One single thing that makes you think "knob" Vol 3
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clarki said:
In this day and age, very naive - I more or less admitted that.
But you do get those who think it elevates them to some God-like levels of policing. My misses had a bad experience from someone who pulled over next to her and alleged bad driving that he'd captured on video and was going to report. She lost sleep over it, he is a knob...one I wouldn't mind meeting.
Like everything, there are 2 sides to every argument... even a dunce like me knows that.
Seems to me you hate them because, more than likely your partner got caught, fair and square, driving poorly. But you do get those who think it elevates them to some God-like levels of policing. My misses had a bad experience from someone who pulled over next to her and alleged bad driving that he'd captured on video and was going to report. She lost sleep over it, he is a knob...one I wouldn't mind meeting.
Like everything, there are 2 sides to every argument... even a dunce like me knows that.
The knob with a death wish on the A64 this morning towards Malton. Driving a little green Pug 106 he undertook a car and cut back into the space between it and the car in front. Which was about three inches longer than the length of his car. In pouring rain. When the car thats now in front of him has had to brake to let a van out. Beyond stupidity.
Then when on the single carrigeway section, the same knobber overtook a lorry, uphill with on coming traffic that he nearly caused a head-on with. Lets hope when you run out of talent there is no one else involved.
Then when on the single carrigeway section, the same knobber overtook a lorry, uphill with on coming traffic that he nearly caused a head-on with. Lets hope when you run out of talent there is no one else involved.
I don't know if I was partially at fault here, but anyway..
Road out of the suburbs on my commute, field / allotment on one side, gravel car park on the other, footpath both sides.
It always floods after heavy rain, the drains just don't work. Some people wimp out and wait to drive through the middle of the puddle, most people stay in their lane as the puddle is 6 inches deep at the most and any normal car would have no problem getting through, no peds around to get splashed either.
So this morning I'm driving up the road, see the flooding and think nothing of it, stay in my lane and head through (it's about 2 car lengths long). Car coming the opposite was, one of those big 4x4's (Kia / Hyundai or whatever) decides at the last moment that the puddle is too deep for her massive Korean beast and swerves into the middle of the road, causing me to brake suddenly to avoid being hit!
Soft tart. I carried on through when she'd gone past without issue
Road out of the suburbs on my commute, field / allotment on one side, gravel car park on the other, footpath both sides.
It always floods after heavy rain, the drains just don't work. Some people wimp out and wait to drive through the middle of the puddle, most people stay in their lane as the puddle is 6 inches deep at the most and any normal car would have no problem getting through, no peds around to get splashed either.
So this morning I'm driving up the road, see the flooding and think nothing of it, stay in my lane and head through (it's about 2 car lengths long). Car coming the opposite was, one of those big 4x4's (Kia / Hyundai or whatever) decides at the last moment that the puddle is too deep for her massive Korean beast and swerves into the middle of the road, causing me to brake suddenly to avoid being hit!
Soft tart. I carried on through when she'd gone past without issue
myvision said:
This helmet he went straight through both red lights that I saw him at but it won't be his fault when he gets knocked off.
It's a parody, but......https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5ZuvmyQ_p4
Old man driving down the M5 last night in a ten year old Kia somethingorother with an offical looking "Warning, you are on CCTV for crime reporting purposes yadda yadda" sticker on the bottom right of his rear window. Sure enough he has at least two forward facing dashcams and one rear facing camera in his car.
I had been driving for three hours on motorways at this point and was bored, needless to say I gave him soom good footage. I wholly expect to be on youtube soon!
I had been driving for three hours on motorways at this point and was bored, needless to say I gave him soom good footage. I wholly expect to be on youtube soon!
Some tosspot in an old A6 who waited for someone to leave a space right at the front of Tesco, Blocking the whole lane as he did so. The person he was waiting for was an old lady who wasn't very fast At leaving the space, the Audi started honking and waving his arms. this annoyed me, and i told him he should be ashamed for bullying an old lady and that I didn't honk him for blocking the whole lane May have accidentally called it a s
tty old Audi as well.
tty old Audi as well.carlove said:
Some tosspot in an old A6 who waited for someone to leave a space right at the front of Tesco, Blocking the whole lane as he did so. The person he was waiting for was an old lady who wasn't very fast At leaving the space, the Audi started honking and waving his arms. this annoyed me, and i told him he should be ashamed for bullying an old lady and that I didn't honk him for blocking the whole lane May have accidentally called it a stty old Audi as well.
