One single thing that makes you think "knob" Vol 5
Discussion
Muddle238 said:
Blown2CV said:
on the flip side it is fairly annoying when joining a motorway and the cars positioned in the wrong lanes, spaced incorrectly, going too slow etc all conspire to massively hinder progress. Same when leaving the motorway.
I agree. But when a motorway is so heavily congested that it's nose-to-tail at speeds fluctuating between 5 and 30mph, there's not a great deal of progress to be made. Diving into gaps that aren't there risk causing accidents, which frequently happen and then cause even worse delays for everyone. 
t mentioned above who has to force their way in to a gap that doesn't exist because of the L1 weird behaviour in other road users. I do often find that the most angry, fist-waving drivers are the ones who actually don't understand the roads or driving task at all. They're the ones who always get their noses cut off or people tailgating them, and they always think everyone else driving is a nutter without really considering how they have frustrated other people into doing less safe driving than they normally would. Or of course they might view someone else making a perfectly safe manoeuvre that they view as 'crazy' just because they would never have done it themselves.
swisstoni said:
I’ve been doing quite a bit of suburban London driving recently.
And I’ve been struck by the decline in indicating.
I know it’s been a moan for a long time about the few, but now the non indicators seem in the majority.
On approach to roundabouts nobody was indicating. Obviously there were some going straight on, but there was usually nothing from those going left or right.
Goes hand in hand with people's mentality. If you indicate, someone knows what your doing to do, so they'll pull out etc, if you don't indicate, no one can guess what your doing to do. People just want to be first And I’ve been struck by the decline in indicating.
I know it’s been a moan for a long time about the few, but now the non indicators seem in the majority.
On approach to roundabouts nobody was indicating. Obviously there were some going straight on, but there was usually nothing from those going left or right.
The bloke in Sainsbury’s last night who gave me a theatrical eye roll and tut.
He’d walked down the side of a row of big trolleys to get a smaller one, just as a guy was manoeuvring a TV shaped box into a trolley.
This meant the first guy couldn’t push his trolley out of the channel he’d gone into to get it and I waited for everyone to sort themselves out. I couldn’t get a trolley because of TV man *and* the trolley guy.
TV man sorts himself out and leaves. Trolley man looked at me and waited. He was occupying the one place I wanted to go, indeed the one place I could go other than to turn around and leave completely. I wasn’t blocking his escape either.
He paused. Looked at me. Gave me the eye roll and accompanying huff then went off with his trolley.
What do you think I was waiting for you cretin!?!
Second place this week to the guy who was in the wrong lane at the Moulton Park / A43 roundabout, nearly side swiped me then cut in behind me before popping me presumably because I’d been in the correct lane - perfectly clear to see if you actually use the white lines on the road as a sort of guide to where to go. I believe that’s why they’re there in the first place.
This is such a common occurrence on this roundabout though that I’m always hyper alert to the morons.
He’d walked down the side of a row of big trolleys to get a smaller one, just as a guy was manoeuvring a TV shaped box into a trolley.
This meant the first guy couldn’t push his trolley out of the channel he’d gone into to get it and I waited for everyone to sort themselves out. I couldn’t get a trolley because of TV man *and* the trolley guy.
TV man sorts himself out and leaves. Trolley man looked at me and waited. He was occupying the one place I wanted to go, indeed the one place I could go other than to turn around and leave completely. I wasn’t blocking his escape either.
He paused. Looked at me. Gave me the eye roll and accompanying huff then went off with his trolley.
What do you think I was waiting for you cretin!?!
Second place this week to the guy who was in the wrong lane at the Moulton Park / A43 roundabout, nearly side swiped me then cut in behind me before popping me presumably because I’d been in the correct lane - perfectly clear to see if you actually use the white lines on the road as a sort of guide to where to go. I believe that’s why they’re there in the first place.
This is such a common occurrence on this roundabout though that I’m always hyper alert to the morons.
donkmeister said:
Windy out today, isn't it? Looks a bit top heavy too 
Just took the dog out and noticed his lock. Tempted to put another padlock on it myself now.
