Motoring pet hates

Jamous · 30 Jun 2010 at 22:25

Some fantastic posts here, can't really add much except I think roundabouts should have barriers between the lanes to stop people cutting over 3 lanes in front of you to get their exit- lane discipline!!

chipperhead · 30 Jun 2010 at 22:37

Jamous said:
Some fantastic posts here, can't really add much except I think roundabouts should have barriers between the lanes to stop people cutting over 3 lanes in front of you to get their exit- lane discipline!!

But if it had barriers between lanes how would you ever enter or exit the right hand lane

-Ad- · 30 Jun 2010 at 22:42

Vanilla said:
-- People who swing out in the opposite direction as they turn (turning left so they swing the car out to the right first off to somwhow make the turn easier)

Racing line man, racing line!!!!!

PardonTheWait · 30 Jun 2010 at 22:52

People who can't manage to stay in their lane on quasi-complex roundabouts, like two roundabouts together, during busy times.

They pull away in their lane, cut in to mine, then drift over into the other guy's lane, then mine, then across the other guy's again before they're on their way.

IT'S NOT HARD EVEN IF THE LINES ARE WORN AWAY USE YOUR BRAIN

For example, the people that go around here like so:

WAHEY I AM DRIVE A CAR DERP DERP

The_Abyss · 30 Jun 2010 at 23:09

Pretty much all other drivers.

MiNxYyY · 30 Jun 2010 at 23:49

i hate it when im driving in a 30, doing 30 with cars parked either side of the road and ive got some **** of a driver behind me about an inch from my bumper. feel like slamming the brakes on

EdGey · 1 Jul 2010 at 01:19

When you overtake someone and then they overtake you back as if to prove something.

When all the pump does is click, no matter what you try.

K1LLSW1TCH · 1 Jul 2010 at 01:31

1. People who don't know which lane to be in and end up cutting other road users up.

2. People who pootle along at 15-20 MPH in 30 zones.

3. People who don't signal to come off of roundabouts.

I had some jerk yesterday come screaming up behind me, we were on a single carriageway with the solid line in the middle of the road indicating you aren't supposed to overtake. Nevertheless he decided to overtake me squeezing in a tiny gap between me and the traffic coming the opposite way, such a dangerous maneuver purely to be 1 car in front of where he was before as after overtaking me he just decided to stay where he was. It was a 60 road and I was doing 63 ish so it isn't as if I was going under the limit. :confused:

Lethal` · 1 Jul 2010 at 01:47

People at a local roundabout who use the right turn only lane to jump the queue (it is not a merge). Some go all the way round the roundabout, maybe thinking that justifies it?

MikeHiow · 1 Jul 2010 at 02:08

Housey said:
THIS!!!

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/1477727.htm

Haha, thats local. Never seen it on the road though.

Gib_Gib · 1 Jul 2010 at 03:26

People who stop at roundabouts even though they are clear

iaind · 1 Jul 2010 at 08:03

People who think 'mirror signal manoeuvre' should all be done at the same time

iaind · 1 Jul 2010 at 08:06

Lethal` said:
People at a local roundabout who use the right turn only lane to jump the queue (it is not a merge). Some go all the way round the roundabout, maybe thinking that justifies it?

Cutting people up, no. Going all the way around it, one of my favourite tricks on certain roundabouts. It's legal, you're just jealous you didn't think of it first.

Coming off the a38 into Plymouth, there's always a huge queue to turn left - it's a big traffic light controlled roundabout and the traffic waiting to get into sainsburys slows everything down. By taking the right lane and doing a cheeky 405 degree turn, you miss the queue and avoid all the people queueing for milk

[TW]Fox · 1 Jul 2010 at 08:09

iaind said:
Coming off the a38 into Plymouth, there's always a huge queue to turn left - it's a big traffic light controlled roundabout and the traffic waiting to get into sainsburys slows everything down. By taking the right lane and doing a cheeky 405 degree turn, you miss the queue and avoid all the people queueing for milk

You do realise that the two lanes on the sliproad split into FOUR at the traffic lights, of which three are for going into town? So you can infact completely legally drive down the right hand side and slot into Lane 3 - which is always empty - and go off the roundabout into town.

Doing a 405 degree turn on Marsh Mills would take you ages! You've a further three sets of lights to negotiate?!

Both lanes are even marked on the tarmac as 'CITY'!

My motoring pet hate is people who don't read signs and road markings

iaind · 1 Jul 2010 at 08:16

It's been a while since I've been there, but are there not 3 lanes? One left, the other left/straight and the other right? It didn't take that long, certainly quicker than waiting behind everyone else

Trifid · 1 Jul 2010 at 08:26

People who indicate incorrectly on a roundabout... I'd prefer you to not indicate if you are not going to cancel the right indication/indicate left...

majestyk said:
Those who when at traffic lights, indicate right only when the lights change.

I'm the complete opposite on this, I don't need to know what the person in front is doing 2 minutes before we start moving again. I hate seeing the light flashing endlessly and when doing it myself I hate the endless ticking noise...

Witor · 1 Jul 2010 at 08:33

Scooters and such undertaking everywhere in Gibraltar.

That and the serious lack of parking skills/care in General (yep, yet another ding...)

[TW]Fox · 1 Jul 2010 at 09:01

iaind said:
It's been a while since I've been there, but are there not 3 lanes? One left, the other left/straight and the other right? It didn't take that long, certainly quicker than waiting behind everyone else

There are 4 and always have been and the three inside ones can be used for town with only the inside most lane giving access to the supermarket. People, and it seems you are one, just assume you can only use the inside 2 lanes for town.

No idea who as its clearly marked on the road. Net result is you never queue in lane 3 and I cannot imagine why you would instead go all The way around such a big roundabout!

BigDannyO · 1 Jul 2010 at 09:04

You're driving along and there's some sort of obstruction on the other side of the road (parked cars, cyclist) and an oncoming car just pulls out onto your side of the road expecting you to stop/swerve/make room for them! :rolleyes:

Also, I have to turn into a terraced street off a main (30 limit) road to get home. It's only wide enough to take one car, and there's nowhere to wait if there's someone coming towards me. So I have to take it steady so I can have a good view down the road before I can go down it but there's always some **** behind me getting as close as possible or doing the above swervy maneuovre because I've had the audacity to try not to crash into an oncoming car!

And of course as mentioned many times already: lane discipline, non-indicators on roundabouts, 40mph drivers and merge in turn.

I hate my commute.

iaind · 1 Jul 2010 at 09:24

[TW]Fox;16860474 said:
There are 4 and always have been and the three inside ones can be used for town with only the inside most lane giving access to the supermarket. People, and it seems you are one, just assume you can only use the inside 2 lanes for town.

No idea who as its clearly marked on the road. Net result is you never queue in lane 3 and I cannot imagine why you would instead go all The way around such a big roundabout!

If I remember, the lanes split and there's often a queue. As I said, it's been a while since I've taken that route and I'm more than capable of reading signs, but there was a good reason!

Works on other roundabouts too, Countess wear in Exeter is another one