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

[Liquid Knight]

RushDom said:

I saw someone today driving a BMW i3 with both M badging on the rear and...Hyundai BlueDrive badges? What?! No idea what they were thinking.

MI3?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssWbGKTgXFc

[carlove]

Two idiots today, had an ambulance coming up on blue lights & sirens, was on a wide part of road with pinch points ahead and then a queue so stopped smoothly and made sure there was space for the two cars behind to stop, Volvo directly behind overtook me and then pulled up right before the pinch point, then the scenic behind him went into the turn lane to my right and stopped to make their turn despite the ambulance that had now come to a stop behind it.
Do people not actually know what's going on around them? Maybe I shouldn't have stopped next to the turn lane but I kind of thought he'd have spotted the ambulance and pulled to the left until the ambulance had passed.

[anonymous-user]

Merge lane warriors. I witnessed one in a van today force a poor Ka driver who was in lane 2 a good 500yds before the merge point onto the grass reservation so that he couldn't get past.

Seriously, how meaningless must that kind of person's existence be to actually force another car onto the central reservation rather than letting them make the most of the available road space?

[mattwhite709]

The other day I was leaving work. I am waiting to turn right onto a major road. I wait until there is no traffic coming towards me and pull out half way blocking the oncoming lane of traffic which was clear.

Whilst I am waiting for the traffic on the other side of the road to be clear to complete my manouvre I notice this mini cooper S speed up on purpose despite her seeing me. She then proceeds to slam on her breaks last minute and starts staring at me.

I am like really?? She then says well dont block my lane init bruv. I was like it was clear when I pulled out. Really top knobish behaviour by her.

[ashleyman]

mattwhite709 said:

The other day I was leaving work. I am waiting to turn right onto a major road. I wait until there is no traffic coming towards me and pull out half way blocking the oncoming lane of traffic which was clear.

Whilst I am waiting for the traffic on the other side of the road to be clear to complete my manouvre I notice this mini cooper S speed up on purpose despite her seeing me. She then proceeds to slam on her breaks last minute and starts staring at me.

I am like really?? She then says well dont block my lane init bruv. I was like it was clear when I pulled out. Really top knobish behaviour by her.

I had something similar earlier, I was coming out of a side road into a 2 lane, one way system on a bend, it's a bit of an awkward junction but usually fine, never had any issues here at all.

There's some traffic lights further down to my left where Lane 1 goes left and Lane 2 goes right. I have to cross Lane 1 to get to L2 to turn right which is where I was going. Lane 1 was empty with nothing coming but there were cars driving down L2.

As Lane was empty with nothing coming towards me I pulled over L1 and stopped whilst I waited to slot into a gap I could see that was coming up between some cars in L2. As I looked further up the road I saw a car speeding down L2, this car then moved from L2 to L1 and overtook everything in L2 at speed. I was still over L1 as she approached me. I had been there for about 10-15 seconds but instead of seeing me, slowing down and letting me pull into my gap without a fuss. She held the horn down and waved her hands at me.

I moved into my gap in L2 and she sped up alongside me, so I had a look at who was beeping me and her and her male passenger were both glaring at me. We stopped in traffic as the lights were just changing to green but they're still staring at me and I can see she's shouting at me through the closed windows of both cars so I shrug my shoulders and make my right turn.

[kowalski655]

The convoy of 3 trucks,obviously lost, but rather than pull over to discuss directions/check satnav, they sat at a roundabout for several minutes doing just that , despite repeated honking from many others

[yellowjack]

mattwhite709 said:

The other day I was leaving work. I am waiting to turn right onto a major road. I wait until there is no traffic coming towards me and pull out half way blocking the oncoming lane of traffic which was clear.

Whilst I am waiting for the traffic on the other side of the road to be clear to complete my manouvre I notice this mini cooper S speed up on purpose despite her seeing me. She then proceeds to slam on her breaks last minute and starts staring at me.

I am like really?? She then says well dont block my lane init bruv. I was like it was clear when I pulled out. Really top knobish behaviour by her.

