One single thing that makes you think "knob" Vol 2
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knitware said:
SistersofPercy said:
Horrid people, they need some help and probably shouldn't be on the road with their attitude. KNOBS x 2Anyone up for it...? I'm happy to take the rap by hosting it on my account if required...
A Taxi driver from Henley today, near the Black Boy pub in Shinfield. The A327 was nose to tail going in due to a 2-1 lane reduction, and two sets of traffic lights. I was at the first set of lights in Church Lane that joins the A327,waiting to turn left onto the A327. Traffic wa doing the megre in turn ok, and as the car in front of me merged, the 327 car passed and i started to get in behind him Mr Taxi just rolled forward, and i thought he was doing 'thou shall not get in front of me'. however i noticed he had his mobile on his lap and was texting As the traffic moved so did i, and he suddenly realised texting is not the way to keep a watch on what was happening and lurched at the side of the bus, doing a horn test at the same time. He should have noticed as his front fog lights were blazing away, (really reqd at 08.30)
I then turned at the Shinfield roundabout to go left and he shot past me and swung in VERY sharply, the only thing missing was the compulsory brake teat.. A bit further on he anted to turn right and decided to see how good a HGV was a stopping from 40 by turning in fron of him at the last moment
Four different knob times in the space of 4 minutes, the man is a driving disaster area.
If anyone needs the use of taxi in the Henley are and wishs to steer clear of him just email me for details Tel number, reg no and taxi licence number
I then turned at the Shinfield roundabout to go left and he shot past me and swung in VERY sharply, the only thing missing was the compulsory brake teat.. A bit further on he anted to turn right and decided to see how good a HGV was a stopping from 40 by turning in fron of him at the last moment
Four different knob times in the space of 4 minutes, the man is a driving disaster area.
If anyone needs the use of taxi in the Henley are and wishs to steer clear of him just email me for details Tel number, reg no and taxi licence number
Liquid Knight said:
On the way into work last night a 64 reg resale white BMW 4-series overtook me on the dual carriageway way above the speed limit. No issue there it's a life choice and didn't place anyone else at undue risk.
On the approach to a roundabout BMW boy got stuck behind a Honda CRV and pensioner spec' Golf (you can tell as any Golf owned by someone under fifty have blacked out rear windows and are covered in road muck). BMW boy tailgates the CRV who turns off a little while later. As the CRV slowed to take the junction a gap of about an eighth of a mile opened between BMW boy and the Golf. BMW boy decided to floor it, leaving me (traveling at the 50mph speed limit) behind as if I were standing still before the brake lights strobed due to how heavily the driver had to brake to avoid crashing into the back of the Golf. I caught up again and BMW boy was sat inches from the back of the Golf. There were plenty of gaps big enough to overtake but BMW boy was sat so close he probably couldn't see around enough to tell. The side of BMW boys face was illuminated as he took a phone call. We all crossed over into a forty zone and the Golf slowed, BMW boy had to strobe his brake lights again, followed by a blast of his horn, so busy on the phone he failed to notice the driver ahead had slowed down. At a set of traffic lights BMW boy pulls into a right turn only lane, opens his window and shouts at the Golf driver. The right lane light changed and he sat there much to the annoyance of the van waiting to turn right behind him. The main lights changed and he launched the BMW down the road. I followed the Golf to the next roundabout where he turned left and I carried on straight. BMW boy was at a pedestrian crossing fifty feet later. Launched it off the line again as soon as the amber light came on, only to brake light strobe at the next red light a hundred feet later. The light it changed a few seconds after I arrived so all that display was for a grand total of six feet.
What a fool.
