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

[Alex_225]

The old div who pulled out on my other half last night and had the cheek to wave at her to 'calm down'!! (got to watch in on dash cam)

Downhill in a 30mph and a junction up ahead, was dark enough to have headlights on so plenty of indication that a car is coming. From the camera it is easy to see that my other half is almost on the junction, when the woman looks and just pulls out.....slowly. Forces my other half to brake really sharply and this patronising old bat waves her hand in a 'slow down' gesture!!!!

It's quite a steep hill and the car was going a little over 30 so not exactly hammering in a reckless way. Considering how quickly I have seen some people drive down there (and overtake 30mph vehicles) this woman will be caught out badly one day if she keeps pulling out thinking everyone will just slow down for her. Moron.

[Jim AK]

WD39 said:

I'm just a maverick. Yes that's it, a maverick.

Errr no.

There are several words beginning with M to describe you your behaviour & thoughts that I have gleaned from your ramblings here & Maverick definitely is NOT one of the them!!

[Hol]

People who pull out of a side road to turn right - and then take about 10 car lengths to actually fully cross the centre line of the main roadway.

Meanwhile 'normal' people have to slow and swerve left to avoid said car as it straddles both side of the road.

[Europa1]

Slightly left field this one, but: people on car ferries who clearly don't understand the instruction not to start your engine until you are about to move off, but sit there, right at the back of the car deck, pumping out fumes. And on a similar note, people on aeroplanes who don't understand the phrase "remain seated until the plane has come to a stop and the doors have been opened". Where do they think are going to go until the doors have been opened??

[parabolica]

Never, in 33 years of flying, have I heard the command "remain seated until the doors are opened".

"Remain seated until the fasten seatbelt light is turned off" is more like it. But I agree; that said I can't remember the last time I was on a flight where there was a rush to get off the plane; even with the insistent line, most will allow people in rows ahead to file out in order.

[swisstoni]

parabolica said:

Never, in 33 years of flying, have I heard the command "remain seated until the doors are opened".

"Remain seated until the fasten seatbelt light is turned off" is more like it. But I agree; that said I can't remember the last time I was on a flight where there was a rush to get off the plane; even with the insistent line, most will allow people in rows ahead to file out in order.

Try some foreign parts for a contrast with your experience.

[WD39]

Jim AK said:

WD39 said:

I'm just a maverick. Yes that's it, a maverick.

Errr no.

There are several words beginning with M to describe you your behaviour & thoughts that I have gleaned from your ramblings here & Maverick definitely is NOT one of the them!!

'An unorthodox and independent minded person.'

My dictionary sums it up perfectly.

[Centurion07]

WD39 said:

'unorthodox and independent minded person.'

Not ideal when we're all supposed to be following the same rules and doing the same thing out on the roads, is it?

Tell me again how we're all incorrect to treat other drivers as idiots...?

[ashleyman]

Hol said:

People who pull out of a side road to turn right - and then take about 10 car lengths to actually fully cross the centre line of the main roadway.

Meanwhile 'normal' people have to slow and swerve left to avoid said car as it straddles both side of the road.

What about people who do this? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cActSFgN7c

[Centurion07]

I make a point of going round them, as is my priority, just to make sure they have to wait LIKE THEY WERE BLOODY SUPPOSED TO AT THE GIVE WAY LINES!!

I will admit to doing it quite slowly on occasion too.

[InitialDave]

WD39 said:

'An unorthodox and independent minded person.'

My dictionary sums it up perfectly.

"Gets his co-pilot killed because he's cocky about his ability, doesn't like Val Kilmer, wants to shag Kelly McGillis"?

[PoleDriver]

ashleyman said:

Hol said:

People who pull out of a side road to turn right - and then take about 10 car lengths to actually fully cross the centre line of the main roadway.

Meanwhile 'normal' people have to slow and swerve left to avoid said car as it straddles both side of the road.

What about people who do this? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cActSFgN7c

When I was learning how to drive I was taught that it was common courtesy to let somone out if they were turning right out of a road I was turning right into! It makes it easier when carrying out your manoeuvre too!
But then courtesy doesn't seem to be a part of driving these days!

[ashleyman]

PoleDriver said:

ashleyman said:

Hol said:

People who pull out of a side road to turn right - and then take about 10 car lengths to actually fully cross the centre line of the main roadway.

Meanwhile 'normal' people have to slow and swerve left to avoid said car as it straddles both side of the road.

What about people who do this? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cActSFgN7c

When I was learning how to drive I was taught that it was common courtesy to let somone out if they were turning right out of a road I was turning right into! It makes it easier when carrying out your manoeuvre too!
But then courtesy doesn't seem to be a part of driving these days!