I'm sorry, but that tale makes me think that YOU are the knob in that situation. I wouldn't dream of doing what you did if I couldn't get clear of the lane I was crossing in one move. Blocking lanes like that is pretty selfish in my view. I mean, she's seen you and is making a fuss, but it could have been worse, if she'd seen you but presumed you'd be gone by the time she got there, or worse still, she could have been distracted and ended up parked in your driver's door without slowing. Is that REALLY worth the risk to shave a few seconds off a journey?

Think about this, too...

You're turning right into traffic. That traffic is held up for a reason. Possibly someone a short way ahead trying to turn right OFF a main road. You pull out and block the opposite lane, and traffic builds behinds the car you're immediately blocking. This traffic stacks up beyond the car that's turning right off the main road and blocks it's access to it's turn. Result? No-one going anywhere. Sometimes you have to sacrifice YOUR precious time to keep traffic moving. Gridlock won't help you get to work on time, after all...

[anonymous-user]

I have to pull out of a driveway every morning when I drop our dog at day care. It has tall walls either side, so you can't see any approaching cars, meaning you have to creep out slowly to see what is coming. But will anyone slow down, or stop, to let me out ? They would rather drive round me, beeping their horns and shaking their fists at me. My car is a bright red C30 with bright led DRL's, so it is pretty hard to miss. I even have my indicator on for extra visibility, but still I am invisible !

[Squishey]

mattwhite709 said:

The other day I was leaving work. I am waiting to turn right onto a major road. I wait until there is no traffic coming towards me and pull out half way blocking the oncoming lane of traffic which was clear.

Whilst I am waiting for the traffic on the other side of the road to be clear to complete my manouvre I notice this mini cooper S speed up on purpose despite her seeing me. She then proceeds to slam on her breaks last minute and starts staring at me.

I am like really?? She then says well dont block my lane init bruv. I was like it was clear when I pulled out. Really top knobish behaviour by her.

Sorry but I have you down as the knob too. What part of "Give way" don't you lot seem to understand?

If I was the Mini driver you'd have got a Fonzy double thumbs-up from me, then maybe a round of applause for demonstrating such amazing driving skills.

What you did is just selfish, plain and simple.

[Fast and Spurious]

mattwhite709 said:

The other day I was leaving work. I am waiting to turn right onto a major road. I wait until there is no traffic coming towards me and pull out half way blocking the oncoming lane of traffic which was clear.

Whilst I am waiting for the traffic on the other side of the road to be clear to complete my manouvre I notice this mini cooper S speed up on purpose despite her seeing me. She then proceeds to slam on her breaks last minute and starts staring at me.

I am like really?? She then says well dont block my lane init bruv. I was like it was clear when I pulled out. Really top knobish behaviour by her.

Oh dear.

[InitialDave]

I read it as he would have been clear in plenty of time had she not chosen to accelerate when she saw him ahead.

[Hol]

Jbeale96 said:

Merge lane warriors. I witnessed one in a van today force a poor Ka driver who was in lane 2 a good 500yds before the merge point onto the grass reservation so that he couldn't get past.

Seriously, how meaningless must that kind of person's existence be to actually force another car onto the central reservation rather than letting them make the most of the available road space?

That deserves three points, (and a punch in the face.)

But sadly, that would turn the angry road-raging idiot who started the whole thing into the innocent victim of a random crime by a deranged ka driver.

Edited by Hol on Tuesday 12th September 09:05

[swisstoni]

yellowjack said:

mattwhite709 said:

The other day I was leaving work. I am waiting to turn right onto a major road. I wait until there is no traffic coming towards me and pull out half way blocking the oncoming lane of traffic which was clear.

Whilst I am waiting for the traffic on the other side of the road to be clear to complete my manouvre I notice this mini cooper S speed up on purpose despite her seeing me. She then proceeds to slam on her breaks last minute and starts staring at me.

I am like really?? She then says well dont block my lane init bruv. I was like it was clear when I pulled out. Really top knobish behaviour by her.

I'm sorry, but that tale makes me think that YOU are the knob in that situation. I wouldn't dream of doing what you did if I couldn't get clear of the lane I was crossing in one move. Blocking lanes like that is pretty selfish in my view. I mean, she's seen you and is making a fuss, but it could have been worse, if she'd seen you but presumed you'd be gone by the time she got there, or worse still, she could have been distracted and ended up parked in your driver's door without slowing. Is that REALLY worth the risk to shave a few seconds off a journey?

