moving to block leaving me little time to react. Absolute knob.
zedx19 said:
So I was behind a car then artic lorry earlier, winding roads but a few chances to pass that the car in front didn't bother with. So when we come to a long straight, I nip past the car and start to pull in behind the lorry, but I realise there's no approaching traffic and ample room to pass the lorry as well. So indicate back out and go to pass the lorry only for the lorry to indicate right then position himself smack in the middle, blocking my pass. I have to emergency brake to avoid rear ending the lorry then pull back in, assuming the lorry is overtaking something I've not seen. But no, as I pull back in so does the lorry so I sit there for a while wondering what that was about. As we get further down the road, maybe half a mile further, lorry indicates right to turn off. So I'm assuming the lorry was blocking my pass thinking I wouldn't make it past in time? However, it'd have taken me maybe 5 seconds to pass the lorry and I was sat behind him for 2 or 3 minutes after his block! As he turned off, he stuck his hand out the window and gave me the coffee beans.
Shook me up a bit to be honest as I was concentrating on checking for traffic further up the road and making sure no motorbikes where about to overtake me. Then to notice a artic lorry moving to block leaving me little time to react. Absolute knob.
FShook me up a bit to be honest as I was concentrating on checking for traffic further up the road and making sure no motorbikes where about to overtake me. Then to notice a artic lorry moving to block leaving me little time to react. Absolute knob.
me, that's madness. Report to the police? Were there any logos/company names etc on it? thismonkeyhere said:
ME!
This morning: Indicated and pulled into the middle lane on the M4 to overtake a line of lorries. All perfectly safe and lovely, until I realised, probably about a mile later, that I was still indicating. Something I never do. Mortified.
But at least I did indicate, I suppose, unlike so many....
Arrrgh! This morning: Indicated and pulled into the middle lane on the M4 to overtake a line of lorries. All perfectly safe and lovely, until I realised, probably about a mile later, that I was still indicating. Something I never do. Mortified.
But at least I did indicate, I suppose, unlike so many....
I did this the other day, too. I'd just joined the A331 Blackwater Valley road, from quite a 'shallow' slip road, so the self-cancel didn't work. It is odd, because despite self cancelling indicators, I generally make the effort to cancel them myself. I only noticed when I started the overtake drill, as I was catching a slower car ahead. It meant I had to cancel the indicator, back off and allow the car behind to pass first, then indicate afresh to avoid confusion.
Then, a couple of miles down the road, I missed my exit, and had to go all the way up to the A31 roundabout to come back down. I NEVER miss my exit. Not on that road, anyway, as I know it too well.
On balance, I feel I probably shouldn't have been driving that day, being as how I wasn't concentrating properly. I felt like a proper Muppet.
Mafffew said:
F me, that's madness. Report to the police? Were there any logos/company names etc on it?
I didn't notice any company name tbh otherwise would have reported, was more shook up with what happened then looking for company information. Times like this I wish I had a dashcam me, that's madness. Report to the police? Were there any logos/company names etc on it? yellowjack said:
Arrrgh!
I did this the other day, too. I'd just joined the A331 Blackwater Valley road, from quite a 'shallow' slip road, so the self-cancel didn't work. It is odd, because despite self cancelling indicators, I generally make the effort to cancel them myself. I only noticed when I started the overtake drill, as I was catching a slower car ahead. It meant I had to cancel the indicator, back off and allow the car behind to pass first, then indicate afresh to avoid confusion.
Then, a couple of miles down the road, I missed my exit, and had to go all the way up to the A31 roundabout to come back down. I NEVER miss my exit. Not on that road, anyway, as I know it too well.
On balance, I feel I probably shouldn't have been driving that day, being as how I wasn't concentrating properly. I felt like a proper Muppet.
