What cars don't you let out of sideroads?
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Me and my wife were having a discussion at the weekend on our way back from a night away. She noticed that I am quite selective on who I let out of a side road. I didn't even realise I did this so obviously but having thought about it:
Hyundai i10 - never
Any Peugeot - never other than the old school tasty cool ones (205GTi, 106GTi, 306 Rallye, etc.)
Honda Jazz - never
Exceptional circumstances if the traffic is extremely slow moving or of course the driver is 'easy on the eye'.
Hyundai i10 - never
Any Peugeot - never other than the old school tasty cool ones (205GTi, 106GTi, 306 Rallye, etc.)
Honda Jazz - never
Exceptional circumstances if the traffic is extremely slow moving or of course the driver is 'easy on the eye'.
Any car that appears to be bullying its way out either by creeping, stopping and starting or just stopping way past the line. I probably would have let them out but now they want to try and bully their way there, not a chance from me. Often find it's in poverty spec old Focus' and similar with missing hub caps, piloted by the typical steroid "enhanced" tattooed meat heads who kick off at the slightest thing.
Agree with the above, the people creeping out I won't let go. I don't tend to let people out I feel will hold me up, or block visibility. So works vans/couriers, the elderly. We've all done it, let someone go and then you're stuck behind them doing 20mph in a 40mph or something similar.
However on the weekend or on holidays i'm much easier going about it, i'll let anyone out. Just when I have somewhere to be i'm more selective. In very slow moving traffic i'll also let anyone go.
However on the weekend or on holidays i'm much easier going about it, i'll let anyone out. Just when I have somewhere to be i'm more selective. In very slow moving traffic i'll also let anyone go.
8IKERDAVE said:
Me and my wife were having a discussion at the weekend on our way back from a night away. She noticed that I am quite selective on who I let out of a side road. I didn't even realise I did this so obviously but having thought about it:
Hyundai i10 - never
Any Peugeot - never other than the old school tasty cool ones (205GTi, 106GTi, 306 Rallye, etc.)
Honda Jazz - never
Exceptional circumstances if the traffic is extremely slow moving or of course the driver is 'easy on the eye'.
Are you a Road Captain who straddles white lines to hold traffic back?Hyundai i10 - never
Any Peugeot - never other than the old school tasty cool ones (205GTi, 106GTi, 306 Rallye, etc.)
Honda Jazz - never
Exceptional circumstances if the traffic is extremely slow moving or of course the driver is 'easy on the eye'.
Good God, what a post!
RazerSauber said:
Any car that appears to be bullying its way out either by creeping, stopping and starting or just stopping way past the line. I probably would have let them out but now they want to try and bully their way there, not a chance from me. Often find it's in poverty spec old Focus' and similar with missing hub caps, piloted by the typical steroid "enhanced" tattooed meat heads who kick off at the slightest thing.
Sounds like the type of person you'd sooner let out into the traffic than put up with aggro?Am I old before my time? is this how it starts?
I did notice a few weeks back whilst my 360 does well in normal traffic situations, during the school run nobody wants to let you out anywhere. On topic I generally am more inclined to let out more PH style vehicles but that's about it really.
2Btoo said:
AmosMoses said:
Bizarre thread, can't understand not letting someone out of a road based on the car they drive?
Pretty much my thought too. (Gosh not had this topic for … ooh 2 or 3 months?).
Ones that are sticking a bumper length out into the road already! haha
To be honest I only let people out if it's slow moving traffic so as to help other drivers who'd struggle. I wouldn't make a point of slowing my progress if they can manage their own exit.
Wouldn't give a sh!t about what car they're driving though.
To be honest I only let people out if it's slow moving traffic so as to help other drivers who'd struggle. I wouldn't make a point of slowing my progress if they can manage their own exit.
Wouldn't give a sh!t about what car they're driving though.
RazerSauber said:
Any car that appears to be bullying its way out either by creeping, stopping and starting or just stopping way past the line. I probably would have let them out but now they want to try and bully their way there, not a chance from me. Often find it's in poverty spec old Focus' and similar with missing hub caps, piloted by the typical steroid "enhanced" tattooed meat heads who kick off at the slightest thing.
Oh really, is creeping a no no? Having lived in London for 15 years, it felt that a slow creep from a side road was the only way to ever get out, otherwise you could be there for a very long time. I must say I didn't think people viewed it as a bad thing to do, it just felt like the way to actually get somewhere. Mrs. D.R. gets annoyed that I let people out of side roads based on the car they're driving. This means supercars are always likely to be let out, but MPVs, crossovers, Zafiras and and 4x4 that isn't a Land Rover (Ewok excepted, of course) or a G-Wagen has no chance.
I remember years ago crawling slowly through Knightsbridge in heavy traffic and encountering a Ferrari 458 waiting to turn out of a side road.
On the basis that I'd rather sit in traffic and look at a Ferrari in front of me than the van that currently occupied the spot, I waved him out. He did a genuine "Who, me?" double-take and I had to wave him twice more before he realised that, yes, I really was inviting him out in front of me!
I remember years ago crawling slowly through Knightsbridge in heavy traffic and encountering a Ferrari 458 waiting to turn out of a side road.
On the basis that I'd rather sit in traffic and look at a Ferrari in front of me than the van that currently occupied the spot, I waved him out. He did a genuine "Who, me?" double-take and I had to wave him twice more before he realised that, yes, I really was inviting him out in front of me!
Edited by Deranged Rover on Tuesday 19th April 15:05
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