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

[zedx19]

Cock womble this morning driving down a B Road in the dark and thick fog with no lights on whatsover. Various cars flashed this moron but they choose to flash back giving the coffee beans sign. Surely at some point they must start to wonder why everyone is flashing them.

[Alex_225]

zedx19 said:

Cock womble this morning driving down a B Road in the dark and thick fog with no lights on whatsover. Various cars flashed this moron but they choose to flash back giving the coffee beans sign. Surely at some point they must start to wonder why everyone is flashing them.

I do wonder if it's modern cars that have a lit lit up speedo by default which don't hint that their lights aren't on.

The dashboard of my other half's old 2013 Focus used to be lit up the entire time. Now as much as you'd hope people would realise there's no light emanating from the front of their car, in a well lit up area they may be forgiven (just!) for not noticing. In older cars you'd notice if the dashboard was in darkness but modern cars don't give yo that clue.

It's still bloody stupid so I'm not making excuses but I've seen more than one relatively new car bumbling along without their lights on, being flashed and gestured to and being none the wiser. Yet passing them on the motorway, you can see the dashboard is lit up!

[parabolica]

HGV driver who queue-jumped a long line of traffic coming off the M25 at the A3 slip road this morning. I was sat queuing with cars to my left, and the chevrons (then M25) to my right when he comes steaming up and lurches over the chevrons, angling his lorry in as if to cut in front of me (and the other 30+ cars behind me).

I know I should have been the bigger man and just let him get on with it but I wasn't in a rush to be anywhere (also, fk him and his type in general) so I continued to squeeze him out (at creeping speed) whilst he resiliently tried to push in further, finally giving up and blaring his horn and giving me the coffee beans.

[anonymous-user]

L322 Range Rover drivers.

As they're now in the price range of the council estate type they are always driven by an ahole who has now sold his Audi A3 or BMW 1 Series to buy one of these.

[Alex_225]

parabolica said:

I know I should have been the bigger man and just let him get on with it but I wasn't in a rush to be anywhere (also, fk him and his type in general) so I continued to squeeze him out (at creeping speed) whilst he resiliently tried to push in further, finally giving up and blaring his horn and giving me the coffee beans.

There is always that thought, 'Should I relent' but then that thought crosses your mind, if you were stood queuing for a cash machine or shop till, would you let someone just push their way in front of you and round other people. No, so b*llocks to them! haha

[Centurion07]

Alex_225 said:

I do wonder if it's modern cars that have a lit up speedo by default which don't hint that their lights aren't on.

It's EXACTLY this, although you would still got the odd muppet even if it weren't the case.

[Jim AK]

Centurion07 said:

It's EXACTLY this, although you would still got the odd muppet even if it weren't the case.

Mrs Jim AK's 2013 Polo puts the dash lights on for everything during the day, but just the speedo & rev counter needles in the dark, so as soon as you start up it just looks wrong! Obviously has some sort of light sensor somewhere.

It also seems to use the headlights as DRL's, it's a base model so no LED's, & the rear lights illuminate too.

What I hate on my Merc is the fact they don't have an On/Off mark on the switch, it's Automatic or manual override..... Unless, like me, you use the settings on the obc to run with headlights at all times.

I do this because I'm human & not spot they have gone off in the daylight when there is fog, mist or heavy rain.

[Liquid Knight]

Mr2Mike said:

Beardo said:

I drive an auto. I hold it on the brakes at the lights. Stop staring at my brake lights, you moaning old bags, and worry about your own car

Learn to use a handbrake and stop dazzling people behind you at the lights. There's no need to hold it on the foot brake, it's just laziness.

You don't have to stare directly at a bright light source for it to be uncomfortable, particularly at night and especially if it's raining as well.

This doesn't want to go away does it?

Sorry for bringing it up everyone.

I now have a set of "Visible from the Moon" Audi spec Cree LED brake light bulbs for my Bravo. As it was pointed out because I don't have them I'll never know the struggle. Personally I think putting LED bulbs in cars that didn't come with them as standard is well pathetic really (especially Council Estate eBay DRL's, LED side lights and after market HiD's that are never maintained or aimed properly); but in the tail light cluster you can not tell, they are remarkably better than the old ones and my lights look less pink. I will however continue to use my handbrake, because I can and do; not to make any kind of point.

Edited by Liquid Knight on Tuesday 17th January 15:07

[swisstoni]

parabolica said:

HGV driver who queue-jumped a long line of traffic coming off the M25 at the A3 slip road this morning. I was sat queuing with cars to my left, and the chevrons (then M25) to my right when he comes steaming up and lurches over the chevrons, angling his lorry in as if to cut in front of me (and the other 30+ cars behind me).

I know I should have been the bigger man and just let him get on with it but I wasn't in a rush to be anywhere (also, fk him and his type in general) so I continued to squeeze him out (at creeping speed) whilst he resiliently tried to push in further, finally giving up and blaring his horn and giving me the coffee beans.

Reminds me of the people who will not commit to a motorway turn-off lane, but hover in lane 1.
You know damn well that they are going to dart left at the last minute.
I suppose this gives them a massive sense of superiority to the 'sheep'.

[MTech535]

Mine doesn't do this, but the owners manual says to hold on the foot brake, so that is what I normally do.

