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Things you hate about driving in the UK
- Thread starter SeagullSarge
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Seagull over Canaryland
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A lot of 2 wheel drive BMW drivers get their comeuppence in icy weather when their rear wheels driven motor just sits there spinning its wheels, especially trying to do hill starts. Saw several examples of that today. They didn't look quite so smug then.
wunt be druv
Drat! and double drat!
WANKERS! The lot of them!
- Jan 3, 2012
- 17,150
Why is a BMW like a mild case of piles?
Because you know that eventually every arsehole will have one.
wunt be druv
Drat! and double drat!
Couldn't have put it better myself.
Cheshire Cat
The most curious thing..
Tailgaters - no I am not going to go any faster, in fact I might even slow down to make sure I stay within the speed limit. And flashing your headlights won't help either because I may have to go even slower to ensure a safe stopping distance if a chicken suddenly wants to cross the road in front of me to get to other side.
Pixelated Penguin
New member
- Jul 5, 2011
- 147
Very much this.
Cadiz Seagull
Grey bearded old man
One of the main reasons I left UK.
Too many people, too many cars, not enough capacity on the roads for people in too much of a hurry.
Motorways here are pretty well empty, toll free and roadwork free.
Driving here is a pleasure, not a chore.
Too many people, too many cars, not enough capacity on the roads for people in too much of a hurry.
Motorways here are pretty well empty, toll free and roadwork free.
Driving here is a pleasure, not a chore.
TrevorDove
Member
A couple of things really get my goat.
1) Old people in car parks. When they are reversing and cannot move their necks due to age so they just reverse out without looking, hoping for a spot of luck that no-one is coming.
2) Anyone who tries to overtake me, no chance.
1) Old people in car parks. When they are reversing and cannot move their necks due to age so they just reverse out without looking, hoping for a spot of luck that no-one is coming.
2) Anyone who tries to overtake me, no chance.
Guy Fawkes
The voice of treason
- Sep 29, 2007
- 8,272
Several things spring to mind, some of which have already been mentioned on here so here are some of the others ...
People who are turning right at a T junction and decide to pull out to block a lane of the main carriageway despite there being no gap to finish their maneuver so that traffic from it's right can't continue and have to stop until a vehicle coming from the left stops to let the car blocking the traffic out. If i am coming from the left, i don't let them out and hope that they sit there a long time feeling suitably embarrassed for their selfish behaviour.
People who race to pull out in front of you at a junction (usually forcing you to brake / slow down) and then proceed to drive really slowly despite that fact that there wasn't any traffic behind you so they could have let you past first (as there was plenty of time to allow this) before maneuvering into an empty lane where they could go as fast or slow as they want.
People who pull out onto a roundabout having only checked to see if there are vehicles coming form the roundabout entry to their right and never check first to see if anything is already going around the roundabout which will pass them. - I have had several near misses where people haven't looked and just pulled out right in front of me whilst i'm already on and going round the roundabout (especially common in Crowborough and at the phoenix causeway / Tesco roundabout in Lewes.)
People who brake for every slight bend in the road or every time there is a vehicle traveling in the opposite direction, which can occur day or night - why?
People who drive really slowly except for the only time where you might be able to overtake and then they speed up meaning you can't, only for them to slow right down again once the space to overtake has past.
The roads are quite empty now with noticeably less traffic about, so why do people have to drive so close to the car in front, even if there was no way for that car to move out of the way (such as when they are overtaking vehicles on the A27) they are usually about a car and a half away whilst traveling at 60 to 70mph. - Absolutely no reason or justification for this.
People who don't use any lights in fog.
Slow drivers on most roads who only ever speed through 30mph zones but never even reach the speed limit on higher speed roads.
People who are turning right at a T junction and decide to pull out to block a lane of the main carriageway despite there being no gap to finish their maneuver so that traffic from it's right can't continue and have to stop until a vehicle coming from the left stops to let the car blocking the traffic out. If i am coming from the left, i don't let them out and hope that they sit there a long time feeling suitably embarrassed for their selfish behaviour.
People who race to pull out in front of you at a junction (usually forcing you to brake / slow down) and then proceed to drive really slowly despite that fact that there wasn't any traffic behind you so they could have let you past first (as there was plenty of time to allow this) before maneuvering into an empty lane where they could go as fast or slow as they want.
People who pull out onto a roundabout having only checked to see if there are vehicles coming form the roundabout entry to their right and never check first to see if anything is already going around the roundabout which will pass them. - I have had several near misses where people haven't looked and just pulled out right in front of me whilst i'm already on and going round the roundabout (especially common in Crowborough and at the phoenix causeway / Tesco roundabout in Lewes.)
People who brake for every slight bend in the road or every time there is a vehicle traveling in the opposite direction, which can occur day or night - why?
People who drive really slowly except for the only time where you might be able to overtake and then they speed up meaning you can't, only for them to slow right down again once the space to overtake has past.
The roads are quite empty now with noticeably less traffic about, so why do people have to drive so close to the car in front, even if there was no way for that car to move out of the way (such as when they are overtaking vehicles on the A27) they are usually about a car and a half away whilst traveling at 60 to 70mph. - Absolutely no reason or justification for this.
People who don't use any lights in fog.
Slow drivers on most roads who only ever speed through 30mph zones but never even reach the speed limit on higher speed roads.
Woodchip
It's all about the bikes
Which is normally full of parked cars or pot holes.
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wankers who, on an empty motorway, will drive right up your arse instead of overtaking, whilst you're minding your own business in the middle lane.
cooliobhafc
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Wilfred Zaha, oh sorry you said Driving
portlock seagull
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- Jul 28, 2003
- 17,609
Yep, I know this website and its hilarious. Few of us at work want to put a few colleagues cars on this but probably get sacked!
Tailgating doesn't work.
I just slow down a fair amount, and take even longer to eventually pull into the slower lane.
Glancing in the mirror at the cock's tense arms glued to the top of their steering wheel, reveals all.
Seagull on the wing
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Very very much this....or a car sitting in the left or over two lanes indiicating to go right,nobody can get either side of them....
Probably been said already but bizarre lane discipline. I'm often on the M25 at about four in the morning on the way to work and am always amused to find people poodling along in the fourth of five lanes on an almost entirely empty motorway? At that time of the morning it is amusing. Later on when things thicken up it is bloody annoying.