One that annoys me quite a bit is when I stop for yellow boxes, one outside the fire station in a town I drive through particularly in mind, and the person behind me is getting funny about me stopping until it is fully clear. Blows my mind people have that poor appreciation/care as to why a yellow box might be there.
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Overslept for work today and was running an hour late despite hurrying to get ready.
At a big-ish roundabout in town waiting to enter. I looked at the next enrance to my right, clocked a black 4x4, decided it wasn't coming my way (think I assessed it as turning left onto the exit I was waiting to emerge from). Looked past it to an artic lorry, saw a big enough gap and lorry was only just starting to move.
I accelerated pretty firmly but not full throttle, got almost all the way out... And said black 4x4 was a LOT closer to me than I'd expected. It's possible they had been in the left turn only lane or indicating which caused me to expect them to exit before me, but I expect I was just tired.
Luckily it was close enough to get a blast of the horn but not close enough to make contact. Ironically if I had known I was pulling out on someone I could have hit the throttle harder and not been in their way as much.
At a big-ish roundabout in town waiting to enter. I looked at the next enrance to my right, clocked a black 4x4, decided it wasn't coming my way (think I assessed it as turning left onto the exit I was waiting to emerge from). Looked past it to an artic lorry, saw a big enough gap and lorry was only just starting to move.
I accelerated pretty firmly but not full throttle, got almost all the way out... And said black 4x4 was a LOT closer to me than I'd expected. It's possible they had been in the left turn only lane or indicating which caused me to expect them to exit before me, but I expect I was just tired.
Luckily it was close enough to get a blast of the horn but not close enough to make contact. Ironically if I had known I was pulling out on someone I could have hit the throttle harder and not been in their way as much.
This is why I wait for people to commit, though it annoys people behind me sometimes, few too many times I've seen people on roundabouts appear to be doing one thing but then do another.
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Quoting myself to give a description of the road. Just realised it has been more than a year since that incident.
Funny enough it was another Land Rover today, an Evoque.
Waiting again patiently. One car stops in front of me to turn right where I was. I hoped slightly the car behind it will let me out. All this while I am checking oncoming traffic from my right. I like the first car's approach as the inent is clear that they will not be giving way to anyone that is waiting to merge.
The first car moves in and turns right. I check right quickly no ones there and ready to set off if the next car gives way. The second car lurches ahead and then stops. Till that point I hadn't moved at all. The lady in this second car gestured me to go. Off I went like an idiot and was on the receiving end of a loud honk from tbe Evoque who took an evasive manoueuvre while Braking. From my perspective, I think they were very slow hence I avoided the accident and saved my day.
Two wrongs here that I can think. First one is on me as I was the one merging on to main road. As much as I kept checking right I didn't do the one that mattered. Perhaps the Evoque was slow enough that it was on the brow between two of my first checks.
Second is following the hand gesture of that lady. I am sure she saw the Evoque, that's why she lurched and stopped. God knows why she gestured me to go.
The school run time is so busy and I hate it as that's the time I notice there is a scope for mistakes during that time.
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Yesterday I was heading along the main road home, big wide 30mph road with plenty of room. No one behind me and just a delivery type moped in front who was wavering between 26 and 28mph, obviously looking down at his phone etc.
I got a bit tired of it as this is the sort of road you can do a clear 30 on and still feel it's not too fast. Moped slowed down even more so I indicated to overtake him and moved slowly out rather than blasting past. Either I accelerated way too slow or he sped up because I was alongside him at the same speed when a traffic island was upcoming. It was at this point he decided to notice me and look over but I was already slowing down to let him continue and move back in.
Felt pretty bad but I wasn't aggressive going into the situation, and he certainly wasn't paying enough attention either. He then indicated left and took the second turning he came to after doing so. Next time I'll just let people dawdle and sit back.
I got a bit tired of it as this is the sort of road you can do a clear 30 on and still feel it's not too fast. Moped slowed down even more so I indicated to overtake him and moved slowly out rather than blasting past. Either I accelerated way too slow or he sped up because I was alongside him at the same speed when a traffic island was upcoming. It was at this point he decided to notice me and look over but I was already slowing down to let him continue and move back in.
