One single thing that makes you think "knob" Vol 4
Discussion
Drew106 said:
Fermit and Sexy Sarah said:
RogerDodger said:
Liquid Knight said:
If you don't have the patience to respect others on the road be they pedestrians, dog walkers, joggers, cyclists, mopeds, motorcyclists, pensioner drivers, horse box towers or even caravanists or whoever in whatever other mode of transport other than your little centre of the universe on wheels...
...you are the problem.
Respect?? Following someone doing 5-10 MPH, for miles. Because they don't have the ability to overtake a cyclist, who is already up against the kerb? If you can't overtake someone whilst towing a trailer, that is no wider than your car, on wide open A roads, you really should rethink if you should tow....you are the problem.
Seriously.
Fermit and Sexy Sarah said:
I would accept a Horse Box doesn't travel at 60mph, yes
I once had to drive a tractor on public roads. They can really only do about 20. Instructions I was given was to drive as close to the left as possible (on the shoulder if I could, tractors are designed to run off road) to allow vehicles to pass. If a queue formed behind me, to pull over and allow it to pass. In fact it is against the law in Australia to unreasonably obstruct traffic.
I wouldn't have a problem if slow moving vehicles actually allowed faster traffic to pass instead of being so discourteous to assume that no-one should be permitted to go faster than they are.
Edited by captain_cynic on Tuesday 21st May 13:31
I nominate the prat in the RS6 from this morning. I managed to overtake a Scirocco that was following the RS6 then a gap opened up and I moved out to overtake the RS6, unfortunately, Mr Small Penis decided that he didn't want me in my shoebox to overtake so he moved into the middle of the road and continued to trundle along at 50.
MKnight702 said:
I nominate the prat in the RS6 from this morning. I managed to overtake a Scirocco that was following the RS6 then a gap opened up and I moved out to overtake the RS6, unfortunately, Mr Small Penis decided that he didn't want me in my shoebox to overtake so he moved into the middle of the road and continued to trundle along at 50.
Surprising that an RS6 would do that. Quite often I find that sort of behavior from the semi-stters who feel they have something to prove. Definite cock though, or perhaps he didn't even check his mirror as I've seen a lot cross the centre line and "block" me while on a country road on the bike, but then their driving changes so it looks unintentional and like they just saw me. .BathyThermo said:
Ares said:
In any other walk of life, having an unsecured 1.5 tonne load that was so volatile would be the subject of criticism for driving on the road with it whilst displaying zero consideration for other road users.....
....but then riders of horses on the road seem to have the same holier-than-thou demeanour too.
You fall off your bike into some horse st or something?....but then riders of horses on the road seem to have the same holier-than-thou demeanour too.
Been held up by plenty driving at slower than I cycle...and shouted at by almost as many to 'STOP' so that they can walk past.
nonsequitur said:
RogerDodger said:
nonsequitur said:
Ares said:
Horsebox drivers are possibly the worst road users around. They make caravaners look accommodating and civil.
I horseboxed my daughter and pony around for many years when she was riding and competing. I rarely overtook, on any type of road or conditions.When you are carrying your daughter's pride and joy on board, extreme safety and caution trump any type of overtaking.
Edited by nonsequitur on Monday 20th May 19:18
Case closed.
If that is the best you can come up with...
Any other slow moving vehicle would pull over and allow normal speed traffic past. Horseboxes are an all too frequent exception.
Fermit and Sexy Sarah said:
Or following someone going 35mph on a perfectly sighted A road, who will likely flash you when you find a safe spot to overtake, like you're the idiot. Respect? None given. If someone has a reason to be going slowly, EG a tractor, you have to tolerate it, but someone driving in a idiot manner, nope.
From my experience that tractor is driving faster than the horse box, and usually does pull over regularly to allow others past.BathyThermo said:
Ares said:
Never actually.
Been held up by plenty driving at slower than I cycle...and shouted at by almost as many to 'STOP' so that they can walk past.
Ok.Been held up by plenty driving at slower than I cycle...and shouted at by almost as many to 'STOP' so that they can walk past.
Just seemed like an odd attitude for someone that's so defensive of 'other' road users; those that aren't in cars.
captain_cynic said:
I once had to drive a tractor on public roads. They can really only do about 20. Instructions I was given was to drive as close to the left as possible (on the shoulder if I could, tractors are designed to run off road) to allow vehicles to pass. If a queue formed behind me, to pull over and allow it to pass.
In fact it is against the law in Australia to unreasonably obstruct traffic.
I wouldn't have a problem if slow moving vehicles actually allowed faster traffic to pass instead of being so discourteous to assume that no-one should be permitted to go faster than they are.
I drove a tractor for a few weeks years ago (attractive young farmers daughter + gullible fit young lad = free labour for the hay baling season ). I was told to pull over if more than 7 cars were behind me. I wasn't told to knock off Nigel Kennedy's door mirror, but I did anyway In fact it is against the law in Australia to unreasonably obstruct traffic.
I wouldn't have a problem if slow moving vehicles actually allowed faster traffic to pass instead of being so discourteous to assume that no-one should be permitted to go faster than they are.
Edited by anonymous-user on Tuesday 21st May 13:31
Ares said:
nonsequitur said:
RogerDodger said:
nonsequitur said:
Ares said:
Horsebox drivers are possibly the worst road users around. They make caravaners look accommodating and civil.
I horseboxed my daughter and pony around for many years when she was riding and competing. I rarely overtook, on any type of road or conditions.When you are carrying your daughter's pride and joy on board, extreme safety and caution trump any type of overtaking.
