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

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

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Blanchimont

4,076 posts

121 months

Monday 8th February 2016
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There must be rewards for special driving on the road, as knob driver 1 I had to "pleasure" of encountering today would win every time.

Dicksplat decided that everybody must go how quickly he deemed acceptable, ignoring the fact it's a 50 limit, and he was only doing 35. When it went into a DC he straddled both lanes. As soon as opportunity arose I may have dropped back, and floored it around him before he had time to react. Cue horn,full beam, wker sign the works.

I may not have helped by flooring it onto the other side of the DC to get past him, but it seemed to work as the van behind me did it, and then he resided back into L1.

I seriously don't know what gets into some people.


WD39

20,083 posts

115 months

Monday 8th February 2016
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Europa1 said:
I know "speed limits aren't targets" blah blah blah, but anyone in a car on a wide sweeping A road in rush hour doing less than 60 is a complete stroker.
Not at all. Not everyone wants to charge about recklessly. Just because you're impatient. r e l a x.

Krikkit

26,500 posts

180 months

Monday 8th February 2016
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WD39 said:
It must have been that because when I turned left soon after, he became a 'I will overtake you in the oncoming lane as you turn left' type of person.
Am I a knob for doing this when safe? I'd rather not slow down if I don't have to...

loafer123

15,404 posts

214 months

Monday 8th February 2016
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WD39 said:
Not at all. Not everyone wants to charge about recklessly. Just because you're impatient. r e l a x.
Or you could think about the number of people you are holding up by trundling along at 40mph everywhere.

My guess is you are retired. Fair enough. But the rest of us want to get home/to work/to pick up our kids/to see our dying mothers, so stop criticising and drive appropriately to the conditions and not your lifestyle.

scarble

5,277 posts

156 months

Monday 8th February 2016
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Blanchimont said:
onto the other side of the DC
I really hope you don't mean this like it sounds like you mean it.
Is this how you mean it?

PorkInsider

5,877 posts

140 months

Monday 8th February 2016
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scarble said:
Blanchimont said:
onto the other side of the DC
I really hope you don't mean this like it sounds like you mean it.
Is this how you mean it?
I'm guessing 2-lane (each direction), single carriageway, maybe?


Edited by PorkInsider on Monday 8th February 21:17

scarble

5,277 posts

156 months

Monday 8th February 2016
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but, but that's not a dc!
#pedantrymatters

MarkRSi

5,782 posts

217 months

Monday 8th February 2016
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Europa1 said:
Hence why the less-than-60 brigade are all onanists.
Not heard that one before hehe

Still, as WD says best to chill out until you can get a chance to overtake, or not if there's umpteen cars between you and the hold up who can't overtake for st...


Edited by MarkRSi on Monday 8th February 23:11

MarkRSi

5,782 posts

217 months

Monday 8th February 2016
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Krikkit said:
WD39 said:
It must have been that because when I turned left soon after, he became a 'I will overtake you in the oncoming lane as you turn left' type of person.
Am I a knob for doing this when safe? I'd rather not slow down if I don't have to...
If so I'm a knob too, I do this all the time (only if I'm 100% sure it's clear i.e. I won't do it on a van/bus/truck I can't see through).

Blanchimont

4,076 posts

121 months

Tuesday 9th February 2016
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PorkInsider said:
scarble said:
Blanchimont said:
onto the other side of the DC
I really hope you don't mean this like it sounds like you mean it.
Is this how you mean it?
I'm guessing 2-lane (each direction), single carriageway, maybe?


Edited by PorkInsider on Monday 8th February 21:17
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.4686553,-2.6345478,3a,75y,327.96h,63.02t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1said0UNOp9pSF09X2JCUTvA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

Sreetview of where it was.

Gary29

4,131 posts

98 months

Tuesday 9th February 2016
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Something I'm seeing more and more of recently is c-units cutting over the white line onto my side of the road, usually on blind corners, usual suspects, white vans, trucks and businessmen on the phone in German machinery. Infuriating, I really can't fathom how there aren't more accidents, as it always seems to be me that has to rectify the situation whilst they carry on oblivious.

