Worst Driven Cars
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What car are you most likely to be stuck behind? 45 in a 60, slowing down for a junction half a mile before turning, hasn't looked in the rear view mirror since 2005, refusing to overtake a cyclist, stopping at roundabouts when there's no one coming, 30 miles in the slow lane of a motorway with the right hand indicator on, what grinds your gears?
Honda Jazz?
Renault Pope Mobile?
Honda Jazz?
Renault Pope Mobile?
I don't really believe in any car stereotype bar white Audis. Okay. I do.
Last night, the terribly driven cars were BMW's. A Z4 botching an overtake and nearly running into an ambulance where two lanes cut down go one on the A1 North past Morpeth. Then coming back the other way later, an E46 coupé driving along without a care in the world, full beam on to cause maximum annoyance to everyone they met, and not reacting to signals back to them.
Cars most likely to hold you up are undoubtedly MPV's, the drivers are usually half asleep.
Last night, the terribly driven cars were BMW's. A Z4 botching an overtake and nearly running into an ambulance where two lanes cut down go one on the A1 North past Morpeth. Then coming back the other way later, an E46 coupé driving along without a care in the world, full beam on to cause maximum annoyance to everyone they met, and not reacting to signals back to them.
Cars most likely to hold you up are undoubtedly MPV's, the drivers are usually half asleep.
I'd like to add "continuing at 40mph in a 30mph limit" to the OP's list! Whenever you're stuck behind someone who does 40mph in a 60 (which I actually have no problem with, it's their free choice to do whatever speed they like), as soon as you get to a 30mph limit, they almost always just continue on as if nothing has changed. My commute involves passing a primary school, and if I'm late for work and it's dropping off time, these people even do 40mph past the school with kids everywhere. What I find very frustrating is that if you do eventually manage to overtake them when safe to do so, no matter how safe the manoeuvre, or how carefully you do it, you always get main beam and shaking of heads.
As for make of car? I've not really noticed a pattern to be honest.
As for make of car? I've not really noticed a pattern to be honest.
Worst driven is a broad term,
Crew Cab Animal type pickups, aggressive, angry short man
Picassos, lost the will to live and is ready to take anyone down with them
Audi, sense of superiority and lack of regard for others
Transit Flatbed with broom sticking out of the top, toothless halfwit/psychopath
- Some** Cars are driven badly I find, for different reasons
Crew Cab Animal type pickups, aggressive, angry short man
Picassos, lost the will to live and is ready to take anyone down with them
Audi, sense of superiority and lack of regard for others
Transit Flatbed with broom sticking out of the top, toothless halfwit/psychopath
Any of those boxy little cars with ridiculously tiny wheels which are bought by people who are scared of driving. They will brake for no reason at all if another car comes towards them on a single carriageway road, they can't manouevre for toffee and they won't pull out at a junction or roundabout unless they have a gap of at least 400 yards.
It's easy to say the white Audi diesel lease brigade. Thinking back to the notable instances in the past week or two, here are mine.
Nissan Juke. Dawdling along some country lanes until he sees my German badge behind him. He turned into Lewis Hamilton instantly (only without the talent or car.) I didn't get involved but one overtake ahead of me followed by a slight right hander nearly saw him in the ditch. He was on the gravel edge where the road surface ended and threw up a load of stones for the poor chap he'd just passed.
E90 320 BMW. A collegue of mine on the way to work deciding queuing wasn't for him.
Rover 75 driven by a German collegue of mine at work. Decided again, queues don't work so took the left lane of a roundabout to turn right to skip a line of traffic. Nearly binned it into an unsuspecting van. I did educate him on the cultural differences between our two great nations, mainly we don't like queue jumping in the UK.
Vauxhall Corsa. Someone who clearly needs 3 weeks notice to pull out of junctions. The word hesitation isn't strong enough to use with this guy.
So looking back, white Audi man seems to be the driver that displays poor driving that I'm suprised by the least but really, bad drivers are bad drivers. There's no corrolation in the last 2 weeks with any particular make, model or type of car.
Nissan Juke. Dawdling along some country lanes until he sees my German badge behind him. He turned into Lewis Hamilton instantly (only without the talent or car.) I didn't get involved but one overtake ahead of me followed by a slight right hander nearly saw him in the ditch. He was on the gravel edge where the road surface ended and threw up a load of stones for the poor chap he'd just passed.
E90 320 BMW. A collegue of mine on the way to work deciding queuing wasn't for him.
Rover 75 driven by a German collegue of mine at work. Decided again, queues don't work so took the left lane of a roundabout to turn right to skip a line of traffic. Nearly binned it into an unsuspecting van. I did educate him on the cultural differences between our two great nations, mainly we don't like queue jumping in the UK.
Vauxhall Corsa. Someone who clearly needs 3 weeks notice to pull out of junctions. The word hesitation isn't strong enough to use with this guy.
So looking back, white Audi man seems to be the driver that displays poor driving that I'm suprised by the least but really, bad drivers are bad drivers. There's no corrolation in the last 2 weeks with any particular make, model or type of car.
Not the cars, but the people imo. The elderly seem to be the worst culprits during daylight hours, the chavs once the sun goes down.
Was following an old biffer in a Corsa down a slip-road a few weeks ago. He accelerated up to about 50-55mph which was fine, then when he got to the point of merging and did an emergency stop right against the give-way line. Completely bizarre as the motorway was completely empty (and I mean empty, no-one else in sight)... Thankfully I had my wits about me.
Was following an old biffer in a Corsa down a slip-road a few weeks ago. He accelerated up to about 50-55mph which was fine, then when he got to the point of merging and did an emergency stop right against the give-way line. Completely bizarre as the motorway was completely empty (and I mean empty, no-one else in sight)... Thankfully I had my wits about me.
Edited by Krikkit on Friday 16th October 12:09
k you very much.
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