One single thing that makes you think "knob" Vol 3
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Jonno02 said:
romeogolf said:
I wasn't going to post this incident, but you've made me remember it. Filling up the car at the weekend and I used a bottle of water and some blue towel to wipe down my own plate and lights. Despite there being several other pumps, the Insignia driver behind me hooted and then called out his window "Do it at home! People are waiting!"
No, mate. You're waiting - And only because you refuse to use a pump on the opposite side of the car.
Wouldn't say anything if I saw someone doing that. On the other hand. People that quite clearly see you waiting, get in their car, start it, check themselves out in the vanity mirror, plug in their phone, stare down at said phone, then slowly pull away are tNo, mate. You're waiting - And only because you refuse to use a pump on the opposite side of the car.
ts.Alex_225 said:
The sheer number of people on the motorways with illegible number plates due to dirt!!
Was this a toll road by any chance? Last time I was on the Orbital people with mucky number plates yet clean looking vehicles was a bit of revelation. I'm sure being around Dartford at the time was pure coincidence. Liquid Knight said:
Alex_225 said:
The sheer number of people on the motorways with illegible number plates due to dirt!!
Was this a toll road by any chance? Last time I was on the Orbital people with mucky number plates yet clean looking vehicles was a bit of revelation. I'm sure being around Dartford at the time was pure coincidence. Alex_225 said:
The sheer number of people on the motorways with illegible number plates due to dirt!!
I did a fair bit of motorway driving over the weekend and must have spotted 20 cars with so much dirt on the plates, you wouldn't have been able to read them up close let alone from any kind of distance.
I appreciate that a car gets dirty but even when I've done 200-300 miles of motorway driving in the depths of winter my number plate has remained legible. So I find it hard to believe that these cars have got that dirty in one or two long journeys that may prevent someone at least cleaning the plate!
I follow the Beds, Herts and Cambs Roads Policing Twitter feed and they are really clamping down on this at the moment. Thames Valley were also hot on this when I was over in MK last week. I did a fair bit of motorway driving over the weekend and must have spotted 20 cars with so much dirt on the plates, you wouldn't have been able to read them up close let alone from any kind of distance.
I appreciate that a car gets dirty but even when I've done 200-300 miles of motorway driving in the depths of winter my number plate has remained legible. So I find it hard to believe that these cars have got that dirty in one or two long journeys that may prevent someone at least cleaning the plate!
Fair enough, I say, as some people are clearly taking the piss.
romeogolf said:
Alex_225 said:
The sheer number of people on the motorways with illegible number plates due to dirt!!
I wasn't going to post this incident, but you've made me remember it. Filling up the car at the weekend and I used a bottle of water and some blue towel to wipe down my own plate and lights. Despite there being several other pumps, the Insignia driver behind me hooted and then called out his window "Do it at home! People are waiting!"No, mate. You're waiting - And only because you refuse to use a pump on the opposite side of the car.
People who tailgate you because you are in a smaller car.
My Discovery was in the bodyshop getting work done, so borrowed my mums mk7 Fiesta, great wee car with the 1.25 engine, so loves to rev. Used that for the last week for going to work.
The amount of people who will sit so close to your bumper you can't see their front plate is shocking.
Even in 30 and 40 mph zones,where i was sitting at the limit, they were still clamped to the bumper.
In the Disco, i don't notice or mind as i'm in the bigger car, so they will comes off worse.
In the Fiesta, i don't like it as you feel more vulnerable.
My Discovery was in the bodyshop getting work done, so borrowed my mums mk7 Fiesta, great wee car with the 1.25 engine, so loves to rev. Used that for the last week for going to work.
The amount of people who will sit so close to your bumper you can't see their front plate is shocking.
Even in 30 and 40 mph zones,where i was sitting at the limit, they were still clamped to the bumper.
In the Disco, i don't notice or mind as i'm in the bigger car, so they will comes off worse.
In the Fiesta, i don't like it as you feel more vulnerable.
Driving out of Guildford (towards Leatherhead) yesterday and there is a 3 series coupe revving its nuts off at every traffic light and roundabout, before tearing away at well over the limit. Due to traffic I keep catching up all the way up to the dual carriageway section, where I somehow get ahead of him due to turning traffic. A few seconds later he goes screaming past at around 70/80 (in a 50)and around the corner to where the road narrows to 1 lane.
Due to his speed he went around the corner before me and there was maybe 5-10 seconds before he came into my view again; but when he did there was a huge cloud of tyre smoke and he had come to a full stop at the merge point of the road, directly in front of a camera van. Now I get standing on the brakes because you see a camera, but coming to a full stop achieved what exactly? Whatever, he sat there whilst 3 of us filtered past on the nearside lane and carried on. A few minutes later and he went screaming past again, this time using a filter lane to overtake.
Due to his speed he went around the corner before me and there was maybe 5-10 seconds before he came into my view again; but when he did there was a huge cloud of tyre smoke and he had come to a full stop at the merge point of the road, directly in front of a camera van. Now I get standing on the brakes because you see a camera, but coming to a full stop achieved what exactly? Whatever, he sat there whilst 3 of us filtered past on the nearside lane and carried on. A few minutes later and he went screaming past again, this time using a filter lane to overtake.
A.J.M said:
People who tailgate you because you are in a smaller car.
My Discovery was in the bodyshop getting work done, so borrowed my mums mk7 Fiesta, great wee car with the 1.25 engine, so loves to rev. Used that for the last week for going to work.
The amount of people who will sit so close to your bumper you can't see their front plate is shocking.
