One single thing that makes you think "knob" Vol 4
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Rawwr said:
A particular annoyance is the Brampton Hut roundabout (A1/A14) at the moment. Due to ongoing works...
1. On the way to work, lots of traffic queues in the right-hand lane to take exit 3 or 4. Barely any traffic at all in the left-hand lane for exit 1 or 2. The amount of people who get bored of the queue for exit 3 or 4 and decide to turn right from lane 1 is staggering. This results in lots of beeping of horns as people try to shoehorn their way into the proper lane.
2. On the way home from work, lots of traffic queues in the left-hand lane to take exit 1 or 2. Barely any traffic in lane 2 for exit 2 or 3. I can't believe the amount of people who turn left from lane 2, naturally with the expected levels of beeping and hand gestures from the people they've cut up. What's worse is people leave the queue to drive to the front of it, thus making the queue move less quickly, thus making more people leave the queue to drive to the front of it. Last night, two HGVs turned left from the right-hand lane, which seized the roundabout on both occasions, resulting in the queue not moving for 4 cycles of the lights.
I can't understand the mindset of a driver that impatient, conceited and arrogant to do that.
Well, they have "improved" the A14 to make journey times less and reduce frustration so they have to catch this back somehow. It looks like they are reducing the number of lanes on the roundabout permanently, plus when approaching from the Brampton racecourse there used to be a dedicated lane to turn left down the A1, this is now coned off, presumably so they can remove it, so those that want to turn left now have to queue with all the lorries who want to go straight over. It's so much better now (not).1. On the way to work, lots of traffic queues in the right-hand lane to take exit 3 or 4. Barely any traffic at all in the left-hand lane for exit 1 or 2. The amount of people who get bored of the queue for exit 3 or 4 and decide to turn right from lane 1 is staggering. This results in lots of beeping of horns as people try to shoehorn their way into the proper lane.
2. On the way home from work, lots of traffic queues in the left-hand lane to take exit 1 or 2. Barely any traffic in lane 2 for exit 2 or 3. I can't believe the amount of people who turn left from lane 2, naturally with the expected levels of beeping and hand gestures from the people they've cut up. What's worse is people leave the queue to drive to the front of it, thus making the queue move less quickly, thus making more people leave the queue to drive to the front of it. Last night, two HGVs turned left from the right-hand lane, which seized the roundabout on both occasions, resulting in the queue not moving for 4 cycles of the lights.
I can't understand the mindset of a driver that impatient, conceited and arrogant to do that.
A litany of absolute muppets the last few days, but particular golden turd trophies to:
1) The fat
in the Prius who rocked up to the start of one of those traffic calming narrowing chicanes, almost completely blocking the exit from it, and shouted at me about him having right of way. Yes mate, you did indeed. To cars that weren't already going through it, at least.
2) The complete oddball in a sex toy purple 107 who went from braking to a complete standstill every time a car came the other way, to aggressively tailgating me at NSL on a country road after being overtaking doing 35 in a 50.
1) The fat
in the Prius who rocked up to the start of one of those traffic calming narrowing chicanes, almost completely blocking the exit from it, and shouted at me about him having right of way. Yes mate, you did indeed. To cars that weren't already going through it, at least.2) The complete oddball in a sex toy purple 107 who went from braking to a complete standstill every time a car came the other way, to aggressively tailgating me at NSL on a country road after being overtaking doing 35 in a 50.
HM-2 said:
A litany of absolute muppets the last few days, but particular golden turd trophies to:
1) The fat in the Prius who rocked up to the start of one of those traffic calming narrowing chicanes, almost completely blocking the exit from it, and shouted at me about him having right of way. Yes mate, you did indeed. To cars that weren't already going through it, at least.
2) The complete oddball in a sex toy purple 107 who went from braking to a complete standstill every time a car came the other way, to aggressively tailgating me at NSL on a country road after being overtaking doing 35 in a 50.
