One single thing that makes you think "knob" Vol 3
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AJXX1 said:
The arse in the white Audi A3 this morning.
I noticed you about to enter the DC from a slip road and moved into L2 to allow you to merge onto the DC without having to stop (notice how kind that was?).
I was therefore somewhat bemused when you instantly floored it to prevent me moving back into L1 in front of you.
Unfortunately for you my 3 tonnes of Land Rover had more go than your shed of an Audi and I was able speed past you with ease and move back over.
You then rather harshly moved into L2 and proceeded floor it past me and speed off down the DC in L2 despite there being no other traffic around, as if to make some sort of bizarre point.
WHY?
Is it only me who reads this as you kindly moved into L2 to let him in, he accelerated hard to move in front and away when he joined, and you accelerated hard which blocked him, made him brake, move into L2 and carry on. I noticed you about to enter the DC from a slip road and moved into L2 to allow you to merge onto the DC without having to stop (notice how kind that was?).
I was therefore somewhat bemused when you instantly floored it to prevent me moving back into L1 in front of you.
Unfortunately for you my 3 tonnes of Land Rover had more go than your shed of an Audi and I was able speed past you with ease and move back over.
You then rather harshly moved into L2 and proceeded floor it past me and speed off down the DC in L2 despite there being no other traffic around, as if to make some sort of bizarre point.
WHY?
Edited by AJXX1 on Sunday 22 May 17:59
Edited by AJXX1 on Sunday 22 May 17:59
You started well, but all you had to do was leave him to it?
loafer123 said:
Is it only me who reads this as you kindly moved into L2 to let him in, he accelerated hard to move in front and away when he joined, and you accelerated hard which blocked him, made him brake, move into L2 and carry on.
You started well, but all you had to do was leave him to it?
Yeah, it reads like that but it wasn't the case. I didn't want to write an essay on how it happened.You started well, but all you had to do was leave him to it?
Basically I moved into L2, he joined in L1 and then sat there, probably 5-10 mph UNDER the limit. I didn't want to break and move in behind him and plod along under the limit.
At this stage we are side by side with me *creeping* passed him. I accelerate more whilst indicating so he knows I'm about to move back into L1 in front of him and at that point he decides to floor it (ergo undertake).
As I was already accelerating I had the upper hand anyway so it didn't take much to get in front and move over.
As I said, I was the only car in L2 anyway. After I get in front he then moves out in a harsh swerve and zooms off down an empty DC in L2.
Perhaps I was the knob?
AJXX1 said:
loafer123 said:
Is it only me who reads this as you kindly moved into L2 to let him in, he accelerated hard to move in front and away when he joined, and you accelerated hard which blocked him, made him brake, move into L2 and carry on.
You started well, but all you had to do was leave him to it?
Yeah, it reads like that but it wasn't the case. I didn't want to write an essay on how it happened.You started well, but all you had to do was leave him to it?
Basically I moved into L2, he joined in L1 and then sat there, probably 5-10 mph UNDER the limit. I didn't want to break and move in behind him and plod along under the limit.
At this stage we are side by side with me *creeping* passed him. I accelerate more whilst indicating so he knows I'm about to move back into L1 in front of him and at that point he decides to floor it (ergo undertake).
As I was already accelerating I had the upper hand anyway so it didn't take much to get in front and move over.
As I said, I was the only car in L2 anyway. After I get in front he then moves out in a harsh swerve and zooms off down an empty DC in L2.
Perhaps I was the knob?
M42 J6 joining this afternoon, quite heavy traffic and the variable speed gantries showing 60. At the end of the sliproad is a massive great big sign saying "CONGESTION - USE HARD SHOULDER", and sure enough, the hard shoulder also has a 60 sign above it. So why, the total bloody hell does everyone joining the motorway try and squeeze across into L1 which is absolutely stuffed full of cars bumper to bumper doing 40-50, when their slip road lane which becomes the live hard shoulder is totally empty. Is their observation so poor that they fail to notice the fact that A) the motorway is busy, leading on to B) the hard shoulder is currently open and should be used. Instead, all they achieve is to cause further congestion to the already packed lanes 1,2 and 3. Luckily I am almost able to treat the hard should as my own private lane, to pass all the total dimwits stacking up in the other lanes. Standard procedure now is to use the hard shoulder as much as possible, when it's open of course, then upon passing the next on-slip move back to it and make further progress.
carlove said:
Myself. a chap who was obviously in a world of his own started crossing in front of me without looking at all, so I bipped the horn, the poor sod, who turned out to be an older chap, I couldn't tell from behind jumped 6 foot in the air, I decided I would let him finish crossing. After an initial fit of laughter I am now feeling terrible.