I think you were way too polite to him.tty old Audi as well.Similar thing happened at Tesco today. I dropped my severally arthritic Mother off at the pick up point and had to wriggle to get between two cars. Went off and parked while she got a trolley she could use. She waited by the pick up point after shopping so I could get the car and I had to wriggle to get between the same two cars. I looked at both the drivers and shrugged my shoulders. One leaned down and sunk into his seat and the other stared daggers at me and drove off like he was at Santa Pod.
There are over five hundred parking spaces on the car park with priority spaces closer to the front of the store for disabled, elderly and family vehicles so there is no excuse to sit in the pick up point with your engines running waiting for anyone.
Not the greatest crime against humanity I know but I wonder how many people who couldn't fit in the gap they'd left had to struggle to get into the store. If these people are that inconsiderate on a supermarket carpark I'd hate to see what they're like on the road.
Edited to add...
Golf sat with the engine running and backed up a little as I reversed in as an added vote of confidence.
The Focus sat with the engine running and brake lights on the whole time (close to forty minutes) I was there.
A few years ago a Focus or any Ford sat outside a shop or supermarket with the engine running and foot brake applied was probably a getaway driver and would probably get reported; now it's just an inconsiderate tool and nobody looks twice.
There are over five hundred parking spaces on the car park with priority spaces closer to the front of the store for disabled, elderly and family vehicles so there is no excuse to sit in the pick up point with your engines running waiting for anyone.
Not the greatest crime against humanity I know but I wonder how many people who couldn't fit in the gap they'd left had to struggle to get into the store. If these people are that inconsiderate on a supermarket carpark I'd hate to see what they're like on the road.
Edited to add...
Golf sat with the engine running and backed up a little as I reversed in as an added vote of confidence.
The Focus sat with the engine running and brake lights on the whole time (close to forty minutes) I was there.
A few years ago a Focus or any Ford sat outside a shop or supermarket with the engine running and foot brake applied was probably a getaway driver and would probably get reported; now it's just an inconsiderate tool and nobody looks twice.
Edited by Liquid Knight on Sunday 30th August 13:40
The tragic SARP in the 1-series coupe reg CC10 FUN, with a small speed camera sign on his numberplate. Closing up in queuing traffic, I could just make out it said something about monitoring on the sticker.
Having a closer look, he's running front and rear dashcams, no doubt he'll be wking himself into a froth over busy Edinburgh traffic today. Still didn't stop him taking the right turn lane at a roundabout to go straight on though.
Typical dashcam equipped self-righteous prick.
Having a closer look, he's running front and rear dashcams, no doubt he'll be w
king himself into a froth over busy Edinburgh traffic today. Still didn't stop him taking the right turn lane at a roundabout to go straight on though. Typical dashcam equipped self-righteous prick.
This one's for the knob in the Audi S6 today.
Having a nice swift drive through the Dorset B-roads today I quickly found myself behind the S6 plodding along at 30/35mph. Not Knobish in itself as it was quite twisty, so I was happy to sit back and enjoy the country side while I waited for a safe overtake. A couple of minutes later we came across an acceptable straight so I indicated, dropped a cog and pulled out to pass.
Unfortunately once I got alongside Mr Knob had other ideas and booted it. Normally in the 328 it would make little difference especially with the speed differential, but the 4.2 V8 in the Audi meant the safty margin in my overtake quickly shrank and when an oncoming car appeared in the distance I decided to abort.
You'd think that would be the end of it but Mr Knob then thinks it's a good idea to brake with me. Staying alongside and keeping me stuck on the wrong side of the road. Only when the oncoming car had to start slowing did he accelerate again to let me back in behind.
You sir, are a Knob.
Having a nice swift drive through the Dorset B-roads today I quickly found myself behind the S6 plodding along at 30/35mph. Not Knobish in itself as it was quite twisty, so I was happy to sit back and enjoy the country side while I waited for a safe overtake. A couple of minutes later we came across an acceptable straight so I indicated, dropped a cog and pulled out to pass.
Unfortunately once I got alongside Mr Knob had other ideas and booted it. Normally in the 328 it would make little difference especially with the speed differential, but the 4.2 V8 in the Audi meant the safty margin in my overtake quickly shrank and when an oncoming car appeared in the distance I decided to abort.
You'd think that would be the end of it but Mr Knob then thinks it's a good idea to brake with me. Staying alongside and keeping me stuck on the wrong side of the road. Only when the oncoming car had to start slowing did he accelerate again to let me back in behind.
You sir, are a Knob.
People who change lanes on instruction of Sat Navs (I presume) without common sense or road awareness.
