What's The Worst Bit Of Driving You Have Witnessed
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This morning on the bus travelling through my village I saw a total lunatic. The car behind the bus stopped to let the bus out (legal requirement here in Hungary), also several following cars stopped. One person decided to overtake the whole lot, despite the bus dropping school kids, a car reversing onto the street on the other side of the road and also a blind exit to a side road. Another thing to consider was the temperature of minus 8C and damp. The car was also travelling around 45mph. Total plonker. 
This could develop into a interesting and scarey topic.
Worst cases that come mind for me are overtaking upto and around blind bends and simply cutting blind bends including the line "It is dark so if I can't see lights coming the other way it's clear to cut..."
I'll have a think. At only 25 I've probably seen most things and contributed to some of the actions that may find their way here as well.
Worst cases that come mind for me are overtaking upto and around blind bends and simply cutting blind bends including the line "It is dark so if I can't see lights coming the other way it's clear to cut..."
I'll have a think. At only 25 I've probably seen most things and contributed to some of the actions that may find their way here as well.
Driving up the M4 on a bright, sunny Sunday morning in the right hand lane. 
In the distance saw a nondescript beige car on hard shoulder (just after on-ramp) execute a 'U' turn so that it started heading down the right hand lane towards me.
Needless to say, having checked nothing was behind me, I hit everything at once: brakes, lights, horn (but not the other car, thankfully).
Stupid Fcukwit somehow managed to make it back to the hard shoulder (still pointing the wrong way) without hitting anything. Evidently they had decided they were travelling the wrong way or on the wrong road.
The experience has lived with me for a long time, with the spectre having been raised again by this thread - thanks
In the distance saw a nondescript beige car on hard shoulder (just after on-ramp) execute a 'U' turn so that it started heading down the right hand lane towards me.
Needless to say, having checked nothing was behind me, I hit everything at once: brakes, lights, horn (but not the other car, thankfully).
Stupid Fcukwit somehow managed to make it back to the hard shoulder (still pointing the wrong way) without hitting anything. Evidently they had decided they were travelling the wrong way or on the wrong road.
The experience has lived with me for a long time, with the spectre having been raised again by this thread - thanks
The A6044M is a spur road coming off the M60 towards Carrington (between Sale & Partington, South Manchester). It is in effect a 2way road, opposing lanes separated by only a hatched white central area of about 1m width.
The road is nonetheless motorway class with a 70MPH limit.
So I was somewhat bemused when flying along at 70MPH, mid afternoon, to be confronted with a woman doing a 3point turn a Pug 405 Estate.
Somedays you have to wonder what does thru people's minds..
The road is nonetheless motorway class with a 70MPH limit.
So I was somewhat bemused when flying along at 70MPH, mid afternoon, to be confronted with a woman doing a 3point turn a Pug 405 Estate.
Somedays you have to wonder what does thru people's minds..
As witnessed from inside the car ... on 30mph dual carriageway through Worcester. Ambulance approaching from behind so cars part to left and right so that the ambulance can go down the middle of the two lanes. My friend, the driver (young lady siting on cushion with seat against steering wheel) is not that observant. As the ambulance passed us, without batting an eye, she pulled out right behind it and started following it past all the other cars that had got out of the way. She was completely oblivious to what she was doing and how we were almost getting clipped by every car that moved back into its lane ... oddly enuf they weren't expecting a Fiesta to have glued itself to the back of the ambulance.
Becoz this was all happening at low speed, it wasn't lethally dangerous, but showed a staggering lack of grasp of the situation. What did frighten me however, was her ambition to become an air traffic controller.
Becoz this was all happening at low speed, it wasn't lethally dangerous, but showed a staggering lack of grasp of the situation. What did frighten me however, was her ambition to become an air traffic controller.
The worst bits of driving I have seen have come from my mother, she doesn't seem to know there are wheels on the car. She runs over everything, and says "why did that happen"! Needless to say, she totaled the car on Tuesday when she tried to drive over a 106!
I think that women should learn how to drive properly before they are let out on the road.
Cars are not just noisy things to get from A to B, they are for driving!
Edited by Tom Roper on Thursday 10th January 13:49
I think that women should learn how to drive properly before they are let out on the road.
Cars are not just noisy things to get from A to B, they are for driving!
