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

[Liquid Knight]

Monkeylegend said:

Liquid Knight said:

On of my headlight bulbs smashed the other morning on my way home from work. I pulled over and replaced it half a mile later. Apparently I'm a nob for suggesting anyone who drives more than a short while with a headlight out is a moron.

Well if you have to dismantle the front end of your car to replace, one doing it on the side of the road can be difficult, not to say dangerous

Open to interpretation there.

"A short while" could be a couple of miles or a few days (if you are incapable and need someone else to do it).

I had pulled over into a expensive coffee shop carpark so safe as possible at twenty to seven in the morning.

I didn't want to take too long as I could have been trespassing and they have loads of Baristas working there.

[Monkeylegend]

Liquid Knight said:

Monkeylegend said:

Liquid Knight said:

On of my headlight bulbs smashed the other morning on my way home from work. I pulled over and replaced it half a mile later. Apparently I'm a nob for suggesting anyone who drives more than a short while with a headlight out is a moron.

Well if you have to dismantle the front end of your car to replace, one doing it on the side of the road can be difficult, not to say dangerous

Open to interpretation there.

"A short while" could be a couple of miles or a few days (if you are incapable and need someone else to do it).

I had pulled over into a expensive coffee shop carpark so safe as possible at twenty to seven in the morning.

I didn't want to take too long as I could have been trespassing and they have loads of Baristas working there.

Don't you have to remove the front bumper to replace them on some cars, which to a lot of people makes it a visit to Halfords or a garage. What a crazy world we live in.

[Swanny87]

Europa1 said:

Trust me, you're not alone in your concern: http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

Well f*** me, I feel like that depressed robot in 'Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy' after reading that... It's not that bad really is it? There's a good point made in that thread about people only noticing the bad things.

[alpha channel]

ORD said:

People who respond to a queue in their lane by swerving (without looking) into another lane.

This I'm paranoid about for the very reasons you've demonstrated. As mention in my previous post at the A19 Wolviston interchange a long line of traffic builds up in the right hand lane (A19 only) while the left/middle lane (A689 ahead only) usually has a fraction of the traffic (hence I'm passing cars that have zipped past me five miles previously). We all know how impatient people are when hanging around in a line of traffic so I'm constantly on the look out for the first signs of some twonk doing what you've experienced (though usually the idiots are already in the left lane and barge their way into the right as they enter the roundabout).

[Liquid Knight]

Monkeylegend said:

Liquid Knight said:

Monkeylegend said:

Liquid Knight said:

On of my headlight bulbs smashed the other morning on my way home from work. I pulled over and replaced it half a mile later. Apparently I'm a nob for suggesting anyone who drives more than a short while with a headlight out is a moron.

Well if you have to dismantle the front end of your car to replace, one doing it on the side of the road can be difficult, not to say dangerous

Open to interpretation there.

"A short while" could be a couple of miles or a few days (if you are incapable and need someone else to do it).

I had pulled over into a expensive coffee shop carpark so safe as possible at twenty to seven in the morning.

I didn't want to take too long as I could have been trespassing and they have loads of Baristas working there.

Don't you have to remove the front bumper to replace them on some cars, which to a lot of people makes it a visit to Halfords or a garage. What a crazy world we live in.

Yes. One of the criteria when I choose a car is "can I service and repair it myself?".

I bought a car that was cheap once and the only fault I could find was a cracked fog light. Ordered one from eBay and it arrived with a broken bracket. I was about to send it back and thought "Sod it" That'll have to do" as the M.O.T was in two days.
Four hours later the replacement fog light was fitted and I had use more swear words than the entire back catalog of Marshall Mathers 3rd and Fred Durst put together.

[anonymous-user]

Some person driving a Lexus 4x4 thing with a big bit of the front trim hanging off about 1/2 metre sticking to the side over the chase tonight.

I flashed about 20 times to advise, they never pulled over, either knew or didn't but could be dangerous as couldn't tell what it was.

Stupid knobber.

[Flibble]

Today's muppetry was by the bellend in the right hand lane at a set of lights with two lanes, left for straight on or right and right for right only. I was adjacent in the left lane, intending to turn right (this is not uncommon, about 95% of traffic does a right turn from the left lane there). There are two lanes all the way round the junction and for a mile or more further on, but the clown decided he would immediately merge left as soon as he was most of the way round the corner, practically into my front bumper. He then proceeded to go straight on for some distance, which he could have done just fine in the right lane as it was clear.

