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Post by Tim on Feb 22, 2019 16:16:59 GMT
As I'm returning to my car, the woman from the car behind is shouting to me. 'You're quite right, that's awful driving, I've got on the dashcam and I'll send it to Police Scotland.' Who will shortly have your number plate, face and the fact you got out of the car to remonstrate with an impatient fellow motorist rather than shrugging your shoulders and giving in to the inevitable and letting the Audi arsehole in
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Post by Alex on Feb 22, 2019 18:26:43 GMT
You’re justified in standing your ground and moving to keep the gap small but sometimes you can just tell that it’ll make little difference and there’s no guarantee you won’t end up with a bill when your insurance company and theirs go 50:50 on any damage if you were to collide. But I agree she was a dick.
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Post by chocy on Feb 25, 2019 12:53:26 GMT
As I'm returning to my car, the woman from the car behind is shouting to me. 'You're quite right, that's awful driving, I've got on the dashcam and I'll send it to Police Scotland.' Who will shortly have your number plate, face and the fact you got out of the car to remonstrate with an impatient fellow motorist rather than shrugging your shoulders and giving in to the inevitable and letting the Audi arsehole in You are right. Of course you are. I was quite controlled with my actions and language towards her. All the naughty words were kept inside. I'd quite happily have a slap on the wrists, if she gets huckled for dangerous driving or whatever.... ..... Never going to happen.
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Post by Tim on Feb 25, 2019 13:46:27 GMT
No, they're far too busy pursuing real crimes!
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Post by Martin on Mar 1, 2019 14:05:21 GMT
The Stobart driver on the A1 this morning who decided to move over to let another lorry pull out of the services. Would have been fine if I hadn’t been passing him at the time!!
I don’t quite know how I didn’t hit both the barrier and the trailer as I had 2 wheels in the grass / dirt / gravel combo next to the barrier. M&S marked tyres may have helped, but the stability control and ABS worked perfectly together getting the speed down from 70 to about 30 really quickly and just as importantly, in a straight line. Only then did I have the capacity to blow the horn...
After I gathered myself together and eventually went back past him, I didn’t get any acknowledgment of any kind let alone an apology.
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Post by PG on Mar 1, 2019 14:15:43 GMT
On Wednesday on the M40 an AM DB11 was making "good progress". I let him past and he acknowledged me for that. No the idiot was the BMW 3 series (a 320d of course) attached to his rear bumper and weaving about to try and force him out of the way. What a dickhead. He clearly has a very small penis.
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Post by Roadsterstu on Mar 4, 2019 8:24:07 GMT
The Stobart driver on the A1 this morning who decided to move over to let another lorry pull out of the services. Would have been fine if I hadn’t been passing him at the time!! I don’t quite know how I didn’t hit both the barrier and the trailer as I had 2 wheels in the grass / dirt / gravel combo next to the barrier. M&S marked tyres may have helped, but the stability control and ABS worked perfectly together getting the speed down from 70 to about 30 really quickly and just as importantly, in a straight line. Only then did I have the capacity to blow the horn... After I gathered myself together and eventually went back past him, I didn’t get any acknowledgment of any kind let alone an apology. You don't generally see poor driving like that from Stobart drivers.
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Post by ChrisM on Mar 4, 2019 8:55:40 GMT
The Stobart driver on the A1 this morning who decided to move over to let another lorry pull out of the services. Would have been fine if I hadn’t been passing him at the time!! I don’t quite know how I didn’t hit both the barrier and the trailer as I had 2 wheels in the grass / dirt / gravel combo next to the barrier. M&S marked tyres may have helped, but the stability control and ABS worked perfectly together getting the speed down from 70 to about 30 really quickly and just as importantly, in a straight line. Only then did I have the capacity to blow the horn... After I gathered myself together and eventually went back past him, I didn’t get any acknowledgment of any kind let alone an apology. I had a similar issue many years ago when I worked at Swindon, going on a trip up the A419 a Jaguar-branded curtainsided truck did the same to me except that I hit the horn when I saw his indicators go on, just slightly before he moved out to squash me.... and I managed to brake sharply enough that he cut in front without hitting me, but again no recognition or apology at all when I went past him a minute or two later.
