One single thing that makes you think "knob" Vol 3
Discussion
I'm sure this has come up. Mobile phone use. When I'm cycling I see so much of it. Those who nearly crush me be because they're too busy texting to realise they're veering into other lanes, the look of anger if I have to shout or tap on window.
Some will remonstrate as if its perfectly normal to pilot to tonnes with their face hidden by their phone or staring into their lap.
P.s I never hit or thump a vehicle that is rude.
Some will remonstrate as if its perfectly normal to pilot to tonnes with their face hidden by their phone or staring into their lap.
P.s I never hit or thump a vehicle that is rude.
over one's head!
Daft young mare in a dark blue Corsa, southbound on the M40 this morning at half past four near Stokenchurch - no lights on at all.... I flashed my main beams a couple of times but alas she took no notice. As I overtook her I could see that she was looking down into her lap then brefly looking up, then back down again, looked like she was texting...
I give up!
I give up!
Off to a friends party last night and came across a small convoy of traffic heading on down to the Rushyford roundabout from Coundon. As I closed in I could see a constant flashing of brakes, first thought was that some impatient bell end was tailgating a slow moving vehicle as there's farms around the area it could've easily been something off one of them. Turns out it was a Transit van Taxi (the kind with a wheelchair lift in the back), anyway the taxi heads off up the road to the A1 and all the vehicles between me and him scattered off in different directions on the roundabout leaving me behind him.
All seemed normal, I was happy to crawl up to fifty and sit there behind him until we hit the little dual carriageway section just before the A1 interchange and for the most part on coming traffic meant even if I wanted to overtake it wasn't going to happen anyway. However as it went quiet he pulled out to the middle of the road and damn near straddled the dividing line all the way up to the farm that's at the top of the road where there's road hatchings. At this point he starts tapping the brake pedal randomly, not enough to slow down but obviously done in order to get me to think he was brake checking though unlike his previous victims I was far enough behind him to not even lift to maintain a healthy constant distance (one which hadn't changed from Rushyford). We hit the dual carriage section and he meanders left and right as the two lanes emerge, eventually wanders into the right lane before wandering back into the left lane when it was obvious I wasn't playing whatever silly game the fool was up to.
All seemed normal, I was happy to crawl up to fifty and sit there behind him until we hit the little dual carriageway section just before the A1 interchange and for the most part on coming traffic meant even if I wanted to overtake it wasn't going to happen anyway. However as it went quiet he pulled out to the middle of the road and damn near straddled the dividing line all the way up to the farm that's at the top of the road where there's road hatchings. At this point he starts tapping the brake pedal randomly, not enough to slow down but obviously done in order to get me to think he was brake checking though unlike his previous victims I was far enough behind him to not even lift to maintain a healthy constant distance (one which hadn't changed from Rushyford). We hit the dual carriage section and he meanders left and right as the two lanes emerge, eventually wanders into the right lane before wandering back into the left lane when it was obvious I wasn't playing whatever silly game the fool was up to.
alpha channel said:
Off to a friends party last night and came across a small convoy of traffic heading on down to the Rushyford roundabout from Coundon. As I closed in I could see a constant flashing of brakes, first thought was that some impatient bell end was tailgating a slow moving vehicle as there's farms around the area it could've easily been something off one of them. Turns out it was a Transit van Taxi (the kind with a wheelchair lift in the back), anyway the taxi heads off up the road to the A1 and all the vehicles between me and him scattered off in different directions on the roundabout leaving me behind him.
All seemed normal, I was happy to crawl up to fifty and sit there behind him until we hit the little dual carriageway section just before the A1 interchange and for the most part on coming traffic meant even if I wanted to overtake it wasn't going to happen anyway. However as it went quiet he pulled out to the middle of the road and damn near straddled the dividing line all the way up to the farm that's at the top of the road where there's road hatchings. At this point he starts tapping the brake pedal randomly, not enough to slow down but obviously done in order to get me to think he was brake checking though unlike his previous victims I was far enough behind him to not even lift to maintain a healthy constant distance (one which hadn't changed from Rushyford). We hit the dual carriage section and he meanders left and right as the two lanes emerge, eventually wanders into the right lane before wandering back into the left lane when it was obvious I wasn't playing whatever silly game the fool was up to.
I would write a letter to the council, so that his eligibility for a taxi licence can be reviewed. He sounds like a serious accident waiting to happen.All seemed normal, I was happy to crawl up to fifty and sit there behind him until we hit the little dual carriageway section just before the A1 interchange and for the most part on coming traffic meant even if I wanted to overtake it wasn't going to happen anyway. However as it went quiet he pulled out to the middle of the road and damn near straddled the dividing line all the way up to the farm that's at the top of the road where there's road hatchings. At this point he starts tapping the brake pedal randomly, not enough to slow down but obviously done in order to get me to think he was brake checking though unlike his previous victims I was far enough behind him to not even lift to maintain a healthy constant distance (one which hadn't changed from Rushyford). We hit the dual carriage section and he meanders left and right as the two lanes emerge, eventually wanders into the right lane before wandering back into the left lane when it was obvious I wasn't playing whatever silly game the fool was up to.
carlove said:
An old Octavia that pulled out close in front of me, they did floor it, which is good but covered me in a massive cloud of black smoke, I'll be honest I wasn't impressed at all. I had my windows down. 
A lot of VAG's have been doing that recently. I think it's because they've been tuned and/or are crap. I put my front fog lights on to make a point. As if they ever use their mirrors. 
Ugh, on the topic of black soot..
There's a yellow SEAT Ibiza I see quite often on my commute home, it's an FR or Cupra or something.
Driven by an absolute idiot on the motorway - 2 lane overtakes, undertakes etc.
