One single thing that makes you think "knob" Vol 2
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shandyboy said:
The guy who reversed quite hard into a parked car last night as I was walking back to my car.
I noticed them with their reverse lights on whilst rolling forwards which made me think "hmmm, knob", but then he reversed into the back of a car facing up the road hard enough to shove it up the road a bit. They then swung across the road into a parking spot, and I saw the oldish guy get out and shuffle across the road into his house, only to appear a short while later with a torch, walk past the car he'd just clattered and check for damage on his car! He then disappeared back into his house!
I was just leaving a note for the poor owner of the other car when she returned back to it, so I explained what had happened and she checked for damage (difficult in the dark), she tried to open her boot but it was stuck solid, so I gave her my details and off I went home. Later that night I got a call from the local police station asking for my version of the story, so it looks like he'd denied everything.
I can't believe people will damage someone's car and not own up to it. I know first-hand how upsetting and expensive it is when someone damages your pride and joy and doesn't leave a note, so it was nice to see the guy get some karma.
Good on you! Pity more don't.I noticed them with their reverse lights on whilst rolling forwards which made me think "hmmm, knob", but then he reversed into the back of a car facing up the road hard enough to shove it up the road a bit. They then swung across the road into a parking spot, and I saw the oldish guy get out and shuffle across the road into his house, only to appear a short while later with a torch, walk past the car he'd just clattered and check for damage on his car! He then disappeared back into his house!
I was just leaving a note for the poor owner of the other car when she returned back to it, so I explained what had happened and she checked for damage (difficult in the dark), she tried to open her boot but it was stuck solid, so I gave her my details and off I went home. Later that night I got a call from the local police station asking for my version of the story, so it looks like he'd denied everything.
I can't believe people will damage someone's car and not own up to it. I know first-hand how upsetting and expensive it is when someone damages your pride and joy and doesn't leave a note, so it was nice to see the guy get some karma.
SistersofPercy said:
Probably me, but I was narked.
Daughter has a medical condition which means she often dislocates. At present she's braced up and on crutches from a knee dislocation.
Drove to college to collect her yesterday and car in front of me pulls straight into the only disabled bay. Woman driving jumps out and runs in the direction of the office. Annoyed I waited behind the car thinking sod it, if daughter turns up she can just bloody wait until I've loaded her in the car.
Woman returns before daughter (with a perfectly able bodied kid with her) so I move forward with the intention of then reversing back when she's gone. As I'm watching in the mirror woman is pissed that I'm not clearing the car park for her to leave the space (she had loads of room but just seemingly couldn't drive) and I lip read in the mirror her say to her kid 'whats her problem'.
I got out, marched up to her window and let fly with "I'm picking up a child who has a genuine disability but can't get into the spot I need because you are so bloody selfish, ok?" She muttered 'ok' and drove off.
There was an ocean of free bloody spaces at the back of the car park accessed via steps that her daughter could have gotten up but mine would have struggled with. Selfish mare.
This really narks me too as a driver of a disabled person, why are people so bloody selfish these days???Daughter has a medical condition which means she often dislocates. At present she's braced up and on crutches from a knee dislocation.
Drove to college to collect her yesterday and car in front of me pulls straight into the only disabled bay. Woman driving jumps out and runs in the direction of the office. Annoyed I waited behind the car thinking sod it, if daughter turns up she can just bloody wait until I've loaded her in the car.
Woman returns before daughter (with a perfectly able bodied kid with her) so I move forward with the intention of then reversing back when she's gone. As I'm watching in the mirror woman is pissed that I'm not clearing the car park for her to leave the space (she had loads of room but just seemingly couldn't drive) and I lip read in the mirror her say to her kid 'whats her problem'.
I got out, marched up to her window and let fly with "I'm picking up a child who has a genuine disability but can't get into the spot I need because you are so bloody selfish, ok?" She muttered 'ok' and drove off.
There was an ocean of free bloody spaces at the back of the car park accessed via steps that her daughter could have gotten up but mine would have struggled with. Selfish mare.
At least she didn't give you a load of abuse, had this often so don't challenge them anymore
carreauchompeur said:
supercampeao said:
Person in a Cayenne GTS undertaking me on Sat on A414 like his life depended on it...tw@t
Keep left then 
Cliftonite said:
supercampeao said:
ha! I was overtaking, so hence my use of the right lane, obviously not going quite quickly enough for KN man though...either that or he hates fezzas
He was in the pub Saturday night telling all his mates how he outdragged a Ferrari!!
JagXJR said:
This really narks me too as a driver of a disabled person, why are people so bloody selfish these days???
