Friday afternoon on the motorway.
Discussion
I really don't get it, I know the general standard of driving is pretty bad and apparently there are half a million crashes in the UK every year but its every Friday afternoon without fail that it all goes to pot.
This is near me and luckily I was going the opposite way to most of the carnage this time bit wherever I drive, and its in lots of different places its the same old story. how do people manage to crash so often and more importantly why, its why we have brakes, they stop you from hitting anything else but most people must think, oh its too much bother to stand on the pedal I'll just smash into something to stop in stead. do they not realise that when the inevitable happens its such an upheaval and that's if they walk away uninjured or not hurt anyone else. Even if its just a dented bumper its a world of hire cars, waiting for lifts, endless phone calls, missed time from work, getting wet waiting for a bus, form filling, maybe time at the police station, etc etc etc. Why would anyone want all that.
This is near me and luckily I was going the opposite way to most of the carnage this time bit wherever I drive, and its in lots of different places its the same old story. how do people manage to crash so often and more importantly why, its why we have brakes, they stop you from hitting anything else but most people must think, oh its too much bother to stand on the pedal I'll just smash into something to stop in stead. do they not realise that when the inevitable happens its such an upheaval and that's if they walk away uninjured or not hurt anyone else. Even if its just a dented bumper its a world of hire cars, waiting for lifts, endless phone calls, missed time from work, getting wet waiting for a bus, form filling, maybe time at the police station, etc etc etc. Why would anyone want all that.
Frane Selak said:
I really don't get it, I know the general standard of driving is pretty bad and apparently there are half a million crashes in the UK every year but its every Friday afternoon without fail that it all goes to pot.
This is near me and luckily I was going the opposite way to most of the carnage this time bit wherever I drive, and its in lots of different places its the same old story. how do people manage to crash so often and more importantly why, its why we have brakes, they stop you from hitting anything else but most people must think, oh its too much bother to stand on the pedal I'll just smash into something to stop in stead. do they not realise that when the inevitable happens its such an upheaval and that's if they walk away uninjured or not hurt anyone else. Even if its just a dented bumper its a world of hire cars, waiting for lifts, endless phone calls, missed time from work, getting wet waiting for a bus, form filling, maybe time at the police station, etc etc etc. Why would anyone want all that.
Are you suggesting that people decide to have a crash instead of braking? Or that brakes can prevent any and all accidents? Because clearly neither of those things is true. This is near me and luckily I was going the opposite way to most of the carnage this time bit wherever I drive, and its in lots of different places its the same old story. how do people manage to crash so often and more importantly why, its why we have brakes, they stop you from hitting anything else but most people must think, oh its too much bother to stand on the pedal I'll just smash into something to stop in stead. do they not realise that when the inevitable happens its such an upheaval and that's if they walk away uninjured or not hurt anyone else. Even if its just a dented bumper its a world of hire cars, waiting for lifts, endless phone calls, missed time from work, getting wet waiting for a bus, form filling, maybe time at the police station, etc etc etc. Why would anyone want all that.
_Neal_ said:
Are you suggesting that people decide to have a crash instead of braking? Or that brakes can prevent any and all accidents? Because clearly neither of those things is true.
well I don't know, I manage to stop without issues when something happens in front of me. If I decide to do something else instead of look out of the windows then that would be crashing on purpose wouldn't it, because its the first fundamental thing you need to do before you decide if you are going to brake. If you don't look then you wont bother to brake and just crash. Or if I decide to go from the outside lane straight to the slip road at the 100yd marker and swerve across all three lanes barging people out of the way, that too would be crashing on purpose from what I can see.Frane Selak said:
I really don't get it, I know the general standard of driving is pretty bad and apparently there are half a million crashes in the UK every year but its every Friday afternoon without fail that it all goes to pot.
This is near me and luckily I was going the opposite way to most of the carnage this time bit wherever I drive, and its in lots of different places its the same old story. how do people manage to crash so often and more importantly why, its why we have brakes, they stop you from hitting anything else but most people must think, oh its too much bother to stand on the pedal I'll just smash into something to stop in stead. do they not realise that when the inevitable happens its such an upheaval and that's if they walk away uninjured or not hurt anyone else. Even if its just a dented bumper its a world of hire cars, waiting for lifts, endless phone calls, missed time from work, getting wet waiting for a bus, form filling, maybe time at the police station, etc etc etc. Why would anyone want all that.