Edited by Tom Roper on Thursday 10th January 13:49
FECKIN' GHOST DRIVERS (a german (apt) description!) On the A98 Autobahn in Germany doing about 250kph (empty road) I see an object closing faster than it should. A green (what else!) Mercedes doing a good 200kph on the wrong side of the road coming towards me!
I hit everything and put on all lights, horns, klaxon, ack-ack, main turret and emergency flashers and got out of the way onto the hard shoulder. The dozy fart continues on and turns out towards Stuttgart over the point of the slip road (so he knew he was on the wrong side!). Needless to say with closing speeds of about 400kph I was a bit shook oop!
If I ever catch the pratt I'll ******** him
Another recently in Scotland - A701 beautiful road fast bends (and one or two killers) cruising on an empty road and when I get to the bad bends I find numpty mark 1 doing 15 yes 15mph round them (Metro). This was of course where there was no chance to overtake for 3 miles. On a 100m long straight the barsteward even pulled over the centre line to ensure that no one could pass
Worst piece of driving I've seen in a long time happened last week. What scared me is that less serious versions of it happen to me all the time...minus the last part.
I'm in the middle lane of the M4 slowly passing the queue in the left hand lane. We want to pull into the right hand lane but there is moving traffic in it - so we wait. Someone in a Nissan a number of cars ahead pulls into the fast lane without bothering to check their mirrors - or they did check but didn't care. The Mercedes doing (ahem) a very fast speed has to slam on the anchors not to hit them.
Bad enough you might say. Partial blame to each for a near miss you might say. (Nissan - prat).
Then the Merc hangs on the tail of the Nissan lights full on and the horn blaring literlly two inches behind the car. It is quite possible that they actually touched a couple of times - although they may not have - as the Merc "punishes" the Nissan for inconsiderate driving.
I was scared sh*tless as the slightest problem around either of those two would have caused a MASSIVE pile-up.
Scary....
I'm in the middle lane of the M4 slowly passing the queue in the left hand lane. We want to pull into the right hand lane but there is moving traffic in it - so we wait. Someone in a Nissan a number of cars ahead pulls into the fast lane without bothering to check their mirrors - or they did check but didn't care. The Mercedes doing (ahem) a very fast speed has to slam on the anchors not to hit them.
Bad enough you might say. Partial blame to each for a near miss you might say. (Nissan - prat).
Then the Merc hangs on the tail of the Nissan lights full on and the horn blaring literlly two inches behind the car. It is quite possible that they actually touched a couple of times - although they may not have - as the Merc "punishes" the Nissan for inconsiderate driving.
I was scared sh*tless as the slightest problem around either of those two would have caused a MASSIVE pile-up.
Scary....
Last summer I was burbling gently along an A road, excellent visability, no oncoming traffic, when I pulled out to overtake a coach. Got halfway past the coach when a BLIND TOSSER pulls out of a layby on the right hand side. He's looking over his shoulder so he can't see me. He pulls onto 'his'side of the road, still not seen me and thank Christ for 340 bhp and a limited slip diff, I floored it and managed to shimmey in front of the coach with only a hint of fishtail. TOSSER missed me by millimetres. In a less powerful car it would have been a head-on.
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Or the pratt who stops sharply at the end of the slip road when you're accelerating hard to get into the (fast-moving) traffic, so you just about rear-end the b*******
Oh yes, that HAS to be one of the worse things, not helped by the moron in the nearside lane that closes the gap to the car in front so no one can filter in!
Drop it a gear pull in and let the flames lick their bumber thats what I say
quote:This is the main reason why one should never overtake when doing so would take you past a junction or a lay-by whilst you're on the wrong side of the road. Your average driver would not think to check to see if a fast-moving TVR was executing an overtake before he / she pulled out of the lay-by, as you discovered.
I pulled out to overtake a coach. Got halfway past the coach when a BLIND TOSSER pulls out of a layby on the right hand side. He's looking over his shoulder so he can't see me.
I'm afraid you must accept a tiny bit of the blame for this one!
I was in the car with my sister about 10 years ago, early evening with a little mist but nothing too bad, reasonable visibility.
In front I see a poilce car, blue lights flashing, parked at the side of the road. Nothing on the opposite side of the road so I expect her to pull out and overtake. Except she doesn't. Without even slowing she ploughed straigt into the back of a stationary police car lit up like a christmas tree. The policewoman in the passenger seat had a nasty whiplash injury and had to be taken to hospital in an ambulance, both cars were written off.
