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

[nonsequitur]

j_4m said:

nonsequitur said:

j, you do realise that this is the knob thread where PHers come to highlight poor driving or other dodgy tactics.

I know! But sometimes one disagrees with the knob slinging.

Careful j , that will be an Olympic sport soon. After the Break Dancing of course.

[nonsequitur]

Grahamdub said:

The Mad Monk said:

A. Why not turn left out of the driveway, and then turn round later?

B. Why buy a house in a road with a difficult exit?

A. There is nowhere to turn round easily for at least 1/2 mile. Pulling out, even to turn left, is hard enough anyway.
B. Not my house. It's dog day care.

Doggie day care. Who knew!

[nonsequitur]

Greg the Fish said:

Yesterday and today.

The number of people driving round with completely flat tyres.

One yesterday morning flapping up the road making all sorts of noise....................same car, same spot, same flat this morning. How can they not realise???

A particular problem in Ayr, Ayrshire.

[nonsequitur]

Tom _M said:

Spotted my first topless chav driving round yesterday. Spring has sprung!

What car was she driving?

[anonymous-user]

nonsequitur said:

Doggie day care. Who knew!

It's a boutique dog hotel actually
They have the run of the house and garden, although there is a special lounge area for them with tv, wood burner etc. They spend the mornings walking in the nearby woods, country park or beach, with regular Facebook updates so you can see what your pooch is doing. Our dog spends 2-3 days a week there and loves it. I want his life

[swagmeister]

I do a daily commute at peak times mostly motorway so its more often than not stop start traffic. I get frustrated at the knob jockeys who will swap lanes every 100 or so yards trying to get a car lengths of a gain. More often than not they end up no further ahead than where they started or further behind. Is gaining 10 feet really going to change your life ?

[nonsequitur]

swagmeister said:

I do a daily commute at peak times mostly motorway so its more often than not stop start traffic. I get frustrated at the knob jockeys who will swap lanes every 100 or so yards trying to get a car lengths of a gain. More often than not they end up no further ahead than where they started or further behind. Is gaining 10 feet really going to change your life ?

I think that they realise that but need to gain those few inches so as to say 'take that sucker'. Insecurity has a lot to do with it as a way of getting attention, albeit negative.

[j_4m]

swagmeister said:

I do a daily commute at peak times mostly motorway so its more often than not stop start traffic. I get frustrated at the knob jockeys who will swap lanes every 100 or so yards trying to get a car lengths of a gain. More often than not they end up no further ahead than where they started or further behind. Is gaining 10 feet really going to change your life ?

Also the penises that will automatically get as far right as possible, cutting up as many people as possible, regardless of what the traffic is actually doing.

[WarrenB]

Greg the Fish said:

Yesterday and today.

The number of people driving round with completely flat tyres.

One yesterday morning flapping up the road making all sorts of noise....................same car, same spot, same flat this morning. How can they not realise???

Because they turn the radio up louder to drown out the extra noise.

[anonymous-user]

WarrenB said:

Greg the Fish said:

Yesterday and today.

The number of people driving round with completely flat tyres.

One yesterday morning flapping up the road making all sorts of noise....................same car, same spot, same flat this morning. How can they not realise???

Because they turn the radio up louder to drown out the extra noise.

That's what my wife did when she got a nail in a tyre. It was quite a big one so you hear it clicking on the road from quite a distance. Just turn the radio up, it'll be fine !

[Alex_225]

j_4m said:

swagmeister said:

I do a daily commute at peak times mostly motorway so its more often than not stop start traffic. I get frustrated at the knob jockeys who will swap lanes every 100 or so yards trying to get a car lengths of a gain. More often than not they end up no further ahead than where they started or further behind. Is gaining 10 feet really going to change your life ?

Also the penises that will automatically get as far right as possible, cutting up as many people as possible, regardless of what the traffic is actually doing.

Yep saw one of these utter d*ckheads on Friday evening on the M25, guy in a black Audi S3. Traffic was at a slow crawl, he indicates then pushes his way across four lanes to end up in the outside.

He then proceeds to weave between lanes 3 and 4 in an attempt to progress through the traffic!

[Blown2CV]

Greg the Fish said:

Yesterday and today.

The number of people driving round with completely flat tyres.

