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[Nealio]

This applies to Ireland too, but to a far lesser extent. Anyway, most British drivers are terrible. They have the most annoying habits. Here's the ones that gall me most:

Braking for no apparent reason:
Why? You could be on a perfectly straight, perfectly flat piece of road, with no other traffic, apart from the guy in front, who is flashing his brake lights every ten seconds or so. There is no reason in the world for doing this. I'm not talking about grinding to a halt or anything, but it's more like he realises he's 5kph over the limit and he needs to brake to slow down, rather than ease off on the throttle. So I have to brake to match him. Fucking annoying. Also, there is never ever ever a need to brake in moving traffic when climbing a steep hill, unless the traffic is stopping.

Hazard lights flashing when parked on a street in a line of cars:
This one is very misleading for people overtaking them. If there's another vehicle parked close behind the car in question, it looks like the car is trying to pull out. So me being the courteous driver that I am, stops to let the other guy out, only to realise he has no intentions of doing so. Seriously. If you're legally parked, you don't need to use your hazard lights.

Driving in poor visibility:
Switch on your fucking lights. How hard can it be? And make sure they're your dipped beams, and not the pointless sidelights that aren't worth a fuck. In rain or fog it's difficult enough to see other vehicles that ARE lit up, let alone one that's not. I understand some people can be forgetful, but the amount of cars that drive around in poor visibility with sidelights on have no excuse. The fact that they have sidelights on means that they didn't forget.

Roundabouts:
For the love of God, learn how to signal when approaching an exiting roundabouts. It's really not that difficult. When approaching, if you're going left, signal left. If you're taking the second exit, don't signal. If you're taking a third or subsequent exit, signal right. When exiting, make sure you signal left when at the exit prior to the one you wish to take. And learn to take the correct lane. There's a very simple protocol for this too, that should only be altered if the road markings indicate otherwise.

Cyclists on country roads:
When cycling in pairs, if you have a car on your arse, would you kindly move into single file? k thks bai.

Drivers of Nissan Micras:
You all drive ridiculously slow. Please fuck off the road.

Finally (and this is a belter) motorway driving:
If you're going to insist on driving in the fast lane, drive fucking fast. There's a reason it's called the fast lane. I'm not asking you the break the law. If you could just drive at the speed limit I'd be oh so happy. And when overtaking me, and cutting in in front of me, please maintain the speed you overtook me at. Don't suddenly slow down once you're in front of me. Otherwise what would the point have been in overtaking me at all? You do that, I'll fucking overtake you back you cunt.

I have many more issues with other road users, but I'll post them later, depending on how this thread develops.

[crab man]

Yeah! And stop driving on the left side of the road!

[Spongeyguy]

And get your damn teeth fixed!

[Orchestrazia Ardwick]

Trust me, I have all of these issues on a daily basis. Other problems I face are:


1: People who have no comprehension of how wide their car is. There's room for two cars if you move over about 3 feet, prick.

2: Cyclists who merge from other roads without looking first.

3: People who are waiting to turn from somewhere, you stop and let them go, but they're not paying attention so sit there waiting.

[rabid_fox]

I just wish people in cars would smile more. I think of them as Miseryboxes.

[spacecrumbs]

Trust me, I have all of these issues on a daily basis. Other problems I face are:


1: People who have no comprehension of how wide their car is. There's room for two cars if you move over about 3 feet, prick.

2: Cyclists who merge from other roads without looking first.

3: People who are waiting to turn from somewhere, you stop and let them go, but they're not paying attention so sit there waiting.

I do this.

[w00dy]

The driving with side lights on in crap weather really annoys me. its coz the thick fuckers think that their headlights are so they can see where theyre going rather than so other people can see them. A car the same colour as tarmac looks like fucking tarmac in a wing mirror and the worst the weather the grayer everything becomes dick heads

[gusdotcom]

I agree with the roundabout thing if you switch all the lefts and rights around. I've been forced to stop so many times just because some wanker can't be arsed to indicate where the heck he's going.

[Nealio]

I agree with the roundabout thing if you switch all the lefts and rights around. I've been forced to stop so many times just because some wanker can't be arsed to indicate where the heck he's going.

Yep. 100% agreed.

Sorry, I forgot to mention it should be the opposite way around in other countries.

[mandible]

Braking for no apparent reason:
Why? You could be on a perfectly straight, perfectly flat piece of road, with no other traffic, apart from the guy in front, who is flashing his brake lights every ten seconds or so. There is no reason in the world for doing this. I'm not talking about grinding to a halt or anything, but it's more like he realises he's 5kph over the limit and he needs to brake to slow down, rather than ease off on the throttle. So I have to brake to match him. Fucking annoying. Also, there is never ever ever a need to brake in moving traffic when climbing a steep hill, unless the traffic is stopping.

