One single thing that makes you think "knob" Vol 4
Discussion
nonsequitur said:
Hol said:
romeogolf said:
Greg the Fish said:
Out of interest, why slow down then signal?
I was thinking the same myself! Mirror, SIGNAL, manoeuvre.How did they learn to dress themselves, let alone pass the driving test that explicitly requires indication before braking.
There is not a driver in the whole driving history who has not done this.
The problem is the following driver who is too close.
But its not all of them, by a long shot.
Mafffew said:
Me probably. I undertook a mouth breather MLM this morning. It flashed me, I flipped it off, it flashed again, I flipped it off again.
It's just petty s
te, I really shouldn't rise to this kind of childish nonsense but hey ho. Hopefully I'll be on some sort of dash cam compilation.
I sympathise - the MLM brigade wind me up no end.It's just petty s
te, I really shouldn't rise to this kind of childish nonsense but hey ho. Hopefully I'll be on some sort of dash cam compilation. However, if by 'undertook' you mean you actually moved to the left with the deliberate intention of passing on the wrong side, plus the whole double-flip, then I'm afraid it looks like you had a moment of cockwombleness too.
On a separate issue, why are the people who drive on dull, overcast and rainy mornings with no lights on always in dark grey cars?
Edited by Deranged Rover on Friday 1st November 11:21
For the (obvious) record I am talking about the people who aren’t lost, or in a difficult junction scenarios or any other exceptional scenario.
Just the ones who are idiots.
All this supposition that anyone who suffers the phenomenon MUST have been tailgating is just apologist nonsense.
Just the ones who are idiots.
All this supposition that anyone who suffers the phenomenon MUST have been tailgating is just apologist nonsense.
silverfoxcc said:
Zetec said
People who think that (front) sidelights and 1 rear foglight are perfectly acceptable when driving at night.
Z, not wishing to troll or pick argument, back in the 50/60's everyone in built up areas drove on side lights
And do you know, pedestrians didn't die in their thousands as you could see them ,and they were not hidden in the frigging daxxel from oncoming traffic.
And IIRC it isn't illegal to still drive on sidelights in built up areas!
Fair enough, but this was on a rural B road People who think that (front) sidelights and 1 rear foglight are perfectly acceptable when driving at night.
Z, not wishing to troll or pick argument, back in the 50/60's everyone in built up areas drove on side lights
And do you know, pedestrians didn't die in their thousands as you could see them ,and they were not hidden in the frigging daxxel from oncoming traffic.
And IIRC it isn't illegal to still drive on sidelights in built up areas!
Mafffew said:
Me probably. I undertook a mouth breather MLM this morning. It flashed me, I flipped it off, it flashed again, I flipped it off again.
It's just petty ste, I really shouldn't rise to this kind of childish nonsense but hey ho. Hopefully I'll be on some sort of dash cam compilation.
It's just petty s
te, I really shouldn't rise to this kind of childish nonsense but hey ho. Hopefully I'll be on some sort of dash cam compilation. 
matchmaker said:
This morning I got the "suddenly slam on the brakes and do a left turn" manoeuvre. No indicators, though.
Obviously your fault,Were you tailgating? or maybe you had beeped them and that's why you were at fault?
or
maybe some people on here don't like indicating and looking in their mirrors.?
Hol said:
For the (obvious) record I am talking about the people who aren’t lost, or in a difficult junction scenarios or any other exceptional scenario.
Just the ones who are idiots.
All this supposition that anyone who suffers the phenomenon MUST have been tailgating is just apologist nonsense.
Funny how its always the same people too. Just the ones who are idiots.
All this supposition that anyone who suffers the phenomenon MUST have been tailgating is just apologist nonsense.
matchmaker said:
This morning I got the "suddenly slam on the brakes and do a left turn" manoeuvre. No indicators, though.
Yesterday, on my way home down Matchams Lane (B3073) I was behind a car that seemed to be randomly braking quite heavily without reason. Usually when cresting one of the 'bumps'.So I stayed well back. Then it slowed again, and a right indicator fired up briefly before being cancelled. At this point it became obvious that they were looking for a right turn, but weren't sure which one they needed.
