One single thing that makes you think "knob" Vol 4
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Audi driver a few days ago in the wrong lane on a large roundabout I was in the outside lane, he was inside but wanted to take the exit, all I remember is glancing over to my right after catching something in my eye and seeing the front of a bonnet looming on my O/S, I took evasive action, craning my neck further round to see a large grey Audi with it's left indicator on, the b
d had the nerve to lean on his horn at me, with his wife waving her arms at me.
I guess it is my fault for no jumping out of his way, still can't work out why though!!
d had the nerve to lean on his horn at me, with his wife waving her arms at me.I guess it is my fault for no jumping out of his way, still can't work out why though!!
Pan Pan Pan said:
It has obviously been done several times on here, but I put this up again because it happened to me recently. where I encountered a true master at the art of tailgating.
Not the sort that comes up as absolutely fast as they possibly can, to within inches of the car in front (when the car in front is already doing the posted limit or even above it)
I am not even talking about the sort that does this, when the person in front, is driving something like a Ferrari / Lamborghini or McLaren etc. whilst the tailgater is driving a utter sh*tbox of a shopping trolley, (that the car in front could tow faster, than the sh*tbox could ever go under its own power)
Whenever I see this, it always reminds me of the ridiculous image of a Chihuahua trying to sh*g a Great Dane that I once saw, in a pubs beer garden.
I am talking about the tailgater who comes up behind at a massive closing rate, to within inches of the car in front, which is doing the limit, or a bit over the limit, and then proceeds to sit there, inches from the rear bumper for several miles, when, (and this is really the odd bit) there is a perfectly clear offside lane, that they can signal, move into, and then be off on their way into the distance FFS.
I doubt I could even begin to understand what is going on between their ears. Why FFS would anyone even want to do this?
Nothing going on between the ears. They just get up in the morning, do stuff all day,(without any thought), and go to bed at night. And err...that's it.Not the sort that comes up as absolutely fast as they possibly can, to within inches of the car in front (when the car in front is already doing the posted limit or even above it)
I am not even talking about the sort that does this, when the person in front, is driving something like a Ferrari / Lamborghini or McLaren etc. whilst the tailgater is driving a utter sh*tbox of a shopping trolley, (that the car in front could tow faster, than the sh*tbox could ever go under its own power)
Whenever I see this, it always reminds me of the ridiculous image of a Chihuahua trying to sh*g a Great Dane that I once saw, in a pubs beer garden.
I am talking about the tailgater who comes up behind at a massive closing rate, to within inches of the car in front, which is doing the limit, or a bit over the limit, and then proceeds to sit there, inches from the rear bumper for several miles, when, (and this is really the odd bit) there is a perfectly clear offside lane, that they can signal, move into, and then be off on their way into the distance FFS.
I doubt I could even begin to understand what is going on between their ears. Why FFS would anyone even want to do this?
nonsequitur said:
Pan Pan Pan said:
It has obviously been done several times on here, but I put this up again because it happened to me recently. where I encountered a true master at the art of tailgating.
Not the sort that comes up as absolutely fast as they possibly can, to within inches of the car in front (when the car in front is already doing the posted limit or even above it)
I am not even talking about the sort that does this, when the person in front, is driving something like a Ferrari / Lamborghini or McLaren etc. whilst the tailgater is driving a utter sh*tbox of a shopping trolley, (that the car in front could tow faster, than the sh*tbox could ever go under its own power)
Whenever I see this, it always reminds me of the ridiculous image of a Chihuahua trying to sh*g a Great Dane that I once saw, in a pubs beer garden.
I am talking about the tailgater who comes up behind at a massive closing rate, to within inches of the car in front, which is doing the limit, or a bit over the limit, and then proceeds to sit there, inches from the rear bumper for several miles, when, (and this is really the odd bit) there is a perfectly clear offside lane, that they can signal, move into, and then be off on their way into the distance FFS.
I doubt I could even begin to understand what is going on between their ears. Why FFS would anyone even want to do this?
Nothing going on between the ears. They just get up in the morning, do stuff all day,(without any thought), and go to bed at night. And err...that's it.Not the sort that comes up as absolutely fast as they possibly can, to within inches of the car in front (when the car in front is already doing the posted limit or even above it)
I am not even talking about the sort that does this, when the person in front, is driving something like a Ferrari / Lamborghini or McLaren etc. whilst the tailgater is driving a utter sh*tbox of a shopping trolley, (that the car in front could tow faster, than the sh*tbox could ever go under its own power)
Whenever I see this, it always reminds me of the ridiculous image of a Chihuahua trying to sh*g a Great Dane that I once saw, in a pubs beer garden.
