A Driving Licence Cull - Post your suggestions

[Agent Orange]

kambites said:

Going through a red light on/in any vehicle (unless getting out of the way of an emergency vehicle) should be an instant ban with no immediate retest allowed - probably tier 2 in your list.

Except of course you shouldn't put yourself in danger or break the law to get out of the way for emergency services. No matter how urgent it is for the emergency vehicle to get past it shouldn't put other road users in danger. You jumping a red light is putting you and others in danger.

To count your offence I'll offer this one

Drivers that leaps towards the kerb and stops when an emergency vehicle approaches from the other direction on a clear road. The ambulance has a clear road on his side. Why the hell did you stop?

Tier 1 = Licence revoked, retake test asap

[Pesty]

After a quick 50 mile drive

Tier shot in the face offences.

1) slowing down for traffic lights on green
2) moving out of the outside lane if a motorway back to the middle lane 1 mm at a time taking 5 miles to do it.

Just die.

[kambites]

Agent Orange said:

Except of course you shouldn't put yourself in danger or break the law to get out of the way for emergency services. No matter how urgent it is for the emergency vehicle to get past it shouldn't put other road users in danger. You jumping a red light is putting you and others in danger.

Whilst I agree that that's what the law says, I don't agree that it's the right thing to do. I'll happily break the law to get out of the way of an emergency vehicle if I think it's safe to do so. Putting your front wheels a couple of feet over the "stop" line to make space isn't usually dangerous if there is enough space that it doesn't put you in the path of other traffic.

[grayze]

fulham911club said:

V8forweekends said:

big_boz said:

So you are saying that in an auto you would knock it out of drive and pull the hand brake on?

REALLY......i don't think so

You don't need to, leave it in Drive and apply the hand/parking brake - all autos are engineered with this in mind.

Does that work with electric parking brakes also?

They usually have auto hold functions that apply the parking brake when you come to a standstill and release it when you touch the accelerator pedal. My last 3 cars had this anyway(2 X 5 series and a A6)

[ess]

Addison Lee

[CO2000]

thehype said:

People who are incapable of talking to their passengers without turning their head sideways to look at them - makes me unnecessarily angry.

I'd bet glasses wearers do this far more than others due to poorer peripheral vision, same at junctions or lane changing in fact.

[Steffan]

CO2000 said:

thehype said:

People who are incapable of talking to their passengers without turning their head sideways to look at them - makes me unnecessarily angry.

I'd bet glasses wearers do this far more than others due to poorer peripheral vision, same at junctions or lane changing in fact.

We do. Parallax is a real problem with glasses and focusing on the dials foran instrument check in a rock hard kit car whilst bobbling along on the dreadful surfaces that pass as country roads and peering under the car in front to see where the road is going is all part of the fun. Looking out behind the headlamps above my head on the front vibrating at around 90000 per minute in company with the engine also has its effects. No fun getting older but more fun that not. Apparently

[redtwin]

Willy Nilly said:

I'd make holding a driving license depend on how fat you are, too fat and you have to walk, thus loosing weight.

As per PHuzzy's suggestion, have a bus pass.

[robinessex]

All other drivers except me.................!!

[mp3manager]

Pesty said:

After a quick 50 mile drive

Tier shot in the face offences.

1) slowing down for traffic lights on green

Which is the way you're supposed to approach lights on green. It's called anticipation.

Pesty go and stand in a bus queue, as you simply don't deserve to have a driving licence.

[Pebbles167]

mp3manager said:

Which is the way you're supposed to approach lights on green. It's called anticipation.

Pesty go and stand in a bus queue, as you simply don't deserve to have a driving licence.

Not really, continue at your current safe speed. Anticipation isn't synonymous with slow driving. Ive always done this, and NEVER ran a red light. If you are observing properly while approaching and you see the lights begin to change you will have time to stop, if they change whilst you are immediately ahead of them they will be amber when you pass through.

I think you're confusing what he said for accelerating towards the lights, which I agree, isnt sensible.

[mp3manager]

Pebbles167 said:

mp3manager said:

Which is the way you're supposed to approach lights on green. It's called anticipation.

Pesty go and stand in a bus queue, as you simply don't deserve to have a driving licence.

Not really, continue at your current safe speed. Anticipation isn't synonymous with slow driving. Ive always done this, and NEVER ran a red light. If you are observing properly while approaching and you see the lights begin to change you will have time to stop, if they change whilst you are immediately ahead of them they will be amber when you pass through.

I think you're confusing what he said for accelerating towards the lights, which I agree, isnt sensible.

I don't think I am. If I'm in the truck approaching a green light, I will slow down, as I don't want to unsettle 44 tons of vehicle by braking sharply if the lights change.

[Pit Pony]

VictoriaYorks said:

People who pull up in a queue of traffic leaving a big gap in front of them, then slowly creep forward once you've stopped behind them - why?

I did this today. There was a tt in an MG 25, climbing over my arse in a 40 MPH zone, heading towards traffic lights which were red, and I had taken my foot off the accelerator, because well, no point in accelerating up to the red light. He just got closer, so I braked sooner and harder than I would normally, and then crept forward the last 20 Yrds.

I noticed a bit of rust on my rear valance, so If he wants his insurance to pay for a new one.


Shall I get my coat now?

[Willy Nilly]

redtwin said:

Willy Nilly said:

I'd make holding a driving license depend on how fat you are, too fat and you have to walk, thus loosing weight.

As per PHuzzy's suggestion, have a bus pass.

bds.

[gtidriver]

What tier for fking french wkers that open there car door into the side of my car damaging the mirror and denting the crease in the panel. Can we also have snipers on supermarket roofs to head shot people who are to fking lazy to put the trolley back.

[mybrainhurts]

cptsideways said:

I think it's about time we had a mass licence cull here in the UK. Simple tiered rules if you break them you loose your licence, with the upper level of you loose it for good, have your car crushed & issued with a bus pass for life instead (I Think that's the best punishment)

If you fail to answer a highway code question correctly at the roadside after a stoppage you move up a tier of punishment.

The process will be instant & swift, with mobile car crushers waiting on standby.

Tier 1 = Licence revoked, retake test asap
Tier 2 = Licence revoked, banned for a period, retake test
Tier 3 = Licence revoked forever, car crushed, bus pass for life issued

Who's a proper little control freak, eh...?

[Pesty]

mp3manager said:

Pesty said:

After a quick 50 mile drive

Tier shot in the face offences.

1) slowing down for traffic lights on green

Which is the way you're supposed to approach lights on green. It's called anticipation.

Pesty go and stand in a bus queue, as you simply don't deserve to have a driving licence.

bks


Not when you do it 200 meters away meaning the gap is that big that the lights change back again because they think there is no traffic.
Funnily enough I've never gone through a red light and I don't slow down to 20mph in a 50 when they are on the horizon
I bet you're one of those who stops at roundabouts arnt you.

[mp3manager]

Pesty said:

bks


Not when you do it 200 meters away meaning the gap is that big that the lights change back again because they think there is no traffic.
Funnily enough I've never gone through a red light and I don't slow down to 20mph in a 50 when they are on the horizon
I bet you're one of those who stops at roundabouts arnt you.

Wrong again monkey boy!

[Pebbles167]

mp3manager said:

I don't think I am. If I'm in the truck approaching a green light, I will slow down, as I don't want to unsettle 44 tons of vehicle by braking sharply if the lights change.

Well I used to drive coaches, and I agree that in a vehicle that size, its worth it!

[Jam Spavlin]

Own a vauxhall: instant ban without chance of getting it back.