[WD39]

alpha channel said:

ORD said:

People who respond to a queue in their lane by swerving (without looking) into another lane.

(though usually the idiots are already in the left lane and barge their way into the right as they enter the roundabout).

Send for APIS man. A bit like the Milk Tray man but without the confectionary.

[Riktoid]

The Spruce goose said:

Some person driving a Lexus 4x4 thing with a big bit of the front trim hanging off about 1/2 metre sticking to the side over the chase tonight.

I flashed about 20 times to advise, they never pulled over, either knew or didn't but could be dangerous as couldn't tell what it was.

Stupid knobber.

The flashee maybe thought you weren't intentionally flashing them as most modern cars headlights give the flashing effect when they drive over a 2mm high ripple on the road surface.

[alpha channel]

WD39 said:

alpha channel said:

ORD said:

People who respond to a queue in their lane by swerving (without looking) into another lane.

(though usually the idiots are already in the left lane and barge their way into the right as they enter the roundabout).

Send for APIS man. A bit like the Milk Tray man but without the confectionary.

ah First time I've been stalked by a keyboard warrior (and if you insist on the continual use of above at least spell confectionery correctly if you're going to troll at least do it right). As for the idiot comment that you've decided to highlight, how else would you describe an individual that dives into a space created by someone who doesn't respond to traffic moving forward like an F1 driver on speed without even bothering to indicate?

[carlove]

Two massive knobs today

A bus driver who went through a zebra crossing at speed when someone was halfway across, they had to jump back, I always expect things like this from bus drivers, but never seen anything that dangerous.

Second was an old(stty) Impreza who overtook a queue of cars waiting at a red light and then went through turning left where the pedestrians would have had a red light, he had had been waiting, but got bored and went through, how I hoped a police car came around the corner as he did it.

[fire3500]

Hol said:

TankRizzo said:

The motorcyclist who cut across the front of me this morning - two lanes going to a roundabout, left hand lane left turn only, right lane straight on/right. Me approaching roundabout in RH lane, looking right and continuing as traffic is clear. Motorcyclist decides he will go straight on from the left-turn only lane, straight across me. I wasn't expecting anyone to do that, saw him coming in my side mirror but assumed he was going left.

Must have missed him by 12 inches. fking throbber.

This might yet end up being all your fault - depending on who reads it next.

Presumably your first experience with one of these "motorcycle" things? Perhaps you could have been looking where you're already driving and preparing to give way to the right, rather than assuming you know what's happening around you and trying to avoid stopping to give way? Were you doing what the biker may have expected YOU to do at a roundabout, this being to slow down for the give way, or were you maintaining your previous speed, meaning that perhaps HIS assumption that you'd slow down was misplaced?

Based on how you have described the situation, I'd say you were both in the wrong... but you'll be unlikely to agree. I'd say his lane discipline and observation skill was poor, your observation and anticipation skills were poor.

Edited by fire3500 on account of his own piss-poor grammar on Monday 12th October 00:29

Edited by fire3500 on Monday 12th October 00:30

[Cliftonite]

fire3500 said:

Presumably your first experience with one of these "motorcycle" things? Perhaps you could have been looking where you're already driving and preparing to give way to the right, rather than assuming you know what's happening around you and trying to avoid stopping to give way? Were you doing what the biker may have expected YOU to do at a roundabout, this being to slow down for the give way, or were you maintaining your previous speed, meaning that perhaps HIS assumption that you'd slow down was misplaced?

Based on how you have described the situation, I'd say you were both in the wrong... but you'll be unlikely to agree. I'd say his lane discipline and observation skill was poor, your observation and anticipation skills were poor.

Edited by fire3500 on account of his own piss-poor grammar on Monday 12th October 00:29

Edited by fire3500 on Monday 12th October 00:30

Stupid motorcyclist using wrong lane cuts up motorist driving by the book and it is the car driver's fault!

Only on PH!

[anonymous-user]

fire3500 said:

Hol said:

TankRizzo said:

The motorcyclist who cut across the front of me this morning - two lanes going to a roundabout, left hand lane left turn only, right lane straight on/right. Me approaching roundabout in RH lane, looking right and continuing as traffic is clear. Motorcyclist decides he will go straight on from the left-turn only lane, straight across me. I wasn't expecting anyone to do that, saw him coming in my side mirror but assumed he was going left.

