"walking buses" etc.
how long before the gov makes these the *standard* for public transport requirements!!!
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The ones that annoy me are exactly those people at crossroads and roundabouts who refuse to let people cross their line, even though they are unable to go anywhere further forward themselves.
I think its more mindless than thoughtless.
Also people who will not let traffic out of a side road. Presumably because they never use a side road themselves and never need to join slow moving traffic.
And tailgaters ! What is that about ? Is there some assumption that I will drive faster because they are within inches of my tail (I don't, I slow down) or is there some idea that the vehicle I am overtaking will magically disappear so that I can pull back in ? (and I don't, I'll stay in the outside lane slowe and slower until they pull back off my tail).
And lastly, I drive a lot on cruise control; I don't drive particularily fast, usually around the speed limit, its not worth trying to drive faster on busy roads you just spend all your time braking, nor am I worried about beating everybody else. It is amazing how many people will suddenly accelerate on a dual carriageway as you are about to pass them, only to slow back down as soon as you pull in behind them.
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Or people who tailgate while you are doing 40 in a 40 zone, use the right turn only lane at a set of lights as an opportunity to overtake and go straight on and then insist on driving at 35 in the 40 zone, thus hindering your progress!! What's all that about Mr Audi driver on Stanningley Road, Leeds last night? Maybe he didn't like being behind a smart!!!!
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Here, here Mark!
My 309 diesel is at the best of times a little on the 'challenged' side when overtaking on the motorway. It's not exactly performance driving, but I'm quite happy to plod along at 70- 75 mph.
So I'm amazed at the amount of fragile egos out there! If I 'dare' overtake their shiny pride & joy in my old heap invariably they'll speed up and prevent me overtaking (I'm flat out at 85mph, with little acceleration to speak of!!) So I'm forced to drop in behind them, where they'll slow back down again to sub 70mph.
Must have happend 4 - 5 times on my last drive up from Plymouth to Oxford. Arrrgh!!! Get over it guys - I'm not trying to prove anything - I just want to get home!!!
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It is amazing how many people will suddenly accelerate on a dual carriageway as you are about to pass them, only to slow back down as soon as you pull in behind them.
i must admit,i have resorted to doing something similar to this,mainly out of frustration.
having a beefy,sporty-looking car, i have found that i am being made a target, by the local baseball-cap brigade, who with their souped-up tin cans, think the best way to show the car full of mates with them, what their car can do...is to "burn me off".
i never used to rise to the bait, having them follow me a couple of miles-flashing their lights,then fly past me and slow to almost a crawl,(to force me to overtake them).when i draw level with them they then "start a race".
the best way i have found to deal with them(rightly or wrongly)is to keep them behind. they don't half lose face quick, in front their mates, and tend to stay quietly behind,until either of us turns off.
mindless idiots!
billy.
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It is amazing how many people will suddenly accelerate on a dual carriageway as you are about to pass them, only to slow back down as soon as you pull in behind them. i must admit,i have resorted to doing something similar to this,mainly out of frustration. having a beefy,sporty-looking car, i have found that i am being made a target, by the local baseball-cap brigade, who with their souped-up tin cans, think the best way to show the car full of mates with them, what their car can do...is to "burn me off".
Encountered the Old Trafford baseball-cap brigade on Saturday night, on the dual carriage way (40mph limit) between Man Utd and the Trafford Center. They were in a P reg Astra, with a dustbin for an exhaust.
They tried to beat me away from the lights on a roundabout, but failed, because of the rainy conditions and their lack of Electronic Stability Program. They then tried it on again at a set of lights on a straight, and failed.
At the third set of lights I pulled off ahead of them again but settled at 40mph and let them take the lead. As they passed they flicked the V's and honked several times.
I got more pleasure honking them further down the road, when the police car that had been behind me at the third set of lights, had pulled them over.
It made my day.
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PDC
Was the police car taxed ?
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didn't have time to stop and check, but I think one of it's blue lights was out ;-)
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Wasn't an intermittent fault ;-)
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It was actually. Kept flashing on and off. Rear brakes also exhibited same fault. Must be something wrong in the wiring loom?
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Respect - I play a similar game with speed cameras\'s - if anyone feels particular partial to my cars rear end, I make a pretence of trying to leave them, then pull over and adjust my speed just before the speed camera.
They\'re so impressed with themselves they often miss the speed camera which gives me deep joy - cruel but satisfying.
3 points and a £40 fixed wipes the smile of anyones face.
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Used to be really easy to do this on the A556 between the M6 and M56, until they moved the road sign that the s************ was hidden behind. The camera was just close enough to the traffic lights for people to still be accelerating in race mode.
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Thoughtlessness on the road comes in many different types.
Tailgaters are indeed prats. I never do it and find it annoying when others do it to me. I would suggest, however, that people who find themselves being tailgated frequently might ask why this is the case, and might look at their own driving.
As any journey on Britain's motorways will confirm, the 70mph speed limit is regarded as absurd by most drivers, unenforceable by the police and is ignored by almost everyone.
Surely, then, the '69mph in lane 3' club are guilty to at least some degree of provoking the tailgaters?
If some people want to drive at 69mph on the motorway by all means do so but could they please do their bit to reduce tailgating by simply getting out of everyone else's way while doing it.
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About cruise control - I thought it was me, I set a speed when traffic conditions allow and am always amazed at how other cars speeds vary.
Up and down hills I accept, but how irritating is it when cars drive up your rear, overtake and then slow down so you have to overtake to maintain your speed.
This often turns into a \'game\' which I normally end by leaving em for dead, albeit at the risk of getting tugged.
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