Your bad driving encounters
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I finally encountered the "24 in a 30, occasionally tapping the brakes with nothing in front of them" this week.
Also yesterday, maybe the worst traffic I've ever driven in. 6-7pm on a Friday driving through Victoria, Hyde Park, Marble Arch etc. gridlock of diagonal cabs and people switching up their lane at the last minute
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I had one today doing 30 in a 60 in a Peugeot 107. Probably a new driver. I took the opportunity to put the missus' Mazda 3 in manual mode and gunned it.
Definitely an increase lately - I feel like some think they are heros for driving 10-15 MPH under the limit, especially enforcing 20 in a 30 on other drivers when doing the speed limit is completely safe and appropriate.
With the weather recently seen no shortage of drivers without headlights on and those who have a complete overreaction to the conditions and doing about half the appropriate speed albeit driving home in the aftermath of the storm I was probably a touch over confident and probably should have gone through a couple of sections a little slower.
Seem to be more and more people in cars sitting waiting on the nearside with car facing oncoming traffic with their headlights on dazzling traffic trying to pass. It is as if common sense to turn to sidelights has gone out the window.
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Had to deal with a rather erratic Audi A1. It was an elderly guy who came flying from my left to their Give Way crossing. I had to slow down a lot thinking he's gonna merge. Then he started following me closely and eventually the lane split into two at the next traffic lights. He chose to stay right and to my amusement the car ahead of him was slowww. Then he moves left behind another slower car. 
Further ahead, as I was on the slip road to join A556 a Prius Taxi driver flashed too many times to me. Don't know what he was up to as the traffic was busy on the carriageway. He perhaps wanted me to merge via the hatched markings. Very weird, I can only imagine a toilet emergency.
Further ahead, as I was on the slip road to join A556 a Prius Taxi driver flashed too many times to me. Don't know what he was up to as the traffic was busy on the carriageway. He perhaps wanted me to merge via the hatched markings. Very weird, I can only imagine a toilet emergency.
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I had that this evening except the ****** had his high beam on as well, talk about blinded!!
Automatic lights mean people are thinking about it less and any guidance when it comes to parking like lights and which way the car is facing, etc. are barely touched on in learning to drive in my experience.
Needed a lot of patience driving today, so much careless/inconsiderate driving on display. Amongst other things was a broken down car on a straight bit of NSL main road and 2 of the cars ahead of me were 40MPH everywhere types or dawdled past and made no attempt to get going and so limiting the number of cars, of a considerable number waiting, who could get past at any one time before traffic came the other way...
Then at a queued up roundabout someone tried to use a narrow cross-hatched area as a 3rd lane and bully the person ahead of them to cut in, didn't work, much aggro ensued then they got stuck on the roundabout blocking traffic while no one in the queue let them back in.
Then at a queued up roundabout someone tried to use a narrow cross-hatched area as a 3rd lane and bully the person ahead of them to cut in, didn't work, much aggro ensued then they got stuck on the roundabout blocking traffic while no one in the queue let them back in.
Got stuck behind a tractor for miles on a narrow country road, then nearly missed a roundabout exit because someone didn’t indicate. To top it off, I misjudged a parking space and clipped the curb. Honestly felt like hanging up my keys for good after that.
From yesterday:
Really don't know what they were hoping to achieve there - they were wanting to go right rather than merge in straight ahead but still. There was a bit of a gap in traffic the other way, I'm guessing due to part of what was causing congestion into town, when they manoeuvred out so I wonder if they decided to go around the roundabout the wrong way then either chickened out or changed their mind when traffic appeared again the other way.
(PS The dashcam clock is a bit out - I wasn't posting on OcUK while driving yesterday - this was about 14:20).
Really don't know what they were hoping to achieve there - they were wanting to go right rather than merge in straight ahead but still. There was a bit of a gap in traffic the other way, I'm guessing due to part of what was causing congestion into town, when they manoeuvred out so I wonder if they decided to go around the roundabout the wrong way then either chickened out or changed their mind when traffic appeared again the other way.
(PS The dashcam clock is a bit out - I wasn't posting on OcUK while driving yesterday
- this was about 14:20).
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There is a mini roundabout by me that no one seems capable of going around correctly. Instead they go 45 degrees across it carrying a lot of speed. It's making me furious as I try and cross with my 4yo. Can't possibly find all their letterboxes - is there a course of action?
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Yeah move to countryside where the roads are not clogged.
Sadly not really much better these days - plus you get to deal with farm traffic, even more potholes and random cyclists on roads you can't sensibly pass them for miles, etc. etc.
Only yesterday I had someone cut the corner to take a turning on a country road and I had to ease off to avoid them.
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Had new driver today in a Fiat 500 doing 40 in a 60 on the A50.
Then close to work the left lane is straight ahead and right lane is turn right only. Traffic was crawling at 5 mph as the straight ahead light had just turned green. Cue in newish Golf driven by a moron flying in from my right. Goes ahead and cuts across two cars ahead of me. Mind you there was a car stopped at the Red light in the right hand lane. All this to end up just a car ahead of me in a 30 zone.
I just don't get it how these drivers anticipate about a potential gap if any ahead, to cut in like that. Pure gamble, and had to be a Golf driver to get jack all from that d**k move. I half expected a collision to witness. Silver lining? They indicated when switching to left.
Then close to work the left lane is straight ahead and right lane is turn right only. Traffic was crawling at 5 mph as the straight ahead light had just turned green. Cue in newish Golf driven by a moron flying in from my right. Goes ahead and cuts across two cars ahead of me. Mind you there was a car stopped at the Red light in the right hand lane. All this to end up just a car ahead of me in a 30 zone.
I just don't get it how these drivers anticipate about a potential gap if any ahead, to cut in like that. Pure gamble, and had to be a Golf driver to get jack all from that d**k move. I half expected a collision to witness. Silver lining? They indicated when switching to left.
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I drive like an impatient idiot at times, but will always indicate
I appreciate this trait in others.
An encounter today that turned into an instant karma moment today.
Temp works near my home, dual carriageway down to one lane with the usual merge-in-turn scenario.
As usual the closing lane empty for about a mile so I tootles down it, followed by a black XC90 type Volvo.
Got about half way down and some muppet in a transit pushes his nose into my lane in an attempt to block me but there was enough room for me to go straight past him. Same muppet then lunged further out to stop the XC90 behind me.
Now some of you will probably have guessed what comes next......
Blue lights and siren instantly adorn the XC90 and a cop jumps out of the passenger side.
Temp works near my home, dual carriageway down to one lane with the usual merge-in-turn scenario.
As usual the closing lane empty for about a mile so I tootles down it, followed by a black XC90 type Volvo.
Got about half way down and some muppet in a transit pushes his nose into my lane in an attempt to block me but there was enough room for me to go straight past him. Same muppet then lunged further out to stop the XC90 behind me.
Now some of you will probably have guessed what comes next......
Blue lights and siren instantly adorn the XC90 and a cop jumps out of the passenger side.
Poetry in motion.
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A no lighter today, an elderly woman in a Kona electric on the M6. Needless to say it was dark as 5:30 pm with rain. The Van driver behind her flashed her twice within 200 metres or so but nope. I was in the right lane, and as I went past I gave 2-3 small honks to let her know. But she was completely oblivious.
How can you not know the lights are not on is beyond belief. Some people just shouldn't drive anymore as they have zero awareness of their surroundings.
How can you not know the lights are not on is beyond belief. Some people just shouldn't drive anymore as they have zero awareness of their surroundings.