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Bad Drivers

Who do you "hate" the most

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gwilliams290

gwilliams290

Joined Oct 2007
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Springdale, Arkansas, USA
I'm curious, Are poor driving characteristics universal? And, which are the worst?

I have a particular pet peeve for drivers who don't use a turn signal! C'mon DUDE!! Give me a clue!!:mad1

The other one that gets to me is folks that run out to the end of a highway on-ramp and then slow down or stop before merging (which has to be a completely alien concept)!!:eek::mad1:puke

I'm sure cell phone users will rate highly!:pirate

I'm not sure how to start a poll, so, maybe someone can give me a hand and we can find out who we most dislike?
 
I guess the answers will be pretty universal....but over in the Police state that is the UK, the use of mobile phones is illegal whilst driving unless they're in a cradle and you're using hands-free equipment, eating/drinking whilst driving can lead to driving offences & fines, if you're involved in an accident and you were smoking at the time of the accident you will be held totally to blame......it goes on and on....AND, don't get me started on the use of 'safety' cameras in the UK. Most bad driving is down to people trying to look for speed cameras, Police detector vans, do-good village residents 'co-operating' with the Police in shopping their 'speeding' neighbours!!! Marvelous, what community spirit this builds!!! (the real kicker though is that a lot of the basic hand held speed cameras work on radar....and my avatar shows me standing with my bike in front of a plaque which commemorates the development of radar in the early part of 1900's in the field opposite!!! Bloody Northamptonshire...Home of the speed camera!)
I would though quite happily agree to experimental surgery to insert eyes in the back of my head to assist with the 'fun' on Uk roads!!
 
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NewBoots said:
I would though quite happily agree to experimental surgery to insert eyes in the back of my head to assist with the 'fun' on Uk roads!!
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Not too annoyed then mate! While all the options are annoying I went for the mobile phone jockeys as there seem to be a lot more of them about so they are a greater menace. The other week I was riding along a local 30mph road when a car swerved across the road at the start of a 3 point turn, female driving chatting away happily on her mobile while carrying out this manoeuvre single handedly!! :mad1
 
Car,caravans,lorries and any other form of non motorcycle orientated vehicle should be banned leaving me lovely Derbyshire roads to play on unmolested Oh yeah hate speed limits toooooooooo.!!!!!
 
Over use of car horns.... drives me fcuking nuts :mad1

Oh and I would vote for all three on your poll if I could
 
DaveRSV said:
Not too annoyed then mate! While all the options are annoying I went for the mobile phone jockeys as there seem to be a lot more of them about so they are a greater menace. The other week I was riding along a local 30mph road when a car swerved across the road at the start of a 3 point turn, female driving chatting away happily on her mobile while carrying out this manoeuvre single handedly!! :mad1
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Nah, not annoyed....just dismayed at the way driving standards get poorer year on year (and the further south you go!) and the fact that the Govt have got another lovely moneyspinner out of vehicle owners... I heard an article on the news today saying that since 1976 most of the tax/duty on vehicle licencing/petrol etc... has been hived off to fund anything but roads/safety/quality...marvelous...oh how I love paying over a pound a litre at the pump and even more for diesel....bloody hell it's less refined than petrol so obviously cheaper to produce...how come it costs more?? Anyway what hacks me off the most is roundabout jumpers...you know the one's that aren't aware you should give way to the right....they scream up to the roundabout and just plough on...morons....Yeah I know our American friends don't have many roundabouts....sensible buggers!:biggrin
 
We don't have many roundabouts in the US anymore. We used to & it was like they were population control centers with great whopping numbers of fatalities annually. Pretty gruesome really.

I'm definitely with you FordyRSVR03. Get 'em all off the road until I and my friends have left the area...at whatever rate of speed choose!! :thumbup:thumbup What a blast that would be.:thumbup

We don't know how to use our horns in the US. Most folks just run over you or run you off the road & then act like they didn't see you.:jack:jack Kind of like Flower Truck Drivers I guess.:pirate
 
old gits going tooooo slow do my head in
ban em all
I talk to loads of em that will not drive in the dark or on unfamiliar roads because of catterax
god help us all
 
windymiller said:
old gits going tooooo slow do my head in
ban em all
I talk to loads of em that will not drive in the dark or on unfamiliar roads because of catterax
god help us all
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Oh you mean the Mr Magoo types, staring ahead usually through the spokes of the steering wheel as they've shrunk so much, travelling at 14mph in 2nd gear and have never ever got the car into 5th.....they do that lovely thing of pulling out in front of you and accelerating away at the speed of a geriatric tortoise:biggrin
 
NewBoots said:
I guess the answers will be pretty universal....but over in the Police state that is the UK, the use of mobile phones is illegal whilst driving unless they're in a cradle and you're using hands-free equipment, eating/drinking whilst driving can lead to driving offences & fines, if you're involved in an accident and you were smoking at the time of the accident you will be held totally to blame......it goes on and on....AND, don't get me started on the use of 'safety' cameras in the UK. Most bad driving is down to people trying to look for speed cameras, Police detector vans, do-good village residents 'co-operating' with the Police in shopping their 'speeding' neighbours!!! Marvelous, what community spirit this builds!!! (the real kicker though is that a lot of the basic hand held speed cameras work on radar....and my avatar shows me standing with my bike in front of a plaque which commemorates the development of radar in the early part of 1900's in the field opposite!!! Bloody Northamptonshire...Home of the speed camera!)
I would though quite happily agree to experimental surgery to insert eyes in the back of my head to assist with the 'fun' on Uk roads!!
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Can we say for certain that you you're not keen on speed camera's newboots and if you trust me I've always wanted to do a bit of surgery..............................
 
Speed cameras :mad1, non indicating idiots :mad1, old gits doing looking in the mirror instead of where there going :mad1. Best thing that happend around here is the time someone accidently blew up a speed camera "thrapston" ... and a few more got sawn off :yes. Ive seen more people using mobile phones whilst driving than before the law came in :mad1, they are probably informing others of where the mobile cameras are causing more accidents :mad1:mad1:mad1
 
sharky said:
Can we say for certain that you you're not keen on speed camera's newboots and if you trust me I've always wanted to do a bit of surgery..............................
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I think they're great mate.....on the surgery.mmmm...are you sure that hacksaw is sharp enough??!:eek:
 
Last couple of days noticed the 'winter' phenomenon. Bimbling back and forth to work on the scooter, greasy salted roads, dark, frosty. Taking my time on corners and being nice and smooth. Chav in a drainpipe exhaust equipped Fiat Panda (wasn't but you get my drift) overtakes on the inside just in time to cut across in front of me to overtake a car. He's doing about 40 - 50 in a 30 limit. I'd loved to have been able to follow him out of town as he was a sure bet to be one of the upside down cars on the first bend he took a bit quick.
 
We have our share of horribly ********, murderous cagers in Belgium as well :banghead You really need eyes at the back of your head and a helluva sixth sense to make it through traffic these days.
Just a week ago a car just pulled into my lane on the highway without warning.
My bf got really pissed off and rode next to the guy for a couple miles, staring straight at him. