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Post by johnc on Jan 31, 2020 17:32:42 GMT
^ In fact, and I don't think that many of us are fully aware, when turning a corner to enter another road any pedestrian crossing that road at/near the junction has right of way (at least that's how it was when I passed my test many years ago) - not that it's any consolation if a car decides to run you over That still applies as far as I am aware
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Post by LandieMark on Jan 31, 2020 17:56:25 GMT
Yes, I knew that.
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Post by Roadsterstu on Feb 1, 2020 11:34:03 GMT
Moron in a Fiesta ladt night. Another one who thinks because a vehicle is turning into the junction they are waiting to emerge from, they can disregard the car behind the turning vehicle and pull out. Then, when you're right up behind it and flash your headlights, they stomp on the brakes... Twat. You see it all the time on YouTube dashcam clips. Cars that have pulled out in front of the camera car then stamp on their brakes when the camera car flashes their lights and beeps their horn. I just don't understand what makes them think it is acceptable to potentially cause an accident and what they think would happen if the car following did run in to the back of them? Do they think they'd be able to claim off the following cars insurance? I'm sure there's a lot of drivers who still hold onto the myth that the car that hits you from behind is automatically at fault irregardless of whether their actions caused the collision. Many years back, when I had a Mazda Xedos 6, exactly this happened. Pick up pulled out to over take a bus as I was already positioned to overtake. I flashed my lights so he stomped on his brakes and I hit it. Right on its towbar, punching a neat hole in the front bumper. I went proper mad at him. We swapped details, no visible damage to his pikey wagon. That was it, I thought. Until renewal time and my insurers disclosed to me they had paid out a 1750 quid whipcash claim.
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Post by Roadsterstu on Feb 1, 2020 11:36:35 GMT
^ In fact, and I don't think that many of us are fully aware, when turning a corner to enter another road any pedestrian crossing that road at/near the junction has right of way (at least that's how it was when I passed my test many years ago) - not that it's any consolation if a car decides to run you over That still applies as far as I am aware It does. Any pedestrian already crossing. And any half decent driver will be watching those pedestrians near the junction in case they cross without looking. Therefore, she was an idiot. And a shit driver.
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Post by Big Blue on Feb 1, 2020 11:42:40 GMT
I was always told pedestrians have right of way at all times except where it’s posted “no pedestrians” and motorways. The newer H Code gives pedestrian guidelines but you’re still allowed to walk in the road.
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Post by Roadsterstu on Feb 1, 2020 11:52:44 GMT
I was always told pedestrians have right of way at all times except where it’s posted “no pedestrians” and motorways. The newer H Code gives pedestrian guidelines but you’re still allowed to walk in the road. You could be right but I'd have to look it up. Driving customs do change naturally to a degree and I suppose if you stopped turning into a road for a pedestrian not yet crossing following drivers just wouldn't expect it.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 1, 2020 12:29:38 GMT
I do expect to wait when crossing the road, common sense that car v pedestrian the walker loses big time every time. However when I am already crossing the road the attitude demonstrated by a lot of drivers is quite shocking. Yesterday was the closest but it is by no means unusual and I fully expect to be hit at some stage. Not being as quick as I used to be makes things more likely. I have found that drivers on roundabouts look to their right and boot it without even looking for pedestrians even when there is a crossing point like there is at the place of yesterdays 'event'. I blame it on lazy driving and impatience myself, that and the other person being less important than the offender. I think my damage is limited to muscular and soft tissue but how long before a nasty injury occurs is anyone's guess.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 1, 2020 14:26:19 GMT
Right at the end of my road there's a roundabout with places for pedestrians to cross by each exit. There are high hedges lining it and one of the approaches is a downhill. Drivers fly down the hill and out of the left hand exit without braking or indicating and whilst looking right (although most don't bother with the looking bit), so any pedestrian crossing at that point, behind that hedge is taking their life in their hands!
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Post by ChrisM on Feb 1, 2020 23:32:02 GMT
Turns out that the car being pushed sideways by the Royal Mail truck was one of the lads from CarThrottle..
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Post by Alex on Feb 2, 2020 23:25:15 GMT
I've only come across that youtube channel recently but I did think I recognised him!