Yeah, but check the position of the BMW. She's sitting right in the middle over the hatchings basically leaving me no option as well as pulling out in front of me. I would have gone round to be difficult but I'd lent on the horn, would have had to mount the pavement to get round and there was a cop in front. It's just piss poor positioning on her part regardless of whats helpful or not. I also needed a wee so was rushing. I was indicating though so it's not like she can say I didn't indicate. I can only hope the police saw and pulled her up on it further down the road but who knows.

[jogger1976]

Women on dating sites who describe there profession as "Mummy" and their interests as "Chilling out on the sofa with wine and a DVD".

[Moonhawk]

Europa1 said:

Slightly left field this one, but: people on car ferries who clearly don't understand the instruction not to start your engine until you are about to move off, but sit there, right at the back of the car deck, pumping out fumes. And on a similar note, people on aeroplanes who don't understand the phrase "remain seated until the plane has come to a stop and the doors have been opened". Where do they think are going to go until the doors have been opened??

On the airport theme - people who stand in front of the blue line and crowd the baggage carousel.

I'd love to know what goes through their mind.

The rate limiting step regarding how quickly you get your bag is not how closely you get to the carousel - but how quickly the bags are loaded onto it and in what order.

If yours is the last bag loaded onto the carousel - you aren't going to get it any quicker, regardless of how closely you stand to the carousel. All you achieve in doing is to prevent or hinder other people whose bags have been loaded sooner than yours from extracting their bag and fking off home.

Thick as fk, knuckle dragging knobbers the lot of em.

[AJXX1]

The constant stream of utter cretins I seem to encounter sat gormlessly in L2/L3 of an otherwise empty MW on my way home from work each night.

[Pan Pan Pan]

parabolica said:

Never, in 33 years of flying, have I heard the command "remain seated until the doors are opened".

"Remain seated until the fasten seatbelt light is turned off" is more like it. But I agree; that said I can't remember the last time I was on a flight where there was a rush to get off the plane; even with the insistent line, most will allow people in rows ahead to file out in order.

Strange, but when flying on commercial airliners, it seems that people cant wait to get on the plane at one end, and then they cant wait to get off it, at the other end. The best I ever experienced on the matter of getting on and off, was where the airport staff announced seat numbers at the back of the aircraft to be filled first in seat number order, and then on arrival announcing seat numbers at the front of the aircraft which were to be evacuated first and in order. That way no one had to work their way past people trying to get out of their seats and retrieve their hand luggage from the overhead lockers. It work quite well, but does not seem to be standard airline procedure.

[PoleDriver]

Pan Pan Pan said:

Strange, but when flying on commercial airliners, it seems that people cant wait to get on the plane at one end, and then they cant wait to get off it, at the other end. The best I ever experienced on the matter of getting on and off, was where the airport staff announced seat numbers at the back of the aircraft to be filled first in seat number order, and then on arrival announcing seat numbers at the front of the aircraft which were to be evacuated first and in order. That way no one had to work their way past people trying to get out of their seats and retrieve their hand luggage from the overhead lockers. It work quite well, but does not seem to be standard airline procedure.

It's difficult when first class/business class/priority passengers get called up first and sit near the front!

[Pan Pan Pan]

PoleDriver said:

Pan Pan Pan said:

Strange, but when flying on commercial airliners, it seems that people cant wait to get on the plane at one end, and then they cant wait to get off it, at the other end. The best I ever experienced on the matter of getting on and off, was where the airport staff announced seat numbers at the back of the aircraft to be filled first in seat number order, and then on arrival announcing seat numbers at the front of the aircraft which were to be evacuated first and in order. That way no one had to work their way past people trying to get out of their seats and retrieve their hand luggage from the overhead lockers. It work quite well, but does not seem to be standard airline procedure.

It's difficult when first class/business class/priority passengers get called up first and sit near the front!

Possibly, but then first class/business passengers usually only represent a small proportion of the overall passenger numbers, and being called up first they would be sorted out with/in their seats, before the rest of the passengers are embarked/ dis embarked. It seemed to work well, and in an entirely orderly fashion the only time I ever experienced it being done by calling seat numbers.

[WD39]

Centurion07 said:

WD39 said:

'unorthodox and independent minded person.'

Not ideal when we're all supposed to be following the same rules and doing the same thing out on the roads, is it?

Tell me again how we're all incorrect to treat other drivers as idiots...?

1) But 'we' don't all follow the same rules or do the same thing on the roads, do we?

The Hundreds of posts on this thread illustrate those points very well.

2) It's outdated, vain, foolhardy and shows a poor understanding of driving in our modern motoring world, which has changed out of all recognition in recent times.

(concluded.)