Drivers that pull up in to queuing traffic 10 yards from the back of the car in front

[CHAPPERS]

And then creep forward even though the car in front isn't going anywhere.

WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

 

[Moshe Gariani]

And then creep forward even though the car in front isn't going anywhere.

WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

Playing a game to relieve the boredom of a traffic jam...?

 

[Lady Whistledown]

I don't know about the creeping, maybe they're just trying to stretch out second gear.

But you should ideally stop sufficiently far back from the car in front of you to be able to see its back tyres. For two reasons: firstly because if somebody crunches into the back of you, you're less likely to then hit the car in front, and secondly (more likely), if the car in front breaks down, or stalls, or sits there doing her lipstick while the lights go green, you have plenty of room to pull out and move around it to get away.

You have not been charged for this advice

 

[Ditchboy]

You're curious Chappers, you know you are:

Pull up to the bumper, baby
In your big black limousine.

 

[Poyetry In Motion]

What Edna said. Tyres and tarmac baby

 

[Lady Whistledown]

What Edna said. Tyres and tarmac baby

That's what I was trying to remember

 

[The Antikythera Mechanism]

I frequently get this on the A3 heading north towards the M25. The traffic will be crawling along, I'll be in the outside lane because I've got a BMW, and the car in front of me will leave a gap at least 3 cars long in front. This just leads to cars in the middle lane drifting into the outside lane. The gentleman in front (ladies don't do this) will then allow the gap to widen, repeating the process. Funnily enough, these cars often have that Jesus fish sign on the back of their cars, so are probably following "Do unto others" philosophy. Oh well!

 

[Return of the Rev]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qn4ohXUdo_8

 

[Badger]

I frequently get this on the A3 heading north towards the M25. The traffic will be crawling along, I'll be in the outside lane because I've got a BMW, and the car in front of me will leave a gap at least 3 cars long in front. This just leads to cars in the middle lane drifting into the outside lane. The gentleman in front (ladies don't do this) will then allow the gap to widen, repeating the process. Funnily enough, these cars often have that Jesus fish sign on the back of their cars, so are probably following "Do unto others" philosophy. Oh well!

 

[tubaman]

And then creep forward even though the car in front isn't going anywhere.

WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

Wearing out their clutch.

 

[Seagulls over Essex]

Wearing out their clutch.

wearing out their CLUNGE, more likely

 

[Weststander]

I frequently get this on the A3 heading north towards the M25. The traffic will be crawling along, I'll be in the outside lane because I've got a BMW, and the car in front of me will leave a gap at least 3 cars long in front. This just leads to cars in the middle lane drifting into the outside lane. The gentleman in front (ladies don't do this) will then allow the gap to widen, repeating the process. Funnily enough, these cars often have that Jesus fish sign on the back of their cars, so are probably following "Do unto others" philosophy. Oh well!

That encourages (say it quietly) ... undertaking.

 

[TS90]

Stops people cutting in front of me.

 

[wellquickwoody]

I don't know about the creeping, maybe they're just trying to stretch out second gear.

But you should ideally stop sufficiently far back from the car in front of you to be able to see its back tyres. For two reasons: firstly because if somebody crunches into the back of you, you're less likely to then hit the car in front, and secondly (more likely), if the car in front breaks down, or stalls, or sits there doing her lipstick while the lights go green, you have plenty of room to pull out and move around it to get away.

You have not been charged for this advice

If I had been charged I would want a refund. This thinking has massively lengthened traffic queues in recent years, and on reality, how many times have you really got stuck behind a broken down car in a traffic queue?

Sent from Pippa Middleton's lingerie drawer.

 

[Waynflete]

I frequently get this on the A3 heading north towards the M25. The traffic will be crawling along, I'll be in the outside lane because I've got a BMW, and the car in front of me will leave a gap at least 3 cars long in front. This just leads to cars in the middle lane drifting into the outside lane. The gentleman in front (ladies don't do this) will then allow the gap to widen, repeating the process. Funnily enough, these cars often have that Jesus fish sign on the back of their cars, so are probably following "Do unto others" philosophy. Oh well!

Wrong answer! It's idiots in their BMWs tailgating, then having to slam on their brakes when the car in front slows down, that cause the jams. If everyone went at a constant speed and left more space the whole column of traffic would speed up.

 

[Sausage]

Edna.

 

[Seagull on the wing]

Wrong answer! It's idiots in their BMWs tailgating, then having to slam on their brakes when the car in front slows down, that cause the jams. If everyone went at a constant speed and left more space the whole column of traffic would speed up.

I think you would have a different thought if you're waiting to join the queue from a side turning and because people were leaving a gap the the queue was in spread in front of you but if people closed up, the queue would be shorter giving you more chance to pull out...

 

[LadySeagull]

I am a mere woman driver (a good one, mind!) and my pet hate locally is people who cannot negotiate the Sackville Road traffic lights.

- Idiots who think they can still turn right when the green light is showing straight ahead/left only.

- People who are in the middle lane going East and when they go straight ahead past Kwik-fit they cut up the car on the inside and take the middle of both lanes. wtf?

- And the worst one? People turning right who stop to give way pointlessly, holding up everyone behind them and nearly causing an accident, completely oblivious of the separate traffic light with a green arrow and signs saying 'right turns go first' all in their favour.


Ooooh and what about the people driving along Eaton Road and wanting to turn right into the Drive, at All Saints Church! The amount of idiots who don't realise that it's obvious from road-markings and common sense there that you should stay to the right and not 'drive around' to the left of oncoming right-turners. Doh - can't stand it when I am second or further back in the queue to turn right there and the first driver gets it wrong...you just know you could have all got through but no...

Nite all. Rant over.

 

[ArcticBlue]

I don't know about the creeping, maybe they're just trying to stretch out second gear.

But you should ideally stop sufficiently far back from the car in front of you to be able to see its back tyres. For two reasons: firstly because if somebody crunches into the back of you, you're less likely to then hit the car in front, and secondly (more likely), if the car in front breaks down, or stalls, or sits there doing her lipstick while the lights go green, you have plenty of room to pull out and move around it to get away.

You have not been charged for this advice

Sound advice in the face of rage. Superb.

 

[super-seagulls]

Wrong answer! It's idiots in their BMWs tailgating, then having to slam on their brakes when the car in front slows down, that cause the jams. If everyone went at a constant speed and left more space the whole column of traffic would speed up.

How could the whole column move faster if there is an idiot at the front stocking to 60!
And another thing why do people sit on their brakes at traffic lights?
Stop being lazy and apply the hand brake!
All you are doing is blinding the person behind with your brake lights!!