Road rage!!!

Strider590

Lum wrote: »

There are a few junctions like that around my way. My car has quite a long bonnet, and I have to stick out about a meter into the junction and press my head pretty much against the windscreen before I can actually see around the obstacles to check for oncoming traffic.

My car has a long bonnet too..... Traffic island "decorations" are there to force people to stop, but I think they're an absolute menace!!
I have to put the nose of my car out onto the traffic island JUST so that I can see around some stupid little bush!
I've lost count how many times i've wanted to burn the damn things to the ground!

Lum

joanne_d wrote: »

Yeah...as i said previously.....MORON !

OBVIOUSLY YOU THINK YOU ARE KING OF THE ROAD ?

Never mind , im sure once you get to 20 years old you will loose the boy racer attitude.

You are hurling immature insults around while also making insinuations about the other person's maturity. At the same time you have not yet come up with an actual reasoned argument for your position.

Might I suggest you wait until you are 20 yourself?


For example you might like to try and explain away the fact that motorways are the safest roads on the entire UK road network* despite having the highest speed limits and despite the fact that many drivers routinely ignore them.

* Source: http://www.dft.gov.uk/adobepdf/162469/221412/221549/227864/479748/rcgbmainresults08.pdf table 5

King_Nothing

joanne_d wrote: »

OBVIOUSLY YOU THINK YOU ARE KING OF THE ROAD ?

No but I'm probably a better driver than you, if you're so paranoid that cruising at 10 mph over 70 is going to reward you with a handshake from the grim reaper. You're probabley the type of woman who will jump straight into the outside lane of the motorway moments after coming off the slip road, and sit there and do 70 regardless if there is empty space in the most left hand lane, where you're supposed to drive unless overtaking.

king100

joanne_d wrote: »

Quote by King nothing

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So what if I cruise at 80 mph, just means I get to my destination quicker

I could cruise at 90-100 mph in some instances,



Yeah...as i said previously.....MORON !

OBVIOUSLY YOU THINK YOU ARE KING OF THE ROAD ?

Never mind , im sure once you get to 20 years old you will loose the boy racer attitude.

Contributory factors to road accidents

This article presents statistics and describes the scope and limitations of the information on contributory factors collected as part of the national road accident reporting system.

• Failed to look properly was again the most frequently reported contributory factor and was reported in 38 per cent of all accidents reported to the police in 2009. Four of the five most frequently reported contributory factors involved driver or rider error or reaction. For fatal accidents the most frequently reported contributory factor was loss of control, which was involved in 36 per cent of fatal accidents.
• Exceeding the speed limit was reported as a factor in 5 per cent of accidents, but these accidents involved 17 per cent of fatalities. At least one of exceeding the speed limit and travelling too fast for the conditions was reported in 13 per cent of all accidents and these accidents accounted for 27 per cent of all fatalities.
• Pedestrian failed to look properly was reported in 58 per cent of accidents in which a pedestrian was injured or killed, and pedestrian careless, reckless or in a hurry was reported in 23 per cent. Eighteen per cent of pedestrian casualties had both of these factors reported.

Oh well stats never lie do they.

Lirin

I was taught by a rally driver, yet I wouldn't consider myself a better driver than most- there's obviously a few moronic exceptions to the roadkill rate.

I am aware there are occasionally exceptions to the speed limit, or times when it's accidentally/deliberately overtaken.

Personally, I would find little problem with someone going 80mph on a motorway- I would find more fault with the method of their driving than the speed.

Strider/Lum- agree with the bloody traffic decorations- I also hate filling stations for the same reason, when I'm trying to pull out I'd prefer to look at the traffic, not a big cup of coffee...

Lum

king100 wrote: »

Exceeding the speed limit was reported as a factor in 5 per cent of accidents, but these accidents involved 17 per cent of fatalities. At least one of exceeding the speed limit and travelling too fast for the conditions was reported in 13 per cent of all accidents and these accidents accounted for 27 per cent of all fatalities.

There we go. We are even seeing a separation of "Exceeding the speed limit" and "too fast for the conditions", which are two different beasts entirely.

70mph on a motorway in thick fog is "too fast for the conditions" but is not "exceeding the speed limit".

90mph on an empty, lit, motorway in the middle of night is not "too fast for the conditions" but it is "exceeding the speed limit"

From the wording above we can see that 5% of all accidents involved exceeding the speed limit and that between 7% and 13% of all accidents involved going too fast for the conditions.

Both of these are massively dwarfed by "failing to look" and "losing control". These two make up a total of 74% of accidents that are down to just being a crap driver.

Imp

Lum wrote: »

Both of these are massively dwarfed by "failing to look" and "losing control". These two make up a total of 74% of accidents that are down to just being a crap driver.

I'll bear that in mind when I think back to my crash, coming around a corner at about 50mph onto a straight bit of road about 200 yards long to find someone overtaking towards me. I slammed on my breaks and took avoiding action to stop a head on collision, resulting in me loosing control of the car.

By the time I had finished rolling, both the other cars had disappeared around the bend (the straight was that short). That crash was recorded as me loosing control of the car, rather than some speed monster overtaking in a stupid place. I'll now just label myself as a crap driver.

Lum

Yours is an exceptional circumstance and it sounds like it was misreported, however it wasn't the other guy's choice of speed, but the terrible choice of overtaking location that caused that accident. Do you honestly think it would have made much difference if he was only doing 60mph or whatever the limit happened to be?

Situations like that are why I have a dashcam on my car though.

Witchfinder_General

To the plumber in his van who came right up my @rse flashing your lights and tooting your horn while I was slowing for congested traffice on the city bypass this afternoon. Having your mobile number on the side panel of your vehicle may be good for business, but please note that it may be useful to other persons too. It might be a good idea to switch your phone off when you go to bed from now on, as I am on nightshift again next week, and we don't want your blood pressure rising again at 0300, 0400 and 0500 do we? !!!!!!.

pulliptears

Witchfinder_General wrote: »

To the plumber in his van who came right up my @rse flashing your lights and tooting your horn while I was slowing for congested traffice on the city bypass this afternoon. Having your mobile number on the side panel of your vehicle may be good for business, but please note that it may be useful to other persons too. It might be a good idea to switch your phone off when you go to bed from now on, as I am on nightshift again next week, and we don't want your blood pressure rising again at 0300, 0400 and 0500 do we? !!!!!!.

LMAO

My OH specifies a lot of kit for new builds as well as uses local contractors. He remembers which firms have rotten drivers and wont use them for that reason
One boiler manufacturer wont be getting a £10k contract because their driver cut him up