One single thing that makes you think "knob" Vol 5
Discussion
silverfoxcc said:
police van on blues approaching one of those hour glass shape pinch points, he does not have right of way, but with the car approaching who has priority is a good 30yds away . he carries on but straightlines it so he exits on the wrong side of the road.. for about 60ft, luckily the car was not one of the 30 is a target types, so he was able to brake to give plod room to get back onside....
for want of saving 2 secs? he could well have had a head on if the other car was doing 30+ which seems to be the norm.
one law for them etc etc and i doubt he was a class 1 driver either
I think police driver assumed that anyone with a grain of sense would give way to a police van travelling on blues through a pinch point, and that is clearly what happened on this occasion. That the police van exited the pinch point on the "wrong" side of the road and stayed on that side is neither here nor there as it was a non-event. Not seeing any knobbishness.for want of saving 2 secs? he could well have had a head on if the other car was doing 30+ which seems to be the norm.
one law for them etc etc and i doubt he was a class 1 driver either
LunarOne said:
silverfoxcc said:
police van on blues approaching one of those hour glass shape pinch points, he does not have right of way, but with the car approaching who has priority is a good 30yds away . he carries on but straightlines it so he exits on the wrong side of the road.. for about 60ft, luckily the car was not one of the 30 is a target types, so he was able to brake to give plod room to get back onside....
for want of saving 2 secs? he could well have had a head on if the other car was doing 30+ which seems to be the norm.
one law for them etc etc and i doubt he was a class 1 driver either
I think police driver assumed that anyone with a grain of sense would give way to a police van travelling on blues through a pinch point, and that is clearly what happened on this occasion. That the police van exited the pinch point on the "wrong" side of the road and stayed on that side is neither here nor there as it was a non-event. Not seeing any knobbishness.for want of saving 2 secs? he could well have had a head on if the other car was doing 30+ which seems to be the norm.
one law for them etc etc and i doubt he was a class 1 driver either
They quite often go through red lights albeit very slowly with their sirens on and sensible people stop to let them through, same for any emergency service vehicle.
Approaching a roundabout yesterday, I took the left lane as I was going straight ahead. I did wonder whether the person in the red Mercedes in the right hand lane would try to fight me for the exit, but I really wasn't expecting them to turn left across me. I'm the red line coming in from the top of the map, the other car is the green line. While I can see an argument that the right hand lane might be more appropriate for going straight across the roundabout to the south exit (where I was heading), I can't see why anyone would think that turning left would be correct from the right lane. Note that as I approached, there was nothing in the left lane, so the other car had chosen that lane.
Typically, my cheapo dashcam chose that moment to not record, while it had happily recorded ten minutes stopped in Tesco car park. I'm wary on all the roundabouts around here, but this did surprise me. Was I wrong? The sign as I approach the roundabout has "my" exit shown at the 12 o'clock position, if that matters.
Typically, my cheapo dashcam chose that moment to not record, while it had happily recorded ten minutes stopped in Tesco car park. I'm wary on all the roundabouts around here, but this did surprise me. Was I wrong? The sign as I approach the roundabout has "my" exit shown at the 12 o'clock position, if that matters.
droopsnoot said:
Approaching a roundabout yesterday, I took the left lane as I was going straight ahead. I did wonder whether the person in the red Mercedes in the right hand lane would try to fight me for the exit, but I really wasn't expecting them to turn left across me. I'm the red line coming in from the top of the map, the other car is the green line. While I can see an argument that the right hand lane might be more appropriate for going straight across the roundabout to the south exit (where I was heading), I can't see why anyone would think that turning left would be correct from the right lane. Note that as I approached, there was nothing in the left lane, so the other car had chosen that lane.
Typically, my cheapo dashcam chose that moment to not record, while it had happily recorded ten minutes stopped in Tesco car park. I'm wary on all the roundabouts around here, but this did surprise me. Was I wrong? The sign as I approach the roundabout has "my" exit shown at the 12 o'clock position, if that matters.
Roundabouts are a complete free for all these days, lane discipline has long gone. I drive very defensively not and try to stay well away from being next to people on them.Typically, my cheapo dashcam chose that moment to not record, while it had happily recorded ten minutes stopped in Tesco car park. I'm wary on all the roundabouts around here, but this did surprise me. Was I wrong? The sign as I approach the roundabout has "my" exit shown at the 12 o'clock position, if that matters.
silverfoxcc said:
police van on blues approaching one of those hour glass shape pinch points, he does not have right of way, but with the car approaching who has priority is a good 30yds away . he carries on but straightlines it so he exits on the wrong side of the road.. for about 60ft, luckily the car was not one of the 30 is a target types, so he was able to brake to give plod room to get back onside....
for want of saving 2 secs? he could well have had a head on if the other car was doing 30+ which seems to be the norm.
one law for them etc etc and i doubt he was a class 1 driver either
Jeepers. Any driver with any idea of what was going on around them would (well, should) have been aware of the oncoming police vehicle and taken action to aid its progress. To see it any other way simply shows to what a state driving has become in this country nowadays and why everything is being dumbed-down to cater for those who seem to have lost any semblance of common sense.for want of saving 2 secs? he could well have had a head on if the other car was doing 30+ which seems to be the norm.
one law for them etc etc and i doubt he was a class 1 driver either
BlindedByTheLights said:
Roundabouts are a complete free for all these days, lane discipline has long gone. I drive very defensively not and try to stay well away from being next to people on them.
