The BAD DRIVERS thread

[audi r8]

Right i'll start with a small one.

First a Smart Fortwo goes down the street at 40 in a 30 zone. Then it onto the wrong side of the road, slows down to 30 drives into his driveway and brakes from 30 to 0.

[Kermit power]

Ermm... Am I missing something here?

OK, 40 in a 30, bad. Something you see every day, however, from thousands of motorists, so possibly a little harsh to single out a single driver?

As for the rest, there's nothing fundamentally wrong with driving on the other side of the road for a short distance if it aids a manoeuvre and is safe to do. Obviously not good if there's anything oncoming or otherwise presents a danger, but we can't tell one way or the other from what you've written.

However, where I'm really confused is why it's a bad thing to slow down from 30 to 0 to stop?? Most people would consider it a good thing to slow down to 0 if you intend to get out of the car???

[CallorFold]

Kermit power said:

Most people would consider it a good thing to slow down to 0 if you intend to get out of the car???

LOL.

But yes, I frequently pull onto other side of the road in order to reverse onto my drive way.

Obviously as long as there is no oncoming traffic

[Bear Phils]

I think the trouble was he pulled into his driveway still doing 30mph and then decided to slam on the brakes.

Unless he is a PHer who, of course ,would have a driveway a mile long

[audi r8]

Bear Phils said:

I think the trouble was he pulled into his driveway still doing 30mph and then decided to slam on the brakes.

Unless he is a PHer who, of course ,would have a driveway a mile long

This what I mean and he was on the other side of the road for several hundred meters. And no he isnt a PHer.