I think for these cocksockets the whole idea is to get noticed, whether approvingly or not. Solution? Well, I'm not in favour of gun ownership, but any manufacturer offering an optional roof-mounted dual 20mm cannon would have me running to the nearest dealers waving a wad of cash...On the approach to a roundabout BMW boy got stuck behind a Honda CRV and pensioner spec' Golf (you can tell as any Golf owned by someone under fifty have blacked out rear windows and are covered in road muck). BMW boy tailgates the CRV who turns off a little while later. As the CRV slowed to take the junction a gap of about an eighth of a mile opened between BMW boy and the Golf. BMW boy decided to floor it, leaving me (traveling at the 50mph speed limit) behind as if I were standing still before the brake lights strobed due to how heavily the driver had to brake to avoid crashing into the back of the Golf. I caught up again and BMW boy was sat inches from the back of the Golf. There were plenty of gaps big enough to overtake but BMW boy was sat so close he probably couldn't see around enough to tell. The side of BMW boys face was illuminated as he took a phone call. We all crossed over into a forty zone and the Golf slowed, BMW boy had to strobe his brake lights again, followed by a blast of his horn, so busy on the phone he failed to notice the driver ahead had slowed down. At a set of traffic lights BMW boy pulls into a right turn only lane, opens his window and shouts at the Golf driver. The right lane light changed and he sat there much to the annoyance of the van waiting to turn right behind him. The main lights changed and he launched the BMW down the road. I followed the Golf to the next roundabout where he turned left and I carried on straight. BMW boy was at a pedestrian crossing fifty feet later. Launched it off the line again as soon as the amber light came on, only to brake light strobe at the next red light a hundred feet later. The light it changed a few seconds after I arrived so all that display was for a grand total of six feet.
What a fool.
AdeV said:
I really want to do a parody of one of their videos in lego.... but I lack the required stop-animation skills. And the lego, frankly.
Anyone up for it...? I'm happy to take the rap by hosting it on my account if required...
That could be utter genius. I have a Lego ghost busters car and a Lego delorean but sadly no animation skills.Anyone up for it...? I'm happy to take the rap by hosting it on my account if required...
Halmyre said:
Liquid Knight said:
On the way into work last night a 64 reg resale white BMW 4-series overtook me on the dual carriageway way above the speed limit. No issue there it's a life choice and didn't place anyone else at undue risk.
On the approach to a roundabout BMW boy got stuck behind a Honda CRV and pensioner spec' Golf (you can tell as any Golf owned by someone under fifty have blacked out rear windows and are covered in road muck). BMW boy tailgates the CRV who turns off a little while later. As the CRV slowed to take the junction a gap of about an eighth of a mile opened between BMW boy and the Golf. BMW boy decided to floor it, leaving me (traveling at the 50mph speed limit) behind as if I were standing still before the brake lights strobed due to how heavily the driver had to brake to avoid crashing into the back of the Golf. I caught up again and BMW boy was sat inches from the back of the Golf. There were plenty of gaps big enough to overtake but BMW boy was sat so close he probably couldn't see around enough to tell. The side of BMW boys face was illuminated as he took a phone call. We all crossed over into a forty zone and the Golf slowed, BMW boy had to strobe his brake lights again, followed by a blast of his horn, so busy on the phone he failed to notice the driver ahead had slowed down. At a set of traffic lights BMW boy pulls into a right turn only lane, opens his window and shouts at the Golf driver. The right lane light changed and he sat there much to the annoyance of the van waiting to turn right behind him. The main lights changed and he launched the BMW down the road. I followed the Golf to the next roundabout where he turned left and I carried on straight. BMW boy was at a pedestrian crossing fifty feet later. Launched it off the line again as soon as the amber light came on, only to brake light strobe at the next red light a hundred feet later. The light it changed a few seconds after I arrived so all that display was for a grand total of six feet.
What a fool.