"being as how" = "as"I did this the other day, too. I'd just joined the A331 Blackwater Valley road, from quite a 'shallow' slip road, so the self-cancel didn't work. It is odd, because despite self cancelling indicators, I generally make the effort to cancel them myself. I only noticed when I started the overtake drill, as I was catching a slower car ahead. It meant I had to cancel the indicator, back off and allow the car behind to pass first, then indicate afresh to avoid confusion.
Then, a couple of miles down the road, I missed my exit, and had to go all the way up to the A31 roundabout to come back down. I NEVER miss my exit. Not on that road, anyway, as I know it too well.
On balance, I feel I probably shouldn't have been driving that day, being as how I wasn't concentrating properly. I felt like a proper Muppet.
Mave said:
People that collect their dog's poo in plastic bags then hang it off a tree. What's that all about? Ok, so you may not step in it, but it's still a decomposing bag leaking poo.... :@
I think people do it because they are usually walking a back-and-forth type route and say to themselves, "oh, I'll collect that on the way back rather than carry a poop-filled bag with me for the next hour".Then they conveniently "forget" to collect their little gifts to the world.
Last night on M62.
Small family hatch thing sat in lane 2 of 3 lanes. I move from lane 1 to 3, to pass and then casually move back to lane 1 afterwards indicating all the way as I go to hope they get a hint.
Another car afterwards cruises up behind said hatch thing, waits a while and then just flashes them once, waits and then flashes again (all whilst lane 1 is clear of any traffic for the little hatch to move in). They give up and pass the hatch in lane 3 and the hatch then darts in behind them, flashing a few times (presumably in response?). But then they stay in lane 3 with clear lanes 1 and 2 causing confusion due to their slow speed??
Oh and they only had sidelights on.
Small family hatch thing sat in lane 2 of 3 lanes. I move from lane 1 to 3, to pass and then casually move back to lane 1 afterwards indicating all the way as I go to hope they get a hint.
Another car afterwards cruises up behind said hatch thing, waits a while and then just flashes them once, waits and then flashes again (all whilst lane 1 is clear of any traffic for the little hatch to move in). They give up and pass the hatch in lane 3 and the hatch then darts in behind them, flashing a few times (presumably in response?). But then they stay in lane 3 with clear lanes 1 and 2 causing confusion due to their slow speed??
Oh and they only had sidelights on.
OpulentBob said:
When you see something like that, you have to almost admire the balls (or ignorance) of the MLMer. There is no way they can't know they're causing an obstruction. To be so bloody minded as to stay there shows some proper determination!
I have a strange curiousity to move in front of them and gradually slow down in increments, to see at which point they would either move to overtake or move left.I bet hand gestures would come first!
danjama said:
OpulentBob said:
When you see something like that, you have to almost admire the balls (or ignorance) of the MLMer. There is no way they can't know they're causing an obstruction. To be so bloody minded as to stay there shows some proper determination!
I have a strange curiousity to move in front of them and gradually slow down in increments, to see at which point they would either move to overtake or move left.I bet hand gestures would come first!
R2T2 said:
Sorry, the only person acting like a knob on this thread is you.
You're acting like you're in a primary school playground. "He said this" "He said that" (I suspect) you're a fully grown man.
If he had a dig on another thread, judging by the last few pages of this one, I suspect it was justified.
If you want to be left alone, stop commenting for a couple of week, let the thread run over half a dozen pages and come back with a fresh attitude. Perhaps then this "flaming" will stop.
People drive badly and make mistakes, it's a fact of life. No need to get your knickers in a twist about it - A suspected misbadged car which turned out to be accurate is not worthy of knob of the year, a couple of piss taking posts maybe, but not worthy of this thread.
So it's ok for others to act like that but when I do it back (in retaliation to them) I'm the bad guy??? Double standards in play?You're acting like you're in a primary school playground. "He said this" "He said that" (I suspect) you're a fully grown man.
If he had a dig on another thread, judging by the last few pages of this one, I suspect it was justified.
If you want to be left alone, stop commenting for a couple of week, let the thread run over half a dozen pages and come back with a fresh attitude. Perhaps then this "flaming" will stop.
