Pet Hates - other peoples' drivingwhat do you dislike most in other peoples' driving?
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Posted At 13/08/2008 AAChris |
Worries about safety featured in the top two hates in a recent AA/Populus survey with tailgating (driving too close to the car in front) cited by 30%, closely followed by talking on the mobile phone whilst driving cited by 26%.
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Shish
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Posted At: 27/04/2009 03:01:44
Drivers who don't indicate until they actually start turning.
Uggh... are you deliberately indicating late to make sure that no other road user can possibly take advantage of the information, or do you just not understand what the word 'indicate' actually means? Drivers who do 30mph when there is a 50mph repeater sign on every second lampost. If you're not even aware of speed limit signs, what else are you not paying the slightest attention to? People who do 35-40 are even worse because they also think they're speeding
People who think it's "safer" to drive 10-20 mph under the speed limit everywhere because they had a slight skid in snow 20 years ago. Take some responsibilty for your own driving skills, please. If you're not confident driving at or near the posted speed limit under normal conditions, to the point where you are holding up a line of cars, you might want to consider further training, my friend. Oh, and car drivers who have a crash once every two or three years, and have never ridden a motorbike, patronisingly telling me how "dangerous" motorbikes are. That may or may not be the case, but if you can't even consistently keep your CAR out of harm's way, you're not in a position to preach to me about bike safety issues. Ahh... that's better. |
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ChattyCathy
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Posted At: 28/04/2009 15:22:54
On a dual carriageway, when one lane in front is coned off so you are all queueing in the correct lane then some bright (read arrogant and annoying) chap realises that he can zoom down the outside lane, then nip into the lane where me and every other mug is waiting, as there's always some dozy wazzock who lets them in. the air in my car turns a lovely shade of blue
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Popsider
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Posted At: 03/05/2009 19:21:45
If someone as room to undertake you, YOU are in the wrong lane
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ChattyCathy
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Posted At: 03/05/2009 20:05:53
Hmm. Did you read what i said or just jump to a conclusion? The other lane is coned off just in front of you and you are waiting in a queue as there are roadworks etc. so nowhere for anyone else to go. I also put the outside lane (which then isn't, as you said, undertaking) although of course they do it in both lanes.
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Dewey027
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Posted At: 05/05/2009 12:19:35
ChattyCathy, if everyone used both lanes up to the point of filtering in, you wouldn't have to sit in a such a long queue! One of my pet hates is the filthy looks and gestures I get when doing just this...
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The Daddy
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Posted At: 07/05/2009 11:11:39
Drivers who drive in the middle of the road on the approach to roadworks (particularly lorry drivers) where signage clearly states use both lanes filter in turn.
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1mad_bob
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Posted At: 07/05/2009 16:57:52
dont you just want to kill drivers for undertaking lol
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Accordingly
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Posted At: 07/05/2009 20:12:41
If you have room on your left to be undertaken then you must be in the wrong lane.... Maybe some driver training required?
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winston fiesta
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Posted At: 08/05/2009 13:46:04
1. 4 x 4 petrol eating road monsters, which are driven by erratic, wild-haired mums dropping their well-bred and completely bratty children off to school - particularly secondary schools, on main roads - i could pull up, wind down the window and let out a scream.
2. 4 x 4 petrol gobbling horrors driven by balding, tanned and leathery skinned men of a certain age, lurching up tiny urban roads with cars parked on one side, usully forcing me onto a pavement to get out of the way. They don't slow down. And they NEVER thank you! 3. BMW drivers in Sutton Coldfield, driving so closely behind me, i actually wonder whether they are attempting to mount my car in a bizarre twist of reproduction as seen on discovery channel/ bbc2 etc - cars are metal machines, they don't breed. 4. Mini-cab drivers...whizzing past as they overtake - i have seen passengers heads being whipped back as if supported by necks made of bendy straws, such are the erratic and unecessary speeds reached between one set of traffic lights and another. Also, the tail-gating, frankly astounding behaviour on roundabaouts, pulling up right in front of you without warning etc etc 5. Idiots who stop in traffic and block junctions rather than leave a bit of a gap to let cars in and out. 6. Souped up corsa's, micra's, and saxo's - i don't give a fiddlers fluff if you've got Axel Rose's own amp plumbed into your parcel shelf, when you're playing Pussy Cat Dolls latest abomination to music, it sounds sh*t. Shut it up. 7. Absolute gits around Walsall who know you need to get into the right hand lane to go right for the one way system, who refuse to let you in. And then, just to rub it in, at the last second verge off the the left and vanish around the corner, leaving you to brake sharply to avoid hitting them or ending up on top of the central crossing bit for pedestrians! Why??? Selfish bullies. |
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Eldritch
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Posted At: 08/05/2009 13:53:36
Why do lorry drivers think that the 20 foot gap between you and the car in front is big enough for their 40 foot long vehicle to fit into. I love the millisecond warning that they give you of their intention to move into the particular road space you are currently occupying, causing the panicked slamming of brakes on your behalf and the subsequent 5 mile taleback as the lorry in question spends the next fortnight overtaking the vehicle doing 0.0001mph slower than itself.
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