Things other road users do that drive you crazy!

Things other road users do that drive you crazy!

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Vipers

32,796 posts

227 months

Wednesday 28th September 2016
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Blib said:
Have we had waiting for traffic lights to turn green before indicating their intention to turn right?

What good is that to anyone?
Do you mean where the outside lane on a two lane road is marked ahead/turn right, and on approach the inside lane is chocca waiting at a red light, and only one car in the outside with NO INDICATORS ON.

So you pull up behind them for a quick off, as the lights turn green, then and only do they fekking indicate right.






furious





Howard-

4,950 posts

201 months

Wednesday 28th September 2016
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People who drive through urban housing estates FAR too fast, whilst cutting the corner of every junction throughout. There's cars parked EVERYWHERE and the visibility is awful. What kind of problems do you have with your brain to think that 30mph+ is acceptable? What if someone comes towards you doing a similar speed? It makes me so angry as I'm calmly driving home from work through to my house and some comes blazing towards me half on my side of the road causing me to have to brake heavily. It makes me want to bludgeon them to death.

People who stop short of a queue in traffic or a traffic light, and slloowwwllly creep forward. ARGH. Just stop and stay stopped! fk.

The absolute waste of skin on his sports bike with a completely obnoxious and unnecessarily loud exhaust who accelerates hard past our house at 5 o'clock in the morning. I hope you skid on black ice. Have some consideration for the poor buggers you're waking up.

Motorcyclists who 'filter' in my lane as I'm driving towards them and make no urgency about getting out of my way. OK then, I'll brake and swerve towards the kerb, shall I? Cheers.

Minicab drivers existing.

People who generally have no idea about smooth progress and do things like slowing down too much (or stopping) for roundabouts when *I* can see that it's clear let alone the car in front of me.

People who actively prevent people from legitimately merging. These are the people I hate the most. These are the people to whom I would like to bestow a really nasty plague.


Yeti97

400 posts

91 months

Wednesday 28th September 2016
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People who don't get up to speed on Motorway slip-roads and you suddenly find yourself doing motorway speeds with someone completely stopped struggling to merge infront...

Triumph Man

8,670 posts

167 months

Wednesday 28th September 2016
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Howard- said:
People who drive through urban housing estates FAR too fast, whilst cutting the corner of every junction throughout. There's cars parked EVERYWHERE and the visibility is awful. What kind of problems do you have with your brain to think that 30mph+ is acceptable? What if someone comes towards you doing a similar speed? It makes me so angry as I'm calmly driving home from work through to my house and some comes blazing towards me half on my side of the road causing me to have to brake heavily. It makes me want to bludgeon them to death.
You can bet your arse these are the same people who, given an open road, will not venture above 50mph...

Europa1

10,923 posts

187 months

Wednesday 28th September 2016
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sjc said:
In my god know how many years on PH......this is the first time that I've agreed with every single post on a thread!
Men will talk of this moment in hushed tones for generations!

Blib

43,791 posts

196 months

Wednesday 28th September 2016
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sjc said:
In my god know how many years on PH......this is the first time that I've agreed with every single post on a thread!
I find that West Ham fans, in particular, haven't got a clue when it comes to driving.

Blib

43,791 posts

196 months

Wednesday 28th September 2016
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Vipers said:
Do you mean where the outside lane on a two lane road is marked ahead/turn right, and on approach the inside lane is chocca waiting at a red light, and only one car in the outside with NO INDICATORS ON.

So you pull up behind them for a quick off, as the lights turn green, then and only do they fekking indicate right.






furious
Yes.

br d

8,388 posts

225 months

Wednesday 28th September 2016
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Blib said:
sjc said:
In my god know how many years on PH......this is the first time that I've agreed with every single post on a thread!
I find that West Ham fans, in particular, haven't got a clue when it comes to driving.
Or anything else come to that.

WaferThinHam

1,680 posts

129 months

Wednesday 28th September 2016
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Howard- said:
The absolute waste of skin on his sports bike with a completely obnoxious and unnecessarily loud exhaust who accelerates hard past our house at 5 o'clock in the morning. I hope you skid on black ice. Have some consideration for the poor buggers you're waking up.
Aaaa yes, SC project/Racefit/Austin Racing, you have blood on your hands with your uncultured, 70mm wide, pieces of tasteless misery.

