One single thing that makes you think "knob" Vol 3
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Knob driving a Ford Focus on Sunday, who was in L1 of a 4 lane road at traffic lights on the entrance to a roundabout. As the lights went green, he went from L1 to L4 without looking, cutting me up in L2, someone else in L3 and someone else in L4. All the cars he cut up blared horns as he narrowly missed side swiping all of us, even my wife said, "OH MY GOSH, what is he doing". THe bloke in Focus seemed oblivious to the chaos and just continued upon his journey, actually turning right on the roundabout, despite starting off in a "Left only" lane.
The mind boggles.
The mind boggles.
zedx19 said:
Knob driving a Ford Focus on Sunday, who was in L1 of a 4 lane road at traffic lights on the entrance to a roundabout. As the lights went green, he went from L1 to L4 without looking, cutting me up in L2, someone else in L3 and someone else in L4. All the cars he cut up blared horns as he narrowly missed side swiping all of us, even my wife said, "OH MY GOSH, what is he doing". THe bloke in Focus seemed oblivious to the chaos and just continued upon his journey, actually turning right on the roundabout, despite starting off in a "Left only" lane.
The mind boggles.
Stay in your lane and ram the feckers. (yes I have a dent in my FO that needs pulling out)...The mind boggles.
Absolute ring piece near Chester-le-street, Tyne and Wear tonight who on a long stretch of road proceeded to catch up to me driving nicely along at the limit with the absolute force of a rocket judging by how quickly he caught up in his tatty old fiesta, who then proceeded to sit approx 1mm off my chuff. Roundabout ahead so I proceed to slow down, arse bandit behind somehow defies physics and get even closer despite the blindingly obvious roundabout ahead. Getting panicked at this point I decide to drop well below the speed limit and let him overtake before the roundabout (had 3 year old daughter in the car), idiot however proceeds to hang off my bumper before going to the right of the island at the roundabout and proceeds to turn right, the wrong way around the roundabout. WTF? Total tool.
The knob tonight in a new nissan, did not catch what sort.
Tonight Southbound on the M11 in really heavy rain.
It was about 1830 and nearly as dark as night due to the rain.
The rain was so heavy the wipers on the fastest setting were struggling.
He was sat in lane 2 with a clear lane 1 no lights and fxxking sun glasses and headphones- the over ear ones.
Totally unaware of anything around him, and the car was black as well so other traffic was seeing him late.
Complete knob
Tonight Southbound on the M11 in really heavy rain.
It was about 1830 and nearly as dark as night due to the rain.
The rain was so heavy the wipers on the fastest setting were struggling.
He was sat in lane 2 with a clear lane 1 no lights and fxxking sun glasses and headphones- the over ear ones.
Totally unaware of anything around him, and the car was black as well so other traffic was seeing him late.
Complete knob
Edited by baldy1926 on Tuesday 22 September 05:31
Two this time around. The first was last night on the way home from work, a... well a mild snot green Focus (the only way I can describe the colour), drove like a right tool, doing some questionable overtakes (blind bend, rattling right across the merge markings, doing everything he could to get ahead a car length or two) I simply pootled on at sixty keeping a decent bit of space between myself and whatever car I found myself behind. I still managed to be right behind him at every roundabout we came across. Not the first time I've come across him either.
The second was this morning, a white 118 chopping and changing lanes like it was his own personal race track and getting no further forward for it. First inkling of t
tish behaviour was when he wedged himself in front of the people carrier in front of me making him briefly prod the brakes. Second was when he cut up a FTO (I really don't like them black with black alloys otherwise I quite like them) trying to get past someone who wasn't going fast enough for his liking (this in a forty zone), then as the Fabia in front of him starts indicating right to pull off the A689 (this in the centre of Hartlepool, the turning before you reach Tesco Extra), he cuts up the poor bugger to his left then as the Fabia pulls off he cuts the FTO up for the second time (and still doesn't get any further forward).
The second was this morning, a white 118 chopping and changing lanes like it was his own personal race track and getting no further forward for it. First inkling of t
tish behaviour was when he wedged himself in front of the people carrier in front of me making him briefly prod the brakes. Second was when he cut up a FTO (I really don't like them black with black alloys otherwise I quite like them) trying to get past someone who wasn't going fast enough for his liking (this in a forty zone), then as the Fabia in front of him starts indicating right to pull off the A689 (this in the centre of Hartlepool, the turning before you reach Tesco Extra), he cuts up the poor bugger to his left then as the Fabia pulls off he cuts the FTO up for the second time (and still doesn't get any further forward).Ordinarily I read posts in this thread and nod my head in agreement at the general fkwittery, but after a week in Southern Spain I’m glad to be back on British roads.
The Spanish are simply terrible drivers.
