Your bad driving encounters

[Parsley]

should have been left is the first and most important thing, HS is not the only driver on the road.

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.

At the same speed as the Bentley? The Bentley did boot it past, that's all. Doing the same thing as Mr Bentley doesn't seem great.

He said he was doing 40 in a 40 so I'll take him at his word. Honestly, at 70 on a motorway I'm not really fussed what speeds people do when it is quiet like that (as in how fast they are going), but when you get to a reduced speed section busy with junctions and intersections, or in a more built up area, it's a bit different.

 

[Haggisman]

At the same speed as the Bentley? The Bentley did boot it past, that's all. Doing the same thing as Mr Bentley doesn't seem great.

He said he was doing 40 in a 40 so I'll take him at his word. Honestly, at 70 on a motorway I'm not really fussed what speeds people do when it is quiet like that (as in how fast they are going), but when you get to a reduced speed section busy with junctions and intersections, or in a more built up area, it's a bit different.

Unless HyperSeven is a road traffic officer and was on duty at the time, then it's not his job to police the roads. It's irrelevant what speed the other car was doing, he was hogging the right lane, impeding traffic flow and forcing the other car to undertake.

 

[sidimmu]

At the same speed as the Bentley? The Bentley did boot it past, that's all. Doing the same thing as Mr Bentley doesn't seem great.

I dont see any confirmation of speed, no dashboard, no GPS.
So in this case, the poster could have said he "booted it" when in truth, the cammer was barely going 25 for the entire clip.

I would do the same thing in undertake a car that is refusing to move over in to the lane they should be in and then pulls away like a snail.

He said he was doing 40 in a 40 so I'll take him at his word. Honestly, at 70 on a motorway I'm not really fussed what speeds people do when it is quiet like that (as in how fast they are going), but when you get to a reduced speed section busy with junctions and intersections, or in a more built up area, it's a bit different.

Yeah agreed its a bit different, but Mr Bentley was not doing motorway speeds, or at the very least we cannot physically tell as there is no confirmation of actual speed during the clip.
If he sped through at 60mph, yeah not on.
But personally it looks like cammer was going about 25 and the bentley overtook at around 40, probably due to the cammer not moving over like he should have done.

 

[Parsley]

Unless HyperSeven is a road traffic officer and was on duty at the time, then it's not his job to police the roads. It's irrelevant what speed the other car was doing, he was hogging the right lane, impeding traffic flow and forcing the other car to undertake.

Didn't say he wasn't. Blasting past and then exceeding 40 in a 40 is all I'm on about and sidimmu saying he would do exactly the same in his response, though he has addressed that now. Just from the acceleration it feels like he is well in excess but I don't know the road to be able to guesstimate. Simply taking the statement that hyperseven said he was doing 40 at face value, personally it feels like 40ish to me from the footage.

Also, no one is really forced to undertake. I'm not defending lane hogging, it annoys me just as much as everybody else. I'm less concerned by it in a 30 or a 40 though, someone sitting in the right lane isn't worth getting upset about on short sections leading up to right turns, doesn't really effect my journey. So many people do it leading up said right turns or roundabouts now that I'm just used to it.

Moving left and undertaking at 30 of 40 also feels significantly less dangerous than on a motorway or dual carriageway at 70+ .

 

[Haggisman]

Also, no one is really forced to undertake. I'm not defending lane hogging, it annoys me just as much as everybody else. I'm less concerned by it in a 30 or a 40 though, someone sitting in the right lane isn't worth getting upset about on short sections leading up to right turns, doesn't really effect my journey. So many people do it leading up said right turns or roundabouts now that I'm just used to it.

Problem is, as you say "so many people do it". Those "short sections leading up to right turns" soon add up when you're doing several miles along an NSL dual-carriageway which is effectively turned into a 40mph single lane because there are HGVs in lane 1, and people constantly sitting in lane 2 doing 40 mph because they're turning right in half a mile.

 

[Parsley]

Problem is, as you say "so many people do it". Those "short sections leading up to right turns" soon add up when you're doing several miles along an NSL dual-carriageway which is effectively turned into a 40mph single lane because there are HGVs in lane 1, and people constantly sitting in lane 2 doing 40 mph because they're turning right in half a mile.

That is very true. I just try to not get so wound up by it anymore and it's why, if I'm travelling longer distances to see friends or family, I always travel after 8pm if I can .

The number of HGVs seems to go up and up as well. The one that really gets me is some random Peugeot overtaking a HGV at 0.0001 mph over the HGVs limiter.

 

[Rroff]

I swear the roads are getting worse and worse - myself and another car got stuck behind someone doing 40-45 in a NSL, we both managed to get past them and around a corner and there was someone doing 30-40!!! I could see literally see the other driver being as annoyed by it as I was. The funny thing was after a stretch of 30 the previous 40MPHer caught us up clearly doing 40+ through the 30 then had another person who decided to speed up on the dual-carriageway once I was along side them...