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Post by Alex on Feb 3, 2020 18:02:35 GMT
I nearly saw two bikers be killed yesterday. I was on a 50mph road with a red mid 00's Transporter ahead who was following a 207 who was doing about 45mph. Not slow but enough to frustrate the van driver. As we approached an uphill section that has an overtaking lane (Bury Hill nr Arundel for those who know it) I notice three super bikes approach from behind at a speed suggesting they were not planning on sticking to 50. Rather then head for the overtakingane I pre empted what would happen next and held back as all three bikers accelerated hard towards the hill and passed me as if I was standing still. The first biker made it past the van moments before he slowly lumbered out into the overtaking lane with no indication (which suggests a glance in his mirrors was also ommitted). The second and third bikers then had to veer into the oncoming traffic to avoid colliding with the van and narrowly missed a car coming down the hill. To add to the stupidity, biker one, clearly angered slowed down in front of the van bringing him to a stop to remonstrate with him bringing the hill to a stop as the line of traffic behind tried to work out what to do. I got past and found bikers 2 and 3 at the top of the hill, head in hands looking visibly shaken - hopefully, regardless of the van drivers lack of awareness, its taught them an important lesson about the dangers of trying to achieve double the speed limit in busy traffic. Same road I mentioned above had a biker take one risk too many today. www.wscountytimes.co.uk/news/people/man-dies-after-crash-a29-bury-hill-1383899
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Post by ChrisM on Feb 3, 2020 21:40:44 GMT
Bury Hill has been notorious for accidents since before I was old enough to hold a driving licence.......
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Post by Roadsterstu on Feb 3, 2020 23:14:12 GMT
Turns out that the car being pushed sideways by the Royal Mail truck was one of the lads from CarThrottle.. Yeah, I watched their video yesterday where they disclosed that.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 6, 2020 15:58:53 GMT
Young baboon in a Mitsubishi Colt that he'd tried so hard to do an Evo on - those mini shark fins across rear of roof, etc etc. Pulled out in front of me when he shouldn't, and the mismatch between the farty volume emitted and minimal increase in velocity was as great as I have ever seen. Or should that be heard?
On the plus side, he seemed entirely aware that we were taking the piss out of his car at the next set of lights...
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Post by Deleted on Feb 9, 2020 11:43:54 GMT
I was behind a car the other morning (pre 6am, so nice quiet roads) who was going far too fast in the 30 and 40 limits. When we got to the NSL stretch and were the only two cars I decided to have a little play and opened the taps to catch up. He was probably doing about 70-75 in the 60 when I caught him and then we reached another village with a 30 limit. I slowed down and he just carried on at the exact same speed. Never saw him again, funnily enough, as this village was probably getting on for a mile end to end and he was exiting it still going warp speed when I was only about half way.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 9, 2020 14:27:20 GMT
I tend to get the reverse, in that people will tailgate me through 30s and 40s before disappearing backwards!
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Post by Deleted on Feb 9, 2020 15:50:10 GMT
The road to work is a NSL one which I then turn off of onto another road that has some zig zag bends in it. It's amazing how many cars will be right up my arse on the straight main road and then fail to keep up through the twisties and my car has pretty wobbly handling.
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Post by Martin on Feb 9, 2020 15:59:23 GMT
Wobbly handling....that takes me back to last Sunday, I was in the Golf and being really aggressively tailgated by a FF Range Rover on a dual carriageway, when I had nowhere to go. It made my day when the car in front moved over just before a roundabout and it was clear right through to the exit, which was a fairly sharp bend. Watching the RR list over one way then the other like it was at sea as I disappeared up the road did make me smile.
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Post by humphreythepug on Feb 9, 2020 17:11:00 GMT
Probably a bit of me and also a Golf R.
Having a bit of fun on the A3 Saturday morning in a Megane Trophy, a bit of accelerating and dropping back with the Golf R doing the same behind me, we were both using 3 lanes properly, indicating properly, there was no tailgating or anything dangerous, there was a bit of going over the limit but being a Saturday morning the A3 was relatively clear.
We both came off at Painshill I kept in the left lane of the sliproad whilst approaching the lights, slowing and dropping in behind whatever car was infront of me, Golf R kept in the right lane, I slowed as the lights changed, Golf R booted it and went through the amber lights at great speed, followed by a grey X5, he too at great speed..................then the blue lights came on!!
Golf R was pulled a few hundred yards along on the left!!