Soon enough, I was being tailgated by some blethering idiot. The car ahead repeated the "there it is, oh, no, wrong one" thing a further two times, before eventually they pulled in to the Ringwood Raceway entrance area to turn around. Because I was holding my distance, they had waited for oncoming cars to clear before turning right and I didn't need to do much more than ease off the throttle.
The idiot behind me wasn't looking too impressed with me though, and 'popped out' to have a look at an overtake a couple of times. Yet as soon as my way was clear and I nudged my speed up to the 40 mph limit, my tailgating friend soon disappeared from view behind me, only reappearing as I slowed to wait for a right-turning van to swing into the airport. I reckon that if my tailgater had been directly behind the car looking for their right turn, things just might have got a wee bit messy.
Deranged Rover said:
I sympathise - the MLM brigade wind me up no end.
However, if by 'undertook' you mean you actually moved to the left with the deliberate intention of passing on the wrong side, plus the whole double-flip, then I'm afraid it looks like you had a moment of cockwombleness too.
On a separate issue, why are the people who drive on dull, overcast and rainy mornings with no lights on always in dark grey cars?
Indeed, a moment of cockwombleness it was. Hence, my self submission! However, if by 'undertook' you mean you actually moved to the left with the deliberate intention of passing on the wrong side, plus the whole double-flip, then I'm afraid it looks like you had a moment of cockwombleness too.
On a separate issue, why are the people who drive on dull, overcast and rainy mornings with no lights on always in dark grey cars?
Edited by Deranged Rover on Friday 1st November 11:21
Pica-Pica said:
People who can't stay at the same speed in traffic.
Becoming more and more noticeable lately but I as following a white GLA thing last night and she was leaving a gap the accelerating hard to the car ahead and then braking hard when she caught up.
No idea why she and others just can't stop at a nice 5mph like most of the others in traffic.
Becoming more and more noticeable lately but I as following a white GLA thing last night and she was leaving a gap the accelerating hard to the car ahead and then braking hard when she caught up.
No idea why she and others just can't stop at a nice 5mph like most of the others in traffic.
GravelMachineGun said:
People who can't stay at the same speed in traffic.
Becoming more and more noticeable lately but I as following a white GLA thing last night and she was leaving a gap the accelerating hard to the car ahead and then braking hard when she caught up.
No idea why she and others just can't stop at a nice 5mph like most of the others in traffic.
I often wonder the same thing in traffic. I'll roll along nicely at 3 to 5 mph constantly, sometimes the gap ahead is larger, sometimes I close up, but usually I manage to keep moving at roughly the same speed with no need to brake or "boot it". It does seem to wind up the stop/go/stop/go/stop brigade behind me somewhat, but it's all the stopping, and almost certainly the delay in re-starting when the queue begins to move again that causes more delay than there need be. Becoming more and more noticeable lately but I as following a white GLA thing last night and she was leaving a gap the accelerating hard to the car ahead and then braking hard when she caught up.
No idea why she and others just can't stop at a nice 5mph like most of the others in traffic.
Some of the worst ones are show-off types in "powerful" cars who feels the need to demonstrate their acceleration and braking to maximum effect umpteen times in the same queue. Yup, we get it. You think you have a fast car. Now quit behaving like a dick because those of us who are not annoyed by you are laughing at you, and I don't see anyone who is at all impressed by you, or envious of you in any way...
Mandalore said:
matchmaker said:
This morning I got the "suddenly slam on the brakes and do a left turn" manoeuvre. No indicators, though.
Obviously your fault,Were you tailgating? or maybe you had beeped them and that's why you were at fault?
or
maybe some people on here don't like indicating and looking in their mirrors.?
yellowjack said:
Yesterday, on my way home down Matchams Lane (B3073) I was behind a car that seemed to be randomly braking quite heavily without reason. Usually when cresting one of the 'bumps'.
So I stayed well back. Then it slowed again, and a right indicator fired up briefly before being cancelled. At this point it became obvious that they were looking for a right turn, but weren't sure which one they needed.
Soon enough, I was being tailgated by some blethering idiot. The car ahead repeated the "there it is, oh, no, wrong one" thing a further two times, before eventually they pulled in to the Ringwood Raceway entrance area to turn around. Because I was holding my distance, they had waited for oncoming cars to clear before turning right and I didn't need to do much more than ease off the throttle.