Must have missed him by 12 inches. fking throbber.

This might yet end up being all your fault - depending on who reads it next.

Presumably your first experience with one of these "motorcycle" things? Perhaps you could have been looking where you're already driving and preparing to give way to the right, rather than assuming you know what's happening around you and trying to avoid stopping to give way? Were you doing what the biker may have expected YOU to do at a roundabout, this being to slow down for the give way, or were you maintaining your previous speed, meaning that perhaps HIS assumption that you'd slow down was misplaced?

Based on how you have described the situation, I'd say you were both in the wrong... but you'll be unlikely to agree. I'd say his lane discipline and observation skill was poor, your observation and anticipation skills were poor.

Edited by fire3500 on account of his own piss-poor grammar on Monday 12th October 00:29

Edited by fire3500 on Monday 12th October 00:30

Knob.

Based on his description I'd say he was entirely justified in calling the biker a throbber. Sounds 100 percent believable to me. But then I too am a "cager".

[All that jazz]

fire3500 said:

Presumably your first experience with one of these "motorcycle" things? Perhaps you could have been looking where you're already driving and preparing to give way to the right, rather than assuming you know what's happening around you and trying to avoid stopping to give way? Were you doing what the biker may have expected YOU to do at a roundabout, this being to slow down for the give way, or were you maintaining your previous speed, meaning that perhaps HIS assumption that you'd slow down was misplaced?

Based on how you have described the situation, I'd say you were both in the wrong... but you'll be unlikely to agree. I'd say his lane discipline and observation skill was poor, your observation and anticipation skills were poor.

Wait.. what?! Is this guy for real? OMG this site has sunk to a new low.

[DMN]

fire3500 said:

Hol said:

TankRizzo said:

The motorcyclist who cut across the front of me this morning - two lanes going to a roundabout, left hand lane left turn only, right lane straight on/right. Me approaching roundabout in RH lane, looking right and continuing as traffic is clear. Motorcyclist decides he will go straight on from the left-turn only lane, straight across me. I wasn't expecting anyone to do that, saw him coming in my side mirror but assumed he was going left.

Must have missed him by 12 inches. fking throbber.

This might yet end up being all your fault - depending on who reads it next.

Presumably your first experience with one of these "motorcycle" things? Perhaps you could have been looking where you're already driving and preparing to give way to the right, rather than assuming you know what's happening around you and trying to avoid stopping to give way? Were you doing what the biker may have expected YOU to do at a roundabout, this being to slow down for the give way, or were you maintaining your previous speed, meaning that perhaps HIS assumption that you'd slow down was misplaced?

Based on how you have described the situation, I'd say you were both in the wrong... but you'll be unlikely to agree. I'd say his lane discipline and observation skill was poor, your observation and anticipation skills were poor.

Edited by fire3500 on account of his own piss-poor grammar on Monday 12th October 00:29

Edited by fire3500 on Monday 12th October 00:30

Obvious Troll is obvious.

[DrTre]

That is an award winning tortuous twisting of logic. Absolutely brilliant.

[P5BNij]

Me this morning on the A40(M) in stationary traffic, for rolling back and almost hitting the poor chap behind.

In complete contrast, a nodd of thanks and appreciation to the two jolly nice chaps on the M40 driving a black Aston '64 DF' and a black Audi A5 '48 AF', your spacial awareness and good manners did you proud, I salute you gentlemen

[WD39]

alpha channel said:

WD39 said:

alpha channel said:

ORD said:

People who respond to a queue in their lane by swerving (without looking) into another lane.

(though usually the idiots are already in the left lane and barge their way into the right as they enter the roundabout).

Send for APIS man. A bit like the Milk Tray man but without the confectionary.

ah First time I've been stalked by a keyboard warrior (and if you insist on the continual use of above at least spell confectionery correctly if you're going to troll at least do it right). As for the idiot comment that you've decided to highlight, how else would you describe an individual that dives into a space created by someone who doesn't respond to traffic moving forward like an F1 driver on speed without even bothering to indicate?

Sorry, not worthy of any reply.

[Flibble]

Chuckle worthy one today (because I wasn't stuck behind her). Woman sat at a red light who was so off with the fairies (or maybe on facepalm) that she missed the lights going green entirely and had to sit there for a second cycle.