I think for these cocksockets the whole idea is to get noticed, whether approvingly or not. Solution? Well, I'm not in favour of gun ownership, but any manufacturer offering an optional roof-mounted dual 20mm cannon would have me running to the nearest dealers waving a wad of cash...On the approach to a roundabout BMW boy got stuck behind a Honda CRV and pensioner spec' Golf (you can tell as any Golf owned by someone under fifty have blacked out rear windows and are covered in road muck). BMW boy tailgates the CRV who turns off a little while later. As the CRV slowed to take the junction a gap of about an eighth of a mile opened between BMW boy and the Golf. BMW boy decided to floor it, leaving me (traveling at the 50mph speed limit) behind as if I were standing still before the brake lights strobed due to how heavily the driver had to brake to avoid crashing into the back of the Golf. I caught up again and BMW boy was sat inches from the back of the Golf. There were plenty of gaps big enough to overtake but BMW boy was sat so close he probably couldn't see around enough to tell. The side of BMW boys face was illuminated as he took a phone call. We all crossed over into a forty zone and the Golf slowed, BMW boy had to strobe his brake lights again, followed by a blast of his horn, so busy on the phone he failed to notice the driver ahead had slowed down. At a set of traffic lights BMW boy pulls into a right turn only lane, opens his window and shouts at the Golf driver. The right lane light changed and he sat there much to the annoyance of the van waiting to turn right behind him. The main lights changed and he launched the BMW down the road. I followed the Golf to the next roundabout where he turned left and I carried on straight. BMW boy was at a pedestrian crossing fifty feet later. Launched it off the line again as soon as the amber light came on, only to brake light strobe at the next red light a hundred feet later. The light it changed a few seconds after I arrived so all that display was for a grand total of six feet.
What a fool.
Karma.
Another Taxi related knobbishness in Leeds. I was queueing for a left turn and as I approach the turn a taxi in the right turn lane, who didn't feel like he should queue like normal people, cuts across me without indicating and takes my turn. So now I'm stuck behind this knob on a two way street in dense traffic. He decides to put his hazards on and wait half on a double yellow and half in a hatched area outside the hospital. A nice clear gap comes in the oncoming traffic so I start manouvering around the taxi, who decides it's now time to pull away at the point I'm level with him but on the wrong side of the road. Fortunately I could quickly boot it and get past him to have the knobber follow me for 1/4 of a mile with his hazards still on. What an absolute bellend!
Red 06 plate Mini yesterday evening joining the M25 clockwise at Rickmansworth. Clear evening, slightly damp on the roads but no road spray yet red Mini driver decides that it's ok to be driving along with the rear fog light on, blinding all and sundry behind. A couple of flashes of the lights from me made no difference whatsoever. He/she carried on regardless without any acknowledgement.
AdeV said:
knitware said:
SistersofPercy said:
Horrid people, they need some help and probably shouldn't be on the road with their attitude. KNOBS x 2Anyone up for it...? I'm happy to take the rap by hosting it on my account if required...
In all honesty though, this is the best reason to not have a dash-cam.
Cheers, Jim
Taxis? Don't get me started today. This morning, I was approaching the new Reading station western drop off in Tudor Road, from Caversham Road. As I neared the junction of Greyfriars on my right, a (black, well, green, you know what I mean) taxi appeared at the Give Way line of Greyfriars, looked at me approaching from his left, thought "f
k it, I'm not stopping" and shot out in to my path causing me to brake. He continues to poodle along in front of me and then veers slightly left to join the rank, at which point I went past him and he gives me a melodious tootle on his horn. WTF? Then, as I left the drop off zone in the other direction, I approach the Greyfriars junction again, this time it's on my left, and another black cab does exactly the same, sees me coming but thinks "fk it, I'm not stopping" and pulls out across me to turn right towards the taxi rank, making me brake again.
Tw@s. If I didn't have my children on board I'd love to ram one of these pillocks with my ancient Saab.
k it, I'm not stopping" and shot out in to my path causing me to brake. He continues to poodle along in front of me and then veers slightly left to join the rank, at which point I went past him and he gives me a melodious tootle on his horn. WTF? Then, as I left the drop off zone in the other direction, I approach the Greyfriars junction again, this time it's on my left, and another black cab does exactly the same, sees me coming but thinks "fk it, I'm not stopping" and pulls out across me to turn right towards the taxi rank, making me brake again.Tw@s. If I didn't have my children on board I'd love to ram one of these pillocks with my ancient Saab.
scarble said:
They have a sense of entitlement or something, because they drive for a living so they're more important than the rest of us and better drivers cos they do it for a living and the cts answer the phone when they've got fking passengers. Fking cowboy scumbags.
