Your bad driving encounters

theone8181 said:
Need to get a car that's more visible :D . Seriously though it's scary how many people seem to not look backwards when reversing. I watched somebody almost get run over by an idiot reversing out and not looking. It's one of the many reasons I always reverse in.
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THe issue with that is trying to access your boot to put shopping in when the car behind you is in their bay but right at the back and so are you.
 
theone8181 said:
Need to get a car that's more visible :D . Seriously though it's scary how many people seem to not look backwards when reversing. I watched somebody almost get run over by an idiot reversing out and not looking. It's one of the many reasons I always reverse in.
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At the same point it's how many people walk behind cars in a cap park and pay zero attention to the car that's half out of the bay and moving...
 
Talking about car parks had an odd one just now, driving into work's car park and some lady, nothing to do with work, just wanders out infront of me seemingly completely oblivious to me and walks obliquely towards me as they cross while every 3 steps stopping and crossing themselves... making me wait.
 
I find the M62 motorway always weird to drive on during commuter times. All the lanes are having drivers following different and inconsistent speeds. Had a Yaris which kept moving to the outermost lane, had their right headlight on full beams whereas left was low beam. Tail lights were like glow worms.

Another instance where me and my colleague were waiting to cross a road outside of a multi storey car park. A lady in a Q7 was not paying attention ahead and looking at her phone or whatever. Then she noticed us as we were waiting and gestures us to go. Very odd to not pay attention.
 
LowEndTorque said:
I find the M62 motorway always weird to drive on during commuter times. All the lanes are having drivers following different and inconsistent speeds. Had a Yaris which kept moving to the outermost lane, had their right headlight on full beams whereas left was low beam. Tail lights were like glow worms.

Another instance where me and my colleague were waiting to cross a road outside of a multi storey car park. A lady in a Q7 was not paying attention ahead and looking at her phone or whatever. Then she noticed us as we were waiting and gestures us to go. Very odd to not pay attention.
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Mental mate don't know how you pulled through that one
 
Not really poor driving as idiot pedestrian.

Was driving through a small town today and turning left from major road into minor road with my indicator on. Spotted a pedestrian about to cross the minor road so, as stated by the Highway Code, I stopped at the entrance to the minor road to allow the pedestrian to cross. Said pedestrian starts waving frantically and angrily for me to keep going :cry:

I swear, you can't do right for doing wrong these days :(
 
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Richie said:
Not really poor driving as idiot pedestrian.

Was driving through a small town today and turning left from major road into minor road with my indicator on. Spotted a pedestrian about to cross the minor road so, as stated by the Highway Code, I stopped at the entrance to the minor road to allow the pedestrian to cross. Said pedestrian starts waving frantically and angrily for me to keep going :cry:

I swear, you can't do right for doing wrong these days :(
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It's such a dangerous change to the highway code, I think only a small % of drivers and pedestrians are aware of it so it just causes confusion.
 
Teknobry said:
It's such a dangerous change to the highway code, I think only a small % of drivers and pedestrians are aware of it so it just causes confusion.
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Seen it causing issues with cyclists as well where someone applies the highway code blocking visibility to other road users of the cyclist, etc. those changes are completely silly but I think those that lobbied for them had an agenda.
 
Teknobry said:
It's such a dangerous change to the highway code, I think only a small % of drivers and pedestrians are aware of it so it just causes confusion.
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I certainly stop if I am driving but, then again, I expect drivers to stop for me so I have to follow the rules if I want other to as well.
 
Coming home earlier as I entered a corner saw headlights coming the other way so eased off half-expecting it - cue van coming the other way right over my side taking the lazy line through the corner and has to quickly steer back on to his side - if I'd been going at the speed many people would do we'd have collided no ifs or buts, car behind him was just entering the corner also aiming for the same line, I could only shake my head, they panic (over) steered the other way and had the back out with some tyre squeal - possibly clipped the wall at the side.

Just boggles my mind and scares me a bit as there is little you can do about it other than go a bit easier into corners like that.
 
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Teknobry said:
It's such a dangerous change to the highway code, I think only a small % of drivers and pedestrians are aware of it so it just causes confusion.
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A colleague of mine has just been charged with 'causing injury by careless driving'.

He was mid-turn, on a bus, when a pedestrian ran across the junction and they collided. Police are applying the new rule, stating my colleague should have stopped.

Rroff said:
Seen it causing issues with cyclists as well where someone applies the highway code blocking visibility to other road users of the cyclist, etc. those changes are completely silly but I think those that lobbied for them had an agenda.
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Cyclist groups were the ones that pushed for change, to the point that motoring lobbies were left out of the discussions. Cyclist lobbies were expecting to be put top of the tree but failed on that point.