(Obviously he’s see it when removing the lock and would not ride off therefore zero danger to property or person. Just inconvenience)
You're approaching a merge point - your lane closing - cars in both lanes. Someone behind you decides to duck in behind a car on your left and tailgate it to prevent you merging. Knob. I can only assume this is based on some notion that not getting left earlier deserves some sort of punishment. Extra knob points for getting knickers in a twist when said block fails.
Gerradi said:
Hackney said:
You sound overly stressed ...He sounds grumpy, as would I be at 0605 in the morning woken by that. The biker appears to fit the definition of a knob quite well in my book.
The young motorcyclist who works at the pub just up the road. Arrives for his morning shift in Rossi mode, blasts off at about 3pm and then back for his evening shift in similar mode. I thinke his house must catch fire every evening as he leaves in yet another hurry.at around 11pm.
All fine really. Well apart from the fact his clearly underpowered steed apparently has no silencer. Inconsiderate knob, especially when I'm trying to get to sleep.
His only saving grace is that he is a lot closer to the full race tt that is next door to the pub and would wind him up even more. Although the tt in question probably wouldn't hear the bike as he looks like he munches pies 24/7. He's another knob, as well as being a tt.
All fine really. Well apart from the fact his clearly underpowered steed apparently has no silencer. Inconsiderate knob, especially when I'm trying to get to sleep.
His only saving grace is that he is a lot closer to the full race t
t that is next door to the pub and would wind him up even more. Although the tt in question probably wouldn't hear the bike as he looks like he munches pies 24/7. He's another knob, as well as being a tt.Hackney said:
Second place this week to the guy who was in the wrong lane at the Moulton Park / A43 roundabout, nearly side swiped me then cut in behind me before popping me presumably because I’d been in the correct lane - perfectly clear to see if you actually use the white lines on the road as a sort of guide to where to go. I believe that’s why they’re there in the first place.
This is such a common occurrence on this roundabout though that I’m always hyper alert to the morons.
The delightful (not) Round Spinney Roundabout. I’mThis is such a common occurrence on this roundabout though that I’m always hyper alert to the morons.
guessing this happens after entering from the A43. The engineers thought it would be a brilliant idea to require drivers to shift over to the right to carry onto the A43 northbound. So if you combing up Lumbertubs Way in lane 1 you need to move into lane 2 which then splits into lanes 2 and 3 to stay on the A43. Some of the hard of thinking stay in lane 1, realise their lane leaves at the exit before the A43 and attempt to change lanes at the last minute.
After almost wearing my horn out, I usually approach the lights for this junction in lane 3 - still doesn’t stop some in lane 2 straying into lane 3.
stogbandard said:
Hackney said:
Second place this week to the guy who was in the wrong lane at the Moulton Park / A43 roundabout, nearly side swiped me then cut in behind me before popping me presumably because I’d been in the correct lane - perfectly clear to see if you actually use the white lines on the road as a sort of guide to where to go. I believe that’s why they’re there in the first place.
This is such a common occurrence on this roundabout though that I’m always hyper alert to the morons.
The delightful (not) Round Spinney Roundabout. I’mThis is such a common occurrence on this roundabout though that I’m always hyper alert to the morons.
guessing this happens after entering from the A43. The engineers thought it would be a brilliant idea to require drivers to shift over to the right to carry onto the A43 northbound. So if you combing up Lumbertubs Way in lane 1 you need to move into lane 2 which then splits into lanes 2 and 3 to stay on the A43. Some of the hard of thinking stay in lane 1, realise their lane leaves at the exit before the A43 and attempt to change lanes at the last minute.
After almost wearing my horn out, I usually approach the lights for this junction in lane 3 - still doesn’t stop some in lane 2 straying into lane 3.
stogbandard said:
Hackney said:
Second place this week to the guy who was in the wrong lane at the Moulton Park / A43 roundabout, nearly side swiped me then cut in behind me before popping me presumably because I’d been in the correct lane - perfectly clear to see if you actually use the white lines on the road as a sort of guide to where to go. I believe that’s why they’re there in the first place.
