One single thing that makes you think "knob" Vol 4
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Blown2CV said:
Graveworm said:
Blown2CV said:
go on you're going to have to explain this one... are you saying the driver should have predicted there would be more than one or something?
"Where there is one their may be more" is a commentary cliche, but still not a bad mantra. Throbbers at the gym who park on the access road right outside the door as they are too special to park in a bay, like the plank with a registration of "LOUUUUDDD" on a C63 Coupe, they have handed it over to a private firm to police it.
Think the plate used to be on a Lambo and remember it driving round a retail park revving, like nobody noticed the shouty low supercar ? why not make a flyer of how awesome and special you believe you are and hand them out as well, few bullet points, nice photo ?
Think the plate used to be on a Lambo and remember it driving round a retail park revving, like nobody noticed the shouty low supercar ? why not make a flyer of how awesome and special you believe you are and hand them out as well, few bullet points, nice photo ?
J4CKO said:
Throbbers at the gym who park on the access road right outside the door as they are too special to park in a bay, like the plank with a registration of "LOUUUUDDD" on a C63 Coupe, they have handed it over to a private firm to police it.
Ah great, so they’ll be on a Facebook group soon asking “do I need 2 pay dis bruv?”Three different species of deer are living in the woods near my house, in quite large numbers. The woods are on both sides of the road, and the deer cross the road in several places. I know that they're around, so I'm always on the look out for them. Anyone not aware probably wouldn't think about it. I generally make 3 or 4 phone calls a year to the council to collect the dead ones which have been hit by cars driven by those people.
I'm currently trying to persuade the council to put up deer warning signs in the hope that it will cut the carnage. Having read some of the posts on here I wonder if I'm wasting my time........
Seriously - if you see a deer warning road sign then stay alert. They only put them up when the area is knee deep in deer. Deer don't read the Highway Code either. If you see one deer then slow the hell down and expect more to follow - unless you fancy the idea of 80 Kg of fallow deer joining you in the front seat at 60 mph.
This has been a public service message on behalf of people who don’t wear checked shirts, and don't live in the country.
I'm currently trying to persuade the council to put up deer warning signs in the hope that it will cut the carnage. Having read some of the posts on here I wonder if I'm wasting my time........
Seriously - if you see a deer warning road sign then stay alert. They only put them up when the area is knee deep in deer. Deer don't read the Highway Code either. If you see one deer then slow the hell down and expect more to follow - unless you fancy the idea of 80 Kg of fallow deer joining you in the front seat at 60 mph.
This has been a public service message on behalf of people who don’t wear checked shirts, and don't live in the country.
Edited by Mort7 on Tuesday 3rd March 21:46
Van driver today at the top of Carbery Avenue, Bournemouth. He's the second of two cars waiting to turn right into Southbourne Grove, I'm behind him wanting to turn left. And if he'd not left four feet of empty space on his right, there'd have been plenty of space on his left for me to get through and to make a safe left turn.
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kspangles who make turns from the centre of the lane at a Give Way line, preventing others from turning in the other direction? Knobs! Just pick a side, people. Preferably the same side as the direction in which you intend to turn. And leave the other side of the junction clear for those not following you. Seems a simple enough concept, really...
And drivers who get all bent out of shape when the cyclist ahead of them looks, looks again, signals, looks again for a final check, then moves over to the right to make a right turn. No, it's not your right to pass the cyclist on their offside as they prepare to turn right. You get to wait all of a second, maybe two, and then pass on their nearside as they make the turn, just like you would do another car or a motorcycle. And the signal? I'm not asking your permission to turn, you ignorant fking shaved ape. I'm TELLING you where and when I intend to turn. Dribbling spunktrumpets in Transit vans? Knobs!
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kspangles who make turns from the centre of the lane at a Give Way line, preventing others from turning in the other direction? Knobs! Just pick a side, people. Preferably the same side as the direction in which you intend to turn. And leave the other side of the junction clear for those not following you. Seems a simple enough concept, really...And drivers who get all bent out of shape when the cyclist ahead of them looks, looks again, signals, looks again for a final check, then moves over to the right to make a right turn. No, it's not your right to pass the cyclist on their offside as they prepare to turn right. You get to wait all of a second, maybe two, and then pass on their nearside as they make the turn, just like you would do another car or a motorcycle. And the signal? I'm not asking your permission to turn, you ignorant f
king shaved ape. I'm TELLING you where and when I intend to turn. Dribbling spunktrumpets in Transit vans? Knobs!Mort7 said:
I'm currently trying to persuade the council to put up deer warning signs in the hope that it will cut the carnage. Having read some of the posts on here I wonder if I'm wasting my time........
You are wasting your time. Research has already shown that deer don’t read the signs.Edited by Mort7 on Tuesday 3rd March 21:46
AstonZagato said:
I was driving back late on Sunday night. I saw nine deer on the verges of my road over just five miles. Eight were in pairs (three pairs of muntjac and one of roe). Only one singleton (at the end of my drive). If you see one, assume there is another close behind.
ah well you know what they always say "eight pairs of muntjac, of which only one is female, over a period of just five miles, potential road hazard coming up at some point". I mean it's a really old phrase but so accurate. 
