Why the **** can't people drive?!

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Pootling along the way to work this morning, in the outside lane as the inside lane was pretty much solid (dual carriageway), and some knob in a white van was sat blocking both lanes!

The road merges back to one lane about 400 yards ahead of where he was sat, but what the heck gives him the right to block the lane, allowing no one past?

Needless to say I owned the horn etc, but he wouldn't budge. Then some 'tard in a Fiesta decided to tail the van so closely that I couldn't actually get back in, and nearly caused a crash by attempting to force me into the central reservation, by blocking both lanes too, but when I was along side her!

I swear to God, people need some kind of new course to teach them that being all alpha and hardcore isn't the way to drive, jesus.

If you are reading this, please learn to drive or sell your Fiesta and buy a bus pass, for the greater love of all things holy.

And yes I did follow her and give her an earful when she parked up, she could have ****ing killed someone.
 
I had some 'tard pull right out in front of me on a roundabout so he got a good blast and he just waved his arms to say "what have I done wrong?". I managed to pull along side him in traffic further down the road and I explained in very colourful language what my problem was.
 
i had some tard in a gaylander attempt to change lane (lane one to lane two) whilst i was passing him slowly. it was dark so my car should have been hard to miss... HIDs, maybe i should aim them higher lol

then when i sound the horn, the retard took what seemed forever to stop driving at me, and then drove for ages half way between the lanes.

gormless freaks in 4x4s/mpvs should be buried alive

the gaylander hand no reason to change lane either. there was nothing in front of him that they could possibly over take.
 
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Got to love those that don't know how Merge In Turn works. I think they need to put up more simple signs.
 
On Sunday I went to merge in turn, but apparently it's never the turn for a BMW to merge according to a Clio and I was using my indicators and everything. :rolleyes:
 
Janesy B said:
I had some 'tard pull right out in front of me on a roundabout so he got a good blast and he just waved his arms to say "what have I done wrong?". I managed to pull along side him in traffic further down the road and I explained in very colourful language what my problem was.
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People do this round here too, usually they know they were in the wrong so they hoon off before I have the chance to confront them.

Matt82 said:
i had some tard in a gaylander attempt to change lane (lane one to lane two) whilst i was passing him slowly (traffic). it was dark so my car should have been hard to miss... HIDs, maybe i should aim them higher lol

then when i sound the horn, the retard took what seemed forever to stop driving at me, and then drove for ages half way between the lanes.

gormless freaks in 4x4s/mpvs should be buried alive

the gaylander hand no reason to change lane either. there was nothing in front of him that they could possibly over take.
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I should have asked her if her other car was a 4x4! :p



Seriously, I worry about what the heck the people on our roads must be smoking. I thought this woman was a one off, I've not seen such retarded driving in my 80,000 miles of driving.

I didn't use very colourful language, I just explained to her what she did wrong, she said nothing and ignored me, walked off, and then slipped over. Karma!
 
I don't care any more. I see no point in getting angry/irate as it'll just make you more likely to do something stupid like have an accident...as I did in 2008.

There were quite a few muppets on the roads this weekend, I just ignored most of them being idiots and took appropriate action (wait, change lanes etc.).
 
I find it's usually because in the Uk (whether right or wrong), people merge before the physical merge point, and this means people then are seen to be jumping the queue.. and that's why people act like this..

In Newport, they had to put up big signs at some roadworks with the words 'Merge in turn, please use both lanes" to get people to not all pile into 1 lane..

When I learnt to drive, Merge in turn was not something mentioned or inferred at any point, when I asked how to deal with these merge points, I was told that the arrow is to signify you are to change lanes when safe.. not an automatic 'right' of the outside lane driver..

I don't know if the highway code has changed over the years, or the emphasis on merge in turn has been brought more to the public eye, but I tend to Merge in turn correctly using the outside lane, but often get treated as though I am jumping the queue etc.. I can see why it looks like I am, but don't make an issue out of it..
 
I ended up with my Mondeo a few inches from the Central Reservation once on the A303 because of this. Stationary traffic in one lane, merge point 500 yards further down the road, I'm in the outside lane doing all of 30mph, and suddenly a van swerves out to block me. Very close. Then he spent the next 5 minutes shouting at me.
 
If we're having a "grind my gears" thread then I feel I must contribute. The other night I'm driving on a dual carriage way on the inside lane, moving at a reasonable speed (i.e. overtaking traffic on the outside lane) with a car tailgating me. After a bit he/she deems that there's a big enough gap between me and the next car that I'd be overtaking for him to, less than a meter from my bumper, start flashing me to move out the way. I never move out of the way when people do this, so stayed in the lane. Even more stupidly about 500 yards later he switches lanes and exits off the dual carriage way.

Unless someone is driving stupidly slow, or there's some sort of hazard why do some drivers think they have a right to flash people to make them switch lanes :confused: :mad:
 
that does grind my gears to an extent, a bit like when lorries have their snail races on motorways, screwing up progress for everyone else.

i admit that i have flashed my headlights from time to time, but only after having sat there patiently
 
Pfft, I've decided to ignore them from now on, they never learn so I just pass them the moment a gap safe enough opens up on either said (if they're hogging middle or outside lane for example).

Screw them, they'll crash and burn one day anyway from their lame driving.
 
To be honest I was expecting a damn good flaming, but it seems sadly it's not just me. Perhaps Fox had the same guy I did, I had a good mind to write down the telephone number on the van and call it, but such thoughts were quickly dispelled at the thought of being an integral part of a Fiesta.

I bet if I'd have clipped her she would have won the claim too, knowing our traffic laws.

Out of interest, when lanes merge who has right of way?
 
Right of way is the car in the ongoing lane, its your responsibility in the 'Merging' lane to get back in, so if they dont want to let you in tough :p
 
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Right of way is the car in the ongoing lane, its your responsibility in the 'Merging' lane to get back in, so if they dont want to let you in tough :p
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It's good lane courtesy though when you see cars merging in lane to change lane into the middle lane then filter back into inside lane once you've passed the mergers. It gives them space to merge at their own pace whilst keeping the other lanes flowing still instead of bringing merging lane and inside lane to a slow grind with x car not letting y car merge so they all stop to wonder wtf.
 
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It's good lane courtesy though when you see cars merging in lane to change lane into the middle lane then filter back into inside lane once you've passed the mergers. It gives them space to merge at their own pace whilst keeping the other lanes flowing still instead of bringing merging lane and inside lane to a slow grind with x car not letting y car merge so they all stop to wonder wtf.
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And it all drivers had common sense like that the roads would be much better :)

Used to hate driving back from london last year, at the beginning of the M3 the roadworks there that seem to have been there forever lol :p 2 lanes merge into 1, tailbacks for miles at peak times :/ but yea vans used to do it there too sit between lanes, it did annoy me there abit, didnt bother me the people who were genuinely merging in, ie slowing down indicating etc, but there was a minority flying down and shoving their way in right at the end, but im in a car im comfy, got AC and the radio on, that and its not my fuel/money being wasted in company car :p
 
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A little while ago I had someone pull straight out in front of me on a roundabout, needless to say I gave the horn to advise him of my impending presence but was met remarkably with the 'middle finger response'. Oh well.
 
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