Felt pretty bad but I wasn't aggressive going into the situation, and he certainly wasn't paying enough attention either. He then indicated left and took the second turning he came to after doing so. Next time I'll just let people dawdle and sit back.
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Managed to finally kerb the wheel on the Mondeo. That too today when it completed one month under my ownership. Irony is, this was the same wheel that the dealership had refurbished before delivering. 
Took a little chip of the brand new Linglongs. Doesn't look too bad and tyre didn't lose any pressure.
Was driving in a 20 mph zone and a Van driver was closer than normal. I found a parking space on my left on this street. As I turned in slowly I missed the raised section of the kerb and "Bamm!". It sounded horrible, my 2 month old woke up with a jolt due to the sound and impact.
I was fearing the worse but it was ok and I can drive worry free now.
Took a little chip of the brand new Linglongs. Doesn't look too bad and tyre didn't lose any pressure.
Was driving in a 20 mph zone and a Van driver was closer than normal. I found a parking space on my left on this street. As I turned in slowly I missed the raised section of the kerb and "Bamm!". It sounded horrible, my 2 month old woke up with a jolt due to the sound and impact.
I was fearing the worse but it was ok and I can drive worry free now.
4th day of driving the new van and following the manuals guidance for running the engine in and I may have been a bit to gentle on the revs. Stalled twice, the second time I hospital grounds with a fair bit of traffic about. No idea how I managed it today but it is much more refined than the Boxer.
I have been so used to driving on engine sound for gear changes, it is slightly disturbing how much quieter this one is. I can actually hear the radio and my wife talking at the same time.
I have been so used to driving on engine sound for gear changes, it is slightly disturbing how much quieter this one is. I can actually hear the radio and my wife talking at the same time
.4th day of driving the new van and following the manuals guidance for running the engine in and I may have been a bit to gentle on the revs. Stalled twice, the second time I hospital grounds with a fair bit of traffic about. No idea how I managed it today but it is much more refined than the Boxer.
I have been so used to driving on engine sound for gear changes, it is slightly disturbing how much quieter this one is. I can actually hear the radio and my wife talking at the same time
Sounds like you need to turn the radio up a bit!
On my way to work had someone a couple of cars ahead of me for some reason almost stop dead on the main road for some reason before pulling off into a garage - I'd expected them to do what most people do and just slow down slightly before turning and somehow didn't notice for a few moments the traffic ahead of me was stopped - I pride myself on being attentive to what the traffic ahead is doing. Fortunately I always leave a good gap to the car ahead so had room to stop safely but probably alarmed the driver ahead for a moment - if I'd been following at minimum highway code recommended distance as a lot of drivers do I'd have probably been into the back of them. Not quite sure how that happened - I hadn't slept well and took a nap before work which had left me a bit groggy feeling but not to the extent it would/should have affected my driving.
Ironically on my way home while stopped at traffic lights, one car ahead of me, had 2 lads in a modified BMW come tearing up behind and obviously hadn't seen I was stopped until the last minute which was alarming for a moment. For some reason the passenger thought it hilarious - the driver not so much.
Ironically on my way home while stopped at traffic lights, one car ahead of me, had 2 lads in a modified BMW come tearing up behind and obviously hadn't seen I was stopped until the last minute which was alarming for a moment. For some reason the passenger thought it hilarious - the driver not so much.
Bah, some poor driving by me yesterday - nothing dangerous, but missed a turning which added an hour and 20 miles on the motorway to an originally 30 minute/12 mile round trip thanks to a closed exit on a roundabout 
Missed a turn off on the A45, so had to turn around - dual carriageway, so this required coming off at a junction to come round a roundabout. Was heading up to this roundabout, in the far right lane so I can go all the way round and back the way I've come, except half the roundabout is blocked off by cones, meaning I can only go straight ahead onto the M42. There was signage, but I was a bit distracted trying to figure out where I was supposed to be going, so that unfortunately by the time I noticed, there were too many cars in the left lanes to move across to take the first exit.
