What makes you nervous as a driver?
Discussion
Mr. Nice Guy said:
This for me too, there is one episode of Road Wars that never quite left me involving a lorry and a pug at the back of a motorway queue 
Same. After that Ih ave always stopped at the back of traffic with the handrake off, wheels pointed slightly toward h/s with enough space to the car in front.That piece of TV was absolutely harrowing.
I sat on the A40 in the wet in a stationary tailback when I looked in the rear view to se a jack-knifed articulated lorry coming sideways towards me. Nowhere to go. I was pretty nervous. I just put my head back against the headrest, watched the rear view, and waited for it.
It stopped with a few yards to spare.
That and doing a 360 at Club corner at Silverstone.
Other than that I'm pretty relaxed behind the wheel.
It stopped with a few yards to spare.
That and doing a 360 at Club corner at Silverstone.
Other than that I'm pretty relaxed behind the wheel.
Reg Local said:
I've said it before, but it's worth repeating:
Hats.
Any type of hat.
Honestly - if a driver is wearing a trilby or a baseball cap, or even if there is a hat on the rear parcel shelf - beware.
On the flip side: I used to drive home from work in the middle of the night in a blacked out (the rear windows and I didn't do it!) Clio 182, in the colder months I used to have my hood up on my hoodie and I dreaded seeing the police. They had a knack for pulling me over if they ever saw me. "What are you doing out at this time of night?", "Is this your car?" and my personal favourite: "are you the registered keeper and can I take your name?" Hats.
Any type of hat.
Honestly - if a driver is wearing a trilby or a baseball cap, or even if there is a hat on the rear parcel shelf - beware.
<insert name and conformation of ownership and being on the V5 here>
"Oh that's funny, I thought they said something else"
"No it's definitely <my name>"
"OK"
Edited by Speed_Demon on Wednesday 4th May 13:49
Camoradi said:
overtaking a 38 tonne lorry on the A36 near Warminster ....
in the dark ....
with reduced visibility due to spray off the road surface .....
in a caterham .....
a black caterham
in the dark ....
with reduced visibility due to spray off the road surface .....
in a caterham .....
a black caterham
Related, I'm always slightly nervous of driving on the motorway/DC in heavy rain during the day, so many silver and dark cars that just don't feel the need to put lights on. They don't have to be many meters away to completely disappear into the spray.
Cars belting up to junctions early (around 6am) - seem to be a lot of people driving sheds in an awful hurry.
I drive a lot through places like Oldham, Rochdale, Halifax etc. There's some scary driving going on there and it makes me very nervous. I am very very careful indeed - eyes on stalks, very defensive driving and I try to maintain a "bubble" around my car. And I have a dashcam.
I drive a lot through places like Oldham, Rochdale, Halifax etc. There's some scary driving going on there and it makes me very nervous. I am very very careful indeed - eyes on stalks, very defensive driving and I try to maintain a "bubble" around my car. And I have a dashcam.
Passengers who don't drive and so don't know when to shut up, approaching a roundabout or junction my concentration is going to be on the road not on conversation.
Same with passengers who try and change the a/c radio settings when you're changing gear.
On the subject of gear but of another kind, I drove around for ages with a load of drugs that had been stashed by the previous owner! I bought car at auction and guess it must have been a distressed sell.
I only found them when taking up the seats and carpet to lay some sound deadening. Scary to think that if I was pulled over at any time I could have gone to jail as no one would believe they weren't mine.
Same with passengers who try and change the a/c radio settings when you're changing gear.
On the subject of gear but of another kind, I drove around for ages with a load of drugs that had been stashed by the previous owner! I bought car at auction and guess it must have been a distressed sell.
I only found them when taking up the seats and carpet to lay some sound deadening. Scary to think that if I was pulled over at any time I could have gone to jail as no one would believe they weren't mine.
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