Things other road users do that drive you crazy!
Discussion
simonr100 said:
People who drive Volvos(except the police) they sit in the middle lane, never use mirrors or indicators, completely unaware of those around them, can't park for s
t!
Any Volvo where the driver is attentive immediately puts me on guard. I'm pretty certain I've missed out on a few points due to spidey-senses tingling when a Volvo driver acts like they're aware of what's behind them. t!
When you come up behind a Kia Picanto, Honda Jizz or Huyndai i10 etc on a NSL single carriegway...foot of the gas, reduce down 2 gears and keep telling yourself to be calm as you watch their brake lights as they slow down from 40 to 30 for every bend.
Extra patience points if you are running late to work.
Extra patience points if you are running late to work.
manracer said:
People with illegally spaced number plates, usually £200 'personalised' plates.
Celebrities with limo black front windows.
Neither of which ever seen to get stopped by the old bill.
The universe revolves around those types of people, leave them alone!Celebrities with limo black front windows.
Neither of which ever seen to get stopped by the old bill.
seriously, everyone should just drive with fake plates to make a stand on the Police doing nothing (and DVLA sponsoring) number plate abuse.
I cant ever remember seeing this behaviour on mainland Europe, not even with bikers. It's a mental illness that seems to be on the increase in UK. Narcissism. 'I'm more special than you'
The worse ones are the bikers (I know a few lads) who blatantly admit they do it so they cant get done for speeding or a regular size plate ruins their 'aggressive look'
ANJ91 said:
When you come up behind a Kia Picanto, Honda Jizz or Huyndai i10 etc on a NSL single carriegway...foot of the gas, reduce down 2 gears and keep telling yourself to be calm as you watch their brake lights as they slow down from 40 to 30 for every bend.
Extra patience points if you are running late to work.
I drive one of the above cars and try to take corners at death defying speedsExtra patience points if you are running late to work.
The sheer arrogance and impatience of most people on the road. My favourite is the tt in the right lane of the motorway - wife in passenger seat, one hand on the wheel at 12 o'clock and 2 ft from my rear bumper. Usually in some piece of junk new car.
If you try to create a gap, they will happily go into 3 figures to prove how fast a driver they are.
t in the right lane of the motorway - wife in passenger seat, one hand on the wheel at 12 o'clock and 2 ft from my rear bumper. Usually in some piece of junk new car.If you try to create a gap, they will happily go into 3 figures to prove how fast a driver they are.
Would it be racist and sexist to publish the survey in my head on who appears to middle lane hog the most on the M20-M25-M1 ?
(I'm guessing our (non western european) guests to the UK are not used to such a nice choice in lanes and that some British women have extreme claustrophobia.
If we had an authority on those motorways who could actually enforce the law, , the perpetrators could be sent to Belgium where they'll immediately be shown the correct etiquette if they should stay in the middle lane for a second too long.
Also, Belgians and Swiss need sending to the UK to learn roundabout indication etiquette.
Oh, if you're a lorry, bus, truck, tractor driver in Belgium, make sure you have your phone to your ear at all times, otherwise you'll look suspicious.
Clivey 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?
Some cars encourage you to do this, e.g. the Jag XF - you can't take your foot off the brake if you want to use stop / start. I ended-up turning stop / start off and using the electric handbrake.Is it so difficult to apply the handbrake or the electric switch modern cars come with?
For me driving around the southwest,
Wiltshire - 40mph everywhere and get freaked out when overtaken.
Bristol - random Bristol nutters doing nutty things, drunk or high usually.
Wales - nobody uses indicators.
Somerset - nobody seems to be able to overtake a tractor, and people riding very nervous horses, the horse is clearly uncomfortable with the van stopped and idling.
Gloucestershire, Worcestershire and Swindon are pretty normal to drive around.
Edited by KM666 on Sunday 25th September 23:11
Sump said:
People who brake for every minor bend.
Or for every oncoming car, all the way down hills etc, never really got the hang of the old driving thing have they ?Those who you follow for miles with no indicators used, they suddenly discover it having ploughed up the side of standing teaffic and now need to get in.
Way, way too many things, but at the moment:
dhead Racing Lights & nothing else at night.
Those who think that a speed camera in a 40 and above zone means you really need to get down to about 25 sharpish.
Those that drive like total aholes then get royally offended when not given the royal treatment at all times.
Amber is just a slightly racy shade of green, just red is amber and red plus a few is floor it, you'll make it and be OK.
Truly dreadful mechanic standards
d
head Racing Lights & nothing else at night.Those who think that a speed camera in a 40 and above zone means you really need to get down to about 25 sharpish.
Those that drive like total a
holes then get royally offended when not given the royal treatment at all times.Amber is just a slightly racy shade of green, just red is amber and red plus a few is floor it, you'll make it and be OK.
Truly dreadful mechanic standards
Baz Tench said:
Thought of another one which baffles me as much as it angers me.
For some reason, some folk (usually wimmin) think it's a good idea to drive round with both door mirrors folded in.
Wtf is all that about??
So bloody dangerous!
Saw one with both folded in the other week, the woman further down the road then forced one roughly into shape and left the other folded in.For some reason, some folk (usually wimmin) think it's a good idea to drive round with both door mirrors folded in.
Wtf is all that about??
So bloody dangerous!
The car had electric mirrors.
One thing that I HATE is lorries or gypsies with their shagged transit vans towing huge caravans (with a completely illegal plates on it ie. their nickname, different to the vans plates) overtaking other lorries or vans on a duel carriageway. The gypsy then decided to drive alongside the lorry holding up traffic and irritating everyone
ChilliWhizz said:
Girl in the car next to you in the morning traffic eating a banana in that way that only women can.... makes it fecking difficult to keep an eye on the car in front of you.. 
Somebody didn't get his oats this weekend Back on topic, morons who will not move out of lane 3 ever
Cyclists who don't ride in single file.
Cyclists who can't ride in a straight line. There is one on my morning commute who wobbles all over the place with a carrier bag hanging off the handlebar, creates a huge line of traffic every morning because the road is too narrow for lorries to overtake
Cyclists who can't ride in a straight line. There is one on my morning commute who wobbles all over the place with a carrier bag hanging off the handlebar, creates a huge line of traffic every morning because the road is too narrow for lorries to overtake
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