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Post by Martin on Mar 4, 2019 9:51:23 GMT
The Stobart driver on the A1 this morning who decided to move over to let another lorry pull out of the services. Would have been fine if I hadn’t been passing him at the time!! I don’t quite know how I didn’t hit both the barrier and the trailer as I had 2 wheels in the grass / dirt / gravel combo next to the barrier. M&S marked tyres may have helped, but the stability control and ABS worked perfectly together getting the speed down from 70 to about 30 really quickly and just as importantly, in a straight line. Only then did I have the capacity to blow the horn... After I gathered myself together and eventually went back past him, I didn’t get any acknowledgment of any kind let alone an apology. You don't generally see poor driving like that from Stobart drivers. No, you don’t. Must have spotted my jacket with one of their competitors logos on!
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Post by Tim on Mar 4, 2019 10:07:38 GMT
What's the point of DRLs (or in my case headlights because I just leave them on all the time) when stupid bimbos in small Korean hatches are going to stop at a junction, look at you and then pull out in front of you anyway?
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Post by Deleted on Mar 8, 2019 15:29:29 GMT
One of those 'did he really just do that?' moments today. Git in an Arstra van was irked that the car in front of him stopped at the lights, just where the road splits into straight ahead and turn left. So he ducked left, went through the firmly red light and then cut back across to carry on straight ahead. If he'd been liveried, his manager would be getting a call around now. You're in a fucking van, there's nothing of Earth-shattering importance that you will be doing with the saved 25s, FFS...
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Post by Deleted on Mar 9, 2019 13:36:20 GMT
Not exactly automotive villainy but the route back from Devon today had 10s of miles of coned off lanes, lowered speed limits and average speed cameras, yet there wasn't a single fucking workman to be seen anywhere!
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Post by ChrisM on Mar 9, 2019 15:53:47 GMT
Not exactly automotive villainy but the route back from Devon today had 10s of miles of coned off lanes, lowered speed limits and average speed cameras, yet there wasn't a single fucking workman to be seen anywhere! I think that this is villainy ! If our roads are supposed to be such a key part of our infrastructure, I feel that government should insist that roadworks involving lane closures are performed 7 days per week to keep the disruption to an absolute minimum, and with a "suitable" number of workmen involved each day. The M3 "widening" to create a smart motorway around where I live went on for about 3 years and involved about 12 miles of restrictions/lane closures, but there were usually only 2 or 3 small gangs of workmen doing anything within the entire length of the works
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Post by Deleted on Mar 10, 2019 15:06:14 GMT
I was just on a pedestrian crossing and this mouth breather in a Polo drove right up so he was almost touching my leg before stopping, obviously irritated by the fact I had stepped out before he had the chance to save 5 seconds and drive straight across. I pointed at the crossing and he wound the window down and shouted "I don't give a shit about that". I then noticed some other people walking towards the crossing so I took my time until they got there and added a few more seconds to his journey time.
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Post by Roadsterstu on Mar 10, 2019 22:47:33 GMT
I was just on a pedestrian crossing and this mouth breather in a Polo drove right up so he was almost touching my leg before stopping, obviously irritated by the fact I had stepped out before he had the chance to save 5 seconds and drive straight across. I pointed at the crossing and he wound the window down and "I don't give a shit about that". I then noticed som other people walking towards the crossing so I took my time until they got there and added a few more seconds to his journey time. Brilliant! Crossing the zebra crossing outside Evan's school last week, with other parents and young children, a car stops, we get halfway across only to be faced with a stupid woman overtaking the car that stopped. I made sure she knew she was a fucking imbecile.
