Things other road users do that drive you crazy!
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threespires said:
Sitting at traffic lights with foot on brake blinding the person behind.
Is it so difficult to apply the handbrake or the electric switch modern cars come with?
Some cars encourage you to do this, e.g. the Jag XF - you can't take your foot off the brake if you want to use stop / start. I ended-up turning stop / start off and using the electric handbrake.Is it so difficult to apply the handbrake or the electric switch modern cars come with?
RedAlfa said:
People who turn left at roundabouts ... and don't bother indicating. In fact, the majority of drivers can't be arsed to indicate anymore 
This. And they look at you wondering why you haven't moved off from the roundabout, if you are sitting waiting to give way to them.Also the drivers that seem surprised by a green light appearing on the set of lights they are waiting at. Once they get over the shock, only then do they decide to move off.
People in heavy rain, with no lights on. Especially on the motorway with alot of spray.
Cars in supermarket car parks who have to squeeze into the nearest space to the shop, or park on the hatchings. Once witnessed a driver in an almost empty Tesco Extra car park, making a mess of squeezing into a space between 2 other cars so they could be 4 spaces away from the shop. Meanwhile 6 spaces away from the shop was empty, as were about the other 100 or so spaces beyond that! (It was about an hour from closing). I had parked a bit away from the shop with no surrounding cars, and was in Tesco whilst this driver was still messing about.
oceanview said:
People who block yellow boxes. They're so crap at reading the road ahead ( even if in a slow moving queue) that they just mindlessly follow the vehicle in front and end up blocking the box/junction.
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I suspect the issue is most people don't even know what a yellow box means.t
ts!baptistsan said:
threespires said:
Sitting at traffic lights with foot on brake blinding the person behind.
Is it so difficult to apply the handbrake or the electric switch modern cars come with?
Never understood this one. Brake lights are not that bright ime. Full beams on the other hand, Jesus wept!Is it so difficult to apply the handbrake or the electric switch modern cars come with?
My pet hate at the moment is people jumping on the brakes and then making a turn. Zero indication given as to their intent, or maybe a quick flick of the indicator as they complete their manoeuvre. Because that makes it all okay!
Apart from that my pet hates, those who have absolutely idea about box junctions, those who bowl down slip lanes think they have gods gift to breeze onto the carriageway, and those idiots in L1 who suddenly pull into L2 to let these numpties on, causing those already in L2 having to brake.
And like you those who dont indicate, they belong to "I know where I am going why do I need to indicate"
People (usually Peugeot/Honda Jizz drivers) who completely fail to take notice of their upcoming motorway exit junction, despite ample, well spaced, crystal clear signage. They bumble along in the middle lane/third lane of a four lane motorway, then panic brake as the countdown boards begin, and dart across to get off, causing everyone else to brake unnecessarily. How much notice do these people need??
Also had a bloke stop dead in lane two of a DC recently, because he almost missed his exit. He had to wait for cars in lane one to clear before he could get across. He could easily have carried on to the next junction and doubled back, dual carriageways are generally designed with that in mind.
Utter tool.
Also had a bloke stop dead in lane two of a DC recently, because he almost missed his exit. He had to wait for cars in lane one to clear before he could get across. He could easily have carried on to the next junction and doubled back, dual carriageways are generally designed with that in mind.
Utter tool.
People who don't know how to merge in turn or don't know what merge in turn means.
No I'm not cutting you up you stupid its one car from each of the 2 lanes to join into a single lane.
You don't go in tescos and push past everyone queueing to get to the front do you? Didn't think so....
No I'm not cutting you up you stupid
its one car from each of the 2 lanes to join into a single lane.You don't go in tescos and push past everyone queueing to get to the front do you? Didn't think so....
People who position their car in the middle of the lane when turning out of a T-junction. If they'd stuck it tight right up against the centre line or to the kerb there would be room for people to turn left/right still.
There are a couple of junctions near me that are "classic" for this, a single badly positioned right turning car can hold up the traffic for ages.
There are a couple of junctions near me that are "classic" for this, a single badly positioned right turning car can hold up the traffic for ages.
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