Taxi drivers in London are easily the worst single category of drivers.ts answer the phone when they've got fking passengers. Fking cowboy scumbags.The only saving grace is that they are utterly predictable - they will always cut in front of you and cause you to brake; they will always push into your lane at the last minute having charged down the wrong lane; they will always stop without any warning and wander all over the road. You just learn to hang back, give them lots of room and expect the worst of them.
playalistic said:
In exactly that same location just the other day, a taxi was driving the wrong way up the entry road to the station NCP. For people that spend most all of their waking hours driving cars, they have absolutely no fking clue.
Yep, as another poster said - they seem to equate driving for a living with a sense of entitlement to do whatever they want whilst doing their job. I'm looking at you, Cambridge taxi drivers - you don't own the station car park or Station Road, so you don't have any right to treat the whole thing as a taxi rank and cause utter mayhem in the process.king clue.jimmy the hat said:
AdeV said:
knitware said:
SistersofPercy said:
Horrid people, they need some help and probably shouldn't be on the road with their attitude. KNOBS x 2Anyone up for it...? I'm happy to take the rap by hosting it on my account if required...
In all honesty though, this is the best reason to not have a dash-cam.
Cheers, Jim
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYEMNab00bw
Hackney said:
Becoming increasingly common.
Waiting in a long line of traffic at the Enfield Lock railway crossing and not one but two cars drove past the whole line of traffic on the wrong side of the road, passing circa 20 cars in total to then pull in to the queue.
And this morning, queueing down the A1055 (single lane, long line of traffic) two cars drove past the entire queue to join the "right turn" lane but went on straight on.
It's the whole "f**k you" attitude that's so prevalent in society.
Sometimes people think that's happening and get angry when actually they're just being aWaiting in a long line of traffic at the Enfield Lock railway crossing and not one but two cars drove past the whole line of traffic on the wrong side of the road, passing circa 20 cars in total to then pull in to the queue.
And this morning, queueing down the A1055 (single lane, long line of traffic) two cars drove past the entire queue to join the "right turn" lane but went on straight on.
It's the whole "f**k you" attitude that's so prevalent in society.
holes for no reason, though.Near where I live there's a busy junction. One approach to the main road widens to leave plenty of room for two lanes without blocking the cycle lane next to it. The vast majority of the traffic turns left. Often the junction's used sensibly, with people queuing to the left to turn left (or go straight ahead), and queuing to the right to turn right (or go straight ahead).
Sometimes, usually at rush hours, but often at the weekends, there's a big tailback. This is partly weight of traffic, but isn't helped by the fact that almost all the traffic is turning left and if something is parked or loading in the left 'lane', all the traffic tends to queue behind it (when it's busy, it can back up quite quickly, and start to affect the junction behind)
I almost always want to go straight ahead, not turn left like the vast majority of traffic. Traffic in the oncoming lane is light, and visibility is good. If I can see that it's safe, I have no qualms about moving to the other side of the road, driving past the queue of people turning left, slotting in to the right of them and then proceeding straight ahead while they turn left.
It doesn't inconvenience anyone and uses the road space better - I can be on my way, and it clears a car out of the queue reducing congestion behind. The wait at that junction can be a long one if the traffic and light timings aren't on your side - I've waited there for over 10 minutes before.
You'd have though people would be pleased that you were trying to help keep the traffic moving, but the reactions I've often had astonish me (people trying to edge right out of the nose to tail traffic in a vain effort to block both lanes/furious glares/steering-wheel-in-a-vice-grip-staring-straight-ahead anger/comedy traffic lights grand prix edging forward/verbal abuse).
I'm not going in the same direction as the angry people. They're turning left, and I'm going straight on. I'm not holding them up in any way, or breaking any rules (I don't think so, anyway!) I'm also helping (ever so slightly) relieve the congestion. Sometimes other people follow me, which helps a little more. I really don't see what they're getting so angry about, but angry is what they get.
I guess it's just that they think there's some rule about 'not driving on the other side of the road' or something, combined with the frustration of a long wait. Or maybe they're just t
ts.Not suggesting that this is the case with the example in the previous post I've quoted, just pointing out that a lot of people get confused and angry and weird if you do something a little out of the ordinary, whether it affects them or not, whether it breaks the rules or not and whether you're 'jumping the queue' or not. And they probably don't see any difference between the previous example and what I described, and lump them all together as 'horrible, rude behaviour'.
