One single thing that makes you think "knob" Vol 3
Discussion
Bluedot said:
GravelMachineGun said:
Happens too often. I have been overtaken by people at light as I braked when they went to red and the car behind has overtaken me and shot through.
I've noticed it more recently (as in over the last couple of years).I'm not sure if it really has changed or whether I look out for it, therefore notice it more.
They only get held up at the next light anyway and I invariably catch them up. So they're risking three points and £150 fine for absolutely nothing.
Bluedot said:
GravelMachineGun said:
Happens too often. I have been overtaken by people at light as I braked when they went to red and the car behind has overtaken me and shot through.
I've noticed it more recently (as in over the last couple of years).I'm not sure if it really has changed or whether I look out for it, therefore notice it more.
Liquid Knight said:
As well as red light racers I've noticed people jumping red lights when they see other lights have changed. There's a section I go past every day with a delay in the light sequence to allow pedestrians to cross but the number of times people have been sat at the red light and move off before it changes only for the light to change ten seconds later makes me wonder what is so important?
They only get held up at the next light anyway and I invariably catch them up. So they're risking three points and £150 fine for absolutely nothing.
I saw this for the first time last night. They only get held up at the next light anyway and I invariably catch them up. So they're risking three points and £150 fine for absolutely nothing.
I was in the right hand lane on a 40 limit dual carriageway overtaking. He came flying up behind me and as I passed the car I was overtaking, hewent to undertake. I was already moving left anyway so he then overtakes - I was already doing 42/44 ish as he overtook. We both stop at the lights. I'm in the left lane going straight and he's in the right lane going straight. He went through on the red and then a few seconds later it changed to green so I went. He was going well over the speed limit down the next road so I assume he was in a rush or just one of those people who always speeds everywhere no matter what.
Me. For going through a red light, which is one of my pet hates. 
It happened here...
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.1725655,-0.65074...
...on my way home from Goodwood on Saturday evening, and I was the first car in lane 1, stopped at the first set of lights. Happy days, no problem there. Then I had cause to look away from the lights, distracted by something inside the car. When I looked up again, my eyes completely bypassed the closest set of lights, and my gaze fell upon the next set beyond the right turn filter lane (no, not the 'repeater' light for my set). Those lights were at 'green' so I moved off, entirely normal acceleration, no roaring off or nuffink, honest! Then I checked my mirrors and the little white van that had been alongside in lane 2 was still sat there at the light I should still have been waiting for.
A car that had been coming from the right on a green light was evidently mildly irritated because I got a dose of 'high beams', but only after he'd straightened up on the road behind me (no danger of collision, as plenty of space between us, thankfully). I realised straight away what I'd done, and how much of a "Knob!!" it made me look, but hey? What's done is done, no harm came of it, I'll be more careful in future, etc, etc. Oh, and how exactly should one go about apologising for something as stupid as that?
I'd been driving pretty carefully up to that point too. Being Goodwood weekend, and knowing Sussex Police camera vans are often out, I'd been sticking rigidly to speed limits all the way up. The driver of that white van must have thought I was a complete throbber. He'd been itching to get past me all through the single carriageway approaches, and through the town. He wasn't driving crazy or tailgating, but I could sense he wanted to go past me. When he pulled up alongside I think he meant to get past off the lights, and I'd have happily let him get on with that as I was in no particular hurry, but goodness knows what he then made of me passing over the stop line against a red light?
It happened here...
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.1725655,-0.65074...
...on my way home from Goodwood on Saturday evening, and I was the first car in lane 1, stopped at the first set of lights. Happy days, no problem there. Then I had cause to look away from the lights, distracted by something inside the car. When I looked up again, my eyes completely bypassed the closest set of lights, and my gaze fell upon the next set beyond the right turn filter lane (no, not the 'repeater' light for my set). Those lights were at 'green' so I moved off, entirely normal acceleration, no roaring off or nuffink, honest! Then I checked my mirrors and the little white van that had been alongside in lane 2 was still sat there at the light I should still have been waiting for.
A car that had been coming from the right on a green light was evidently mildly irritated because I got a dose of 'high beams', but only after he'd straightened up on the road behind me (no danger of collision, as plenty of space between us, thankfully). I realised straight away what I'd done, and how much of a "Knob!!" it made me look, but hey? What's done is done, no harm came of it, I'll be more careful in future, etc, etc. Oh, and how exactly should one go about apologising for something as stupid as that?
