BMW driver stereotype well and truly dead
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My commute involves crawling through standstill motorway traffic and having to change lane 6 times in a couple of miles.
When I signal to move over, I'd say about 80% of BMW drivers ease off to let me in. Ford & VW drivers are nearly as good.
Audi drivers also aren't nearly as bad as I would have thought - definitely more than half make an effort to let me move in front of them.
The worst are larger Vauxhalls. I can't remember a single Insignia that hasn't sped up to block my manoeuvre as soon as I signal.
Some people still hang on to the old BMW driver stereotypes, but I really don't think it's true any more.
Edited to add - I drive a grey Passat diesel estate... So to be fair I probably don't inspire competitiveness in other drivers
When I signal to move over, I'd say about 80% of BMW drivers ease off to let me in. Ford & VW drivers are nearly as good.
Audi drivers also aren't nearly as bad as I would have thought - definitely more than half make an effort to let me move in front of them.
The worst are larger Vauxhalls. I can't remember a single Insignia that hasn't sped up to block my manoeuvre as soon as I signal.
Some people still hang on to the old BMW driver stereotypes, but I really don't think it's true any more.
Edited to add - I drive a grey Passat diesel estate... So to be fair I probably don't inspire competitiveness in other drivers
Edited by bigbob77 on Thursday 28th April 09:40
Jimmy Recard said:
People have been going on about this for decades. It's utter bks.
Apart from Japanese cars being driven slowly and badly by elderly people. That one is true
My Japanese car isn't driven slowly Apart from Japanese cars being driven slowly and badly by elderly people. That one is true
Sorry OP but I disagree, I'm always getting some miserable 320d trying to prove they quicker than me, though I will say it's not just BMW's but alot of German cars seems to do the same (it was an Audi the other day).
I don't mind letting people out, as long as they indicate first and wait for me to flash them. Unfortunately these people seem to be diminishing rapidly, replaced by the "I'm going to pull out without indicating and it's up to you to make space for me" or the "indicate and pull out immediately" brigade.
bigbob77 said:
Podie said:
that and the Mummies in people carriers / Chelsea tractors.
I find them oblivious rather than aggressive. Apparently sitting 20 feet off the ground doesn't give them enough visibility to not steer into me.Then suddenly someone indicates and wants to move in front of him, can't let the people see you're a weak man Dave. Can't let them know, you must block them and show you're not a small man.
Monty Python said:
I don't mind letting people out, as long as they indicate first and wait for me to flash them. Unfortunately these people seem to be diminishing rapidly, replaced by the "I'm going to pull out without indicating and it's up to you to make space for me" or the "indicate and pull out immediately" brigade.
My take on it is I don't have any more right to the road than they do, so there's always enough space in front of me for someone to pull in - I don't need to give them "permission". As long as they don't try to occupy the same space-time as me, which happens far too often Mafffew said:
bigbob77 said:
Podie said:
that and the Mummies in people carriers / Chelsea tractors.
I find them oblivious rather than aggressive. Apparently sitting 20 feet off the ground doesn't give them enough visibility to not steer into me.Then suddenly someone indicates and wants to move in front of him, can't let the people see you're a weak man Dave. Can't let them know, you must block them and show you're not a small man.
Quhet said:
Why are you having to change lanes so much?
Just the place I join and where I need to get off. 6 is the minimal number of lane changes unfortunately... The first motorway merges with another one (5 lanes), then I need to get into lane 5 because lane 1 and 2 are an exit and lane 3 and 4 exit after a couple of miles... Then a new lane opens up to the left and I need to cross it to get to the exit.... Complete PITA some days!bigbob77 said:
Mafffew said:
bigbob77 said:
Podie said:
that and the Mummies in people carriers / Chelsea tractors.
I find them oblivious rather than aggressive. Apparently sitting 20 feet off the ground doesn't give them enough visibility to not steer into me.Then suddenly someone indicates and wants to move in front of him, can't let the people see you're a weak man Dave. Can't let them know, you must block them and show you're not a small man.
Driving home from the station last night, the Renault Scenic was so close (I was sat at 40, in a 40 limit) I actually couldn't see the headlights...
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