Edited by oetzi on Wednesday 28th January 15:38
Edited by oetzi on Wednesday 28th January 15:39
oetzi said:
Not suggesting that this is the case with the example in the previous post I've quoted, just pointing out that a lot of people get confused and angry and weird if you do something a little out of the ordinary, whether it affects them or not, whether it breaks the rules or not and whether you're 'jumping the queue' or not. And they probably don't see any difference between the previous example and what I described, and lump them all together as 'horrible, rude behaviour'.
This is certainly true.The average British driver (a) does loads of very rude and inconsiderate things while driving and (b) will not tolerate even slightly cheeky driving from others or allow for them having made a mistake. It is a weird, territorial and thoroughly unpleasant mind-set.
I find it so much nicer to be tolerant and helpful towards other drivers, even though you cannot expect that treatment back when you need a favour. I guess I hope that someone might think "Oh, being let in was nice. Maybe I will do that for someone". 1% chance of that...
Muppet a couple of nights ago here:
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.072257,-1.291386...
Drove through the green lights for traffic already on the roundabout (as evidenced in this picture to the left) but stopped 20 yards later for the red light that was pointing to the M3 exit slip (to the right). No response to the hooting from me and others behind him/passing trying to shake him from his self-imposed pause mid-roundabout, until the exit slip lights went green, at which point 3 vehicles were still stuck behind him in the way of the traffic exiting the motorway.
How does he not understand how these junctions work? They're everywhere!
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.072257,-1.291386...
Drove through the green lights for traffic already on the roundabout (as evidenced in this picture to the left) but stopped 20 yards later for the red light that was pointing to the M3 exit slip (to the right). No response to the hooting from me and others behind him/passing trying to shake him from his self-imposed pause mid-roundabout, until the exit slip lights went green, at which point 3 vehicles were still stuck behind him in the way of the traffic exiting the motorway.
How does he not understand how these junctions work? They're everywhere!
masermartin said:
Muppet a couple of nights ago here:
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.072257,-1.291386...
Drove through the green lights for traffic already on the roundabout (as evidenced in this picture to the left) but stopped 20 yards later for the red light that was pointing to the M3 exit slip (to the right). No response to the hooting from me and others behind him/passing trying to shake him from his self-imposed pause mid-roundabout, until the exit slip lights went green, at which point 3 vehicles were still stuck behind him in the way of the traffic exiting the motorway.
How does he not understand how these junctions work? They're everywhere!
I'm not sure I understand but that light on the inside of the roun-about for the traffic joining the roundabout had me for a minute... it seems almost unnecessary.https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.072257,-1.291386...
Drove through the green lights for traffic already on the roundabout (as evidenced in this picture to the left) but stopped 20 yards later for the red light that was pointing to the M3 exit slip (to the right). No response to the hooting from me and others behind him/passing trying to shake him from his self-imposed pause mid-roundabout, until the exit slip lights went green, at which point 3 vehicles were still stuck behind him in the way of the traffic exiting the motorway.
How does he not understand how these junctions work? They're everywhere!
cootuk said:
Blue Golf GTD YC63YCY - thanks for taking off my wing mirror but not stopping.
Even when you drove back along the road and completely ignored me pointing to the stub that was left hoping you might stop, but instead you stubbornly just looked forward hoping no-one had seen.
Well today I see matey-boy parked up so I tap on the window and ask if they'd been down this road a few days ago and clipped a car.Even when you drove back along the road and completely ignored me pointing to the stub that was left hoping you might stop, but instead you stubbornly just looked forward hoping no-one had seen.
Driver today was a youngish guy, but our dashcam had driver as a blonde.
I told him what happened and that we had it all on dashcam.
He became rather irate asking what I'm going to do about it.
At that point his blonde Mrs came to the car and wondered what was wrong.
When she figured out she was telling him to just go cos it's getting shouty.
I think they might be having a bit of a "discussion" at home
Edited by cootuk on Wednesday 28th January 20:37
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