Inconsiderate & slow drivers

[Orionaut]

But you don't have to stop to do any of that. Can you not drive and look at the same time?

IME, most people cant.

There is a mini roundabout near me where oncoming traffic will quite happily blast across the "Clear" junction totally failing to realise that there is somebody approaching from the other direction indicating for and making a right turn.

I am quite used now to judging who isn't going to stop and have become adept at stopping so that their drivers side squeaks past with their face only inches away from my Bull Bar.

(No need to blow horn No need to overcook the pudding! )

This happens because they do not slow/stop and LOOK!

 

[Dis86]

No no. Most people don't. Not can't. The thing is they should.

 

[Nasher]

Consider this vid clip.

http://video.dailymail.co.uk/video/...756350772/640x360_MP4_2889428249756350772.mp4

You can actually see exactly what happened, the driver "carefully" checked to his right to ensure the road was clear so thta he didnt have to stop at the junction.

Unfortunately this meant that he failed to see the cyclist right in front of him.

One can only see clearly a zone about the size of an old penny held at arms length.

There is a zone to one side the size of a dustbin lid held at arms length where one cannot see at all.

Our apparent 180 vision is a myth, an internal VR created by the brains image processing.

This is why SMIDSYS happen, people just check a quick glance, but without actually looking.

The cyclist in that clip is not exactly making himself visible. Even in IR that pathetic light is barely visible. If he cycled at night regularly like that, it was only a matter of time before something like that happened.

 

[Dr Who]

The cyclist in that clip is not exactly making himself visible. Even in IR that pathetic light is barely visible. If he cycled at night regularly like that, it was only a matter of time before something like that happened.

Driving a bus, I come across cyclists like this every night, some don't even bother with a light.

They blame cars if they get within 2 metres of them for endangering them yet they don't take any responsibility for their own safety 99% of the time.

 

[bobbarley]

I nearly hit a cyclist yesterday on the way home. He was cycling down a country B road, national speed limit. Wearing a dark coat, no helmet, no lights and no reflectors.

Sounds more like a suicide attempt on his part.

 

[theone8181]

I nearly hit a cyclist yesterday on the way home. He was cycling down a country B road, national speed limit. Wearing a dark coat, no helmet, no lights and no reflectors.

Sounds more like a suicide attempt on his part.

Do bikes still have a clear and red reflector on the front and back of them? Its been a long time since i cycled.

 

[bobbarley]

They're supposed to but they seem to get removed, or break off.

 

[Nasher]

They all have to come with them by law I think, also a bell. But you can be fined for cycling without lights as well (and in some towns they are quite hot on it).

As a driver, I think if I was going to start cycling to work I'd wrap my whole bike in hi-vis tape. I don't think people realise how hard they are to see on un-lit roads, or against bright headlights while wearing dark clothing. Your practically invisible more than about 15ft away.

 

[ttaskmaster]

Have you not read what ttask said? He has to stop to double check that there's not an invisible biker there. Because he can't do that on the approach and drive at the same time.

When you miss a biker and end up with him slamming through your side window, I'm sure you'll be able to comfort both is family and yours with the knowledge of your superior driving skillz...
Meanwhile, I am DEEPLY sorry for taking the time to make sure I don't kill someone and SO sorry it affects your life so adversely.
If you don't like it, take the bus.

4) People who refuse to enter roundabouts because there is traffic on it, even when that traffic is clearly going to turn off at the turn off before yours.

Come to Reading.
I'll put you on a set of roundabouts where, on a daily basis, you'll see several people indicating left at the turn before yours, CLEARLY going to exit.... only to swing over and come straight past you. Same roundabouts, you'll also find people on the inside lane 3, indicating right and then changing their mind at the very last moment to try and squeeze past you into the 2-lane exit.

 

[Dogbreath]

4) People who refuse to enter roundabouts because there is traffic on it, even when that traffic is clearly going to turn off at the turn off before yours.

Sorry but this this causes accidents. So many people are incapable of using roundabouts and signalling correctly that you really can not assume what they are going to do.

 

[Dis86]

When you miss a biker and end up with him slamming through your side window, I'm sure you'll be able to comfort both is family and yours with the knowledge of your superior driving skillz...
Meanwhile, I am DEEPLY sorry for taking the time to make sure I don't kill someone and SO sorry it affects your life so adversely.
If you don't like it, take the bus.


Come to Reading.
I'll put you on a set of roundabouts where, on a daily basis, you'll see several people indicating left at the turn before yours, CLEARLY going to exit.... only to swing over and come straight past you. Same roundabouts, you'll also find people on the inside lane 3, indicating right and then changing their mind at the very last moment to try and squeeze past you into the 2-lane exit.

How does getting the bus get rid of moronic slow drivers afraid of their own shadow?

