Things that make you go Arrrgghhh

[Robf]

So,

What are the things that get you extremely irritated on the roads.

My current Meldrew moment is drivers who stop on a busy thoroughfare to let the first car from a side street to get out, thereby stopping all the traffic so it bunches up, creating additional danger for everyone, including the car from the side street, and creating a tailback making it an extremely long wait for the other cars looking to join from the side.... and even more annoying is the pratt who has nothing immediatley behind them stopping on the main thoroughfare to do the same (if they had carried on everyone would have got out), meanwhile other traffic has caught up with them creating another bunch up. Passive aggressive at its best.

Is this you?

Does this make you go Arrrggghhhh, or is there something else that gets your goat.

 

[Bam Bam]

Different situation but I let a car turn right in front of me from the main road onto a side road today. A row of cars was building up behind them.

With an EV it is nice and smooth to slow down to let them go without stopping and then speeding up to 20mph.

Later on I didn't stop to allow a car to back out of a parking space onto the main road, but the car behind me did.

 

[MG Clive]

BMW drivers

 

[Gadget Geek]

Drivers who learnt the Highway Code to pass their test, and then immediately afterwards choose to ignore it as though it doesn't apply to them! (I think we've all seen them at some point). On Sunday, on a stretch of road which went from 50 down to 30, with double, unbroken white lines, a BMW driver decided to overtake not only me, but the car behind me as well.

 

[T1 Terry]

If the traffic is banked up, I'll stop and flash the lights for a driver to get out of a side street, and generally, each car behind will let a car in ..... no BMW drivers in the left lane as that is the realm of inferior cars and there is no way they would mix with the riff raff .... that is why they cut across from the centre lane, with no indicator of course, it is the inferior car lane they are crossing after all and we should feel blessed that the even crossed our lane ......

My pet hate, the idiot that virtually stops before turning left, like they were worried the car might roll over if they took the corner too fast ....... or slowly creep up on it like it might vanish if they surprised it or something ....... and idiots that can't understand that the merging lane when entering a freeway is for getting up enough speed to match the traffic flow, not crawling along and coming to a complete stop because there wasn't a spot available for them to slot into ......

Best leave a few for others, I need another beer to calm down a bit now

T1 Terry

 

[salty]

Drivers who learnt the Highway Code to pass their test, and then immediately afterwards choose to ignore it as though it doesn't apply to them! (I think we've all seen them at some point). On Sunday, on a stretch of road which went from 50 down to 30, with double, unbroken white lines, a BMW driver decided to overtake not only me, but the car behind me as well.

But that's a BMW driver, for you.
Nuff said. Can I add Range Rover drivers, too.

As for the Highway Code. Once you've passed your test, it's never read again.
And unfortunately we fall into bad driving habits. We all do. Don't necessarily mean unsafe, just bad. (except obviously the odd exceptions)

 

[OriginalBigAl]

There is not enough words in the dictionary to reply to this post , so Ill leave it to the Bard.
"Lord , what fools theses mortals be!" and
"I am a man more sinned against than sinning."

 

[T1 Terry]

There is not enough words in the dictionary to reply to this post , so Ill leave it to the Bard.
"Lord , what fools theses mortals be!" and
"I am a man more sinned against than sinning."

and he typed that with a straight face no doubt

T1 Terry

 

[Rolfe]

Drivers who learnt the Highway Code to pass their test, and then immediately afterwards choose to ignore it as though it doesn't apply to them! (I think we've all seen them at some point). On Sunday, on a stretch of road which went from 50 down to 30, with double, unbroken white lines, a BMW driver decided to overtake not only me, but the car behind me as well.

The village here is a 20 mph zone in a trunk road. It's not a long stretch and it doesn't delay you by much. It makes such a difference to people's lives when the traffic slows down. The other day I was parking in front of the village garage, which is right on the main road, when I heard a roar and saw a car (BMW?) race past multiple cars doing the speed limit, right in front of the garage and the bus stop. A woman waiting for a bus was visibly shocked, and another woman just exiting the garage office said the car had overtaken five cars that were following a van and had tried to pass the van as well, before realising he couldn't and pulling back.

One night a few months ago I was driving the same stretch. Two cars in front of me, the front one doing the 20 mph limit. The car I was following suddenly pulled out and overtook that car - just as the driver of that car started to turn right. How they missed each other I have no idea. I wished I'd had a dashcam to send the clip to the police. The offending car sped off up the road at about fifty. The car that was turning had been a little late in signalling, but you could tell what he was going to do by the way he was positioned on the road. Madness.

 

[maskull]

Drivers that are continually driving down the one way street outside my home . When you advise them of the fact ,they say they were strangers to the area and carry on anyway . Don't have road signs where they come from ?
If they stop , I can always fall back on cyclists or people glued to their phones

 

[5teep]

It's only good manners to let a car out at a junction, doesn't really cause much hassle to those behind you and one day you will be that person waiting and cursing everyone for driving past leaving you stuck there.
Pay it forwards.

