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

[spookly]

longshot said:

They put amber lights between red and green because it looks pretty.

Is that why they put them Audis too?

[BigLion]

ManOpener said:

Mike_Mac said:

So, to sum up, no, going through on Amber...[is] not necessarily dangerous

And, let's not forget, nobody said it was. Instead we've got a bit of a muppet arguing that every amber light is safe to drive through, and asking people to prove otherwise, when what he should actually be doing is proving that any given amber light can be driven through safely.

I think, LittleTiger aside, we can all agree there are circumstances in which driving through an amber light is unsafe.

Edited by ManOpener on Monday 22 August 13:45

Your username alone tells me what I need to know about you.

Anyhow Mr Council Estate let me try to simplify things for you - IF YOU DRIVE THROUGH AN AMBER LIGHT THE OTHER SET OF TRAFFIC LIGHTS WILL BE ON RED.

Funnily enough when you drive through a GREEN light the other set of lights (if applicable) will still be on RED.

So Mr Council Estate whether you drive through GREEN or AMBER the other set of lights would be RED.

I'm not sure if that helps you understand, there is no real risk differential.

If you struggle with that, like you must have done in school, don't worry just have another can of Stella and discuss it with your beloved partner who I'm hoping he is more of a bloke than you and can explain...

[longshot]

BigLion said:

ManOpener said:

Mike_Mac said:

So, to sum up, no, going through on Amber...[is] not necessarily dangerous

And, let's not forget, nobody said it was. Instead we've got a bit of a muppet arguing that every amber light is safe to drive through, and asking people to prove otherwise, when what he should actually be doing is proving that any given amber light can be driven through safely.

I think, LittleTiger aside, we can all agree there are circumstances in which driving through an amber light is unsafe.

Edited by ManOpener on Monday 22 August 13:45

Your username alone tells me what I need to know about you.

Anyhow Mr Council Estate let me try to simplify things for you - IF YOU DRIVE THROUGH AN AMBER LIGHT THE OTHER SET OF TRAFFIC LIGHTS WILL BE ON RED.

Funnily enough when you drive through a GREEN light the other set of lights (if applicable) will still be on RED.

So Mr Council Estate whether you drive through GREEN or AMBER the other set of lights would be RED.

I'm not sure if that helps you understand, there is no real risk differential.

If you struggle with that, like you must have done in school, don't worry just have another can of Stella and discuss it with your beloved partner I'm hoping he is more of a bloke than you and can explain.

You sit alone in the pub don't you.

[giantdefy]

BigLion said:

Your username alone tells me what I need to know about you.

Anyhow Mr Council Estate let me try to simplify things for you - IF YOU DRIVE THROUGH AN AMBER LIGHT THE OTHER SET OF TRAFFIC LIGHTS WILL BE ON RED.

Funnily enough when you drive through a GREEN light the other set of lights (if applicable) will still be on RED.

So Mr Council Estate whether you drive through GREEN or AMBER the other set of lights would be RED.

I'm not sure if that helps you understand, there is no real risk differential.

If you struggle with that, like you must have done in school, don't worry just have another can of Stella and discuss it with your beloved partner I'm hoping he is more of a bloke than you and can explain.

The problem is the perfect storm scenario - you coming one way bit late on the amber and someone gong the other way noting your lights going amber and gambling that everyone will stop and setting off early.

[ThunderGuts]

BigLion said:

Your username alone tells me what I need to know about you.

Anyhow Mr Council Estate let me try to simplify things for you - IF YOU DRIVE THROUGH AN AMBER LIGHT THE OTHER SET OF TRAFFIC LIGHTS WILL BE ON RED.

Funnily enough when you drive through a GREEN light the other set of lights (if applicable) will still be on RED.

So Mr Council Estate whether you drive through GREEN or AMBER the other set of lights would be RED.

I'm not sure if that helps you understand, there is no real risk differential.

If you struggle with that, like you must have done in school, don't worry just have another can of Stella and discuss it with your beloved partner who I'm hoping he is more of a bloke than you and can explain...

Why do you think the HC says to stop at amber?

[BigLion]

longshot said:

BigLion said:

ManOpener said:

Mike_Mac said:

So, to sum up, no, going through on Amber...[is] not necessarily dangerous

And, let's not forget, nobody said it was. Instead we've got a bit of a muppet arguing that every amber light is safe to drive through, and asking people to prove otherwise, when what he should actually be doing is proving that any given amber light can be driven through safely.