At least she didn't give you a load of abuse, had this often so don't challenge them anymore
At least she didn't give you a load of abuse, had this often so don't challenge them anymore
Pisses me off no end. When she's not on the crutches she's perfectly normal (as normal as 17 year old girls get anyway) and I'd never dream of parking there in case someone who did genuinely need it came along. I don't normally bite but yesterday she wound me up.
Swanny87 said:
rj1986 said:
Idiot in the corsa this morning.
Decides to make his/her own lane before the lanes split for the traffic lights. Serves them right when a car takes off their wing mirror
Nothing wrong with that IMO. Maybe people should wait as if the 'holder' doesn't know the junction they could get into the wrong lane before they see the road markings. Which leads me onto my knob vote; whoever thought putting junction markings on the road itself instead of having 'get in lane' signs instead. Would stop people doing what you mentioned...Decides to make his/her own lane before the lanes split for the traffic lights. Serves them right when a car takes off their wing mirror
It then has a box junction and then splits into 2 lanes (straight and right).
The reason it splits AFTER the box junction is because the parking bay makes it too narrow, and the cars approach on a bend before the parking bay.
I'm at the box junction waiting for it to clear -knobbler jumps out from 3-4 cars behind me and tries to go around everyone, car comes from around the bend and smash. Makes it worse is that the Corsa didn't even touch their brakes before or after the impact, and just drove away.
Impatience the source of much knobbery.
Drivers who have to turn around the first sign of a queue.
Today a van did a 5 point turn but if he'd waited less than 30 seconds the massive 6 car queue moved off at the
temporary traffic lights.
Then later on today,Luton van tries an overtake on a slow moving road sweeper,whilst approaching a bend,has to
abort due to oncoming traffic lo and behold coming round the bend.
Again,wait a few more seconds and the road sweeper has turned off.
Drivers who have to turn around the first sign of a queue.
Today a van did a 5 point turn but if he'd waited less than 30 seconds the massive 6 car queue moved off at the
temporary traffic lights.
Then later on today,Luton van tries an overtake on a slow moving road sweeper,whilst approaching a bend,has to
abort due to oncoming traffic lo and behold coming round the bend.
Again,wait a few more seconds and the road sweeper has turned off.
KFC said:
supercampeao said:
Person in a Cayenne GTS undertaking me on Sat on A414 like his life depended on it...tw@t
I think that may have been me.I think undertaking is actually fairly rare. Usually what happens is that some nobhead just gets passed by traffic on the left because he had failed to move back over.
You can 'undertake' quite legally by simply re-establishing in the lefthand lane, giving the other car an opportunity to do the same, waiting a bit, and then passing safely on the left (often means either (a) making sure the other driver has seen you or (b) moving past quickly). This is my reading of the Highway Code.
iva cosworth said:
Drivers who have to turn around the first sign of a queue.
Today a van did a 5 point turn but if he'd waited less than 30 seconds the massive 6 car queue moved off at the
Had one of these yesterday, started doing a 3 point turn but rather than it turn into a 5 point turn he just drove up the pavement, not half up it, fully up it, the wrong side of a lampost and back down again. Fully branded up van and a company we use too.Today a van did a 5 point turn but if he'd waited less than 30 seconds the massive 6 car queue moved off at the
rj1986 said:
I should clarify a bit, the road is single lane, with a parking bay on the right/opposite site.
It then has a box junction and then splits into 2 lanes (straight and right).
The reason it splits AFTER the box junction is because the parking bay makes it too narrow, and the cars approach on a bend before the parking bay.
I'm at the box junction waiting for it to clear -knobbler jumps out from 3-4 cars behind me and tries to go around everyone, car comes from around the bend and smash. Makes it worse is that the Corsa didn't even touch their brakes before or after the impact, and just drove away.
Fair enough! That is a pretty good knob candidate!It then has a box junction and then splits into 2 lanes (straight and right).
The reason it splits AFTER the box junction is because the parking bay makes it too narrow, and the cars approach on a bend before the parking bay.
I'm at the box junction waiting for it to clear -knobbler jumps out from 3-4 cars behind me and tries to go around everyone, car comes from around the bend and smash. Makes it worse is that the Corsa didn't even touch their brakes before or after the impact, and just drove away.
Swanny87 said:
The knob on the tube this morning who had the scroll sound on his Blackberry Curve turned on. At first I thought a cricket/cicada had jumped on the tube! f
king idiot, turn it off, or get a proper phone!
^Thisking idiot, turn it off, or get a proper phone!Reminded me more generally about people who text on public transport with the keypad tone on
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