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

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

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mike80

2,248 posts

215 months

Sunday 11th December 2016
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People in car parks who just stop and wait for you to leave your space, even when there is plenty of other spaces a bit further away. Usually impeding other traffic in the process. I seem to be seeing this more and more frequently.

Cliftonite

8,406 posts

137 months

Sunday 11th December 2016
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People sitting in parked cars at night, often on wrong side of road facing oncoming traffic, with headlights on.

This seems more prevalent and obtrusive these days. Due to automatic, brighter headlights now fitted?


Jim AK

4,029 posts

123 months

Sunday 11th December 2016
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Cliftonite said:
This seems more prevalent and obtrusive these days. Due to automatic, brighter headlights now fitted?
No.

It's either the 'I don't give a fk mentality' (most likely) or ignorance of the fact Auto lights can be switched to side lights, or off altogether.

mattyn1

5,728 posts

154 months

Sunday 11th December 2016
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mike80 said:
People in car parks who just stop and wait for you to leave your space, even when there is plenty of other spaces a bit further away. Usually impeding other traffic in the process. I seem to be seeing this more and more frequently.
If you see people do this, and you just happen to sit and wait for 30 seconds to a minute, maybe eat the Mars Bar you bought, it seems to infuriate them beyond all is reasonable!

Try it. smile

mike80

2,248 posts

215 months

Sunday 11th December 2016
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Or, get back out of the car and go back to the shop...

DaveGoddard

1,192 posts

144 months

Monday 12th December 2016
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The prick in the red Evoque who hammered straight through a red light (it had been red for several seconds and they could easily have stopped) at Wall Island on the A5 this evening and came very close to T-boning me. I haven't been that close to stting myself for a long time.

Also, the stupid bh in the white Bini on the M42 on Saturday in extremely heavy rain, who stuck her finger up at me when I gestured to her to put some bloody lights on. Hope you aquaplaned off into the barriers, brainless!

maxxy5

771 posts

163 months

Monday 12th December 2016
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This morning I was tailgated all the way into work by a woman in a Fiat 500, didn't bother me much, although it was poor driving in the conditions. We came to a roundabout, I'm in the right turn lane, she zooms up the left lane next to me, as if desperate to beat everyone round the busy roundabout. As I'm waiting to pull out I hear a loud bang on my left, and lo and behold the impatient Fiat has smashed right into the Honda in front in a classic "I thought you had pulled away" roundabout crash. smile

Veryoldbear

210 posts

103 months

Monday 12th December 2016
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maxxy5 said:
This morning I was tailgated all the way into work by a woman in a Fiat 500, didn't bother me much, although it was poor driving in the conditions. We came to a roundabout, I'm in the right turn lane, she zooms up the left lane next to me, as if desperate to beat everyone round the busy roundabout. As I'm waiting to pull out I hear a loud bang on my left, and lo and behold the impatient Fiat has smashed right into the Honda in front in a classic "I thought you had pulled away" roundabout crash. smile
Karma strikes

NDNDNDND

2,001 posts

182 months

Monday 12th December 2016
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Pulling out onto a quiet 30mph country village road, I could see a Golf in the distance, but far enough away that I could pull out easily. They were probably going to hold me up in the following NSL anyway. The guy in the Golf, however, took great umbrage and accelerated up the road after me until he was within a car length of my boot. Nice.

At the NSL, I blip down a gear and start to accelerate, however small-dick has decided he needs to get past and lunges at an overtake. There's not much space and he has a lot more torque so I roll off the throttle and let him go. Predictably, he then proceeds to hold me up through the NSL.

After a few bends a slow-moving van is in the road. Clearly embarrassed that someone with only 50bhp has shown that he's clearly not the driving god he imagines, the only way he can save face is to overtake the slow van into oncoming traffic which nearly has to stop to let him get through.

It's worrying that people like this are allowed to drive...

Liquid Knight

15,754 posts

182 months

Monday 12th December 2016
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I had to do an emergency stop Saturday to avoid a silly woman in her black Vauxhall Agila who decided "Give Way" lines and signs were meant for someone else. I was about three feet from impact to she had to back up and take a wider line to get by. The whole time making a "I'm the type of person who owns a Vauxhall Agila" twunt face before wheel spinning off. No seat belt, indicators, mobile phone stuck in the middle of the windscreen and pedo' tinted rear windows so her life partner can use the sorry excuse of an automobile to steal cable at night (probably).

Today I backed out of my driveway to move the car out enough to load the boot and noticed a nail in one of my tyres.

A minor inconvenience and £8 to have it removed and fixed. Lucky I spotted it before going anywhere as I was driving on dual carriageways mostly and a tyre exploding at 70mph does not appeal.

When I got home my neighbor asked if I was selling my car because a woman in a black Vauxhall Agila was hanging around and he thought it was odd.

rolleyes

Coincidence or circumstantial at best for now but if I find out my tyre was nailed deliberately there will be consequences.

Edited to change driven to owned as it was not being operated to a standard high enough to be considered a driver.