[greenarrow]

Walking back from my village centre, I noticed that someone on the busy main road which goes through the village, was trying to turn right. I counted a total of 12 cars coming the other way decide it wasn't worth the effort of flashing them through, so a nice big traffic jam built up behind the car which was marooned, blocking the road.....finally car number 13 (not unlucky for some) had the decency to do the right thing...

So all 12 of these people are contenders for a "c**ck" award. It doesn't really take any effort to ease off the gas, flash someone through and wait, oh, 3 seconds for the driver to be on their way, freeing up the queuing traffic behind them, but it seems hardly anyone these days can be ar***d.

[Willy Nilly]

greenarrow said:

Walking back from my village centre, I noticed that someone on the busy main road which goes through the village, was trying to turn right. I counted a total of 12 cars coming the other way decide it wasn't worth the effort of flashing them through, so a nice big traffic jam built up behind the car which was marooned, blocking the road.....finally car number 13 (not unlucky for some) had the decency to do the right thing...

So all 12 of these people are contenders for a "c**ck" award. It doesn't really take any effort to ease off the gas, flash someone through and wait, oh, 3 seconds for the driver to be on their way, freeing up the queuing traffic behind them, but it seems hardly anyone these days can be ar***d.

They were under no obligation to let them turn.

[swisstoni]

Willy Nilly said:

greenarrow said:

Walking back from my village centre, I noticed that someone on the busy main road which goes through the village, was trying to turn right. I counted a total of 12 cars coming the other way decide it wasn't worth the effort of flashing them through, so a nice big traffic jam built up behind the car which was marooned, blocking the road.....finally car number 13 (not unlucky for some) had the decency to do the right thing...

So all 12 of these people are contenders for a "c**ck" award. It doesn't really take any effort to ease off the gas, flash someone through and wait, oh, 3 seconds for the driver to be on their way, freeing up the queuing traffic behind them, but it seems hardly anyone these days can be ar***d.

They were under no obligation to let them turn.

Your Parrot has been despatched ...

[nonsequitur]

Mr2Mike said:

Beardo said:

I drive an auto. I hold it on the brakes at the lights. Stop staring at my brake lights, you moaning old bags, and worry about your own car

Learn to use a handbrake and stop dazzling people behind you at the lights. There's no need to hold it on the foot brake, it's just laziness.

You don't have to stare directly at a bright light source for it to be uncomfortable, particularly at night and especially if it's raining as well.

Agree. Home through London on Sunday night. The dazzle was horrendous, especially in slow moving traffic or at the lights.
Three or four lanes, dozens of highly illuminated rear ends stretching into the distance.

However, some positive news when reading letters in motoring mags, articles in newspapers etc. There seems to be growing opposition to this anti-social unwanted display of manhood. Onwards to victory!

[nonsequitur]

zedx19 said:

Cock womble this morning driving down a B Road in the dark and thick fog with no lights on whatsover. Various cars flashed this moron but they choose to flash back giving the coffee beans sign. Surely at some point they must start to wonder why everyone is flashing them.

They don't have a 'wonder' section in the brain. Flashing is pure and simple retaliation, nothing to do with fog/lights.

[kowalski655]

Stupid bint in a Mini today, on my ass in a 30 zone,waving her hands & huffing as I had slowed from 50, but I know the cops often have a speed trap here so am not risking it! So close I cant see her lights, that pisses me off so rather than hitting the gas for the faster section in advance of the next sign,as I usually do(as its pretty clear & straight there) I held on at 30 exactly till the sign,then speed up...with her still on my ass,gesticulating.I get the coffee beans as I turn off,so obviously I have to return the compliment

[problemchild1976]

woman riding a bike towards me this morning at 7.30am (so dark)

red light on the front of the bike

green light on the back

W...T...F!!!!

JJ

[peteA]

The woman in her white BMW Z4 today who managed to drive the entire way from Thirsk to testo's roundabout near South Shields on the A19 in the overtaking lane. Must be 60 or 70 miles maybe...unbelievable! Mind you, she did turn right at the roundabout so was in the right lane....

[Europa1]

2 this morning:

- the doughnut reversing off their drive onto one of the main roads in Cambridge, with their rear and side windows frosted over;
- the cyclist on the other side of a junction from me, at which I am turning left and he is turning right. In his mind, he had priority. Assuming he had a mind at all, given that it was 6:30am, he was dressed in black, on a black bike with no lights. Clearly likes the challenge of giving himself the worst possible odds of reaching his destination in one piece.

[Grunt Futtock]

Jim AK said:

Centurion07 said:

It's EXACTLY this, although you would still got the odd muppet even if it weren't the case.

Mrs Jim AK's 2013 Polo puts the dash lights on for everything during the day, but just the speedo & rev counter needles in the dark, so as soon as you start up it just looks wrong! Obviously has some sort of light sensor somewhere.

It also seems to use the headlights as DRL's, it's a base model so no LED's, & the rear lights illuminate too.

What I hate on my Merc is the fact they don't have an On/Off mark on the switch, it's Automatic or manual override..... Unless, like me, you use the settings on the obc to run with headlights at all times.

I do this because I'm human & not spot they have gone off in the daylight when there is fog, mist or heavy rain.

My mate's parents both have cars with the Auto setting but they refuse to use it 'because it turns the lights on at the wrong times' , of course I am sure they remember to manually turn lights on and off in tunnels, when it gets dark etc..... Just let the car do the work!