PoleDriver

28,616 posts

193 months

Tuesday 9th February 2016
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Blanchimont said:
So not a dual carriageway then!

Europa1

10,923 posts

187 months

Tuesday 9th February 2016
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WD39 said:
Europa1 said:
I know "speed limits aren't targets" blah blah blah, but anyone in a car on a wide sweeping A road in rush hour doing less than 60 is a complete stroker.
Not at all. Not everyone wants to charge about recklessly. Just because you're impatient. r e l a x.
"Charge about recklessly"? I was talking about 60 on a "wide sweeping A road". There's no need to come over all Daily Mail.

Hooli

32,278 posts

199 months

Tuesday 9th February 2016
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AH33 said:
Every single person who commutes in Edinburgh between 7-8am and 4-5pm - GET OUT OF THE WAY!
Same everywhere. WTF is it with people pretending to be in a rush & not noticing massive gaps & green lights to actually fking drive forwards?

Flibble

6,470 posts

180 months

Tuesday 9th February 2016
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Europa1 said:
WD39 said:
Europa1 said:
I know "speed limits aren't targets" blah blah blah, but anyone in a car on a wide sweeping A road in rush hour doing less than 60 is a complete stroker.
Not at all. Not everyone wants to charge about recklessly. Just because you're impatient. r e l a x.
"Charge about recklessly"? I was talking about 60 on a "wide sweeping A road". There's no need to come over all Daily Mail.
But, think of the children!

Jim AK

4,029 posts

123 months

Tuesday 9th February 2016
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Hooli said:
Same everywhere. WTF is it with people pretending to be in a rush & not noticing massive gaps & green lights to actually fking drive forwards?
Consumption of their Starbucks, updating Facebook, doing makeup,checking email etc!!

yellowjack

17,065 posts

165 months

Tuesday 9th February 2016
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PoleDriver said:
Blanchimont said:
So not a dual carriageway then!
Definitely NOT a dual carriageway!

But "Blanchimont's" confusion over what is, and is not a dual carriageway might go some way to explaining the moaning that goes on when yet another moron cops three points and £100 for exceeding the speed limit on those parts of the A303 down in the south west where there are alternating overtaking lanes (the 'three lane stretch') for a good few miles. Two lanes in the same direction does NOT equate to dual carriageway status. Just the same as it's possible to be on a dual carriageway with only one lane in one or both directions.

Still no excuse for some throbber to straddle two lanes to prevent overtaking, though.

WJNB

2,637 posts

160 months

Tuesday 9th February 2016
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Blanchimont said:
There must be rewards for special driving on the road, as knob driver 1 I had to "pleasure" of encountering today would win every time.

Dicksplat decided that everybody must go how quickly he deemed acceptable, ignoring the fact it's a 50 limit, and he was only doing 35. When it went into a DC he straddled both lanes. As soon as opportunity arose I may have dropped back, and floored it around him before he had time to react. Cue horn,full beam, wker sign the works.

I may not have helped by flooring it onto the other side of the DC to get past him, but it seemed to work as the van behind me did it, and then he resided back into L1.

I seriously don't know what gets into some people.

Simple, bitterness & envy. I drive a flash expensive car so like to rub it in as I go by with a cheery wave & a BIG smug grin.

e21Mark

16,205 posts

172 months

Tuesday 9th February 2016
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Jag driver on the A30 earlier, who sped up as I moved out to overtake, to the point he couldn't make the next bend without slewing into the wrong lane whilst stood on the brakes. Had there been a car coming in the opposite direction, he'd have hit it head on. I hope it was worth it? I noticed you staring straight ahead when I passed you on the dual carriageway section, determined not to look across at me. You sir, are an utter knob.

Chris1255

203 posts

110 months

Tuesday 9th February 2016
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Totally oblivious driver of a big black 4 x 4 tank who decided that joining a 70mph section of the A3 at 40 was a good idea. Not great fun being stuck that. Seems to be getting more and more common that people are clueless about matching your speed to the traffic when merging.
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