Think about this, too...

You're turning right into traffic. That traffic is held up for a reason. Possibly someone a short way ahead trying to turn right OFF a main road. You pull out and block the opposite lane, and traffic builds behinds the car you're immediately blocking. This traffic stacks up beyond the car that's turning right off the main road and blocks it's access to it's turn. Result? No-one going anywhere. Sometimes you have to sacrifice YOUR precious time to keep traffic moving. Gridlock won't help you get to work on time, after all...

What's the alternative then?

[alpha channel]

First thing in the morning, just pulled out left on to the road and opposite is a car parked up (delivering papers), I'm pulling out and rather than pull out on to the other side of the road and then swerving back in to the right hand lane to pass the car I just pull out into the clear right hand lane (zero cars as far as the eye can see in either direction). As I do so a Passat comes into view just shy of a quarter mile down the road and, as I draw level with the nose of the parked car, I see this anal log accelerate hard (in a thirty, lined both sides with houses with drives, one of which I know reverses out early in the morning as I've let him out on multiple occasions).

What exactly he was trying to achieve isn't exactly clear, a blip of the throttle from the car saw me past and on to the correct side of the road long before he could have reached me to cause a 'hand waving incident'.

[KerwinRobertson]

The guy chain smoking in front of me today, 3 fags smoked, arm out of the window, all 3 fags dropped out of the window, all beautifully captured by my dash cam.

[Integroo]

yellowjack said:

I'm sorry, but that tale makes me think that YOU are the knob in that situation. I wouldn't dream of doing what you did if I couldn't get clear of the lane I was crossing in one move. Blocking lanes like that is pretty selfish in my view. I mean, she's seen you and is making a fuss, but it could have been worse, if she'd seen you but presumed you'd be gone by the time she got there, or worse still, she could have been distracted and ended up parked in your driver's door without slowing. Is that REALLY worth the risk to shave a few seconds off a journey?

Think about this, too...

You're turning right into traffic. That traffic is held up for a reason. Possibly someone a short way ahead trying to turn right OFF a main road. You pull out and block the opposite lane, and traffic builds behinds the car you're immediately blocking. This traffic stacks up beyond the car that's turning right off the main road and blocks it's access to it's turn. Result? No-one going anywhere. Sometimes you have to sacrifice YOUR precious time to keep traffic moving. Gridlock won't help you get to work on time, after all...

I am with this guy. I hate people who pull out across the clear lane in order to push into the queuing lane. You are the knob.

[Integroo]

swisstoni said:

What's the alternative then?

Waiting until there is (a) space or (b) someone lets you out.

[Dr Murdoch]

KerwinRobertson said:

The guy chain smoking in front of me today, 3 fags smoked, arm out of the window, all 3 fags dropped out of the window, all beautifully captured by my dash cam.

Cringe.

[yellowjack]

Dr Murdoch said:

KerwinRobertson said:

The guy chain smoking in front of me today, 3 fags smoked, arm out of the window, all 3 fags dropped out of the window, all beautifully captured by my dash cam.

Cringe.

I'd cringe too if I witnessed a serial litterbug.

If it were my dashcam footage it'd be finding it's way to the relevant local authority's environmental enforcement team.

[Dagnir]

yellowjack said:

mattwhite709 said:

The other day I was leaving work. I am waiting to turn right onto a major road. I wait until there is no traffic coming towards me and pull out half way blocking the oncoming lane of traffic which was clear.

Whilst I am waiting for the traffic on the other side of the road to be clear to complete my manouvre I notice this mini cooper S speed up on purpose despite her seeing me. She then proceeds to slam on her breaks last minute and starts staring at me.

I am like really?? She then says well dont block my lane init bruv. I was like it was clear when I pulled out. Really top knobish behaviour by her.

I'm sorry, but that tale makes me think that YOU are the knob in that situation. I wouldn't dream of doing what you did if I couldn't get clear of the lane I was crossing in one move. Blocking lanes like that is pretty selfish in my view.

I agree...you don't have the right to block a lane, purely so you don't have to wait another 30 seconds or so for a proper gap. It's inconsiderate and/or arrogant.