One single thing that makes you think "knob" Vol 4

One single thing that makes you think "knob" Vol 4

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nonsequitur

20,083 posts

117 months

Thursday 11th January 2018
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Triumph Man said:
Every morning for the past 4 weeks I've passed a Honda Accord with a headlight out and foglights on to compensate. I can understand that after Christmas funds can be tight, but 1. H7 bulbs aren't that much, 2. There has been one pay day since! Therefore, sir, you are a nob for driving around with a headlight out for that amount of time.
Cue all Honda Accord owning PHers to check lights.nono


Edited by nonsequitur on Thursday 11th January 18:34

carlove

7,572 posts

168 months

Thursday 11th January 2018
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The Accord above has reminded me of one lady in a A3 Convertible, see her when I'm driving home from work nearly every day since November, the car always just has the DRLs on. She must be wondering why her LED headlights are so crap.

Triumph Man

8,699 posts

169 months

Friday 12th January 2018
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Another good reason why drl equipped cars should have "auto" or "on" choices for their headlights, no off position, or make it more difficult to turn them off.

Rich_W

12,548 posts

213 months

Friday 12th January 2018
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Triumph Man said:
Every morning for the past 4 weeks I've passed a Honda Accord with a headlight out and foglights on to compensate. I can understand that after Christmas funds can be tight, but 1. H7 bulbs aren't that much, 2. There has been one pay day since! Therefore, sir, you are a nob for driving around with a headlight out for that amount of time.
Smash the side windows with one of those orange safety hammers.

They'll stop driving it then! biggrin

Liquid Knight

15,754 posts

184 months

Friday 12th January 2018
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Triumph Man said:
Another good reason why drl equipped cars should have "auto" or "on" choices for their headlights, no off position, or make it more difficult to turn them off.
...and another reason why having headlights on 24/7 the same as other European countries is a good idea.

Blown2CV

28,865 posts

204 months

Saturday 13th January 2018
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DRLs are on all the time. That's why they are called daytime running lights. The headlights can be set on/off. Why would you want to turn DRLs off?

silver1011

318 posts

217 months

Saturday 13th January 2018
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Jim AK said:
This has not been their finest hour. I read on another site that the original message said placing the device in centre of screen was illegal, it's sadly isn't but at least marks out a knob to the rest of us, & the Police vehicle used to show what they claimed was the only LEGAL position to driver's right in an RHD vehicle clearly showed suction cup marks in centre of its windscreen!!
The sucker marks on the windscreen were from the blue flashing light pod, not a sat nav...


InitialDave

11,927 posts

120 months

Saturday 13th January 2018
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silver1011 said:
The sucker marks on the windscreen were from the blue flashing light pod, not a sat nav...

If their argument is "putting something here obstructs vision", then what they put there isn't critical to pointing out they're being silly.

Liquid Knight

15,754 posts

184 months

Saturday 13th January 2018
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Blown2CV said:
DRLs are on all the time. That's why they are called daytime running lights. The headlights can be set on/off. Why would you want to turn DRLs off?
I think you're missing the point. Morons who I like to call "Duuuurrrrrls" think because they have drl's they can drive with no other lights on in low light, wet, misty, foggy or other conditions where being able to see from the front and behind is essential.


Blown2CV

28,865 posts

204 months

Saturday 13th January 2018
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Liquid Knight said:
Blown2CV said:
DRLs are on all the time. That's why they are called daytime running lights. The headlights can be set on/off. Why would you want to turn DRLs off?
I think you're missing the point. Morons who I like to call "Duuuurrrrrls" think because they have drl's they can drive with no other lights on in low light, wet, misty, foggy or other conditions where being able to see from the front and behind is essential.
yea fair enough. I guess it can be a bit confusing to people that don't give a st about cars as it isn't immediately obvious when you don't have your lights on in modern cars; dash lights up in full and you're not obviously in complete darkness outside.

Moonhawk

10,730 posts

220 months

Monday 15th January 2018
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Tit in an Audi a few days back who crossed a solid white line and tried to barge me out of my lane and back onto a live dual carriageway - all in his effort to push into a queue.

See these dicks every day - intentionally getting into the wrong lane, then causing chaos as they try to push in at the front, clogging up live lanes as they straddle white lines trying to force a gap. Every single one of them is basically sticking two fingers up at everyone else their arrogance is causing delays for. tts.

