One single thing that makes you think "knob" Vol 3
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WD39 said:
Rumblestripe said:
I must confess to a little Audi baiting. I'm coming to the end of a long stretch of dual carriageway which ends in a roundabout with two exits, so logically the two lanes are left fork and right. Now I'm in the left lane and decelerating to turn left. In my rear view mirror I can Brer Audi driver closing on me rather quickly and I rather doubt that chummy is turning right into a village. So I decide to see how late he wants to brake. Yep, I'm a knob. Audi punter obviously unaware of the laws of physics thinks that he can stop his large barge quicker than my little old heap. He can't. And so he has to brake from alongside me on the roundabout and drop in behind me in the single carriageway. I mean no real harm done. No-one was close to swapping paint and no-one was really in danger of having an accident (unless chummy had tried to overtake on the single carriageway we were entering as it is double whites down the middle). The funny bit was his utter fury at me having the audacity to cause him inconvenience, he was flashing his lights and shaking the beans at me. I gave his a cheery wave and he went just about apoplectic!
If you are that Audi driver, you really need to chill out mate. There are knobs about
Is there an 'Audi Baiting' topic on PH? If not, there should be. They have definitely outstripped BMW and Range Rover Sports, (with naff plate), as the 'Roadknobs' of this particular period in driving history. I wonder who will replace them in the future? I nominate...small white vans with the company logo writ large all over it.If you are that Audi driver, you really need to chill out mate. There are knobs about
The indicators and the mirrors work perfectly fine on my daily thank you.
In fact the mirrors have a little orange LED built into the bottom of them so I can actually see
that I am indicating long before I even change lane. Edited by Hol on Monday 19th October 08:30
Hackney said:
fire3500 said:
Hackney said:
Where did I say "blameless biker"? And dick-move is self explanatory really, it's a move that makes one look a dick.
And it was whole phrase "see term: dick move" that threw me.
See term where? In the book of daft phrases?
Drivers who when are behind a car that is turning left go onto the other side of the road to avoid slowing down behind the car that is turning and then when they just about miss the car that has pulled out turning right as the other car turned left they shout abuse at them like it is their right to be on that side of the ride getting past a slow car.
A friend of mine had a crash this way and the other driver completely denied being on the other side of the road. They went to court and it ended up a 50/50.
This is why everyone should be made to use a dashcam.
A friend of mine had a crash this way and the other driver completely denied being on the other side of the road. They went to court and it ended up a 50/50.
This is why everyone should be made to use a dashcam.
The grey Mazda6 last night on the Leeds outer ring road heading towards Meanwood from the A61/Moortown roundabout. Heavy traffic, DC and 40 mph on that section. He was so close I could feel him breathing down my neck - seriously, couldn't see much of the bonnet in the mirror, let alone numberplate.
After the next roundabout, there was a space for me to slot over to the left hand lane - he tore off after I moved over - to get all of about 10 yards to repeat the process with the next car in front.
?futureAudileaser?
After the next roundabout, there was a space for me to slot over to the left hand lane - he tore off after I moved over - to get all of about 10 yards to repeat the process with the next car in front.
?futureAudileaser?
GravelMachineGun said:
Drivers who when are behind a car that is turning left go onto the other side of the road to avoid slowing down behind the car that is turning and then when they just about miss the car that has pulled out turning right as the other car turned left they shout abuse at them like it is their right to be on that side of the ride getting past a slow car.
A friend of mine had a crash this way and the other driver completely denied being on the other side of the road. They went to court and it ended up a 50/50.
This is why everyone should be made to use a dashcam.
I've had this a few times, even pulling out of my own street.A friend of mine had a crash this way and the other driver completely denied being on the other side of the road. They went to court and it ended up a 50/50.
This is why everyone should be made to use a dashcam.
I've started to just wait until it's 100% clear, as even though I think the other driver would be at fault, I can't see it going in my favour if there was a crash (as your example demonstrates.)
Someone honking and gesturing over a perceived slight (e.g. "undertaking" on a congested motorway), and then when we happen to be stationary alongside each other a few miles later suddenly finding their centre console the most interesting thing in the world. I am not suggesting we get out, strip down, grease up and wrestle but at least look over do we can talk about it or have the courage of your convictions and carry on going a bit berserk.