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Post by Boxer6 on Mar 10, 2019 22:52:56 GMT
I was just on a pedestrian crossing and this mouth breather in a Polo drove right up so he was almost touching my leg before stopping, obviously irritated by the fact I had stepped out before he had the chance to save 5 seconds and drive straight across. I pointed at the crossing and he wound the window down and "I don't give a shit about that". I then noticed som other people walking towards the crossing so I took my time until they got there and added a few more seconds to his journey time. Brilliant! Crossing the zebra crossing outside Evan's school last week, with other parents and young children, a car stops, we get halfway across only to be faced with a stupid woman overtaking the car that stopped. I made sure she knew she was a fucking imbecile. Get that a lot in our local Tesco! Makes me want to accidentally-on-purpose let my pet half-brick 'off the leash' one time, just to see what would happen .. .. ..
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Post by Tim on Mar 11, 2019 13:54:43 GMT
Use a frozen chicken....
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Post by Deleted on Mar 12, 2019 8:01:11 GMT
Coming back from swimming yesterday, we followed the least talented wheelsmith I have ever seen. Tardy away from the lights, unable to maintain a steady pace, rolling back when supposedly stationary, steering like he was circumnavigating a 50 pence piece, and struggling to stay within the confines of his lane. Whilst continually conversing, either on hands free or to an unseen midget in the passenger seat. Wide berth given until such point as an excessively safe overtake was available.
EDIT: We were so mesmerised by his lack of competence that all I can say for certain was that the car was grey - I'm 95% sure it was a VW and 90% sure it was a Golf!
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Post by Deleted on Mar 12, 2019 18:19:57 GMT
Just walked into my road with the dog and there was a Range Rover parked on the pavement, completely blocking it. It just added another layer of concrete on my already very firm belief that they're all driven by complete cunts.
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Post by Alex on Mar 12, 2019 23:04:36 GMT
Just walked into my road with the dog and there was a Range Rover parked on the pavement, completely blocking it. It just added another layer of concrete on my already very firm belief that they're all driven by complete cunts. Did you not get Fido to do a piddle on his wheels?
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Post by Deleted on Mar 12, 2019 23:15:45 GMT
Or a crap on his bonnet.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 12, 2019 23:17:17 GMT
I'd have done it myself had I been able to summon one up. Shame I didn't have a bag of shit to smear on it.
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Post by Roadsterstu on Mar 13, 2019 8:03:08 GMT
Surely you squeezed past it, the zip of your coat pocket marking a neat line down the side as you did so?
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Post by Deleted on Mar 13, 2019 8:32:42 GMT
Had something similar happen a few years ago, forcing us to use a stretch of busy dual carriageway. My dog had just done a shit, the bag containing which was left in pride of place on the bonnet, just in front of the driver's seat.
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Post by chocy on Mar 13, 2019 11:53:13 GMT
Surely a little smear of shit under the door handle is the answer?
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Post by Martin on Mar 14, 2019 20:07:52 GMT
The driver of the brand new Q5 lost control at a junction and hit one of my vehicles head on which was stationary at the lights in Leyton. No injuries to my driver thankfully, the passenger in the car was fine too as he ran off, but the driver had some minor injuries and didn’t get away. Stolen vehicle. image uploader
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Post by Deleted on Mar 14, 2019 20:12:58 GMT
what with modern security being so hyped, how?
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Post by Martin on Mar 15, 2019 10:33:39 GMT
I've just seen the video clip from the forward facing camera. The Audi was turning left at a cross roads, it looks like there was enough steering lock on initially to make the turn, but it kept accelerating and went straight into the front of the truck. Must be that famous Audi understeer!
Bit more information from the police, it wasn't actually a stolen car, that was the assumption made due to the female passenger running off.
Thankfully there wasn't a cyclist in the area in front of the truck.
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Post by Roadsterstu on Mar 18, 2019 8:51:21 GMT
Not stolen but she ran off? That raises a few questions about why.
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Post by Roadrunner on Mar 18, 2019 18:01:28 GMT
Not stolen but she ran off? That raises a few questions about why. On/dealing drugs and/or carrying the stash.
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