I think, LittleTiger aside, we can all agree there are circumstances in which driving through an amber light is unsafe.

Edited by ManOpener on Monday 22 August 13:45

Your username alone tells me what I need to know about you.

Anyhow Mr Council Estate let me try to simplify things for you - IF YOU DRIVE THROUGH AN AMBER LIGHT THE OTHER SET OF TRAFFIC LIGHTS WILL BE ON RED.

Funnily enough when you drive through a GREEN light the other set of lights (if applicable) will still be on RED.

So Mr Council Estate whether you drive through GREEN or AMBER the other set of lights would be RED.

I'm not sure if that helps you understand, there is no real risk differential.

If you struggle with that, like you must have done in school, don't worry just have another can of Stella and discuss it with your beloved partner I'm hoping he is more of a bloke than you and can explain.

You sit alone in the pub don't you.

I don't go to pubs, so I'm afraid you're going to have to look elsewhere for a companion!!!

[playalistic]

Anyway, back on topic. Again.

"the rear wakes up and burbles on the so called overrun, and the car throttles up on the change down under breaking."

[anonymous-user]

So with all this ramblings , does red mean go?

Do I pour water on the engine if it is overheating?

If someone horns, do I doff my cap?

[spookly]

Tailgater said:

So with all this ramblings , does red mean go?

Don't be silly. It is up to interpretation.

Tailgater said:

Do I pour water on the engine if it is overheating?

No, you piss on it.

Tailgater said:

If someone horns, do I doff my cap?

No, you take a tissue from the box on your parcel shelf and wave it to indicate surrender.

[anonymous-user]

spookly said:

Tailgater said:

So with all this ramblings , does red mean go?

Don't be silly. It is up to interpretation.

Tailgater said:

Do I pour water on the engine if it is overheating?

No, you piss on it.

Tailgater said:

If someone horns, do I doff my cap?

No, you take a tissue from the box on your parcel shelf and wave it to indicate surrender.

Help!! I interpreted a red light wrong, nearly crashed in to a middle aged man in an Astra, who promptly horned at me so I pissed myself and my engine overheated so I couldn't piss on it 'cause I had none! And then when i tried to show surrender I realised I had left my tissues at home

1. phfirstworldproblems as the young uns say it nowadays

Eta:

Another # phfirstworld problem is not being able to do a hashtag quote properly

Argh fk my life

[kowalski655]

The idiot on his snot green Kawanakasuzi GXXXXR Ninjablade 5000, or whatever, complete with matching green Power Ranger bondage gear, overtaking across double solid white lines,who nearly ended up under the wheels of an artic,if he hadnt dived into a tiny gap,forcing everyone to anchor on.
Keep it up sir,one day you will make a lot of people on the organ transplant lists very happy

And the dithering fool who,on a straight,well sighted,downhill NSL road, didnt dare go faster than 40,with brake lights lit up 90% of the time

[TorqueR]

The guy who was driving the red "06" plate Mini Cooper who was driving from Owlar Bar, Sheffield down to Chesterfield.

I came up behind him halfway down the road as he was doing 30mph in a 50mph. It was a stretch of road where you can't overtake so I just kept a safe distance and settled into a cruise. In the 30mph through the village, he accelerated to 40mph and then after the village he gradually accelerated to the speed limit where we had caught up to a black "14" Vauxhall who were content at 35/40mph which meant that the only potential overtaking opportunity was off the cards as I would not have been able to overtake both safely.

I'm minding my own business behind him, keeping a similar distance as before through the next few villiages as he fluctuates between 15mph/40mph. In the 15mph stretches, the "14" Corsa disappears into the distance and the Mini driver is constantly looking in his rear view mirror (not sure why) but I wasn't too bothered about the fluctuating speed as it didn't add much time to my journey. He then started to speed up to 30mph and then brake sharply to 15/20mph for any oncoming car. This carried on through the next villiage until we got to the bottom of a hill. He slowed to a 2nd gear crawl but then as the hill presented itself, he accelerated to well over 50mph (in a 40mph) before coming to a complete stop at the crest of the hill to turn into another road.