Don't beat yourself up, at least you let him finish crossing.NOT being old but recently doddery having damaged my back I had to resort to using a walking stick & crossing roads took a long time so was grateful when drivers having noted my pace gave me time. I ensured they received a wave of thanks, or on the rare occasion indicated I like two fingers of gin with my tonic.
My neighbour, for doing a three point turn right in front of my living room window, which is low. With his headlights blazing.
Double knob points as the turning point is 40 feet down the cul de sac.
And all his and his wife's family and friends for parking all over the street like f
king cock ends.
Double knob points as the turning point is 40 feet down the cul de sac.
And all his and his wife's family and friends for parking all over the street like f
king cock ends.Cock end in a Nissan Note last night who followed me down a slip road and then just before the roundabout at the end of the slip road decided it would be a good idea to get in front of me by swerving out and harsh acceleration followed by cutting back in front of me and then slamming on the anchors as by this point they'd reached the red traffic lights at the roundabout.
Further knobisness occurred as we then started down a country road (NSL road, can be safely handled at 50+), Mr Nissan Note, however, decides to do about 30 mph.
After about 5 mins of this I was fed up, indicated, moved out and overtook on a long stretch whilst Mr Nissan Note plodded along. After moving back in I got horn/full beam rage. Note: I kept well back and gave Mr Nissan Note plenty of space while he plodded along; it's not like I was sitting up his arse.
That's right, I'm the ahole aren't I? If you had remained behind me on the otherwise empty slip road there would be no issue you utter plank. Surely if you aren't conformable on these types of roads then the last thing you want is to put yourself in a position where other cars are BEHIND you?
If you'd have stopped behind me on the slip road then you'd have had nobody behind you and would have been able to plod along as you wish.
Knob!
Further knobisness occurred as we then started down a country road (NSL road, can be safely handled at 50+), Mr Nissan Note, however, decides to do about 30 mph.
After about 5 mins of this I was fed up, indicated, moved out and overtook on a long stretch whilst Mr Nissan Note plodded along. After moving back in I got horn/full beam rage. Note: I kept well back and gave Mr Nissan Note plenty of space while he plodded along; it's not like I was sitting up his arse.
That's right, I'm the a
hole aren't I? If you had remained behind me on the otherwise empty slip road there would be no issue you utter plank. Surely if you aren't conformable on these types of roads then the last thing you want is to put yourself in a position where other cars are BEHIND you?If you'd have stopped behind me on the slip road then you'd have had nobody behind you and would have been able to plod along as you wish.
Knob!
Knoblet in the Focus who pulled out of a side road in front of me. The gap was well big enough.... IF he'd remembered to accelerate. He turned out in front of me which was cool and then the gap just got smaller and smaller as he forgot to drive away. I think he was doing something like 12mph or whatever speed he was doing.
I blipped the horn to wake him up and then got shouted at by my mum who was in the car!
I blipped the horn to wake him up and then got shouted at by my mum who was in the car!
Young guy in a bright red Seat "something" with after market wheels, slightly lowered suspension and darkened glass. Oddly the car did not look that naff even through my "angry old man lenses" however the whole effect was wrecked by the loud music he was playing with his driver's side window down trying to look nonchalant. I am sure it was a Cheeky Girls number that was drawing attention to the car. Most pedestrians nearby appeared to be sniggering as he accelerated past.
The Fking cretin who thought doing a u turn between dual carriageways directly in front of me! Luckily I moved to the outside lane because I didn't like the look of him! Then he uses the left only lane at the next roundabout to go back up the carrageway!