But most annoying is he's had it remapped or 'tuned', and it absolutely billows out black smoke. And it looks like he's gone to the 'effort' of keeping the rest of his car clean and shiny, but never washing the back.
So I see this clean shiny yellow Ibiza in my rear view, then it passes with the whole back end covered in an inch of coal, with a massive cloud of the stuff behind him
There's a yellow SEAT Ibiza I see quite often on my commute home, it's an FR or Cupra or something.
Driven by an absolute idiot on the motorway - 2 lane overtakes, undertakes etc.
But most annoying is he's had it remapped or 'tuned', and it absolutely billows out black smoke. And it looks like he's gone to the 'effort' of keeping the rest of his car clean and shiny, but never washing the back.
So I see this clean shiny yellow Ibiza in my rear view, then it passes with the whole back end covered in an inch of coal, with a massive cloud of the stuff behind him
smithyithy said:
Ugh, on the topic of black soot..
There's a yellow SEAT Ibiza I see quite often on my commute home, it's an FR or Cupra or something.
Driven by an absolute idiot on the motorway - 2 lane overtakes, undertakes etc.
But most annoying is he's had it remapped or 'tuned', and it absolutely billows out black smoke. And it looks like he's gone to the 'effort' of keeping the rest of his car clean and shiny, but never washing the back.
So I see this clean shiny yellow Ibiza in my rear view, then it passes with the whole back end covered in an inch of coal, with a massive cloud of the stuff behind him
It'll be one of those crappy DTUK boxes that only increase the amount of fuel dumped in and half of it is what you're seeing coming out of the back.There's a yellow SEAT Ibiza I see quite often on my commute home, it's an FR or Cupra or something.
Driven by an absolute idiot on the motorway - 2 lane overtakes, undertakes etc.
But most annoying is he's had it remapped or 'tuned', and it absolutely billows out black smoke. And it looks like he's gone to the 'effort' of keeping the rest of his car clean and shiny, but never washing the back.
So I see this clean shiny yellow Ibiza in my rear view, then it passes with the whole back end covered in an inch of coal, with a massive cloud of the stuff behind him
smithyithy said:
Ugh, on the topic of black soot..
There's a yellow SEAT Ibiza I see quite often on my commute home, it's an FR or Cupra or something.
Driven by an absolute idiot on the motorway - 2 lane overtakes, undertakes etc.
But most annoying is he's had it remapped or 'tuned', and it absolutely billows out black smoke. And it looks like he's gone to the 'effort' of keeping the rest of his car clean and shiny, but never washing the back.
So I see this clean shiny yellow Ibiza in my rear view, then it passes with the whole back end covered in an inch of coal, with a massive cloud of the stuff behind him
Mrs72 has an Ibiza. Don't know if it's something to do with the shape of the car and the airflow (or the rear wheels being very close to the back), but in the winter the whole rear of the car gets filthy within a few miles, whilst the rest stays clean. My Mk5 Polo used to do the same thing. There's a yellow SEAT Ibiza I see quite often on my commute home, it's an FR or Cupra or something.
Driven by an absolute idiot on the motorway - 2 lane overtakes, undertakes etc.
But most annoying is he's had it remapped or 'tuned', and it absolutely billows out black smoke. And it looks like he's gone to the 'effort' of keeping the rest of his car clean and shiny, but never washing the back.
So I see this clean shiny yellow Ibiza in my rear view, then it passes with the whole back end covered in an inch of coal, with a massive cloud of the stuff behind him
sim72 said:
smithyithy said:
Ugh, on the topic of black soot..
There's a yellow SEAT Ibiza I see quite often on my commute home, it's an FR or Cupra or something.
Driven by an absolute idiot on the motorway - 2 lane overtakes, undertakes etc.
But most annoying is he's had it remapped or 'tuned', and it absolutely billows out black smoke. And it looks like he's gone to the 'effort' of keeping the rest of his car clean and shiny, but never washing the back.
So I see this clean shiny yellow Ibiza in my rear view, then it passes with the whole back end covered in an inch of coal, with a massive cloud of the stuff behind him
Mrs72 has an Ibiza. Don't know if it's something to do with the shape of the car and the airflow (or the rear wheels being very close to the back), but in the winter the whole rear of the car gets filthy within a few miles, whilst the rest stays clean. My Mk5 Polo used to do the same thing. There's a yellow SEAT Ibiza I see quite often on my commute home, it's an FR or Cupra or something.
Driven by an absolute idiot on the motorway - 2 lane overtakes, undertakes etc.
But most annoying is he's had it remapped or 'tuned', and it absolutely billows out black smoke. And it looks like he's gone to the 'effort' of keeping the rest of his car clean and shiny, but never washing the back.
So I see this clean shiny yellow Ibiza in my rear view, then it passes with the whole back end covered in an inch of coal, with a massive cloud of the stuff behind him
Mk5/6 Golf's are notorious for this as well.Idiot on the A38, Sutton-In-Ashfield, today.
Turn off that takes you to Kirkby train station for those that know the area.
Artic truck, Salford truck hire cab, Royal Mail trailer.
The lights in front of us went amber then red, I stopped, he went through a light that had been red for 5 seconds, still at 50 MPH, luckily nothing was coming.
My wife and I were convinced we were about to witness a fatal accident.
Wish I had a dash cam, the footage would have gone straight to the police.
Turn off that takes you to Kirkby train station for those that know the area.
Artic truck, Salford truck hire cab, Royal Mail trailer.
The lights in front of us went amber then red, I stopped, he went through a light that had been red for 5 seconds, still at 50 MPH, luckily nothing was coming.
My wife and I were convinced we were about to witness a fatal accident.
Wish I had a dash cam, the footage would have gone straight to the police.
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