What's the worst bit of driving you've seen today?

25 Mar 2005

I've been on the road, working, for ten hours today. In that time I've been :
Overtaken on double white lines on a single carriageway road approaching a blind bend.
Overtaken on a Motorway as I was running past an exit slip by an idiot who cut straight across in front of me to get onto the slip. He was doing around 70mph plus and only just made it as his tyres kicked up stones and dust from the point where the exit slip and the inside lane of the Mway form a "V".
Overtaken in a built-up area with a 40mph limit by a twat who crossed solid white lines and went the wrong side of the "Keep left" island I was approaching.
Do these people have a death wish? :undecided:
Be careful out there. All the idiots seem to be hitting the roads this weekend! dunno

:banghead: :banghead:

25 Mar 2005

Don't forget the specialist driver who can attach a piece of paper to the steering wheel and read whilst driving :shock:

25 Mar 2005

What about the drivers who style their hair whilst driving? Or the ladies who apply makeup?

25 Mar 2005

Or the ones who have their kids jumping about on the back seats or even that great parent who sits in the front passenger seat with a kiddie on their lap :shock:

25 Mar 2005

TBH I'm glad to be home in one piece tonight (more so than usual).
I've seen a lot of things happen out on the road. Until recently I've been driving on average 100,000 miles a year in my job, and I spent 12 years as a firefighter attending many RTAs, but two of the incidents I described were very close calls, and separated by no more than a couple of hours.
Has anyone else got a similar experience from being out there today?

25 Mar 2005

Dont forget the idiots that think they can over take a bus, just because its there, sat in the middle of the carraigeway with stationary traffic infront. evil

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Those that havent read an up to date highway code that states that you should give priority to buses pulling out of bus stops.( I see I've got plenty of room to pull out then the idiots put their foot down to get passed you) :evil: :evil: :evil:
I had one today but they ran out of room-pulled up in front of me a mile up the road ranting I've got four kids in the car-I told him he should slow down and use his eyes to observe whats going on in front of him. :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil:

25 Mar 2005

Quote by gummy
Dont forget the idiots that think they can over take a bus, just because its there, sat in the middle of the carraigeway with stationary traffic infront. :evil:
Those that havent read an up to date highway code that states that you should give priority to buses pulling out of bus stops.( I see I've got plenty of room to pull out then the idiots put their foot down to get passed you) :evil: :evil: :evil:
I had one today but they ran out of room-pulled up in front of me a mile up the road ranting I've got four kids in the car-I told him he should slow down and use his eyes to observe whats going on in front of him. :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil:

They don't see further than the end of their bonnet gummy mate.
:cheers:

25 Mar 2005

Too feckin right mate evil

25 Mar 2005

Yes Sexysteph there are some idiot "professional" drivers out there too, not many we hope. mad

:x

25 Mar 2005

Quote by Sexysteph
Dont forget the idiots that think they can over take a bus, just because its there, sat in the middle of the carraigeway with stationary traffic infront. :evil:
Those that havent read an up to date highway code that states that you should give priority to buses pulling out of bus stops.( I see I've got plenty of room to pull out then the idiots put their foot down to get passed you) :evil: :evil: :evil:
I had one today but they ran out of room-pulled up in front of me a mile up the road ranting I've got four kids in the car-I told him he should slow down and use his eyes to observe whats going on in front of him. :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil:

They don't see further than the end of their bonnet gummy mate.
:cheers:
Can go one better I was on bus travelling fair clip along the main road when another BUS decided to cut out from the bus stop missing the bus I was on by 4 inches. The Bus at the stop had NOT indicated he was on verge of moving and therefore endangered the lives of all on board.
He had not even checked his rear view mirror.
FFS a 14ft Bus surely you cant miss seeing it in your rear view.
Steph hunni, a mate of mine was in the left hand lane stopped at traffic lights in London. When the lights went green a car alongside the back wheels of his artic trailer in the next lane to him turned left straight into the wheels!
The car driver said he didn't see him!
My mate replied "How fucking BIG do I need to be before you can see me?" (He was driving a 44 ton rig fully freighted!)
I'm going off to stick my head in a bucket of cold water now! :doh:

26 Mar 2005

We sat doing thirty five in the middle lane of the M40 for ten minutes while a huge obviously fully laden high sided lorry played the " its my turn to be in front" game with another lorry .

26 Mar 2005

well having had to drive a lot recently I hate all drives on the road at the same time as me smile

, why cant they just anticipate me being on the road at that and stay at home or something instead of getting in my way :). And for got sake if you have to drive, leave the dam caravan at home :).

26 Mar 2005

i witness bad driving everyday rolleyes

its amazing how car drivers can be so inconsiderate to bikers, its like they hate us with a passion!

26 Mar 2005

Does this count?
I took 5 shunts to back my trailer onto a bay yesterday... I normally do it in 2 or even 1.
I wondered what was wrong with me then it clicked... why rush? I was on treble time cos it was a bank holiday!