Even in 30 and 40 mph zones,where i was sitting at the limit, they were still clamped to the bumper.
In the Disco, i don't notice or mind as i'm in the bigger car, so they will comes off worse.
In the Fiesta, i don't like it as you feel more vulnerable.
Tailgated in 30-40 zones and there are no muddy puddles to decorate with? Try a few squirts of "Liquid Ass" out of an open sunroof... My Discovery was in the bodyshop getting work done, so borrowed my mums mk7 Fiesta, great wee car with the 1.25 engine, so loves to rev. Used that for the last week for going to work.
The amount of people who will sit so close to your bumper you can't see their front plate is shocking.
Even in 30 and 40 mph zones,where i was sitting at the limit, they were still clamped to the bumper.
In the Disco, i don't notice or mind as i'm in the bigger car, so they will comes off worse.
In the Fiesta, i don't like it as you feel more vulnerable.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/New-Hot-LIQUID-ASS-Mist-...
...works every time.
Arse not "Ass" in the UK and don't use at more than 40mph as it causes a vacuum and covered your arm.
Angrybiker said:
yellowjack said:
This time I needed to go straight over, so ought to have been in the right hand lane.
For a roundabout with 2 lanes approaching - aren't you supposed to use the left lane for left and straight on; and the right lane for turning right?Liquid Knight said:
It's okay I'm in a company vehicle. I can drive any side of the road I like.
ManOpener said:
Liquid Knight said:
It's okay I'm in a company vehicle. I can drive any side of the road I like.
Would it be a breach of the forum "naming and shaming" policy to have a thread dedicated to vehicles advertising their companies in such a negative way? Technically the contributor won't be doing the naming as it is written in bold letters on the vehicle.
Captainawesome said:
No. You are supposed to look at the signs and markings on each individual roundabout and then use them accordingly.
Well of course markings and signs over-ride, but in the absence of these I was taught (admittedly back in the late 80s) to use left for left and straight on; and right only for right - where there are two lanes approaching and 3 exits.Angrybiker said:
Captainawesome said:
No. You are supposed to look at the signs and markings on each individual roundabout and then use them accordingly.
Well of course markings and signs over-ride, but in the absence of these I was taught (admittedly back in the late 80s) to use left for left and straight on; and right only for right - where there are two lanes approaching and 3 exits.king mirrors they just wander into my lane and nearly take my nose off. Far too many people just follow the rule they were taught and don't perceive the road as a dynamic environment.
Makes me think "knob"
Rant over.
Blown2CV said:
romeogolf said:
Alex_225 said:
The sheer number of people on the motorways with illegible number plates due to dirt!!
I wasn't going to post this incident, but you've made me remember it. Filling up the car at the weekend and I used a bottle of water and some blue towel to wipe down my own plate and lights. Despite there being several other pumps, the Insignia driver behind me hooted and then called out his window "Do it at home! People are waiting!"No, mate. You're waiting - And only because you refuse to use a pump on the opposite side of the car.
Knob end in a "fast" Golf (GTI I think) whom used L2 of a small roundabout to overtake traffic going straight ahead in L1 before flying off into the distance. Okay major knob points awarded, but I suppose not the end of the world. Only then I then caught up to him at the next roundabout/set of traffic lights where he proceeded to use L3 to cut up traffic in L1 and L2 to turn LEFT at the first exit off the roundabout (i.e. he should have been in L1 to take this exit) before speeding off down the exit towards a DC with the force of a meteorite - this was purely intentional DANGEROUS driving which achieved perhaps 4 seconds saving had he been in the correct lane to begin with.
You sir, are going to die and you deserve it. I just hope nobody else ends up involved - the sooner you wrap yourself around a lamp post and die horribly in the process, the safer the roads will be.
You sir, are going to die and you deserve it. I just hope nobody else ends up involved - the sooner you wrap yourself around a lamp post and die horribly in the process, the safer the roads will be.
Edited by AJXX1 on Wednesday 22 February 12:35
Liquid Knight said:
A couple of years ago a liveried up van did such a job cutting up, brake testing and trying to ram someone off the road the company the driver worked for lost a £500,000 contract on a site I was working at.
Would it be a breach of the forum "naming and shaming" policy to have a thread dedicated to vehicles advertising their companies in such a negative way? Technically the contributor won't be doing the naming as it is written in bold letters on the vehicle.
You could try the sWould it be a breach of the forum "naming and shaming" policy to have a thread dedicated to vehicles advertising their companies in such a negative way? Technically the contributor won't be doing the naming as it is written in bold letters on the vehicle.
t driving caught on camera thread. Problem is if you tried posting the above there would be at least two pages of posters arguing how it was 100% your fault, should have seen it coming/thrown car off the road into a bus stop/not been born etc etc ManOpener said:
The frequency with which I see people doing exactly this, oblivious to any traffic that might be in the lane they're cutting across for no discernible reason, it absolutely mind-boggling.
The worst thing is the mouthful of abuse you get when you point this out to them, as if it's somehow your fault for having the gall to want to turn right without having your bumper torn off.Captainawesome said:
No. You are supposed to look at the signs and markings on each individual roundabout and then use them accordingly.
And brain but nobody manages to do even half of your bit.Captainawesome said:
Far too many people just follow the rule that they think they were taught and don't perceive the road as a dynamic environment.
Loads of people think that one picture of one particular roundabout in the HC could and should be applied rigidly to all roundabouts regardless of layout, signs and markings. Well, I say 'think'.Cheers, Jim
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