The "Sh*t Driving Caught On Cam" Thread Vol 3
Discussion
cadmunkey said:
Cringeworthy to watch. 90% of their drivers must be on the whacky baccy!
Dutch drivers a f
king awful. That said they do have lane discipline which we don't in the UK. Ultimately both Dutch and British driver's can't hold a candle to the gross, industrial scale fkwittery of the average Belgian driver. They must get a special level of driver training where they are taught to mix decent cars and very high velocities with a complete absence of any driving skill whatsoever - irredeemable buffoonery.Engineer792 said:
Crafty_ said:
Engineer792 said:
It would not have upset the space-time continuum one iota for him to simply have let her in.
Too many precious individuals around.
By the same token she's just as precious, almost everyone else merged in good time, why is she so special ? To then carry on and knock cones down so she didn't lose face is excessive to say the least.Too many precious individuals around.
She instigated the whole thing imho. If she had behaved even remotely decently and merged in good time she would have been a car or two behind him and got to her destination. Instead she wasted over and hour squawking at him and wasting police time.
Engineer792 said:
jonnM said:
It would not have upset the space-time continuum one iota for him to simply have let her in.Too many precious individuals around.
1) the merge point is right at the end.
2) Sign 'Merge in turn'
Cam car at fault.
cadmunkey said:
eldar said:
Cringeworthy to watch. 90% of their drivers must be on the whacky baccy! Crafty_ said:
Engineer792 said:
Crafty_ said:
Engineer792 said:
It would not have upset the space-time continuum one iota for him to simply have let her in.
Too many precious individuals around.
By the same token she's just as precious, almost everyone else merged in good time, why is she so special ? To then carry on and knock cones down so she didn't lose face is excessive to say the least.Too many precious individuals around.
She instigated the whole thing imho. If she had behaved even remotely decently and merged in good time she would have been a car or two behind him and got to her destination. Instead she wasted over and hour squawking at him and wasting police time.
But he was not about to let her in for anything, even though it would have cost him absolutely nothing.
But no, she needed to be 'taught a lesson'
Olf said:
Dutch drivers a fking awful. That said they do have lane discipline which we don't in the UK. Ultimately both Dutch and British driver's can't hold a candle to the gross, industrial scale fkwittery of the average Belgian driver. They must get a special level of driver training where they are taught to mix decent cars and very high velocities with a complete absence of any driving skill whatsoever - irredeemable buffoonery.
I worked in the Netherlands for 18 months, driving a lot between different sites. That was over 10 years ago, but even now when I see those yellow rear plates on tourist cars over here I keep well away.king awful. That said they do have lane discipline which we don't in the UK. Ultimately both Dutch and British driver's can't hold a candle to the gross, industrial scale fkwittery of the average Belgian driver. They must get a special level of driver training where they are taught to mix decent cars and very high velocities with a complete absence of any driving skill whatsoever - irredeemable buffoonery.I commuted between Amsterdam and Rotterdam every day for a couple of weeks, every day there were lines of crashed cars at the side of the motorway.
My commute was around 70 miles, almost all motorway, it took anything between and hour and two and a half hours depending on the severity of the collision that day.
You can say precisely the same thing for her, she was alongside at best, having ignored every other car that had merged successfully, then driven up to the cones and decided that she MUST be in front of him at all costs. It would have cost her nothing to cede - if she did wipe out the cones she's probably got damage to the car.
She then flies in to a squawking rage because she didn't get her way.
As bad as each other ? maybe.
I don't see you can pin it solely on him because she was far too precious to be "normal" like everyone else and merge before getting within 10 feet of the obstruction.
She then flies in to a squawking rage because she didn't get her way.
As bad as each other ? maybe.
I don't see you can pin it solely on him because she was far too precious to be "normal" like everyone else and merge before getting within 10 feet of the obstruction.
jonnM said:
Blows my mind that she would try to force in front of him when everyone else had merged properly and in good time. I initially thought she was a passenger who got out to try and stop him so the driver could get in front but looking at the clip again she IS the driver. Shame that cone was on the near side as he could have just driven up the kerb to go round once she was out the car... It doesn't matter a jot what went on before.
There was a point where by doing nothing for a second or so, she would have pulled ahead and no harm would have been done to anyone.
But instead he took the deliberate decision to close the door on her.
