One single thing that makes you think "knob" Vol 3
Discussion
OpulentBob said:
"Roadworker types"?
Did a road worker run off with your wife? You've got a hard-on for them. You and V8 Fiddler. You both have a bit of a chip about them.
Just hang back in your TDi Passat and approach them like you would any of the other hundreds of people texting and driving. You won't be TOO late for your photocopier sales meeting.
Did a road worker run off with your wife? You've got a hard-on for them. You and V8 Fiddler. You both have a bit of a chip about them.
Just hang back in your TDi Passat and approach them like you would any of the other hundreds of people texting and driving. You won't be TOO late for your photocopier sales meeting.
I wonder if I'm a 'roadworker type' if I go out surveying occasionally..
Brilad said:
Well at least the guy has a hard on for someone other than himself. Now p
s off and design us another world-beating mini-roundabout.
Are you really a GP? No wonder the NHS is in crisis.s off and design us another world-beating mini-roundabout."Doctor, I keep getting chest pains"
"No, it's just an erection, now p
s off and die quietly"TartanPaint said:
See this diagram from the HC. 
I'm the green car. I can use either lane on my exit. But that pale blue car approaching from the opposite direction is the problem. Pretend he's turning to his left, so we're taking the same exit. I'm headed for lane 1, but he doesn't give way, steals lane 1 and forces me into lane 2 or worse, forcing me to stop completely because I can't trust his left indicator. It's insane behavior, and I encounter it 3-4 times a week.
Sorry for explaining it badly. A picture would have been better to start with!
I get similar on the Leeds ringroad at least 2 or 3 times a week. I am green car aiming for Lane 2 and the pale blue (oncoming) isn't turning Left (in Lane 1), but heading straight across roundabout, cutting me up. I indicate correctly and am positioned correctly, but they just seem to think "M'eh, I'm going". Not just the Powerfully Built Company Director types (though they are often the culprits) - last night, it was a coach full of day-trippers. I had to stop on the roundabout whilst it trundled past me... ffs!I'm the green car. I can use either lane on my exit. But that pale blue car approaching from the opposite direction is the problem. Pretend he's turning to his left, so we're taking the same exit. I'm headed for lane 1, but he doesn't give way, steals lane 1 and forces me into lane 2 or worse, forcing me to stop completely because I can't trust his left indicator. It's insane behavior, and I encounter it 3-4 times a week.
Sorry for explaining it badly. A picture would have been better to start with!
Edited by TartanPaint on Thursday 30th July 13:31
Brilad said:
OpulentBob said:
"Roadworker types"?
You've got a hard-on for them.
Well at least the guy has a hard on for someone other than himself. Now pYou've got a hard-on for them.
s off and design us another world-beating mini-roundabout.s off? Another world beating mini roundabout? Where did that all come from?Having a bad day? Prescribe yourself something calming, or go and play in traffic, there's a good angry little man
lavaJava said:
I get similar on the Leeds ringroad at least 2 or 3 times a week. I am green car aiming for Lane 2 and the pale blue (oncoming) isn't turning Left (in Lane 1), but heading straight across roundabout, cutting me up. I indicate correctly and am positioned correctly, but they just seem to think "M'eh, I'm going". Not just the Powerfully Built Company Director types (though they are often the culprits) - last night, it was a coach full of day-trippers. I had to stop on the roundabout whilst it trundled past me... ffs!
Ram the fecker. I need a new wing and have been looking for an opportunity like this for ages.In lane 1 doing a cruise-control 72mph and see a lorry up ahead. Check lane 2 and see a black car about 2 or 3 car lengths behind me but gaining with an empty third lane. Signal right. Signalling. Signalling. At this point I start talking to myself.. 'are you moving out? Are you letting me out? What arrrrre you doooooing?"
Lorry is approaching ahead but it appears the black car in lane 2 is hovering about a car length behind me. Pull out to lane 2 to the apparent shock of black car driver who then attaches herself to my rear bumper. I indicate left to pull back in front of the lorry and black car decides this would be the best time to move to swerve right and pass me in lane 3.
Lorry is approaching ahead but it appears the black car in lane 2 is hovering about a car length behind me. Pull out to lane 2 to the apparent shock of black car driver who then attaches herself to my rear bumper. I indicate left to pull back in front of the lorry and black car decides this would be the best time to move to swerve right and pass me in lane 3.
romeogolf said:
The white-haired gentleman in the green W210 Guernsey-registered E-class this morning on the A31 doing about 40mph and causing ridiculous congestion on an otherwise clear road.
Yep - more and more of these types around. I bet he mas a "Mr 40mph" (i.e. can only do 40mph regardless of whether the speed limit is 20mph or 70mph)I was on an NSL road today and got stuck behind a 'lady driver' with a bunch of kids in the back of her car doing a constant 45mph. A mile or so down the road she then got stuck behind somebody doing just 30mph who also braked for every minor bend in the road.
Car doing ~30 eventually pulled off into a golf club a few miles up the road - and Ms 45mph sped back up and sat at 45mph for the duration of the NSL. She then proceeded to disappear off into the distance still apparently doing ~45mph as I slowed for the 30mph zone we had just entered.
