Gets Your Goat! worst driving traits
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Paul Holywood said:
To be honest the only thing I've seen that is different, is my new van has very bright fog lights compared to my old van, and such I may have to turn them off, as you say when traffic builds up.
Live and learn..
You should not use fog lights simply because it's a bit foggy, even though rather a lot of car drivers seem to use any possible excuse to switch them on. They are to be used when visibility falls below 100 meters which means fairly heavy fog. Simply use the lights correctly and you won't get angry car drivers flashing their lights at you.Live and learn..
My current annoyance is with people who seem unable (or unwilling?) to drive at a reasonable speed in darkness. This was the worst I've encountered for a while:
Most people, myself included, drive at around 40-45mph along this NSL B-road, conditions permitting. The fact that the vehicle is almost in the middle of the road making overtaking impossible just added to the (minor) frustration.
Most people, myself included, drive at around 40-45mph along this NSL B-road, conditions permitting. The fact that the vehicle is almost in the middle of the road making overtaking impossible just added to the (minor) frustration.
Had a great one couple of weeks back.
Nearly home and the last part of my journey has a strange double mini roundabout with a lump of concrete in the middle. This means that if you want to turn right you have to indicate at the first one but you actually turn right at the second as the concrete prevents you from making a turn before then.
Pulled up indicating as I have done thousands of times, waiting for a gap on the first roundabout, entered, still indicating right, made the turn onto the second only to have some silly woman pull out right in front of me and had to execute an emergency stop. To top this off her chav-tastic fella then gave me the finger from the passenger seat and shouted something not very complimentary.
Rage.
Nearly home and the last part of my journey has a strange double mini roundabout with a lump of concrete in the middle. This means that if you want to turn right you have to indicate at the first one but you actually turn right at the second as the concrete prevents you from making a turn before then.
Pulled up indicating as I have done thousands of times, waiting for a gap on the first roundabout, entered, still indicating right, made the turn onto the second only to have some silly woman pull out right in front of me and had to execute an emergency stop. To top this off her chav-tastic fella then gave me the finger from the passenger seat and shouted something not very complimentary.
Rage.
People drifting from one lane to another, especially on bends and roundabouts. I don't mind that some people end up in the wrong lane - I'm sure we've all been in a lane that's indicated as a straight ahead then after a couple of arrows it's all of a sudden a right or left turn only, plus people can't be expected to know every route through an unfamiliar town - but it seems to be more of an occurrence lately for for people to drift over the road markings as if straight lining everything.
It's the same with changing lanes too - no indication, no observation, just slowly drift across the lane either almost into you or right in front of you. Then if you beep them to wake them from their slumber and remind them that two cars don't fit in the same space, you get a torrent of abuse, arm waving and light flashing.
I had a guy the other day try to cut across a lane on a roundabout into the one I was in as I was level with him. I beeped at him, he swerved back into his own lane then when we reached the next set of lights pulled up beside to ask what I was playing at. I told him I was simply going home - why was he trying to ram my car? Apparently it was because I was in the wrong lane and had cut him up as he was changing lanes into mine with no indication or observation whatsoever. I laughed and went on my way, he decided I needed a lesson taught so followed me for miles right on my bumper with his main beams on. I felt told after that, I can tell you...
It's the same with changing lanes too - no indication, no observation, just slowly drift across the lane either almost into you or right in front of you. Then if you beep them to wake them from their slumber and remind them that two cars don't fit in the same space, you get a torrent of abuse, arm waving and light flashing.
I had a guy the other day try to cut across a lane on a roundabout into the one I was in as I was level with him. I beeped at him, he swerved back into his own lane then when we reached the next set of lights pulled up beside to ask what I was playing at. I told him I was simply going home - why was he trying to ram my car? Apparently it was because I was in the wrong lane and had cut him up as he was changing lanes into mine with no indication or observation whatsoever. I laughed and went on my way, he decided I needed a lesson taught so followed me for miles right on my bumper with his main beams on. I felt told after that, I can tell you...
