One single thing that makes you think "knob" Vol 3
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I get this at three way mini-roundabouts, usually when everyone has right of way. We all arrive at more or less the same time, I'm wanting to go right, the chap on my right wants to go right and the individual opposite me wants to go straight on. In cases like these I'm usually the one to set off which frees up the others usually, the knob in these cases are the throbbing urine channels that thought three way mini-roundabouts are a good idea.
yellowjack said:
Chris1255 said:
On a similar note, people who don't understand give way to the right on a mini roundabout. So the person who should have priority just sits there waiting for something to happen along with everyone else waiting for them to go.
It's reaching pandemic levels these days.Pull up to the mini roundabout, correctly expecting to give way to the car to your right, yet they sit there not moving. As does the one who's going straight across from your left, who has probably only looked at me, expecting to give way to me, despite the fact that the car to my right means I can't 'go' either.
So we all sit still. 10 seconds. 20 seconds. No one moving, two very puzzled idiots either side of me, me getting grumpier with each passing second. Surely these two fools will realise that they can both 'go' at the same time? Preferably soon, so I can get out too. But no, forty seconds, still no-one is moving.
So. Someone has to "get this party started" and I begin to move off. The response is sometimes the hooting of a horn, or rude gestures, because one or both of the idiots will also begin to move, but usually the response is a shocked look, and both of them continue waiting for a written invitation to proceed. Grrr! It's fine when you're the first car waiting to enter the roundabout, but hell's teeth - it ain't half painful when you're stuck behind on of them!!!
yellowjack said:
It's reaching pandemic levels these days.
Pull up to the mini roundabout, correctly expecting to give way to the car to your right, yet they sit there not moving. As does the one who's going straight across from your left, who has probably only looked at me, expecting to give way to me, despite the fact that the car to my right means I can't 'go' either.
So we all sit still. 10 seconds. 20 seconds. No one moving, two very puzzled idiots either side of me, me getting grumpier with each passing second. Surely these two fools will realise that they can both 'go' at the same time? Preferably soon, so I can get out too. But no, forty seconds, still no-one is moving.
So. Someone has to "get this party started" and I begin to move off. The response is sometimes the hooting of a horn, or rude gestures, because one or both of the idiots will also begin to move, but usually the response is a shocked look, and both of them continue waiting for a written invitation to proceed. Grrr! It's fine when you're the first car waiting to enter the roundabout, but hell's teeth - it ain't half painful when you're stuck behind on of them!!!
Who waits 10 seconds at a roundabout if nobody is moving? If the person who has priority doesn't move then I go. Not got time to be waiting around pandering to people who can't remember the proper way to drive! Of course if you're stuck behind someone like this then you have no choice but to wait.Pull up to the mini roundabout, correctly expecting to give way to the car to your right, yet they sit there not moving. As does the one who's going straight across from your left, who has probably only looked at me, expecting to give way to me, despite the fact that the car to my right means I can't 'go' either.
So we all sit still. 10 seconds. 20 seconds. No one moving, two very puzzled idiots either side of me, me getting grumpier with each passing second. Surely these two fools will realise that they can both 'go' at the same time? Preferably soon, so I can get out too. But no, forty seconds, still no-one is moving.
So. Someone has to "get this party started" and I begin to move off. The response is sometimes the hooting of a horn, or rude gestures, because one or both of the idiots will also begin to move, but usually the response is a shocked look, and both of them continue waiting for a written invitation to proceed. Grrr! It's fine when you're the first car waiting to enter the roundabout, but hell's teeth - it ain't half painful when you're stuck behind on of them!!!
Hol said:
I have had 000's of Mexican stand-offs at roundabouts stopping to give way to the right, but I honestly cannot remember a specific case where one of the other drivers got apoplectic about not being the 'one' who went first.
Try it on a 'proper' 4-way roundabout then!Picture the scene - I'm approaching '6' and another driver is approaching '12' at roughly the same time. '3' and '9' are empty, and it's clear that they'll stay that way. I want to turn right (exit at '3') while the driver opposite me also wants to turn right (exit at '9').