 

[Rolfe]

Actually, I have a related but opposite gripe. If two streams of traffic are merging, maybe when exiting a car park, merge in turn. Don't be so bloody polite that you sit and let a dozen cars pass in front of you until the driver behind you is ready to get out, rip your door open, reach down your throat and strangle you with your small intestine.

 

[decrep]

There's all sorts of stuff that gets me annoyed, but one of the most dangerous is on a 2 lane road, when the person on the inside gives way to pedestrian or cyclist, without taking into account what's coming up in the outside lane. A recipe for disaster,
I think my pet hate is tailgaters, just being lazy, driving on your brake lights, or being a bully, trying to push you along. Tapping the brakes doesn't always work, just makes the bully more aggressive.
Putting a wheel onto the verge and giving them a gravel spray does, but maybe a bit over the top?

 

[pjmmk]

I'm REALLY irritated at the moment. Our Tesla needs to go in for repair after a suicidal fox ran in front of it on an unlit section of dual carriageway. Was doing just over 60 in a 70 limit, there was nowhere safe to stop till I came to a layby half a mile down the road to assess the damage. The car's drivable. As for the fox, who knows - it was too dangerous to go back to check on it.

 

[decrep]

You think foxes are bad, you should try kangaroos.

 

[Shrink Proof]

People who rent a motorhome to "do" the NC500 who've never previously driven anything larger than a Fiesta and also have no idea how to drive on single lane roads:-

No, really, the passing places can be used to let other vehicles overtake (the police have even had to put signs up to announce this, but of course that assumes all people can read).

No, the passing places are just that, they're not picnic sites. So please pack the folding chairs and the Daily Express away and drive on to where there's a P (for picnic) sign.

And absolutely the worst of all - NO, the passing places and/or nearby burns are not waste tips and are specifically NOT places where your onboard toilet can be emptied.

 

[Rolfe]

Oh dear. Personally, I wouldn't want to drive a thing the size of a truck on these roads, at all. Driving Caliban was lovely though.

 

[T1 Terry]

People who rent a motorhome to "do" the NC500 who've never previously driven anything larger than a Fiesta and also have no idea how to drive on single lane roads:-

No, really, the passing places can be used to let other vehicles overtake (the police have even had to put signs up to announce this, but of course that assumes all people can read).

No, the passing places are just that, they're not picnic sites. So please pack the folding chairs and the Daily Express away and drive on to where there's a P (for picnic) sign.

And absolutely the worst of all - NO, the passing places and/or nearby burns are not waste tips and are specifically NOT places where your onboard toilet can be emptied.

Not sure what the NC500 is, but change the motorhome to a brand new all bells and whistles Landcruiser and a caravan that should have a Kenworth towing it, the driver just retired recently and "Off to do the big trip they have always dreamed about" and hasn't actually driven a car since his youth, always gets the bus/train, and I'd think you were talking about Australia

Add driving in the centre lane at 80km/h .... because some twit on a caravan site said this was the best for fuel economy ..... they couldn't possibly drive in the lane set up for overtaking .... they aren't driving a slow moving truck and anyway ... that lane merging thing never existed 50 yrs ago when they drove a car last time ....... no idea how that works ..... and what do the flashing orange lights that these people turn on as they approach the end of these lanes that only seem to exist on hills ..... can't they see the dotted line .... that says stop there until I've passed ......

T1 Terry

 

[Archev]

Not sure what the NC500 is, but change the motorhome to a brand new all bells and whistles Landcruiser and a caravan that should have a Kenworth towing it, the driver just retired recently and "Off to do the big trip they have always dreamed about" and hasn't actually driven a car since his youth, always gets the bus/train, and I'd think you were talking about Australia

Add driving in the centre lane at 80km/h .... because some twit on a caravan site said this was the best for fuel economy ..... they couldn't possibly drive in the lane set up for overtaking .... they aren't driving a slow moving truck and anyway ... that lane merging thing never existed 50 yrs ago when they drove a car last time ....... no idea how that works ..... and what do the flashing orange lights that these people turn on as they approach the end of these lanes that only seem to exist on hills ..... can't they see the dotted line .... that says stop there until I've passed ......

T1 Terry

By the bells of Beelzebub - A Land Cruiser and any size caravan must by law be diverted into the North Sea somewhere about Berwick

 

[T1 Terry]

The whole thing with the Landcruiser dig, it might be able to drag the monstrosity on a dual axle that probably should have 3 axles and dual truck tyres under it ....... they can legally drive that rig with a car licence, even though the combined weight would need a medium rigid licence, and does if the correct size vehicle is towing it, like a Silverado, F250 or Dodge Ram 3500, but they won't buy one of those ..... they'd never pass the test to drive a heavy vehicle

T1 Terry