I should imagine the both of us were being watched for a while and as my ex Police friend said last night "both of you being monitored and given a fair bit of rope to see who hangs themselves first" ........luckily for me it was the Golf!
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Post by Deleted on Feb 10, 2020 8:12:19 GMT
The road to work is a NSL one which I then turn off of onto another road that has some zig zag bends in it. It's amazing how many cars will be right up my arse on the straight main road and then fail to keep up through the twisties and my car has pretty wobbly handling. Reminds me of a boggo Q5 doing that to me a few years ago, and seeing him experience massive understeer trying to hold on around a bend.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 10, 2020 22:18:54 GMT
The road to work is a NSL one... Said road coming back from work changes to a 30 before a downhill section and most people don't bother slowing until they're going down the hill where there is a mini roundabout at the bottom. I always slow to 30 before the hill as I often cross that road walking the dog and am therefore mindful that someone else could be doing the same. The car behind me tonight was obviously thinking I was gonna do the same as everyone else and slow down going down the hill and nearly rear ended me when I braked before the 30 sign. They then proceeded to drive right up my arse, so I whacked on the cruise at 29 mph and continuously tapped the set speed downwards until they got the hint at about 22 mph!
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Post by Alex on Feb 11, 2020 11:18:23 GMT
Sorry Simon, I have to call bullshit on the end of your story. Since when has a tailgater ever got the message?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 11, 2020 15:19:04 GMT
I had a tailgater that was on the bone a lot so slowed gently in the 30 zone, she got the message, I think the half dozen cars behind her made sure of that.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 11, 2020 17:39:02 GMT
Sorry Simon, I have to call bullshit on the end of your story. Since when has a tailgater ever got the message? Well, they backed off to leave a gap, so I'm assuming that it worked. I even went a different way home so I was in front of them for longer!
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Post by Deleted on Feb 12, 2020 16:30:03 GMT
An old coot in a Disco heading back into town and wandering all over the road. When I pulled alongside him at the lights I got the finger. Obviously one of those who owns the road or knows the guy who does anyway. I probably committed the cardinal sin of telling him one lane at a time rather than 2.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 13, 2020 15:29:33 GMT
Arsehole in an A class who pulled out in front of traffic and then proceeded to dawdle along at 10mph below the limit, thus causing a tailback.
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Post by Roadsterstu on Feb 20, 2020 9:49:15 GMT
High beam numpties. There's been a spate of them recently who are either incapable or unwilling to dip their lights as they approach or who can't figure out that putting them on allows them to see better, thus they are able to drive at the speed limit rather than 10 or 15 mph below it.
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Post by michael on Feb 20, 2020 9:53:08 GMT
High beam numpties. There's been a spate of them recently who are either incapable or unwilling to dip their lights as they approach or who can't figure out that putting them on allows them to see better, thus they are able to drive at the speed limit rather than 10 or 15 mph below it. I think high beam assist has a lot to answer for. I suspect that a few cases of failure to dip are because 'the car didn't do it'.
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Post by Tim on Feb 20, 2020 11:42:24 GMT
Stupid bitch this morning who aggressively tailgated the hesitantly driven car ahead of her in the right lane of the dual carriageway before, and then across, the Tay Bridge. She had an empty child seat in the back.
Additionally the hesitantly driven car that was being tailgated, it took the roundabout before the bridge in a series of 'bites' then accelerated sedately across the bridge and where the left lane was empty it had the left wheel across the white line. I thought they had been distracted by the tailgater but it turned out that they were actually distracted by the text(s) they were sending!
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Post by Deleted on Feb 24, 2020 18:36:37 GMT
High beam numpties. There's been a spate of them recently who are either incapable or unwilling to dip their lights as they approach or who can't figure out that putting them on allows them to see better, thus they are able to drive at the speed limit rather than 10 or 15 mph below it. I think high beam assist has a lot to answer for. I suspect that a few cases of failure to dip are because 'the car didn't do it'. My HBA is shite. It's activated by default so one flick forward on the stalk activates it. To deactivate you have to push the stalk forwards again to switch it to manual mode then pull the stalk back again to turn it off. So, when it fails to auto deactivate and is blinding the oncoming traffic it takes both time and concentration to turn it off and if it decides to work halfway through this procedure you're either pushing the stalk forward and turning high beams back on again or pulling it back to flash the driver already flashing you!
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