Driving fail, no not my test just generally.

Hedge · 2 Oct 2009 at 16:00

After about 5 hours of motorway driving I got onto a normal quiet road and for some retarded moment i changed lanes... into the opposing lane. it wasnt until i saw a car in the distance that i realised.

wont be doing that again! lol

div0 · 2 Oct 2009 at 16:04

Shmo said:
Dunno if it's my failure but 4 times today I've flashed my lights to let people out on busy junctions but they haven't budged. I slow down, flash.... nothing... slow down more, flash again... nothing... virtually stopped now... still no movement. At this point it's really awkward because the cars behind me are closing fast so I've gotta stick it into 1st and go.

Thought it was my lights but seem to be working fine.

Depending on the speed of the traffic, I wouldn't just pull out at a busy junction either, even if someone was flashing their lights.

Sometimes trying to be helpful just ends up turning you into a hazard yourself.

andrewdodd13 · 2 Oct 2009 at 16:08

I never driven the wrong way round a roundabout. I have mounted the kerb on what I thought was a slip road but was in fact an angled junction because I was looking out the window to see if I could get out. Didn't do any damage, fortunately.

Gixer · 2 Oct 2009 at 16:09

I think I get around may have left himself logged in whilst his friends were round!

Dorje · 2 Oct 2009 at 16:10

Ummm yer ok, if you say so ¬¬

Boscher · 2 Oct 2009 at 16:11

Gixer said:
I think I get around may have left himself logged in whilst his friends were round!

Once again in english please?

mattyprice4004 · 2 Oct 2009 at 16:12

Ha, once this guy called ME a plank!

Let's hope the gene pool cleansing doesn't involve anyone else when it does happen.

Makunouchi · 2 Oct 2009 at 16:13

Boscher said:
Once again in english please?

Look at his user name, makes perfect sense.

Matt82 · 2 Oct 2009 at 16:14

im sure there are drunk drivers driving around each night who arnt that bad

Gixer · 2 Oct 2009 at 16:14

'I get around' is the OP so -

I think the OP may have left himself logged in (on this site) whilst his friends were round. OP leaves the room, friends get typing!

bledd · 2 Oct 2009 at 16:15

I think he means, the 'round' = around bit

miniyazz · 2 Oct 2009 at 16:15

You remind me of those grannies who drive the wrong way along the motorway

mattyprice4004 · 2 Oct 2009 at 16:18

Ban ban ban ban ban!

Conscript · 2 Oct 2009 at 16:46

I just completely cut up a Mondeo on the A2. I was in lane one coming toward the bottom of Swanscombe cutting, slow traffic across all three lanes (as usual :rolleyes:

). So I checked my mirror, quick glance over the right shoulder, indicator on and veered gently over into lane three so I could carry my momentum up the hill. Headlights flashing in the rear view mirror, there was an irate Mondeo driver gesticulating at me about 5 feet from my rear bumper. He must have been sitting in the third lane all along. I completely missed him, didn't know he was there even after checking my blind spot. Either I was in another world, or he had his cloaking mode engaged.

I felt a right pillock.

monkey_boy · 2 Oct 2009 at 17:15

mjt said:
never drive tired, overly or not.
just taking a 20 minute break can work wonders..

Surely if you're tired enough for a 20 minute break to 'work wonders' you're too tired to drive by your own admission.

OP is exaggerating at the very least IMO. Maybe had a daft brain fart, went through a no entry but the realised it wasn't interesting enough for a thread.

mrk · 2 Oct 2009 at 17:18

Not really, Driving back from Stoke once I was tired half way through the 3 hours drive and stopped at a layby for 20 to 30 mins and had a power nap. I felt perfectly awake and fine when starting the journey but got bored a bit in...

Felt like I had a whole night's sleep the rest of the journey.

Power naps are exactly that and are pretty good to have as well for instant body clock resets that last a good part of the day.

rsatd · 2 Oct 2009 at 17:30

Makunouchi said:
Are you of the female persuasion?

mjt · 2 Oct 2009 at 17:52

monkey_boy said:
Surely if you're tired enough for a 20 minute break to 'work wonders' you're too tired to drive by your own admission

yes, but this is usually when travelling silly distances in a short space of time
i just meant that as soon as you start to feel tired, pull over. don't try to fight it

although having said that, i drove 500 miles across norway and down into Gothenburg before i nearly ran into the back of a car which i saw but failed to react to.
after that, i decided that >10 hours was enough in 1 go and let my mate drive for a bit.
my brain was fried, but it took over 10 hours of driving before something nearly happened.

wtf do you have to do to drive the wrong way round a roundabout :/

CliffyBiro · 2 Oct 2009 at 17:53

Gixer said:
I think I get around may have left himself logged in whilst his friends were round!

Nah, he seems to strive for attention.

Jotun · 2 Oct 2009 at 18:12

My most recent one was merging on to a motorway, I was following a lorry and there were 2 lorries driving along in lane 1, the front one slowed to let the lorry merge and the second one closed the gap up. I was waiting between the two lorries for the second one to ease off so I could merge. He either didn't see me or was just being a ****. I couldn't have even forced my way in as there was less than a car length between the 2 lorries. I realised I wasn't getting in as the slip road ended so the result was me slowing even more and driving along the hard shoulder for what must have been 100m or so before finally joining behind them all. No harm done I guess but I felt like a proper muppet for misjudging it.