Looked like the classic nut case pick up driver. If you see a knackered newish Toyota pickup with the tailgate missing in MK AVOID.
king cretin who thought doing a u turn between dual carriageways directly in front of me! Luckily I moved to the outside lane because I didn't like the look of him! Then he uses the left only lane at the next roundabout to go back up the carrageway!Looked like the classic nut case pick up driver. If you see a knackered newish Toyota pickup with the tailgate missing in MK AVOID.
ashleyman said:
Knoblet in the Focus who pulled out of a side road in front of me. The gap was well big enough.... IF he'd remembered to accelerate. He turned out in front of me which was cool and then the gap just got smaller and smaller as he forgot to drive away. I think he was doing something like 12mph or whatever speed he was doing.
I blipped the horn to wake him up and then got shouted at by my mum who was in the car!
Your mum was in the Focus? I blipped the horn to wake him up and then got shouted at by my mum who was in the car!
Some old duffer in a VW MPV of some description (super-Golf?)
Pulled out on me right at the bottom of the run down the A25 from Newlands corner, just before Silent Pool.
Just "because push bike" doesn't mean I'm going to be slow you cretin. GPS confirmed 43.3mph as my peak speed just before you pulled your dumb-arsed stunt, and I was being held up by the three vehicle convoy led by the white Nissan QashQai that had overtaken me at the top of the hill then proceeded to get on the brakes A LOT on the way down. No way I was going to be able to brake in time, due to his bizarre lack of acceleration, given how keen he was to turn out in front of me. So I whizzed past on the hatched lines and called him a "fking idiot" through his open window.
If anyone has an elderly relative with an MPV who is bemoaning an aggressive cyclist shouting at him today, tell the stupid old git that he very much got away lightly, as what he actually deserved was a damned good smack in the chops.
Pulled out on me right at the bottom of the run down the A25 from Newlands corner, just before Silent Pool.
Just "because push bike" doesn't mean I'm going to be slow you cretin. GPS confirmed 43.3mph as my peak speed just before you pulled your dumb-arsed stunt, and I was being held up by the three vehicle convoy led by the white Nissan QashQai that had overtaken me at the top of the hill then proceeded to get on the brakes A LOT on the way down. No way I was going to be able to brake in time, due to his bizarre lack of acceleration, given how keen he was to turn out in front of me. So I whizzed past on the hatched lines and called him a "f
king idiot" through his open window.If anyone has an elderly relative with an MPV who is bemoaning an aggressive cyclist shouting at him today, tell the stupid old git that he very much got away lightly, as what he actually deserved was a damned good smack in the chops.
carlove said:
Myself. a chap who was obviously in a world of his own started crossing in front of me without looking at all, so I bipped the horn, the poor sod, who turned out to be an older chap, I couldn't tell from behind jumped 6 foot in the air, I decided I would let him finish crossing. After an initial fit of laughter I am now feeling terrible.
In a similar,but different,vein,FiL stopped to help an old guy who had fallen over crossing the street.He is 80 himself and fallen old bloke was no lightweight,so he needed help from a passing woman,but despite it being damn obvious that there was a problem,some tt who was delayed till hooted!(obviously it wasnt carlove.....was it?
)Looks like bloke who fell may have broke both wrists
Idiot in the 03 Polo (GF03 WKU) who needs to learn what lanes are on a roundabout.
2 lanes coming off a roundabout going left. I'm happily in the left lane going 25 or so and knoblet comes flying round the corner at what I would assume is 40 with ZERO car control. Comes over into my lane straight in front of me which as you can imagine causes lots of heavy braking, lots of horns and me thinking I'd smashed my car on the curb - luckily nobody was behind me. Then he's brake checking me as I go to carry on with my life because I beeped him and then staring at me and trying to accelerate to stay next to me whilst keeping eye contact as I went to drive past him in the right hand lane. Total utter knob.
It's the closest I have EVER come to having an accident and I'm very tempted to report him for his driving behaviour.
2 lanes coming off a roundabout going left. I'm happily in the left lane going 25 or so and knoblet comes flying round the corner at what I would assume is 40 with ZERO car control. Comes over into my lane straight in front of me which as you can imagine causes lots of heavy braking, lots of horns and me thinking I'd smashed my car on the curb - luckily nobody was behind me. Then he's brake checking me as I go to carry on with my life because I beeped him and then staring at me and trying to accelerate to stay next to me whilst keeping eye contact as I went to drive past him in the right hand lane. Total utter knob.
