One single thing that makes you think "knob" Vol 3

[Bluedot]

This morning's throbber award goes to the cyclist who decided that rather than waste his time using the expensively laid cycle lane that runs around the 4 laned roundabout, his time was much to precious and he would use the lanes on the roundabout instead. Bearing in mind this is a very busy roundabout with 4 and sometimes 6 lanes along with entrances and exits to a motorway, various industrial estates and A roads.
The lane markings are perfectly laid out for every rush hour driving god to hone their skills, skillfully carving up swathes of traffic so they don't have to queue that extra 10 seconds at the next set of lights.
So now picture it as throbber cyclist kicks off at the lights and out into the snarling unforgiving mass of metal vying for positions at various traffic lights, now also picture it as throbber cyclist's chain then slips, and slips again, and again. It was at this point throbber cyclist realises he's now in no mans land and with no transport.
I left him at this point, no idea how he got on, or rather off, before click clacking his way back in his throbber shoes to safety.

[Hackney]

superlightr said:

ashleyman said:

All the people that sit behind buses stopped at bus stops (not the bus stops that are indented from the road) where they're easily passed.

This evening I came up behind 6 cars sat behind a bus loading passengers. Nothing coming towards me on the opposite carriageway, waited a while for people to overtake and nobody moved so I indicated right and overtook 6 cars and 1 bus.

I'm probably the knob though for not being patient or waiting behind but why people won't bother to move is beyond me...

When recently in the USA if a bus was stopped letting off or taking on passengers both sides of the traffic had to stop and not pass the bus. Found it strange but thinking about it people/children getting off or onto a buss are likely to cross the road whilst its stopped and from a safety pov I thought it was a good idea seeing it in action.

I think overtaking 6 cars and a stationary bus may have been too much of a risk for me as I would imagin the view lines and visibility of people crossing in front of the bus was high plus people would not have expected a car to be on the "wrong" side if they were crossing infront of the bus and hence may not have looked that way at all.

We don't have that rule in the UK, but the dozens of people alighting at the bus stop opposite Stanmore station and swarming across the road, front and back of the bus with not a care in the world (or often without a look left or right) would indicate to the casual observer that the rule was in place.

[wst]

If you leave your bin out for 5 milleseconds longer than absolutely necessary for them to be collected, some wker comes along and puts his rubbish in your bin.

So now there's a microwave sitting on the footpath, because I'm not paying my council tax to dispose of his crap.

[anonymous-user]

wst said:

If you leave your bin out for 5 milleseconds longer than absolutely necessary for them to be collected, some wker comes along and puts his rubbish in your bin.

So now there's a microwave sitting on the footpath, because I'm not paying my council tax to dispose of his crap.

Why don't you go all "TheExcession" on them and hurl it in through their window.....

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

[wst]

If I ever spot 'em they'll be receiving it in many pieces across their front lawn, yes. Unfortunately it's not visible from my house due to the layout of the place which has resulted in the nickname "Colditz". Council estates, eh? (if you look at a map of "privately owned" to "housing association or council owned" of the local area my house sticks out like a sore thumb)

[Blown2CV]

wst said:

If you leave your bin out for 5 milleseconds longer than absolutely necessary for them to be collected, some wker comes along and puts his rubbish in your bin.

So now there's a microwave sitting on the footpath, because I'm not paying my council tax to dispose of his crap.

wow council as fk

[kowalski655]

The Glasgow taxi driver who tried to overtake on the inside of a tight 90 degree right hand bend as I was driving along it, especially bad as visibility is pretty poor there

The idiot in the Audi SUV sat in a carpark traffic lane for about 10 minutes,texting, so everyone has to squeeze by him

[Liquid Knight]

problemchild1976 said:

^^^ you aren't using enough heat with your hot air gun matey

JJ

It's how I bought it and how it will look in the recycling bin.

Today I was talking to someone about the crawlers along the A52 and A6 the other and he said...

"Snowflake Drivers"

...apparently those who dawdle along at 75% of the speed limit or less until their fragile little ego can not take the thought of being overtaken so they floor it are "Snowflake Drivers".

One to pass on.

[Rich_W]

Bluedot said:

This morning's throbber award goes to the cyclist who decided that rather than waste his time using the expensively laid cycle lane that runs around the 4 laned roundabout, his time was much to precious and he would use the lanes on the roundabout instead. Bearing in mind this is a very busy roundabout with 4 and sometimes 6 lanes along with entrances and exits to a motorway, various industrial estates and A roads.
The lane markings are perfectly laid out for every rush hour driving god to hone their skills, skillfully carving up swathes of traffic so they don't have to queue that extra 10 seconds at the next set of lights.
So now picture it as throbber cyclist kicks off at the lights and out into the snarling unforgiving mass of metal vying for positions at various traffic lights, now also picture it as throbber cyclist's chain then slips, and slips again, and again. It was at this point throbber cyclist realises he's now in no mans land and with no transport.
I left him at this point, no idea how he got on, or rather off, before click clacking his way back in his throbber shoes to safety.