26 Mar 2005

yes mate its a fact, the twats are waking up
Today (friday) I had to ride with such a twat, he didnt have enough cash with him to pay the repair charges for his car so I went with him to the cash point, a mere 1 mile. In that 1 mile he, waited until the lights before swapping acrosse 3 lanes from right to left so he could do a left turn (average speed of traffic 35mph) He left the Rail Station via the No Exit exit causing 2 taxis coming in to almost colide as they were entering, on the roundabout he decided to turn left while in the far right lane cutting up a motorcycle that was so close to us I could see the oil leak on his crankcase. Never looked once to check fro oncoming traffic while jumping red lights, ignoring give way markings as tho they didnt excist. By the time I had returned I was soaked with sweat, that guy needed and still does need taking of the road before he kills somebody

26 Mar 2005

Worst bit of driving I've seen this morning was me on my way home from work forgetting that the traffic on Trafalgar Square now goes in both directions. :shock:
The copper and the bus driver just sat there with smug looks on their faces that said "We're right, you're wrong, we'll just sit here and stare at you while you manoeuvre back into your own fucking lane." redface

26 Mar 2005

I've lost count of the number of near misses I seen over the years. Been driving 20 years now, and only 1 accident....2 days after i passed test , gone midnight on a country road here in sussex....took a corner to fast and parked up in a field ontop of the fence!! Worst bit was, my mate and I had only just 'pulled' and all four had to walk home.
Shortly after that, whilst working as a courier, i was coming of the M23 to the M25 west, and in a que of traffic, passed a pancaked car under a big rig....laid out on the road were 3 black body bags.....that expereiance done it for me...I dont care if others say i drive like a grandad, at least I am not in that bag !
On a lighter point.....just because you flick on an indicator 2 milliseconds before you want to pull out, it DOES NOT mean you can go, you still have to check if its clear. If only drivers chill out a little.....
and dont even get my going about cyclists and red lights......... mad

26 Mar 2005

Quote by Eagerslut9
I'm going off to stick my head in a bucket of cold water now! :doh:

Right ES, you can take your head out now!! :shock: :shock: :shock:
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26 Mar 2005

This happened to me in ASDA car park a few days ago so be warned.
I was driving round near the front looking for a parking space when a Zafira reversed out of a parking bay without so much as a "By your leave". And I don't mean it edged out slowly. I mean it reversed out as though there was absolutely no chance of any other car being within 50 miles.
With a bit of deft driving and a few choice words, I managed to avoid the bloody thing but finished up alongside the driver. I wiound down the window and tempered my outburst when I saw it was an old woman.
"That was a bit dangerous, Pet. You nearly got me that time"
Her reply left me speechless.
"I've got my disabled badge showing so it would have been your fault"

26 Mar 2005

Quote by Sexysteph
FFS a 14ft Bus surely you cant miss seeing it in your rear view.

a 14' bus? - is it for midgets then? (VERY non-PC that comment hey ;) )- the one's we drive here are all 12M (38') plus!!! - even the double deckers are , some are longer.......... but they are all 8' 3 3/4" wide - they say never mind the length, feel the width lol

26 Mar 2005

I live just off the A465 Hereford to Abergavenny road. I've lost count of the number of near misses I've had on that road due to the stupidity of some people. There is a particular black spot called Locks Garage and a few years ago I was going past it towards Aber.
Theres a slight hill and as I approached it THREE cars all abreast came over the brow of the hill. Not only had one berk decided to overtake on the brow of a hill but another had decided to overtake him as well.
Makes you wonder at the sanity of some people. About half a mile from here is a place called Didley Dip another black spot. I was overtaken in thick fog. The idiot nearly ploughed into an oncoming car but got in just in time. Thats a really sad thing--- These swine often take some innocent with them when they crash.

28 Mar 2005

Quote by Eagerslut9
I've been on the road, working, for ten hours today. In that time I've been :
Overtaken on double white lines on a single carriageway road approaching a blind bend.
Overtaken on a Motorway as I was running past an exit slip by an idiot who cut straight across in front of me to get onto the slip. He was doing around 70mph plus and only just made it as his tyres kicked up stones and dust from the point where the exit slip and the inside lane of the Mway form a "V".
Overtaken in a built-up area with a 40mph limit by a twat who crossed solid white lines and went the wrong side of the "Keep left" island I was approaching.
Do these people have a death wish? :undecided:
Be careful out there. All the idiots seem to be hitting the roads this weekend!
:banghead: :banghead:

Quite day then matey?? wink

And wtf are you doing working a BH. I thought you had a "decent" job now ?

28 Mar 2005

The worst driving I've seen today ?????
........er........... that would be meactually....... heading down the A1 on the way home from the Glasgow Munch with a very sexy blonde lady sitting in my passenger seat...... stark naked!!!!!!!
Is that called mobile dogging??