Old drivers
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ajgoodfellow said:
Yesterday i was turning right on a mini roundabout, i was almost across the entrance of the left hand land, when this codger without even looking left just drove straight onto the roundabout in front of me, and he kept his eyes firmly forward as he drove straight across the roundabout.
Its a good job i am the worlds greatest van driver and was able to take avoiding action, or i would have wiped him clean out.
Shame the avoiding action cost the lives of some expensive bottles of wine that were due to be delivered to a hotel in mablethorpe.
old woman in a micra was last case i saw.. at asda petrol pumps where you have to filter to the pay windows... she filled up.. decided the window looked evil.. did some crazy u turn witch involed a lot of 1st and reverse work.. the que was getting quite big by this time.. then she drove out of the station without paying the wrong way with her petrol cap flapping about in the wind still... should have seen the looks on everyones faces.. lol
i felt sorry for the poor old dear myself... didnt get to see her normal driving tho.
i felt sorry for the poor old dear myself... didnt get to see her normal driving tho.
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Oh yes, remembered something else. Something i've not seen before.
Was following an old woman who was driving a Focus. She was just touching the grass/embankment on the side of the road on every corner and when we got to a road before it goes into a 30mph zone she had her foot on the brakes just so the lights came on but not actually slowing down, and then when she got to the actual 30mph sign she'd press the brakes hard!
What an idiot!
Was following an old woman who was driving a Focus. She was just touching the grass/embankment on the side of the road on every corner and when we got to a road before it goes into a 30mph zone she had her foot on the brakes just so the lights came on but not actually slowing down, and then when she got to the actual 30mph sign she'd press the brakes hard!
What an idiot!
I have to brake for corners when going uphillZip said:The drivers that really annoy me are the drivers that drive well under the speed limit and they still brake at every bend, THEY EVEN BRAKE WHEN THEY ARE GOING AROUND A CORNER THATS GOING UP HILL!!!!!!!
I hadnt driven a normal car for a while recently until I test drove my mothers new mk3 1.4 clio (only fractionaly faster than her old 1.2 due to the weight, but suprisingly better handling - though still appaulingly pogo like). This same thing happens every so often when I get back behind the wheel of a 'normal' car.
I suddenly remember again why people are so slow on nsl roads. They have slow cars.
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Trickle said:
I don't think that's the whole story really - I had a 1.4 Astra, not a speed demon, and I would drive at an appropriate speed
It stands for national speed limit. On a single carriageway road this means means 60mph or on a dual carriageway road it means 70mph. Its represented by a white circular sign with a thick black line running diagonally through it from top right to bottom left.
O/T some old people don't have a clue just like everybody else. So to tar them all with the same brush is wrong IMO.
O/T some old people don't have a clue just like everybody else. So to tar them all with the same brush is wrong IMO.