Think I've posted this before but it's happened a few times recently.
People who park up, say in a services car park, then proceed to have a hands-free phone conversation at full volume with their windows open. Because everyone needs to hear what's going on in their very important lives
Another one was a guy today that parked up opposite me, at the far end of the car park. Now I park there because I like to get away from people and the daily bulls
t for ~45 minutes, and get some fresh air and daylight.
But this guy had to park up, open both doors and windows (why even), put his awful electronic music on loud while he walked around his car smoking and glancing at people for attention. It was so tragic. He left it playing while he walked over, past my car to put his rubbish in the bin, all the time looking at me as if expecting some sort of acknowledgement? "Yeahh sound mate, like the tunes! you're a really cool guy I see, keep it up bro!!"
People who park up, say in a services car park, then proceed to have a hands-free phone conversation at full volume with their windows open. Because everyone needs to hear what's going on in their very important lives
Another one was a guy today that parked up opposite me, at the far end of the car park. Now I park there because I like to get away from people and the daily bulls
t for ~45 minutes, and get some fresh air and daylight.But this guy had to park up, open both doors and windows (why even), put his awful electronic music on loud while he walked around his car smoking and glancing at people for attention. It was so tragic. He left it playing while he walked over, past my car to put his rubbish in the bin, all the time looking at me as if expecting some sort of acknowledgement? "Yeahh sound mate, like the tunes! you're a really cool guy I see, keep it up bro!!"
GravelMachineGun said:
Drivers who when are behind a car that is turning left go onto the other side of the road to avoid slowing down behind the car that is turning and then when they just about miss the car that has pulled out turning right as the other car turned left they shout abuse at them like it is their right to be on that side of the ride getting past a slow car.
A friend of mine had a crash this way and the other driver completely denied being on the other side of the road. They went to court and it ended up a 50/50.
This is why everyone should be made to use a dashcam.
Is this not why the HC says you should always look both ways before pulling out then ??A friend of mine had a crash this way and the other driver completely denied being on the other side of the road. They went to court and it ended up a 50/50.
This is why everyone should be made to use a dashcam.
A peculiar person in a beige X5, he waited for ages at a roundabout in the left hand lane with nothing approaching, then as soon as I got close he pulled out really slowly going straight, but that's not it for his strangeness, I was a little annoyed by this as he had plenty of opportunities to go and there was nothing behind me, with this annoyance I gave him a quick toot of the horn, he beeped back almost straight away(waiting for me to honk?). He was then infront of me going about 35 in a 60 so I overtook, he sped up when I did this, which wasn't a success, I was much faster.
I did wonder if he was actually trying to cause an incident, genuinely never seen anyone act like that before.
I did wonder if he was actually trying to cause an incident, genuinely never seen anyone act like that before.
delboy735 said:
GravelMachineGun said:
Drivers who when are behind a car that is turning left go onto the other side of the road to avoid slowing down behind the car that is turning and then when they just about miss the car that has pulled out turning right as the other car turned left they shout abuse at them like it is their right to be on that side of the ride getting past a slow car.
A friend of mine had a crash this way and the other driver completely denied being on the other side of the road. They went to court and it ended up a 50/50.
This is why everyone should be made to use a dashcam.
Is this not why the HC says you should always look both ways before pulling out then ??A friend of mine had a crash this way and the other driver completely denied being on the other side of the road. They went to court and it ended up a 50/50.
This is why everyone should be made to use a dashcam.
I'm not surprised at all that the driver joining the road was found at least partly to blame, regardless of who was on which side of the road.
smithyithy said:
Think I've posted this before but it's happened a few times recently.
People who park up, say in a services car park, then proceed to have a hands-free phone conversation at full volume with their windows open. Because everyone needs to hear what's going on in their very important lives
Another one was a guy today that parked up opposite me, at the far end of the car park. Now I park there because I like to get away from people and the daily bullst for ~45 minutes, and get some fresh air and daylight.
But this guy had to park up, open both doors and windows (why even), put his awful electronic music on loud while he walked around his car smoking and glancing at people for attention. It was so tragic. He left it playing while he walked over, past my car to put his rubbish in the bin, all the time looking at me as if expecting some sort of acknowledgement? "Yeahh sound mate, like the tunes! you're a really cool guy I see, keep it up bro!!"