Now it's clear to me that we both have exactly the same responsibility to "give way to the right" and it's equally clear to me that we are both as "to the right" of the other driver as one-another. So 99.9% of the time I'll proceed, and so will the other driver, we both circulate round the island, remaining opposite one-another at all times, and clear the roundabout safely without ever coming close to crossing paths or creating any form of 'conflict'.
Except the occasional halfwit who will lean on the horn despite us being opposite one-another on the roundabout, or the other type who won't move off, and so ends up having to give way to me as I cross in front of his entry point, resulting in sweary attitude and/or honking of horn. I don't dawdle, but neither am I the type to smoke my tyres as I rip round the 'island' and I'm frequently at a loss as to why some of these dump-valves seem to think that they are to my right, and therefore I ought to cede priority to them, despite their being as much to my right.
Seriously, folks, just sit down, catch your breathe and think about it. Driving really is simple in the majority of situations, you just need to look, think, and plan in good time and we can all negotiate to avoid that pesky coming to a halt and starting from scratch at every single junction we drive through.
Yes I had one over the weekend. On the way home from work.
2 Lanes, 30MPH speed limit, bus stop on left after you pass that theres 2 lanes. Straight on in the left or left into Aldi. Right hand lane is to on to a roundabout. Theres a new lane off the round about. To pass across to go straight over to Aldi. I moved into right hand lane its a good 200-300 yards to the roundabout so indicating Right as I approach. Knob rash in a Honda, pulls out just as im approaching the turn on the straight on to Aldi junction.
Good job I have good brakes, and to top of it he proceeds to turn right out of the exit and go round the roundabout. next to the sign that say sstraight on only no right turn.
Utter bell end. He got a load blast of the horn and sped off round the roundabout.
This is where it happened.
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@53.7432643,-0.38671...
Im in right approaching round about he he pulls out on that straight across bit... before the van, then goes right. Tosser.
2 Lanes, 30MPH speed limit, bus stop on left after you pass that theres 2 lanes. Straight on in the left or left into Aldi. Right hand lane is to on to a roundabout. Theres a new lane off the round about. To pass across to go straight over to Aldi. I moved into right hand lane its a good 200-300 yards to the roundabout so indicating Right as I approach. Knob rash in a Honda, pulls out just as im approaching the turn on the straight on to Aldi junction.
Good job I have good brakes, and to top of it he proceeds to turn right out of the exit and go round the roundabout. next to the sign that say sstraight on only no right turn.
Utter bell end. He got a load blast of the horn and sped off round the roundabout.
This is where it happened.
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@53.7432643,-0.38671...
Im in right approaching round about he he pulls out on that straight across bit... before the van, then goes right. Tosser.
Taxi drivers, smoking at the wheel of their taxi. Erm? Really?
So, Mr "Surrey Heath Hackney Carriage, Licence Number 28", your details are in the process of being communicated to your licencing authority. If only I'd have been in a position to take a photograph of your ugly puss smoking in your SsangYong Rodius on the "This is a no smoking site" Frimley Park Hospital drop-off point at 7am this morning, that would also be winging it's way to Surrey Heath Borough Council to back up my complaint. As it was you got past me before I could grab the photo...
...plus you were concentrating so hard on trying to smoke out of your open window that you were driving extremely poorly too. Knob 'ead.
So, Mr "Surrey Heath Hackney Carriage, Licence Number 28", your details are in the process of being communicated to your licencing authority. If only I'd have been in a position to take a photograph of your ugly puss smoking in your SsangYong Rodius on the "This is a no smoking site" Frimley Park Hospital drop-off point at 7am this morning, that would also be winging it's way to Surrey Heath Borough Council to back up my complaint. As it was you got past me before I could grab the photo...
...plus you were concentrating so hard on trying to smoke out of your open window that you were driving extremely poorly too. Knob 'ead.
yellowjack said:
Hol said:
I have had 000's of Mexican stand-offs at roundabouts stopping to give way to the right, but I honestly cannot remember a specific case where one of the other drivers got apoplectic about not being the 'one' who went first.
