Gets Your Goat! worst driving traits

[Tyre Tread]

BobSaunders said:

i have come down the ramp accelerating to join the motorway, only to find some dozy driver pootling along at 70mph meet me half way, thusly leaving me with the decision of a) accelerating ahead of said driver by 10-20mph (merging at 80-90mph) and breaking the speed limit or b) decelerating or braking and joining the motorway at 10-20mph less (merging at 50-60mph) which increases my chances of having someone plough into me or give them road rage whilst i then attempt to get back up to speed.

The only exception to this is if there is a queue of traffic and there is no where to go for L1 drivers.

You're obviously doing it wrong.

If you can't speed match and merge then you're either
a. A woman
b. lacking in judgement of speed and distance
c. lazy and just expect life to be handed to you on a plate.

I often build up excess speed on entry slip roads since it is much easier to lose 10mph than gain 10mph The caveal being that one can see to make sure it is safe to be doing such speeds of course.

Edited by Tyre Tread on Thursday 13th November 15:42

Edited by Tyre Tread on Thursday 13th November 15:43

[vxr8mate]

Ditherers.

You know who you are...

Sat waiting to turn right with an ever growing line of traffic waiting behind you.

The overly long pause at a traffic island when nothing more than a paper bag blowing in the wind is approaching from the right.

Driving at 28 MPH because God forbid you don't want to get too close to the speed limit.

Ambling along behind a tractor because passing it might add a modicum of danger to your life.

[Edition87]

Drivers who slow down gradually, start thier turn (maybe into a sidestreet) and THEN start indicating while halfway into the street! This Reeeeeeeeeaally gets my piss boiling

[TonyRPH]

Edition87 said:

Drivers who slow down gradually, start thier turn (maybe into a sidestreet) and THEN start indicating while halfway into the street! This Reeeeeeeeeaally gets my piss boiling

Not forgetting the ones that swing out right to turn left.

Arrghh!

[Court_S]

TonyRPH said:

Not forgetting the ones that swing out right to turn left.

Arrghh!

Forgot that one - even worse when people do it on a roundabout when your next to them going straight on.

[Europa1]

TonyRPH said:

Not forgetting the ones that swing out right to turn left.

Arrghh!

God I had forgotten that one in my earlier rant. The pivot point of the car is the rear wheel on the side you want to turn to, so go a bit further forwards before starting your turn instead of swinging in the opposite direction. How f%^&ing hard can it f%^&ing be you total f%^&ing f%^&tards?

[B.J.W]

People who fold their arms around the handle of a shopping trolley and then slouch over it, pushing it with their KFC ridden bellies and blocking the aisles whilst they gawp at packs of biscuits.

Back straight, hands at a quarter to three on the handles and upper arms angled at approx 120 degrees. It's not difficult.

[Muzzer79]

People who don't understand how roundabouts work.

In 99% of cases:

Left lane = left or straight on
Right Lane = right or straight on.

The number of people who are in the left lane and choose to go right boggles the mind.

Also, people straight-lining the roundabout when you're in the right lane on their rear quarter.

[BobSaunders]

Tyre Tread said:

BobSaunders said:

i have come down the ramp accelerating to join the motorway, only to find some dozy driver pootling along at 70mph meet me half way, thusly leaving me with the decision of a) accelerating ahead of said driver by 10-20mph (merging at 80-90mph) and breaking the speed limit or b) decelerating or braking and joining the motorway at 10-20mph less (merging at 50-60mph) which increases my chances of having someone plough into me or give them road rage whilst i then attempt to get back up to speed.

The only exception to this is if there is a queue of traffic and there is no where to go for L1 drivers.

You're obviously doing it wrong.

If you can't speed match and merge then you're either
a. A woman
b. lacking in judgement of speed and distance
c. lazy and just expect life to be handed to you on a plate.

I often build up excess speed on entry slip roads since it is much easier to lose 10mph than gain 10mph The caveal being that one can see to make sure it is safe to be doing such speeds of course.

Edited by Tyre Tread on Thursday 13th November 15:43

In quick answer format -

A) no
B) no
C) no

General good manners would be for the driver in L1 to merge out into L2 if it is safe to do so to allow motorway merging car to merge into L1 safely.

Have you never experienced driving down a slip road building from say 40mph to 70mph to only have another vehicle in L1 match your speed, or pootling along at 60mph, at your side half way down the slip road, leaving you with the quandary of speeding up to merge in front or slowing down to merge safely behind, all whilst L2 is empty?

I always move across to L2, when safe, to allow people on the slip road to merge to L1.

If you are building excess speed then you are speeding - very naughty. I hope you do not merge into L1 in front of a police car.

[Pan Pan]

Muzzer79 said:

People who don't understand how roundabouts work.

In 99% of cases:

Left lane = left or straight on
Right Lane = right or straight on.

The number of people who are in the left lane and choose to go right boggles the mind.

Also, people straight-lining the roundabout when you're in the right lane on their rear quarter.

What about the ones who don't give a signal when approaching a dual carriage way roundabout in the ns lane, so drivers behind don't know if they are turning left / right or going straight on. who then go straight on, but cross from the nearside lane, to the offside, and then back to the nearside lane (very often forcing a driver alongside them signalling to turn right at the roundabout to brake , or be forced onto the centre reservation of the roundabout) Like I saw this morning. The sad part is, if they were pulled up for doing this, they probably wouldn't even know what they had done wrong?