I am talking about the tailgater who comes up behind at a massive closing rate, to within inches of the car in front, which is doing the limit, or a bit over the limit, and then proceeds to sit there, inches from the rear bumper for several miles, when, (and this is really the odd bit) there is a perfectly clear offside lane, that they can signal, move into, and then be off on their way into the distance FFS.
I doubt I could even begin to understand what is going on between their ears. Why FFS would anyone even want to do this?
Its really annoying when you are maintaining a steady speed and partially through an overtake, when they speed up oblivious to everything around them.
But, at some point they will meet another slower car in the middle lanes and you cruise past and can be rid of them.
Hol said:
nonsequitur said:
Pan Pan Pan said:
It has obviously been done several times on here, but I put this up again because it happened to me recently. where I encountered a true master at the art of tailgating.
Not the sort that comes up as absolutely fast as they possibly can, to within inches of the car in front (when the car in front is already doing the posted limit or even above it)
I am not even talking about the sort that does this, when the person in front, is driving something like a Ferrari / Lamborghini or McLaren etc. whilst the tailgater is driving a utter sh*tbox of a shopping trolley, (that the car in front could tow faster, than the sh*tbox could ever go under its own power)
Whenever I see this, it always reminds me of the ridiculous image of a Chihuahua trying to sh*g a Great Dane that I once saw, in a pubs beer garden.
I am talking about the tailgater who comes up behind at a massive closing rate, to within inches of the car in front, which is doing the limit, or a bit over the limit, and then proceeds to sit there, inches from the rear bumper for several miles, when, (and this is really the odd bit) there is a perfectly clear offside lane, that they can signal, move into, and then be off on their way into the distance FFS.
I doubt I could even begin to understand what is going on between their ears. Why FFS would anyone even want to do this?
Nothing going on between the ears. They just get up in the morning, do stuff all day,(without any thought), and go to bed at night. And err...that's it.Not the sort that comes up as absolutely fast as they possibly can, to within inches of the car in front (when the car in front is already doing the posted limit or even above it)
I am not even talking about the sort that does this, when the person in front, is driving something like a Ferrari / Lamborghini or McLaren etc. whilst the tailgater is driving a utter sh*tbox of a shopping trolley, (that the car in front could tow faster, than the sh*tbox could ever go under its own power)
Whenever I see this, it always reminds me of the ridiculous image of a Chihuahua trying to sh*g a Great Dane that I once saw, in a pubs beer garden.
I am talking about the tailgater who comes up behind at a massive closing rate, to within inches of the car in front, which is doing the limit, or a bit over the limit, and then proceeds to sit there, inches from the rear bumper for several miles, when, (and this is really the odd bit) there is a perfectly clear offside lane, that they can signal, move into, and then be off on their way into the distance FFS.
I doubt I could even begin to understand what is going on between their ears. Why FFS would anyone even want to do this?
Its really annoying when you are maintaining a steady speed and partially through an overtake, when they speed up oblivious to everything around them.
But, at some point they will meet another slower car in the middle lanes and you cruise past and can be rid of them.
On a longish trip recently I tried to stay moving at, at least the NSL in the centre lane but quite a few drivers there, were doing the same as my friend around 55-60 mph, I was in, and out of the centre lane from the offside like a fiddlers elbow.
Is it that some drivers just don't have the ability to maintain a steady NSL on a motorway, or they that they actually believe it is OK to do 55 to 60 there, even when the cars around them are (trying) to travel at the NSL?
Chance encounter the other day. An idiot in a Corsa driving on the wrong side of the road. I had to stop to avoid him/her/it and he/she/whatever looked me gormlessly, noticed the camera, mouthed words I couldn't quite lip read as he/she/it was already past. I carried on as normal to work. About five minutes later there was a knock at the office door. It was the twunt from the Corsa demanding the video from my camera be deleted "of else". I pointed to the CCTV camera over my shoulder and asked "or else what?"
He/she/it made some Barbary Ape noises and left.
I hadn't given it a second thought and hadn't saved the clip but I have had to now in case anything happens to my car or I as proof of premeditaion. I've also had to let my employers know in case anything happens on site.