People drive badly and make mistakes, it's a fact of life. No need to get your knickers in a twist about it - A suspected misbadged car which turned out to be accurate is not worthy of knob of the year, a couple of piss taking posts maybe, but not worthy of this thread.
How can I be the only one when I am responding to them, in kind? I'm stood in the playground on my own am I?
He had a dig (as have others) on another thread I have stopped commenting on, and made it quite clear I was doing so. So your let it rest idea wont work will it? There is another knob on here that I have told I am ignoring and yet they still post quoting me. They are just trolling for a response.
That makes them knobs.
I don't care, let them have their childish little digs thinking they can annoy me, they're wasting their time. Shame they're too thick to realise this. You'd think after I responded back to them time and time again in the same vein that they'd realise I'm mocking them, but no. In their simple minds they probably think their winning whatever juvenile game they are playing.
Still it is a bit knobbish to mock the afflicted, I accept that. We are on the right thread for it tho.
Criticising someone for driving a car that they think looks s
t and making such a big deal out if it is definitely knob worthy. And to go to the trouble of posting a picture of it on the internet, why is it any of his business? People drive badly and make mistakes, true. Nobody's perfect!
But it is the hight of knobbery to drive/ride poorly and then blame someone else for said mistakes. And if you condone such actions then you are quite likely to act like that out on the road.
Car drivers will criticise other car drivers freely. Rarely do you hear of cyclists criticise their own. Wonder why that is?
I am more and more convinced because of their actions that most cyclists have some sort of personality disorder, their actions on the Internet just confirm it.
But no, because I think that I must be discredited, made out to be the one that is wrong so that they can bask in the false knowledge that they are right.
It would make sense to change their behaviour patterns so people can see that perhaps they are reasonable people, that way they might garner some respect.
But this is unlikely as it seems they like to be abusive too much!!! So I guess car drivers will continue to think most cyclists are knobs (through their own actions) and nothing will change
JagXJR said:
R2T2 said:
Sorry, the only person acting like a knob on this thread is you.
You're acting like you're in a primary school playground. "He said this" "He said that" (I suspect) you're a fully grown man.
If he had a dig on another thread, judging by the last few pages of this one, I suspect it was justified.
If you want to be left alone, stop commenting for a couple of week, let the thread run over half a dozen pages and come back with a fresh attitude. Perhaps then this "flaming" will stop.
People drive badly and make mistakes, it's a fact of life. No need to get your knickers in a twist about it - A suspected misbadged car which turned out to be accurate is not worthy of knob of the year, a couple of piss taking posts maybe, but not worthy of this thread.
So it's ok for others to act like that but when I do it back (in retaliation to them) I'm the bad guy??? Double standards in play?You're acting like you're in a primary school playground. "He said this" "He said that" (I suspect) you're a fully grown man.
If he had a dig on another thread, judging by the last few pages of this one, I suspect it was justified.
If you want to be left alone, stop commenting for a couple of week, let the thread run over half a dozen pages and come back with a fresh attitude. Perhaps then this "flaming" will stop.
People drive badly and make mistakes, it's a fact of life. No need to get your knickers in a twist about it - A suspected misbadged car which turned out to be accurate is not worthy of knob of the year, a couple of piss taking posts maybe, but not worthy of this thread.
How can I be the only one when I am responding to them, in kind? I'm stood in the playground on my own am I?
He had a dig (as have others) on another thread I have stopped commenting on, and made it quite clear I was doing so. So your let it rest idea wont work will it? There is another knob on here that I have told I am ignoring and yet they still post quoting me. They are just trolling for a response.
That makes them knobs.
I don't care, let them have their childish little digs thinking they can annoy me, they're wasting their time. Shame they're too thick to realise this. You'd think after I responded back to them time and time again in the same vein that they'd realise I'm mocking them, but no. In their simple minds they probably think their winning whatever juvenile game they are playing.
Still it is a bit knobbish to mock the afflicted, I accept that. We are on the right thread for it tho.