This is such a common occurrence on this roundabout though that I’m always hyper alert to the morons.
The delightful (not) Round Spinney Roundabout. I’mThis is such a common occurrence on this roundabout though that I’m always hyper alert to the morons.
guessing this happens after entering from the A43. The engineers thought it would be a brilliant idea to require drivers to shift over to the right to carry onto the A43 northbound. So if you combing up Lumbertubs Way in lane 1 you need to move into lane 2 which then splits into lanes 2 and 3 to stay on the A43. Some of the hard of thinking stay in lane 1, realise their lane leaves at the exit before the A43 and attempt to change lanes at the last minute.
After almost wearing my horn out, I usually approach the lights for this junction in lane 3 - still doesn’t stop some in lane 2 straying into lane 3.
So many people get it completely wrong, in all directions.
I try to be as chilled and accommodating as possible when people are in front of me changing lanes and allow them to drift in without indicating.
What annoyed me about this instance was the guy who got it so wrong pipped me. ME!
Blown2CV said:
considering the population of oldies were meant to be have been significantly thinned out by COVID, there still seems to be one doing 20mph under the speed limit on literally every journey i make now. They seem to be increasing in number, and slowing in speed!!
The other day, I had my wife and her sister, vocally chastising me, for doing 40 mph on a NSL unclassified road. Apparently I was going too fast. Strangely as it was dry, and daylight and I've driven on it at 80 mph in the dark when raining, I felt that their critising my driving was a little pathetic. Yesterday on a different road I pulled out and overtook a driver doing 35 in a 50, and got a blast on thier horn as I went past, and 5 mins later when I pulled out to overtake a car doing 40 in the same 50, I got a knob, speed up to prevent me from overtaking safely. The new dental "hygienist" I saw yesterday. Before she started, I explained I have recently had a tooth out, so obviously that area is still a bit tender. So where did she put her suction hose thing ? Twice ! FFS !!! Then she kept asking if I was ok and to relax, while I had a mouthful of dental tools, and she wasn't exactly gentle. Luckily, all this only lasted less than 5 minutes, as I guess she realised I wasn't exactly happy. They still managed to charge me £120 for the privilege though. Needless to say, I won't be going back !
Red9zero said:
The new dental "hygienist" I saw yesterday. Before she started, I explained I have recently had a tooth out, so obviously that area is still a bit tender. So where did she put her suction hose thing ? Twice ! FFS !!! Then she kept asking if I was ok and to relax, while I had a mouthful of dental tools, and she wasn't exactly gentle. Luckily, all this only lasted less than 5 minutes, as I guess she realised I wasn't exactly happy. They still managed to charge me £120 for the privilege though. Needless to say, I won't be going back !
Hygienists always seem to like to cause a little bit of pain.Red9zero said:
The new dental "hygienist" I saw yesterday. Before she started, I explained I have recently had a tooth out, so obviously that area is still a bit tender. So where did she put her suction hose thing ? Twice ! FFS !!! Then she kept asking if I was ok and to relax, while I had a mouthful of dental tools, and she wasn't exactly gentle. Luckily, all this only lasted less than 5 minutes, as I guess she realised I wasn't exactly happy. They still managed to charge me £120 for the privilege though. Needless to say, I won't be going back !
My dentist always shoves his rubber gloved finger into my mouth and says bite, so I do. Then he shrieks as I've bitten his finger then he goes, no bite down gently. I'm like, why don't you say that?? 
I guarantee it will happen again the next time I go.carinaman said:
IntriguedUser said:
Goes hand in hand with people's mentality. If you indicate, someone knows what your doing to do, so they'll pull out etc, if you don't indicate, no one can guess what your doing to do. People just want to be first
I hadn't thought of it like that. Interesting.Gassing Station | General Gassing | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff