One single thing that makes you think "knob" Vol 5
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One to get off my chest...
Going for a walk, through the local village, pleasant sunny and warm afternoon. At the end of a village is a school, just after the school the 30mph limit ends and goes back to NSL. It coincides that there's no pavement along this stretch, so pedestrians such as myself have to walk along the edge of the road for a short distance.
This afternoon, I see a old white Corsa combi van thing approaching in the NSL. I could just tell from his tyre noise alone he wasn't even thinking about slowing down. He barrels into the 30 zone immediately adjacent the school in excess of 50, sees me walking along the tarmac, flips me off and honks his horn as he roars past. His van was signwritten but I didn't even get the chance to read the company name, let alone anything else he was going so fast.
It's not the first time I've been caught on this stretch either by drivers who either feel that a 30 zone in a village with pedestrians in the road doesn't apply to them, or that the pedestrians should magically vanish to allow the unhindered progress of their speeding through the village. Funnily enough it's always been by Vauxhall drivers...
Going for a walk, through the local village, pleasant sunny and warm afternoon. At the end of a village is a school, just after the school the 30mph limit ends and goes back to NSL. It coincides that there's no pavement along this stretch, so pedestrians such as myself have to walk along the edge of the road for a short distance.
This afternoon, I see a old white Corsa combi van thing approaching in the NSL. I could just tell from his tyre noise alone he wasn't even thinking about slowing down. He barrels into the 30 zone immediately adjacent the school in excess of 50, sees me walking along the tarmac, flips me off and honks his horn as he roars past. His van was signwritten but I didn't even get the chance to read the company name, let alone anything else he was going so fast.
It's not the first time I've been caught on this stretch either by drivers who either feel that a 30 zone in a village with pedestrians in the road doesn't apply to them, or that the pedestrians should magically vanish to allow the unhindered progress of their speeding through the village. Funnily enough it's always been by Vauxhall drivers...
The spunkbubble who parked there powder blue m4 (assume newish), complete with crappy personalised 3d number plate, in the disabled spaces at Tesco in chelmsford this late afternoon, with no blue badge, and clearly no disability, other than being a complete tw*t
If you dont want anyone parking close to your no doubt leased/financed up to the eyeballs 'pride and joy' park far away in empty spaces, but no you couldnt be arsed to walk.
Get over yourself you absolute cretin, its an M4 ffs. i could possible, just about understand if it was an actual expensive nice motor, actually i couldnt, but an m4 ffs.
Yes there were some other disabled spaces available but thats not the point. F off back to your new build 'executive' barratt home (so executive it comes with a tiny garden overlooked by every other bright red brick new build) you absolute cockwomble.
Anyone who actually needs to use these spaces will know its c*nts like you that make having a mobility disability and absolute nightmare at times for those with and those who look after them.
The above may be a bit extreme, and i apologies to those impacted by those tropes i mention, but people like this person are utter scum.
If you dont want anyone parking close to your no doubt leased/financed up to the eyeballs 'pride and joy' park far away in empty spaces, but no you couldnt be arsed to walk.
Get over yourself you absolute cretin, its an M4 ffs. i could possible, just about understand if it was an actual expensive nice motor, actually i couldnt, but an m4 ffs.
Yes there were some other disabled spaces available but thats not the point. F off back to your new build 'executive' barratt home (so executive it comes with a tiny garden overlooked by every other bright red brick new build) you absolute cockwomble.
Anyone who actually needs to use these spaces will know its c*nts like you that make having a mobility disability and absolute nightmare at times for those with and those who look after them.
The above may be a bit extreme, and i apologies to those impacted by those tropes i mention, but people like this person are utter scum.
Edited by theplayingmantis on Monday 11th April 23:57
theplayingmantis said:
The spunkbubble who parked there powder blue m4 (assume newish), complete with crappy personalised 3d number plate, in the disabled spaces at Tesco in chelmsford this late afternoon, with no blue badge, and clearly no disability, other than being a complete tw*t
If you dont want anyone parking close to your no doubt leased/financed up to the eyeballs 'pride and joy' park far away in empty spaces, but no you couldnt be arsed to walk.
Get over yourself you absolute cretin, its an M4 ffs. i could possible, just about understand if it was an actual expensive nice motor, actually i couldnt, but an m4 ffs.
Yes there were some other disabled spaces available but thats not the point. F off back to your new build 'executive' barratt home (so executive it comes with a tiny overlooked by every other bright red brick new build) you absolute cockwomble.
Anyone who actually needs to use these spaces will know its c*nts like you that make having a mobility disability and absolute nightmare at times for those with and those who look after them.
The above may be a bit extreme, and i apologies to those impacted by those tropes i mention, but people like this person are utter scum.
Not all disabilities are visible If you dont want anyone parking close to your no doubt leased/financed up to the eyeballs 'pride and joy' park far away in empty spaces, but no you couldnt be arsed to walk.