Edited by Liquid Knight on Monday 12th December 15:50

Blown2CV

28,697 posts

202 months

Monday 12th December 2016
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Veryoldbear said:
maxxy5 said:
This morning I was tailgated all the way into work by a woman in a Fiat 500, didn't bother me much, although it was poor driving in the conditions. We came to a roundabout, I'm in the right turn lane, she zooms up the left lane next to me, as if desperate to beat everyone round the busy roundabout. As I'm waiting to pull out I hear a loud bang on my left, and lo and behold the impatient Fiat has smashed right into the Honda in front in a classic "I thought you had pulled away" roundabout crash. smile
Karma strikes
i hope you pointed a laughed manically. Actually that would be mean. You should have taken a photo of her, whilst maintaining a blank expression. Twenty-something women in small cars are some of the fking worst drivers out there. It used to be minis.

Trabi601

4,865 posts

94 months

Tuesday 13th December 2016
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The nob who'd changed the sidelights on his E60 5 series for USA spec. Amber versions.

I'd like to stop and ask how many steroid fuelled rants he's had at people who pulled out in front of him, as I did this morning, having spotted him in the left lane of a roundabout with what looked like an indicator showing.

Yes, I appreciate you shouldn't trust indicators, but I'm guessing this happens to him frequently but he hasn't considered why he might just need to shoulder some of the blame.

Iva Barchetta

44,044 posts

162 months

Tuesday 13th December 2016
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It seems to be easier to spot knobs when I'm out on foot,so here's another.
Mercedes coupe with seatbelt shut in drivers door and buckle rattling on the road as driving along.
Then a mini pulled away as if on pole at Brands and 1st to 2nd bad crunch.How's your gearbox chap ?

anonymous-user

53 months

Wednesday 14th December 2016
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Iva Barchetta said:
It seems to be easier to spot knobs when I'm out on foot,so here's another.
Mercedes coupe with seatbelt shut in drivers door and buckle rattling on the road as driving along.
Then a mini pulled away as if on pole at Brands and 1st to 2nd bad crunch.How's your gearbox chap ?
Was that mini in frimley? wink

Jonaram

14 posts

87 months

Wednesday 14th December 2016
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BMW drivers not indicating...Why it annoys me so much I don't know!


Liquid Knight

15,754 posts

182 months

Wednesday 14th December 2016
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Trabi601 said:
The nob who'd changed the sidelights on his E60 5 series for USA spec. Amber versions.
There were a few of these on the M25 yesterday and for a moment I thought they were indicating. Then I noticed they were BMW's and knew better.

Let's make undertaking legal on motorways. So many Doris's and Norris's sat in lanes two and three with nothing in one doing 60-65mph.

Better still just give them six points and a fine for Due Care and Consideration and be done with it.

spitfire-ian

3,829 posts

227 months

Wednesday 14th December 2016
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Three lane section of the shared bit of A14 / A11.

I'm in lane one approaching a Mercedes sat in lane 2 doing about 5 mph less than me. I indicate, move over to lane 3, overtake Mercedes and after passing him by a decent distance I indicate and move back to lane one. No problem there, Mercedes now about 3 or 4 car lengths behind.

Approaching the bit where lane one peels off as the A11 and lanes 2 and 3 carry on as the A14 the Mercedes has closed up to about a car length behind with about 3/4 of a mile to go until the junction.

I don't want the A11 so indicate right to move over into into lane 2, Mercedes speeds up and sits alongside me.

I keep indicating and speed up slightly, Mercedes matches my speed.

Again, with my right indicator still on I slow down to move over behind him, you've guessed it, Mercedes slows down.

By this time we're quite near to the junction so I brake and slip into lane 2 behind him at which point he then moves over into lane 3 and floors it off into the distance.

Maybe I was some sort of game to him but it did make me think "knob"!

romeogolf

2,056 posts

118 months

Wednesday 14th December 2016
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Liquid Knight said:
Let's make undertaking legal on motorways. So many Doris's and Norris's sat in lanes two and three with nothing in one doing 60-65mph.
Passing on the left is already legal if you're maintaining pace with traffic in that lane. If you come up against a slow-mover, drop back a little, move left, pass at a reasonable pace (not shooting past) and carry on your way. If there's nothing to the left of you, you should have been in the left lane anyway ;-)

Iva Barchetta

44,044 posts

162 months

Wednesday 14th December 2016
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AVV EM said:
Iva Barchetta said:
It seems to be easier to spot knobs when I'm out on foot,so here's another.
Mercedes coupe with seatbelt shut in drivers door and buckle rattling on the road as driving along.
Then a mini pulled away as if on pole at Brands and 1st to 2nd bad crunch.How's your gearbox chap ?
Was that mini in frimley? wink
No, that's a bit far for me on foot, it was in Banstead...smile

Tankman104c

50 posts

108 months

Wednesday 14th December 2016
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romeogolf said:
Passing on the left is already legal if you're maintaining pace with traffic in that lane. If you come up against a slow-mover, drop back a little, move left, pass at a reasonable pace (not shooting past) and carry on your way. If there's nothing to the left of you, you should have been in the left lane anyway ;-)
This used to happen on the A31 across the New Forest. One morning going to work I was in the inside lane doing about 60mph, the outside lane was nose to tail doing the usual concertina dance. The amazing thing was there was nothing as far as I could see ahead of me and nothing behind me in the inside lane. So there I was all on my own so I just kept going at my constant speed! It really pissed off a few of the drivers in the outside lane but what's the point in being in a nose to tail queue that keeps speeding up and then braking when the inside lane was empty!!!!

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