It's the closest I have EVER come to having an accident and I'm very tempted to report him for his driving behaviour.
Edited by ashleyman on Monday 23 May 22:15
kowalski655 said:
In a similar,but different,vein,FiL stopped to help an old guy who had fallen over crossing the street.He is 80 himself and fallen old bloke was no lightweight,so he needed help from a passing woman,but despite it being damn obvious that there was a problem,some tt who was delayed till hooted!(obviously it wasnt carlove.....was it?)
Looks like bloke who fell may have broke both wrists
Promise that wasn't me, sounds like a massive bell end that bloke. t who was delayed till hooted!(obviously it wasnt carlove.....was it?)Looks like bloke who fell may have broke both wrists
Anyway, I spotted a knob today, on the A1079,a very busy fast moving A road, some utter spacktard in a silly big Hyundai 4x4 decided he needed to turn around so pulled in badly, and did a 3 point turn, causing everyone to stop, luckily he did it behind me, otherwise he'd feel the wrath of my horn, we already the power it has. What sort of idiot thinks this is acceptable, he probably didn't know but there was a petrol station around the next corner, that would have been a much safer alternative.
baldy1926 said:
M11 today busy but not to bad i'm in the inside lane and there's nothing in the inside for the best part of a mile.
A poverty spec vauxhall zafia was sat in the middle lane i was approaching her i couldn't use lane 3 to overtake as there was another car overtaking.
I flashed her twice jut in case she was half asleep, and she moved straight into lane 1.
When i got level with her she was going ballistic in the drivers side she was jumping up and down and by the mouth movements lots of swearing and strangely a couple of v signs. When i passed her she was straight back into lane 2 with lots of headlight flashing and she was weaving all over the road. I was tempted to drop back and do a couple of circuits of her but i couldn't be bothered.
When i pulled off the A1 at Grantham i followed a audi a4 off, which was also turning left onto the A46 towards Nottingham.
The a46 is not a bad road with several sweeping bends which makes it more fun than some other roads.
I flashed the audi as there was nothing coming and he just sat there. When he eventually pulled off he was straight upto the nsl.
That didn't last long as he approached the speed camera he braked to 50.
Then every time he approached even the slightest bend he was on the brakes down to 30.
We then caught up a Nissan suv thing which was only doing 40.
At the first chance i over took the 2 i was followed by 2 other cars. In just a few miles we had collected quite a queue as even artics were taking corners quicker than the audi!
Strange route. Or do you mean A52? The A46 is Newark to Leicester.A poverty spec vauxhall zafia was sat in the middle lane i was approaching her i couldn't use lane 3 to overtake as there was another car overtaking.
I flashed her twice jut in case she was half asleep, and she moved straight into lane 1.
When i got level with her she was going ballistic in the drivers side she was jumping up and down and by the mouth movements lots of swearing and strangely a couple of v signs. When i passed her she was straight back into lane 2 with lots of headlight flashing and she was weaving all over the road. I was tempted to drop back and do a couple of circuits of her but i couldn't be bothered.
When i pulled off the A1 at Grantham i followed a audi a4 off, which was also turning left onto the A46 towards Nottingham.
The a46 is not a bad road with several sweeping bends which makes it more fun than some other roads.
I flashed the audi as there was nothing coming and he just sat there. When he eventually pulled off he was straight upto the nsl.
That didn't last long as he approached the speed camera he braked to 50.
Then every time he approached even the slightest bend he was on the brakes down to 30.
We then caught up a Nissan suv thing which was only doing 40.
At the first chance i over took the 2 i was followed by 2 other cars. In just a few miles we had collected quite a queue as even artics were taking corners quicker than the audi!
The motorbike who sat behind me on a country lane for miles with plenty of places to overtake, whom decided the moment I indicate to turn right would be the ideal time to nip past. Had I not had my eye on him, I'd have turned right and wiped him out. Had anyone been pulling out the junction I was turning into, he'd have also been wiped out.
Plep.
Plep.
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