people driving with loads of snow on the roof of their car

DaveMacD

The_Pedant wrote: »

I think the following page should be pasted to the windscreen of all the offenders!
Highway Code, Driving in Adverse Weather Conditions.

Isn't that an offence since you are then, ironically, interfering with their visibility

sujester

DaveMacD wrote: »

Indeed.... like sleeping car drivers for one.

Nearly every biker I know thinks he is a better than average car driver, .

Sorry, think you missed a bit out there.:rolleyes:

jamespir

hothothot wrote: »

took the car onto the motorway today, the snow and ice flew off when we hit 80, it was impressive and really makes an enjoyable start to the day. Too many health and safety moaners have really ruined life....nobody was hurt as far as I could tell and the kids inside were cheering. what ever happened to people "living a little"

and if you had slipped and killed your kids you would still think it was big then
:rolleyes:

darich

sujester wrote: »

Sorry, think you missed a bit out there.:rolleyes:

I realise you're trying to be funny but in all seriousness anyone use uses a motorbike or pushbike on the road is more appreciative of the hazards they face that car drivers don't.

sujester

darich wrote: »

I realise you're trying to be funny but in all seriousness anyone use uses a motorbike or pushbike on the road is more appreciative of the hazards they face that car drivers don't.

Them please explain why so many bikers don't think that the speed or overtaking rules apply to them and so many cyclists ignore traffic signals / zebra crossings and have no lights.
And I've owned both in the (distant) past.

charlysez

why are ppl WASHING their cars in this weather, i walk, and the last couple of days have been nightmare of black ice where car washing water has been allowed to flow onto the footpaths from driveways. if you must wash your car can you at least brush the excess water away or grit the public footpath it crosses. its bad enough that the snow from the main roads is piled up on the pavements without adding to it.

phew! feel better now

rev_henry

charlysez wrote: »

why are ppl WASHING their cars in this weather, i walk, and the last couple of days have been nightmare of black ice where car washing water has been allowed to flow onto the footpaths from driveways. if you must wash your car can you at least brush the excess water away or grit the public footpath it crosses. its bad enough that the snow from the main roads is piled up on the pavements without adding to it.

phew! feel better now

Guilty, sorry. I couldn't resist, it was so filthy from all the grit and oily stuff thrown up in this weather, so much so that I could barely see with the wing mirrors, and I haven't had the car long!

HalfPint

darich wrote: »

I realise you're trying to be funny but in all seriousness anyone use uses a motorbike or pushbike on the road is more appreciative of the hazards they face that car drivers don't.

I disagree...yes some will be, but I see lot who aren't! Cyclists with no helmet or lights, bikers who make dangerous maneouvers, speed or carry passengers who have no helmet or leathers on! I even see bikers without leathers themselves! Just plain stupid as I sure any sensible biker would agree.

As a rider of the 4 legged kind and a car driver, I appreciate hazards from both points of view.

HP x

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exup

bungle4x4 wrote: »

just like to say, when ever i have had an incident with an 'organ donor in leather' its been a case of one of these idiots coming down the road at twice (at least) the speed limit, and then complaining because you didnt see them

its quite simple. they wern't there when you looked.

ban the blo0dy lot of them

I will not try to defend the biker who riders dangerously without any regard to other road users, but this isnt what this thread was about.
To sum up:
"I don't clear the snow off my car because I think its funny when it falls off"

"OK ! You do realise that it could be a hazard to other people don't you?"

"No it isn't, and you are stupid for suggesting that it is, If you think its a hazard then you should find an alternative mode of transport. In fact they should ban your choice of transport. and while they are at it they should ban everything I don't like"

If you want motorbikes banned then that tells me enough about you - I have plenty of family and friends who have no problem in the way I ride, and some who even though they would not ride a bike themselves have been pleasantly suprised when I have taken them out on the back by how much they have enjoyed it. Not everyone on a motorbike treats the road as a racetrack, the same way as not every 4X4 driver is an arrogant. ignorant road user who thinks that they own the road.

roswell

goldspanners wrote: »

its the ones that seem to be incapable of driving without being able to see out the rear window that get me,if they can't use thier wing mirrors it tells me they are hardly going to be the best driver in the world. :rolleyes:

Its great that they can use thier mirrors but im one of those stange people that likes the advantage of seeing whats happening on the road ahead of me via the transparent nature of these things they call windows,

Being able to see through my rear window last year ment being rear ended by someone doing 50 MPH when all other traffic was static ment I walked away instead of leaving the scene in a wooden box.