I hate all other road users…
I hate all other road users…
Thank you
I have two nominations …
1 - People who punctuate every sentence with multiple uses of the word “like”, and
2 - Adverts - especially on TV and the internet.
Forum members who always know best
That’s just about everyone at some time or other!
Like, what do you mean like?
Neighbours who start their cars on winter-mornings and let them run warm and ice-free while they go for breakfast
Barry there are times in all our lives when we KNOW that we are right and everyone else is wrong. If yours hasn’t come along yet, don’t worry, your time will come!
How do I know? Because I’m always right!
That is except when I’m wrong!
What is a Cocktail Bar willy Waver? Or is really as it says?
1.Local Radio adverts.
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People who drive along at 45 mph in a 60 thinking they are the safest drivers in the world, and then when you get to a 30, they continue at 45. This basically seems to include everybody who lives in North Norfolk and/or everybody who drives a Vauxhall Agila.
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People who stop at an obviously empty roundabout?
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Drivers who fail to acknowledge you when have let them out or come through a gap.
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Car advertisers who tell you their cars are immaculate when they are pieces of rusty dog-do. Do they think potential purchasers are blind?
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Black cab drivers who drive a 12mph so the fare is bigger.
Oh, I nearly forgot my favourite type of moron. He,s the oncoming driver who flashes his headlights at you when you do an overtake towards him, even though you are safely back on your own side of the road and stood absolutely no chance of hitting him because he was at least half a mile away.
“2. People who drive along at 45 mph in a 60 thinking they are the safest drivers in the world, and then when you get to a 30, they continue at 45. This basically seems to include everybody who lives in North Norfolk and/or everybody who drives a Vauxhall Agila.”
Yes, they aren’t confined to Norfolk though. I often get stuck in a queue behind someone doing just that on my way home from work (albeit 38mph in a 50 limit). They drive for 6 miles on a rural, A category road using only dipped headlights, when there is obviously no oncoming traffic. There are only two safe & legal overtaking opportunities along that whole 6 miles so often you’re obliged to follow them at “their” speed. But they then inexplicably accelerate to 45 mph to drive through the 30 mph limit in our village!
I think it’s a night vision thing - some drivers suffering from poor night vision (or poor confidence) choose to bimble along at a low speed they feel comfortable at. But on reaching an urban, stretch with street lighting they speed up, well above the speed limit. But what I’ve never understood is why they don’t use main beam!
At the extreme and most likely risk of incurring your wrath…
Are MX5 owners such good drivers and every other road user is not?
I personally believe that I am quick to criticise other road users when they do something that I would not necessarily do. However, I am not perfect and I am sure my road manners annoy many.
Tolerance and patience keep my “red mist” moments to the minimum.
Just saying…
Now I will run and hide.
For years I had the same gripe, then I noticed that I was becoming the same. Had my eyes checked by a specialist, yep, night vision thing, it’s got a name which I can’t remember, so I gave up driving between twilight and sun-up. Safer for me and everybody else!
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Parents on the school run who seem to abandon their cars willy nilly, and who think that access to my drive and our neighbours is theirs to park across.
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Those drivers who keep their foot on the brakes when stopped at traffic lights.
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New car drivers who don’t know where the indicator stalk is.
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Plonkers who still use their phones when driving.
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Twits who have their Sat Navs right in their eye line.
Countryboy,
I think your condition may be ARMD = Age Related Macular Degeneration. It affects most of us over about 55, but to varying degrees.
At 68, my night vision is still pretty good for my age, but no longer as sharp as when I was 28, when it was excellent. I find I need my specs now to drive at night, while I’m perfectly OK in daylight.
It can also be related to diabetes, but not to be confused with diabetic retinopathy.
As long as you can still enjoy the MX5, all’s well…!
Aldi
More power to you sir. Know your limits and stick within them. If only we had more like you.
I’ve come to the conclusion that there are two different groups of drivers (possibly more). Some drive only because they have to. This isn’t necessarily an age, or gender issue. This group have little enthusiasm for driving, tend to be cautious but don’t always keep themselves up to date with rules and regulations. This group don’t think about driving either before or after, and possibly not much whilst actually in the car. It’s just a necessary evil to get from A to B.
The other group includes many of us. We own sports cars because we enjoy driving. We inter-react with other like minded enthusiasts and are more likely to keep ourselves up to date and be more “into” driving whilst in the car. We might be seen as aggressive or impatient by the first group simply because we don’t like driving behind other, slow drivers.
Quite agree
Paul W, I think you’ve hit the nail on the head ref drivers and their attitude to their cars and other road users. however I would add two other items to Room 101;
1. The contractors who have been responsible for maintaining / repairing Oxfordshire’s roads for the past 20 or so years.
2. The the twits who clog up the country lanes where I live every so often to watch other twits on horseback chase something that isn’t a fox across the countryside then drive on to the next vantage point depositing mud and horse s**t all over the road. As they flank the hunt route, I presume they are knows as a group of flankers…
People who race to the red traffic light even though from a distance you could see them changing from green. I don’t know why after all it’s their brakes and fuel, but it just grates.