Then with cars parked on the other side of the road someone coming the other way rudely decided to barge through, no ifs or buts it wasn't a mistake but being rude and ignorant, when I was already clearly moving into and committed to where it was reduced to a single lane and had to get on the brakes hard to leave a gap for them to exit - was very tempted not to and force them to reverse but just isn't worth the messing about - gave them a very visual display of my annoyance however.

 

[Rroff]

Problem is, as you say "so many people do it". Those "short sections leading up to right turns" soon add up when you're doing several miles along an NSL dual-carriageway which is effectively turned into a 40mph single lane because there are HGVs in lane 1, and people constantly sitting in lane 2 doing 40 mph because they're turning right in half a mile.

One of the dual carriageways I use a lot has 2 right hand turnings along the stretch and you get quite a few people, very often those who do well below the speed limit, who'll just sit out in the right hand lane for the mile or so before causing chaos - especially when it is one of the 40MPH everywhere brigade.

 

[Haggisman]

I always travel after 8pm if I can .

Sadly not possible when driving to/from work

Thankfully something I only have to do very rarely these days, but I never fail to be reminded why I wish my car was fitted with a rocket turret

 

[cheesefest]

Yesterday, a BMW M3 with gelled number plate with the M3 colours like this https://www.customizeplates.co.uk/p...tjKB3-LT4UO01d3Rt3nZ80ul9dt8654hoC0ogQAvD_BwE overtook me at a very dangerous speed. Only to catch him up at the traffic lights and he was behind me as more cars in the lane he wanted - left v mine to turn right.

Shouted "you gained nothing for driving like that"

 

[tonys]

Not a bad driving experience but decided odd. Walking down to a pelican crossing I notice a guy on the other side standing 5'-6' from the crossing. He was looking both ways so I assumed he wanted to cross. Yes, he did but only when I had pressed the button, why couldn't he have just walked down a bit further and pressed it himself I don't know, as he had the time.

 

[LowEndTorque]

Not a bad driving experience but decided odd. Walking down to a pelican crossing I notice a guy on the other side standing 5'-6' from the crossing. He was looking both ways so I assumed he wanted to cross. Yes, he did but only when I had pressed the button, why couldn't he have just walked down a bit further and pressed it himself I don't know, as he had the time.

Probably, he wanted someone else to press the button or he was wary he could get COVID if he touches a button used by every pedestrian at the crossing.
People are weird.

 

[LowEndTorque]

Today at the local Aldi car park a lady had parked her old Golf in a Parent and Child parking spot. I noticed there was no child in the car as I pulled alongside the other P&C parking with my toddler in the back of my car. To top it off she reversed her car out of the bay a bit briskly which could have ended in a collision with another car. Ironically a newer Golf that was already on the move.

I don't understand the mentality of such people trying to take up a space unnecessarily when there's ample other parking available. I had struggled once to find a P&C parking when some people without kids parked their expensive car in those spots. It is kinda ok when it's late night when there's minimal chance of someone turning up with their little one. Not on a busy Friday evening.

The other day a Dad parked his car in a P&C spot and emerged with his teenage six foot son out of the car. I mean why? Same with perfectly able old people parking in these spots or disabled spots. Can you not just walk couple of metres?

 

[Rroff]

Passed the aftermaths today where someone apparently had tried to take a shortcut wrong way out of a car park at some speed and not noticed a planter with a broken tree stump in it until their front wheels were 2 feet off the ground. Looked like a write off. Was hoping to find some photos on local Facebook groups but not seen anything so far.

 

[Resident]

Not a bad driving experience but decided odd. Walking down to a pelican crossing I notice a guy on the other side standing 5'-6' from the crossing. He was looking both ways so I assumed he wanted to cross. Yes, he did but only when I had pressed the button, why couldn't he have just walked down a bit further and pressed it himself I don't know, as he had the time.

Probably, he wanted someone else to press the button or he was wary he could get COVID if he touches a button used by every pedestrian at the crossing.
People are weird.

As a bus driver I see this regularly. People just crossing the roads when they're just feet away from an actual crossing. I've decided it's just out of pure laziness.

 

[aVdub]

As a bus driver I see this regularly. People just crossing the roads when they're just feet away from an actual crossing. I've decided it's just out of pure laziness.

I call them sheep, shortest route.

 

[LowEndTorque]

Yesterday on the M6 Southbound traffic slowed down to a crawling pace. Fearing an incident had happened, only to witness some guy had pulled over on the hard shoulder to relieve their bladder.

 

[ICDP]

Yesterday on the M6 Southbound traffic slowed down to a crawling pace. Fearing an incident had happened, only to witness some guy had pulled over on the hard shoulder to relieve their bladder.

Is there a thread for your bad bladder encounters?

 

[Resident]

I call them sheep, shortest route.

It's gotten MUCH worse since the ridiculous new HC rules. It's as if they've been misinterpreted into meaning that pedestrians have right of way in all scenarios and have NO responsibility for their own safety, being at the top of the heirarcy.

[sarcasm] No-one saw that coming did they [/sarcasm]

 

[tonys]

Is there a thread for your bad bladder encounters?

I'll probably be top of the list in that one.