Pothole

34,367 posts

281 months

Wednesday 28th September 2016
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baptistsan said:
threespires said:
Sitting at traffic lights with foot on brake blinding the person behind.
Is it so difficult to apply the handbrake or the electric switch modern cars come with?
Never understood this one. Brake lights are not that bright ime.
Not that bright to you, very bright to some other people. You do understand that we are all different and have different toleracnes to external stimuli, don't you?

Fastdruid

8,623 posts

151 months

Wednesday 28th September 2016
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Pothole said:
baptistsan said:
threespires said:
Sitting at traffic lights with foot on brake blinding the person behind.
Is it so difficult to apply the handbrake or the electric switch modern cars come with?
Never understood this one. Brake lights are not that bright ime.
Not that bright to you, very bright to some other people. You do understand that we are all different and have different toleracnes to external stimuli, don't you?
Some makes are eye-burningly bright. Audi LED rear lights seem to be far brighter than most for example.

Also depends on the height. SUV ones where they are directly in front of you for example appear far brighter than normal car ones where they're lower down. Although the 3rd light can sometimes then be "right in your face".

MitchT

15,788 posts

208 months

Wednesday 28th September 2016
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When you want to turn left at a 'give way' but you're stuck behind by the person who's waiting to turn right because they didn't move far enough over to the centre even though the road was wide enough for them to do so.

rxtx

6,016 posts

209 months

Wednesday 28th September 2016
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When in slowly creeping traffic, I always get caught behind the person that leaves a 20 metre gap between them and the car in front before they very slowly move on.

MitchT

15,788 posts

208 months

Wednesday 28th September 2016
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People who rush up to junctions making you think they're not going to stop in time and t-bone you as you drive past. Usually people in repmobiles with an inflated sense of their journey's importance to mankind.

swisstoni

16,848 posts

278 months

Wednesday 28th September 2016
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I find not staring deeply into them like a stunned rabbit really helps.

MitchT

15,788 posts

208 months

Wednesday 28th September 2016
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I hate the bloody things too and I have had my eyes tested and they're fine. They're so fecking bright you can see nothing other than the light when they're coming towards you - there could be anything on the road in front of you and you wouldn't know. Then when they've gone past it's a moment before you re-adjust during which your eyes hurt. I love a bit of purposeful driving as much as anyone, but if you can't drive at a speed and see far enough ahead without headlamps that dazzle everyone else you should slow the fk down. Then you get some twunt in a trendy SUV behind you and the damn things are shining straight into your eyes via your door mirrors. I can't believe the wretched things are legal.

Mr_Yogi

3,278 posts

254 months

Wednesday 28th September 2016
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Not sure if it's been mentioned already, but people who drive at night on A and b roads doing well under the limit and driving on dipped headlights, so you can't see the road to overtake.

Pothole

34,367 posts

281 months

Wednesday 28th September 2016
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Nanook said:
Pothole said:
Not that bright to you, very bright to some other people. You do understand that we are all different and have different toleracnes to external stimuli, don't you?
I understand, but if someone's brake lights are 'blinding' to you, perhaps book an appointment at an optician? Consider that if you find something on the back of every car on the road, blinding, maybe the roads are not for you?

Or alternatively, stop exaggerating! laugh
Is there a particular reason why anyone NEEDS to sit with their foot on the brake? If not, don't do it, perhaps as a kindness to other road users.

sjc

13,879 posts

269 months

Wednesday 28th September 2016
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br d said:
Blib said:
sjc said:
In my god know how many years on PH......this is the first time that I've agreed with every single post on a thread!
I find that West Ham fans, in particular, haven't got a clue when it comes to driving.
Or anything else come to that.
It's because we're not sure whether we should stand up or sit down.

br d

8,388 posts

225 months

Wednesday 28th September 2016
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sjc said:
br d said:
Blib said:
sjc said:
In my god know how many years on PH......this is the first time that I've agreed with every single post on a thread!
I find that West Ham fans, in particular, haven't got a clue when it comes to driving.
Or anything else come to that.
It's because we're not sure whether we should stand up or sit down.
Turning around would probably be preferable at a West Ham game smile

(Have to catch up soon mate!)