Ok, here we go.
What ticks you off. What make you really angry when your behind the wheel.
If you had the power what one thing would you ban other drivers from doing? What would you ban on the road? eg: Trucks only on motorways between 7pm & 7am, no caravans etc.
I would ban anyone not using thier indicators. (Some Taxi drivers are great at this).
This really gets on my goat. They don't cost nothing to use. The people that don't use them could very easy cause an accident.
I put this behaviour down to being totally selfish.'I'm all right jack, I know where I'm going'.
Anyway, the main thing is what would you ban and why?
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Schoolchildren. Especially the clumps of them that assemble outside the corner shop at 8.15 and then run across the road to the bus stop when the bus appears headless of whatever traffic is there. Who would be blamed if one of them got run over?
In any case the school is only about a mile away. If they set off at 8.15 instead of hanging round at the shop they wouldnt even need the bus. /rant over. sorry
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Schoolchildren. Especially the clumps of them that assemble outside the corner shop at 8.15 and then run across the road to the bus stop when the bus appears headless of whatever traffic is there. Who would be blamed if one of them got run over?
You probably would. Because they are only children and probably haven't got a very well developed sense of road safety so you have to take extra care when you see them.
I remember when I was a kid back in the early sixties - I bought an ice cream and was enjoying it so much I wandered out into the road straight in front of a car and nearly got myself killed. I always drop the speed right down when I see a group of kids - often they shove each other out into the road.
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Drivers without a licence, if they're caught they should be banned behind the wheel of any vehicle for life, if they're caught again they're to be banged up within HM's pleasure.
Same can go for anyone without insurance too!!
How about banning Chavs from driving, they way some of them drive!
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Its not what you drive, its how you drive it! :-)
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I would ban all the mums who drive big 4x4's to my youngest daughter's school (or at least I would make them take a driving course so that they could learn to handle their vehicles better). I'm sure that they don't set out to be a nuisance, but many of them obviously aren't adept at handlling their vehicle. I'd force them all to p/x their 4x4's for Micras.
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I'd ban anyone who spun their wheels agressively on a public road. Mostly chavs again.
Speaking of things that I want, I'd love a little pop-up gatso on my bonnet that would jump up and get the BMW that blasted past me in roadworks tonight at well over 100MPH. The car got rocked by his slipstream.
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agreed.
I am sick of women in range rovers who drive down the middle of the lanes and would rather force others into a ditch than move towards the verge.
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Car hating politicians who seem to think that motorists (along with smokers and drinkers) are on this earth to be both heavily taxed and keep them in the lifestyle in office to which they have become accustomed.
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Two women in a car together. It's the ideal scenario of how women can multi-task. Chat (both to passenger & person on mobile(tucked between shoulder n ear), put make-up whilst looking in the vanity visor & drive whilst being totally oblivious to their surroundings & the large queue of traffic behind them.
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>>Two women in a car together.<<
In one of the Bond books Ian Fleming mentions a worse scenario: four women in a car together. The two in front have to turn round to yack to the two behind. Gotta love his political correctness!
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I would ban bank holiday speed merchants:
"I've spent all my/companies money on something I barely get to use normally so today I'll stick in the fast lane and bomb down straights on an A road"
Not that I'm angry or anything
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I would ban the creation of any further criminal offences by this government. They are currently at 700 and counting. Of all the things that are wrong with our roads, the lack of criminal offences is certainly not one of them. We should have more traffic cops so we can properly enforce the laws we have already got.
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Drivers who use mobile phones whilst driving should be banned. I can usually spot them by their erratic driving and zero awareness of other drivers around them. If it's so important to take the damn call, pull over!
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The above post is a perfect example of the point I have just made!
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You poor little people, getting narked off by 4x4s. I got stuck behind a HUMMER on the way home last night. No doubt the person behind the wheel was 5'1" tall.
But yes, what is the point??!??!??
Huff, puff...
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Land Rover Disco 3s.
They are huge. Two tons of what? For what? The Volvo XC90 weighs far less and does the same job with more style. Uggh.
Can someone not design a car that is tall, stylish and yet does have the driving characteristics of a truck. Or even an SUV without 4x4 which would save a huge amount of energy.
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Espada III - well if you have a family and need a Lamborghini, what else do you drive?
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Land Rover Disco 3s. They are huge. Two tons of what? For what? The Volvo XC90 weighs far less and does the same job with more style. Uggh.
Seconded. Something to do with a Ford model that looks the same I think. Horrible slab sided things.
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Land Rover Disco 3s. They are huge. Two tons of what? For what? The Volvo XC90 weighs far less and does the same job with more style. Uggh.
Er, not quite.
