Bad Drivers

mazza111

Seem to have hit a run of meeting bad drivers wherever I go these days. Since I got my new (old) car. Maybe I was noticing it more because I was driving a strange car and not so sure of the size. I dunno, but it made me wonder if it was them or me :wall:

People running roundabouts without giving way, an idiot stopping at the 2nd set of lights in effect blocking the road off, people using the wrong lanes, parking in the stupidest of places to block off roads or leave them very narrow. The latest one is one of my neighbours' friends shutting me into my car parking space so I have to knock their door and wait for them moving their car before I can get in mine :wall: Hoping the dd doesn't take a turn in the middle of the night or they are in for a rude awakening, literally!

ERICS_MUM

mazza111 wrote: »

Seem to have hit a run of meeting bad drivers wherever I go these days. Since I got my new (old) car. Maybe I was noticing it more because I was driving a strange car and not so sure of the size. I dunno, but it made me wonder if it was them or me :wall:

People running roundabouts without giving way, an idiot stopping at the 2nd set of lights in effect blocking the road off, people using the wrong lanes, parking in the stupidest of places to block off roads or leave them very narrow. The latest one is one of my neighbours' friends shutting me into my car parking space so I have to knock their door and wait for them moving their car before I can get in mine :wall: Hoping the dd doesn't take a turn in the middle of the night or they are in for a rude awakening, literally!

same thing happened to me in the past, and i panicked about having to get out quickly if my elderly mum was ill. Neighbour wouldn't answer the door to me ! I called the local police non-emergency no and a PCSO came round - you've never seen anyone move a car so fast !! It's never happened again and the neighbour is as nice as pie now.

Azari

ERICS_MUM wrote: »

same thing happened to me in the past, and i panicked about having to get out quickly if my elderly mum was ill. Neighbour wouldn't answer the door to me !

You really have to wonder about some people. :huh:

vassa

pinkshoes wrote: »

There just seem to be SO many bad drivers on the roads at the moment, it's infuriating!

Yep! It's bad attitude that causes it usually.

1. The safe stopping distance is about 2 seconds. Time it - it's quite a long
time! If I'm driving at 60mph and can't even see your headlights in my rear
mirror, you are far too close, so don't be surprised if I take my foot off the
gas and slow down!

Do what I do, maintain your speed, don't slow down at all, but reach across with your left foot and gently press the brake, just so the lights come on. Then that person will see your headlights and will think you're breaking, that soon shows them they should be keeping a distance.

2. The national speed limit on single carriageways is 60mph. Not 50mph, and
definitely NOT 40mph. If you can't drive at somewhere near the speed limit in
good driving conditions, you should re-think the whole driving thing.

It's a speed LIMIT, not speed REQUIREMENT. You can go less than 60mph if you like, but I agree 40 is pushing it. I always drive for maximum mpg, don't care what the limit is.

4. Why is it that those that meander along at 40mph on a 60mph road then do
40mph through a 30mph limit too??

Ha I once was behind someone doing this, they got flashed by our local camera in the 30 zone, idiots.

mazza111

ERICS_MUM wrote: »

same thing happened to me in the past, and i panicked about having to get out quickly if my elderly mum was ill. Neighbour wouldn't answer the door to me ! I called the local police non-emergency no and a PCSO came round - you've never seen anyone move a car so fast !! It's never happened again and the neighbour is as nice as pie now.

I've told them it could happen at any time with her, but they still continue to do it Thankfully, it doesn't happen as often as it used to,but still more regularly than with a "normal" person, but they will get a couple of mins to move it before I call the old bill

DKLS

googler wrote: »

Oh, go on then. Tell us why.

Because the people who I have encountered who utter that phase are the people who hate driving and cars but need to do it,
and because they dont like driving they see no need to be any good at it or get better.

Thus ime they are shiite drivers and should be on public transport.

Norman_Castle

There are plenty of over exited car bores who are shiite drivers and should be on public transport.

Cycrow

frugal_mike wrote: »

Doing 40mph or less on a 60mph road (when its safe to drive at 60) makes the road less safe, not more, especially on single lane roads. The roads are far safer when cars are moving at similar speeds as you're less likely to crash into the car in front.

But then if its a long straight road with good visibily, then the car doing 60 would see the slower car in front and have plenty of time to slow down and avoid hitting.
if they dont slow down and end up going into the back of the car, then surely thats the fault of the driver behind?

surely you should only drive as fast as the conditions allow, so if theres a car infront doing 40, then the conditions do not allow for 60.

just because you can drive at 60 if the road is empty doesn't mean that you should always do that

bod1467

Cycrow wrote: »

surely you should only drive as fast as the conditions allow,

Quite right.

Cycrow wrote: »

so if theres a car infront doing 40, then the conditions do not allow for 60.

Complete and utter rubbish. The rant is about people driving at 40 in a 60 REGARDLESS of the conditions. i.e. people being completely oblivious to their surroundings and the effect they are having on other traffic.

doughnutmachine

Cycrow wrote: »

surely you should only drive as fast as the conditions allow, so if theres a car infront doing 40, then the conditions do not allow for 60.

just because you can drive at 60 if the road is empty doesn't mean that you should always do that

if someone wants to drive at 40, when they could be doing 60, it suggests to me that they should be hanging their driving gloves up.