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Post by ChrisM on Nov 9, 2019 4:16:02 GMT
More worrying for me is the number of drivers who don't bother to put lights on when it gets dark. I think they get misled by high intensity LED DRL's at the front of their car, forgetting totally that in most cases they have no rear lights, and once out of town the DRL's are pretty useless
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Post by Roadsterstu on Nov 10, 2019 18:51:59 GMT
More worrying for me is the number of drivers who don't bother to put lights on when it gets dark. I think they get misled by high intensity LED DRL's at the front of their car, forgetting totally that in most cases they have no rear lights, and once out of town the DRL's are pretty useless That and the fact that despite being in charge of the machine they haven't a fucking clue how to operate it properly.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 14, 2019 10:24:01 GMT
Had forgotten about this one from last weekend, as we were on foot. There's a stretch of single carriageway 40 near us which everyone feels should be 50, but compliance is wise as it is regularly vanned. As a consequence of which, I think it's the most 'tailgating' stretch of road I know. At one end, there's a mini-roundabout with a left lane for turning left only, and a right one for the opposite - the route taken by most traffic.
Bloke in an S-Max uses the left lane to undertake and turn right, lurching and understeering to the extent that I have no idea how he missed the kerb, and just slotted in front of the car he'd been aggrieved at having had to follow.
Fuckwit.
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Post by Roadsterstu on Nov 15, 2019 8:53:31 GMT
School run mothers again. Why do so many seem to think the best side to get their kids out is on the offside, in the traffic, with doors wide open?
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Post by Deleted on Nov 15, 2019 15:44:26 GMT
The classic's, don't you just love school run idiots, I men people.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 15, 2019 15:48:37 GMT
I had some dickhead in an Ibiza incessantly tailgating me last night and even though I kept slowing down and the tearing off to create a decent gap this prick just kept catching up and hooking back up to the rear of my car. Obviously amused them greatly because of their tiny brain. I eventually got tired of the twat and did a doubleback so I was behind them by some considerable distance..
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Post by Deleted on Nov 22, 2019 11:57:34 GMT
I had a dick in an old 156 pull out right in front of me the other evening so as there was nothing in front of us he was showered in carbons. He naturally took great offence at this because he was a dick and glued his shitty car to my rear bumper for the entire duration of my journey. Saw this heap pulling into a supermarket car park earlier. Exhaust was either blowing or has had the silencers removed and the brakes were squealing like there was no pad material left.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 27, 2019 9:26:24 GMT
Fat bastard parked opposite village chippy on double yellows, pretty much exactly where we saw that chap get run over three weeks ago. Without that, I doubt I'd have said anything, but we'd literally just given statements to the insurance assessor. 'You've on double yellows, mate.' 'It's got a blue badge on it......'mate''. 'You're still supposed to park safely...…..'mate'.'
Now I know not all disabilities are visible, and it's a total peeve of mine when the able-bodied use disabled spaces, but judging by the speedy waddle made in the direction of a vast bucket of decidedly unnecessary calories, he could quite easily have parked safely a few additional steps away, rather than obstructing a junction and a car park exit. Big twat.
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Post by johnc on Nov 27, 2019 10:20:55 GMT
Prick in a Tesla P100 who flew up and passed me on a 30mph dual carriageway at 40+mph last night. I then got stuck behind a Zafira who thought 30mph meant 25mph but as we arrived at the next set of lights where the road goes to 40mph there was the Tesla sitting in the inside lane at the lights. I was about to pass the Zafira to come up to the front of the lights alongside the Tesla when Mr Zafira decided he was going for that position so I pulled in behind the Tesla thinking that both of us could get away smartish and leave the outside lane Zafira behind. Oh No! The Tesla set off like miss Daisy and the Zafira took off like a scalded cat. WTF! I managed to get up to about 25mph and decided to pass the Tesla, who immediately put his foot down and shot off, so I pulled back in to the inside and then caught him up as he created a mobile roadblock doing about 35mph, right alongside the Zafira. It carried on like that until the Tesla decided he was going right, at which point he accelerated up the inside of the Zafira and pulled into the outside lane.
I was in no hurry but why can't people just drive at the speed limit, maintain a steady speed and accelerate normally: it really winds me up.
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Post by Roadsterstu on Nov 27, 2019 15:57:20 GMT
Small flooded area outside a neighbouring village, which has been like this for about 3 weeks now. This necessitates one lane of traffic to at least partially go onto the opposite side of the road. Most wait. However, yet another twat in a SUV (Macan this time) decided they could plough through at speed, so I was yet again faced with a muddy wall of water. Fucking ingnoramus.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 27, 2019 17:22:02 GMT
I did a cheeky TLGP the other day. It was at this junction with two sets of traffic lights. Both sets of lights were red and there were three cars all in the left lane at the far set. The car in front of me got to the near set but pulled into the outside lane, obviously wanting to get past the other three in front. I went to the inside lane and when the lights changed I pulled away sharpish and then into the outside lane and past the other three, too, hopefully to the chagrin of right hand lane bloke. Naughty but nice!
