Idiot of the day.

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Sun 2 Aug 2015 17:50
Idiot of the day. - skidpan

Stopped at lights which had just changed to red. I knew we were in for a decent wait since I know the lights well so I lifted my foot off the clutch and used stop/start.

Knowing the lights I dipped the clutch when before the lights changed to green and guess what, the idiot at the side of me set off like a greyhound across the still red lights. I suspect he was not concentrating and when he heard my engine presumed I was setting off. Luckily he hit nothing.

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Sun 2 Aug 2015 23:18
Idiot of the day. - focussed

Sometimes difficult to see the TL set at the top of the pole if the stop line is close-I like the european system where there are another set of repeater lights at car windscreen height - wouldn't work in the UK they would get nicked or vandalised by the drunks.

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Fri 7 Aug 2015 12:39
Idiot of the day. - Sofa Spud

My idiot of the day was the rpm-junkie who drove past me in a BMW 3-series coupe that must have been fitted with some sort of silencer by-pass that opens at higher revs. The noise was so loud it was painful.

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Fri 7 Aug 2015 16:07
Idiot of the day. - Leif

Fortunately our area is fairly idiot free, at least on the roads. The last one I met objected to my being in his way, when I was trying to overtake a car, and that car sped up. So at the first opportunity he overtook me, then slammed on his brakes, as a punishment. Being cautious, there was never any risk to me. Nice. It is at times like that that an in car camera is useful, it protects one from the m****s.

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Fri 7 Aug 2015 17:12
Idiot of the day. - Bianconeri
I have two candidates in the last hour within 200m of each other in our village.

Incident 1, cyclist turning right from main road into C road cut corner so badly that she passed a car waiting to turn right onto the main road on the PASSENGER side and nearly hit the second car in the queue.

Incident 2, car waiting to turn right from the C road into residential street, had to wait for van to clear junction, but idiot in following black Audi A3 decided to overtake instead of waiting 5 seconds. Van had to stop and no one went anywhere. Lots of anger and colourful language from idiot in Audi.

Edited by Bianconeri on 07/08/2015 at 17:12

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Fri 7 Aug 2015 17:35
Idiot of the day. - concrete

It never fails to astound me how normally sensible(and some not so sensible) can lose control of their brain for a few moments. I must own up to one or two slight 'blond moments' myself over the years. Nothing serious or deliberate bad behaviour, just embarrasing. However some of the remnants of the gene pool do hold driving licences and do cause a certain amount of tension to fellow motorists. Unfortunately their is never a traffic car around when these mo***s are performing.

At my local pub the outside terrace is just 60 metres or so from a difficult road junction. A regular form of entertainment for us regulars is provided when we hear SCREECH- THUD. Then we have the spectacle of the argument, swopping of details etc etc. Lots of dents and dings but surprisingly little else. Hardly any cause for medical intervention or tow trucks and very rarely are the police involved. Thankful for small mercies.

Cheers Concrete

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Fri 7 Aug 2015 20:52
Idiot of the day. - thunderbird

The biggest pair of idiots I ever witnessed was at a farm many years ago when I was involved in some drainage work. Single track road but plenty of smooth well cut grass either side to drive on. Mother was leaving the farm driving on the road, son was entering the farm driving on the road. We all stood and watched as neither moved off the tarmac and hit head on. Pretty much stopped the job for the afternoon, difficult to work when a team of blokes is in hysterics. Would have loved to have read the claim forms.

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