I'd been driving pretty carefully up to that point too. Being Goodwood weekend, and knowing Sussex Police camera vans are often out, I'd been sticking rigidly to speed limits all the way up. The driver of that white van must have thought I was a complete throbber. He'd been itching to get past me all through the single carriageway approaches, and through the town. He wasn't driving crazy or tailgating, but I could sense he wanted to go past me. When he pulled up alongside I think he meant to get past off the lights, and I'd have happily let him get on with that as I was in no particular hurry, but goodness knows what he then made of me passing over the stop line against a red light?
Europa1 said:
All of the self-obsessed pricks in Cambridge this morning who just cannot wait the minute or 2 for the lights to go through another cycle, so cruise through lights that have been red long enough for one of the other direction's lights to have turned green And not "just" turned green either. Are people really in that much of a hurry? Are their journeys so much more important than everyone else's?
Conversely, pedestrians that press the button, then walk at the first gap in traffic anyway leaving drivers staring at green man with no one to be seen or the pedestrian walking out when they think because one light has gone red, it's them next where as they've just stepped straight into a lane of green lighted traffic.
Another knob at a red light.
Ivwas stuck at a junction in bridlington. Lane 2 turns right, L1 is ahead and left. I could not move ahead at all as 109 yards beyond this junction is another 4way roadworks traffic light, which means traffic is backed up to my junction, and right across it too,so no one can move till the lights down the road turn,which took ages.
I had deliberately left a gap for traffic crossing right to left,as traffic crossing left to right was already blocked by knobs stuck in the middle of the junction. But white van man behind me can't wait,so he pulls into lane 2, to cut across and round me,to go left, but that was just as I was moving,as the lights ahead changed and there was room for me to go at last. He nearly took the nose of my car off.
Ivwas stuck at a junction in bridlington. Lane 2 turns right, L1 is ahead and left. I could not move ahead at all as 109 yards beyond this junction is another 4way roadworks traffic light, which means traffic is backed up to my junction, and right across it too,so no one can move till the lights down the road turn,which took ages.
I had deliberately left a gap for traffic crossing right to left,as traffic crossing left to right was already blocked by knobs stuck in the middle of the junction. But white van man behind me can't wait,so he pulls into lane 2, to cut across and round me,to go left, but that was just as I was moving,as the lights ahead changed and there was room for me to go at last. He nearly took the nose of my car off.
Tit in the fairly new looking blue Merc plodding down L2 of the DC this morning.
I was behind him for some time whilst he made pitiful progress. I kept a good gap between us but eventually got fed up and closed in a little to let him know I wanted to get passed him and not crawl a long (by no means tailgating).
His reaction to this was to "floor it" which was rather pathetic. I assumed he thought since I had an older Merc he'd be able to blow me off. Unfortunately for him it maybe older but a 3.2 V6 is twice as powerful as whatever shed of an oil burner he was propelled by.
I effortlessly kept up whilst he crawled up to 90 and finally gave in and moved over. How about you follow basic lane discipline in the future to avoid embarrassment and just MOVE OVER?
I was behind him for some time whilst he made pitiful progress. I kept a good gap between us but eventually got fed up and closed in a little to let him know I wanted to get passed him and not crawl a long (by no means tailgating).
His reaction to this was to "floor it" which was rather pathetic. I assumed he thought since I had an older Merc he'd be able to blow me off. Unfortunately for him it maybe older but a 3.2 V6 is twice as powerful as whatever shed of an oil burner he was propelled by.
I effortlessly kept up whilst he crawled up to 90 and finally gave in and moved over. How about you follow basic lane discipline in the future to avoid embarrassment and just MOVE OVER?
I was a knob here, I'm not going to deny that for a moment.
Was behind a taxi who was extremely close, swerving behind the car in front of him, who was going 30 on a 30. I decided I would go up behind the taxi driver to see how he liked it, he didn't like it and quickly stuck his arm out, and seemed to have a little tantrum. I don't normally do this sort of driving, but this taxi driver is a massive prick, I often see him tailgating, cutting people up, never indicating. He's tailgated me before for no reason.
If you get a taxi in York and a black 57 plate VW Jetta pulls up, don't get in it, I think it's one of the ones you get from the station, that you don't have to prebook.
Was behind a taxi who was extremely close, swerving behind the car in front of him, who was going 30 on a 30. I decided I would go up behind the taxi driver to see how he liked it, he didn't like it and quickly stuck his arm out, and seemed to have a little tantrum. I don't normally do this sort of driving, but this taxi driver is a massive prick, I often see him tailgating, cutting people up, never indicating. He's tailgated me before for no reason.
If you get a taxi in York and a black 57 plate VW Jetta pulls up, don't get in it, I think it's one of the ones you get from the station, that you don't have to prebook.