Ended up having to go all the way up to junction 5 of the M6 and turn round and come back.
This then resulted in the dog being sick in the back of the car, so as well as being late back to work, I had to clean that up and wash all her bedding. Fun
Missed a turn off on the A45, so had to turn around - dual carriageway, so this required coming off at a junction to come round a roundabout. Was heading up to this roundabout, in the far right lane so I can go all the way round and back the way I've come, except half the roundabout is blocked off by cones, meaning I can only go straight ahead onto the M42. There was signage, but I was a bit distracted trying to figure out where I was supposed to be going, so that unfortunately by the time I noticed, there were too many cars in the left lanes to move across to take the first exit.
Ended up having to go all the way up to junction 5 of the M6 and turn round and come back.
This then resulted in the dog being sick in the back of the car, so as well as being late back to work, I had to clean that up and wash all her bedding. Fun
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Bah, some poor driving by me yesterday - nothing dangerous, but missed a turning which added an hour and 20 miles on the motorway to an originally 30 minute/12 mile round trip thanks to a closed exit on a roundabout
Missed a turn off on the A45, so had to turn around - dual carriageway, so this required coming off at a junction to come round a roundabout. Was heading up to this roundabout, in the far right lane so I can go all the way round and back the way I've come, except half the roundabout is blocked off by cones, meaning I can only go straight ahead onto the M42. There was signage, but I was a bit distracted trying to figure out where I was supposed to be going, so that unfortunately by the time I noticed, there were too many cars in the left lanes to move across to take the first exit.
Ended up having to go all the way up to junction 5 of the M6 and turn round and come back.
This then resulted in the dog being sick in the back of the car, so as well as being late back to work, I had to clean that up and wash all her bedding. Fun
One of those days where you get to the end of it and think “that was a real bloody test of my patience today thank god its over”
Hah, yeah definitely - not much point in getting stressed about it at the time; once you're on the motorway there's really nothing you can do about it, but my partner was getting really agitated, and by the time I finally got home I was pretty ****ed off!
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Bah, some poor driving by me yesterday - nothing dangerous, but missed a turning which added an hour and 20 miles on the motorway to an originally 30 minute/12 mile round trip thanks to a closed exit on a roundabout
Last year I bought a digital mixer of a fellow OCUK'er Arty and he was meeting me 70 miles from my house.
This was going to be the first long journey in my EV so I charged and had 240 miles in it - easy peasy, 100 miles to spare.
On my way down I had mistakingly put a service station (Leicester East) as my next toilet stop instead of my destination which put me a total of 60 miles out
This meant that when I got to Leicester East I had got 60 miles to go but only 65 in my battery which gave me EV Range Anxiety so I'll put a few miles in at Leicester East but I've never used a public charger before or since.
ANYWAY, they hadn't got any chargers so I'm getting worried so I thought if I was in a petrol car what would I do? I'd slow down and use less accelerator as possible so I did exactly that, put it on the ACC at 60 mph and let it drive itself so by the time I got home I'd got 35 miles left.
That taught me a couple of lessons:
1) Recheck Google Maps journey
2) Knock 10mph off and use no accelerator and your battery goes up.
Headed home from work through York yesterday, gave the throttle a twist to pass a painfully slow car and was suddenly doing 40 in a 20. Check my mirrors before braking like a good boy and spot the unmistakeable blue & yellow.
Not 30 seconds later I twist the throttle again to pass a bus with the same result. Eedjit.
Get pulled over.
Turns out my MOT has expired. Eedjit.
Got let off lightly but £100 poorer. Says he would have let the MOT slide if it wasn't for my speeding...
Not 30 seconds later I twist the throttle again to pass a bus with the same result. Eedjit.
Get pulled over.
Turns out my MOT has expired. Eedjit.
Got let off lightly but £100 poorer. Says he would have let the MOT slide if it wasn't for my speeding...