Complain about dangerous/aggressive comercial vehicle drivers!

mikey72

Pot kettle black spring to mind.
The lack of the ticking from striders own indicators is glaringly apparent on the soundtrack, the road is a single lane, not a double, and he drives over the chevrons coming off the island.
I'd not have posted up my driving if it was like that.

Trebor16

I wonder why so many of the videos are for private viewing only?;)

LudaMusser

harveybobbles wrote: »

Always handy to have a camera on board for this reason.

As a rule, I never let vans or taxi's out.

And BMW`s and 4x4`s..

However, if I`m in Birmingham I just don`t let a single vehicle out TBH, the driving there is horrendous so I join them

johnfarquhar74

mikey72 wrote: »

Pot kettle black spring to mind.
The lack of the ticking from striders own indicators is glaringly apparent on the soundtrack, the road is a single lane, not a double, and he drives over the chevrons coming off the island.
I'd not have posted up my driving if it was like that.

Just my opinion, but the sudden deceleration and deviation from the correct line by Strider was because he could see the focus drifting lanes and nearing his off-side. Had he not done these 2 things then an accident would have occurred and just because he 'was in the right lane' doesn't give him a legal right to exchange paint with the Ford.

mikey72

johnfarquhar74 wrote: »

Just my opinion, but the sudden deceleration and deviation from the correct line by Strider was because he could see the focus drifting lanes and nearing his off-side. Had he not done these 2 things then an accident would have occurred and just because he 'was in the right lane' doesn't give him a legal right to exchange paint with the Ford.

He's expecting it from the start, he states it's far too common, and takes it as a warning not to get alongside. His words on the video.
So either he still drives alongside anyway (why?) or the Focus was no where near him, as suggested by the fact strider doesn't seem to brake or swerve. The only reason the Focus swerves is strider sounds his horn aggressively just as the Focus turns.
As it's a single carriageway, why does strider think he can undertake on the left anyway?

Trebor16

As the Focus was taking the second exit at the roundabout, which on the sign is marked as straight ahead at the 12 o'clock position, the driver didn't need to indicate when entering the roundabout.

davidjwest

Actually you could question Strider's road positioning as he heads onto the roundabout, it appears to be a single lane with no road markings (I can't tell for sure as he's so close to the car in front) and so why is he so far over to the left?

I can understand the Focus drivers positioning there and the reason he takes the line around the roundabout he does, the only obvious error is he exits the roundabout and uses the slip lane.

mikey72

Wouldn't you swerve if someone undertaking in your blind spot leans on the horn like that?
Especially if they shouldn't be there.

Strider590

mikey72 wrote: »

Wouldn't you swerve if someone undertaking in your blind spot leans on the horn like that?
Especially if they shouldn't be there.

Shouldn't be on the LH side of a traffic island to go straight over? Now i've heard it all :rotfl:
In the absence of road markings, the highway codes general rule should be applied.

davetrousers

What's with calling a roundabout a traffic island?