One single thing that makes you think "knob" Vol 3

[Zetec-S]

Something similar on my way home last night. Driving through a narrow village, lots of cars parked on the opposite side of the road, I came round a slight bend and saw a large tractor/trailer coming the other way. No way for him to move over or back up, so I reversed back a few yards so he could get through. A few more cars caught up and waited behind me, other than one old throbber in a Passat who decided to overtake us all, before realising we'd all stopped for the huge fking tractor. He then manages to drive up on to the pavement/verge so the tractor could get past, before bumping back down and tearing off through the village. wker.

[romeogolf]

MorganP104 said:

romeogolf said:

yellowjack said:

Plus, who the juddering fk is so crap at driving that they fail to notice the rear screen wiper waving frantically at them in their mirror? Seriously,it was incredibly annoying and distracting for me in the car ahead. I swear I even reached instinctively for my wiper controls at one point and tried to turn the damned thing off myself!!!

This in itself annoys me beyond reason. Whenever I'm behind a car with the rear wiper going I realise how infrequently, if at all, they must be using their mirror.

And whilst we're on the subject, people who drive around with their door mirrors folded. I often wonder how many miles they've driven before I saw them.

A quick glance from the driver would highlight the problem, easily rectified at the touch of a button (or, at a push, with your hand out of the window!)

But sadly, no quick glance came.

Oh I have a story about this. About 7 years ago I worked for a supermarket and was driving home after my shift still in uniform. At a roundabout a driver with their mirrors folded in cut me up entirely and was blissfully unaware that I was in the lane to their left, no doubt because of said mirrors being folded.

At the lights further up the road I stepped out, went around to her car and pulled both mirrors out for her. She lowered the window and I said "if you have these out, you might bloody see me!"

Her response was to scream "stop vandalising my car! You're scaring my child!" (said child was fast asleep in the back).

The next day we'd had a complaint sent through to the store from the lady's husband saying that a member of the staff had "verbally assaulted her" and "vandalised her car". They gave a description supposedly of me but said that I was ginger (I'm not) and "burly" (I'm definitely not). I told my manager about it and said it was me but nothing ever came of it.

[nonsequitur]

romeogolf said:

MorganP104 said:

romeogolf said:

yellowjack said:

Plus, who the juddering fk is so crap at driving that they fail to notice the rear screen wiper waving frantically at them in their mirror? Seriously,it was incredibly annoying and distracting for me in the car ahead. I swear I even reached instinctively for my wiper controls at one point and tried to turn the damned thing off myself!!!

This in itself annoys me beyond reason. Whenever I'm behind a car with the rear wiper going I realise how infrequently, if at all, they must be using their mirror.

And whilst we're on the subject, people who drive around with their door mirrors folded. I often wonder how many miles they've driven before I saw them.

A quick glance from the driver would highlight the problem, easily rectified at the touch of a button (or, at a push, with your hand out of the window!)

But sadly, no quick glance came.

Oh I have a story about this. About 7 years ago I worked for a supermarket and was driving home after my shift still in uniform. At a roundabout a driver with their mirrors folded in cut me up entirely and was blissfully unaware that I was in the lane to their left, no doubt because of said mirrors being folded.

At the lights further up the road I stepped out, went around to her car and pulled both mirrors out for her. She lowered the window and I said "if you have these out, you might bloody see me!"

Her response was to scream "stop vandalising my car! You're scaring my child!" (said child was fast asleep in the back).

The next day we'd had a complaint sent through to the store from the lady's husband saying that a member of the staff had "verbally assaulted her" and "vandalised her car". They gave a description supposedly of me but said that I was ginger (I'm not) and "burly" (I'm definitely not). I told my manager about it and said it was me but nothing ever came of it.

Police advice Road Rage: Don't leave your vehicle, No confrontations, No verbal communication. Drive on and forget it.

[Hackney]

nonsequitur said:

romeogolf said:

MorganP104 said:

romeogolf said:

yellowjack said:

Plus, who the juddering fk is so crap at driving that they fail to notice the rear screen wiper waving frantically at them in their mirror? Seriously,it was incredibly annoying and distracting for me in the car ahead. I swear I even reached instinctively for my wiper controls at one point and tried to turn the damned thing off myself!!!

