Impatient & unrealistic drivers.
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Inspired by this thread:- http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...
I thought I'd comment on how I feel the majority (it sometimes seems) are so damned impatient now.
I had a lorry behind me in a busy town centre at some lights the other night start blasting his horn and flashing me just a second or two after the lights changed green.
I had 5 or 6 cars nose to tail in front of me, what does he expect me to do ....levitate out of his way?
In general, there is very little patience now. Cars take the shortest route cutting roundabouts and my pet hate is others pulling straight across in front of people on a roundabout. If I had an old Landy I'd not bother braking for them.
I thought I'd comment on how I feel the majority (it sometimes seems) are so damned impatient now.
I had a lorry behind me in a busy town centre at some lights the other night start blasting his horn and flashing me just a second or two after the lights changed green.
I had 5 or 6 cars nose to tail in front of me, what does he expect me to do ....levitate out of his way?
In general, there is very little patience now. Cars take the shortest route cutting roundabouts and my pet hate is others pulling straight across in front of people on a roundabout. If I had an old Landy I'd not bother braking for them.
Kentish said:
I had a lorry behind me in a busy town centre at some lights the other night start blasting his horn and flashing me just a second or two after the lights changed green.
Anyone who is actually making money off driving seems to be the worst. Taxi drivers are sneaky, lorry drivers are lazy and thoughtless, etc etc. Kentish, I totally agree with you.
I had to laugh yesterday morning when on my way to work.
I always join a queue of traffic that runs through a village into St Albans. The queue is caused by a large cross-roads with traffic. You are never going to get over the lights unless you are 6-7 cars near them.
Anyway, the queue always crawls along so I have got into the habit of just putting the car in first and riding the torque so as to avoid having to constantly dip the clutch etc.
This also helps the queue move rather than bunch. Keeping at a constant 5 mph I will vary between catching up with the queue or it will drift away from me.
On this particular occassion I was about 1km from the lights (so about 5 mins before I get there) and just crawling along when a white S2000 pulls out behind me and joins the queue.
The tit, obviously not happy with my smooth methods, starts revving his car hard and steaming up behind me, slamming his brakes on at the last minute!
I thought to myself, "where do you want me to go?"
What a cock.
I had to laugh yesterday morning when on my way to work.
I always join a queue of traffic that runs through a village into St Albans. The queue is caused by a large cross-roads with traffic. You are never going to get over the lights unless you are 6-7 cars near them.
Anyway, the queue always crawls along so I have got into the habit of just putting the car in first and riding the torque so as to avoid having to constantly dip the clutch etc.
This also helps the queue move rather than bunch. Keeping at a constant 5 mph I will vary between catching up with the queue or it will drift away from me.
On this particular occassion I was about 1km from the lights (so about 5 mins before I get there) and just crawling along when a white S2000 pulls out behind me and joins the queue.
The tit, obviously not happy with my smooth methods, starts revving his car hard and steaming up behind me, slamming his brakes on at the last minute!
I thought to myself, "where do you want me to go?"
What a cock.
Kentish said:
I had a lorry behind me in a busy town centre at some lights the other night start blasting his horn and flashing me just a second or two after the lights changed green.
I had 5 or 6 cars nose to tail in front of me, what does he expect me to do ....levitate out of his way?
What makes you think he was beeping at you? maybe he was beeping at the person at the head of the queue?I had 5 or 6 cars nose to tail in front of me, what does he expect me to do ....levitate out of his way?
Blue Meanie said:
Kentish said:
I had a lorry behind me in a busy town centre at some lights the other night start blasting his horn and flashing me just a second or two after the lights changed green.
I had 5 or 6 cars nose to tail in front of me, what does he expect me to do ....levitate out of his way?
What makes you think he was beeping at you? maybe he was beeping at the person at the head of the queue?I had 5 or 6 cars nose to tail in front of me, what does he expect me to do ....levitate out of his way?
Blue Meanie said:
Kentish said:
I suppose so but his honking and flashing was accompanied by his harrasing ramming gesture of him inching into the back of me and banging his air brakes on and off, bobbing the cab up and down.
Sure he wasn;t just excited? maybe a lady a few cars down flashed him? I must think outside of the box.
Kentish said:
Blue Meanie said:
Kentish said:
I suppose so but his honking and flashing was accompanied by his harrasing ramming gesture of him inching into the back of me and banging his air brakes on and off, bobbing the cab up and down.
Sure he wasn;t just excited? maybe a lady a few cars down flashed him? I must think outside of the box.
t driving along always seems to be unable to operate the steering wheel properly and will turn into the junction, narrowly missing your car because they wanted to cut the corner.Legend83 said:
Kentish, I totally agree with you.
I had to laugh yesterday morning when on my way to work.
I always join a queue of traffic that runs through a village into St Albans. The queue is caused by a large cross-roads with traffic. You are never going to get over the lights unless you are 6-7 cars near them.
Anyway, the queue always crawls along so I have got into the habit of just putting the car in first and riding the torque so as to avoid having to constantly dip the clutch etc.
This also helps the queue move rather than bunch. Keeping at a constant 5 mph I will vary between catching up with the queue or it will drift away from me.
On this particular occassion I was about 1km from the lights (so about 5 mins before I get there) and just crawling along when a white S2000 pulls out behind me and joins the queue.
The tit, obviously not happy with my smooth methods, starts revving his car hard and steaming up behind me, slamming his brakes on at the last minute!
I thought to myself, "where do you want me to go?"