Get over yourself you absolute cretin, its an M4 ffs. i could possible, just about understand if it was an actual expensive nice motor, actually i couldnt, but an m4 ffs.
Yes there were some other disabled spaces available but thats not the point. F off back to your new build 'executive' barratt home (so executive it comes with a tiny overlooked by every other bright red brick new build) you absolute cockwomble.
Anyone who actually needs to use these spaces will know its c*nts like you that make having a mobility disability and absolute nightmare at times for those with and those who look after them.
The above may be a bit extreme, and i apologies to those impacted by those tropes i mention, but people like this person are utter scum.
FazerBoy said:
Niguy said:
Not all disabilities are visible
Errr…the blue badge wasn’t visible either.Post 1 trying to wind up pro electric vehicle posters by referencing "extortionate" battery replacement costs and stating nobody wants a used battery car anyway, but nobody took the bite.
Post 2 again trying to wind up by posting that they wanted electric cars to be a "thing of the past" as soon as possible, but again nobody took the bite.
Post 3 here, unsurprisingly, hoping to bring back the whole blue badge debate that regularly gets cycled on the Bad Parking thread for pages on end every few months.
FazerBoy said:
Niguy said:
Not all disabilities are visible
Errr…the blue badge wasn’t visible either.It’s far more likely by a magnitude they the guy was a self important t
t, who decided his need was greater than an disabled persons, whether their disability was plying up that particular day or not.Big knob:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9Y_E4dbGD24
Should the lorry driver have given way to this cretin?
Did he have help (banksman) for that ill-advised reverse, I wonder?
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9Y_E4dbGD24
Should the lorry driver have given way to this cretin?
Did he have help (banksman) for that ill-advised reverse, I wonder?
Cliftonite said:
Big knob:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9Y_E4dbGD24
Should the lorry driver have given way to this cretin?
Did he have help (banksman) for that ill-advised reverse, I wonder?
One day the pillock in that little dishwasher will confront someone and end up getting his front teeth knocked out. I'd have been sorely tempted to sit there. In some countries he'd have been shunted out of the way by the HGV. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9Y_E4dbGD24
Should the lorry driver have given way to this cretin?
Did he have help (banksman) for that ill-advised reverse, I wonder?
This has happened a couple of times in the past few weeks and it's got me really pissed off. I'm stopped and signaling right to turn right down a narrow private lane, awaiting a break in oncoming traffic, an opportunity arises but there's a pedestrian coming along who will be on the pavement just as I want to turn in, so I wait a moment for them to clear the carriage crossing, I'm just about to move off and some fker passes me on my right as if I was parked on the left signaling left.
ker passes me on my right as if I was parked on the left signaling left.21st Century Man said:
This has happened a couple of times in the past few weeks and it's got me really pissed off. I'm stopped and signaling right to turn right down a narrow private lane, awaiting a break in oncoming traffic, an opportunity arises but there's a pedestrian coming along who will be on the pavement just as I want to turn in, so I wait a moment for them to clear the carriage crossing, I'm just about to move off and some fker passes me on my right as if I was parked on the left signaling left.
In a similar vein, those times when you pull up at a T-junction turning either left or right, and the vehicle behind pulls alongside to turn out in the opposite direction. What they fail to realise is by pulling alongside, they’ve now completely blocked your view out from the junction. While technically legal, I see it as a rather discourteous lack of roadmanship. Usually vans and SUVs are the main culprits, as their drivers sit high enough to see over my car, but my view is completely blocked by their vehicle. ker passes me on my right as if I was parked on the left signaling left.Only happens at those “bell mouth” layouts, but sometimes if I’m being followed by a tall vehicle approaching such a junction, I’ll position myself such to deter the driver behind from squeezing alongside.
yakka said:
Bubble headed Ninnies with big barky dogs off the lead that run up to kids. They then say “He’s only saying hello “. To a kid one of these mangy mutts are like one of those dogs of war off Tolkein. Scares them for life
This happened to me once. The dogs front paws on my young son's shoulders and barking. Scared the st out of him. So I put my hands on the owners shoulders and yelled at her. Scared her stless. 'I'm only being friendly' I said to her straight away and walked off. 21st Century Man said:
This has happened a couple of times in the past few weeks and it's got me really pissed off. I'm stopped and signaling right to turn right down a narrow private lane, awaiting a break in oncoming traffic, an opportunity arises but there's a pedestrian coming along who will be on the pavement just as I want to turn in, so I wait a moment for them to clear the carriage crossing, I'm just about to move off and some fker passes me on my right as if I was parked on the left signaling left.
If you were in the Century then it's probable that they didn't see you, as it's not a very big or imposing car... ker passes me on my right as if I was parked on the left signaling left.Muddle238 said:
Cliftonite said:
Big knob:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9Y_E4dbGD24
Should the lorry driver have given way to this cretin?