Why do they do that? First they are dawdling at well below the posted limit, but when someone overtakes them they suddenly find the ability to drive at the posted limit, as you say very often a couple of feet off the over taking cars rear bumper. Very Odd!1) The fat
in the Prius who rocked up to the start of one of those traffic calming narrowing chicanes, almost completely blocking the exit from it, and shouted at me about him having right of way. Yes mate, you did indeed. To cars that weren't already going through it, at least.2) The complete oddball in a sex toy purple 107 who went from braking to a complete standstill every time a car came the other way, to aggressively tailgating me at NSL on a country road after being overtaking doing 35 in a 50.
MKnight702 said:
Well, they have "improved" the A14 to make journey times less and reduce frustration so they have to catch this back somehow. It looks like they are reducing the number of lanes on the roundabout permanently, plus when approaching from the Brampton racecourse there used to be a dedicated lane to turn left down the A1, this is now coned off, presumably so they can remove it, so those that want to turn left now have to queue with all the lorries who want to go straight over. It's so much better now (not).
Yeah, I really don't understand why they've coned off the left-hand turn lane. It makes absolutely no sense at all. Though the fact remains that people in the left lane turning right and people in the right lane turning left are just f*cking c*nts.I've ranted about this before, but I'm back on it again today.
People who sit 5mm from your bumper through 30mph limits, then when you get to a NSL, vanish behind you out of sight, only to re-emerge glued to your bumper a few mile into the next 30mph limit. The person this morning evening started to pull out to overtake me through a 30mph limit, only to duck back in quickly when someone pulled out a junction. Then at the next NSL, they were nowhere to be seen. It's like 37mph is engraved into some peoples brains, it's the speed they go everywhere.
People who sit 5mm from your bumper through 30mph limits, then when you get to a NSL, vanish behind you out of sight, only to re-emerge glued to your bumper a few mile into the next 30mph limit. The person this morning evening started to pull out to overtake me through a 30mph limit, only to duck back in quickly when someone pulled out a junction. Then at the next NSL, they were nowhere to be seen. It's like 37mph is engraved into some peoples brains, it's the speed they go everywhere.
zedx19 said:
I've ranted about this before, but I'm back on it again today.
People who sit 5mm from your bumper through 30mph limits, then when you get to a NSL, vanish behind you out of sight, only to re-emerge glued to your bumper a few mile into the next 30mph limit. The person this morning evening started to pull out to overtake me through a 30mph limit, only to duck back in quickly when someone pulled out a junction. Then at the next NSL, they were nowhere to be seen. It's like 37mph is engraved into some peoples brains, it's the speed they go everywhere.
I'm sure there are drivers, who have no life, drive around all day, looking for opportuities to irritate, annoy and intimidate other motorists. They then go home, have their tea, bed, and repeat the following day. People who sit 5mm from your bumper through 30mph limits, then when you get to a NSL, vanish behind you out of sight, only to re-emerge glued to your bumper a few mile into the next 30mph limit. The person this morning evening started to pull out to overtake me through a 30mph limit, only to duck back in quickly when someone pulled out a junction. Then at the next NSL, they were nowhere to be seen. It's like 37mph is engraved into some peoples brains, it's the speed they go everywhere.
------------>zedx19 said:
I've ranted about this before, but I'm back on it again today.
People who sit 5mm from your bumper through 30mph limits, then when you get to a NSL, vanish behind you out of sight, only to re-emerge glued to your bumper a few mile into the next 30mph limit. The person this morning evening started to pull out to overtake me through a 30mph limit, only to duck back in quickly when someone pulled out a junction. Then at the next NSL, they were nowhere to be seen. It's like 37mph is engraved into some peoples brains, it's the speed they go everywhere.
There are a few long descents near us. Most people stay one second behind everyone, and then are constantly braking. Just at the crest of the hill I ease off and build up a larger gap, then just manage to get the two second gap back by the bottom of the hill. A nice game of judgement I play, let’s face it fPeople who sit 5mm from your bumper through 30mph limits, then when you get to a NSL, vanish behind you out of sight, only to re-emerge glued to your bumper a few mile into the next 30mph limit. The person this morning evening started to pull out to overtake me through a 30mph limit, only to duck back in quickly when someone pulled out a junction. Then at the next NSL, they were nowhere to be seen. It's like 37mph is engraved into some peoples brains, it's the speed they go everywhere.
kall else of driving fun around on commutes.zedx19 said:
I've ranted about this before, but I'm back on it again today.
