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I hate motorists who...........

drive along in the middle lane, on the speed limit, when there are no vehicles on the inside lane.

Peter Wright ● 6807d64 Comments

I dislike motorists who 'honk' me when I'm doing a legal 30mph and they want to do a faster speed and want to overtake me but can't because of road conditions. As they finally speed past me, they usually give me the 'two finger' sign and later on, if and when I pass them, I give them the 'blessing' sign! They hate me for that!  :-(

Gerry Tan ● 6807d

will not enter a yellow box even though their exit is clear.

Peter Wright ● 6807d

"will not enter a yellow box even though their exit is clear."Well Peter, that's just stupid of them - I agree, that's taking caution too far!I dislike car drivers who use their mobiles as they drive. :-(

Gerry Tan ● 6807d

... park on footpaths.Inconsiderate, dangerous, and illegal (except where permitted, and then some park further over than the lines allow).

Alan Brainsby ● 6807d

.....who drive pass my house playing such loud music that my windows vibrate!And I don't like motorists who even use hands free phones.

Peter Wright ● 6807d

What is the blessing sign?

Graham Weeks ● 6807d

The sign of the cross, as gesticulated by priests with their hands, as they offer a blessing...as in "spectacles, testicles, vallet and vatch"!

Gerry Tan ● 6807d

And who's steering, Saint Christopher?;-)

Peter Wright ● 6807d

honk aggressively.

Peter Wright ● 6807d

HEY!HEY!HEY! You lot as in Hill Street Blues be careful out there! There are some nasty people driving around who ought to be locked up, but are not! Keep your own council and ignore them, life is too short, and might get shorter as the Law doesn't seem capable of protecting anyone these days!

Colin Vaughan ● 6807d

...never indicate...never give way to other drivers...still use their mobiles...open their car doors without checking for bikes/cars etc..the list is endless...

David Archer ● 6807d

... who use someone else's "blue badge".... blue badge holders who park where they shouldn't, although they give me a laugh when they get ticketed.... drivers who appear to have won their driving licences in a raffle.Am reminded:many years ago I was a passenger in a friend's car. He got cut up by a woman driver. Soon we pulled up alongside her at lights. I was instructed to wind down my window ( well it was a long time ago). My friend shouted across to the woman driver,"Madam! You drive as well as you look!"Astonished, she stalled her engine.

Alan Brainsby ● 6807d

I think I've mentioned this before...down a certain road near me it is accepted practice to park with wheels on the pavement and traffic wardens have obviously been instructed to turn a blind eye, as this is the only way for passing traffic (and there is plenty) to keep moving.  If some cautious soul parks on the road it causes no end of trouble and they risk losing a driving mirror at the very least.Someone at the council must be puzzling over how to deal with this as in all the traffic management consultations we've had in the area the problem has never been mentioned.

Jane Salisbury ● 6807d

use the bus lane when they shouldn't and others who don't use the bus lane when they could, then cut in front of you as they enter a side road.I must confess that I'm unsure as to who has the right of way at the end of and the junctions along, a bus lane.

Peter Wright ● 6807d

Don't move over lanes when the others are empty and cars are trying to join the road.

Philippa Bond ● 6807d

Pull out and make me brake then they dawdle or stop to turn.

Graham Weeks ● 6807d

Leave it to the very last minute to get in the right lane to where they are going!

Wayne Bridges ● 6807d

Pull caravans.

Graham Weeks ● 6807d

put their headlights on full beam and near enough blind you until your in the lane going in the opposite direction!

Wayne Bridges ● 6807d

put their headlights on full beam and near enough blind you until your in the lane going in the opposite direction!

Wayne Bridges ● 6807d

put their headlights on full beam and near enough blind you until your in the lane going in the opposite direction!

Wayne Bridges ● 6807d

Think they know everything to know about changing lanes but in fact obviously don't actually realise how long their car is and how close they are when they pull in in front - so that I am the one who has to brake.

Philippa Bond ● 6807d

...think they are traffic police!

James de Vivenot ● 6807d

weave - at great speed - in and out of lanes.

Barbara Yerolemou ● 6807d

.........go down the left turn filter lane in Argyle Road then go straight on. Yes just come in and it happened again!!!!

Peter Wright ● 6806d

As a disinterested observer, would it be fair to assume from this topic that the thrust is..........you hate anyone on the road who isn't you?

Gavin Gilbert ● 6806d

That made I larf! :0)Painfully true though.

Tony Wood ● 6806d

If there weren't other motorists then there's always pedestrians, equestrians, animals, most of which are worth a hoot!Many years back I acquired some airhorns. They were a triple set and sounded like a Canadian train horn, both tone and loudness. Two long blasts on those were guaranteed to clear the way for my VW camper!

