3 lane motorway all the way for the next 5 miles, I was signalling and moving into the lane 150mtrs before he even thought about it, and he didn't look in his mirrors, and you say its my fault! I was the only one who was aware in that scenario!
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50:50 me neither .. he started mirror signal manouver, had thought it was clear , started to pull out, but corrected it
unfortunately video does not show when you may have indicated, or speed, which would help if you had had to claim
what about those that are in the middle lane on an empty motorway then pull in to the outside lane for no reason what so ever then after a few cars undertake that lane hogger then goes back in to middle lane and stays there.
see many drivers like this on a night time when i use to drive back and fourth to devon, i found it more comical than annoying, but if both lanes are clear of the middle lane hogger then i will undertake regardless of time of day or overtake then flash them with my indicator to try make them realize their incompetence, sometimes it works, but i never understand what goes through some peoples minds.
Having recently come back from a trip to Germany, you realise how bad the uk is at motorway driving last night at 1am there was people in both middle and outside lanes with nothing for miles on the inside lane
Germany are so good at moving over and it makes life better for everybody
Germany are so good at moving over and it makes life better for everybody
I drove on stretches without restrictions several years ago.
I swear I overtook someone when all clear at about 200km/h and as I pulled back in there was already another car speeding up behind me...
You really don't stay in the outer lane there
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Coming up from abbingdon yesterday, passed somebody (with cruise set to dead on 70), i was in left lane and they were in the middle, with nothing infront of them. They got upset that somebody passed them on the left (not undertaking). But even then they still didn't get it, he flashed his lights and bibbed his horn but staying in the middle lane
. And also lack of indicators/checking to see if theres a car there as the above video shows. IMO far more dangerous than speeding but much more difficult to catch.
. And also lack of indicators/checking to see if theres a car there as the above video shows. IMO far more dangerous than speeding but much more difficult to catch.
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My biggest one by far is trucks overtaking trucks on dual lane motorways like sections of the the A/M42.
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Absolutely 100% this. They are everywhere these days - every NSL road you can find has somebody doing 40 on it for no apparent reason. Usually with a train of cars behind, none of which will overtake, and car 3 in the queue will be a dashcam weirdo in a Picasso just itching to shout GOT YOU ON CAMERAA1314444 if you try and overtake them allm so you just have to sit with the train behind the 40mph driver for mile after mile after mile, getting ever more frustrated until you realise why idiots snap and perform dangerous overtakes.
Why can't people travel at the speed limit on a well sighted, safe road?
Also, people who throw stuff out the window. I appreciate you don't want you cigarette end or whatever it is, but I don't want it thrown at my car either, so use the ashtray.
In before "Because it's a limit, not a target" morons.
I'd reverse my objections to capital punishment if it applied to those throwing litter from moving vehicles. Scum, subhuman scum.
M11 is the absolute worse for this. It’s very hilly, so they can overtake going down hill but then when it starts to go up again they struggle. My record is being stuck behind a lorry overtaking for 8 miles.
God I can’t wait to move and not do this ****** commute every day.
Local commute on the A10, you can drive at 60mph for 20minutes and hit the traffic jam where you have to wait for 4 minutes in usual traffic jam, or you can drive at 50mph, and, providing everyone plays ball ,you get there and the traffic jam is negligible ... and you saved fuel ! ...
BTW .. if you are genuinely alone on a motorway .... which lane do you drive in (hint - watch out for those chickens) ?
BTW .. if you are genuinely alone on a motorway .... which lane do you drive in (hint - watch out for those chickens) ?
I'm sure mine will have been mentioned a number of times.
People that dont accelerate down slip roads joining dual carriageways. They normally reach the entrance to the dual carriageway with a long line of cars behind them doing 30mph.
Its one of the few things that drives me crackers.
People that dont accelerate down slip roads joining dual carriageways. They normally reach the entrance to the dual carriageway with a long line of cars behind them doing 30mph.
Its one of the few things that drives me crackers.
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surprisingly when i read through this thread the other day i only saw it mentioned once before. it is also my biggest pet hate. worse still is when they get it so wrong they stop at the end of the slip road waiting for a big enough gap to join the 70mph traffic
Oh yes, so much this. Use your ashtray. That's what it's for. Throwing cigarettes out of the window (or indeed litter of any kind) is disgusting.
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Edit, replying to older post, made it confusing