People who sit 5mm from your bumper through 30mph limits, then when you get to a NSL, vanish behind you out of sight, only to re-emerge glued to your bumper a few mile into the next 30mph limit. The person this morning evening started to pull out to overtake me through a 30mph limit, only to duck back in quickly when someone pulled out a junction. Then at the next NSL, they were nowhere to be seen. It's like 37mph is engraved into some peoples brains, it's the speed they go everywhere.
If they travel everywhere at 37mph, how do they catch you up?People who sit 5mm from your bumper through 30mph limits, then when you get to a NSL, vanish behind you out of sight, only to re-emerge glued to your bumper a few mile into the next 30mph limit. The person this morning evening started to pull out to overtake me through a 30mph limit, only to duck back in quickly when someone pulled out a junction. Then at the next NSL, they were nowhere to be seen. It's like 37mph is engraved into some peoples brains, it's the speed they go everywhere.
Er, um, perhaps they are doing it right, and you are doing it wrong?
The Mad Monk said:
zedx19 said:
I've ranted about this before, but I'm back on it again today.
People who sit 5mm from your bumper through 30mph limits, then when you get to a NSL, vanish behind you out of sight, only to re-emerge glued to your bumper a few mile into the next 30mph limit. The person this morning evening started to pull out to overtake me through a 30mph limit, only to duck back in quickly when someone pulled out a junction. Then at the next NSL, they were nowhere to be seen. It's like 37mph is engraved into some peoples brains, it's the speed they go everywhere.
If they travel everywhere at 37mph, how do they catch you up?People who sit 5mm from your bumper through 30mph limits, then when you get to a NSL, vanish behind you out of sight, only to re-emerge glued to your bumper a few mile into the next 30mph limit. The person this morning evening started to pull out to overtake me through a 30mph limit, only to duck back in quickly when someone pulled out a junction. Then at the next NSL, they were nowhere to be seen. It's like 37mph is engraved into some peoples brains, it's the speed they go everywhere.
Er, um, perhaps they are doing it right, and you are doing it wrong?
Because you travel twice as slowly, they have twice as long to catch you up over the same distance.
That doesn't make what they're doing right, especially as they demonstrate no awareness of the road conditions.
zedx19 said:
I've ranted about this before, but I'm back on it again today.
People who sit 5mm from your bumper through 30mph limits, then when you get to a NSL, vanish behind you out of sight, only to re-emerge glued to your bumper a few mile into the next 30mph limit. The person this morning evening started to pull out to overtake me through a 30mph limit, only to duck back in quickly when someone pulled out a junction. Then at the next NSL, they were nowhere to be seen. It's like 37mph is engraved into some peoples brains, it's the speed they go everywhere.
I get that twice a day to and from the office... People who sit 5mm from your bumper through 30mph limits, then when you get to a NSL, vanish behind you out of sight, only to re-emerge glued to your bumper a few mile into the next 30mph limit. The person this morning evening started to pull out to overtake me through a 30mph limit, only to duck back in quickly when someone pulled out a junction. Then at the next NSL, they were nowhere to be seen. It's like 37mph is engraved into some peoples brains, it's the speed they go everywhere.
As annoying as it is, it's also quite funny guessing how many corners it takes to lose them / how far I can get through the 30/20 zones before they catch me and staple themselves to my rear bumper again.
tomble22 said:
Waiting at the red X, car coming around the roundabout indicating left before the first exit, continues around still indicating left to leave at the green X.
4 or 5 times in the last 2 weeks i reckon, bloody annoying!!
Know exactly what you mean, the ones who do this are as bad as those who don't give signals at all. 4 or 5 times in the last 2 weeks i reckon, bloody annoying!!
It may also be an indication that the driver is so slow witted, they are not quick enough to be able to give a left signal as soon as it becomes obvious they are passing the first exit
What the driver in the position you were in needs to know, is that they will be continuing around the roundabout to an exit which is past where you are waiting. .
I think I spotted a 'knob' lottery winner last week.
