Feet on brake pedal when stopped.

[anonymous-user]

jmorgan said:

St John Smythe said:

Blib said:

I've been driving for nigh on forty years and not once have I been more than the slightest bit inconvenienced by the dazzle of brake lights from a car in front in a queue.

Fog lights, on the other hand, are a totally different matter. Back in the day, my mother owned a Toyota Starlet (Or, was it a Honda Civic?). The fog lights in that were on rocker switches which reset to off whenever the ignition was turned off. YOYOY can't all cars be fitted with them?

Agreed, brake lights on have never bothered me in the slightest and probably never will. I think some people have too much time on their hands to get worked up over stuff like this tbh.

I demand the right to be worked up over nothing!

And free mints on a Thursday.

Edited by jmorgan on Friday 28th November 15:13

Sorry, no free mints I'm afraid but you are more than welcome to the getting worked up bit

[Vipers]

thiscocks said:

The people who do this are normally also the ones riding the clutch at lights no matter how long they are sitting there. As soon as the lights go green they are already 100 metres down the road before I have even put it in gear. Why?

I know what you mean, but a quicker safe get away is to leave it in gear, clutch in hand brake on, hand on handbrake.

Lights change, off handbrake, off you go. Same as I do in my auto, leave in "D", hand brake on, hand on hand brake, lights change, off handbrake, foot down on going faster pedal.

[Pothole]

St John Smythe said:

Blib said:

I've been driving for nigh on forty years and not once have I been more than the slightest bit inconvenienced by the dazzle of brake lights from a car in front in a queue.

Fog lights, on the other hand, are a totally different matter. Back in the day, my mother owned a Toyota Starlet (Or, was it a Honda Civic?). The fog lights in that were on rocker switches which reset to off whenever the ignition was turned off. YOYOY can't all cars be fitted with them?

Agreed, brake lights on have never bothered me in the slightest and probably never will. I think some people have too much time on their hands to get worked up over stuff like this tbh.

That must be it. The light doesn't bother me, I just have time spare so I say it does.

[LittleEnus]

Who fking cares you trivial so and so.

[Pothole]

LittleEnus said:

Who fking cares you trivial so and so.

A few more people than your guess the car by the looks of it, cock.

[Vipers]

And another thing which pisses me off, you go to a supermarket, and get to the check out.

The person in front puts all their stuff on the conveyor belt, (don't mention planes, please), but DO NOT PUT THE SEPERATOR THINGY AFTER THEIR STUFF. Lazy ignorant barstewards, probably the same people who drive home and keep the foot on the brake in stationary traffic.

[jmorgan]

Vipers said:

And another thing which pisses me off, you go to a supermarket, and get to the check out.

The person in front puts all their stuff on the conveyor belt, (don't mention planes, please), but DO NOT PUT THE SEPERATOR THINGY AFTER THEIR STUFF. Lazy ignorant barstewards, probably the same people who drive home and keep the foot on the brake in stationary traffic.

Ha! I love doing that to see what the people will do.

(More scan on the go now but hey, when I am in the mood, quite funny with a single item)

[Tony33]

Vipers said:

And another thing which pisses me off, you go to a supermarket, and get to the check out.

The person in front puts all their stuff on the conveyor belt, (don't mention planes, please), but DO NOT PUT THE SEPERATOR THINGY AFTER THEIR STUFF. Lazy ignorant barstewards, probably the same people who drive home and keep the foot on the brake in stationary traffic.

Worst still is when they come to pay they (women usually) have to search their bags to find their purse. Even worse start looking for coupons. Come on it isn't really a surprise that you have to pay is it?

Worst still people taking forever to put their car in gear and release the handbrake at traffic lights so all the cars behind them have to wait as the lights have changed by the time they finally set off! Electronic handbrakes and auto hold should be compulsory

[Fox-]

Foppo said:

I can't get my head around this why so many drivers have their feet on brakes when stopped.It is irritating for the driver who is behind them.I know this subject has been here before.

Handbrake on or put that little lever in park when you have a automatic.Are people that insecure?

I drive my car with Auto Hold engaged which automatically applies the handbrake when I stop and means I don't need my feet on the brake. Annoyingly though it illuminates the brake lights for the entire time the handbrake is applied.

So, if you pull up behind a 5 Series with it's brake lights on the chances are it isn't a lazy driver.

[LittleEnus]

Pothole said:

few more people than your guess the car by the looks of it, cock.