Redgate said:
I've seen it on another thread somewhere, but the bloke is definitely a chopper so worth posting here. Not sure which was more knobbish - crashing the car, or the devil horn hand gesture as he went past the camera.Moonhawk said:
Yep - more and more of these types around. I bet he mas a "Mr 40mph" (i.e. can only do 40mph regardless of whether the speed limit is 20mph or 70mph)
I was on an NSL road today and got stuck behind a 'lady driver' with a bunch of kids in the back of her car doing a constant 45mph. A mile or so down the road she then got stuck behind somebody doing just 30mph who also braked for every minor bend in the road.
Car doing ~30 eventually pulled off into a golf club a few miles up the road - and Ms 45mph sped back up and sat at 45mph for the duration of the NSL. She then proceeded to disappear off into the distance still apparently doing ~45mph as I slowed for the 30mph zone we had just entered.
I was followed in Cornwall by one of those 'types' driving home from Penzance. I was adjusting my speed up, and down, to take account of the road, other traffic, and obeying all speed limits (seeing as how they love their speed cameras down there).I was on an NSL road today and got stuck behind a 'lady driver' with a bunch of kids in the back of her car doing a constant 45mph. A mile or so down the road she then got stuck behind somebody doing just 30mph who also braked for every minor bend in the road.
Car doing ~30 eventually pulled off into a golf club a few miles up the road - and Ms 45mph sped back up and sat at 45mph for the duration of the NSL. She then proceeded to disappear off into the distance still apparently doing ~45mph as I slowed for the 30mph zone we had just entered.
In every village, this ex-Post Office Astra van would loom large in my mirrors, then proceed to try to bully me into speeding up. Then, when the NSL sign came into view, he'd start swerving and weaving behind me, only to disappear from view when I clicked the 'up' button for the speed limiter several times. This continued in a 'rinse and repeat' fashion for about 25 miles, and was getting pretty tiresome toward the end. Then, there are the "40mph everywhere" types who are in front of you on such wiggly rural roads. It's tough to overtake, because safe opportunities are rare. But just because YOU are happy at 40mph on a NSL road, it doesn't mean everyone else will be. So when I (safely and legally) overtake you, quit with the horn, the high beams, and the coffee beans gestures. You're safe, I'm safe, no kittens were killed, and we can now both go about our journeys at the speed of our choosing. We should both be happy. Unless someone made overtaking illegal while I was away?
craig1912 said:
not quite sure what you are saying- what's wrong with the picture?Cliftonite said:
WD39 said:
Today on the M11 near Duxford.
Moving out from lane one, indicating, to pass an HGV.
Nothing in lane two.
Just about half way over when, out of nowhere, comes a car and overtakes me with half of his car on the soft ground between the outside white line and the central crash barriers.
Utter****. Complete****. Total****. Absolute****.
Can anyone guess the make of car?
Seems like you had a lucky escape following your serious error in observation.Moving out from lane one, indicating, to pass an HGV.
Nothing in lane two.
Just about half way over when, out of nowhere, comes a car and overtakes me with half of his car on the soft ground between the outside white line and the central crash barriers.
Utter****. Complete****. Total****. Absolute****.
Can anyone guess the make of car?
People not checking their blindspots before cutting others up makes me think 'knob'.
You can have fun with ‘those types’. Some years ago where I used to live.
Travelling home from work there’s a series of 3 roundabouts, the 3rd being a lovely positive camber sharp right onto a straight.
It’s a 40 mph limit road and If there is no traffic you can go through each roundabout at 40 mph with the 3rd being the tightest though it’s still possible, in a car…
So a nice white flatbed transit thing turns off the 1st roundabout and greets my behind. I’m going 40mph he wants to go faster. We maintain our 40 through the 2nd roundabout, he’s bumper close, I maintain speed through the third, I’m wondering if he realises how tight this is and that I’m not breaking so no tail lights to warn.
I glance in my mirror and see him over steering then correcting and his van violently swerving back trying to get control eventually skidding across the road and coming to a stop at the curb.
I had a little chuckle.
Travelling home from work there’s a series of 3 roundabouts, the 3rd being a lovely positive camber sharp right onto a straight.
It’s a 40 mph limit road and If there is no traffic you can go through each roundabout at 40 mph with the 3rd being the tightest though it’s still possible, in a car…
So a nice white flatbed transit thing turns off the 1st roundabout and greets my behind. I’m going 40mph he wants to go faster. We maintain our 40 through the 2nd roundabout, he’s bumper close, I maintain speed through the third, I’m wondering if he realises how tight this is and that I’m not breaking so no tail lights to warn.
I glance in my mirror and see him over steering then correcting and his van violently swerving back trying to get control eventually skidding across the road and coming to a stop at the curb.
I had a little chuckle.
A very angry little motorist comes a cropper against a cyclist. This one made me laugh, though to be fair I don't think the cyclist was bathed in glory here either:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PFRdEUN240&fe...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PFRdEUN240&fe...
Blown2CV said:
WD39 said:
Today on the M11 near Duxford.
Moving out from lane one, indicating, to pass an HGV.
Nothing in lane two.
Just about half way over when, out of nowhere, a car appears and overtakes me with half of his car on the soft ground between the outside white line and the central crash barriers.
Utter****. Complete****. Total****. Absolute****.
Can anyone guess the make of car?
Cars don't appear out of nowhere. That implies you weren't paying attention. Moving out from lane one, indicating, to pass an HGV.
Nothing in lane two.
Just about half way over when, out of nowhere, a car appears and overtakes me with half of his car on the soft ground between the outside white line and the central crash barriers.
Utter****. Complete****. Total****. Absolute****.
Can anyone guess the make of car?
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