[Vron]

Don't know if this has already been said but the 'one speed 40mph' usually an old duffer. National speed limit road sticks to 40mph. You overtake and get flashed at the audacity of it or you stay behind and once you get into a 30 zone they maintain their 40mph and edge away. Once into the NSL again they remain at 40mph so you overtake (see above) and the cycle continues.

[Tyre Tread]

BobSaunders said:

Tyre Tread said:

BobSaunders said:

i have come down the ramp accelerating to join the motorway, only to find some dozy driver pootling along at 70mph meet me half way, thusly leaving me with the decision of a) accelerating ahead of said driver by 10-20mph (merging at 80-90mph) and breaking the speed limit or b) decelerating or braking and joining the motorway at 10-20mph less (merging at 50-60mph) which increases my chances of having someone plough into me or give them road rage whilst i then attempt to get back up to speed.

The only exception to this is if there is a queue of traffic and there is no where to go for L1 drivers.

You're obviously doing it wrong.

If you can't speed match and merge then you're either
a. A woman
b. lacking in judgement of speed and distance
c. lazy and just expect life to be handed to you on a plate.

I often build up excess speed on entry slip roads since it is much easier to lose 10mph than gain 10mph The caveal being that one can see to make sure it is safe to be doing such speeds of course.

Edited by Tyre Tread on Thursday 13th November 15:43

In quick answer format -

A) no
B) no
C) no

General good manners would be for the driver in L1 to merge out into L2 if it is safe to do so to allow motorway merging car to merge into L1 safely.

Good manners is fine but in law it is the responsibility of the party merging onto the carriageway to ensure its safe to do so. It seems to be becoming more prevalent that it is expected that the car on the carriageway will give way. Moving over when its unnecssary reinforces to the numb nuts out there that people will move over. I always make sure I can if I need to but don't if I don't - IYSWIM.

BobSaunders said:

Have you never experienced driving down a slip road building from say 40mph to 70mph to only have another vehicle in L1 match your speed, or pootling along at 60mph, at your side half way down the slip road, leaving you with the quandary of speeding up to merge in front or slowing down to merge safely behind, all whilst L2 is empty?

I used to until I adopted the strategy of buiding up sufficient speed that I could lose a few MPH and still be matching traffic on the carriageway

BobSaunders said:

I always move across to L2, when safe, to allow people on the slip road to merge to L1.

Bully for you. Have a gold star and go to the top of the class You just keep on reinforcing that misperception that those merging have a 'right' to do so.

BobSaunders said:

If you are building excess speed then you are speeding - very naughty. I hope you do not merge into L1 in front of a police car.

Perhaps I am speeding or maybe I am just exceeding the indicated speed but not the actual limit.

The speed "excess" required is so minimal that just lifting off the accelerator loses it almost immediately so no issue if there is a police car there. Down to observation which should be at its peak when merging surely.

Try it, you never know, you might like it.

[Lost soul]

people who slow to a crawl when going up hills , my drive home takes in a couple of fairly steep hills , all in NSL a and B roads but people slow to 20-25 mph on them

[Spare tyre]

Everyone including me

[LordHaveMurci]

Lost soul said:

people who slow to a crawl when going up hills , my drive home takes in a couple of fairly steep hills , all in NSL a and B roads but people slow to 20-25 mph on them

Can never understand this, often wonder if it's oldies driving that are used to their old Austin A35 that wouldn't go up any quicker but their shiny new Honda certainly will so please bloody do so!

[Mr2Mike]

40mph everywhere morons. Whether it's in an NSL, going through a small village or past schools at kicking out time, 40mph is their universal, one-size-fits-all speed. They will encourage anyone who is sticking to a 30mph speed limit by aggressive tailgating.

Comfort brakers Tiny bend in the road? BRAKE! Car coming the other way? BRAKE! Car approaching from behind? BRAKE! It's like following a bloody mobile disco.

[Nemo Sum]

People who sit in lanes that are for straight ahead and turning right with no indicator on enticing a queue of people to build up behind them (not me I might add unless I'm willing to take the risk) to then flick the indicator when the light goes green.

The people who go behind cars clearly indicating to turn right in a straight ahead and right turn lane who then flick on the left indicator looking to cut up the people who positioned themselves correctly in the lane that allows them to proceed as they needed to.

[DavidJG]

Lost soul said:

people who slow to a crawl when going up hills , my drive home takes in a couple of fairly steep hills , all in NSL a and B roads but people slow to 20-25 mph on them

I once had the misfortune to drive a 1.0 Corsa hire car. Given anything approaching a moderate hill, there wasn't much choice, it didn't have the power to maintain anything like 70. Not all modern cars have enough power to cope within anything steeper than a car park ramp.

[matchmaker]

Muzzer79 said:

People who don't understand how roundabouts work.

In 99% of cases:

Left lane = left or straight on
Right Lane = right or straight on.

The number of people who are in the left lane and choose to go right boggles the mind.

Also, people straight-lining the roundabout when you're in the right lane on their rear quarter.

Right lane is normally for right - not straight on!

[DUMBO100]

I had to laugh,this morning,at the driver of a LWB Hi Top transit van. He was turning right across a grid- locked junction,during rush hour and he calmly put his hand out of the window and proceeded to barge through all of the traffic, giving some drivers a hell of a fright. But it was ok because he was in a van