What still scares you in driving?

I'm fine in City driving even in the Family Truck and having driven in Thailand and Malaysia, London is quite tame as even the cyclists have nothing on Thai moped riders which are often 3-4 up and I've had someone fall off right in front of me as he was chatting to someone and hit a pothole.....

I'm with you on multi-story carparks. They're fine in the Golf so if I know for sure I'm going to have to park in an old one then I'll try and take that. The 7 series was really difficult in some, despite the 3d / Surround cameras, the worst one was Watford where I used to have to visit regularly, there was a section that was impossible to get around in one go.... The width of my current car makes things difficult but the cameras are better because there's one that shows both front wheels, but I parked in the centre of Chester last Wednesday and that was a stressful experience, thankfully the kerb had a soft edge on the top as I quickly realised there was no way I was getting in without putting a wheel up on it.

The worst one I've even been in was under a hotel next to the Eiffel Tower.  It wasn't designed for cars as big as a 5 series, getting in wasn't too bad, but there were gaps with concrete pillars either side that I had to fold the mirrors in to get through and a couple of times I had to do a multi-point manoeuvre to get lined up.

Not the clearest picture, but this is the camera view of the front wheels.  There's a similar one in the off road menu which has the screen split into 3, wheel either side and a forward view in the middle, that's pretty useful as well.

About 10 years ago I drove into central London everyday with offices in Bayswater, Soho and the Barbican.

Never had issues with other car users as there's a mutual respect thing going on. Motorcyclists used to love darting between lanes and would often get the arse if you didn't clear out of their way quick enough. Be prepared for taxis to perform the emergency uturn without warning at the prospect of a fare but to be fair you expect that from a black cab. This was Pre Uber days so I imagine that adds another dimension.

Buses were a complete arse as they run on the rules of I'm bigger then you therefore don't mind squashing you. I assumed TFL expected a certain number of accidents per driver so the drivers didn't care. Cyclist however were a scary bunch. If you went up the Bayswater road at 8am it was like a scene from the Tour de France. Stop at a traffic light and suddenly you were swapped by Lycra dudes looking like Alistair Brownlee. No rules, no awareness of other road users and really didn't seem to care if they ended up squashed.

Other people

Sunday morning, very early and I was behind someone on a B road in a Hyundai SUV and as soon as they saw me, they put the hammer down (as much as it is possible to put the hammer down in a Hyundai SUV). Unfortunately, they clearly don’t use that hammer very often as they could not keep the car on their side of the road and one particular left hand blind bend they straddled the white lines and almost took out a fiesta on the other side.

As well as witnessing varying levels of corner taking nob-ishness, a few months ago I saw an MX-5 go for a overtake where the vehicle on the other side of the road had to do a full emergency stop to avoid an impact. What possessed this individual to make such a blatant “ not going to happen " overtake just before we trundled into a 30 limit is beyond my powers of reasoning – especially when they car they overtook was barely any slower than the speed limit and post 30 mph limit, the Mazda never went above the speed limit.

Not a lot but I agree on the multi-storey carparks - you'd think the one at Heathrow T5 would be ok as (a) it is modern and (b) lots of S-class type cars going in and out to do airport transfers. But no, the spirals are awful. Although not as bad as the ones in a multi-storey I parked at in the middle of Cambridge a couple of months ago.

I'm just back from a 3,700 mile trek down as far as Sorrento and back, so feeling fairly "back in the saddle" driving-wise. Drove from Lugano to London on my own yesterday.

Drivers around Preston. Every single time I drive on the section of M6 around Preston I see the most dangerous and knobbish driving of the whole of my journey and this morning was no different. Tailgating, lane weaving and undertaking, two or three cars clearly racing each other. Every. Single. Time. I drive around Preston.

The driving on the South Circular at gone 10pm last night through Catford and that sort of area was quite special. I saw several instances of terrible driving - in particular, on one sharp uphill bend, an elderly Corolla Verso coming down the hill the other way completely misjudged it and nearly took out the Prius in front of me, an Uber who mercifully managed to take evasive action without losing control. Then at another point, we all stopped because someone two cars ahead had stuffed their Astra into the back of the BMW in front of them. It wasn't a major bump but it clearly did not occur to any of those involved to move their dispute to the side of the road.

this is what scares me more than anything. I know what my limitations are, those of whatever vehicle I’m in command of and the effect of the road conditions but it appears to me that I am in the complete minority.

Driving in and around London has one positive effect: there is no such thing as a traffic jam almost anywhere else you go even if the locals claim there is one.

Yup. It was exactly the same coming back this afternoon.

And they are even worse if they have lights that only come on when you are moving and even then give out as much light as a candle. Including those under apartment blocks as well, as my ability to cave in the rear end of a hired Fiat 500 a couple of years ago proved. 

I got used to driving in London when I lived there. I think not knowing where you are going in a busy city is still scary, especially as you can easily end up in the wrong lane and / or ,of course, a bus lane. 

Other road users especially in California where I often have to thread the needle.
Cyclists here use the side of the road and regularly go against the traffic, so you’re faced with a vehicle on your left that’s coming towards you and a cyclist on the right, also coming towards you.
Happened this morning and it’s one of those things I really dislike.

Another one happened a few months ago when I was driving at night in the X5- a car that has bright headlights- on a freeway and tooo my exit and Mrs. R asked me if I saw the person on the road. Apparently there was someone on the hatching, walking in the dark. I didn’t even see them and that scared me.
Both the fact that they were where they shouldn’t and that I didn’t see them at all.

And finally large truck drivers who start swaying when I’m overtaking them on a highway/ interstate.
That’s not a fun one either.

And a common one in America, people who don’t know how to use roundabouts. They stop on the roundabout and let the traffic out in front of them, I was a passenger in a car that did this and it terrified me.

It is the main reason I have a dash cam - I don't fancy arguing the toss as to whose fault it was. It was clear cut with my accident as it was a warm day and the tyre treads on the road clearly showed he was on my side. I have front and rear on the truck and Discovery. I really need to get one fitted in the MX-5.

I've never been that worried about car parks other than numpty parking by others.

Group 3 also includes those who brake as soon as they see a matrix sign, regardless of what it says.

I'll add tailgaters to my list. If I am doing the posted limit, what makes them think being up my chuff will make me go faster?

That's the type who will get a middle-finger salute from me, every time!