One single thing that makes you think "knob" Vol 3
Discussion
yellowjack said:
It isn't legal. It's "causing an obstruction" and disabled or not, it's an offence. An offence that, unlike many decriminalised parking 'offences', can still be dealt with by the police. Disabled or not, parking like a twunt means you ARE a twunt. End of story. I watched one park up in Salisbury recently, just where the road narrows around the corner from Burger King...
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/Salisbury,+Wil...
...The vehicle behind him was a double decker bus, whose driver blasted the horn several times before the ignorant old fool quit making a big display out of unfolding his blue badge holder on the dash. Then the stupid old git make a huge show of folding it back up and putting it in the glovebox again, before slowly driving away. I'd left the camera in the car, or else I'd have taken a series of pictures for a thread such as this. The old duffer not only blocked the bus, but also a long queue of cars evidently trying to get out of the city just around closing time at shops and offices. I swear some of them park as badly as they can, to deliberately provoke a response. Just 'because disabled' isn't a valid excuse for behaving like a complete knob. In fact, now that I've added the Streetview link, I've noticed that there are 'No Loading At Any Time' bars in addition to the double yellow lines, which makes it even worse
Drivers like that annoy me so much, bugger everyone else, I'll park where I like. In York there is often small automatic hatchbacks just dumped here there and everywhere.https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/Salisbury,+Wil...
...The vehicle behind him was a double decker bus, whose driver blasted the horn several times before the ignorant old fool quit making a big display out of unfolding his blue badge holder on the dash. Then the stupid old git make a huge show of folding it back up and putting it in the glovebox again, before slowly driving away. I'd left the camera in the car, or else I'd have taken a series of pictures for a thread such as this. The old duffer not only blocked the bus, but also a long queue of cars evidently trying to get out of the city just around closing time at shops and offices. I swear some of them park as badly as they can, to deliberately provoke a response. Just 'because disabled' isn't a valid excuse for behaving like a complete knob. In fact, now that I've added the Streetview link, I've noticed that there are 'No Loading At Any Time' bars in addition to the double yellow lines, which makes it even worse
Forgot the Mondeo had parked just past the entrance to a large multi-story car park. I did think about giving a long blast of the horn, but instead said "you're not allowed to park there, it's double yellow lines", which got ignored
There's some double yellows been recently put down on a road near me.
I believe that some of the cars that parked there before the lines were applied now park [legally]
round the corner,which unfortunately causes traffic to queue as it's more of a main road.
I think they're using the "that'll teach you" principal.
Knobbish behaviour.
I believe that some of the cars that parked there before the lines were applied now park [legally]
round the corner,which unfortunately causes traffic to queue as it's more of a main road.
I think they're using the "that'll teach you" principal.
Knobbish behaviour.
Cliftonite said:
WD39 said:
Well said Triumphman.
Two lanes into one on a RBT exit? Using the RH lane is called pushing in. Nobody likes it. (APIS)
It is called 'overtaking'. Nobody likes it! Two lanes into one on a RBT exit? Using the RH lane is called pushing in. Nobody likes it. (APIS)
(What does 'APIS' mean, please? Nothing rude, I hope!)
For what it's worth I certainly do not have a problem with overtaking, or merging in turn.
TheFinners said:
90% of the people who plod down the single carriageway section of Charles Watts Way between M27 J7 and the Kanes Hill roundabout that leads to Thornhill. It is an NSL road yet almost every person plods down it at 35-45mph. It is perfectly safe to drive down at 60mph yet all of the dopey lemmings fail to realise what an NSL sign actually means... 
This is really irritating. Luckily there's plenty of space on that section of road to overtake, and end up sat next to the person in the queue so you can politely remind them of the error of their ways.
Poeple-weepole who talkie-walkie like this-ee-wiss to their doggy-woggies...
...and then wonder why the dog bites them.
Also people who have moved over to the UK and train their dogs in their native tongues. There was a Staffy running loose on the beach a while ago and panic stricken parents were grabbing their children even though the dog was quite happily bounding around and no threat to anyone. I tried calling it over, "Heel", "come", "here" and various other ideas but the dog didn't react at all. Let out a loud whistle and got a reaction so he wasn't deaf. Then the dogs owner appears...
When in England please train your animals in English so if they do get loose other people can deal with them.
...and then wonder why the dog bites them.
Also people who have moved over to the UK and train their dogs in their native tongues. There was a Staffy running loose on the beach a while ago and panic stricken parents were grabbing their children even though the dog was quite happily bounding around and no threat to anyone. I tried calling it over, "Heel", "come", "here" and various other ideas but the dog didn't react at all. Let out a loud whistle and got a reaction so he wasn't deaf. Then the dogs owner appears...
Dog owner said:
Schnerbert whooble habble schnable her!
...and the dog casually walked over and sat next to him. One parent was already on the phone to the Police. When in England please train your animals in English so if they do get loose other people can deal with them.
carlove said:
Hooli said:
Or wants to keep his job.