Lane discipline on motorways is non-existent, with most drivers simply pottering along in L2 of 3 at c.100kmh (120 limit) with nothing in L1 (and this includes a good percentage of HGV’s as well). The few drivers who do drive at/above the limit simply sit in the outside lane whatever the traffic levels. Average entry speed on to the motorways is c.50kmh. I frequently see drivers wandering across lanes as they chat/text/FB/Internet on their mobiles. On roundabouts, the vast majority of drivers enter in the right lane and just drive all the way round the outside to take a left exit. No one uses their indicators. EVER!
Plus the design of the roads doesn’t help – roundabouts often have multiple entries side by side with no dividers, road markings are appalling, exit slip roads off motorways are often so tight that they require drivers to slow significantly whilst still on the main carriageway to enable them to make the 20kmh 180* exit bend.
It’s no wonder 90% of the cars are so battered.
On the positive side, I’ve yet to see any road rage incidents.
kwittery, but after a week in Southern Spain I’m glad to be back on British roads.The Spanish are simply terrible drivers.
Lane discipline on motorways is non-existent, with most drivers simply pottering along in L2 of 3 at c.100kmh (120 limit) with nothing in L1 (and this includes a good percentage of HGV’s as well). The few drivers who do drive at/above the limit simply sit in the outside lane whatever the traffic levels. Average entry speed on to the motorways is c.50kmh. I frequently see drivers wandering across lanes as they chat/text/FB/Internet on their mobiles. On roundabouts, the vast majority of drivers enter in the right lane and just drive all the way round the outside to take a left exit. No one uses their indicators. EVER!
Plus the design of the roads doesn’t help – roundabouts often have multiple entries side by side with no dividers, road markings are appalling, exit slip roads off motorways are often so tight that they require drivers to slow significantly whilst still on the main carriageway to enable them to make the 20kmh 180* exit bend.
It’s no wonder 90% of the cars are so battered.
On the positive side, I’ve yet to see any road rage incidents.
The two idiots who decided to stop at the top of the on- slip of the M25 near Abbots Langley to have an argument.
The wker in the C63 driving way too fast and on his phone in Sainsbury's car park today. Thanks for nearly running me over you tosser!
The driver in the stheap E36 blasting through Ware today. (probably 50 in a 30) The place was really crowded and if anyone had stepped out in front of him no way would he have stopped in time
The w
ker in the C63 driving way too fast and on his phone in Sainsbury's car park today. Thanks for nearly running me over you tosser!The driver in the s
theap E36 blasting through Ware today. (probably 50 in a 30) The place was really crowded and if anyone had stepped out in front of him no way would he have stopped in timejogger1976 said:
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The driver in the stheap E36 blasting through Ware today. (probably 50 in a 30) The place was really crowded and if anyone had stepped out in front of him no way would he have stopped in time
Went through Ware in the TIV same day with a matt black E36 glued to my rear. May have been a two door.The driver in the s
theap E36 blasting through Ware today. (probably 50 in a 30) The place was really crowded and if anyone had stepped out in front of him no way would he have stopped in timeIncreasing number of people with an allergy to the left hand lane. E.g. Pulling onto a dual carriageway, no other cars in front, immediately straight into the right hand lane usually ending up being undertaken as then proceed to drive at -10 mph below speed limit.
I just don't understand the logic, I do a lot of motorway driving and see this pretty much constantly.
MOVE OVER!
I just don't understand the logic, I do a lot of motorway driving and see this pretty much constantly.
MOVE OVER!
A van driver who started rolling backwards towards me in traffic, didn't respond to my desperate honking, I couldn't go further back, luckily just before he hit the traffic moved and he set off, then he ran a red light, which I suppose was good as he was no longer in front, genuinely don't think he had a clue. Also the cyclist behind who told me off for holding down the horn, he just got ignored.
AJXX1 said:
Increasing number of people with an allergy to the left hand lane. E.g. Pulling onto a dual carriageway, no other cars in front, immediately straight into the right hand lane usually ending up being undertaken as then proceed to drive at -10 mph below speed limit.
I just don't understand the logic, I do a lot of motorway driving and see this pretty much constantly.
MOVE OVER!
You need to move down my way then - the norm when approaching a roundabout with 5 exits (or 4 really, given that you arrived on one of them!) is to head for the left-most lane on approach and avoid using any indicators as you head towards the 3rd (or 4th!) exit! I just don't understand the logic, I do a lot of motorway driving and see this pretty much constantly.
MOVE OVER!
A**holes!Me, this morning.
Set off from home in a heavy fog. Checked headlights on leaving and they were on - I generally leave them switched to "Auto". As I reached A roads I turned on my fog lamp as visibility was very poor. Towards the end of my journey I left a dual carriageway and turned onto minor roads with slow moving and queuing traffic, so I went o turn off my fog lamp, and realised that at some point in the last couple of miles my lights had turned themselves off, while I was on the DC. In fog. Thinking all the other drivers without lights on were complete cocksockets.