The cockend in a ropey old S3 who came flying out of his drive, used the pavement as a slip road, 'merged' in front of me and ran the red light. I've driven past the house with the car on the drive loads of times, why would you do something like that coming out of your own house!? That's just asking for a brick through the window, fortunately I am not a protected minority from the travelling community so I'm not into that.
Edited by Janesy B on Friday 1st July 23:45
All of the cretins (circa 30) in L2 of the DC this afternoon queuing at the traffic lights to get into town. There's two bloody lanes and they're all gormless and sat there in L2 whilst L1 was completely empty, which was helpful as I zoomed past them all and effortlessly avoided a 10+ min wait.
Why do people do this? Is this the usual L2 hogging brigade usually found clogging up L2 whilst driving at about 50?
If these idiots moved over there'd be half the traffic and everything would move much quicker. As it stands they're completely clogging up L2 and ending up stranded on the roundabout blocking it off etc...
Why do people do this? Is this the usual L2 hogging brigade usually found clogging up L2 whilst driving at about 50?
If these idiots moved over there'd be half the traffic and everything would move much quicker. As it stands they're completely clogging up L2 and ending up stranded on the roundabout blocking it off etc...
Edited by AJXX1 on Saturday 2nd July 14:11
Alex_225 said:
People that don't grasp that you give way to people who are already on a roundabout.
Number of people you see steaming up to a roundabout with no intention to stop and then have a flap when there's a car already on it.
People seem to assume right of way is black and white. Like people coming up hills when the obstruction is on their side of the road etc.
Number of people you see steaming up to a roundabout with no intention to stop and then have a flap when there's a car already on it.
People seem to assume right of way is black and white. Like people coming up hills when the obstruction is on their side of the road etc.
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"If you did not vote but had the opportunity to do so you have no right to moan about the result".
Nicholas Conrad.
"If you were too lazy to be part of the process why bother trying to protest?"
Me.
As well as making our country more of a laughing stock to the rest of the world than this debacle already has this protest will go down in British history...
...under the word "Futile".
"If you did not vote but had the opportunity to do so you have no right to moan about the result".
Nicholas Conrad.
"If you were too lazy to be part of the process why bother trying to protest?"
Me.
As well as making our country more of a laughing stock to the rest of the world than this debacle already has this protest will go down in British history...
...under the word "Futile".
To the knob jocket in the Qashqai. I overtook a lorry in an NSL on the R1. Got back over to my own side of the road to realise the Quashiqai coming the the other way was flashing me. I had enough time on my own side of the road to choose between my usual how many flashes can I get back, or a cheery wave. I went with the cheery wave, which they saw and gave me the w
ker back. People are weird.
Also another knob jockey in his Golf R (or other "fast" Golf). Coming off of a roundabout under the A5 in MK, it feeds from 2 lanes down to 1. He clearly didn't like me carrying more speed off of the roundabout meaning I could slot in between him and the car in front. More horn and lights. Shouldn't have left a gap if you didn't want me to fill it.
What is it about Milton Keynes that means it's a by word for crap driving.
ker back. People are weird.Also another knob jockey in his Golf R (or other "fast" Golf). Coming off of a roundabout under the A5 in MK, it feeds from 2 lanes down to 1. He clearly didn't like me carrying more speed off of the roundabout meaning I could slot in between him and the car in front. More horn and lights. Shouldn't have left a gap if you didn't want me to fill it.
What is it about Milton Keynes that means it's a by word for crap driving.
Moonhawk said:
It's the people who drop anchor on a free flowing main road in order to let somebody out of a side road who deserve a slap.
If traffic is slow or stop start - fine, let people out if it is safe to do so - but to stop and block a free flowing road just so you can be polite and let somebody out
I swear such people don't know their rear view mirror exists.
Try driving in France! Priority a droite means that some one can emerge onto a main road from a tiny side road, right in front of you, and it's your fault if you hit them! What kind of cretin thought that A. This is a good idea.Then B. Although this is clearly utterly illogical and indeed suicidal, we should not do away with it ASAP even though people are being killed regularly as a result.Only the French!!If traffic is slow or stop start - fine, let people out if it is safe to do so - but to stop and block a free flowing road just so you can be polite and let somebody out
I swear such people don't know their rear view mirror exists.
yellowjack said:
Me. For going through a red light, which is one of my pet hates.
It happened here...
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.1725655,-0.65074...