Nissan Juke, with token "Baby On Board" sign dangling in the back window. Already a knob move, as I'm not some sort of reckless driver unless I'm notified that your crotch dumplings are on board.
Said Juke was driving in twilight conditions, with the sidelights on. This was the only car I saw on that journey that didn't have headlights on.
Said Juke was also tailgating and articulated lorry on a NSL road, sitting perfectly in the blind spot of the lorry.
Cars like the Juke seem to be marketed at under-confident female drivers. You need the safety and security of an SUV, for when you back it into a bollard or pull out into the path of an oncoming vehicle while replying to your IMs. Honing any tangible driving skills don't factor into it.
Nissan Juke, with token "Baby On Board" sign dangling in the back window. Already a knob move, as I'm not some sort of reckless driver unless I'm notified that your crotch dumplings are on board.
Said Juke was driving in twilight conditions, with the sidelights on. This was the only car I saw on that journey that didn't have headlights on.
Said Juke was also tailgating and articulated lorry on a NSL road, sitting perfectly in the blind spot of the lorry.
Cars like the Juke seem to be marketed at under-confident female drivers. You need the safety and security of an SUV, for when you back it into a bollard or pull out into the path of an oncoming vehicle while replying to your IMs. Honing any tangible driving skills don't factor into it.
Apparently this is a 'confusing' sign.
Now I know the whole Valley GardensF**k up traffic scheme is a total disaster zone but it's not really confusing is it..............
This s*itty, seedy, seaside town is full of imbeciles.
https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/18182219.confusing...
edit: Forgot the link to this riveting piece of local journalism.
Now I know the whole Valley Gardens
This s*itty, seedy, seaside town is full of imbeciles.
https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/18182219.confusing...
edit: Forgot the link to this riveting piece of local journalism.
Edited by Greg the Fish on Friday 24th January 11:38
Had a nice one yesterday. I was sat sitting at the front of a queue in some temporary roadworks at a four-way junction, looking at a nice big shiny red light and with at least two cars and a van behind me.
All of a sudden I noticed a couple of lovely gentlemen in a pickup style Ford Transit with a caged rear load bed of the type that might be used for collecting scrap metal (I'm desperately trying not to use a word that begins with 'p' and rhymes with 'likey' here...). The reason I noticed them was that they decided that queueing wasn't for them , so overtook us all and just ploughed straight through the red light.
They didn't get far, though, as the traffic light from the other direction had changed and there was a stream of cars coming towards us, so they did at least tuck in the left hand side road to let them through. This obviously worked until someone wanted to go up that road, so there was lots of shuffling of cars and the van back and forth until everyone was able to head where they wanted, at which point said van took off down the road, while our light was still red.
I checked in my centre console and there are still no rocket launcher or machine gun controls in there, which is something i still need to look into.
All of a sudden I noticed a couple of lovely gentlemen in a pickup style Ford Transit with a caged rear load bed of the type that might be used for collecting scrap metal (I'm desperately trying not to use a word that begins with 'p' and rhymes with 'likey' here...). The reason I noticed them was that they decided that queueing wasn't for them , so overtook us all and just ploughed straight through the red light.
They didn't get far, though, as the traffic light from the other direction had changed and there was a stream of cars coming towards us, so they did at least tuck in the left hand side road to let them through. This obviously worked until someone wanted to go up that road, so there was lots of shuffling of cars and the van back and forth until everyone was able to head where they wanted, at which point said van took off down the road, while our light was still red.
I checked in my centre console and there are still no rocket launcher or machine gun controls in there, which is something i still need to look into.
Deranged Rover said:
Had a nice one yesterday. I was sat sitting at the front of a queue in some temporary roadworks at a four-way junction, looking at a nice big shiny red light and with at least two cars and a van behind me.
All of a sudden I noticed a couple of lovely gentlemen in a pickup style Ford Transit with a caged rear load bed of the type that might be used for collecting scrap metal (I'm desperately trying not to use a word that begins with 'p' and rhymes with 'likey' here...). The reason I noticed them was that they decided that queueing wasn't for them , so overtook us all and just ploughed straight through the red light.