Had car driven on Sat nav change from lane 2 to 3 on the M11 yesterday without warning. Even though lane 1 empty. There was a junction coming up in a mile. I was already approaching in lane 3 quite a bit faster. She seemed to take offence to my high beams as she sat at 65 with nothing to her left for miles.
Had car driven on Sat nav change from lane 2 to 3 on the M11 yesterday without warning. Even though lane 1 empty. There was a junction coming up in a mile. I was already approaching in lane 3 quite a bit faster. She seemed to take offence to my high beams as she sat at 65 with nothing to her left for miles.
JordanTurbo said:
You'd think that would be the end of it but Mr Knob then thinks it's a good idea to brake with me. Staying alongside and keeping me stuck on the wrong side of the road. Only when the oncoming car had to start slowing did he accelerate again to let me back in behind.
incredible. I keep thinking that it's good we haven't had a report of this recently, and then it happens again. These people need shooting.May I nominate my wife?
Driving home late at night (I let her drive, I know, hand my card in at the door), she is about to turn right when she checks her mirror and asks me if it's a police car behind her.
She's so busy looking in her mirror as she turns that she oversteers and ends up way over on the wrong side of the road. She's still looking rearwards as she drives away and hadn't quite grasped the situation.
tbh i wish it had been a police car to give her a good talking to.
Driving home late at night (I let her drive, I know, hand my card in at the door), she is about to turn right when she checks her mirror and asks me if it's a police car behind her.
She's so busy looking in her mirror as she turns that she oversteers and ends up way over on the wrong side of the road. She's still looking rearwards as she drives away and hadn't quite grasped the situation.
tbh i wish it had been a police car to give her a good talking to.
Me perhaps, a frustration kicked in. A duel carriageway, 70 mph, a lorry in the left lane and a car behind, I'm closing in lane two, the car pulls out. This is fine, lots of room but he pulls out early, 300 yards to him and the lorry and he ..... maintains.....his speed....at.... around....60 mph....
So as I sit and wait, and wait, 290 yards, 280 yards. I make a decision to indicate left, drive on the inside lane, pass the lane two chap and pull out into lane 2.
So as I sit and wait, and wait, 290 yards, 280 yards. I make a decision to indicate left, drive on the inside lane, pass the lane two chap and pull out into lane 2.
knitware said:
Me perhaps, a frustration kicked in. A duel carriageway, 70 mph, a lorry in the left lane and a car behind, I'm closing in lane two, the car pulls out. This is fine, lots of room but he pulls out early, 300 yards to him and the lorry and he ..... maintains.....his speed....at.... around....60 mph....
So as I sit and wait, and wait, 290 yards, 280 yards. I make a decision to indicate left, drive on the inside lane, pass the lane two chap and pull out into lane 2.
I don't see the problem. So as I sit and wait, and wait, 290 yards, 280 yards. I make a decision to indicate left, drive on the inside lane, pass the lane two chap and pull out into lane 2.
Perfectly acceptable in the circumstances and I'd have done the same. 
All that jazz said:
knitware said:
Me perhaps, a frustration kicked in. A duel carriageway, 70 mph, a lorry in the left lane and a car behind, I'm closing in lane two, the car pulls out. This is fine, lots of room but he pulls out early, 300 yards to him and the lorry and he ..... maintains.....his speed....at.... around....60 mph....
So as I sit and wait, and wait, 290 yards, 280 yards. I make a decision to indicate left, drive on the inside lane, pass the lane two chap and pull out into lane 2.
I don't see the problem. So as I sit and wait, and wait, 290 yards, 280 yards. I make a decision to indicate left, drive on the inside lane, pass the lane two chap and pull out into lane 2.
Perfectly acceptable in the circumstances and I'd have done the same. People on motoring pages and forums commenting about last nights X-Factor.
My Reply said:
Wow. Thank you for sharing. Here's a thought. Why not ban all the crap television talk from motoring based pages and forums?
Does anyone who's into cars in any way really, truly give a monkeys about "I'm a Strictly Celebrities Big Brother get me out of the X-Factory" alleged reality game show rubbish?
I'd rather watch Chris Evans present Top Gear than that twaddle. That's right up there with watching my toes being cut off with an angle grinder whilst listening to the complete works of the Spice Girls played by an orchestra of dentist drills.
Does anyone who's into cars in any way really, truly give a monkeys about "I'm a Strictly Celebrities Big Brother get me out of the X-Factory" alleged reality game show rubbish?
I'd rather watch Chris Evans present Top Gear than that twaddle. That's right up there with watching my toes being cut off with an angle grinder whilst listening to the complete works of the Spice Girls played by an orchestra of dentist drills.
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