Things other road users do that drive you crazy!

[WD39]

swisstoni said:

Vipers said:

swisstoni said:

WD39 said:

I would put bit coins on the fact that the large majority of TL are in a 30 or 40mph zone. So what's the hurry?

Also, if you are paying attention and see that the lights have been green for some time...

Amazing. I'm not talking about flooring it to get through them - just maintain your speed.
Amber tells you to prepare to stop - i.e. slow down and stop.

AMBER means ‘Stop’ at the stop line. You may go on only if the AMBER appears after you have crossed the stop line or are so close to it that to pull up might cause an accident

Not quite the same thing.

I said 'slow down and stop'.
You say 'stop at the stop line'.

I suppose I was hoping that would mean the same to most people.

The red light has been illuminated.

[swisstoni]

WD39 said:

swisstoni said:

Vipers said:

swisstoni said:

WD39 said:

I would put bit coins on the fact that the large majority of TL are in a 30 or 40mph zone. So what's the hurry?

Also, if you are paying attention and see that the lights have been green for some time...

Amazing. I'm not talking about flooring it to get through them - just maintain your speed.
Amber tells you to prepare to stop - i.e. slow down and stop.

AMBER means ‘Stop’ at the stop line. You may go on only if the AMBER appears after you have crossed the stop line or are so close to it that to pull up might cause an accident

Not quite the same thing.

I said 'slow down and stop'.
You say 'stop at the stop line'.

I suppose I was hoping that would mean the same to most people.

The red light has been illuminated.

Better put your foot down then

[Rawwr]

Vipers said:

AMBER means ‘Stop’ at the stop line. You may go on only if the AMBER appears after you have crossed the stop line or are so close to it that to pull up might cause an accident

Not quite the same thing.

Not around here it doesn't. Our signals appear to mean:

Green = Go
Amber = Go
Red = If they've been red for less than 5 seconds; Go

[hufggfg]

Jackspistonheadsaccount said:

ELUSIVEJIM said:

The drivers who sit at 40 mph everywhere. You get to a 20 or 30 mph zone and they still sit at 40 mph.

Also the drivers who hold you up but once they get to a straight they take off only to slow down again when a corner approaches.

Urgh yes! Most of my journey to the girlfriend's house is A road, 40, 50, 60, 30, 40, 30, 40, 60, 40, 30. And there's people who do 40 the whole way and you can't over take (well I can't in a 105 bhp MiTo) so you're stuck the whole way

Oh god so much this!

I generally stick strictly to red ringed speed limits (there's a reason they're not nationals), but then "drive to the conditions" on national limits. The number of people that drive 45mph irrelevant of the speed limit is incredibly frustrating. It just shows they have absolutely no awareness of the changing risks etc along a stretch of road.

[Vipers]

Rawwr said:

Vipers said:

AMBER means ‘Stop’ at the stop line. You may go on only if the AMBER appears after you have crossed the stop line or are so close to it that to pull up might cause an accident

Not quite the same thing.

Not around here it doesn't. Our signals appear to mean:

Green = Go
Amber = Go
Red = If they've been red for less than 5 seconds; Go

Similar for pedestrians, in ear phones, on blinkers, cross the road.

[WD39]

Rawwr said:

Vipers said:

AMBER means ‘Stop’ at the stop line. You may go on only if the AMBER appears after you have crossed the stop line or are so close to it that to pull up might cause an accident

Not quite the same thing.

Not around here it doesn't. Our signals appear to mean:

Green = Go
Amber = Go
Red = If they've been red for less than 5 seconds; Go

Nail and Head. That is so true. Round here as well.

[WD39]

WD39 said:

WD39 said:

WD39 said:

What a good thread this is becoming.

1...Serial speeders

2...Palm steerers

3...Corner cutters

4...Straight lining bends in the road or on RAB

5...The total lack of indication these days.

6...Chav platers

7...Pushers in at two lanes into one situations.

8...Tail gating, in effect saying 'get a move on'.

9...C**p parking

10... 'On the phone'

11...Bikers tearing up our lovely country roads as their own Isle of Man TT track.

12...Drivers not giving way when the obstruction is on their side of the road.

13...Bikers 'blipping the throttle' when at junctions or at the lights and coasting through town centres.

[TazLondon]

Drivers who change gears at 1,500 RPM or below

[anonymous-user]

Exist.

[OddCat]

When you choose a parking space miles from anyone else to stop door dings and some clown still parks rigth next to you. This was on the overflow car park of B&Q....

[hondafanatic]

OddCat said:

When you choose a parking space miles from anyone else to stop door dings and some clown still parks rigth next to you. This was on the overflow car park of B&Q....

That's has to be another PH'er and they are fking hilarious.

[OddCat]

hondafanatic said:

OddCat said:

When you choose a parking space miles from anyone else to stop door dings and some clown still parks rigth next to you. This was on the overflow car park of B&Q....

That's has to be another PH'er and they are fking hilarious.

I know. I was rolling around in stitches when I got back to the car. Soooo funny......

Yes, bound to be another PH'er. Loads of PH'ers drive round in st horse box lorries and park right next to people who they can see have deliberately parked miles from anyone else. I don't even like horses and I'm thinking of getting a horse box lorry now so I can look for opportunities to do hilarious things with it.......

[WD39]

WD39 said:

WD39 said:

WD39 said:

WD39 said:

What a good thread this is becoming.

1...Serial speeders

2...Palm steerers

3...Corner cutters

4...Straight lining bends in the road or on RAB

5...The total lack of indication these days.

6...Chav platers

7...Pushers in at two lanes into one situations.

8...Tailgating.

9...C**p parking.

10... 'On the phone'.


11...Bikers tearing up our lovely country roads as their own Isle of Man TT track.

12...Drivers not giving way when the obstruction is on their side of the road.

13...Bikers 'blipping the throttle' when at junctions or at the lights and coasting through town centres.

14...You are observing the speed limit and the 'driver' behind is flashing and gesticulating for you to 'go a little faster please' or words to that effect.

[Centurion07]

15. People that blindly obey an arbitrary number on a stick regardless of whether conditions mean it's safe to do twice that number.

[WD39]

Centurion07 said:

15. People that blindly obey an arbitrary number on a stick regardless of whether conditions mean it's safe to do twice that number.

107, I think you are stalking me. And I quite like it.

[wildone63]

Cyclists who use push button zebra crossings and hold up the traffic so they can get from one footpath (where they are illeagly cycling) to the opposite one,instead of using the road in the first place.

[Sump]

Poor people who try to block your progress because they are jealous of your car.

[PoleDriver]

[Vipers]

wildone63 said:

Cyclists who use push button zebra crossings and hold up the traffic so they can get from one footpath (where they are illeagly cycling) to the opposite one,instead of using the road in the first place.

People like my misses, see nothing coming and press the button anyway, then cross the road.

As you approach with no pedestrians in sight, the fekking lights go red.

[popeyewhite]

New one for me tonight: Audi RS3 beeped at me for not letting him out of a side road. For a few seconds I was swivelling my head left and right to work out who the beeper was and who the recipient of the beep was until I realised the beeper must be the guy I failed to allow to push in. Cheeky fecker. Beep.