On all UK roads. Unless you are overtaking or passing an obstruction, KEEP LEFT.
He/she/it made some Barbary Ape noises and left.
I hadn't given it a second thought and hadn't saved the clip but I have had to now in case anything happens to my car or I as proof of premeditaion. I've also had to let my employers know in case anything happens on site.
On all UK roads. Unless you are overtaking or passing an obstruction, KEEP LEFT.
Liquid Knight said:
Chance encounter the other day. An idiot in a Corsa driving on the wrong side of the road. I had to stop to avoid him/her/it and he/she/whatever looked me gormlessly, noticed the camera, mouthed words I couldn't quite lip read as he/she/it was already past. I carried on as normal to work. About five minutes later there was a knock at the office door. It was the twunt from the Corsa demanding the video from my camera be deleted "of else". I pointed to the CCTV camera over my shoulder and asked "or else what?"
He/she/it made some Barbary Ape noises and left.
I hadn't given it a second thought and hadn't saved the clip but I have had to now in case anything happens to my car or I as proof of premeditaion. I've also had to let my employers know in case anything happens on site.
On all UK roads. Unless you are overtaking or passing an obstruction, KEEP LEFT.
How did he/she/it, track you down.?He/she/it made some Barbary Ape noises and left.
I hadn't given it a second thought and hadn't saved the clip but I have had to now in case anything happens to my car or I as proof of premeditaion. I've also had to let my employers know in case anything happens on site.
On all UK roads. Unless you are overtaking or passing an obstruction, KEEP LEFT.
nonsequitur said:
Liquid Knight said:
Chance encounter the other day. An idiot in a Corsa driving on the wrong side of the road. I had to stop to avoid him/her/it and he/she/whatever looked me gormlessly, noticed the camera, mouthed words I couldn't quite lip read as he/she/it was already past. I carried on as normal to work. About five minutes later there was a knock at the office door. It was the twunt from the Corsa demanding the video from my camera be deleted "of else". I pointed to the CCTV camera over my shoulder and asked "or else what?"
He/she/it made some Barbary Ape noises and left.
I hadn't given it a second thought and hadn't saved the clip but I have had to now in case anything happens to my car or I as proof of premeditaion. I've also had to let my employers know in case anything happens on site.
On all UK roads. Unless you are overtaking or passing an obstruction, KEEP LEFT.
How did he/she/it, track you down.?He/she/it made some Barbary Ape noises and left.
I hadn't given it a second thought and hadn't saved the clip but I have had to now in case anything happens to my car or I as proof of premeditaion. I've also had to let my employers know in case anything happens on site.
On all UK roads. Unless you are overtaking or passing an obstruction, KEEP LEFT.
Mind you it would be a tad embarrassing if it was a female
Monkeylegend said:
nonsequitur said:
Liquid Knight said:
Chance encounter the other day. An idiot in a Corsa driving on the wrong side of the road. I had to stop to avoid him/her/it and he/she/whatever looked me gormlessly, noticed the camera, mouthed words I couldn't quite lip read as he/she/it was already past. I carried on as normal to work. About five minutes later there was a knock at the office door. It was the twunt from the Corsa demanding the video from my camera be deleted "of else". I pointed to the CCTV camera over my shoulder and asked "or else what?"
He/she/it made some Barbary Ape noises and left.
I hadn't given it a second thought and hadn't saved the clip but I have had to now in case anything happens to my car or I as proof of premeditaion. I've also had to let my employers know in case anything happens on site.
On all UK roads. Unless you are overtaking or passing an obstruction, KEEP LEFT.
How did he/she/it, track you down.?He/she/it made some Barbary Ape noises and left.
I hadn't given it a second thought and hadn't saved the clip but I have had to now in case anything happens to my car or I as proof of premeditaion. I've also had to let my employers know in case anything happens on site.
On all UK roads. Unless you are overtaking or passing an obstruction, KEEP LEFT.
Mind you it would be a tad embarrassing if it was a female
Magnum 475 said:
After any incident like this, check your rear view mirror. You'll notice if they're following you and planning to cause trouble. As we don't live in the USA, shooting them isn't an option. You can however head towards the nearest police station....
...only find it closed/unmanned and leaving you in a deserted car park..?? 
nonsequitur said:
How did he/she/it, track you down.?
The "He/She/It" question. They own/drive(almost) a Corsa so fk knows. It's not a very big industrial estate, I have quite a rare car and it was Saturday morning so hardly anyone else about.