Alan Brainsby ● 6806d

I always wanted Colonel Bogey for my mini. Now that was a car, twin choke Weber (hole cut in the bonnet) high lift cam, hard clutch plate, unable to pull away without leaving tyre marks, brakes, what brakes!!!!

Peter Wright ● 6806d

Bl**dy boy-racer! Fewer in London nowadays (we're all getting old and insurance is getting higher for youngsters) but still a lot in the provinces* (they probably don't have insurance).* Provinces - regions of that area of the UK which is not enclosed by motorway M25. Additonal identifying features are funny accents, buses which aren't red, and their associated bus stop signs which say "bus stop" AND also have a pictogram of a bus on the sign for those who can't read. The list is long...

Alan Brainsby ● 6806d

and I forgot the the rally seat to hold you in place when you do a hand brake turn.

Peter Wright ● 6806d

...turn left at the Old Oak Common junction without either looking or signalling right across my push-bike, causing me, pottering along in the bike lane, to break like billy-oh to avoid collision. GRrr.

Sara Nathan ● 6806d

I never got the hang of handbrake turns, the handbrake was the umbrella handle type mounted just below the dash. However covering the GT badges surprised a lot of people, especially MGB drivers, who thought they could outrun a MKII Cortina.

Alan Brainsby ● 6806d

I still pine for my Renault 5 TS.  It had front seats like armchairs and went like a rocket.My first and favourite car.And it's true - everyone else on the road is a far inferior driver to me.  I hope you're all suitably humble ;-)

Jane Salisbury ● 6806d

A girl in R5TS! That's a lethal combination. Did your passengers wear crash helmets? Bicycle clips?? St Christophers???I wouldn't say that all other drivers are inferior to me. It's just that I've seen very few both competent and considerate at the same time as myself.With one BIG exception - I really detest being flashed while travelling at the speed limit on a motorway unless it's an emergency vehicle. Naturally I follow the advice given in the Highway Code - slow down if dazzled. That's followed by further advice given in the HC - warn other road users of your intentions. Thus application of the brakes to illuminate the brake lights. Severity and duration of application is dependent on how much I'm dazzled.

Alan Brainsby ● 6806d

Yes, you mustn't allow yourself to be persuaded to make any sudden, hasty and ill-judged move when placed in this position.  I completely agree!

Philippa Bond ● 6806d

..leave it late before indicating they are turning so hold me up.

Graham Weeks ● 6806d

....crawl or tailgate. Too slow and too fast.

Graham Weeks ● 6806d

I think we should turn this thread round and say...I like motorists who....cheerfully let me in when my lane suddenly runs out and I'm being squeezed into oncoming traffic.

Barbara Yerolemou ● 6806d

Yes, Barbara, I like motorists who anticipate that I might want to overtake that slow moving lorry as I get closer and closer to it and move over instead of just sitting there and waiting until I have to brake.

Philippa Bond ● 6806d

Spoken just like a politician!I agree. The list of nice things would be quite long. The number of motorists who do those things would be very short.

Alan Brainsby ● 6806d

..say Thank You.

Graham Weeks ● 6806d

use the bus (we do now we have Oyster, dont like it much though).

Peter Wright ● 6806d

I like motorists who ....Have nodding dogs in the back of their cars :-)

Wayne Bridges ● 6806d

... have got a valid MOT, insurance, VED, and a valid driving licence. As a percentage, how many's that?As an aside, I also like those nice people from DVLA, and their support groups (usually police) who remove dangerous or unlicensed vehicles from our roads. Long may they prosper, well until there are no more illegal vehicles on our roads to remove, which will be never...

Alan Brainsby ● 6806d

....fit bull bars to their 4x4/vans.

Peter Wright ● 6805d

Wayne - you cannot possibly like those nodding dogs!!  You are winding us up.I too have an oyster but I only use the tube because I hate buses....where the driver is rude!

Barbara Yerolemou ● 6805d

Have buses got drivers? They've certainly got "steerers" on some of them, and adverts on the back for drivers.Rudeness and discomfort of course would all go away if we had trams...Maybe that's what Ken meant when he said we'd regret something by turning down the tramway.

Alan Brainsby ● 6805d

What makes you think that an official on a Tram would be any different Alan. This is 2008 we are living in and its all par for the course. I hardly think that a Tram or any other form of Transport would turn out to be a haven of civility in the cesspit of vulgarity that we have now.