Did he have help (banksman) for that ill-advised reverse, I wonder?
One day the pillock in that little dishwasher will confront someone and end up getting his front teeth knocked out. I'd have been sorely tempted to sit there. In some countries he'd have been shunted out of the way by the HGV. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9Y_E4dbGD24
Should the lorry driver have given way to this cretin?
Did he have help (banksman) for that ill-advised reverse, I wonder?
This just annoyed me beyond reason.
Just parked in Sainsbury’s and saw the woman driving the X3 take the bend on the wrong side of the road, then cut the turning before parking. The bushes make it difficult, although perhaps not impossible, to see what’s coming.
As I was close I waited until she’d parked and said,
“Did you know that’s a two way road? You were on the wrong side round the corner”
Her answer?
“Yes”
The mind boggles.
Just parked in Sainsbury’s and saw the woman driving the X3 take the bend on the wrong side of the road, then cut the turning before parking. The bushes make it difficult, although perhaps not impossible, to see what’s coming.
As I was close I waited until she’d parked and said,
“Did you know that’s a two way road? You were on the wrong side round the corner”
Her answer?
“Yes”
The mind boggles.
Gonna nominate the fat creature (I couldn't work out what gender it was) in an old red Fiesta, tailgated me in a 30 road flapping it's arms because I was going 30, once we reached a NSL sign I floored it, and I could see more vigorous flapping as the Fiesta disappeared in my mirror, so I open my window and wave goodbye. I didn't see the Fiesta again and my suspicion is once they hit 40 they stopped accelerating.
I see so many people with beautifully consistent but inappropriate speed these days. Both where I live and where my parents live there are lots of 50 or NSL roads interspersed with 30 zones through villages.
Every day I’ll see someone just continually do about 40-45 through the entire thing. No speeding up when able to and no slowing down through the villages. Absolutely beggars belief.
Every day I’ll see someone just continually do about 40-45 through the entire thing. No speeding up when able to and no slowing down through the villages. Absolutely beggars belief.
Today a motorbiking twit doing 45 mph up the local motorway in Lane 1.
Darwin in action really.
Not just inconsiderate to drive so slowly many lorries have to overtake,
but a danger to themselves too. Lorry versus motorbike is an easy
contest.
In my view, if you can't keep up with the lorries, you really shouldn't be
on the motorway at all.
The world isn't short of stupid people, it's the clever ones we are short of.
Darwin in action really.
Not just inconsiderate to drive so slowly many lorries have to overtake,
but a danger to themselves too. Lorry versus motorbike is an easy
contest.
In my view, if you can't keep up with the lorries, you really shouldn't be
on the motorway at all.
The world isn't short of stupid people, it's the clever ones we are short of.
dcb said:
Today a motorbiking twit doing 45 mph up the local motorway in Lane 1.
Darwin in action really.
Not just inconsiderate to drive so slowly many lorries have to overtake,
but a danger to themselves too. Lorry versus motorbike is an easy
contest.
In my view, if you can't keep up with the lorries, you really shouldn't be
on the motorway at all.
The world isn't short of stupid people, it's the clever ones we are short of.
If it was some classic that doesn’t see the light of day most of the time then I could give them a pass, probably.Darwin in action really.
Not just inconsiderate to drive so slowly many lorries have to overtake,
but a danger to themselves too. Lorry versus motorbike is an easy
contest.
In my view, if you can't keep up with the lorries, you really shouldn't be
on the motorway at all.
The world isn't short of stupid people, it's the clever ones we are short of.
Otherwise I totally agree; if trucks are having to move out to overtake, speed up or get off.
Muddle238 said:
In a similar vein, those times when you pull up at a T-junction turning either left or right, and the vehicle behind pulls alongside to turn out in the opposite direction. What they fail to realise is by pulling alongside, they’ve now completely blocked your view out from the junction. While technically legal, I see it as a rather discourteous lack of roadmanship. Usually vans and SUVs are the main culprits, as their drivers sit high enough to see over my car, but my view is completely blocked by their vehicle.
Only happens at those “bell mouth” layouts, but sometimes if I’m being followed by a tall vehicle approaching such a junction, I’ll position myself such to deter the driver behind from squeezing alongside.
Yeah, the last bit is defensive driving.Only happens at those “bell mouth” layouts, but sometimes if I’m being followed by a tall vehicle approaching such a junction, I’ll position myself such to deter the driver behind from squeezing alongside.
My pet hate, was when I would take my dear old mum out. I would stop at the junction to turn right, and she would lean forward peering left
‘OK this way’ she would say.
Well, bless her, but at 90+ would you take her word? Especially as she is now blocking your view left.
The other thing is when a passenger lifts their handbag up and starts peering into it, searching and extracting things, always just when you need to use the, now blocked, left door mirror.
Mothers! Some sons do ‘ave ‘em..
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