One single thing that makes you think "knob" Vol 4
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""it got a bit bumpy for a while. I swerved to avoid an octopus" and "it is pretty bad out there having to dodge all that whitebait".
from here,
"Driver who swerved to avoid octopus was on drugs" No s**t sherlock!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-484427...
from here,
"Driver who swerved to avoid octopus was on drugs" No s**t sherlock!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-484427...
Greg the Fish said:
""it got a bit bumpy for a while. I swerved to avoid an octopus" and "it is pretty bad out there having to dodge all that whitebait".
from here,
"Driver who swerved to avoid octopus was on drugs" No s**t sherlock!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-484427...
I do love a good username to post content correlation. from here,
"Driver who swerved to avoid octopus was on drugs" No s**t sherlock!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-484427...
j_4m said:
Greg the Fish said:
Car-Matt said:
I believe he has a turbot charged motorpike and side carp in his garage too....
No, just a Corvette Stingray and a Plymouth Barracuda.Must be the sunshine, my commute only takes 30mins but:
- Some Aygo who was wandering around the road, braking for every oncoming car, satnav right in their eyeline.
- New transit with go-faster stripes who was tailgaiting and coming over the white centre lines into my lane because the car in front of them had the audacity to do 30mph in a 30mph
- 1st prize goes to the poverty Golf who was inches from the back of a Mercedes (possibly because they didn't accelerate quick enough) who then decided to overtake causing the Fiat coming the other way to dive into the undergrowth. The overtake would've been very close if they had a vaguely decent engine, instead it crept past the Merc.
knobs like the above are why there are more and more restrictions on driving...
s the lot of them.
- Some Aygo who was wandering around the road, braking for every oncoming car, satnav right in their eyeline.
- New transit with go-faster stripes who was tailgaiting and coming over the white centre lines into my lane because the car in front of them had the audacity to do 30mph in a 30mph
- 1st prize goes to the poverty Golf who was inches from the back of a Mercedes (possibly because they didn't accelerate quick enough) who then decided to overtake causing the Fiat coming the other way to dive into the undergrowth. The overtake would've been very close if they had a vaguely decent engine, instead it crept past the Merc.
knobs like the above are why there are more and more restrictions on driving...
s the lot of them. WarrenB said:
j_4m said:
Greg the Fish said:
Car-Matt said:
I believe he has a turbot charged motorpike and side carp in his garage too....
No, just a Corvette Stingray and a Plymouth Barracuda.People who immediately go from the slip road to the outside lane and overtake you, rather than hanging back and doing it in 2 maneuvers. Normally without using their indicators.
Always reminds me of a nasty video where a car changes 2 lanes at once, then smashes into the back of a queue of standing traffic at motorway/highway speeds. The queue was hidden by the cars it was trying to overtake.
The other knob thing is people who get road raged. Youtube is full of bikers and car drivers going out of their way to cause hassle. Quite often it's someone who's just made a simple mistake, and the camera vehicle has intentionally tried to make a big thing of it rather than chilling and compensating for the mistake.
Last one is people who straight line roundabouts in the wrong conditions (e.g. a car using the other lane).
Always reminds me of a nasty video where a car changes 2 lanes at once, then smashes into the back of a queue of standing traffic at motorway/highway speeds. The queue was hidden by the cars it was trying to overtake.
The other knob thing is people who get road raged. Youtube is full of bikers and car drivers going out of their way to cause hassle. Quite often it's someone who's just made a simple mistake, and the camera vehicle has intentionally tried to make a big thing of it rather than chilling and compensating for the mistake.
Last one is people who straight line roundabouts in the wrong conditions (e.g. a car using the other lane).
Edited by bluezedd on Thursday 30th May 11:49
bluezedd said:
People who immediately go from the slip road to the outside lane and overtake you, rather than hanging back and doing it in 2 maneuvers. Normally without using their indicators.
Always reminds me of a nasty video where a car changes 2 lanes at once, then smashes into the back of a queue of standing traffic at motorway/highway speeds.
Had a similar one the other day, tailgated me up the slip (I was stuck behind another car doing 30 Always reminds me of a nasty video where a car changes 2 lanes at once, then smashes into the back of a queue of standing traffic at motorway/highway speeds.
) then straight to lane 2 to overtake. Only to then sit there like a chump as I accelerated off. Was still in lane 2 having overtaken nothing when I turned off.Last one is people who straight line roundabouts in the wrong conditions (e.g. a car using the other lane).
This is a pet peeve of mine. It's either lazy and feckless or a complete lack of awareness. However I'm increasingly starting to think it's a combination of the two (similar attitude to people sauntering out of side roads right in front of you and accelerating at a glacial pace). Are these types thinking "s'alright they'll perform an emergency stop or swerve to avoid me"? Or are they just utter gibbons?
I've lost count of the number of times I've been fully alongside another car and they've proceeded to straight line it requiring me to take avoiding action. When something that dangerous happens I pip the horn just to make them aware that they are indeed driving a car and that other humans exist around them (not a full on DCW style 5 minute blast screaming 'CAMRUH!!!'), so that they maybe realise what they just did. The regularity of the filthy looks you get in response baffles /amuses me but above all makes me die a little inside. HOW CAN THEY POSSIBLY THINK THEY'RE IN THE RIGHT IN THESE SITUATIONS?!!! Kn#bs.
The instances of being partly alongside another car or indeed very close and it happening are even more common (daily rather than twice weekly). Obviously one drives defensively, assuming kn0bbishness will occur, so an accident can never happen. I can only hope that every one of these straightliners one day meets a DCW who is only too happy to continue piling into the disappearing gap to ensure they crash. I doubt even that would make them think and modify their behaviour though
Edited by bluezedd on Thursday 30th May 11:49
[/quotThis is a pet peeve of mine. It's either lazy and feckless or a complete lack of awareness. However I'm increasingly starting to think it's a combination of the two (similar attitude to people sauntering out of side roads right in front of you and accelerating at a glacial pace). Are these types thinking "s'alright they'll perform an emergency stop or swerve to avoid me"? Or are they just utter gibbons?