Simple, people drive too quickly, too close together and don t have time to react, and crash, because they are in a rush or whatever ,it is the same around Newport every Friday, at least one rear end shunt when the traffic slows quickly around the tunnelsThis is near me and luckily I was going the opposite way to most of the carnage this time bit wherever I drive, and its in lots of different places its the same old story. how do people manage to crash so often and more importantly why, its why we have brakes, they stop you from hitting anything else but most people must think, oh its too much bother to stand on the pedal I'll just smash into something to stop in stead. do they not realise that when the inevitable happens its such an upheaval and that's if they walk away uninjured or not hurt anyone else. Even if its just a dented bumper its a world of hire cars, waiting for lifts, endless phone calls, missed time from work, getting wet waiting for a bus, form filling, maybe time at the police station, etc etc etc. Why would anyone want all that.
Same thing happens at port talbot
When ever it’s rained heavily there’s a crash at Bridgend where people hit the standing water in lane 3 and aquaplane into the hard shoulder
Same in the m5 around Weston, the motorway is very straight there, and every week without fail someone flips their caravan
Every Monday and Friday in the winter there is a crash on the m4 interchange with the m5, the traffic queues in the left lane, people go to pull into a gap but because of the low sun fail to see cars in the gap and crash into the side of someone
Edited by Quattr04. on Friday 8th May 16:06
Its why i always prayed for a single long run rather than a shorter double run on a Friday at work, 3am start back in the yard just after midday.
Friday mornings are generally quieter and have been since the lockdown farce than the rest of the week, its once you get to around midday that lemming lunacy really kicks off, the lack of driving competence has to be seen to be believed coupled with the desperate rush so many appear to be in to get somewhere, even if that somewhere gets cut short in a crash which has just thrown a spanner in their weekend plans.
Don't get me started on the rubber neckers who have to slow to a crawl causing miles of queues as they file past open mouthed to witness a creased Corsa bumper causing no actual reason for delay sat on the hard shoulder assuming there is one, several extra miles of queue guaranteed if the wombles are on scene complete with cones.
The answer to it is have google traffic (or waze which i can't make head or tail of) running on your phone constantly on the dash and to keep a beady eye on it, have several alternative routes already pre planned in your mind ready to change course as soon as the twerps do their thing further ahead, which they always do.
Please follow any alternative routes satnav instructs, i'll be on the old roads and alternatives satnav doesn't advise and would like a clear run, ta.
Friday mornings are generally quieter and have been since the lockdown farce than the rest of the week, its once you get to around midday that lemming lunacy really kicks off, the lack of driving competence has to be seen to be believed coupled with the desperate rush so many appear to be in to get somewhere, even if that somewhere gets cut short in a crash which has just thrown a spanner in their weekend plans.
Don't get me started on the rubber neckers who have to slow to a crawl causing miles of queues as they file past open mouthed to witness a creased Corsa bumper causing no actual reason for delay sat on the hard shoulder assuming there is one, several extra miles of queue guaranteed if the wombles are on scene complete with cones.
The answer to it is have google traffic (or waze which i can't make head or tail of) running on your phone constantly on the dash and to keep a beady eye on it, have several alternative routes already pre planned in your mind ready to change course as soon as the twerps do their thing further ahead, which they always do.
Please follow any alternative routes satnav instructs, i'll be on the old roads and alternatives satnav doesn't advise and would like a clear run, ta.
_Neal_ said:
Frane Selak said:
I really don't get it, I know the general standard of driving is pretty bad and apparently there are half a million crashes in the UK every year but its every Friday afternoon without fail that it all goes to pot.
This is near me and luckily I was going the opposite way to most of the carnage this time bit wherever I drive, and its in lots of different places its the same old story. how do people manage to crash so often and more importantly why, its why we have brakes, they stop you from hitting anything else but most people must think, oh its too much bother to stand on the pedal I'll just smash into something to stop in stead. do they not realise that when the inevitable happens its such an upheaval and that's if they walk away uninjured or not hurt anyone else. Even if its just a dented bumper its a world of hire cars, waiting for lifts, endless phone calls, missed time from work, getting wet waiting for a bus, form filling, maybe time at the police station, etc etc etc. Why would anyone want all that.