Try it on a 'proper' 4-way roundabout then!Picture the scene - I'm approaching '6' and another driver is approaching '12' at roughly the same time. '3' and '9' are empty, and it's clear that they'll stay that way. I want to turn right (exit at '3') while the driver opposite me also wants to turn right (exit at '9').
Now it's clear to me that we both have exactly the same responsibility to "give way to the right" and it's equally clear to me that we are both as "to the right" of the other driver as one-another. So 99.9% of the time I'll proceed, and so will the other driver, we both circulate round the island, remaining opposite one-another at all times, and clear the roundabout safely without ever coming close to crossing paths or creating any form of 'conflict'.
Except the occasional halfwit who will lean on the horn despite us being opposite one-another on the roundabout, or the other type who won't move off, and so ends up having to give way to me as I cross in front of his entry point, resulting in sweary attitude and/or honking of horn. I don't dawdle, but neither am I the type to smoke my tyres as I rip round the 'island' and I'm frequently at a loss as to why some of these dump-valves seem to think that they are to my right, and therefore I ought to cede priority to them, despite their being as much to my right.
Seriously, folks, just sit down, catch your breathe and think about it. Driving really is simple in the majority of situations, you just need to look, think, and plan in good time and we can all negotiate to avoid that pesky coming to a halt and starting from scratch at every single junction we drive through.
I'm not suggesting that your scenario does not happen occasionally, just that it doesn't seem to happen to anyone else as much.
Edited by Hol on Monday 27th June 16:24
yellowjack said:
Taxi drivers, smoking at the wheel of their taxi. Erm? Really?
So, Mr "Surrey Heath Hackney Carriage, Licence Number 28", your details are in the process of being communicated to your licencing authority. If only I'd have been in a position to take a photograph of your ugly puss smoking in your SsangYong Rodius on the "This is a no smoking site" Frimley Park Hospital drop-off point at 7am this morning, that would also be winging it's way to Surrey Heath Borough Council to back up my complaint. As it was you got past me before I could grab the photo...
...plus you were concentrating so hard on trying to smoke out of your open window that you were driving extremely poorly too. Knob 'ead.
Am I due a whoosh parrot? That seems like OTT levels of hate for a bloke driving past while smoking a fag.So, Mr "Surrey Heath Hackney Carriage, Licence Number 28", your details are in the process of being communicated to your licencing authority. If only I'd have been in a position to take a photograph of your ugly puss smoking in your SsangYong Rodius on the "This is a no smoking site" Frimley Park Hospital drop-off point at 7am this morning, that would also be winging it's way to Surrey Heath Borough Council to back up my complaint. As it was you got past me before I could grab the photo...
...plus you were concentrating so hard on trying to smoke out of your open window that you were driving extremely poorly too. Knob 'ead.
Knob in a white (of course) Range Rover nearly in my boot for several miles whilst driving down a country road this morning. Flashing lights, making hand gestures, pulling out to the right all the time - the full "get out my superior way" type gestures.
Overtook on a blind bend - I was going the permitted 60 NSL limit.
If that wasn't knobish enough - he approached what's best described as a very shallow puddle which resulted in him hammering the breaks, dropping to about 5 MPH, raising the air suspension (WTF) and driving over the puddle at about 2 MPH. Which was hilarious as by this time I'd caught up and merrily ploughed through it without blinking whilst overtaking him.
After the puddle he was up my arse again for the rest of the road. Until we entered a DC which of course he then immediately entered L2, whilst I put my foot down in L1 and left him for dust. He remained in L2 despite very other little traffic around. Let's hope there's no puddles on the DC that might result in his precious white paint getting dirty.
Knob.
Overtook on a blind bend - I was going the permitted 60 NSL limit.
If that wasn't knobish enough - he approached what's best described as a very shallow puddle which resulted in him hammering the breaks, dropping to about 5 MPH, raising the air suspension (WTF) and driving over the puddle at about 2 MPH. Which was hilarious as by this time I'd caught up and merrily ploughed through it without blinking whilst overtaking him.