Word back from my employers. They have reviewed the CCTV, reported it to the Police and given me an incident number to use if anything happens.
I don't think I have ever pointed at a camera and shouted "CAMERA!" my voice isn't nasal enough for that. I had both hands on my steering wheel ready to operate the horn.
nonsequitur said:
Solocle said:
Apparently Wiltshire Police aren't accepting footage... 
The long arm of the law.Just got a call from them...
Although their traffic department is too inundated to deal with footage-only prosecutions, I was able to identify the chap behind the offending vehicle (who overtook beautifully, but was a independent tradesman with his name and contact details on his van!)
As such, he corroborated my account of events, and some form of prosecution for careless driving is being persued.
Just heard on the BBC news that the leader of the union that represents London’s minicab drivers, (maybe Unite, but I don’t know), says that the decision by Sadiq Khan to make his members pay the Congestion Charge, but still exempt Black Cab drivers, is bordering on discrimination, (presumably racial), as 94% of London’s minicab drivers are of an ethic minority.
This makes their union leader a knob IMO, it sounds like he’s jumping on a BLM type bandwagon.
This makes their union leader a knob IMO, it sounds like he’s jumping on a BLM type bandwagon.
Frank7 said:
Just heard on the BBC news that the leader of the union that represents London’s minicab drivers, (maybe Unite, but I don’t know), says that the decision by Sadiq Khan to make his members pay the Congestion Charge, but still exempt Black Cab drivers, is bordering on discrimination, (presumably racial), as 94% of London’s minicab drivers are of an ethic minority.
This makes their union leader a knob IMO, it sounds like he’s jumping on a BLM type bandwagon.
(Race aside) Do you think it’s fair to hit minicab drivers but not the (massively overpriced) black cab drivers?This makes their union leader a knob IMO, it sounds like he’s jumping on a BLM type bandwagon.
Liquid Knight said:
Chance encounter the other day. An idiot in a Corsa driving on the wrong side of the road. I had to stop to avoid him/her/it and he/she/whatever looked me gormlessly, noticed the camera, mouthed words I couldn't quite lip read as he/she/it was already past. I carried on as normal to work. About five minutes later there was a knock at the office door. It was the twunt from the Corsa demanding the video from my camera be deleted "of else". I pointed to the CCTV camera over my shoulder and asked "or else what?"
He/she/it made some Barbary Ape noises and left.
I hadn't given it a second thought and hadn't saved the clip but I have had to now in case anything happens to my car or I as proof of premeditaion. I've also had to let my employers know in case anything happens on site.
On all UK roads. Unless you are overtaking or passing an obstruction, KEEP LEFT.
Something similar years ago. Was driving down a road. I had priority. And a car pulled out from my left to go towards me, but did such a sHe/she/it made some Barbary Ape noises and left.
I hadn't given it a second thought and hadn't saved the clip but I have had to now in case anything happens to my car or I as proof of premeditaion. I've also had to let my employers know in case anything happens on site.
On all UK roads. Unless you are overtaking or passing an obstruction, KEEP LEFT.
t job of it they ended up on my side of the road! Gave the woman driving a "what the fk hands up" gesture. Stopped. She glared at me and drove back to the right side of the road. I thought no more about it. I lived round the corner. So carried on. As I was getting out of my car some utter
in a RAC uniform appears in my garden. With hindsight, he must have been behind her at the junction and had then followed me."you upset my wife"
"err what?"
"at that junction, you called her a w
ker" (odd choice of insult to a woman, but there you go)"err no, she was on the wrong side of the road"
At this point poor innocent wifey appears behind her sack of s
t partner"You need to apologise to her"
"You do know what a give way road marking means?"
"I don't give a f
k, you need to apologise to her!" (he's starting to simmer and fists are now clenched)I'm thinking what's the point.
"Oh, OK then I'm sorry she was upset"
"Good! Now f
k you, you " And off he stomps.
Did watch him to the end of the road, then legged it up and got the reg of the RAC van and a partial of her Nissan Micra. Contemplated reporting it to the RAC, but knew this was the kind of d
head would have come back and damaged my car. Plus there was no proof of anything. Long before dashcams were a thingI sincerely hope he was killed in some horrible way
I will NEVER EVER spend ANY of my money with the RAC, forever. It won't harm them, but its my stand against any company that happily employs f
ktards.markyb_lcy said:
Frank7 said:
Just heard on the BBC news that the leader of the union that represents London’s minicab drivers, (maybe Unite, but I don’t know), says that the decision by Sadiq Khan to make his members pay the Congestion Charge, but still exempt Black Cab drivers, is bordering on discrimination, (presumably racial), as 94% of London’s minicab drivers are of an ethic minority.