Chances are that's a 'timing point' on his route. If he leaves it early he can get fired, so he has to wait & it's kind of hard to know the stop is full before you get there. Blame the bus company for using a congested stop as a timing point.
/Ex bus driver
That's fair, didn't know that it was that serious. There was at least 5 buses in the subsequent queue, would they have got punished for being late? That's a genuine Question.Chances are that's a 'timing point' on his route. If he leaves it early he can get fired, so he has to wait & it's kind of hard to know the stop is full before you get there. Blame the bus company for using a congested stop as a timing point.
/Ex bus driver
I have no knowledge of the rules of being a bus driver, I was just a grumpy driver in the queue, I will say the driver is not a knob, the bus company sound like they must be First class knobs.
It's as much the council as the company, they often set the routes & override the companies thoughts on it. It's almost like councils want traffic so they have an excuse to up parking charges to clean the roads up...
The lady (in her 50's) who decided to keep going, looking neither to the left or the right as two lanes merged into one.
The fact that I was 75% past her seemingly meant nothing.
Compounded further up the road when I anticipated the end of the bus lane and moved left just as she put her indicator on to do the same. Now it appears she's one of these "I'm indicating therefore I have right of way and all other cars will part / disappear to let me swerve into which ever lane I choose" people as when she pulled in behind me she pipped her horn, flashed her lights and gesticulated at me.
Later that day.... the idiot in a rental soft roader who switched lanes on the sliproad from the A1 to the M25 clockwise. The slip road is split so the lanes join the motorway separately, I was approaching motorway speed with a clear road ahead when numpty moved into my lane.....at about 40mph
So instead of approaching correctly and merging onto the motorway easily I ended up almost coming to a dead stop and joining around 30mph slower than I wanted to
The fact that I was 75% past her seemingly meant nothing.
Compounded further up the road when I anticipated the end of the bus lane and moved left just as she put her indicator on to do the same. Now it appears she's one of these "I'm indicating therefore I have right of way and all other cars will part / disappear to let me swerve into which ever lane I choose" people as when she pulled in behind me she pipped her horn, flashed her lights and gesticulated at me.
Later that day.... the idiot in a rental soft roader who switched lanes on the sliproad from the A1 to the M25 clockwise. The slip road is split so the lanes join the motorway separately, I was approaching motorway speed with a clear road ahead when numpty moved into my lane.....at about 40mph
So instead of approaching correctly and merging onto the motorway easily I ended up almost coming to a dead stop and joining around 30mph slower than I wanted to
Triumph Man said:
Cliftonite said:
WD39 said:
Well said Triumphman.
Two lanes into one on a RBT exit? Using the RH lane is called pushing in. Nobody likes it. (APIS)
It is called 'overtaking'. Nobody likes it! Two lanes into one on a RBT exit? Using the RH lane is called pushing in. Nobody likes it. (APIS)
(What does 'APIS' mean, please? Nothing rude, I hope!)
For what it's worth I certainly do not have a problem with overtaking, or merging in turn.
I have experienced a lot of dual carriageways with roundabouts along them that either carry on as dual carriageway, or merge without much warning just after a roundabout.
[disclaimer] Assuming that there was a dual carriageway entering the RAB in the real-life case.
rambo19 said:
d
head in silver people carrier who thought it was ok to stop on zigzags outside shenfield station this morning.
Which reminds me. ALL the dhead in silver people carrier who thought it was ok to stop on zigzags outside shenfield station this morning.heads who stop on the access road to Rotherham hospital rather than use the drop off zone signed with HUGE signs right next to them. Causes havoc for everyone trying to get to proper car parks.Oddly they all appear to be of the same demographic, currently famous for other car related actives in this area.
Knob of the day was on Princess Parkway in Manchester for me. Driver in Discovery with trailer in the left hand lane, wants to turn right at the next junction, sits with his right indicator on, but makes no move to get into the right hand lane, even when I dropped back to let him. Instead at the last minute he went for the space that was occupied by the car in front until the two of them were squeezed almost into a single lane side by side. I genuinely thought they were about to collide but the other car stopped and let him in. I'd dropped back so far at this point in anticipation of the collision trhat there was more than enough space for him to slot in behind the car. Madness.
Knob in the E Class ragtop flying along in lane 4 of the southbound M1 this morning: 60 limit/heavy rain & spray. He suddenly lurches across all four lanes with only the briefest of indications and only just makes the exit for the A5 by virtue of cutting up a car transporter and a camper van then stops on the hatchings to take a phone call
The Phil Mitchell lookalike on the same stretch who was aggressively tailgating people in lane 4. This managed to work for several miles until he tried it with a very clean Navy blue S80.......which suddenly lit up like Blackpool illuminations
The Phil Mitchell lookalike on the same stretch who was aggressively tailgating people in lane 4. This managed to work for several miles until he tried it with a very clean Navy blue S80.......which suddenly lit up like Blackpool illuminations
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