Criticising someone for driving a car that they think looks s
t and making such a big deal out if it is definitely knob worthy. And to go to the trouble of posting a picture of it on the internet, why is it any of his business? People drive badly and make mistakes, true. Nobody's perfect!
But it is the hight of knobbery to drive/ride poorly and then blame someone else for said mistakes. And if you condone such actions then you are quite likely to act like that out on the road.
Car drivers will criticise other car drivers freely. Rarely do you hear of cyclists criticise their own. Wonder why that is?
I am more and more convinced because of their actions that most cyclists have some sort of personality disorder, their actions on the Internet just confirm it.
But no, because I think that I must be discredited, made out to be the one that is wrong so that they can bask in the false knowledge that they are right.
It would make sense to change their behaviour patterns so people can see that perhaps they are reasonable people, that way they might garner some respect.
But this is unlikely as it seems they like to be abusive too much!!! So I guess car drivers will continue to think most cyclists are knobs (through their own actions) and nothing will change
danjama said:
OpulentBob said:
When you see something like that, you have to almost admire the balls (or ignorance) of the MLMer. There is no way they can't know they're causing an obstruction. To be so bloody minded as to stay there shows some proper determination!
I have a strange curiousity to move in front of them and gradually slow down in increments, to see at which point they would either move to overtake or move left.I bet hand gestures would come first!
ruff'n'smov said:
JagXJR said:
R2T2 said:
Sorry, the only person acting like a knob on this thread is you.
You're acting like you're in a primary school playground. "He said this" "He said that" (I suspect) you're a fully grown man.
If he had a dig on another thread, judging by the last few pages of this one, I suspect it was justified.
If you want to be left alone, stop commenting for a couple of week, let the thread run over half a dozen pages and come back with a fresh attitude. Perhaps then this "flaming" will stop.
People drive badly and make mistakes, it's a fact of life. No need to get your knickers in a twist about it - A suspected misbadged car which turned out to be accurate is not worthy of knob of the year, a couple of piss taking posts maybe, but not worthy of this thread.
So it's ok for others to act like that but when I do it back (in retaliation to them) I'm the bad guy??? Double standards in play?You're acting like you're in a primary school playground. "He said this" "He said that" (I suspect) you're a fully grown man.
If he had a dig on another thread, judging by the last few pages of this one, I suspect it was justified.
If you want to be left alone, stop commenting for a couple of week, let the thread run over half a dozen pages and come back with a fresh attitude. Perhaps then this "flaming" will stop.
People drive badly and make mistakes, it's a fact of life. No need to get your knickers in a twist about it - A suspected misbadged car which turned out to be accurate is not worthy of knob of the year, a couple of piss taking posts maybe, but not worthy of this thread.
How can I be the only one when I am responding to them, in kind? I'm stood in the playground on my own am I?
He had a dig (as have others) on another thread I have stopped commenting on, and made it quite clear I was doing so. So your let it rest idea wont work will it? There is another knob on here that I have told I am ignoring and yet they still post quoting me. They are just trolling for a response.
That makes them knobs.
I don't care, let them have their childish little digs thinking they can annoy me, they're wasting their time. Shame they're too thick to realise this. You'd think after I responded back to them time and time again in the same vein that they'd realise I'm mocking them, but no. In their simple minds they probably think their winning whatever juvenile game they are playing.
Still it is a bit knobbish to mock the afflicted, I accept that. We are on the right thread for it tho.
Criticising someone for driving a car that they think looks s
t and making such a big deal out if it is definitely knob worthy. And to go to the trouble of posting a picture of it on the internet, why is it any of his business? People drive badly and make mistakes, true. Nobody's perfect!
But it is the hight of knobbery to drive/ride poorly and then blame someone else for said mistakes. And if you condone such actions then you are quite likely to act like that out on the road.
Car drivers will criticise other car drivers freely. Rarely do you hear of cyclists criticise their own. Wonder why that is?