This makes their union leader a knob IMO, it sounds like he’s jumping on a BLM type bandwagon.
(Race aside) Do you think it’s fair to hit minicab drivers but not the (massively overpriced) black cab drivers?This makes their union leader a knob IMO, it sounds like he’s jumping on a BLM type bandwagon.
Second of all, minicabs are used by their drivers as the family car as well as a tool to earn a living, so should TFL work out a scheme where they’re exempt with a genuine passenger on board, but not when they’re taking the kids to school, or picking a relative up from the station?
Black Cab drivers may take their kids to school too, but 99% of the time they are carrying a fare or looking for one.
Sure, I drove a Black Cab for thirty years, I’m bound to lean their way, but I still think that it’s total BS to claim racial discrimination because most minicab drivers are of an ethic minority.
In 2018 there were 114,000 licenced minicab drivers, including 45,000 Uber drivers, there are maybe 21,000 licenced Black Cabs, so I’d guess that the 114,000 are taking up most of the road space, why not charge them the CC, and leave the iconic Black Cabs, first licenced by Oliver Cromwell in 1654 alone?
Hol said:
I can confess to tracking down and knocking on the door of someone who upset my wife once.
In her case, he objected to her safely entering a roundabout before him and showed his lack of manhood by forcing her car off the road and banging on the windows in the process scaring one of my pre teen sons and his two school friends in the back seat.
Sometimes it has to be done. My act of White Knighthood took place in a popular mouse-themed amusement park in Florida... a thankfully unusual but unpleasant experience involving a cast member plunging a real, actual knife into someone not six feet away from us led to Mrs D and me being sat down in an office in an admin building, and the park rep (who had been fully-appraised of events) mocked Mrs D for being overly-sensitive (to a stabbing), which pushed her usually stoic self over the edge and she burst into tears. I looked over at her tearful face and was suddenly filled with an incandescent rage that someone had hurt my girl... I experienced that sort of out-of-body feeling where I wasn't in control and honestly thought I was going to thump him but oddly my reptilian hindbrain elected to give him the tongue lashing of a lifetime. I don't recall what I said, but after I finished telling him off he turned and apologised to her. In her case, he objected to her safely entering a roundabout before him and showed his lack of manhood by forcing her car off the road and banging on the windows in the process scaring one of my pre teen sons and his two school friends in the back seat.
Also he gave us free fast passes for the rest of our stay. Win.
Frank7 said:
markyb_lcy said:
Frank7 said:
Just heard on the BBC news that the leader of the union that represents London’s minicab drivers, (maybe Unite, but I don’t know), says that the decision by Sadiq Khan to make his members pay the Congestion Charge, but still exempt Black Cab drivers, is bordering on discrimination, (presumably racial), as 94% of London’s minicab drivers are of an ethic minority.
This makes their union leader a knob IMO, it sounds like he’s jumping on a BLM type bandwagon.
(Race aside) Do you think it’s fair to hit minicab drivers but not the (massively overpriced) black cab drivers?This makes their union leader a knob IMO, it sounds like he’s jumping on a BLM type bandwagon.
Second of all, minicabs are used by their drivers as the family car as well as a tool to earn a living, so should TFL work out a scheme where they’re exempt with a genuine passenger on board, but not when they’re taking the kids to school, or picking a relative up from the station?
Black Cab drivers may take their kids to school too, but 99% of the time they are carrying a fare or looking for one.
Sure, I drove a Black Cab for thirty years, I’m bound to lean their way, but I still think that it’s total BS to claim racial discrimination because most minicab drivers are of an ethic minority.
In 2018 there were 114,000 licenced minicab drivers, including 45,000 Uber drivers, there are maybe 21,000 licenced Black Cabs, so I’d guess that the 114,000 are taking up most of the road space, why not charge them the CC, and leave the iconic Black Cabs, first licenced by Oliver Cromwell in 1654 alone?
So your argument is because black cabs are "iconic" and are in the minority vs other types of taxi, that they should be immune from the CC?
Personally I think it would be more "fair" to either charge all or charge none.
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