This in itself annoys me beyond reason. Whenever I'm behind a car with the rear wiper going I realise how infrequently, if at all, they must be using their mirror.

And whilst we're on the subject, people who drive around with their door mirrors folded. I often wonder how many miles they've driven before I saw them.

A quick glance from the driver would highlight the problem, easily rectified at the touch of a button (or, at a push, with your hand out of the window!)

But sadly, no quick glance came.

Oh I have a story about this. About 7 years ago I worked for a supermarket and was driving home after my shift still in uniform. At a roundabout a driver with their mirrors folded in cut me up entirely and was blissfully unaware that I was in the lane to their left, no doubt because of said mirrors being folded.

At the lights further up the road I stepped out, went around to her car and pulled both mirrors out for her. She lowered the window and I said "if you have these out, you might bloody see me!"

Her response was to scream "stop vandalising my car! You're scaring my child!" (said child was fast asleep in the back).

The next day we'd had a complaint sent through to the store from the lady's husband saying that a member of the staff had "verbally assaulted her" and "vandalised her car". They gave a description supposedly of me but said that I was ginger (I'm not) and "burly" (I'm definitely not). I told my manager about it and said it was me but nothing ever came of it.

Police advice Road Rage: Don't leave your vehicle, No confrontations, No verbal communication. Drive on and forget it.

That wasn't road rage though, what's the police advice on helping to ensure people don't cause an accident?

[nonsequitur]

Hackney said:

nonsequitur said:

romeogolf said:

MorganP104 said:

romeogolf said:

yellowjack said:

Plus, who the juddering fk is so crap at driving that they fail to notice the rear screen wiper waving frantically at them in their mirror? Seriously,it was incredibly annoying and distracting for me in the car ahead. I swear I even reached instinctively for my wiper controls at one point and tried to turn the damned thing off myself!!!

This in itself annoys me beyond reason. Whenever I'm behind a car with the rear wiper going I realise how infrequently, if at all, they must be using their mirror.

And whilst we're on the subject, people who drive around with their door mirrors folded. I often wonder how many miles they've driven before I saw them.

A quick glance from the driver would highlight the problem, easily rectified at the touch of a button (or, at a push, with your hand out of the window!)

But sadly, no quick glance came.

Oh I have a story about this. About 7 years ago I worked for a supermarket and was driving home after my shift still in uniform. At a roundabout a driver with their mirrors folded in cut me up entirely and was blissfully unaware that I was in the lane to their left, no doubt because of said mirrors being folded.

At the lights further up the road I stepped out, went around to her car and pulled both mirrors out for her. She lowered the window and I said "if you have these out, you might bloody see me!"

Her response was to scream "stop vandalising my car! You're scaring my child!" (said child was fast asleep in the back).

The next day we'd had a complaint sent through to the store from the lady's husband saying that a member of the staff had "verbally assaulted her" and "vandalised her car". They gave a description supposedly of me but said that I was ginger (I'm not) and "burly" (I'm definitely not). I told my manager about it and said it was me but nothing ever came of it.

Police advice Road Rage: Don't leave your vehicle, No confrontations, No verbal communication. Drive on and forget it.

That wasn't road rage though, what's the police advice on helping to ensure people don't cause an accident?

You left your vehicle at the lights, confronted the driver. Whatever the reason, road rage by any other name. PS, you don't have to be in a 'rage'.

[Cliftonite]

nonsequitur said:

You left your vehicle at the lights, confronted the driver. Whatever the reason, road rage by any other name. PS, you don't have to be in a 'rage'.

In the same way you do not have to be driving carelessly to be done for careless driving, or be driving at all to be done for using a hand-held telephone in your car while "driving".

Legal speak!

[Muddle238]

[quote]

And whilst we're on the subject, people who drive around with their door mirrors folded. I often wonder how many miles they've driven before I saw them.


