Biggest culprits - inconsiderate drivers?

MissMoriarty

dacouch wrote: »

Keep clear boxes are not compulsory

Compulsory or not, it makes sense to think ahead and consider that traffic will want to pass through. And the big yellow hatches are there for a reason.

rainbowfairydust

more taxi driver woes - en-route to work, on a traffic light operated (and busy) roundabout. Taxi driver was in the wrong lane - promptly cut across 2 lanes in order to shove his way into my lane causing me (and others) to brake sharply :mad::mad::mad::mad:

cddc

My favourite accident witnessed was between two London Taxis both pulling u-turns from the opposite side of the road and meeting with a glorious crunch and a puff of steam head on in the middle of High St Ken.

Sadly in the days before Camera phones. I would have made a fortune.

I have just bought an Audi so will now have to adjust my driving style accordingly:cool:.

andygb

I replied "other" - everyone but me:D

dacouch

cddc wrote: »

My favourite accident witnessed was between two London Taxis both pulling u-turns from the opposite side of the road and meeting with a glorious crunch and a puff of steam head on in the middle of High St Ken.

Sadly in the days before Camera phones. I would have made a fortune.

I have just bought an Audi so will now have to adjust my driving style accordingly:cool:.

I've seen a two cyclists both jumping red lights crash into each other with some style, one coming from Southwark Bridge and the other Upper Thames St.

Comical when each tried blaming the other

Spidernick

Are white van drivers not listed because they are a given? In that case shouldn't the poll be 'Worst drivers after white van drivers'?

Flying-High_2

Bus Drivers.... I fix Buses for a Large Independent as my "day" job... the accidents are unreal although not all our fault... the unexplained Damage they cause is unreal. I'm privvy to vehicle fitted CCTV and the stuff I see is beyond you've been framed in some cases... the stories regarding such accidents can be comedy central.

Gavin83

I do find the idea that driving a certain brand of car makes someone a bad or inconsiderate laughable. I can't see what difference it makes. You get bad drivers and good drivers in every brand of car. Before anyone asks, no I don't drive a BMW or Audi.

I think bad driving is mostly situational. I feel traffic and generally being busy brings out the worst in people, I always see the worst driving in busy areas. I live in East London and by far the worst thing about the area is the driving standards, it's terrible at the best of times. I drove for 8 years without any accidents and had my first about 2 months after moving here after some guy managed to drive into the side of my car while I was stationary in traffic.

kataklysm

Another vote for vans. Tailgating, speeding, aggressive, inconsiderate... There are no worse drivers. Poll is null and void

I've also noticed on a long 30mph stretch near me that almost no one wants to drive at 30 anymore. Or any limit in fact. 90% of the time on that road, I'm either tailgated or overtaken while doing 30mph. And past a primary school I'd add. It's usually an Audi, Mercedes or BMW. I simply can't understand that mentality. I'd never try to bully someone into exceeding a speed limit they were already at. Watching them disappear into the distance, they must easily be doing 20 or 30mph over the limit and to think they were frustrated because I wasn't willing to do the same. These people need castrating frankly.

Driving is just incredibly depressing these days. Half of drivers have absolutely nowhere to be, no idea what's going on around them or how to operate their vehicle. The other half need to realise that even in an £80k performance car, you still sometimes have to do 30 behind a Micra.

mjoneseyjones

Gavin83 wrote: »

I do find the idea that driving a certain brand of car makes someone a bad or inconsiderate laughable. I can't see what difference it makes. You get bad drivers and good drivers in every brand of car. Before anyone asks, no I don't drive a BMW or Audi

Shhhh....dont spoil their opportunity to flex the massive chip on their shoulder!

Some of the stuff in this thread is laughable - did some dope really claim people with private plates think they have more right to use the road than others?! What kind of mentally ill, perpetual victim would even contemplate that!? This thread is a really concise microcosm of the absolute guff that is spewed by some of the motoring board regulars on a daily basis. Laughable.

And before some mouth breather says it, i don't drive a beemer, audi or have private plates.