Car obviously not as clever as I thought.
Set off from home in a heavy fog. Checked headlights on leaving and they were on - I generally leave them switched to "Auto". As I reached A roads I turned on my fog lamp as visibility was very poor. Towards the end of my journey I left a dual carriageway and turned onto minor roads with slow moving and queuing traffic, so I went o turn off my fog lamp, and realised that at some point in the last couple of miles my lights had turned themselves off, while I was on the DC. In fog. Thinking all the other drivers without lights on were complete cocksockets.
Car obviously not as clever as I thought.
Horbury56 said:
Me, this morning.
Set off from home in a heavy fog. Checked headlights on leaving and they were on - I generally leave them switched to "Auto". As I reached A roads I turned on my fog lamp as visibility was very poor. Towards the end of my journey I left a dual carriageway and turned onto minor roads with slow moving and queuing traffic, so I went o turn off my fog lamp, and realised that at some point in the last couple of miles my lights had turned themselves off, while I was on the DC. In fog. Thinking all the other drivers without lights on were complete cocksockets.
Car obviously not as clever as I thought.
At least you attempted to turn them on! About 75% of drivers in Leeds today were without lights and doing their usual 50+ in a 30mph zone.Set off from home in a heavy fog. Checked headlights on leaving and they were on - I generally leave them switched to "Auto". As I reached A roads I turned on my fog lamp as visibility was very poor. Towards the end of my journey I left a dual carriageway and turned onto minor roads with slow moving and queuing traffic, so I went o turn off my fog lamp, and realised that at some point in the last couple of miles my lights had turned themselves off, while I was on the DC. In fog. Thinking all the other drivers without lights on were complete cocksockets.
Car obviously not as clever as I thought.
Also the cyclist who tapped on my window to tell me my foglight were on. You can definitely f
k off!Same in York with the fog, my auto lights don't seem to detect fog so I put mine on manually. Loads of drivers without lights on, unbelievable, a Rav 4 appeared in front of me without lights on, I flashed my lights at her as it made me jump and I hoped it would make her put them on, she didn't and gave me a gormless look.
Right at the other end I saw a Clio with a mixture of foglights and high beams on, glad I wasn't in front of her.
The worst knob had to be a massive HGV with no lights on approaching a roundabout too fast to stop as they normally do, I saw him coming and started braking before he entered the roundabout, as I thought he would he came shooting on at about 30mph, glad I saw him coming. I think it's ridiculous when people hold down the horn, but I'll be honest I really held the horn down at him, could have killed me.
Right at the other end I saw a Clio with a mixture of foglights and high beams on, glad I wasn't in front of her.
The worst knob had to be a massive HGV with no lights on approaching a roundabout too fast to stop as they normally do, I saw him coming and started braking before he entered the roundabout, as I thought he would he came shooting on at about 30mph, glad I saw him coming. I think it's ridiculous when people hold down the horn, but I'll be honest I really held the horn down at him, could have killed me.
On my way home this morning I caught up to a guy driving at 25mph in a forty zone. Weaving about, accelerating and slowing down on the throttle and no lights. I was about to report him for drink driving when I had an opportunity to overtake safely. As I did I noticed he was sat leaning forward trying to clear the external condensation from the windscreen by rubbing his hand on the inside. 
None of the windows had been cleared.
None of the windows had been cleared.
Liquid Knight said:
On my way home this morning I caught up to a guy driving at 25mph in a forty zone. Weaving about, accelerating and slowing down on the throttle and no lights. I was about to report him for drink driving when I had an opportunity to overtake safely. As I did I noticed he was sat leaning forward trying to clear the external condensation from the windscreen by rubbing his hand on the inside.
None of the windows had been cleared.
I saw a car nearly get tboned on a roundabout this morning as it pulled out in front of a car already on the roundabout...side windows of the car that pulled out were covered in condensation.None of the windows had been cleared.
zedx19 said:
Knob driving a Ford Focus on Sunday, who was in L1 of a 4 lane road at traffic lights on the entrance to a roundabout. As the lights went green, he went from L1 to L4 without looking, cutting me up in L2, someone else in L3 and someone else in L4. All the cars he cut up blared horns as he narrowly missed side swiping all of us, even my wife said, "OH MY GOSH, what is he doing". THe bloke in Focus seemed oblivious to the chaos and just continued upon his journey, actually turning right on the roundabout, despite starting off in a "Left only" lane.
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I had an accident on my scooter once and the first time I got back on it I had this too. I thought 'Idiot in L1 going right." but he wasn't, he went all the way around the roundabout! He missed me by inches!! Sold the scooter after that..
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