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this is exactly why I hang back with trucks until I know I can clear them in one go and not end up stuck alongside them
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Not my encounter but one from one of my Scottish colleagues.
Witnesses say the car driver accelerated hard, crossed the kerbed central divider and straight into my colleague.
Car driver arrested on scene, no remorse and as of yesterday still refusing to answer questions or explain why
Witnesses say the car driver accelerated hard, crossed the kerbed central divider and straight into my colleague.
Car driver arrested on scene, no remorse and as of yesterday still refusing to answer questions or explain why
Not bad driving as such, but two men having a loud sweary argument and trying to out shout each other in a supermarket carpark complaining about each others driving.
So many people seem to be utter scummers these days, and have zero respect for anybody around them, or themselves.
So many people seem to be utter scummers these days, and have zero respect for anybody around them, or themselves.
Someone came to a dead stop on a major A road merge point / slip road in front of me today for no reason. Worst part is there was quite a length of slip road parallel to the main carriageway they could have crept along and tried to merge further on but they stopped quite early on the slip road. Even when a kind van driver slowed right down and flashed their lights to let the numpty out they still didn't go! Unbelievable.
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That stretch of road is very similar to one about 2 miles from me. It's called Crow Mills - between South Wigston to Blaby/Countesthorpe https://i2-prod.leicestermercury.co...LTERNATES/s1200/0_flooding-in-Blaby-Leics.jpg
Just saw the first car in ages to jump a red light, don't think it was intentional though - 2 sets of lights in close proximity where if the second set change on you while checking other traffic, etc. can be easy to miss the change.
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Yeah I've noticed this as well, people driving as if they're driving a massive artic, but just a car or van. There's a particularly junction I drive through every morning in Aberdeen and people stick left for turning left and stick right into a filter for turning right, but often see people swinging out into the filter for a straight forward left turn into a junction. Annoyning as **** when you're sat there and suddenly see somebody decide to aim their car at you.
I see it quite a bit with larger SUVs and pickups where people seem to think the vehicle is bigger than it is, probably not driven it much, and stay very wide and/or go very close to the verge if something big is coming the other way, etc. as well as swing out like a lorry to take junctions.
Which gap
The back of the Citroen was at best level with the poster's bonnet, if not further back (hard to tell from the fisheye view). This is the moment the indicator first came on:
While the poster could certainly do with leaving a much bigger gap in front of them (it's barely 1s, never mind the 2s you should leave!), to think they did anything to make the situation worse after the Citroen driver decided to drive into them is ridiculous.
You're wrong... Others have already explained why.
This. I have already said similar in this thread. People seem to have went from Mirror --> Signal ---> Maneuver to the new method of Signal+Maneuver at same time.
The person wanting to change lanes know they want to do it. They may (or may not) check their mirror waiting for a gap. In their mind, they know they are about to move so slam the indicator on and move. They fail to realise that, even with the quickest reactions in the World, the person they are moving in front of needs a second or so to recognise the indicator on the merging car has come on and make any adjustments for the car coming in. Nope, its a "I had my indicator on for 0.25 seconds before moving and, not only should you have seen it, you should have been ready"
I dont mind people moving in front of me on a motorway etc however I expect some notice. When I want to move lanes I do it this way:
- Check mirror for a gap coming up
- When the car I want to move BEHIND is roughly level with me, I put my indicator on.
- When the car I want to move behind passes me, I move over.
Nope, what people do these days is way until the front car is fully in front, slam the indicator on whilst simultaneously turning the wheel.
Manor walks, cramlington if anyone knows it. 7 people in the space of a minute driving the wrong way around the one way system and through a no entry sign.
Then witnessed a woman try and fail to park in 4 different spaces before giving up and parking in a disabled bay without a badge.
Then witnessed a woman try and fail to park in 4 different spaces before giving up and parking in a disabled bay without a badge.
To be fair sounds like she definitely has some form of disability
Dunno the circumstances but saw a car that had slammed into a wall on my way to work - must have hit upwards of 40 in a 30, from the skid marks must have been doing considerably more than that. Also from the angle I dunno how they even did it, not much room to carry speed through.
Its quite intriguing when you come across things like that and you just cant figure out how the car could possibly end up in some of the positions they do:
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Honda Middleton Civic.
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I think you're being optimistic with the signal but, think most just assume you have a crystal ball.