She was 'looking at the reflection of the street lights in her keyring'. I have never been in a car with my sister driving since.
In front I see a poilce car, blue lights flashing, parked at the side of the road. Nothing on the opposite side of the road so I expect her to pull out and overtake. Except she doesn't. Without even slowing she ploughed straigt into the back of a stationary police car lit up like a christmas tree. The policewoman in the passenger seat had a nasty whiplash injury and had to be taken to hospital in an ambulance, both cars were written off.
She was 'looking at the reflection of the street lights in her keyring'. I have never been in a car with my sister driving since.
Driving back to london down the M40 after spending new year in Warwickshire. It was about 7pm, dark and icy. Motorway is very busy, just coming down a long straight just before Oxford services. White Volvo 340 stationary on hard shoulder indicating to pull back onto motorway.
I was in the middle land in a line of traffic, outside lane was clear, coach in queue of traffic on inside lane. I saw the volvo indicate to pull out so decided that I would be better off in the outside lane in case he did anything dumb.
Volvo did something incredibly dumb, pulled out in front of the coach (apparrently without looking). I accellerated to pull past the danger area and just after I went past the coach must have hit the volvo. Didn't bother to look back as I figured the situation (dark icy motorway) was dangerous enough.
Not sure what happened but if the noise was anything to go by I figure there is one less volvo driver on the road. Pretty sickening...
Edited by mr_tony on Thursday 10th January 15:22
I was in the middle land in a line of traffic, outside lane was clear, coach in queue of traffic on inside lane. I saw the volvo indicate to pull out so decided that I would be better off in the outside lane in case he did anything dumb.
Volvo did something incredibly dumb, pulled out in front of the coach (apparrently without looking). I accellerated to pull past the danger area and just after I went past the coach must have hit the volvo. Didn't bother to look back as I figured the situation (dark icy motorway) was dangerous enough.
Not sure what happened but if the noise was anything to go by I figure there is one less volvo driver on the road. Pretty sickening...
Edited by mr_tony on Thursday 10th January 15:22
JonRB
I was trying to think of an inoffensive way to put that too!
Advanced driving tutors will tell you that the single most dangerous element of overtaking is the layby/side road driver who doesn't expect cars on their side of the road and that you should avoid any action that involves passing one of these hazards on the "other chap's half".
Being in the right is very poor compensation for a broken body ;-)
I was trying to think of an inoffensive way to put that too!
Advanced driving tutors will tell you that the single most dangerous element of overtaking is the layby/side road driver who doesn't expect cars on their side of the road and that you should avoid any action that involves passing one of these hazards on the "other chap's half".
Being in the right is very poor compensation for a broken body ;-)
Where do I begin?
Here - south of france - its just crazy, nearly everyday I see stuff that is just incredible. Cars overtaking cars tuning left, continues undertaking on motorways, taking short cut through no-right hand turns, it manditory around here that if the lights go red at *least* another 4 cars can keep going - if you stop you get abused, loads of cars have 1 lights/bumbers/bits of metal hanging off, people sitting on you bumber at 120 mph on the motorway even though there's a car in front of you,scooters _never_ stop at lights so you always got to look out for them, cars continuing pulling out in front of you at junctions, at most round abouts people haven't got a clue who has the priority - people on the round about or people approaching (old law is that you have priority if you're approaching form the left ie coming onto the island), people stay on the outside lane of the around about to go all the way around. - god I could go on forever, honestly when I come back the UK I can't belieave how civilised it is. Its ALOT better in the UK.
Here - south of france - its just crazy, nearly everyday I see stuff that is just incredible. Cars overtaking cars tuning left, continues undertaking on motorways, taking short cut through no-right hand turns, it manditory around here that if the lights go red at *least* another 4 cars can keep going - if you stop you get abused, loads of cars have 1 lights/bumbers/bits of metal hanging off, people sitting on you bumber at 120 mph on the motorway even though there's a car in front of you,scooters _never_ stop at lights so you always got to look out for them, cars continuing pulling out in front of you at junctions, at most round abouts people haven't got a clue who has the priority - people on the round about or people approaching (old law is that you have priority if you're approaching form the left ie coming onto the island), people stay on the outside lane of the around about to go all the way around. - god I could go on forever, honestly when I come back the UK I can't belieave how civilised it is. Its ALOT better in the UK.
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