Pot holes. I drive down the middle of back roads every day to work whereas 2-3 years ago i kept to the left. But there are now several alloy wheel destroying potholes on the left.
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Pot holes. I drive down the middle of back roads every day to work whereas 2-3 years ago i kept to the left. But there are now several alloy wheel destroying potholes on the left.
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He had to reverse. They'd only got halfway passed me and I was the last car in the queue until he arrived.
This is roughly where I was stationary waiting for the lights, as you can see, very good visibilty.
Pity a few more cars hadn't come up behind youHe had to reverse. They'd only got halfway passed me and I was the last car in the queue until he arrived.
This is roughly where I was stationary waiting for the lights, as you can see, very good visibilty.
Soldato
Pootling down the A580 at 40, the limit for that stretch, then....
Nice reg.
Nice reg.
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This my take on it now. I've never really road raged but I ended up getting irritated and inwardly angry with the sheer amount of lack of consideration for others that there is on the road. It's not just lack of consideration, it's being actively aggressive. Nowadays I might have a little moan but I have learnt to let go of it. Over the last 10 years it just seems to have reached a point that it's so common that it's best to just concentrate as well as you can and don't take anything for granted with any other road users behaviour. Though that's what should be done anyway. Life is too short to be angry like that.
I've only ever actively engaged once when I overtook a lorry and a car behind it on a very clear straight somewhere not far from Wilmslow, on the country A roads. He had been dawdling behind this lorry for ages, with ample opportunity to overtake, it was late and the roads were quiet. I overtook them, and then not long after he followed me and very nearly drove into the back of me several times. I'd go round a corner quicker than him (his car wasn't the most agile) and then he'd boot it and catch up on a straighter section because I wasn't speeding, all the while flashing and hammering his horn.
I got out of the car at a set of traffic lights and let my temper get a little carried away, but he just sat there pretending he couldn't see me.
I still wonder what set him off, I didn't do anything dangerous at all. It was an encounter that played into my decision to get a dashcam setup with a rear camera.
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Had someone pull out on me hard the other day. I was driving along main road, they were joining main road from an angled side road. A filter lane with a few cars waiting to pull into their road, from the main road I was on and in my direction, blocked their view of the main road in my direction. So, they just decided to pull out and hope for the best. Thanks for that.
I had a bit of a fail with a road joining from a sharp angle a couple of days ago - was in heavy traffic and had been stop start creeping along doing barely a mile in 15+ minutes and had got a bit numb to it. Was stopped short of a keep clear box for traffic joining from the left and when the traffic in front of me started moving I just automatically followed on before checking on my left, just as someone started to emerge from the left. Fortunately low speed so plenty of time to stop. Normally they'd have been in my peripheral vision so I'd have at least been passively aware but due to the angle and signs I couldn't see them before the emerge unless I craned my neck all the way to the left.
I think it's a bit more understandable in such high, slow moving traffic and when visibility is an issue. Concentration wanes, but like you say, it's not like you're going to obliterate each other at 70mph + with combined speeds or you're buried in your phone, or bullying people out of the way, the list could go on and on.
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Funny thing as well most of the people behind and in front of me didn't give a **** about the keep clear box and just blocked the road for anyone wanting to go a different direction.
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Most people don't even keep the space clear for traffic to merge into side/minor roads and then traffic piles up on the oncoming side when someone does need to turn into the side road. I see this all the time during rush hour traffic where I live.
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This happens to me daily. Especially since moving out of London - my commute is basically a couple of miles of straight road in a town. It's mind boggling how many people will stop directly across a side road blocking joiners and leavers. Same for a large roundabout I use. There are a couple of keep clear boxes which are inevitably full when traffic grinds to a halt on the exit.
Also a yellow box next to my road. It's about 3.5-4 cars long across a T junction. When I'm turning right into the leg of the T, one person drives over and leaves ¾ of their car in the box. Next person follows and stops fully in the box. Then some moron goes in as well and I am fully blocked from turning by ****head number 3. Every time!
One I get quite a bit lately is people beeping me because I won't move into a yellow box area in front of a... fire station...
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IMO they should ban parking on the road all along that stretch as at busy times traffic will get blocked up and delay the emergency services being able to go back the other way because of people stupidly piling in without leaving space for other traffic to clear.
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IMO they should ban parking on the road all along that stretch as at busy times traffic will get blocked up and delay the emergency services being able to go back the other way because of people stupidly piling in without leaving space for other traffic to clear.
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Not exactly a bad driving encounter, but I was woken up last night at about 2:30 by a horrible squeeling, think fan belt but 100 times worse.
Checked the camera this morning and it looks like some organ donor was trying to drive a car with a front wheel that was no longer connected to the steering or something similar.
Checked the camera this morning and it looks like some organ donor was trying to drive a car with a front wheel that was no longer connected to the steering or something similar.
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This is just the norm nowadays, sadly. Driving in Sweden or Denmark is a dream compared to here, far less vehicles on the road, and unless you're in one of the bigger cities the rush hour is more like normal working hours in this country.
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I think you underestimate how slow people's reactions are. There's been many times when I'm on a roundabout and I can see their glacial reaction time of them think I've only just set off but I'm actually half way round the roundabout.That's still about 13m, easily the difference between hitting something or not.
I agree... but that's not exactly feasible when not being on the wrong side of the road involves having your nearside wheels in the hedge
I'm talking about narrow lanes where it's only possible to pass at crawling speed (if at all) - whether you're in the middle of the road or as far as realistically possible to the left makes no difference if you're going to hit each other anyway, so best to give as much visibility (and so reaction and braking time) as possible. Obviously on windy country B roads where there is enough space then yes, keep to your own side.
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What's wrong with the lane to the left?
One of my pet hates, people who hog the right lane because they're turning right in 18 light years
I wondered when someone was going to say it.What's wrong with the lane to the left?
One of my pet hates, people who hog the right lane because they're turning right in 18 light years
HyperSeven had no right to be in the right hand lane from when the footage began. Especially with poodling along speeds, move over. I would have done same thing as Mr Bentley, looked like you were taking the mick.
The limit was 40 and he was doing 40. Should have been left, yeah, but you'd have booted it past like Mr Bentley?
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should have been left is the first and most important thing, HS is not the only driver on the road.The limit was 40 and he was doing 40. Should have been left, yeah, but you'd have booted it past like Mr Bentley?
Bentley driver is then his own person, his own problems, his own speed.
Who said booted it past as I certainly didn't.
But in a dual lane, where the roads are clear and a user is sitting in fast lane more than likely doing between 5-10mph under the speed limit, yeah I would have passed him too.