Its always one of my biggest fears driving early morning down to Goodwood, They do serious damage to a car!Noticed a chap dressed in some black uniform, taking photos of a badly parked 16 plate white Mercedes CLA or similar, in our local highstreet. Didn't think too much of it, when I walked back a few minutes later he was gone, however a tarted up woman in boots with a face like a scalded cat was busy trying to peel a rather large "UNTAXED VEHICLE" sticker off the windscreen. I caught a glimpse of her face as she went to get in the drivers seat, she was not a happy bunny 
A few minutes later I'm driving past, she's still there as the chap in the DVLA van is pulling away, her fancy white Mercedes adorned with a lovely bright yellow wheel clamp.
A quick check using one of those online tools suggests it hasn't been taxed since August, so I reckon she's a knob for not paying her VED when the rest of us have to.
A few minutes later I'm driving past, she's still there as the chap in the DVLA van is pulling away, her fancy white Mercedes adorned with a lovely bright yellow wheel clamp.
A quick check using one of those online tools suggests it hasn't been taxed since August, so I reckon she's a knob for not paying her VED when the rest of us have to.
As many of us will be aware, the weather in the UK has been a tad wet, cold, and nasty for the last few weeks,
Yet even given how many people in the UK, don't really care about cars and driving I am still oddly amazed at how many people choose to drive in such conditions of extremely poor visibility with no lights on, often because it is daytime, and not night.
Ironically they seem to be people in silver, grey, or dark coloured cars, (very often of the mouse motor type) which blend into dark, misty road conditions, only appearing to oncoming drivers out of the murk, at the last second.
They probably don't realize that in such conditions they are not using their lights so much for what the lights are able to reveal, but more to make their vehicle visible to other road users around them as soon as possible.
Just an observation, since is probably unlikely they will move away from their night time switch lights on / day time switch lights off (regardless of conditions) mode, which is all they understand about the matter of using the lights on their vehicles.
Yet even given how many people in the UK, don't really care about cars and driving I am still oddly amazed at how many people choose to drive in such conditions of extremely poor visibility with no lights on, often because it is daytime, and not night.
Ironically they seem to be people in silver, grey, or dark coloured cars, (very often of the mouse motor type) which blend into dark, misty road conditions, only appearing to oncoming drivers out of the murk, at the last second.
They probably don't realize that in such conditions they are not using their lights so much for what the lights are able to reveal, but more to make their vehicle visible to other road users around them as soon as possible.
Just an observation, since is probably unlikely they will move away from their night time switch lights on / day time switch lights off (regardless of conditions) mode, which is all they understand about the matter of using the lights on their vehicles.
Pan Pan Pan said:
As many of us will be aware, the weather in the UK has been a tad wet, cold, and nasty for the last few weeks,
Yet even given how many people in the UK, don't really care about cars and driving I am still oddly amazed at how many people choose to drive in such conditions of extremely poor visibility with no lights on, often because it is daytime, and not night.
Ironically they seem to be people in silver, grey, or dark coloured cars, (very often of the mouse motor type) which blend into dark, misty road conditions, only appearing to oncoming drivers out of the murk, at the last second.
They probably don't realize that in such conditions they are not using their lights so much for what the lights are able to reveal, but more to make their vehicle visible to other road users around them as soon as possible.
Just an observation, since is probably unlikely they will move away from their night time switch lights on / day time switch lights off (regardless of conditions) mode, which is all they understand about the matter of using the lights on their vehicles.
They'll be the same variety of ignorant fool that rides a bicycle in conditions of poor visibility (or at night, even) without lights on the basis that "it's OK - I can see where I'm going just fine, thanks". They are Muppet with no consideration for those around them, nor really any concern for their own safety. Yet even given how many people in the UK, don't really care about cars and driving I am still oddly amazed at how many people choose to drive in such conditions of extremely poor visibility with no lights on, often because it is daytime, and not night.
Ironically they seem to be people in silver, grey, or dark coloured cars, (very often of the mouse motor type) which blend into dark, misty road conditions, only appearing to oncoming drivers out of the murk, at the last second.
They probably don't realize that in such conditions they are not using their lights so much for what the lights are able to reveal, but more to make their vehicle visible to other road users around them as soon as possible.
Just an observation, since is probably unlikely they will move away from their night time switch lights on / day time switch lights off (regardless of conditions) mode, which is all they understand about the matter of using the lights on their vehicles.
The no-lights cyclists piss me off even more than the drivers though. Especially the ones that resort to abuse when you (as another cyclist) point out that they are difficult to see and are making life more dangerous for themselves than it needs to be. And not content with that, they also tar other cyclists with the same brush, and royally p
s off motorists, making life less pleasant for everyone on the roads. I usually ride with three rear lights, and a front light, even if I don't plan on riding in the dark. Reason? I might change my plan and stay out, perhaps for 5 or 6 hours after sunset, so I'll need 2 x three hour lights, plus a back-up light in case one of the main ones isn't fully charged or breaks. I often use lights, rears especially, out on daytime rural rides. You spend a lot of time moving in and out of the shade from trees, and having a bright flashing daytime rear light can only help. Flashing/bright for daytime, less bright and 'solid' light at night.
It's absolute madness to have lights available but then to not use them as a safety device when conditions call for it. Inconsiderate wretches! As for your comment about the culprits usually driving small, low cc, silver/grey cars? Case in point yesterday, heavy rain, very gloomy, and the only car I noticed running without lights was a dark silver Fiesta, blending into the background through the rain and road spray.
Blown2CV said:
ah well you know what they always say "eight pairs of muntjac, of which only one is female, over a period of just five miles, potential road hazard coming up at some point". I mean it's a really old phrase but so accurate.
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