We all face hundreds of situations every day - we can either make things easy or make things difficult.
There was a point where by doing nothing for a second or so, she would have pulled ahead and no harm would have been done to anyone.
But instead he took the deliberate decision to close the door on her.
We all face hundreds of situations every day - we can either make things easy or make things difficult.
ashleyman said:
Blows my mind that she would try to force in front of him when everyone else had merged properly and in good time. I initially thought she was a passenger who got out to try and stop him so the driver could get in front but looking at the clip again she IS the driver. Shame that cone was on the near side as he could have just driven up the kerb to go round once she was out the car...
Blows my mind he thought to compound his policing of the road with a decision to deliberately drive into a coned off roadworks area just to have an argument with another driver. Just another case of when two idiots meet - the fallout is a delay for every other driver on the road while they bicker like children.
Cold said:
ashleyman said:
Blows my mind that she would try to force in front of him when everyone else had merged properly and in good time. I initially thought she was a passenger who got out to try and stop him so the driver could get in front but looking at the clip again she IS the driver. Shame that cone was on the near side as he could have just driven up the kerb to go round once she was out the car...
Blows my mind he thought to compound his policing of the road with a decision to deliberately drive into a coned off roadworks area just to have an argument with another driver. Just another case of when two idiots meet - the fallout is a delay for every other driver on the road while they bicker like children.
I thought merge in turn meant use all of the road in both lanes up to the merge point, and then "merge in turn".
IMO the cam van should have let her in and it was he being the dick.
In this situation I could easily see myself in the Audi's position, and expect the car on my inside to allow me in, in line with my interpretation of merge in turn.
Difference is that when I realised they were going to be a dick, I'd have thought "you dick!", and dropped in behind them.
ETA
IMO the cam van should have let her in and it was he being the dick.
In this situation I could easily see myself in the Audi's position, and expect the car on my inside to allow me in, in line with my interpretation of merge in turn.
Difference is that when I realised they were going to be a dick, I'd have thought "you dick!", and dropped in behind them.
ETA
Crafty_ said:
You can say precisely the same thing for her, she was alongside at best, having ignored every other car that had merged successfully, then driven up to the cones and decided that she MUST be in front of him at all costs. It would have cost her nothing to cede - if she did wipe out the cones she's probably got damage to the car.
She then flies in to a squawking rage because she didn't get her way.
As bad as each other ? maybe.
I don't see you can pin it solely on him because she was far too precious to be "normal" like everyone else and merge before getting within 10 feet of the obstruction.
Alongside at best?? She was fully in front of him here....She then flies in to a squawking rage because she didn't get her way.
As bad as each other ? maybe.
I don't see you can pin it solely on him because she was far too precious to be "normal" like everyone else and merge before getting within 10 feet of the obstruction.
Edited by Chester draws on Sunday 16th April 16:01
jonnM said:
DCW is an idiot for blocking a legitimate MIT.Audi driver is an idiot for not taking the moral high ground and letting the DCW pass in front, once DCW had demonstrated their stupidity.
I never ever let queue jumpers in. We have traffic lights near us and the lane going straight is always busy. So drivers like to drive quickly up the turn right lane only and they force /barge their way in. From time to time if I get it right they "get delayed" a lot longer than they expected :-)
brianashley said:
I never ever let queue jumpers in. We have traffic lights near us and the lane going straight is always busy. So drivers like to drive quickly up the turn right lane only and they force /barge their way in. From time to time if I get it right they "get delayed" a lot longer than they expected :-)
Cool. Different situation from the video though.PoleDriver said:
Sorry to go back to the Morgan incident but for all those who have said the Pug should have pulled across the hatching, maybe this is why he couldn't?
The Dual carriageway sign doesn't help, but putting a sign on the carriageway albeit in a hatched area with a solid line is in my opinion, stupid.Mandat said:
DCW is an idiot for blocking a legitimate MIT.
Audi driver is an idiot for not taking the moral high ground and letting the DCW pass in front, once DCW had demonstrated their stupidity.
Exactly this. Audi driver is an idiot for not taking the moral high ground and letting the DCW pass in front, once DCW had demonstrated their stupidity.
I think the key to avoiding this situation for each party is:
- for the camera car, to give in; and
- for the Audi, just to push in more assertively.
Of course, this depends on whether the camera car driver is not a psycho and which party looks like they care about their car the most!
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