One yesterday morning flapping up the road making all sorts of noise....................same car, same spot, same flat this morning. How can they not realise???

that would be my parents, this morning, on the way to our house! Apparently someone flashed lights at them on the motorway....

[Blown2CV]

swagmeister said:

I do a daily commute at peak times mostly motorway so its more often than not stop start traffic. I get frustrated at the knob jockeys who will swap lanes every 100 or so yards trying to get a car lengths of a gain. More often than not they end up no further ahead than where they started or further behind. Is gaining 10 feet really going to change your life ?

i get your view... and it is a traditional view... but maybe they aren't trying to genuinely make a huge time benefit to their commute, maybe they are just trying to spice up the mundanity? Could say the same about overtaking.

[Liquid Knight]

Leaner drivers having to take roundabouts slowly. No problem at all, we were all learners at some point so we should give them the time and space they need right?

Wrong.

Today was a cluster of fuchs. People cutting the learner driver up, overtaking and brake testing, trying to force their way round before taking the exit directly in front of them.

Trouble is the "L" plates were on a forty foot long bus. I do hope when these Darwinists get banned they are also somehow banned from using public transport as well.

[Pericoloso]

Blown2CV said:

i get your view... and it is a traditional view... but maybe they aren't trying to genuinely make a huge time benefit to their commute, maybe they are just trying to spice up the mundanity? Could say the same about overtaking.

I fear for bikes filtering every time I see a persistent lane changer in a jam.

do they really check mirrors every time or even once ?

I once saw a luckily very low speed crash when a car in a jam on a single carriageway decided to U turn with a bike passing them.

[Killer2005]

nonsequitur said:

Tom _M said:

Spotted my first topless chav driving round yesterday. Spring has sprung!

What car was she driving?

More importantly, where?

[ElectricPics]

Killer2005 said:

The van that overtook me this morning using the hard shoulder of the M62. In fact where the driver went past me, wasn't even hard shoulder anymore but the hatched bit to the left.

Guessing he came out of Hartshead Moor services and couldnt join the motorway so just hoofed it down the hatched bit until forcing his way in.Still not the best thing to do in a works van adverting your bosses business.

In summary, van driven by a dick.

Edit for N&S

Edited by Scrump on Friday 15th February 18:02

I don't often leave Google and Facebook reviews but when a knobber in a company vehicle does something seriously knobbish I do leave a review on the lines of "I hope your business does whatever it does better than the **** driving one of your vans along x road at 10am today".

[WarrenB]

People who tailgate for absolutely no logical reason.

Had one a few weeks ago on the motorway, plenty of chances to overtake over about 6 or 7 miles, but didn't. When he eventually did he beeped and tapped his dash cam a few times. Still no idea what that was all about.

And tonight, a little C1/107/Aygo thing, I'm doing a steady 60 in lane 1 and I see it come tanking up behind me, nothing in lane 2 so expect it to pull out, but it slows down and is so close I can barely see it's lights in my door mirrors (I'm in a Transit van, no rear view mirror). If I'd needed to slow down for any reason they'd have zero time to react.

[jakesmith]

Blown2CV said:

swagmeister said:

I do a daily commute at peak times mostly motorway so its more often than not stop start traffic. I get frustrated at the knob jockeys who will swap lanes every 100 or so yards trying to get a car lengths of a gain. More often than not they end up no further ahead than where they started or further behind. Is gaining 10 feet really going to change your life ?

i get your view... and it is a traditional view... but maybe they aren't trying to genuinely make a huge time benefit to their commute, maybe they are just trying to spice up the mundanity? Could say the same about overtaking.

I do change lanes in heavy traffic if there is an advantage, I am very careful with mirrors and once I’ve done it 2/3 times I stop. Often you do miss a few turgid slowdowns and pass 20 cars before flipping back. Sometimes it doesn’t help and I feel like a bit of a nob

But usually it at least speeds things up a bit or alieviates my boredom. I wonder if my spicy exhaust gives a few motorists a moment of interest too whilst also highly annoying a few others.

[Rawwr]

jakesmith said:

I wonder if my spicy exhaust gives a few motorists a moment of interest too whilst also highly annoying a few others.

Naw, they all just think you're a nob, too.