Edited by nonsequitur on Monday 20th May 19:18
Case closed.
If that is the best you can come up with...
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I've never minded my mindset.
If you mind my mindset, don't think I'm unkind, with you right behind, I think you'll find that patience is blind.
I have every sympathy and a lot of patience for horse boxes as it’s obvious they have a fairly magnificent animal trying to stay on its feet on tow... that’s proving they don’t flash their headlights or get angry at the noise of an overtake.
As for caravans it’s a different matter, there are some well driven ones which cause absolutely no problem but when people decide to start towing a house about when they’re not even capable of driving a car it causes chaos and leaves me thinking they should have bought a vw transporter type thing.
That said the most frustrating thing on a country road is by a long way drivers of cars that are incapable/have no intention of overtaking and are also incapable of backing off by 20 meters from the vehicle they don’t want to pass - if it wasn’t for these fkwits every horsebox, tractor and caravan would be an easy one vehicle overtake.
As for caravans it’s a different matter, there are some well driven ones which cause absolutely no problem but when people decide to start towing a house about when they’re not even capable of driving a car it causes chaos and leaves me thinking they should have bought a vw transporter type thing.
That said the most frustrating thing on a country road is by a long way drivers of cars that are incapable/have no intention of overtaking and are also incapable of backing off by 20 meters from the vehicle they don’t want to pass - if it wasn’t for these fkwits every horsebox, tractor and caravan would be an easy one vehicle overtake.
Black_S3 said:
That said the most frustrating thing on a country road is by a long way drivers of cars that are incapable/have no intention of overtaking and are also incapable of backing off by 20 meters from the vehicle they don’t want to pass - if it wasn’t for these fkwits every horsebox, tractor and caravan would be an easy one vehicle overtake.
A definite +1Liquid Knight said:
RogerDodger said:
Liquid Knight said:
If you don't have the patience to respect others on the road be they pedestrians, dog walkers, joggers, cyclists, mopeds, motorcyclists, pensioner drivers, horse box towers or even caravanists or whoever in whatever other mode of transport other than your little centre of the universe on wheels...
...you are the problem.
Respect?? Following someone doing 5-10 MPH, for miles. Because they don't have the ability to overtake a cyclist, who is already up against the kerb? If you can't overtake someone whilst towing a trailer, that is no wider than your car, on wide open A roads, you really should rethink if you should tow....you are the problem.
Seriously.
I do it all the time on "A" roads. Especially the A17. You get a line of tailgaters sat behind a slow moving vehicle, none can see further ahead than their own bonnets, when there's a big enough gap; overtake them all. I did it yesterday on the A149 a caravan was struggling up Knights Hill, being tailgated by two cars behind and followed by a camper towing a Smart car. 34mph in a sixty zone, massive gap, nobody making any kind of move so I went straight past the lot at a safe 45-50mph.
Maybe it was a single lane track with no way of turning off for miles and miles. Poor route planning and failure to drive to the conditions. I would expect there to be some kind of hold up on a road like that.Non-motorist, agricultural or other slow traffic.
Still as a bit of a generalisation people who move to the countryside tend to be worse drivers than those who have lived there longer.
Solocle said:
I did it about a month ago - a car was following a tractor so closely that he couldn't see past the damn thing. So I pedalled past them both
Brilliant! and I thought the funniest thing I’d seen on the road was a caravan doing a double car and tractor overtake when two idiots wouldn’t overtake!Has anybody on the planet witnessed the ultimate 'knob', a caravanner pull over to allow the humongous queue behind to overtake? Surely to do so would spoil all the fun & the main reason for towing a caravan?
In 60 years of driving throughout the UK & Europe it is a phenomenon I've yet to witness.
In 60 years of driving throughout the UK & Europe it is a phenomenon I've yet to witness.
WJNB said:
Has anybody on the planet witnessed the ultimate 'knob', a caravanner pull over to allow the humongous queue behind to overtake? Surely to do so would spoil all the fun & the main reason for towing a caravan?
In 60 years of driving throughout the UK & Europe it is a phenomenon I've yet to witness.
On the other hand imagine towing something at 50 on a single nsl road to have a car crawl up behind you disappearing in your mirrors through twisties, then catching at 70 on the straights.... when the car eventually arrives on your tail and doesn’t attempt an overtake on half mile long straights the enivatable queue will build up. Do you think of pulling in? Or realise the problem isn’t actually you even though you could solve it but in the process get fked back having to overbrake for corners because of said tt...In 60 years of driving throughout the UK & Europe it is a phenomenon I've yet to witness.
Liquid Knight said:
If you don't have the patience to respect others on the road be they pedestrians, dog walkers, joggers, cyclists, mopeds, motorcyclists, pensioner drivers, horse box towers or even caravanists or whoever in whatever other mode of transport other than your little centre of the universe on wheels...
...you are the problem.
bullst. Well, it depends what you mean by respect. if you mean not endanger, not interfere with the progress of, etc then yea fine. If you mean you need to piddle along behind someone going far slower so as to not upset them, then that view can take a fking hike....you are the problem.
CanAm said:
Black_S3 said:
That said the most frustrating thing on a country road is by a long way drivers of cars that are incapable/have no intention of overtaking and are also incapable of backing off by 20 meters from the vehicle they don’t want to pass - if it wasn’t for these fkwits every horsebox, tractor and caravan would be an easy one vehicle overtake.
A definite +1My 26 mile commute through rural Shrophire is littered with muppets like this.
Along with those that insist on doing 40 mph every where, including 30's.
Eventually you overtake them in the NSL and at the next village they are right up your arse because they cannot slow to the speed limit
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