One single thing that makes you think "knob" Vol 3
Discussion
DJFish said:
The person who waits at the entrance to a petrol station forecourt for their ideal pump to become available, causing a queue to form.
Take a gamble, pick a pump and GTF out of the way.
These people should be clubbed to death like a rabid hare.
YES. Along with those who refuse to fill up on a pump the opposite side to their tank when the signs clearly say "use both sides".Take a gamble, pick a pump and GTF out of the way.
These people should be clubbed to death like a rabid hare.
romeogolf said:
YES. Along with those who refuse to fill up on a pump the opposite side to their tank when the signs clearly say "use both sides".
The lady a couple of days ago who did just that, parked at an angle, almost ripped the hose off the machine yanking it to try and get far enough over her car then squirted unleaded on the floor.I despair sometimes!
disastra98 said:
The numpty chugging at 30 mph down the slip road to join
a dual carriageway with a queue of cars behind him.Still
continued on his merry way at 30 mph once he joined.
How did he not see all the cars travelling faster than him and
not increase his speed to match those around him.
Probably because they were in no particular HURRY.a dual carriageway with a queue of cars behind him.Still
continued on his merry way at 30 mph once he joined.
How did he not see all the cars travelling faster than him and
not increase his speed to match those around him.
On the DC, presumably all other road users happily overtook them.
The speed limit is not a target, and those who wish to drive below it should be allowed to do so without recieving grief from other drivers who are in an imaginary fast lane to nowhere.
Listen to some classical music on your ICE. It's amazing how it transforms one into a more relaxed and considerate driver.
And I speak as an ex boy racer with Black Sabbath and Iron Maiden blasting out. But no longer.
Hackney said:
WD39 said:
Pannywagon said:
Mustn't feed the troll(s) but on my commute there is a queue that develops every morning on a stretch of dual carriageway where a tidal system operates through a tunnel and over a bridge. The operators have taken to changing the priority recently, so although most commuters are going my way, they reduce it to one lane for periods to clear the queue on the other side of the bridge.
The queue normally builds in lane 1 with lane 2 staying pretty empty; you can drive almost half a mile past the sheeple and merge at the bottom of the hill at the entrance to the tunnel, where the arrows and the red cats eyes direct you to. The other day, a traffic cop was about 3 cars ahead of me and behind a lorry that was holding up l2 by matching the speed of l1. It was VERY satisfying to see the cop pull the lorry over for some re-education at the side of the road and just reinforces the fact that using an empty lane is not queue jumping. It's the way it should be done.
I have always suppored 'MIT' at appropriate times, as per your example. But please don't argue that there are not times when drivers really do push in when two lanes go into one.It happened to me yesterday on a slip road when I was overtaken at the last second, on a hatched area.The queue normally builds in lane 1 with lane 2 staying pretty empty; you can drive almost half a mile past the sheeple and merge at the bottom of the hill at the entrance to the tunnel, where the arrows and the red cats eyes direct you to. The other day, a traffic cop was about 3 cars ahead of me and behind a lorry that was holding up l2 by matching the speed of l1. It was VERY satisfying to see the cop pull the lorry over for some re-education at the side of the road and just reinforces the fact that using an empty lane is not queue jumping. It's the way it should be done.
There are many indicators that the speed limit is 30 on certain roads without specific sign posts, I assume you don't drive at 100mph through these areas because, you know, no signs?
Hackney said:
WD39 said:
Pannywagon said:
Mustn't feed the troll(s) but on my commute there is a queue that develops every morning on a stretch of dual carriageway where a tidal system operates through a tunnel and over a bridge. The operators have taken to changing the priority recently, so although most commuters are going my way, they reduce it to one lane for periods to clear the queue on the other side of the bridge.
The queue normally builds in lane 1 with lane 2 staying pretty empty; you can drive almost half a mile past the sheeple and merge at the bottom of the hill at the entrance to the tunnel, where the arrows and the red cats eyes direct you to. The other day, a traffic cop was about 3 cars ahead of me and behind a lorry that was holding up l2 by matching the speed of l1. It was VERY satisfying to see the cop pull the lorry over for some re-education at the side of the road and just reinforces the fact that using an empty lane is not queue jumping. It's the way it should be done.
I have always suppored 'MIT' at appropriate times, as per your example. But please don't argue that there are not times when drivers really do push in when two lanes go into one.It happened to me yesterday on a slip road when I was overtaken at the last second, on a hatched area.The queue normally builds in lane 1 with lane 2 staying pretty empty; you can drive almost half a mile past the sheeple and merge at the bottom of the hill at the entrance to the tunnel, where the arrows and the red cats eyes direct you to. The other day, a traffic cop was about 3 cars ahead of me and behind a lorry that was holding up l2 by matching the speed of l1. It was VERY satisfying to see the cop pull the lorry over for some re-education at the side of the road and just reinforces the fact that using an empty lane is not queue jumping. It's the way it should be done.
There are many indicators that the speed limit is 30 on certain roads without specific sign posts, I assume you don't drive at 100mph through these areas because, you know, no signs?
All the small villages in my locale are 30 mph speed limit. All are well signed with main and repeater posts.
Please refer to the HC for the correct procedure for MIT.
DJFish said:
The person who waits at the entrance to a petrol station forecourt for their ideal pump to become available, causing a queue to form.
Take a gamble, pick a pump and GTF out of the way.
These people should be clubbed to death like a rabid hare.
Many drivers wait until a pump on the 'right side' becomes available and therefore cause a queueTake a gamble, pick a pump and GTF out of the way.
These people should be clubbed to death like a rabid hare.
We all know that the pump hose stretches over the car to the filler cap.