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Post by Roadsterstu on Dec 1, 2019 9:17:35 GMT
Approaching a Zebra crossing, what's the first thing you look for?! Yet again on the crossing near our house, two cars failed to stop as me, the lad and the dog stood waiting. Regular thing at that crossing, yet it's well-sighted from both directions.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 1, 2019 15:02:45 GMT
Had a young chimplet approach us on a zebra crossing at the pool last week - she did slow eventually as I pointed at the floor. Not as if we stepped out in front of her, we were on it when she appeared.
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Post by Roadsterstu on Dec 6, 2019 18:58:04 GMT
Followed a Golf this morning, with a mobile phone in a holder on top of the dash. I could see, once we slowed right down or stopped in traffic, that there was a film or TV programme playing. Idiot.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 6, 2019 20:07:20 GMT
I once got in a taxi and the driver was watching a film on a portable DVD player stuck on the dash.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 6, 2019 22:05:49 GMT
No idea if it is the darker evenings or the impending seasonal bliss but manners on the road are at an all time low right now. Along with the usual gamut of suicidal pedestrians and cyclist's.
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Post by Roadsterstu on Dec 8, 2019 9:55:54 GMT
No idea if it is the darker evenings or the impending seasonal bliss but manners on the road are at an all time low right now. Along with the usual gamut of suicidal pedestrians and cyclist's. It very definitely is that silly season. Idiocy levels are at a high at this time of year.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 8, 2019 13:14:59 GMT
I lost count of how many dickheads there were in Trowbridge yesterday, mostly impatient ones just pulling out in front of me or other drivers. Sure enough, there was an accident incident...
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Post by Deleted on Dec 8, 2019 13:53:05 GMT
I do the best I can in traffic to let folk in or out of main streets. I sometimes get beeps of frustration but honestly, most times not. Most days we pretty much help each other get along.
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Post by Tim on Dec 9, 2019 11:32:51 GMT
No idea if it is the darker evenings or the impending seasonal bliss but manners on the road are at an all time low right now. Along with the usual gamut of suicidal pedestrians and cyclist's. It very definitely is that silly season. Idiocy levels are at a high at this time of year. Combined with an apparent desire to travel in queues at a steady 40 and not leave any spaces for overtaking.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 9, 2019 11:36:16 GMT
I have noted that the red light is taken as a suggestion most of the time here, I'll stick to stopping thanks. Frequently hooted at when I do, or they just drive round me.
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Post by johnc on Dec 9, 2019 11:57:38 GMT
The mention of red lights reminded me of an incident on Saturday morning. We had been waiting what seemed an eternity to cross a busy main road at a pedestrian crossing. When the lights finally changed, it coincided with the arrival of a red new shape RS4 from a side street about 75 yds down the road from the crossing. The guy joined the main road we were about to cross, no doubt saw an amber light and floored it. With a full red light to him and a green man for us, he flew by, straight through the crossing and gave a half wave of apology and a bit of a smile. Wanker!
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Post by Deleted on Dec 9, 2019 11:59:45 GMT
Reminds me of the taxi drivers' highway code, can't remember from where:
Green = go. Amber = accelerate. Red = accelerate, paying particular attention to steering.
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Post by johnc on Dec 14, 2019 12:10:45 GMT
I am in the office today as the workload builds up for tax return submissions. I have just been across the road to the supermarket to get some lunch and on the way back I got to the pedestrian crossing, looked up the road and it was easily clear enough to walk across without pushing the button (and stopping the traffic unnecessarily). I got to the other side and had taken 3 or 4 steps when I heard some heavy braking and a full blast of a horn. I turned round to see what was going on - behind me was a teenager with earphones in, holding a phone out in front of her and obviously messaging someone. She looked completely totally shocked (and the driver of the Mini Cooper Works looked equally pissed off). I can only assume she saw me crossing the road and just walked straight out zombie style, causing the Mini driver more than a few problems. At what point in life do teenagers get a brain?
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Post by Deleted on Dec 14, 2019 12:58:28 GMT
Not just teenagers.
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Post by Tim on Dec 16, 2019 10:06:10 GMT
I was following a modified Mk1 MX-5 for a while on the Friday night commute. He deemed a blind, fast left hand corner the ideal place to overtake a van that was already doing 60, perhaps he thought his full cage would save him in a crash!
I suspect he gave himself a bit of a fright as when he caught up with the inevitable queue of cars slightly further down the road he just sat in behind them rather than picking them off as he could've done.
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Post by scouse on Dec 16, 2019 13:31:04 GMT
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Post by Boxer6 on Dec 16, 2019 14:47:51 GMT
Is that your barn/house in the background of the second pic scouse?
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Post by scouse on Dec 16, 2019 14:50:44 GMT
In between the trees of the last one mate. It's my fence he demolished. Along with he road sign which is under his car.
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Post by johnc on Dec 16, 2019 14:53:33 GMT
Looks like your fence put up a good fight.
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