I'm heading that way myself - a few people on a local FB group had mentioned others turning left from the right hand lane here and I thought "no, you're exaggerating". .A couple of roundabouts away on the same road, there's a confusing layout where "straight ahead" is actually around 2pm, but marked on the road for the left hand lane, and yet every time I cross it there's someone to my right trying to barge in. I'm far more defensive there now because most of the road markings have rubbed off and the council won't paint them back in. There's supposed to be a new stretch of road opening which will actually be straight ahead, but it's been almost complete for about three years now and still no sign of it opening.
BlindedByTheLights said:
Roundabouts are a complete free for all these days, lane discipline has long gone. I drive very defensively not and try to stay well away from being next to people on them.
Absolutely this. If there is anyone else on roundabout I assume they are about to attempt something outrageous.The thing that really annoys me about mini roundabouts is people LAUNCHING themselves at them at 30mph.
If there’s a car turning left on my right, then that’s my cue, when you see the lemming bearing down on you.
I used to think “well you’re not actually going to drive into me to make a point, are you?” but after a while on Youtube i realise they absolutely will.
If there’s a car turning left on my right, then that’s my cue, when you see the lemming bearing down on you.
I used to think “well you’re not actually going to drive into me to make a point, are you?” but after a while on Youtube i realise they absolutely will.
I was in the queue for the chain ferry from Studland back to Sandbanks yesterday when chap and children return to their car parked on the side of the road. Being a generous sort, I left space for them to manoeuvre out so they could drive along and join the rear of the queue but, no, entitled bell-end does a three point turn and joins the queue in front of me. That's not how it works, d
head!
Luckily for him, my wife and sister-in-law were in the car and we'd just had a lovely lunch at Shell Bay so I was in a good mood and decided not to make a fuss. If anyone ever invents thought transfer by Bluetooth, though, he's going to get a shock from what's going to come through....
head!Luckily for him, my wife and sister-in-law were in the car and we'd just had a lovely lunch at Shell Bay so I was in a good mood and decided not to make a fuss. If anyone ever invents thought transfer by Bluetooth, though, he's going to get a shock from what's going to come through....
carreauchompeur said:
The thing that really annoys me about mini roundabouts is people LAUNCHING themselves at them at 30mph.
If there’s a car turning left on my right, then that’s my cue, when you see the lemming bearing down on you.
I used to think “well you’re not actually going to drive into me to make a point, are you?” but after a while on Youtube i realise they absolutely will.
There is one at the end of our village on what I assume used to be a T junction. Problem is that people still treat it as such and barrel into it assuming they have right of way. As I entered it this morning a young girl in a KA sailed across in front of me at a good 40mph without even slowing down. At least she looked at me as I braked to avoid her t boning the side of my car, although it was a very blank stare.If there’s a car turning left on my right, then that’s my cue, when you see the lemming bearing down on you.
I used to think “well you’re not actually going to drive into me to make a point, are you?” but after a while on Youtube i realise they absolutely will.
droopsnoot said:
Approaching a roundabout yesterday, I took the left lane as I was going straight ahead. I did wonder whether the person in the red Mercedes in the right hand lane would try to fight me for the exit, but I really wasn't expecting them to turn left across me. I'm the red line coming in from the top of the map, the other car is the green line. While I can see an argument that the right hand lane might be more appropriate for going straight across the roundabout to the south exit (where I was heading), I can't see why anyone would think that turning left would be correct from the right lane. Note that as I approached, there was nothing in the left lane, so the other car had chosen that lane.
Typically, my cheapo dashcam chose that moment to not record, while it had happily recorded ten minutes stopped in Tesco car park. I'm wary on all the roundabouts around here, but this did surprise me. Was I wrong? The sign as I approach the roundabout has "my" exit shown at the 12 o'clock position, if that matters.
I had a look on Google Maps in case it's one of those ones where the main road continues to that second exit, but it isn't.Typically, my cheapo dashcam chose that moment to not record, while it had happily recorded ten minutes stopped in Tesco car park. I'm wary on all the roundabouts around here, but this did surprise me. Was I wrong? The sign as I approach the roundabout has "my" exit shown at the 12 o'clock position, if that matters.
Red Merc a bellend. Some people seem to assume that two lanes on and two lanes off any exit means they can be in any lane to any exit, which clearly doesn't work.
carreauchompeur said:
The thing that really annoys me about mini roundabouts is people LAUNCHING themselves at them at 30mph.
If there’s a car turning left on my right, then that’s my cue, when you see the lemming bearing down on you.
I used to think “well you’re not actually going to drive into me to make a point, are you?” but after a while on Youtube i realise they absolutely will.