I think it's been mentioned already but I saw a terrible case of 'happy to tailgate, but refuse to overtake' this morning. Audi estate right up the arse of a Fiesta along some moderately-twisty-but-wide b-roads. The Fiesta was going at a very leisurely pace but no problem as there was a half-mile straight coming up, i.e. a perfect overtaking opportunity. We get to the straight and the Audi sticks on the bumper of the Fiesta; after a short while I come to the conclusion that they must be together as by that point the 3.0 TDI Audi could have overtaken five times over, so I quite happily pass them both (in an old Corolla FFS!). A few miles down the road and I guess the Fiesta must have turned off because Audi man comes steaming up behind me, sticks on my rear bumper despite me doing NSL, and again refuses to pass when the next loooooong straight comes. I'm in no hurry so I drifted down to 40 but no, he's not going to pass come hell or high water. Weird.
Puddenchucker said:
My current annoyance is with people who seem unable (or unwilling?) to drive at a reasonable speed in darkness. This was the worst I've encountered for a while:
Most people, myself included, drive at around 40-45mph along this NSL B-road, conditions permitting. The fact that the vehicle is almost in the middle of the road making overtaking impossible just added to the (minor) frustration.
If you look at the pool of light just in front of the car in the pic, I bet they only have DRLs (or fogs) on.Most people, myself included, drive at around 40-45mph along this NSL B-road, conditions permitting. The fact that the vehicle is almost in the middle of the road making overtaking impossible just added to the (minor) frustration.
Antony Moxey said:
People drifting from one lane to another, especially on bends and roundabouts. I don't mind that some people end up in the wrong lane - I'm sure we've all been in a lane that's indicated as a straight ahead then after a couple of arrows it's all of a sudden a right or left turn only, plus people can't be expected to know every route through an unfamiliar town - but it seems to be more of an occurrence lately for for people to drift over the road markings as if straight lining everything.
It's the same with changing lanes too - no indication, no observation, just slowly drift across the lane either almost into you or right in front of you. Then if you beep them to wake them from their slumber and remind them that two cars don't fit in the same space, you get a torrent of abuse, arm waving and light flashing.
I had a guy the other day try to cut across a lane on a roundabout into the one I was in as I was level with him. I beeped at him, he swerved back into his own lane then when we reached the next set of lights pulled up beside to ask what I was playing at. I told him I was simply going home - why was he trying to ram my car? Apparently it was because I was in the wrong lane and had cut him up as he was changing lanes into mine with no indication or observation whatsoever. I laughed and went on my way, he decided I needed a lesson taught so followed me for miles right on my bumper with his main beams on. I felt told after that, I can tell you...
My worst recent experience of this type of nonsense was at this roundabout...It's the same with changing lanes too - no indication, no observation, just slowly drift across the lane either almost into you or right in front of you. Then if you beep them to wake them from their slumber and remind them that two cars don't fit in the same space, you get a torrent of abuse, arm waving and light flashing.
I had a guy the other day try to cut across a lane on a roundabout into the one I was in as I was level with him. I beeped at him, he swerved back into his own lane then when we reached the next set of lights pulled up beside to ask what I was playing at. I told him I was simply going home - why was he trying to ram my car? Apparently it was because I was in the wrong lane and had cut him up as he was changing lanes into mine with no indication or observation whatsoever. I laughed and went on my way, he decided I needed a lesson taught so followed me for miles right on my bumper with his main beams on. I felt told after that, I can tell you...
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.3085441,-0.75119...
...me in the left lane for A331(N) wanting to go 'straight ahead' or second exit. She, in a blue VW Beetle convertible, in right lane for A325, wanting to 'turn right' or third exit.
I get away slightly ahead of her, but she apparently fails to add any steering input, and keeps running straight. This brings her across into my lane, not ahead or behind me, but almost exactly alongside. I simultaneously steered off into the hatched area on the 'outside' of the roundabout, and sounded a long blast on the horn, at which point she applied some control input and steered right, toward her exit. How the juddering f
k she ended up doing that, I've no idea, but I suspect an electronic distraction of some form or other. I could sort of understand her course around the roundabout, if she'd have wanted the same exit as me (both lanes can take second exit), but to drift left whilst needing to go right?
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