Things other road users do that drive you crazy!

Things other road users do that drive you crazy!

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Ninja59

3,691 posts

111 months

Monday 26th September 2016
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Cyclists with no lights on....at 5:30 am it is dark still now idiot.

Driving to work this morning when it was still dark...

No lights at all
Idiots with DRL's on only and therefore in a majority no rear lights
Side lights
One light out and one blinding one
Main beam all the time...

FFS people back to that time of year again...*sigh*

davamer23

1,126 posts

153 months

Monday 26th September 2016
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Drivers who overtake you and are barely past before they move move back in nearly wiping you out and inevitably send a load of stones etc hurtling towards your car. 2 chips in my windscreen from that. It really grips my st.


AH33

2,066 posts

134 months

Monday 26th September 2016
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Exist.

anonymous-user

53 months

Monday 26th September 2016
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Everything.

oilspill

649 posts

192 months

Monday 26th September 2016
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Harley Riders. Because even when there are no parties going on, they still wear their Village people-esqe fancy dress costumes.
Come on guys, at least give us a batman or robin now and again.

fivepointnine

708 posts

113 months

Monday 26th September 2016
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-the 40 mph brigade...they drive 40mph EVERYWHERE: blind corner country lane in the middle of the night-40mph, narrow village with kids crossing at a school and cars parked on both sides- 40mph wide open A road with 15 cars lined up behind them- 40mph.
-people that cannot figure out that a slip road merging onto the motorway is there for them to get up to motorway speed before merging onto said motorway!
-people that drive under the NSL in L3 and just sit there.
-careless idiots in carparks. At the Cabbot Circus multistory this weekend we witnessed 2 ladies in a lupo back into a brand new Audi A4 leaving a sizeable dent. Pretty sure they would have just driven away if we did not stand there staring at them and writing down both reg plates!

Jasandjules

69,825 posts

228 months

Monday 26th September 2016
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yonex said:
Everything.
Yup was going to post this....

Gluggy

711 posts

108 months

Monday 26th September 2016
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People jumping red lights, there is a lights controlled crossroad I have to go through most days and the timing on the lights is a bit odd - as soon as one side goes red the others go green without pausing to allow right turning traffic time to clear the junction... people running the red just makes the problem worse as right turners cant turn in front of the jumper and by the time they can make the turn traffic has already starting moving from the now green side - seen so many near misses its unreal.

Those traffic calming islands where they block one side of the road and make it a give way to traffic in the "clear" lane or rather the people that see me approaching on the clear side and rather than slowing down / stopping at the give way line accelerate like is a car based game of chicken instead - they either force me to give way to them or realise at the last second they are not going to make it, slam the anchors on and almost get rear ended by the person following...

DavidJG

3,507 posts

131 months

Monday 26th September 2016
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It's the "last second exit takers" who boil my piss. I'm convinced they're to stupid to realise how much danger they put themselves and others in.

Move over for your exit and slow down before you get there? No! Stay in lane 3 until about 50 meters before you want to exit the motorway, then just swerve across all three (or sometimes four) lanes to take the exit that you knew you wanted for the last several miles. They're more dangerous and frustrating than almost any other motorway user.

For those in doubt about how dangerous it is, watch this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKNQG6pSYig


kambites

67,462 posts

220 months

Monday 26th September 2016
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Sitting on the foot brake in queues traffic so the person behind has a set of stupidly bright LEDs glaring into their eyes.

swisstoni

16,854 posts

278 months

Monday 26th September 2016
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lexusboy said:
People that indicate at a turn left or right only traffic light
Really? What harm are they doing apart from supply more info than necessary?

rongagin

481 posts

135 months

Monday 26th September 2016
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The idiot who is in charge of the traffic lights on the town centre roundabout and has them active 24/7. So late at night when virtually no traffic they still show red. I'm sure they will be a road user so qualifies for this thread.
Unless of course a cyclist only in which case red lights don't count and it explains everything.

Riktoid

231 posts

111 months

Monday 26th September 2016
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Sump 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?
Well in my S class you just push the brake pedal down and it holds the brake for you.
Every car on the planet does this.

Riktoid

231 posts

111 months

Monday 26th September 2016
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On a two lane DC, I'm in lane two overtaking a car.

Up ahead, someone else is doing likewise except they're overtaking at 0.005mph faster than the car in lane one. I catch up and have to slow down.

The fking .

Riktoid

231 posts

111 months

Monday 26th September 2016
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swisstoni said:
lexusboy said:
People that indicate at a turn left or right only traffic light
Really? What harm are they doing apart from supply more info than necessary?
People that think indicating is for the benefit of other traffic.

C70R

17,596 posts

103 months

Monday 26th September 2016
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SidewaysSi said:
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.
People who think that moving out of L3 on the motorway is a sign of weakness.

oilspill

649 posts

192 months

Monday 26th September 2016
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DavidJG said:
It's the "last second exit takers" who boil my piss. I'm convinced they're to stupid to realise how much danger they put themselves and others in.

Move over for your exit and slow down before you get there? No! Stay in lane 3 until about 50 meters before you want to exit the motorway, then just swerve across all three (or sometimes four) lanes to take the exit that you knew you wanted for the last several miles. They're more dangerous and frustrating than almost any other motorway user.

For those in doubt about how dangerous it is, watch this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKNQG6pSYig
Thats in Belgium, their younger drivers are notorious for doing it at high speed almost like they're driving a giant airbag oblivious to consequences of impact. See it on every one of my journeys there. That particular stretch is horrendous for lorries, who themselves are quite intimidating with their speeds in the middle lane and that exit lane build up is very regular, you only need to drive past there once and it sinks-in not to take anything for granted.
Luxembergers are equally bad for it, they're also the worst I've seen for the reverse situation, entering motorways at excessive speed, cutting across several cars into the fast lane whilst lorries up ahead masking the full vision.


Edited by oilspill on Monday 26th September 10:10

oilspill

649 posts

192 months

Monday 26th September 2016
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Riktoid said:
People that think indicating is for the benefit of other traffic.
Well spotted

Dog Star

16,079 posts

167 months

Monday 26th September 2016
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People who "amble" up to traffic lights - bonus tt points if it's close to another set of lights so that all the people behind can't get through and get stuck on red.

People who take off really slowly from traffic lights in rush hour. Thanks a fking lot.

Marlin45

1,327 posts

163 months

Monday 26th September 2016
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This may be more specific to South and South West Wales but....

1. Indicators on roundabouts. Don't just enter the roundabout and stick the RHS indicator on saying your going that way round.
2. Personalised number plates on new low rent Korean hatchbacks. Avoid.
3. Using the M4 lane 3 as a quick shortcut to get to the pub - Enter motorway. Straight to L3. Foot to the limiter. Exit L3 off 1-2 exits down on the final exit marker still with the engine bouncing off the limiter.
4. Jizz/i10/207 - 35-40 everywhere (unless they see a twig/car/bend/cloud - then brake).
5. European cycle club mob holidays on the A40 etc. Last one had around 150 members in spandex in one block.
6. And this time of year - lights are fitted to your car for two purposes. So you can see where you're going and so we can see you. Note the latter (normally applies to the fairer sex).