 

[Jono8]

Thought I would post this here.... Why are people such ****?

Approaching my house there is an indent/island in the road that makes it one lane for about ~10 metres(probably less) and as you are approaching my house you have to give way to those coming the other way. Bear in mind this is a 30mph limit but it has humps and bends and these give way islands so really you are going 15-20mph.

I was approaching it earlier and there was a car approaching it the other way quite far off at this point so I knew I had time to make it through before he got there so we could both go though without stopping.

Then this guy obviously floors it and starts to try to go through just as I was exiting it . Queue him having to reverse and then he points to the give way sign looking all moody.

I am sorry but if he had just kept at 30mph/the speed he was going and didn't try to almost cause an accident on purpose we both would have got through without having to stop with no drama. He was nowhere near the entrance when I entered it so why get all ***** about it?

 

[sports_brah]

Would you say "don't get worked up and leave 10 minutes earlier" if someone decided to drive at 30mph in an NSL? What about if they were doing 20mph?

The issue is that often people that are doing inappropriately slow speeds are doing it because they haven't got the ability to go higher speeds, whether this be due to their age, eyesight, tiredness, intoxication, they get easily flustered or condition of their car is bad - so you then have to question why should we put up with it? If they don't think they don't have the reactionary ability to go more than 40mph on a clear NSL road, how are they going to fair if something pulls out in front of them or a child runs out? I have said it before, but I can see it in my own dad. He used to drive at appropriate speeds etc, but in the last view years, when i've been in the car with him, he'll slow down to 30mph for some reason on a bend which you can quite clearly take at 60mph. And again, he'll sometimes do 40mph, whilst I'm wondering why he is going this slowly. It's because he's getting older and his reactions aren't as good.

I regularly pull over people who are doing inappropriately slow speeds and 90% of the time they are old, have poor eyesight and are just "not really with it". Would I trust them to take avoiding action in an emergency? Would I hell.

If it is safe to do 60mph, then you should be doing 60mph in an NSL. If it is safe to do 40mph in an 40mph then you should. If you are doing less than that, why? Doing inappropriately low speeds causes people behind to take unnecessary risks, and causes whole trains of cars with people not keeping safe distances - all because one person at the front of the queue wants to do 20mph under the speed limit.

Genuinely glad there are police like you out there!

Had similar experience the other week. Driver was going so so slow. 100kmhr road and they were doing less than 60. Such a stream of cars behind. One guy tried to overtake and genuinely came as close to dying as the ****** sped up with oncoming traffic.

15km later when the road opened up a police man put his lights on and pulled him. Genuinely hope he gave him a beating....

 

[Spartacus]

Actually you can get snapped doing under 35 in a 30.

I got a speed awareness course in my early years of driving for doing 32 in a 30.

This camera: https://goo.gl/maps/HFE8t1EJvzt

Granted that was the only time I've ever received a snap in the 15+ years of driving

Forgive me ..but.. unless you have the documentation to upload to prove this I don't believe it. It's been discussed often on forums online and no one has ever in the history of the internet been able to upload evidence of getting done by a speed camera for going just a couple of mph over the limit.

When a driver claims to have been done by a speed camera for going a couple of mph over the limit it's a bit like when someone claims to have seen the loch ness monster

Cheers

 

[Gaygle]

Forgive me ..but.. unless you have the documentation to upload to prove this I don't believe it. It's been discussed often on forums online and no one has ever in the history of the internet been able to upload evidence of getting done by a speed camera for going just a couple of mph over the limit.

When a driver claims to have been done by a speed camera for going a couple of mph over the limit it's a bit like when someone claims to have seen the loch ness monster

Genuinely also interested in seeing this. I know mrk doesn't talk rubbish (most of the time ) but I have never, ever seen any evidence of someone having been caught by a camera at 32mph. The Police/CPS just wouldn't run with it.

 

[Nasher]

I've actually gone past a camera van at about 34 (oops) and didn't get a ticket.

 

[Luckystrike123]

I used to get really annoyed by slow drivers but since ive changed my car from a 1.2 clio to a 1.6 focus i find i am generally much more relaxed.

I attribute this to a much nicer drive, miles better interior and a DAB radio that is permanently set to absolute radio.

 

[Spartacus]

I've actually gone past a camera van at about 34 (oops) and didn't get a ticket.

I've done this regularly (well speed cameras not vans) for years now and never got a ticket, so I'm either charmed or they abide by the guidelines of 10%+2 as I suspect

 

[MORE SPEED]

I've done this regularly (well speed cameras not vans) for years now and never got a ticket, so I'm either charmed or they abide by the guidelines of 10%+2 as I suspect

Or it could be because (almost all) speedos overread by a bit so you are actually doing, say, 30mph at a speedo reading of 34mph

 

[Nasher]

34 would be more like 33 or 32 on most cars.