What makes you nervous as a driver?
Discussion
I'm not a nervous driver but this morning I was being tailgated by a young man in a corsa who was looking down at his lap most of the time (probably texting or counting his pubes).
That did make me feel a little nervous and I was braking very gently and a long way in advance of needing to slow/stop.
I was relieved when he went a different way to me!
I think tailgaters are probably the worst IMHO.
How about you, what brings you out in a bit of a sweat?
PS
I train drivers and take out complete novices on dual carriageways and around busy roundabouts so very little will usually make me nervous
That did make me feel a little nervous and I was braking very gently and a long way in advance of needing to slow/stop.
I was relieved when he went a different way to me!
I think tailgaters are probably the worst IMHO.
How about you, what brings you out in a bit of a sweat?
PS
I train drivers and take out complete novices on dual carriageways and around busy roundabouts so very little will usually make me nervous
CaptainSlow said:
When following erratic drivers that are constantly on the brakes, is a real pita especially when I'm checking Facebook.
Is that your way of saying that I shouldn't have braked gently in advance and just driven normally?His insurance I guess but my car is 3 weeks old and didn't really want it rear ended!
The bloke reading his paper whilst driving the car behind me on M6 last week made me feel a bit twitchy.
As for more generic situations, I always have a slight doubt when passing a large truck (particularly LHD), in case I'm in a blindspot and they decide to move out, especially when there is a car to the right, so nowhere to go if that happens. I try to avoid lingering alongside HGVs but at some point you're in the blindspot as you pass.
As for more generic situations, I always have a slight doubt when passing a large truck (particularly LHD), in case I'm in a blindspot and they decide to move out, especially when there is a car to the right, so nowhere to go if that happens. I try to avoid lingering alongside HGVs but at some point you're in the blindspot as you pass.
Kentish said:
Is that your way of saying that I shouldn't have braked gently in advance and just driven normally?
His insurance I guess but my car is 3 weeks old and didn't really want it rear ended!
No, don't worry I agree with you.His insurance I guess but my car is 3 weeks old and didn't really want it rear ended!
For me it's young girls, completely oblivious that they are morons and driving too fast and too close, attention on the radio, make up or mobile.
CaptainSlow said:
Kentish said:
Is that your way of saying that I shouldn't have braked gently in advance and just driven normally?
His insurance I guess but my car is 3 weeks old and didn't really want it rear ended!
No, don't worry I agree with you.His insurance I guess but my car is 3 weeks old and didn't really want it rear ended!
For me it's young girls, completely oblivious that they are morons and driving too fast and too close, attention on the radio, make up or mobile.
Nothing routinely makes me nervous but kids or animals walking down the road (or kids with scooters / bicycles / animals etc) will make me wary among other things;
- elderly people / people with headphones looking to cross the road
- people looking as though they're going to pull out on me / rolling forward
- motorcyclists itching to get past and making cringy misjudged overtaking efforts
- tailgaters
- police
Kentish said:
CaptainSlow said:
Kentish said:
Is that your way of saying that I shouldn't have braked gently in advance and just driven normally?
His insurance I guess but my car is 3 weeks old and didn't really want it rear ended!
No, don't worry I agree with you.His insurance I guess but my car is 3 weeks old and didn't really want it rear ended!
For me it's young girls, completely oblivious that they are morons and driving too fast and too close, attention on the radio, make up or mobile.
Motorcyclists behind me, there are sensible ones and then there's the tts I come across far too often, undertaking at high speed, tailgating, general speeding, weaving in an out of lanes.
About a month ago I nearly knocked one off at 70mph, I was overtaking a lorry, bike right up my ass so as soon as I was able to I went to go into the left lane to let the bike pass, I checked my mirror (he was there) and blind spot then indicated as I was halfway into the left lane the tt decided to undertake me, I was fking fuming!
About a month ago I nearly knocked one off at 70mph, I was overtaking a lorry, bike right up my ass so as soon as I was able to I went to go into the left lane to let the bike pass, I checked my mirror (he was there) and blind spot then indicated as I was halfway into the left lane the tt decided to undertake me, I was fking fuming!
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