Maybe you're too close for comfort and he wants you to be the correct stopping distance (which nobody ever seems to be, to be fair).

As for cyclists, Alex will vouch for how much they annoy me, even as a passenger, and how I could very easily have ended up lamping one of them a few months back

[Mick!]

Aberdeen has possibly the worst drivers, and the worst roads, I've ever come across. Whatever idiot designed this place for some reason likes to have roundabouts with two "straight on" approaching lanes but only one lane on the other side. It's great fucking fun taking one of those in a Corsa with a gigantic lorry by your side. Add to this the previously mentioned issue of people being unable to signal at roundabouts properly, and it's just a car crash waiting to happen.

That's the main one, but the place is full of all the other typically annoying city bullshit: bus/cycle lanes everywhere, speed cameras all over the place despite constant heavy traffic slowing everyone to 20mph, absolutely no free parking spaces etc. etc.

Oh, and another stupidly common and infuriating road design: pedestrian crossings immediately after roundabouts. Why!?

[gusdotcom]

Aberdeen has possibly the worst drivers, and the worst roads, I've ever come across. Whatever idiot designed this place for some reason likes to have roundabouts with two "straight on" approaching lanes but only one lane on the other side. It's great fucking fun taking one of those in a Corsa with a gigantic lorry by your side. Add to this the previously mentioned issue of people being unable to signal at roundabouts properly, and it's just a car crash waiting to happen.

That's the main one, but the place is full of all the other typically annoying city bullshit: bus/cycle lanes everywhere, speed cameras all over the place despite constant heavy traffic slowing everyone to 20mph, absolutely no free parking spaces etc. etc.

Oh, and another stupidly common and infuriating road design: pedestrian crossings immediately after roundabouts. Why!?

To get to the other side!

[awesem]

Maybe you're too close for comfort and he wants you to be the correct stopping distance (which nobody ever seems to be, to be fair).

One of my peeves is people driving too close behind me. I will sometimes break to express my annoyance. (not smrt, bad Em)

I dont drive slow. Never under the speed limit. The speed limit here is 100kmph on the open road. I've recently tended to stick to 104(ish) because they have been ticketing people for 105 lately.

[Nealio]

Braking for no apparent reason:
Why? You could be on a perfectly straight, perfectly flat piece of road, with no other traffic, apart from the guy in front, who is flashing his brake lights every ten seconds or so. There is no reason in the world for doing this. I'm not talking about grinding to a halt or anything, but it's more like he realises he's 5kph over the limit and he needs to brake to slow down, rather than ease off on the throttle. So I have to brake to match him. Fucking annoying. Also, there is never ever ever a need to brake in moving traffic when climbing a steep hill, unless the traffic is stopping.

Maybe you're too close for comfort and he wants you to be the correct stopping distance (which nobody ever seems to be, to be fair).

Nah they still do it no matter how far back I go. It's definitely nothing to do with me. It's a habit they have formed, and the are obviously oblivious to what's happening behind them.

[Orchestrazia Ardwick]

As for cyclists, Alex will vouch for how much they annoy me, even as a passenger, and how I could very easily have ended up lamping one of them a few months back

Cyclists are all bastards. Fact. And that one was a particularly fine example. He'd have deserved a good kicking.

[CrazyCal]

I can't afford a car.
My friend drove into a bridge. It wasn't his fault. It never is.

Edited by CrazyCal, 23 May 2012 - 08:25 AM.

[haggis]

I dislike tailgaters...if one comes up my butt (f'naaaar!) I just slow down and annoy them...HA!

[James_Coolidge]

Everybody thinks they're better at driving than they really are.

[Seán]

not me, i'm terrible.

Hazard lights flashing when parked on a street in a line of cars:
This one is very misleading for people overtaking them. If there's another vehicle parked close behind the car in question, it looks like the car is trying to pull out. So me being the courteous driver that I am, stops to let the other guy out, only to realise he has no intentions of doing so. Seriously. If you're legally parked, you don't need to use your hazard lights.

i had the opposite of this problem a while ago where a guy was stopped in a turning lane, didn't have any lights on to indicate what he was doing. he was right before the intersection and the roads were empty so i moved over to get behind him assuming he was going to make the turn. and then he didn't, and i waited because i wasn't sure what his plan was until he finally turned the lights on and i refrained from flipping him off while going around.

[CrazyCal]