I bet you're a right barrel of laughs to spend time with. Tiny minds. Looks like your housing post got a lot of responses. You utter 'end

[Vipers]

Tony33 said:

Vipers said:

And another thing which pisses me off, you go to a supermarket, and get to the check out.

The person in front puts all their stuff on the conveyor belt, (don't mention planes, please), but DO NOT PUT THE SEPERATOR THINGY AFTER THEIR STUFF. Lazy ignorant barstewards, probably the same people who drive home and keep the foot on the brake in stationary traffic.

Worst still is when they come to pay they (women usually) have to search their bags to find their purse. Even worse start looking for coupons. Come on it isn't really a surprise that you have to pay is it?

Worst still people taking forever to put their car in gear and release the handbrake at traffic lights so all the cars behind them have to wait as the lights have changed by the time they finally set off! Electronic handbrakes and auto hold should be compulsory

You've got it in one. Behind a woman going to pay for car park the other day.

Big fecking sign with tariffs, no worries, she ignores all that, puts ticket to ticket machine. (Me and most other drivers read the tariffs, and have the money handy as we approach the ticket machine)

She looks up, It says £2.20

Opens bag, finds purse, scrabble scrabble, finds a pound coin and puts it in machine, looks up.

Amazing, still owners £1.20

Back to purse, rattle rattle, finds another pound coin, puts that in.

Looks up, amazed again, still owes 20p

Back to purse, rattle rattle, finds 20p (FFS), puts it in.

Me thinking "FFS she has done it, now feck off"

But NO, closes purse, puts purse in bag, closes bag, puts bag on shoulder, and ONLY THEN does she take the ticket out of the ticket machine.

Then you know she is off to her car, god elp us.

[anonymous-user]

Pothole said:

St John Smythe said:

Blib said:

I've been driving for nigh on forty years and not once have I been more than the slightest bit inconvenienced by the dazzle of brake lights from a car in front in a queue.

Fog lights, on the other hand, are a totally different matter. Back in the day, my mother owned a Toyota Starlet (Or, was it a Honda Civic?). The fog lights in that were on rocker switches which reset to off whenever the ignition was turned off. YOYOY can't all cars be fitted with them?

Agreed, brake lights on have never bothered me in the slightest and probably never will. I think some people have too much time on their hands to get worked up over stuff like this tbh.

That must be it. The light doesn't bother me, I just have time spare so I say it does.

Glad you've realised in the end

[Prof Prolapse]

13 pages... Come on lads let's see if we can get this mumsnet grade bullst and bickering to 20 pages.

[CoolHands]

Fox- said:

I drive my car with Auto Hold engaged which automatically applies the handbrake when I stop and means I don't need my feet on the brake. Annoyingly though it illuminates the brake lights for the entire time the handbrake is applied.

So, if you pull up behind a 5 Series with it's brake lights on the chances are it isn't a lazy driver.

I didn't know modern cars did that and have to say its the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard.
It's like the hi-viz culture these days - more must be beterrer. I'd like to see the stats for the number of people rear-ended with their handbrake on before this modern craze; I bet its miniscule. Still 'if it saves just one life'....,eh

[Fox-]

CoolHands said:

didn't know modern cars did that and have to say its the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard.

I agree. I've no idea why it does it and I don't think it should.

[motorwaycruiser]

Times change. When learing to drive my father taught me to switch off the indicators and take my foot off the brakes when in a queue at night. I stuck to that for maybe 20 years and still think it's a good approach to showing consideration for your fellow driver. However, my most recent car is fully automatic with a foot operated parking brake which makes trying to do that a major exercise in faff, the "proper" way to drive it is to leave your foot on the brake at lights, and anything else is creating work for yourself. So I'll still turn the indicators off, but I've long since given up on worrying about my brake lights.

[Tony33]

Fox- said:

CoolHands said:

didn't know modern cars did that and have to say its the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard.

I agree. I've no idea why it does it and I don't think it should.

it just makes the mundane aspects of driving easier and safer. Like self cancelling indicators, automatic chokes, electric windows, heated rear windows and mirrors all of which were new fangled tech in their day.

[Boosted LS1]

They'll be making cars that park themselves so people can forget how do reverse into a space. Oh wait....

[GSP]

Not read all 7 pages but on quite a few manfacturers they have auto hold, this keeps the brake light on too

[Monkeylegend]

GSP said:

Not read all 7 pages but on quite a few manfacturers they have auto hold, this keeps the brake light on too

You should have read all 7 pages