The 2 vehicles are fundamentally different. The Volvo is a car, with a monococque structure and no low-ratio gearbox or diff locks. The Disco is a truck, with a separate chassis (to which a monocoque is fixed) and a low-ratio box.
This means the Volvo has a towing rating of 2.2 tons, and the Disco 3.5 tons. This makes a BIG difference if you are planning to use your 4x4 to tow a boat, double-axle caravan, horsebox etc out of a churned up, muddy field.
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Inane Babble?
"It does no favours for old and new members alike whose threads are being turned into nothing but waffle & inane babble.
This stops right here and now."
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Speed bumps and speed cameras.
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I'll agree with Lawman.
I once read the following piece of advice given to a newly elected politician: Pass no more new laws and repeal half the ones we've got.
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The more concerning thing is that there are reams of laws that haven't even been given Parliamentary time for debate. Democracy?! And no doubt many of these are motoring related, just to keep this motoring related.
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clothing.
if we always had to drive around in the nude, then you could just chuckle at the fat guy speeding past in his beemer, or feel empathy for the wobbly granny who can't drive over 25 mph.
and we'd all be able to check out the really fit ladies / lads (delete as appropriate) who' make us smile, and whose beautiful bodies would make our jounreys to work more pleasant! (especially the woman in the blue fiesta who passed me on the m4 around newport this morning)
you can tell i've thought about this quite a lot!!!
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agreed. I am sick of women in range rovers who drive down the middle of the lanes and would rather force others into a ditch than move towards the verge.
I had exactly this happen to me one night earlier this year. I was in the Merc with 13 year old daughter and her friend in the back. On a quiet, straight, country lane near where I live. Woman comes barreling down the centre of the road in her RR at about 60-70mph. I had to swerve out of the way onto the grass and she just missed me. I see this woman regularly and know where she lives etc. - she is a terrible driver and will probably end up killing someone. But what to do? I don't think the police would bother if I reported her.
There is also another woman who drives a burgundy Nissan X-trail - I see her most mornings when I drop my youngest at school. She is always late with her kids and so is coming toward me, hell for leather, when I leave. She drives with her nearside about 6' from the kerb. When I see her coming I always slow right down and tuck into the kerb - better safe than sorry. I don't think its intentional - she just thinks that the vehicle is about 5' wider than it actually is....
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Company cars. Make them spend their own money (and drive better as result). If it's essential, a van will do.
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Make them spend their own money (and drive better as result).
I have two friends who seem determined to kill their less than 3 year old cars in the shortest time possible. One is paying £250 a month off on his loan for his.
It wouldn't make the slightest bit of difference.
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Company cars. Make them spend their own money (and drive better as result). If it's essential, a van will do.
I think this is true. When I had a CC some years ago I was definitely less careful with it. With your own car you are much more aware of things like tyre wear and avoiding car park dings etc. Also, with my own cars I tend to 'baby' them a bit (e.g. no high rpm until the engine has warmed up, gentle on the clutch and gears). When I had a CC it was just a 'tool' so I would just jump in and drive.
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ha............id bann the lot of ya.........then i would have the roads to myself like in the good ole days :))
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I'd ban tailgaters!
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news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4446794.stm
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Totally agree nsar. This particular thread makes me think the BR is inhabited by a bunch of manic Basil Fawlty soundalikes.
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Er, we're only responding to the original question!
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Nsar
LOL!
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people who write in rage on BBs
madf
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I would ban politicians flying in helecopters around the country. If they had to travel by road things might improve.
I met Dave Cameron yesterday, he arrived at the meeting in a helecopter, so he's loosing touch before he's even started.
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" he arrived at the meeting in a helicopter"
Smart guy - he didn't want to be late like David Davis...
Actually, I agree with your original point. Mrs T never used trains, and look what happened to them.
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People who want to ban things!
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Truckies (hey you blue light guys) from using anything other than the inside lane. UK motorways are now one lane as far as vehicles that can travel over 56mph are concerned as the inner two lanes are filled by the truckie on the inside lane and the truckie in the second lane taking 10+ miles to over take him to achieve the 0.6 second advantage to his journey he will gain.
Oh for an RPG!
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Not a darn thing!
We're a gifted lot in here thinking and posting about motoring. It should be up to us to compensate for the ignorance, narrow-mindedness, stupidity, forgetfulness and ineptitude of our fellow motorists; in advanced societies, the strong look after the weak. Lead by example, don't look for conflict and arrive safely. Someone cuts you up, doesn't indicate, tailgates you; so what? We all have the potential to defuse most situations by application of thought, restraint and skill. Ban the vehicles or drivers who cause us momentary inconvenience? What would we have left to talk about? Challenges, lunatics, personality defects, road hogs; bring 'em on, I say.
Hawkeye
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Stranger in a strange land
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