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Quote: “Learner drivers when I'm late for work.”

A fault with a lot of drivers is that they fail to realise that their journey is no more important than anyone else’s (blues&twos excepted, of course).

Allow time for delays in your journey. If you are going to be late, don’t confuse your lateness with The End Of The World. It’s not. The learner driver couldn’t give a monkey’s if (a) your boss has called an eight-thirty, (b) your child minder has a hangover (c) your neighbour has had a skip delivered across the end of your drive, etc, etc

I'm convinced that planning, of both your time and your journey, so that driving isn’t seen as a major inconvenience between two parts of your day but the middle of three parts of your day, would be a major contribution to road safety.

Also…
As it starts to go dark, some drivers will switch on their below-the-front-bumper fog/driving lamps instead of their headlights or sidelights. What’s that all about? Is it meant to confuse other road users into thinking that their remarkably dull and average car is, in fact, a head-turning, dribble-inducing, exotic super-car?

Having just read all the contributions on this thread I have to say I agree with all of them.

Amazed that no-one has mentioned cyclists ignoring red traffic lights and riding across pedestrian crossings. When are we going to get the clampdown on this that the police have been promising?

Being a motorcyclist as well as a car driver I would also like to add:

Scooter riders using bus lanes as if they own them.

Car drivers in queues stopping too close to traffic islands so there's no space for me to squeeze my bike through so I either have to wait until the queue moves or break the law and go round the wrong side of the island. I know selfish drivers won't have any sympathy for this but freedom to pass queues is one of the main reasons for riding a bike.

Cyclists who dawdle up the outside of or between traffic queues, getting in the way of motorcycles.

Drivers in queues who don't pay attention to whether the vehicle in front of them has moved and hold the queue up for no reason.

Drivers who don't use bus lanes when they're not in operation. Most driver's don't seem to realise a lot of bus lanes are only in force for 3 or 6 hours a day (usually 7am - 10am and 4pm - 7pm). Why don't they use them outside these times?

Tailgaters are a menace, especially young women who seem to have no idea of stopping distances, or the two second rule, or that it takes a lot longer to stop on a wet road. Plus that well-known Neanderthal throwback, White Van Man, who tailgates everyone he follows as he successively and dangerously overtakes them.

Some of my pet hates have already had a mention, but I have another couple.

Why do they put traffic lights on roundabouts? If people need the traffic lights to enable them to navigate a roundabout then should they be driving?

Where I live a lot of drivers don't seem to like joining a roundabout if there is another car already on it, or even approaching from a different road, so they just sit and wait untill there is no other car moving before they pull away, thereby creating their own traffic jam....

I also hate people who brake sharp when they see a revenue (aka speed) camera, even when they are not exceeding the limit, shouldn't they pay attenion to their speed anyway?

Funny, I always thought there were two lanes around a roundabout, why go all the way round.