What a cock.
what you tend to forget is that not everycar will just bob along on the torque at the same speed,so what you are doing for others is making them dip the clutch every now and again to stop them from going into the back of you, granted the s2000 driver sounds like a cock but if you were making me have to ride my clutch more than is needed then id be annoyed as well.I had to laugh yesterday morning when on my way to work.
I always join a queue of traffic that runs through a village into St Albans. The queue is caused by a large cross-roads with traffic. You are never going to get over the lights unless you are 6-7 cars near them.
Anyway, the queue always crawls along so I have got into the habit of just putting the car in first and riding the torque so as to avoid having to constantly dip the clutch etc.
This also helps the queue move rather than bunch. Keeping at a constant 5 mph I will vary between catching up with the queue or it will drift away from me.
On this particular occassion I was about 1km from the lights (so about 5 mins before I get there) and just crawling along when a white S2000 pulls out behind me and joins the queue.
The tit, obviously not happy with my smooth methods, starts revving his car hard and steaming up behind me, slamming his brakes on at the last minute!
I thought to myself, "where do you want me to go?"
What a cock.
Kentish said:
Inspired by this thread:- http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...
I thought I'd comment on how I feel the majority (it sometimes seems) are so damned impatient now.
I had a lorry behind me in a busy town centre at some lights the other night start blasting his horn and flashing me just a second or two after the lights changed green.
I had 5 or 6 cars nose to tail in front of me, what does he expect me to do ....levitate out of his way?
In general, there is very little patience now. Cars take the shortest route cutting roundabouts and my pet hate is others pulling straight across in front of people on a roundabout. If I had an old Landy I'd not bother braking for them.
maybe the lorry drive was hooting to express annoyance at the slow cars in front of you, rather than at you yourself?I thought I'd comment on how I feel the majority (it sometimes seems) are so damned impatient now.
I had a lorry behind me in a busy town centre at some lights the other night start blasting his horn and flashing me just a second or two after the lights changed green.
I had 5 or 6 cars nose to tail in front of me, what does he expect me to do ....levitate out of his way?
In general, there is very little patience now. Cars take the shortest route cutting roundabouts and my pet hate is others pulling straight across in front of people on a roundabout. If I had an old Landy I'd not bother braking for them.
doug1e1972 said:
what you tend to forget is that not everycar will just bob along on the torque at the same speed,so what you are doing for others is making them dip the clutch every now and again to stop them from going into the back of you, granted the s2000 driver sounds like a cock but if you were making me have to ride my clutch more than is needed then id be annoyed as well.
I take your point, and yes some cars will get dragged faster or come to a complete halt if they just ride in 1st.But he was being a dick.
doug1e1972 said:
what you tend to forget is that not everycar will just bob along on the torque at the same speed,so what you are doing for others is making them dip the clutch every now and again to stop them from going into the back of you, granted the s2000 driver sounds like a cock but if you were making me have to ride my clutch more than is needed then id be annoyed as well.
Why not increase the distance between yourself and the car in front, so you do not have to keep dipping the clutch (or having to do so less often)?It baffles me sometimes. Just this morning I was on the three lane section of the A46 heading from Warwick towards Coventry (for anyone that knows it). As I passed the Stoneleigh junction, I saw a silver Civic Type S joining to my left. I passed him and started looking at preparing for exiting at the next junction which is only a mile away. It's busy there, so I usually like to get prepared for it quite early.
Meanwhile The Civic driver has barged his way into lane 3 and comes past me, then cuts back into lane 1 just before the junction (causing others to brake) and exits there.
He achieved the impressive feat of being two cars in front of me in the stationary queue on the sliproad.
Meanwhile The Civic driver has barged his way into lane 3 and comes past me, then cuts back into lane 1 just before the junction (causing others to brake) and exits there.
He achieved the impressive feat of being two cars in front of me in the stationary queue on the sliproad.
Legend83 said:
Kentish, I totally agree with you.
I had to laugh yesterday morning when on my way to work.
I always join a queue of traffic that runs through a village into St Albans. The queue is caused by a large cross-roads with traffic. You are never going to get over the lights unless you are 6-7 cars near them.
Anyway, the queue always crawls along so I have got into the habit of just putting the car in first and riding the torque so as to avoid having to constantly dip the clutch etc.
This also helps the queue move rather than bunch. Keeping at a constant 5 mph I will vary between catching up with the queue or it will drift away from me.
On this particular occassion I was about 1km from the lights (so about 5 mins before I get there) and just crawling along when a white S2000 pulls out behind me and joins the queue.
The tit, obviously not happy with my smooth methods, starts revving his car hard and steaming up behind me, slamming his brakes on at the last minute!
I thought to myself, "where do you want me to go?"
What a cock.
Remember, you have torque to ride along on, being in a Honda, he doesnt have that luxury.I had to laugh yesterday morning when on my way to work.
I always join a queue of traffic that runs through a village into St Albans. The queue is caused by a large cross-roads with traffic. You are never going to get over the lights unless you are 6-7 cars near them.
Anyway, the queue always crawls along so I have got into the habit of just putting the car in first and riding the torque so as to avoid having to constantly dip the clutch etc.
This also helps the queue move rather than bunch. Keeping at a constant 5 mph I will vary between catching up with the queue or it will drift away from me.
On this particular occassion I was about 1km from the lights (so about 5 mins before I get there) and just crawling along when a white S2000 pulls out behind me and joins the queue.
The tit, obviously not happy with my smooth methods, starts revving his car hard and steaming up behind me, slamming his brakes on at the last minute!
I thought to myself, "where do you want me to go?"
What a cock.
Retreats to safe distance
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