Are you suggesting that people decide to have a crash instead of braking? Or that brakes can prevent any and all accidents? Because clearly neither of those things is true. This is near me and luckily I was going the opposite way to most of the carnage this time bit wherever I drive, and its in lots of different places its the same old story. how do people manage to crash so often and more importantly why, its why we have brakes, they stop you from hitting anything else but most people must think, oh its too much bother to stand on the pedal I'll just smash into something to stop in stead. do they not realise that when the inevitable happens its such an upheaval and that's if they walk away uninjured or not hurt anyone else. Even if its just a dented bumper its a world of hire cars, waiting for lifts, endless phone calls, missed time from work, getting wet waiting for a bus, form filling, maybe time at the police station, etc etc etc. Why would anyone want all that.
It s generally lack of observation, inattentiveness and driving on auto pilot.
I settle into this mode as well, especially on longer drives. Start doing commentary, aloud, if by myself, or in my head if the terrors are sleeping to shake myself out of it.
Really if there was anything I took away from my advanced driving course, it was this. A lot of the other stuff, like shuffling the wheel, doesn t make much difference at the end of the day. Observation makes a HUGE difference.
OP, get yourself on an advanced driving course. Can discuss this sort of thing ‘till your heart is content and get guided by experienced Police drivers.
I settle into this mode as well, especially on longer drives. Start doing commentary, aloud, if by myself, or in my head if the terrors are sleeping to shake myself out of it.
Really if there was anything I took away from my advanced driving course, it was this. A lot of the other stuff, like shuffling the wheel, doesn t make much difference at the end of the day. Observation makes a HUGE difference.
OP, get yourself on an advanced driving course. Can discuss this sort of thing ‘till your heart is content and get guided by experienced Police drivers.
Edited by wyson on Saturday 9th May 10:41
Its not me that has crashed, from what it looks like most days but especially on a Friday is that I'm the only one that hasn't crashed. Oh and the nonly reason that I put it in this subject is because in the past when I've posted something about driving its been moved to this section so I thought I'd save the mods the bother. I did think it should have gone into general gassing.
And lastly, I don't see what's odd about asking why so many people are willing to cause crashes on the road so readily, if not on what amounts to purpose, we were always taught self preservation. I used to do some work down south a lot and without fail every Friday afternoon coming back north on the M5 or especially the M6 it would be massive tailbacks caused by some idiot or idiots bringing the network to a standstill, I've not walked through my front door sometimes until 10PM despite leaving somewhere at least 200 miles away from home at lunch time. I managed to do that journey time after time without incident, why is it so hard for others.
And lastly, I don't see what's odd about asking why so many people are willing to cause crashes on the road so readily, if not on what amounts to purpose, we were always taught self preservation. I used to do some work down south a lot and without fail every Friday afternoon coming back north on the M5 or especially the M6 it would be massive tailbacks caused by some idiot or idiots bringing the network to a standstill, I've not walked through my front door sometimes until 10PM despite leaving somewhere at least 200 miles away from home at lunch time. I managed to do that journey time after time without incident, why is it so hard for others.
Frane Selak said:
Its not me that has crashed, from what it looks like most days but especially on a Friday is that I'm the only one that hasn't crashed. Oh and the nonly reason that I put it in this subject is because in the past when I've posted something about driving its been moved to this section so I thought I'd save the mods the bother. I did think it should have gone into general gassing.
And lastly, I don't see what's odd about asking why so many people are willing to cause crashes on the road so readily, if not on what amounts to purpose, we were always taught self preservation. I used to do some work down south a lot and without fail every Friday afternoon coming back north on the M5 or especially the M6 it would be massive tailbacks caused by some idiot or idiots bringing the network to a standstill, I've not walked through my front door sometimes until 10PM despite leaving somewhere at least 200 miles away from home at lunch time. I managed to do that journey time after time without incident, why is it so hard for others.
You're obviously just incredibly lucky. And lastly, I don't see what's odd about asking why so many people are willing to cause crashes on the road so readily, if not on what amounts to purpose, we were always taught self preservation. I used to do some work down south a lot and without fail every Friday afternoon coming back north on the M5 or especially the M6 it would be massive tailbacks caused by some idiot or idiots bringing the network to a standstill, I've not walked through my front door sometimes until 10PM despite leaving somewhere at least 200 miles away from home at lunch time. I managed to do that journey time after time without incident, why is it so hard for others.
Oh no wait a minute ....
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