Colin Vaughan ● 6805d

I was was thinking of the type of tram where the driver is in a closed cab and not in contact with the passengers.Also a tram can be given automatic acceleration and braking rather like underground trains which is generally very smooth.I wonder sometimes if the criterion for hiring bus drivers is similar to that applied to conductors on american passenger trains - that they were hired for their rudeness - so as to reduce the number of people travelling.

Alan Brainsby ● 6805d

I prefer the dogs to those "idiot on boeard" diamonds.

Graham Weeks ● 6805d

I dislike motorists who pick their nose whilst driving - it's a bad as using a mobile phone.  :-(

Gerry Tan ● 6805d

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James Vertigan ● 6804d

....stop in the middle of a residential road blocking everybody else so they can unload their shopping, kids etc. when they could pull in to the kerb a few yards beyond their house.  Also recycling lorries who do the same, and positively enjoy the chaos they cause.

S. D. Brock ● 6804d

Its No 37 take a look:http://www.wearewhatwedo.org/actiontracker/index.php?book=1

Philippa Bond ● 6797d

I'm so with you on this one. I also hate the motorists who come down the slip road expecting you to either move out of the inside lane for them, or for you to brake to allow them in front of you. What happened to waiting for a gap in the traffic?

Rosemary Nicoll ● 6796d

because they are on the major road think they have priority at mini roundabouts.

Graham Weeks ● 6796d

With all due respect Rosemary you have got it more than a bit wrong here.Commonsense needs to be applied in Motorway driving.If the traffic is slow moving and heavy, then its only common courtesy when say Lanes 1, 2, and 3 are all occupied,to ease back gently off the gas pedal and flash the vehicle coming in from your left to merge smoothly into the stream of traffic.Hopefully if the driver behind does the same for the next vehicle from the left, shooth interloking merging prevails, and all can progress. If everyone did that then you would avoid traffic backing up on the sliproads, this is just being realistic, and helping to keep traffic moving.Sticking to your 'rights' does nothing but annoy people and is one of the causes of 'road rage.If the traffic is much lighter and running freely then again commonsense comes in to play with situations at merging sliproads. It maybe that any vehicle accelerating down the slip road is far enough in front to let it in without any need for action. Accelerating to block such traffic off, as I have witnessed is both stupid and dangerous. I am sure Rosemary, that you don't come in to that category..I see no reason to have a problem however with moving in to lane 2 to let traffic merge smoothly from the left. it again allows traffic to flow freely, and indeed smooth merging and matching the speed of traffic already on the Motorway is part of good skilled driving which does require consentration, and commonsense to be applied.Indeed the Highway Code recomends much of this requirement for allowing a smooth flow of traffic. I have to say its a matter of assessing each situation on its merits and acting accordingly. I hope you are not offended by this, just a little friendly advice.

Colin Vaughan ● 6796d

Talking of roundabouts, have people forgotten the give way to the right rule, it applies to all roundabouts!

Rosemary Nicoll ● 6796d

I aree Colin, common sense does need to be applied along with the highway code, and if traffic is free flowing, all that you suggest is absolutely in order. But I have been witness to, and in the position, where the motorist is in lane 1 on busy fast flowing motorways, cannot move to lane 2, due to weight of traffic, and with another car hugging the rear bumper, and yet still they come, when there is nowhere to go. This situation is often made worse when the approaching vehicle is a lorry, or white van man (who seem to have laws of there own). I know, only to well, that busy traffic times try everyones patience, but these type of actions, in themselves, are dangerous and pig-headed. Added to which, the energy put into the resulting hand signalling abuse, sounding of horns and flashing lights, and indeed sometimes agressive, intimidating driving actually exacerbate a potentially dangerous situation, which in turn endangers many peoples safety.

Rosemary Nicoll ● 6796d

Well I agree Rosemary, in a perfect World, all would be sweetness and light, unfortunately the'White Van Men' etc don't see it that way. Makes me wish I had my trusty Bren (Gerry knows what that is) handy at times.

Colin Vaughan ● 6796d

Well Colin, I might just have to adopt Colin's Blessing gesture (only in a safe situation of course). Sounds like there might a small amount of satisfaction in this action!

Rosemary Nicoll ● 6796d

A point 303 calibre re-education is the word for it Roaemary. Makes the White Van jump up and down a bit!!

Colin Vaughan ● 6796d

This is probably "like motorists" than "hate motorists".A simple pleasure I indulged 10 or so years ago was to drive to work at the weekend (I used to walk during the week).Part of my journey was along the northbound carriageway of North Circular from B&Q. I used to drive at 37/38mph in the slow lane between B&Q to just beyond the International School. Impatient drivers would overtake me. Every time the speed camera outside the International School would flash.

Alan Brainsby ● 6794d