[/quote]

On narrow country lanes I will fold my mirrors in, given that otherwise each time you pass an oncoming car and you both squeeze nearside, there's a chance of scratching the nearside mirror in the hedgerows and clouting the offside mirror against the opposing car's mirror. My girlfriend once had her mirror smashed by an OAP in a Jazz coming the other way who was practically central in the road.

Also door mirrors aren't particularly of great use on narrow country lanes, but as soon as I'm back onto wider lanes or main roads they're back out again.

I despair when I see someone driving along a motorway with them folded in, or recently worse - a tranny van who had the entire nearside mirror missing altogether, making the side of his van a massive blindspot. Still, didn't stop him weaving across the lanes of traffic.

[silverfoxcc]

nonsequitur said:

Blown2CV said:

people that refer to a city by its 3-letter airport code e.g. LDN, BKK so as to seem like a casual expert. s.

Here's to EWR, YVR, HNL, NRT, MNL, DAR, ADL, PER, AUH, FCO and LGW. Home.

Well i have just done

LHR-SFO-DEN-ORD-MDW-STL-YYZ-YUL-IAD-JFK-LHR

And survived a head on with a coach in Yosemite ( it was a party of 7th Day Adventists... i bet they started praying when they saw me coming towards them!!)

Just a bruise on the left knee and no airbag going off

And being an Ex BA Customer agent it is quite natural to use the IATA codes

Edited by silverfoxcc on Friday 21st July 17:40

[nonsequitur]

Cliftonite said:

nonsequitur said:

You left your vehicle at the lights, confronted the driver. Whatevou know, cliff, that er the reason, road rage by any other name. PS, you don't have to be in a 'rage'.

In the same way you do not have to be driving carelessly to be done for careless driving, or be driving at all to be done for using a hand-held telephone in your car while "driving".

Legal speak!

I'm sure you know cliff, that keys in, engine running but not moving, is illegal as far as hand held phones are concerned. But I'm sure that any decent copper will probably not take action in these circumstances.

[Solocle]

People who drive around with inappropriate lights.

Story about this - was going through a 30 zone with calming at night. It was dark, except for street lighting. I see an oncoming vehicle, only illuminated by the street lighting. No driving lights are anything.
All credit to them, my full beam triple flash followed by a momentary turning off of my lights got the message through! Some people just would carry on obliviously.
Also under this category, there was the time I was following a vehicle with only one working brake light (of 3)! As soon as that final bulb goes, disaster will ensue. If you drive an old bucket, it needs more regular checks of its systems. Heck, I check the bulbs on my 15 reg car. If you live in a residential area, here is a tip for checking your brakes. Set up your phone behind your car and film. No 2nd person needed.

[ambuletz]

^i regularly see people out when I'm cycling with 1-2 brake lights not functioning, gets on my nerves. There is a mid-00s civic in my area that only has the top mounted boot brake light working. i've wanted to catch up to them while ont he same road but never can because the lights have always been green and they get away from me.

[lucido grigio]

Last night ,bloke in a Civic arguing with a bus driver because he seemed to think it okay to stop in a bus stop .

He claimed there is a sign that says it's okay to do so after 7pm.

I haven't checked to see if such a sign exists at said stop but sounds unlikely.

There's an M&S food right next to the bus stop with next to no parking ,so entitled people are going to stop in the bus stop constantly.

Even the M&S delivery lorries park better than Civic bloke.

[Liquid Knight]

The twunt in the Chevy (rebadged Daewoo) thing who roared up behind me as I let a pedestrian cross the road and tried to then overtake nearly running over the pedestrian.



If that idiot was capable of driving more than ten feet at a time he would have noticed the woman in the bright pink top in front of my bright yellow car.

[Alex_225]

The utter utter tw*t in a minibus driving what I assume were school kids who pulls out from a side street straight in front of me. Then winds his window down next to me and goes "It's a 30!!".

First, I couldn't have been going more than 32ish at most as I'm well aware it's a 30 zone (plus the mother was in the car, she'd have told me if I was!). Secondly there's no way to know how fast I was going, yes if I was barrelling along at 40-50 I'd clearly appear to be going fast but I wasn't. Thirdly, if you do genuinely think a car is driving too quickly don't f-ing pull out directly in front of it!