Must be something to do with 'Don't give a ****', let them wait.
romeogolf said:
Everyone, every morning, who fails to merge in turn at this junction and then forms two queues of traffic in a single lane, before crossing the white hashes to merge onto the main carriageway and generally ends up waiting behind everyone else who merged correctly 20 yards further up the road. Every. Single. Morning.
Not too differently to how this white van merges in the Steetview images...
https://goo.gl/maps/sRaQ2pjM7EE2
I will inform the minister of APIS.Not too differently to how this white van merges in the Steetview images...
https://goo.gl/maps/sRaQ2pjM7EE2
WD39 said:
Probably because they were in no particular HURRY.
On the DC, presumably all other road users happily overtook them.
The speed limit is not a target, and those who wish to drive below it should be allowed to do so without recieving grief from other drivers who are in an imaginary fast lane to nowhere.
Listen to some classical music on your ICE. It's amazing how it transforms one into a more relaxed and considerate driver.
And I speak as an ex boy racer with Black Sabbath and Iron Maiden blasting out. But no longer.
On the other hand, people have been prosecuted for driving too slowly. And I would argue that 30 mph on a NSL DC is not particularly safe as the closing speeds of other traffic will be too high.On the DC, presumably all other road users happily overtook them.
The speed limit is not a target, and those who wish to drive below it should be allowed to do so without recieving grief from other drivers who are in an imaginary fast lane to nowhere.
Listen to some classical music on your ICE. It's amazing how it transforms one into a more relaxed and considerate driver.
And I speak as an ex boy racer with Black Sabbath and Iron Maiden blasting out. But no longer.
Flibble said:
On the other hand, people have been prosecuted for driving too slowly. And I would argue that 30 mph on a NSL DC is not particularly safe as the closing speeds of other traffic will be too high.
Yep, my line manager was pulled over for driving too slow on the A19, a dual carriageway that has a bit of a rep for accidents at the best of times (wasn't prosecuted but was given a stern talking too).The dick in a transit pick-up, end to end traffic on the m77 tonight , sitting 30 yards from the silver burn cut off so cars taking the cut off switch into the hard shoulder and drive up the last 20 yards (nobs as well) driver in the transit decides he is super enforcer of the roads and pulls half way into the hard shoulder and sits there blocking cars from taking the cut off.
Sits there for 10 mins 2 or 3 cars bump the curb and get round him, he gets fed up then drives down the hard shoulder himself.
Sits there for 10 mins 2 or 3 cars bump the curb and get round him, he gets fed up then drives down the hard shoulder himself.
WD39 said:
disastra98 said:
The numpty chugging at 30 mph down the slip road to join
a dual carriageway with a queue of cars behind him.Still
continued on his merry way at 30 mph once he joined.
How did he not see all the cars travelling faster than him and
not increase his speed to match those around him.
Probably because they were in no particular HURRY.a dual carriageway with a queue of cars behind him.Still
continued on his merry way at 30 mph once he joined.
How did he not see all the cars travelling faster than him and
not increase his speed to match those around him.
On the DC, presumably all other road users happily overtook them.
The speed limit is not a target, and those who wish to drive below it should be allowed to do so without recieving grief from other drivers who are in an imaginary fast lane to nowhere.
Listen to some classical music on your ICE. It's amazing how it transforms one into a more relaxed and considerate driver.
And I speak as an ex boy racer with Black Sabbath and Iron Maiden blasting out. But no longer.
WD39 said:
Probably because they were in no particular HURRY.
On the DC, presumably all other road users happily overtook them.
The speed limit is not a target, and those who wish to drive below it should be allowed to do so without recieving grief from other drivers who are in an imaginary fast lane to nowhere.
Listen to some classical music on your ICE. It's amazing how it transforms one into a more relaxed and considerate driver.
And I speak as an ex boy racer with Black Sabbath and Iron Maiden blasting out. But no longer.
Drive like that on a driving test and you would fail. Perhaps ask yourself the question - why?On the DC, presumably all other road users happily overtook them.
The speed limit is not a target, and those who wish to drive below it should be allowed to do so without recieving grief from other drivers who are in an imaginary fast lane to nowhere.
Listen to some classical music on your ICE. It's amazing how it transforms one into a more relaxed and considerate driver.
And I speak as an ex boy racer with Black Sabbath and Iron Maiden blasting out. But no longer.
I'm sorry - but if this DC is NSL - attempting to join it at less than half the speed limit in free flowing traffic is IMO discourteous at best and downright dangerous at worst.
Edited by Moonhawk on Thursday 3rd December 22:46
Flibble said:
WD39 said:
Probably because they were in no particular HURRY.
On the DC, presumably all other road users happily overtook them.
The speed limit is not a target, and those who wish to drive below it should be allowed to do so without recieving grief from other drivers who are in an imaginary fast lane to nowhere.
Listen to some classical music on your ICE. It's amazing how it transforms one into a more relaxed and considerate driver.
And I speak as an ex boy racer with Black Sabbath and Iron Maiden blasting out. But no longer.
On the other hand, people have been prosecuted for driving too slowly. And I would argue that 30 mph on a NSL DC is not particularly safe as the closing speeds of other traffic will be too high.On the DC, presumably all other road users happily overtook them.
The speed limit is not a target, and those who wish to drive below it should be allowed to do so without recieving grief from other drivers who are in an imaginary fast lane to nowhere.
Listen to some classical music on your ICE. It's amazing how it transforms one into a more relaxed and considerate driver.
And I speak as an ex boy racer with Black Sabbath and Iron Maiden blasting out. But no longer.
The dual carriageway incident shows a shocking parallel to those people who pull out of a side road, but make little attempt to accellerate up to the 30mph speed of already approaching cars.
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