Oh, this definitely. People who assume priority over others, for a junction that they've not actually yet arrived at, but assume priority based on maintaining their speed, and assume everyone else actually already at the junction will yield to their approaching presence until they've approached, arrived, crossed and left, without for a moment considering to slow down. If there’s a car turning left on my right, then that’s my cue, when you see the lemming bearing down on you.
I used to think “well you’re not actually going to drive into me to make a point, are you?” but after a while on Youtube i realise they absolutely will.
And yet if anyone dares use the junction ahead of their arrival, they're met with copious amounts of horn usage and angrily shouting "dAsH cAm!!!!"
Deranged Rover said:
I was in the queue for the chain ferry from Studland back to Sandbanks yesterday when chap and children return to their car parked on the side of the road. Being a generous sort, I left space for them to manoeuvre out so they could drive along and join the rear of the queue but, no, entitled bell-end does a three point turn and joins the queue in front of me. That's not how it works, dhead!
Luckily for him, my wife and sister-in-law were in the car and we'd just had a lovely lunch at Shell Bay so I was in a good mood and decided not to make a fuss. If anyone ever invents thought transfer by Bluetooth, though, he's going to get a shock from what's going to come through....
So summarising, you bottled it head!Luckily for him, my wife and sister-in-law were in the car and we'd just had a lovely lunch at Shell Bay so I was in a good mood and decided not to make a fuss. If anyone ever invents thought transfer by Bluetooth, though, he's going to get a shock from what's going to come through....
PomBstard said:
Saw a black Audi Q5 yesterday - black wheels, dark tinted windows, blacked out rear lights - licence plate was
EVASION
Without seeing the driver or knowing anything else about them, I thought, “What a knob!”
I'll give another... a red A5 diesel, misplaced reg plate to say something like AUDI RIK.. could have been ROB... EVASION
Without seeing the driver or knowing anything else about them, I thought, “What a knob!”
Small main street of a village with the music up really loud - bass distorting all over the place, I'm guessing a mid level bose set up.. middle age guy with right hand gripping the wheel at 12 so tight his knuckles were white.
Drove up the street around 200 yards, went all the way around the roundabout and drove back...
Music of choice for this road gansta - Eminem "lose yourself" from 2002. utter bellend.
the cueball said:
I'll give another... a red A5 diesel, misplaced reg plate to say something like AUDI RIK.. could have been ROB...
Small main street of a village with the music up really loud - bass distorting all over the place, I'm guessing a mid level bose set up.. middle age guy with right hand gripping the wheel at 12 so tight his knuckles were white.
Drove up the street around 200 yards, went all the way around the roundabout and drove back...
Music of choice for this road gansta - Eminem "lose yourself" from 2002. utter bellend.
Maybe he was lost.Small main street of a village with the music up really loud - bass distorting all over the place, I'm guessing a mid level bose set up.. middle age guy with right hand gripping the wheel at 12 so tight his knuckles were white.
Drove up the street around 200 yards, went all the way around the roundabout and drove back...
Music of choice for this road gansta - Eminem "lose yourself" from 2002. utter bellend.
Muddle238 said:
carreauchompeur said:
The thing that really annoys me about mini roundabouts is people LAUNCHING themselves at them at 30mph.
If there’s a car turning left on my right, then that’s my cue, when you see the lemming bearing down on you.
I used to think “well you’re not actually going to drive into me to make a point, are you?” but after a while on Youtube i realise they absolutely will.
Oh, this definitely. People who assume priority over others, for a junction that they've not actually yet arrived at, but assume priority based on maintaining their speed, and assume everyone else actually already at the junction will yield to their approaching presence until they've approached, arrived, crossed and left, without for a moment considering to slow down. If there’s a car turning left on my right, then that’s my cue, when you see the lemming bearing down on you.
I used to think “well you’re not actually going to drive into me to make a point, are you?” but after a while on Youtube i realise they absolutely will.
And yet if anyone dares use the junction ahead of their arrival, they're met with copious amounts of horn usage and angrily shouting "dAsH cAm!!!!"
the cueball said:
I'll give another... a red A5 diesel, misplaced reg plate to say something like AUDI RIK.. could have been ROB...
Small main street of a village with the music up really loud - bass distorting all over the place, I'm guessing a mid level bose set up.. middle age guy with right hand gripping the wheel at 12 so tight his knuckles were white.
Drove up the street around 200 yards, went all the way around the roundabout and drove back...
Music of choice for this road gansta - Eminem "lose yourself" from 2002. utter bellend.
Maybe his palms are sweaty?Small main street of a village with the music up really loud - bass distorting all over the place, I'm guessing a mid level bose set up.. middle age guy with right hand gripping the wheel at 12 so tight his knuckles were white.
Drove up the street around 200 yards, went all the way around the roundabout and drove back...
Music of choice for this road gansta - Eminem "lose yourself" from 2002. utter bellend.
Certainly the short journey might suggest he needed to vomit up his mum's spaghetti. Slim Shady's mum is a lovely lady but her food hygiene and fridge management is dodgy curry house levels of terrible.
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