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To the fool in the black Rover behind me this morning....
Yoshi:
Well mine today was a lorry driver who managed to not see me in my nice new (used) clio. Thankfully there was nothing in the third lane so i made a quick manouvre over there, but i dont think he looked in his mirrors once, as i was along side his cab when he pulled out!
Wireless:
Jeez, I had this happen tonight on the way home from a County Scouts Evening;
Approaching an island with red traffic lights controlling access on a dual carriageway at 60 mph, with a Numpty following a 150 yds behind at the same speed in a eurobox; I start to slow to a stop at the lights, Numpty behind decides the big 4x4 in front will be too slow exiting the Island onto the continued dual carriageway, so changes to the offside lane and stops beside me.
Lights change, and neither of us are putting pedal to the metal, we're both negotiating the island reasonably, although with him now on the inside of the island, he naturally gains half a car length by using the shorter route over the island.
We both exit the Island, and I use the same gentle acceleration as always to reach my 60 mph cruising speed (you don't get an average of 19 mpg on dual carriageways with an LPG V8 with a lead foot), and I thought said Numpty would floor it after the island, but he doesn't, he's just maintaining the same acceleration as me, keeping the same half-car length between us?!!?
His nearside indicator flashes, and the eurobox starts to change into the nearside lane, into the side of me, but at the last second before impact, he suddenly looks over his left shoulder and all hell breaks loose.
He floors it, his eurobox is now snaking all over the sodding road suffering from too high an acceleration combined with too fast a movement in the steering, he's lucky to keep it in one piece, narrowly missing putting one wheel onto the gravel on the nearside, and almost colliding with the armco protecting the central reservation by over compensating with the steering.
At 55 mph I click resume on the cruise control and it gently maxes out at 60 mph.
I just can't quite believe what I've just witnessed, but these idiots have accidents all over the country, I just think they are in some sort of trance behind the wheel, they just don't see anyone else, and the 4x4 was obviously a blot on the view ahead that needed to be 'sorted'.
Now I don't agree with driving aggressively, and contributing to a potential accident, but I can understand the frustration can cause aggression when confronted with these idiots when you meet them.
Five minutes or so later, the same car is now is slowing for a slight incline, and a car travelling more slowly in front of it in the nearside lane, I approach at 60 mph using cruise control, and indicate 300 yds before to change lane to the offside lane, and as I'm passing the Numpty he suddenly realises that he can't pull out because I'm alongside him and overtaking, and has to brake, nearly colliding with the car in front...definitely some sort of trance, has to be.
My mother, god bless her soul (she passed away last July - bone cancer), had extremely good advice about driving, 'treat everyone on the road as an idiot and expect stupidity', she was a wise women.
Thrasher:
Witnessed this morning :
Busy junction with traffic lights, lights turn green, vehicle ahead indicates left. As he begins his turn a cyclist decides to go straight on - oblivious to the turning vehicle...vehicle slams on anchors and gets a rude hand signal from the cyclist. This little act obviously causes braking down the line of traffic.....luckily no bumps.
Sometimes I think cyclists need a test, or at least an understanding of turn signals and the HIGHWAY code. I'm stunned that my kids have not had to take cycling proficiency tests - what is the world coming to. Blame the car driver for ALL accidents?
Range Rover Blues:
--- Quote from: Wireless on April 23, 2008, 01:11:29 ---
My mother, god bless her soul (she passed away last July - bone cancer), had extremely good advice about driving, 'treat everyone on the road as an idiot and expect stupidity', she was a wise women.
--- End quote ---
The DSA sort of frown on that advice to learner drivers :roll:
But I pass on the 1st 2 things my dad tought me
-if you assume everyone else on the road is an idiot, you'll be proved right more often than you're proved wrong. You never notice good driving.
-If you see an indicator flashing, it's safe to assume it has a bulb in it, nothing more.
Sider:
--- Quote from: Thrasher on April 23, 2008, 10:15:20 ---Witnessed this morning :
Busy junction with traffic lights, lights turn green, vehicle ahead indicates left. As he begins his turn a cyclist decides to go straight on - oblivious to the turning vehicle...vehicle slams on anchors and gets a rude hand signal from the cyclist. This little act obviously causes braking down the line of traffic.....luckily no bumps.
Sometimes I think cyclists need a test, or at least an understanding of turn signals and the HIGHWAY code. I'm stunned that my kids have not had to take cycling proficiency tests - what is the world coming to. Blame the car driver for ALL accidents?
--- End quote ---
Nope, most of the accidents involving cyclists are "caused" by lorry drivers, who are, to the last one, unprofessional and poorly trained. At least, that's what some moron tried to convince me of. You should have seen his face when I showed him my driving license. Funnily enough, I have never seen him in the pub anymore.
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