Well it is a speed limit, not a target
Getting stuck behind anyone who says "it's a speed limit, not a target" as it'll be all but certain that you won't get to where you're going on time.
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Getting stuck behind anyone who says "it's a speed limit, not a target" as it'll be all but certain that you won't get to where you're going on time.
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It's only congested because people remain in lane 2 once past the lorry, propagating the issue. If the person is paying attention they can easily indicate and move to lane 2 without changing their speed whilst reading the road ahead and behind using their mirrors. I know this is possible as I do it every time I'm in the car, always reading the road around me to ensure I don't have to faff about going slowly. Some common sense and driving skill removes any need to remain in lanes 2+ for longer than it takes to pass a slower vehicle.
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The one that has been annoying me recently has been peoples lack of understanding of how roundabouts work. For some reason, it seems people assume they have right of way on a roundabout, even when they are 50-100m from entering the roundabout, just because they would be approaching it from the right of me. I'm sorry, but you give way to people already on the roundabout. That's how it works. Not that you can just bomb down and fire on it at any speed you want. Obviously I exercise some restraint depending on proximity and speed of these idiots.
People that don't indicate, people that drive along, and keep tapping the brakes for no reason, people that can not seem to grasp they have lights on their car that are not just for them to see where they are going, but also so others can see them and people that are on the roads early in the morning, that seem to think they are the only ones on the road
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When you're feeling kind and let someone out, then they proceed to be really ******* slow.
I've started to notice this again. Now that the days are getting shorter, and the sun is rising much later, when i leave early it's not quite light enough to not have your lights on. Cue so many people on the motorway with just DRL's on.
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New York Interstate roads have repeater signs of "Keep right unless passing" which we could do with given the idiocy of most road users, obviously amend to left.
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- not indicating when leaving a roundabout.
- doing 5-10 mph over the limit in the middle lane of a motorway making it harder for drivers in the outside lane to pull in. Note: i only care about so called 'middle lane hoggers' when they are actually in the way. Couldn't give a stuff otherwise, they'll be overtake on one side or the other.
- lack of lights on the motorway. it's bad enough in low light but the amount of vehicles i see without lights when visibility is seriously impaired (ie fog / heavy rain etc) is frightening.
- doing 5-10 mph over the limit in the middle lane of a motorway making it harder for drivers in the outside lane to pull in. Note: i only care about so called 'middle lane hoggers' when they are actually in the way. Couldn't give a stuff otherwise, they'll be overtake on one side or the other.
- lack of lights on the motorway. it's bad enough in low light but the amount of vehicles i see without lights when visibility is seriously impaired (ie fog / heavy rain etc) is frightening.
Im going to right up say it.
@billysielu you are simply wrong on your statements. You are one of the problems on the road and you obviously need to have some motorway lessons.
@billysielu you are simply wrong on your statements. You are one of the problems on the road and you obviously need to have some motorway lessons.
Ladies and Gents - I present to you the mind of a Middle Lane Motorer and, despite actively disregarding the Highway Code, they'll never change as they are utterly convinced they are right and everyone else is wrong.
As an aside, apart from the all the advantages of actually following the highway code regarding lane control, proper lane discipline is provably safer than being an MLM as you have to be aware of everything going on around you as you move between lanes vs those MLM's who have no awareness of whats happening around them as they never have to look around. Those are the people who drive upto an overtaking HGV at 60mph, then pull out into lane 3 without looking and cause lane 3 to back up etc.
I was thinking more impolite signs that you could stick up at another driver when, as James pointed out, they wave their hands like they don't understand what your problem is.
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Fair.
The road signs would hopefully lessen the need to have the "you're an idiot" signs though and from my (albeit fairly limited) experience the roads I drove with the signage in NY state only really had well mannered people and no lane hogs.
The last car I had with a mechanical handbrake the drivers manual said to engage the handbrake pull up on the leaver without pressing the button. That was only used when disengaging (pull up on leaver, press and hold button in and release).people who pull the handbrake with out pressing the button
people who pull the handbrake with out pressing the button
Arguably the correct way of doing it. Annoying noise, but it ensures that the ratchet is secure as soon as you remove your hand. If you disable the ratchet by pressing the button, there's a (small, granted) risk that you aren't engaging the handbrake fully - as you have to ensure you keep pressure applied upwards on the lever before releasing the button. I let my handbrake click. Come at me, bro.
Sitting in the middle lane is never safer. They think having lanes either side gives them more room if something goes wrong, but it actually means they'll cause more chaos if it does. The lane to the left isn't a run-off and if they spin they can be hit by traffic on either side. If you spin in the left lane, you aren't going to be squashed by a lorry coming up the inside.
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For me it is baffling why people stay in middle lanes, or worse when people go from lane 1 on a dual carriageway/two lane motorway to the middle lane when it goes to three lanes. I cannot fathom it, why? What are they thinking? Do they think lane 1 is for lorries only or something?
Also when people get arsey for you doing 30mph in a massively built up urban environment with parked cars both sides, schools, pubs and shops.
Also when people get arsey for you doing 30mph in a massively built up urban environment with parked cars both sides, schools, pubs and shops.