As he was about to turn into the road, he paused and then looked in the rear view and then waved at me. I'm clueless as to why. If he was fishing for a reaction, I bet he was dissapointed as I couldn't be bothered but if that was the case, he must be an idiot to go out of his way to engineer a situation on the commute home.

[Blown2CV]

Countdown said:

The simpletons revving the nuts off 2 Gallardos outside King Georges Hall in Blackburn yesterday.

I'm going to say hired for an Asian wedding. Shoot me.

[anonymous-user]

Blown2CV said:

Countdown said:

The simpletons revving the nuts off 2 Gallardos outside King Georges Hall in Blackburn yesterday.

I'm going to say hired for an Asian wedding. Shoot me.

Arab. Us asians dont hire cars. We usually use our relatives car' and it is parked right in front of the hall, and not touched until well past the end of the wedding.

Weddings are parties in Asian culture, but not much alcohol but rather a lot of Pepsi and 7up.

[Mave]

BigLion said:

Anyhow Mr Council Estate let me try to simplify things for you - IF YOU DRIVE THROUGH AN AMBER LIGHT THE OTHER SET OF TRAFFIC LIGHTS WILL BE ON RED.

And similarly if you drive through a red + amber, then the other lights will be red. Are you saying it's not dangerous to go through a red + amber either?

[BigLion]

Mave said:

BigLion said:

Anyhow Mr Council Estate let me try to simplify things for you - IF YOU DRIVE THROUGH AN AMBER LIGHT THE OTHER SET OF TRAFFIC LIGHTS WILL BE ON RED.

And similarly if you drive through a red + amber, then the other lights will be red. Are you saying it's not dangerous to go through a red + amber either?

I never said I drive through a RED and AMBER Mavis - I said AMBER ffs?

[sim72]

Today's knob was someone in a BMW 320d on the A46. Heading up the wide 1-lane-each-way bit towards Evesham, I (in the rather slow T4 camper) pulled over to the left so people could pass. A Touareg overtook me, but Mr.Knob decided he'd overtake the Touraeg at the same time, leaving 3 vehicles facing the same way at the same time. The Touareg gave him the horn and lights, but what's the point? Just further on at the A44 roundabout, he took the A44 lane and then dived into the A46 exit, narrowly missing a van taking the roundabout correctly.

Three roundabouts later, we found ourselves four cars behind him again.

[AJXX1]

The complete BMW-tard entering the DC this morning and straight into L2 despite there being no other traffic around. He then sat level with me in L1 for about the length of the DC, by which point I needed to be in L2 myself to turn off - Indicator on he made no attempt whatsoever to allow me to move over - either by slowing down or speeding up (you know to actually overtake me as is the usual procedure for those of us with lane discipline who don't just sit in L2 like utter retards). I gave him a very small beep of the horn just in case he didn't notice me and got the finger. I had to slow down and nip in behind him - which resulted in a brake check. If that wasn't bad enough after the brake check he then moved into L1 and turned off LEFT. WHY sit in L2 you utter cretin?

Thanks Mr BMW-tard you've achieved weapons grade tool status.

For the second knob of the day I'm going to nominate the silly cow driving the White Nissan Joke on an NSL road at about 30 MPH as she didn't dare go any faster which resulted in a huge tailback during rush hour (no overtaking on this stretch). These dithering idiots should be booted off the roads.

Edited by AJXX1 on Tuesday 23 August 01:55

[PoleDriver]

AJXX1 said:

If that wasn't bad enough after the brake check he then moved into L1 and turned off LEFT. WHY sit in L2 you utter cretin?

Damn! What a missed opportunity!

[Mave]

BigLion said:

Mave said:

BigLion said:

Anyhow Mr Council Estate let me try to simplify things for you - IF YOU DRIVE THROUGH AN AMBER LIGHT THE OTHER SET OF TRAFFIC LIGHTS WILL BE ON RED.

And similarly if you drive through a red + amber, then the other lights will be red. Are you saying it's not dangerous to go through a red + amber either?

I never said I drive through a RED and AMBER Mavis - I said AMBER ffs?

It's perfectly sensible logic. If you believe that it's ok to go through an amber just before it turns red on the basis that the opposing lights are red, then why isn't it equally ok to go through a red+amber just before it turns green on the basis that the opposing lights are red?