I've lost count of the number of times I've been fully alongside another car and they've proceeded to straight line it requiring me to take avoiding action. When something that dangerous happens I pip the horn just to make them aware that they are indeed driving a car and that other humans exist around them (not a full on DCW style 5 minute blast screaming 'CAMRUH!!!'), so that they maybe realise what they just did. The regularity of the filthy looks you get in response baffles /amuses me but above all makes me die a little inside. HOW CAN THEY POSSIBLY THINK THEY'RE IN THE RIGHT IN THESE SITUATIONS?!!! Kn#bs.
The instances of being partly alongside another car or indeed very close and it happening are even more common (daily rather than twice weekly). Obviously one drives defensively, assuming kn0bbishness will occur, so an accident can never happen. I can only hope that every one of these straightliners one day meets a DCW who is only too happy to continue piling into the disappearing gap to ensure they crash. I doubt even that would make them think and modify their behaviour though
Edited by DeltaTango on Thursday 30th May 12:41
DeltaTango said:
Last one is people who straight line roundabouts in the wrong conditions (e.g. a car using the other lane).
This is a pet peeve of mine. It's either lazy and feckless or a complete lack of awareness. However I'm increasingly starting to think it's a combination of the two (similar attitude to people sauntering out of side roads right in front of you and accelerating at a glacial pace). Are these types thinking "s'alright they'll perform an emergency stop or swerve to avoid me"? Or are they just utter gibbons?
I've lost count of the number of times I've been fully alongside another car and they've proceeded to straight line it requiring me to take avoiding action. When something that dangerous happens I pip the horn just to make them aware that they are indeed driving a car and that other humans exist around them (not a full on DCW style 5 minute blast screaming 'CAMRUH!!!'), so that they maybe realise what they just did. The regularity of the filthy looks you get in response baffles /amuses me but above all makes me die a little inside. HOW CAN THEY POSSIBLY THINK THEY'RE IN THE RIGHT IN THESE SITUATIONS?!!! Kn#bs.
The instances of being partly alongside another car or indeed very close and it happening are even more common (daily rather than twice weekly). Obviously one drives defensively, assuming kn0bbishness will occur, so an accident can never happen. I can only hope that every one of these straightliners one day meets a DCW who is only too happy to continue piling into the disappearing gap to ensure they crash. I doubt even that would make them think and modify their behaviour though
Living in Milton Keynes you develop a sixth sense for these things. Even if you are both stopped at the roundabout waiting for a space to pull out, they still straightline it and give you abuse if you beep the horn when they cut you up.Edited by bluezedd on Thursday 30th May 11:49
[/quotThis is a pet peeve of mine. It's either lazy and feckless or a complete lack of awareness. However I'm increasingly starting to think it's a combination of the two (similar attitude to people sauntering out of side roads right in front of you and accelerating at a glacial pace). Are these types thinking "s'alright they'll perform an emergency stop or swerve to avoid me"? Or are they just utter gibbons?
I've lost count of the number of times I've been fully alongside another car and they've proceeded to straight line it requiring me to take avoiding action. When something that dangerous happens I pip the horn just to make them aware that they are indeed driving a car and that other humans exist around them (not a full on DCW style 5 minute blast screaming 'CAMRUH!!!'), so that they maybe realise what they just did. The regularity of the filthy looks you get in response baffles /amuses me but above all makes me die a little inside. HOW CAN THEY POSSIBLY THINK THEY'RE IN THE RIGHT IN THESE SITUATIONS?!!! Kn#bs.
The instances of being partly alongside another car or indeed very close and it happening are even more common (daily rather than twice weekly). Obviously one drives defensively, assuming kn0bbishness will occur, so an accident can never happen. I can only hope that every one of these straightliners one day meets a DCW who is only too happy to continue piling into the disappearing gap to ensure they crash. I doubt even that would make them think and modify their behaviour though
Edited by DeltaTango on Thursday 30th May 12:41
It seems to be all types of people, old, rep man in the company car he doesn't care about and the young who think that all roads belong to them
The bell end in a st old Astra on who drove through a red light on Cromwell Road in Salford and nearly t-boned me and my son as we were coming home from Oulton Park. I hate Salford, driving in it is like some wild West scenario. Saying that, the place has no problems that napalm couldn't easily cure.
t old Astra on who drove through a red light on Cromwell Road in Salford and nearly t-boned me and my son as we were coming home from Oulton Park. I hate Salford, driving in it is like some wild West scenario. Saying that, the place has no problems that napalm couldn't easily cure.bluezedd said:
Last one is people who straight line roundabouts in the wrong conditions (e.g. a car using the other lane).
I had someone do this to me when I was driving home in a courtesy car many years ago. The road was a dual carriageway with two lanes on both sides of the roundabout. I was in the right hand lane, muppet was in the left. A gap appeared and we both set off, then muppet decided to straight line hitting the side of the courtesy car as I had nowhere to go. We stopped and muppet came out with "don't be silly, there aren't any lanes around roundabouts". Took some time but eventually the muppets insurance admitted that the idiot was at fault.Edited by bluezedd on Thursday 30th May 11:49
Most recently, it's the people who think "Keep left unless you're overtaking" magically stops when you enter an average speed zone. If it's heavy traffic and slow, fine. If you're over taking a stream of cars, fine. If there's a 1/4 mile gap and you're doing 46 in a 50, please move over!
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