...on my way home from Goodwood on Saturday evening, and I was the first car in lane 1, stopped at the first set of lights. Happy days, no problem there. Then I had cause to look away from the lights, distracted by something inside the car. When I looked up again, my eyes completely bypassed the closest set of lights, and my gaze fell upon the next set beyond the right turn filter lane (no, not the 'repeater' light for my set). Those lights were at 'green' so I moved off, entirely normal acceleration, no roaring off or nuffink, honest! Then I checked my mirrors and the little white van that had been alongside in lane 2 was still sat there at the light I should still have been waiting for.
A car that had been coming from the right on a green light was evidently mildly irritated because I got a dose of 'high beams', but only after he'd straightened up on the road behind me (no danger of collision, as plenty of space between us, thankfully). I realised straight away what I'd done, and how much of a "Knob!!" it made me look, but hey? What's done is done, no harm came of it, I'll be more careful in future, etc, etc. Oh, and how exactly should one go about apologising for something as stupid as that?
I'd been driving pretty carefully up to that point too. Being Goodwood weekend, and knowing Sussex Police camera vans are often out, I'd been sticking rigidly to speed limits all the way up. The driver of that white van must have thought I was a complete throbber. He'd been itching to get past me all through the single carriageway approaches, and through the town. He wasn't driving crazy or tailgating, but I could sense he wanted to go past me. When he pulled up alongside I think he meant to get past off the lights, and I'd have happily let him get on with that as I was in no particular hurry, but goodness knows what he then made of me passing over the stop line against a red light?
I may be wrong, but I suspect (as does my dad) that many have made a mistake at a red light, usually just once. Maybe 15 years ago I did, god knows how but I simply failed to see a light on red, and sailed straight through it, presumably mind elsewhere or on something other than the task in hand. Quite lucky really as the same light now has a red light camera on it! It happened here...
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.1725655,-0.65074...
...on my way home from Goodwood on Saturday evening, and I was the first car in lane 1, stopped at the first set of lights. Happy days, no problem there. Then I had cause to look away from the lights, distracted by something inside the car. When I looked up again, my eyes completely bypassed the closest set of lights, and my gaze fell upon the next set beyond the right turn filter lane (no, not the 'repeater' light for my set). Those lights were at 'green' so I moved off, entirely normal acceleration, no roaring off or nuffink, honest! Then I checked my mirrors and the little white van that had been alongside in lane 2 was still sat there at the light I should still have been waiting for.
A car that had been coming from the right on a green light was evidently mildly irritated because I got a dose of 'high beams', but only after he'd straightened up on the road behind me (no danger of collision, as plenty of space between us, thankfully). I realised straight away what I'd done, and how much of a "Knob!!" it made me look, but hey? What's done is done, no harm came of it, I'll be more careful in future, etc, etc. Oh, and how exactly should one go about apologising for something as stupid as that?
I'd been driving pretty carefully up to that point too. Being Goodwood weekend, and knowing Sussex Police camera vans are often out, I'd been sticking rigidly to speed limits all the way up. The driver of that white van must have thought I was a complete throbber. He'd been itching to get past me all through the single carriageway approaches, and through the town. He wasn't driving crazy or tailgating, but I could sense he wanted to go past me. When he pulled up alongside I think he meant to get past off the lights, and I'd have happily let him get on with that as I was in no particular hurry, but goodness knows what he then made of me passing over the stop line against a red light?
WaferThinHam said:
To the knob jocket in the Qashqai. I overtook a lorry in an NSL on the R1. Got back over to my own side of the road to realise the Quashiqai coming the the other way was flashing me. I had enough time on my own side of the road to choose between my usual how many flashes can I get back, or a cheery wave. I went with the cheery wave, which they saw and gave me the wker back. People are weird.
Also another knob jockey in his Golf R (or other "fast" Golf). Coming off of a roundabout under the A5 in MK, it feeds from 2 lanes down to 1. He clearly didn't like me carrying more speed off of the roundabout meaning I could slot in between him and the car in front. More horn and lights. Shouldn't have left a gap if you didn't want me to fill it.
What is it about Milton Keynes that means it's a by word for crap driving.
I've had this twice in the last month. Both occasions were completely safe overtakes, with 4-5 seconds for the car coming the other way to meet me after pulling in. Firstly a fat council type lass in an ancient Ford Galaxy having a fit with hand signals, and secondly a twerp in a Golf flashing and giving me the finger. I'm not in the habit of risking head-ons, utter morons! ker back. People are weird.Also another knob jockey in his Golf R (or other "fast" Golf). Coming off of a roundabout under the A5 in MK, it feeds from 2 lanes down to 1. He clearly didn't like me carrying more speed off of the roundabout meaning I could slot in between him and the car in front. More horn and lights. Shouldn't have left a gap if you didn't want me to fill it.
What is it about Milton Keynes that means it's a by word for crap driving.
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