So shouting out of your window "It's a 30!" whilst pulling out straight in front of another car does zero for your argument you impatient old fool! I suspect more a case of him thinking I should have let him out so just pushing his way out in front of me.

[so called]

The twonk in front of me in his Jag XK I was behind when we left the ferry yesterday in Plymouth.
How many times do you accidentally put it in reverse in-staid of park or neutral and then reverse back and have to hit the brakes.
5 times in 100metres!!!

[Gunk]

so called said:

The twonk in front of me in his Jag XK I was behind when we left the ferry yesterday in Plymouth.
How many times do you accidentally put it in reverse in-staid of park or neutral and then reverse back and have to hit the brakes.
5 times in 100metres!!!

Perhaps he's just bought it and not had an auto before.

[alpha channel]

Depends on what year really, j-gate? really hard to fluff that one (my XK is my first auto and I haven't managed that one... did nearly make a driver behind me dirty himself three days after got it when I went for the non-existent clutch pedal mind), dial? I could imagine that might be a fair bit easier.

[Centurion07]

Liquid Knight said:

The twunt in the Chevy (rebadged Daewoo) thing who roared up behind me as I let a pedestrian cross the road and tried to then overtake nearly running over the pedestrian.



If that idiot was capable of driving more than ten feet at a time he would have noticed the woman in the bright pink top in front of my bright yellow car.

Was this at a crossing?

[Centurion07]

Alex_225 said:

The utter utter tw*t in a minibus driving what I assume were school kids who pulls out from a side street straight in front of me. Then winds his window down next to me and goes "It's a 30!!".

First, I couldn't have been going more than 32ish at most as I'm well aware it's a 30 zone (plus the mother was in the car, she'd have told me if I was!). Secondly there's no way to know how fast I was going, yes if I was barrelling along at 40-50 I'd clearly appear to be going fast but I wasn't. Thirdly, if you do genuinely think a car is driving too quickly don't f-ing pull out directly in front of it!

So shouting out of your window "It's a 30!" whilst pulling out straight in front of another car does zero for your argument you impatient old fool! I suspect more a case of him thinking I should have let him out so just pushing his way out in front of me.

I love those ones.

Ah, so you saw me, accurately judged my speed to be in excess of the posted limit, and then pull out in front of me anyway?

I had one once where he first claimed he couldn't see me due to roadwork gubbins directly outside his house, then said I was going too fast. Er, which is it then? You can't say you didn't see me then say you think I was going too fast.

[98elise]

Centurion07 said:

Alex_225 said:

The utter utter tw*t in a minibus driving what I assume were school kids who pulls out from a side street straight in front of me. Then winds his window down next to me and goes "It's a 30!!".

First, I couldn't have been going more than 32ish at most as I'm well aware it's a 30 zone (plus the mother was in the car, she'd have told me if I was!). Secondly there's no way to know how fast I was going, yes if I was barrelling along at 40-50 I'd clearly appear to be going fast but I wasn't. Thirdly, if you do genuinely think a car is driving too quickly don't f-ing pull out directly in front of it!

So shouting out of your window "It's a 30!" whilst pulling out straight in front of another car does zero for your argument you impatient old fool! I suspect more a case of him thinking I should have let him out so just pushing his way out in front of me.

I love those ones.

Ah, so you saw me, accurately judged my speed to be in excess of the posted limit, and then pull out in front of me anyway?

I had one once where he first claimed he couldn't see me due to roadwork gubbins directly outside his house, then said I was going too fast. Er, which is it then? You can't say you didn't see me then say you think I was going too fast.

My brother ended up in county court fighting an insurance claim where a car pulled out from the side of the road, and he hit them.

They claimed it was his fault as he was speeding, he claimed it was their fault for pulling out on him.

The judge picked up on why they would pull out on a "speeding" car and their excuse was they didn't see it until the last second because they were parked in a tight spot.

The judge ruled in my brother's favour.