After the puddle he was up my arse again for the rest of the road. Until we entered a DC which of course he then immediately entered L2, whilst I put my foot down in L1 and left him for dust. He remained in L2 despite very other little traffic around. Let's hope there's no puddles on the DC that might result in his precious white paint getting dirty.
Knob.
bmw535i said:
ShaunTheSheep said:
Am I due a whoosh parrot? That seems like OTT levels of hate for a bloke driving past while smoking a fag.
It did seem a bit extreme - perhaps he's the type who takes pictures of other people's number plates and bad parking too.
Yes. I regularly contribute to both of those threads. It's not hard to find submissions either. Just walk around with your eyes open and it's like shooting fish in a barrel. Sometimes I contribute to this very "one single thing that makes you think knob!" thread (Wow? Really? Who'd have thought it?) . You too vill go on ze lizt - vot iz your name?
Think about it for just one second. You're criticising (or at least coming across as very judgmental about) someone for discussing bad parking and illegal numberplate alterations, yet you are in here yourself, where the sole purpose of the thread is to identify and mercilessly mock knobheads behind their backs. You're EXACTLY like me, except that I know that some of my attitudes and behaviours (I prefer to call them "high standards") may cause some lesser mortals to see me as one of the 'knobs', whereas you seem to be intent on lobbing rocks, despite residing in a greenhouse...
Europa1 said:
The cyclist on a narrow pavement in Cambridge who called me (pedestrian) a t
t for refusing to step aside to let him past, meaning he had to take to the road. When I invited him to get the f^&k off his bike to discuss the matter and repeat the insult to my face, he declined.
Try walking your dog on a canal tow-path whilst knobhead cyclists treat it like a race track, good forbid anybody should get in the way of their personal best from the st for refusing to step aside to let him past, meaning he had to take to the road. When I invited him to get the f^&k off his bike to discuss the matter and repeat the insult to my face, he declined.tty job to the miserable wife.Europa1 said:
The cyclist on a narrow pavement in Cambridge who called me (pedestrian) a tt for refusing to step aside to let him past, meaning he had to take to the road. When I invited him to get the f^&k off his bike to discuss the matter and repeat the insult to my face, he declined.
You had quite a lively walk into work today then by the looks of things (going on your other post in the bad parking thread) ? t for refusing to step aside to let him past, meaning he had to take to the road. When I invited him to get the f^&k off his bike to discuss the matter and repeat the insult to my face, he declined.
Watch the football last night at all ?
yellowjack said:
Taxi drivers, smoking at the wheel of their taxi. Erm? Really?
So, Mr "Surrey Heath Hackney Carriage, Licence Number 28", your details are in the process of being communicated to your licencing authority. If only I'd have been in a position to take a photograph of your ugly puss smoking in your SsangYong Rodius on the "This is a no smoking site" Frimley Park Hospital drop-off point at 7am this morning, that would also be winging it's way to Surrey Heath Borough Council to back up my complaint. As it was you got past me before I could grab the photo...
...plus you were concentrating so hard on trying to smoke out of your open window that you were driving extremely poorly too. Knob 'ead.
You're in the correct thread, that's for sure. So, Mr "Surrey Heath Hackney Carriage, Licence Number 28", your details are in the process of being communicated to your licencing authority. If only I'd have been in a position to take a photograph of your ugly puss smoking in your SsangYong Rodius on the "This is a no smoking site" Frimley Park Hospital drop-off point at 7am this morning, that would also be winging it's way to Surrey Heath Borough Council to back up my complaint. As it was you got past me before I could grab the photo...
...plus you were concentrating so hard on trying to smoke out of your open window that you were driving extremely poorly too. Knob 'ead.
Bluedot said:
Europa1 said:
The cyclist on a narrow pavement in Cambridge who called me (pedestrian) a tt for refusing to step aside to let him past, meaning he had to take to the road. When I invited him to get the f^&k off his bike to discuss the matter and repeat the insult to my face, he declined.
You had quite a lively walk into work today then by the looks of things (going on your other post in the bad parking thread) ? t for refusing to step aside to let him past, meaning he had to take to the road. When I invited him to get the f^&k off his bike to discuss the matter and repeat the insult to my face, he declined.Watch the football last night at all ?
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