This sounds quite annoying.People who park up, say in a services car park, then proceed to have a hands-free phone conversation at full volume with their windows open. Because everyone needs to hear what's going on in their very important lives
Another one was a guy today that parked up opposite me, at the far end of the car park. Now I park there because I like to get away from people and the daily bulls
t for ~45 minutes, and get some fresh air and daylight.But this guy had to park up, open both doors and windows (why even), put his awful electronic music on loud while he walked around his car smoking and glancing at people for attention. It was so tragic. He left it playing while he walked over, past my car to put his rubbish in the bin, all the time looking at me as if expecting some sort of acknowledgement? "Yeahh sound mate, like the tunes! you're a really cool guy I see, keep it up bro!!"
I think my response would have been to just pointedly moved to a more distant parking space but still in full view of him. What a nob.
Nobbers who decide that at 6am it's light enough to drive with just side lights on, come screaming up to a roundabout doing at least twice the limit, in the wet, and nearly cause a multiple car accident by skidding directly into the path of a bin wagon, who is already half way around said roundabout.
Although it made me chuckle watching 4 burly council workers all giving him the 'beans' signal and hurling abuse at him for his awful driving, you got the least you deserve you absolute c*nt
Although it made me chuckle watching 4 burly council workers all giving him the 'beans' signal and hurling abuse at him for his awful driving, you got the least you deserve you absolute c*nt
delboy735 said:
Is this not why the HC says you should always look both ways before pulling out then ??
I think that only applies to back streets/narrow lanes where there is only room for one car? Yes, it is still common sense to look both ways out of any junction but on a busy single carriageway A road, I would expect a driver overtaking past a junction to be 100% at blame for crashing into people pulling out. This is also why the HC says don't overtake past junctions...It seems like GravelMachineGun is describing the latter situation.
Edited by Swanny87 on Wednesday 21st October 10:02
Hol said:
WD39 said:
Rumblestripe said:
I must confess to a little Audi baiting. I'm coming to the end of a long stretch of dual carriageway which ends in a roundabout with two exits, so logically the two lanes are left fork and right. Now I'm in the left lane and decelerating to turn left. In my rear view mirror I can Brer Audi driver closing on me rather quickly and I rather doubt that chummy is turning right into a village. So I decide to see how late he wants to brake. Yep, I'm a knob. Audi punter obviously unaware of the laws of physics thinks that he can stop his large barge quicker than my little old heap. He can't. And so he has to brake from alongside me on the roundabout and drop in behind me in the single carriageway. I mean no real harm done. No-one was close to swapping paint and no-one was really in danger of having an accident (unless chummy had tried to overtake on the single carriageway we were entering as it is double whites down the middle). The funny bit was his utter fury at me having the audacity to cause him inconvenience, he was flashing his lights and shaking the beans at me. I gave his a cheery wave and he went just about apoplectic!
If you are that Audi driver, you really need to chill out mate. There are knobs about
Is there an 'Audi Baiting' topic on PH? If not, there should be. They have definitely outstripped BMW and Range Rover Sports, (with naff plate), as the 'Roadknobs' of this particular period in driving history. I wonder who will replace them in the future? I nominate...small white vans with the company logo writ large all over it.If you are that Audi driver, you really need to chill out mate. There are knobs about
The indicators and the mirrors work perfectly fine on my daily thank you.
In fact the mirrors have a little orange LED built into the bottom of them so I can actually see
that I am indicating long before I even change lane. Edited by Hol on Monday 19th October 08:30
JonoG81 said:
Nobbers who decide that at 6am it's light enough to drive with just side lights on, come screaming up to a roundabout doing at least twice the limit, in the wet, and nearly cause a multiple car accident by skidding directly into the path of a bin wagon, who is already half way around said roundabout.
Although it made me chuckle watching 4 burly council workers all giving him the 'beans' signal and hurling abuse at him for his awful driving, you got the least you deserve you absolute c*nt
The 'C' word has no place on PH. Refrain.Although it made me chuckle watching 4 burly council workers all giving him the 'beans' signal and hurling abuse at him for his awful driving, you got the least you deserve you absolute c*nt
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