Gets Your Goat! worst driving traits
Discussion
After 200plus club's outburst on wafters, what is about people driving that annoys your most, or what do you think is the most dangerous trait is?
I hate indecisive drivers, you know the ones who stick and indicator and then sit waiting for approval or get in the wrong lane and wander around trying to decide what to do!
If you aren't decisive and don't know what you are going to do how are other road users?
I hate indecisive drivers, you know the ones who stick and indicator and then sit waiting for approval or get in the wrong lane and wander around trying to decide what to do!
If you aren't decisive and don't know what you are going to do how are other road users?
200Plus Club said:
Don't get me started on people who move their car over to block safe slow filtering on motorbikes in heavy traffic. Often tempted to accidentally clip their wing mirror off...
ooh Amen, as a biker too this is hugely annoying and dangerous.I had an off where someone did this as the lights went green and cut me off as he pulled away!
drivers need to realise letting a bike pass will not slow them down, the more bikes on the road there are then the fewer cars will be caugh in traffic!
redtwin said:
Anyone at a junction waiting to pull out that does not pay attention to oncoming traffic. You see them waiting, adjust your speed to create a gap they can pull into, then flash repeatedly (knocking hours of life off your main beam bulbs) and they roundly ignore you.
heners54 said:
People that shoot out of junctions in front people, cutting it pretty fine, just to be that one car ahead and then sit daudling well below the speed limit. Especially if it's just you and there's no cars behind you; they could have pulled out safely then and meandered at their own steady pace. Why!
Or both together, slow down, politely let them out and they ignore you, then as you reach the point where they cant actually go they panic and boot it out of the junction!Europa1 said:
People who bimble along the open road at 40-50mph, then bimble through the following 30-limit at 40-50mph.
another biker peeve...country road you overtake them within the speed limit then slow down to 30 for villages to find yourself being overtaken in the village!Even worse is when you wait for national speed limit sign to accelerate away only find a car alongside you. Always turns to Mr Angry when you either wind on and shoot off or overtake him as soon as he's pulled back in infrom and settled at 50!
Nerfbat said:
People who use the left-hand lane to go all the way around roundabouts, thus blocking the exit for those who use them properly. Every day I use a roundabout with two lanes on the approach, and two exits - nine o clock and three o clock, and the number of people who use the left hand approach to go right is increasing all the time...
M1 J36 northbound exit is actually left hand lane for left, back onto the M1 and right then left/straight at next roundabout. The right hand lane is for right at the roundabout and then straight ahead or right at the next!clearly marked but so many people go right hand lane to try and turn left at the second roundabout!
ToothbrushMan said:
Drivers that:-
1. Bip their horns when sat behind you whilst you stay outside of a yellow box junction waiting for the exit to clear.....i almost wish i could drive back round behind them and bip my horn at them....
2. Those who see you approach whilst they have to pull out of a T junction because their house is seemingly on fire but then once ahead of you they drop speed to sauntering "i dont give a damn now im in front you" pace. Thought you was in a mad rush earlier????
3. Frustrated drivers who are intent on getting past you but due to traffic conditions just seem to be thwarted at every opportunity then as you approach some lights two lanes your inner lane is free and the outer lane is rammed they have to punch in so that at the lights you dont waft past them on the inside lane whilst theyre stuck at the back of the queue.
4. That do not adjust their speed up or down to match and fit in with whats already on the main road especially in road works 50 limits.
5. Lads who get up onto your back bumper then drop back 50 metres then speed up to your bumper again....then drop back.....f
k the hell off impatient tt.
6.drive with the seat fully reclined, one finger on the steering wheel, leaning to one side in an over exxaggerated look at me arent i the bks rehearsed pose.again.....get the fk outta here!
7. Middle aged white guys who wear lots of gold rings again seat right back with thumb of right hand under the top of the wheel whilst the 4 fingers extend over the top of the wheel either patting or strumming the top of the dashboard to some tune on the stereo.....you look a knob mate.
8. That cant go anywhere but see you pull across their path turning right out of a T junction but to make turn trickier they drive virtually up flush to your car door. Wtf is that for knob end! You aint going anywhere...
whoa there mr happy!1. Bip their horns when sat behind you whilst you stay outside of a yellow box junction waiting for the exit to clear.....i almost wish i could drive back round behind them and bip my horn at them....
2. Those who see you approach whilst they have to pull out of a T junction because their house is seemingly on fire but then once ahead of you they drop speed to sauntering "i dont give a damn now im in front you" pace. Thought you was in a mad rush earlier????
3. Frustrated drivers who are intent on getting past you but due to traffic conditions just seem to be thwarted at every opportunity then as you approach some lights two lanes your inner lane is free and the outer lane is rammed they have to punch in so that at the lights you dont waft past them on the inside lane whilst theyre stuck at the back of the queue.
4. That do not adjust their speed up or down to match and fit in with whats already on the main road especially in road works 50 limits.
5. Lads who get up onto your back bumper then drop back 50 metres then speed up to your bumper again....then drop back.....f
k the hell off impatient tt.6.drive with the seat fully reclined, one finger on the steering wheel, leaning to one side in an over exxaggerated look at me arent i the b
ks rehearsed pose.again.....get the fk outta here!7. Middle aged white guys who wear lots of gold rings again seat right back with thumb of right hand under the top of the wheel whilst the 4 fingers extend over the top of the wheel either patting or strumming the top of the dashboard to some tune on the stereo.....you look a knob mate.
8. That cant go anywhere but see you pull across their path turning right out of a T junction but to make turn trickier they drive virtually up flush to your car door. Wtf is that for knob end! You aint going anywhere...
Europa1 said:
Someone else mentioned this on another thread but I haven't seen it crop up on this one yet - people who drive with their wing mirrors folded in. Are they really paying that little attention to the act of controlling a 2 tonne lump of metal? Unobservant, incompetent, complacent f&*^wits.
Had to laugh a while back i came up behind smeone with the l/h mirror folder in, was on the bike.I got the guy's attention with a wave in the other mirror, shouted(not gonna work over my exhaust)pointed to his mirror then tapped mine...
he just took off through the red light!
must be that time of year....
i must have seen at least 1 car every day for the last week with a headlight bulb out!
Its dark, get it fixed!!
I sort of blame the EU legislators for making cars so safe that its impossible to change a bulb without a 12 year old, 2 skins knuckles and a full front end rebuild!
i must have seen at least 1 car every day for the last week with a headlight bulb out!
Its dark, get it fixed!!
I sort of blame the EU legislators for making cars so safe that its impossible to change a bulb without a 12 year old, 2 skins knuckles and a full front end rebuild!
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