Rroff said:
Coming home earlier as I entered a corner saw headlights coming the other way so eased off half-expecting it - cue van coming the other way right over my side taking the lazy line through the corner and has to quickly steer back on to his side - if I'd been going at the speed many people would do we'd have collided no ifs or buts, car behind him was just entering the corner also aiming for the same line, I could only shake my head, they panic (over) steered the other way and had the back out with some tyre squeal - possibly clipped the wall at the side.

Just boggles my mind and scares me a bit as there is little you can do about it other than go a bit easier into corners like that.
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Happens all the time on some of our more rural bus routes. The look on their faces because, shock horror, other vehicles exist....
 
Had a close one today on M56 in rainy conditions. Noticed an Insignia tailgating a Fiesta very closely (About a car's length roughly). I was in the outside lane and saw the Insignia flashing the Fiesta driver. Then at the last minute rather than slowing down the Insignia quickly indicates and tries to switch on my lane. I was prepared to brake hard and had my foot off throttle in anticipation in preparation.

The Fiesta exited towards MCR airport with roughly quarter of a mile remaining. The scenario could have been avoided had the Insignia not tailgated or moved earlier in my lane.
 
Rroff said:
Coming home earlier as I entered a corner saw headlights coming the other way so eased off half-expecting it - cue van coming the other way right over my side taking the lazy line through the corner and has to quickly steer back on to his side - if I'd been going at the speed many people would do we'd have collided no ifs or buts, car behind him was just entering the corner also aiming for the same line, I could only shake my head, they panic (over) steered the other way and had the back out with some tyre squeal - possibly clipped the wall at the side.

Just boggles my mind and scares me a bit as there is little you can do about it other than go a bit easier into corners like that.
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I see this on pretty much every journey now.
 
Resident said:
A colleague of mine has just been charged with 'causing injury by careless driving'.

He was mid-turn, on a bus, when a pedestrian ran across the junction and they collided. Police are applying the new rule, stating my colleague should have stopped.
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No driver gets charged with an offence like that unless there's evidence likely to secure a prosecution. There's been no change in the law, so the Highway Code changes have no relevance in that respect.
 
Resident said:
Cyclist groups were the ones that pushed for change, to the point that motoring lobbies were left out of the discussions. Cyclist lobbies were expecting to be put top of the tree but failed on that point.
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Personally I think it was done out of a kind of "accelerationism" agenda with the intention of intensifying the negative interactions between cyclists and other road users under the guise of protecting vulnerable road users so as to use it to make the case for and push through more drastic anti-car measures, it should have long ago been reverted and measures put into place which actually improve things.

Seen quite a few instances now where people have stopped to let cyclists go as they should, resulting in other motorists misunderstanding why the other driver has gone because they can't see the cyclist from their position resulting in the other motorist then coming into conflict with the cyclist, several times with the potential to be nasty accidents.
 
Resident said:
At the same point it's how many people walk behind cars in a cap park and pay zero attention to the car that's half out of the bay and moving...
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I had that one yesterday morning. I was reversing into a parking bay and was around a third of the way in when a idiot couple with a kid walked through the bay I was reversing into so they didn't have to walk around the bay. They didn't like it when my car "squawked" at them (my Leaf makes a weird noise to alert pedestrians that there's a car in motion).

On the way home I was behind a Mondeo that was weaving all over the place. I thought he was drunk at first then I saw him lift his phone up with his left hand and appeared to be shouting at it. So many idiots on the road these days.
 
Brun said:
No driver gets charged with an offence like that unless there's evidence likely to secure a prosecution. There's been no change in the law, so the Highway Code changes have no relevance in that respect.
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He's in Scotland. He said police have filed a charge sheet and it's with the Procurator Fiscal. His union rep says that it's pretty standard to be charged with it given the incident but then charges lowered by the courts.
 
Resident said:
He's in Scotland. He said police have filed a charge sheet and it's with the Procurator Fiscal. His union rep says that it's pretty standard to be charged with it given the incident but then charges lowered by the courts.
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Not really how it works in Scotland.

Police will charge and then send the report to the PF who then decides whether to proceed with the prosecution. Courts don't decide this nor do they have any influence on the the charges proffered by the PF. If your mate was driving a modern bus, it will likely have cameras that can support the prosecution or can support the accused.

On the topic of the hierarchy thing - its not a law, its a "should" in the Highway code, not a "must". Where the HC has "must" in a rule, this is normally backed up with a piece of Road Traffic legislation. "Should" is merely advisory.
 
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