I am more and more convinced because of their actions that most cyclists have some sort of personality disorder, their actions on the Internet just confirm it.
But no, because I think that I must be discredited, made out to be the one that is wrong so that they can bask in the false knowledge that they are right.
It would make sense to change their behaviour patterns so people can see that perhaps they are reasonable people, that way they might garner some respect.
But this is unlikely as it seems they like to be abusive too much!!! So I guess car drivers will continue to think most cyclists are knobs (through their own actions) and nothing will change
Because this is just slowly becoming that
ruff'n'smov said:
JagXJR said:
R2T2 said:
Sorry, the only person acting like a knob on this thread is you.
You're acting like you're in a primary school playground. "He said this" "He said that" (I suspect) you're a fully grown man.
If he had a dig on another thread, judging by the last few pages of this one, I suspect it was justified.
If you want to be left alone, stop commenting for a couple of week, let the thread run over half a dozen pages and come back with a fresh attitude. Perhaps then this "flaming" will stop.
People drive badly and make mistakes, it's a fact of life. No need to get your knickers in a twist about it - A suspected misbadged car which turned out to be accurate is not worthy of knob of the year, a couple of piss taking posts maybe, but not worthy of this thread.
So it's ok for others to act like that but when I do it back (in retaliation to them) I'm the bad guy??? Double standards in play?You're acting like you're in a primary school playground. "He said this" "He said that" (I suspect) you're a fully grown man.
If he had a dig on another thread, judging by the last few pages of this one, I suspect it was justified.
If you want to be left alone, stop commenting for a couple of week, let the thread run over half a dozen pages and come back with a fresh attitude. Perhaps then this "flaming" will stop.
People drive badly and make mistakes, it's a fact of life. No need to get your knickers in a twist about it - A suspected misbadged car which turned out to be accurate is not worthy of knob of the year, a couple of piss taking posts maybe, but not worthy of this thread.
How can I be the only one when I am responding to them, in kind? I'm stood in the playground on my own am I?
He had a dig (as have others) on another thread I have stopped commenting on, and made it quite clear I was doing so. So your let it rest idea wont work will it? There is another knob on here that I have told I am ignoring and yet they still post quoting me. They are just trolling for a response.
That makes them knobs.
I don't care, let them have their childish little digs thinking they can annoy me, they're wasting their time. Shame they're too thick to realise this. You'd think after I responded back to them time and time again in the same vein that they'd realise I'm mocking them, but no. In their simple minds they probably think their winning whatever juvenile game they are playing.
Still it is a bit knobbish to mock the afflicted, I accept that. We are on the right thread for it tho.
Criticising someone for driving a car that they think looks s
t and making such a big deal out if it is definitely knob worthy. And to go to the trouble of posting a picture of it on the internet, why is it any of his business? People drive badly and make mistakes, true. Nobody's perfect!
But it is the hight of knobbery to drive/ride poorly and then blame someone else for said mistakes. And if you condone such actions then you are quite likely to act like that out on the road.
Car drivers will criticise other car drivers freely. Rarely do you hear of cyclists criticise their own. Wonder why that is?
I am more and more convinced because of their actions that most cyclists have some sort of personality disorder, their actions on the Internet just confirm it.
But no, because I think that I must be discredited, made out to be the one that is wrong so that they can bask in the false knowledge that they are right.
It would make sense to change their behaviour patterns so people can see that perhaps they are reasonable people, that way they might garner some respect.
But this is unlikely as it seems they like to be abusive too much!!! So I guess car drivers will continue to think most cyclists are knobs (through their own actions) and nothing will change
There are good and bad cyclists/riders/drivers/walkers where ever you go.
Do all cyclists run red lights? No.
Do all car drivers cut you up and then flick the V at you? No.
Do all pedestrians just walk out into the road and expect you to stop? No.
There's good and bad in each "group" of commuters, that doesn't mean you need to tarnish them with the same brush.
If you want people to stop taking the piss and trolling you, don't start petty arguments and then expect people to back you up.
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