I'm confused

Roundabout sounds dodgy from your description and the users on it appear to be incompetent.

But its the cyclist who appears to have had an unforeseen mechanical whose the problem?

[Liquid Knight]

nonsequitur said:

Liquid Knight said:

problemchild1976 said:

^^^ you aren't using enough heat with your hot air gun matey

JJ

It's how I bought it and how it will look in the recycling bin.

Today I was talking to someone about the crawlers along the A52 and A6 the other and he said...

"Snowflake Drivers"

...apparently those who dawdle along at 75% of the speed limit or less until their fragile little ego can not take the thought of being overtaken so they floor it are "Snowflake Drivers".

One to pass on.

'Snowflake Drivers', doesn't really marry up with those who are cautious motorists. Unless it is ironic or so obvious that I don't see it.

No issue with cautious drivers at all it's the ones who go from cautious to callous as soon as somebody tries to overtake. Blocking the overtake putting themselves and everyone else on the road at undue risk.

[InitialDave]

nonsequitur said:

Agree, but why 'Snowflake Drivers', snowflakes being soft and gentle things.

It derives from the term "special snowflake", mocking the idea that people's self-image is they're somehow special and unique, when really they're just another bipedal meatbag like the rest of us. In context, he's referring to them thinking that they're too important to be overtaken.

[e21Mark]

The people who walk their dog, pick up it's mess and then leave a knotted plastic bag on the side of the path to 'accidentally' forget when they make their way back to the car park. I've seen the same dog owner do this twice now, at a local spot. I politely reminded them they forgotten their bag and got a load of abuse for my trouble. Today, with the sun shining and perfect dog walking weather, I saw their car and crammed the exhaust with as much dog st as I could find. A bit of knob behaviour on my part I know, but if you own a dog, clear up after it.

WTF is it with people tying their bags of dog mess to tree branches? I just don't get what makes people think that it's OK to do this?

[kowalski655]

:ROFL:
But it should have been the windows and door handles, not the exhaust

[pits]

Chrome wheels, usually the type found on every American modified car ever, or older Mitsubishi L200's, ranging in sizes from 16" and nasty as fk to 42 million inches and really fking nasty

[Moonhawk]

The knob in a black Audi RS-something or other who was racing another car (a white civic I think) at around 1pm on the northbound M60.

Do you actually have a turbo attached to that dump valve, or is it all for show - hoping that people will hear it, look and see your driving 'skillz'

I hope those avearge speed cameras on the M60 got you - although I rather suspect mummy and daddy will be picking up the tab for the FPN if they did.

Edited by Moonhawk on Saturday 18th February 22:02

[993kimbo]

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e21Mark said:

The people who walk their dog, pick up it's mess and then leave a knotted plastic bag on the side of the path to 'accidentally' forget when they make their way back to the car park. I've seen the same dog owner do this twice now, at a local spot. I politely reminded them they forgotten their bag and got a load of abuse for my trouble. Today, with the sun shining and perfect dog walking weather, I saw their car and crammed the exhaust with as much dog st as I could find. A bit of knob behaviour on my part I know, but if you own a dog, clear up after it.

WTF is it with people tying their bags of dog mess to tree branches? I just don't get what makes people think that it's OK to do this?

I can't agree more with this.

[InitialDave]

nonsequitur said:

'Special Snowflake?' Still doesn't make any sense. Self image/too important is as far away from the subject as can possibly be. I shall refrain from using this metaphor when I am overtaking.

You are aware of the common belief that no two snowflakes are alike, yes? So it's used as a mocking term for people who think they're somehow special and unique compared to everyone else.

You asked why he used the term, so I told you. If don't agree with the term and don't want to use it yourself, then proceed however you wish, though in future perhaps refrain from asking questions if you don't actually want an answer.

[Zedboy1200]

e21Mark said:

I saw their car and crammed the exhaust with as much dog st as I could find.

Loving the poop Ninga... man after my heart :-)

[DaveGoddard]

The Volvo estate I encountered on the M6 tonight, sitting calmly at just under 60mph in the middle lane, barely any other vehicles in sight. Gave them a couple of headlight flashes, they (eventually) moved over. I overtook and they flashed their own lights back at me, and then once I'd got a short way ahead of them I looked in my mirror to see them pull back out into the middle lane....

Should have just spun them out!

[SlimJim16v]

The idiot in an X5 with rear fogs on yesterday evening, on Hanging Hill Lane. It hasn't been foggy for several days at least and my 2 or 3 flashes had no effect.