It's the same with the s who keep swapping and changing lanes, just to try and get that one more car ahead.

Guess what you thick fks - the reason the queue exists in the first place is likely because some self important knob like you just had to get two more seconds ahead of where they were and pulled a stupid, no indicator lane change into a gap that was too small - which in turn caused a compression wave of braking to ripple backwards, ultimately causing the queue you are now sat in.

I watch these knobs day in day out and despite all their pointless maneuvering - they invariably end up pretty in much the same place as they would had they just sat in the same lane. At most they may make 2 or 3 car lengths - which gains them what, 5 seconds?

classicyanktanks

295 posts

78 months

Monday 15th January 2018
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People with dashcams reporting fast driving.

AlexRS2782

8,052 posts

214 months

Monday 15th January 2018
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Local planners that have allowed a Subway to be opened in a small previously empty unit nearby.

It's only been open a week and the associated carpark, nearby carpark, roads & pavements are already starting to be covered in discarded cups, bags, packaging, etc, where all the lazy fkers have just dumped it rather than return it to a nearby bin (which are provided) banghead

Of course this is made worse because, just a short walk away, there is also a drive through Costa, where unsurprisingly even more rubbish / detritus is already regularly dumped out of cars / windows due to all their equally slovenly fktard customers banghead

Flibble

6,476 posts

182 months

Tuesday 16th January 2018
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classicyanktanks said:
People with dashcams reporting fast driving.
Ah yes the old, "he must be doing at least 90!" as though you can accurately eyeball a speed figure from a moving vehicle in under a second.

AstonZagato

12,714 posts

211 months

Tuesday 16th January 2018
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AlexRS2782 said:
Local planners that have allowed a Subway to be opened in a small previously empty unit nearby.

It's only been open a week and the associated carpark, nearby carpark, roads & pavements are already starting to be covered in discarded cups, bags, packaging, etc, where all the lazy fkers have just dumped it rather than return it to a nearby bin (which are provided) banghead

Of course this is made worse because, just a short walk away, there is also a drive through Costa, where unsurprisingly even more rubbish / detritus is already regularly dumped out of cars / windows due to all their equally slovenly fktard customers banghead
I have about 100m of verge along my property. It is always littered with rubbish that people throw out of cars, the filthy feckers.

Without exception, it is cheap junk food detritus: Walkers crisp packets, McDonalds wrappers, cans of coke or energy drinks. Chavs have no manners (but that is what makes them chavs).

Ali Chappussy

876 posts

146 months

Tuesday 16th January 2018
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Balding man with a pony tail!

nonsequitur

20,083 posts

117 months

Tuesday 16th January 2018
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Moonhawk said:
Tit in an Audi a few days back who crossed a solid white line and tried to barge me out of my lane and back onto a live dual carriageway - all in his effort to push into a queue.

See these dicks every day - intentionally getting into the wrong lane, then causing chaos as they try to push in at the front, clogging up live lanes as they straddle white lines trying to force a gap. Every single one of them is basically sticking two fingers up at everyone else their arrogance is causing delays for. tts.

It's the same with the s who keep swapping and changing lanes, just to try and get that one more car ahead.

Guess what you thick fks - the reason the queue exists in the first place is likely because some self important knob like you just had to get two more seconds ahead of where they were and pulled a stupid, no indicator lane change into a gap that was too small - which in turn caused a compression wave of braking to ripple backwards, ultimately causing the queue you are now sat in.

I watch these knobs day in day out and despite all their pointless maneuvering - they invariably end up pretty in much the same place as they would had they just sat in the same lane. At most they may make 2 or 3 car lengths - which gains them what, 5 seconds?
Wasn't there a society on PH which dealt with these matters?tank

nonsequitur

20,083 posts

117 months

Tuesday 16th January 2018
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Ali Chappussy said:
Balding man with a pony tail!
Anyone in particular? Or did you mean men?

Europa1

10,923 posts

189 months

Tuesday 16th January 2018
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nonsequitur said:
Wasn't there a society on PH which dealt with these matters?tank
I believe so. Sadly they seemed confused between people pushing in and people merging in turn who choose not to wait, lemming like, a long distance away from a merge point in a long queue alongside an empty lane of road thoughtfully provided.

classicyanktanks

295 posts

78 months

Tuesday 16th January 2018
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Ali Chappussy said:
Balding man with a pony tail!
Driving a boxster
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