Is it really so difficult to follow lines on a road?

Kilty_2

Strider590 wrote: »

Because it's invariably a BMW X6 or Range Rover, with a mum, one child and a small lunch box.:rotfl:

Not often I agree with you Strider but didn't you know that as soon as you have a child you need to carry half of the world around with you at any one time?

Hintza

scooby75 wrote: »

What?!?!? Are you serious?

Of course he is you just want to make sure you have a bus or a lorry to your right just to make sure.

As for 4x4 I agree that for the schol run they tend to be a fashion accessory but for you townies some of us actually need them and pay through the blasted nose for the privledge as brokenant says.

alastairq

Mark_Hewitt wrote: »

Standard practice on a roundabout with a 2 lane approach and you've got someone to your right. If they go, you go.

Only one way to describe that sort of driver?


Sucker!

andrew-the-cat

TrickyWicky wrote: »

As long as you can keep up with them, they're your shield. When they go, you go too.

Mark_Hewitt wrote: »

Standard practice on a roundabout with a 2 lane approach and you've got someone to your right. If they go, you go.

When learning to drive I was specifically taught not to do this. The exact words of my driving instructor were "never use the vehicle next to you as a shield".

Sharon87

I hate roundabouts, I'm learning to drive and most of the times I have had problems have been other drivers, either cutting across or in front to get into the right lane or not indicating, so I'm not sure which way they're turning. I've been guilty of a few things on roundabouts, but I am a learner and it teaches me not to do it again - mostly been on this massive 4 lane roundabout I have to usually turn right at, it's quite scary at times, I wish it was traffic light controlled!

I agree people should stick to their lanes, if I can as a learner stick to my lane, I should hope others could do it too!

lostsheep

Others' misuse of roundabouts is a particular motoring hate of mine. They are reasonably simple, so what is the deal? It can't even be explained in any case I remember by the modern habit of completely mis-labelling the new ones, either.

Strider590

lostsheep wrote: »

Others' misuse of roundabouts is a particular motoring hate of mine. .

Stay away from Birmingham (or most major cities) then

By far the worst drivers I encounter are those who clearly got friends/family to take their UK driving tests for them, before the DVLA clamped down on the practice many years ago. Those who can't read or speak English and simply do not look at road signs/markings.

mikey72

Strider590 wrote: »

Stay away from Birmingham (or most major cities) then

By far the worst drivers I encounter are those who clearly got friends/family to take their UK driving tests for them, before the DVLA clamped down on the practice many years ago. Those who can't read or speak English and simply do not look at road signs/markings.

Good to see your usual level emerging again. :rotfl::rotfl:

mikey72

jase1 wrote: »

I wonder, if mikey72 is allowed to side-swipe vehicles who attempt to pass him on the left when he's hogging the middle lane, am I allowed to pull out in front of the morons who go all the way around a roundabout in the left lane without indicating?

No, I'd be upset when you pull out in front of me.

Itismehonest

brokenant wrote: »

I don't think my 4x4 would be anywhere near the top of the list of my choice of vehicle, but some of us do need a 4x4 so don't have an option. Some of things I have to endure include;
£460 per year road tax.
Awful economy, averages 18mpg (with diesel at 141.9)
Corners like the QE2, the lag on the accelerator is horrendous.
0-60 in 13 seconds.
Tyres at £750 per set.
Last service cost £750.

I do however traverse muddy fields, travel down unmade farm tracks and regularly tow up to 2500kg so nothing else would do.
I do agree about people in so called chelsea tractors. The biggest load they carry comes in white plastic bags with Tesco written on them, and the nearest they get to off road is driving down a gravel driveway. They give the rest of us a bad name.
If you do see me driving down the road, mines the shogun splattered in mud with strands of hay sticking out the boot.

Yes, we have a big old workhorse, too.
Not all 4x4s are Chelsea tractors but, unfortunately, we pay for the ones who give the vehicles the bad name.
We wouldn't get out of our valley in snow/ice without it, let alone the miles to the nearest gritted "main" road.
Having said that, compared with small, "economical" cars we don't need to go town-shopping anywhere near as frequently. One big stock-up every month or so makes the old wagon pretty economical on that score at least

Most of our local lanes don't have white lines & the nearest roundabout is about 15 miles away so I can't really comment on that part of the thread but what I can say is that many "normal car" drivers can't drive. Put them on a narrow country lane where they meet a milk tanker/tractor & trailer & they think the other vehicle should back up even if there are more vehicles behind it & they have nobody behind them. In fact many just can't reverse at all.
I've seen numerous shiny new cars bouncing off one dry-stone wall & then the one opposite trying to back up 20ft to a passing place. It's like a game of rural pinball
It's not unknown for locals to get in the 'problem' car & back it up for them so the whole area doesn't grind to a total halt.