They didn't get far, though, as the traffic light from the other direction had changed and there was a stream of cars coming towards us, so they did at least tuck in the left hand side road to let them through. This obviously worked until someone wanted to go up that road, so there was lots of shuffling of cars and the van back and forth until everyone was able to head where they wanted, at which point said van took off down the road, while our light was still red.
I checked in my centre console and there are still no rocket launcher or machine gun controls in there, which is something i still need to look into.
That church roof wasn't going to remove itself, was it? These were gentlemen in an emergency! All of a sudden I noticed a couple of lovely gentlemen in a pickup style Ford Transit with a caged rear load bed of the type that might be used for collecting scrap metal (I'm desperately trying not to use a word that begins with 'p' and rhymes with 'likey' here...). The reason I noticed them was that they decided that queueing wasn't for them , so overtook us all and just ploughed straight through the red light.
They didn't get far, though, as the traffic light from the other direction had changed and there was a stream of cars coming towards us, so they did at least tuck in the left hand side road to let them through. This obviously worked until someone wanted to go up that road, so there was lots of shuffling of cars and the van back and forth until everyone was able to head where they wanted, at which point said van took off down the road, while our light was still red.
I checked in my centre console and there are still no rocket launcher or machine gun controls in there, which is something i still need to look into.
NapierDeltic said:
I think I spotted a 'knob' lottery winner last week.
Nissan Juke, with token "Baby On Board" sign dangling in the back window. Already a knob move, as I'm not some sort of reckless driver unless I'm notified that your crotch dumplings are on board.
Said Juke was driving in twilight conditions, with the sidelights on. This was the only car I saw on that journey that didn't have headlights on.
Said Juke was also tailgating and articulated lorry on a NSL road, sitting perfectly in the blind spot of the lorry.
Cars like the Juke seem to be marketed at under-confident female drivers. You need the safety and security of an SUV, for when you back it into a bollard or pull out into the path of an oncoming vehicle while replying to your IMs. Honing any tangible driving skills don't factor into it.
Two Jukes in a car park had me thinking "Knob!" the other day. It's a small gravel car park adjacent to some Forestry Commission land. The entry and exit points are width restricted by rather large boulders. I'd got my Mondeo in through them, and there were a couple of small vans in the car park too. But the driver of the first Juke drove up to the entry gap, took one look at it, and reversed back out onto the road, to move around to come in through the other gap. They're not marked as "In" and "Out" but there is a clear consensus among users that you use the nearside of the two gaps when entering and leaving. Anyway, this first Juke is crawling through what I'll refer to as the "Out" gap when the second Juke, which is externally identical to the first, starts up and makes to leave. At first the driver waits for the first one to get into the car park, presumably because they want to use the "correct" gap to exit. But the one coming in is taking so damned long to get it done that the second Juke driver decides to drive out of the gap that the first one wouldn't use to get in. Weirdly, a Nissan Juke fits through BOTH gaps with clear space on both sides. Nissan Juke, with token "Baby On Board" sign dangling in the back window. Already a knob move, as I'm not some sort of reckless driver unless I'm notified that your crotch dumplings are on board.
Said Juke was driving in twilight conditions, with the sidelights on. This was the only car I saw on that journey that didn't have headlights on.
Said Juke was also tailgating and articulated lorry on a NSL road, sitting perfectly in the blind spot of the lorry.
Cars like the Juke seem to be marketed at under-confident female drivers. You need the safety and security of an SUV, for when you back it into a bollard or pull out into the path of an oncoming vehicle while replying to your IMs. Honing any tangible driving skills don't factor into it.
I watched this unedifying spectacle unfold as I stretched and ate a cereal bar after a bike ride in the woods. It seemed to also have been noticed by a couple of young women sat in a Nissan Micra. They were very much amused by what was going on as Darby and Joan tried to get a Nissan Juke into a car park to walk their little Westie in the woods. It probably wouldn't have stuck in my mind so much if it had been two different makes/models of car involved, but the fact that one backed out of going through a gap yet another in an identical vehicle went straight through with ease was what made it more memorable and rather chuckleworthy.
The car park in question... https://www.google.com/maps/@50.790041,-1.8191442,...
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