Are people right to be angry with me?
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refoman2 said:
maybe if you just got on with driving rather than over-analysing everything you might actually just get where your going a bit quicker rather than pissing around with a should i/shouldnt i manouvre whilst us drivers who do just get on with sit behind you pulling our hair out wondering when the f
k your going to get on with it!
Wow, you bumped this thread just to say that? I do get on with my driving, I don't know where you get the idea that I piss around. I just posted this thread because I noticed the move seemed to be annoying some drivers and wanted to see what the general consensus was. There's probably several aspects of my driving you could criticize me for, but holding people up definitely isn't one of them.k your going to get on with it!Geekman said:
Disclaimer: I am not an advanced driver, far from it, but I thought this was the best section to ask in.
I like to think of myself as a courteous driver, and in general don't have any problems with others on the road. However, one aspect of my driving seems to drive people into a rage, so am I right to be doing it or am I being a bit of a knob?
At the set of traffic lights pictured, and others like it, there's often a massive queue in the left hand lane, which is for straight on, but the right hand lane, which is for straight on then immediately right at the next junction, is usually clear. If so, I look at the vehicle at the front of the queue, and if I judge that I can safely out-accelerate it and pull in front without causing them to change speed, I'll take the right hand lane and cut in after the lights.
This usually provokes flashing, horn blasting, arm waving, etc etc, despite the fact that my actions haven't affected them in any way. I haven't caused them to change speed, or cut in too close, but I guess they see it as pushing in.
The way I see it, I'm preventing the queue backing up further and not acting dangerously or (I believe) illegally. I get as annoyed as anyone else when someone does the same move but misjudges it and causes me to swerve or brake harshly, but when someone does it safely when I'm sat in a queue it doesn't bother me at all.
Junction pictured for reference.
Dreadful driving habit.I like to think of myself as a courteous driver, and in general don't have any problems with others on the road. However, one aspect of my driving seems to drive people into a rage, so am I right to be doing it or am I being a bit of a knob?
At the set of traffic lights pictured, and others like it, there's often a massive queue in the left hand lane, which is for straight on, but the right hand lane, which is for straight on then immediately right at the next junction, is usually clear. If so, I look at the vehicle at the front of the queue, and if I judge that I can safely out-accelerate it and pull in front without causing them to change speed, I'll take the right hand lane and cut in after the lights.
This usually provokes flashing, horn blasting, arm waving, etc etc, despite the fact that my actions haven't affected them in any way. I haven't caused them to change speed, or cut in too close, but I guess they see it as pushing in.
The way I see it, I'm preventing the queue backing up further and not acting dangerously or (I believe) illegally. I get as annoyed as anyone else when someone does the same move but misjudges it and causes me to swerve or brake harshly, but when someone does it safely when I'm sat in a queue it doesn't bother me at all.
Junction pictured for reference.
And most other posters agreeing with you.
Deary deary me....
WD39 said:
Dreadful driving habit.
And most other posters agreeing with you.
Deary deary me....
God knows how you found this thread - I posted it over two years ago! Were you searching the forum for threads where you could criticise people's driving or something? And most other posters agreeing with you.
Deary deary me....
For what it's worth, I still do the same move now, albeit in a much faster car. Still get the occasional angry reaction, but far less than I used to - perhaps, as one posted said, because it doesn't look as boy racer-ish as it did in my old car.
Geekman said:
WD39 said:
Dreadful driving habit.
And most other posters agreeing with you.
Oh dear.
God knows how you found this thread - I posted it over two years ago! Were you searching the forum for threads where you could criticise people's driving or something? And most other posters agreeing with you.
Oh dear.
For what it's worth, I still do the same move now, albeit in a much faster car. Still get the occasional angry reaction, but far less than I used to - perhaps, as one posted said, because it doesn't look as boy racer-ish as it did in my old car.
I am sorry to read that you are still continuing to carry out the manouvre in question. As you seem to use this junction on a regular basis there seems to be a good percentage of pre-meditation in your actions.
As for criticising other peoples driving, I'm sure that you have read the PH 'Knob' thread, where 90% of the posts are just that, negative comments on other drivers and their misdemeanors.
Edited by WD39 on Sunday 4th January 16:54
Mandat said:
So to recap:
Eh? He overtook me despite there being no gap in front of me so I had to "make room" for the t- You know that the lanes merge after the lights.
- You didn't leave an adquate gap to allow the car in front to merge safely.
- You had to brake sharply to avoid rear ending the car in front of you.
t by braking. He could have quite easily slowed down and/or braked himself. Were you there btw?TX.
Terminator X said:
Mandat said:
So to recap:
Eh? He overtook me despite there being no gap in front of me so I had to "make room" for the t- You know that the lanes merge after the lights.
- You didn't leave an adquate gap to allow the car in front to merge safely.
- You had to brake sharply to avoid rear ending the car in front of you.
t by braking. He could have quite easily slowed down and/or braked himself. Were you there btw?TX.
In any case, your account of your situation is pretty clear and my recap still fits. Devil's advocate and all that.
Geekman said:
God knows how you found this thread - I posted it over two years ago!
It's a hobby of his; check this one out:http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...
aponting389 said:
i love this situation!
i love watching the driver in the left lane in my peripheral vision, seeing them slowly put it in gear and hold the car on the handbrake ready to 'not let me get away with it' makes me laugh every time!
usually they get beaten, sometimes they beat me to the gap, but its always fun and they always get angry, which never fails to make me laugh
I like how you're thinking.i love watching the driver in the left lane in my peripheral vision, seeing them slowly put it in gear and hold the car on the handbrake ready to 'not let me get away with it' makes me laugh every time!
usually they get beaten, sometimes they beat me to the gap, but its always fun and they always get angry, which never fails to make me laugh
It's amusing seeing people rage and rant when a capable driver in a half decent vehicle - bike or car - can smoothly, professionally impose themselves on the road to their advantage.
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