The idiot behind me wasn't looking too impressed with me though, and 'popped out' to have a look at an overtake a couple of times. Yet as soon as my way was clear and I nudged my speed up to the 40 mph limit, my tailgating friend soon disappeared from view behind me, only reappearing as I slowed to wait for a right-turning van to swing into the airport. I reckon that if my tailgater had been directly behind the car looking for their right turn, things just might have got a wee bit messy.
Maybe he was looking for Edward Craven Walker's holiday camp down there?So I stayed well back. Then it slowed again, and a right indicator fired up briefly before being cancelled. At this point it became obvious that they were looking for a right turn, but weren't sure which one they needed.
Soon enough, I was being tailgated by some blethering idiot. The car ahead repeated the "there it is, oh, no, wrong one" thing a further two times, before eventually they pulled in to the Ringwood Raceway entrance area to turn around. Because I was holding my distance, they had waited for oncoming cars to clear before turning right and I didn't need to do much more than ease off the throttle.
The idiot behind me wasn't looking too impressed with me though, and 'popped out' to have a look at an overtake a couple of times. Yet as soon as my way was clear and I nudged my speed up to the 40 mph limit, my tailgating friend soon disappeared from view behind me, only reappearing as I slowed to wait for a right-turning van to swing into the airport. I reckon that if my tailgater had been directly behind the car looking for their right turn, things just might have got a wee bit messy.
Fair enough!The idiot tonight in an old shagged Audi estate. Tailgating me in a 30 and then I left him as we passed an NSL sign. He finally caught up with me but not happy to tailgate anymore kept on trying to overtake when there was no room / space and at one point ended up alongside me with a car coming the other way. I left him as I turned off left only for him to finally overtake me in a 30 zone which he continued through at 50. Even if I had the reg what can be done about these people.
Tonight's knob?
Imbecile in a white Audi saloon, tailgating me on the A338 Bournemouth Spur Road in the wet. 70 mph and he's tucked up so close that I can no longer see his headlights. When what is needed is a gap of somewhere between two and four seconds.
It started while I was overtaking lane 1 traffic, but clearly not quickly enough for him. I knew he was a knob for sure, though, when instead of passing me when a large enough space opened in lane 1 and I moved into it, he pulled into lane 1 behind me and continued to drive tucked right up behind me. He continued in this manner pretty much from the A31 roundabout to the Christchurch turn off, and it finally ended when I turned left at the traffic lights toward Christchurch and literally crawled along to pass the message that I wanted him in front. There were two lanes at this point, so he eventually got the message and overtook, just as the second lane merged into the first.
As he overtook there was the usual slow down alongside for a glower, and possible hand-gestures (it was dark, I couldn't be sure). He got no reaction from me, and as soon as he was ahead I could relax without worrying that this bell end might bury his car in my boot at any moment. But ffs? He had the entire southbound spur road two lane dual carriageway in which to overtake me, yet he deliberately remained close behind me, whichever lane I moved to. I'm completely baffled as to why anyone would pull stunts like that in the dry, but in the wet? Madness.
Imbecile in a white Audi saloon, tailgating me on the A338 Bournemouth Spur Road in the wet. 70 mph and he's tucked up so close that I can no longer see his headlights. When what is needed is a gap of somewhere between two and four seconds.
It started while I was overtaking lane 1 traffic, but clearly not quickly enough for him. I knew he was a knob for sure, though, when instead of passing me when a large enough space opened in lane 1 and I moved into it, he pulled into lane 1 behind me and continued to drive tucked right up behind me. He continued in this manner pretty much from the A31 roundabout to the Christchurch turn off, and it finally ended when I turned left at the traffic lights toward Christchurch and literally crawled along to pass the message that I wanted him in front. There were two lanes at this point, so he eventually got the message and overtook, just as the second lane merged into the first.
As he overtook there was the usual slow down alongside for a glower, and possible hand-gestures (it was dark, I couldn't be sure). He got no reaction from me, and as soon as he was ahead I could relax without worrying that this bell end might bury his car in my boot at any moment. But ffs? He had the entire southbound spur road two lane dual carriageway in which to overtake me, yet he deliberately remained close behind me, whichever lane I moved to. I'm completely baffled as to why anyone would pull stunts like that in the dry, but in the wet? Madness.
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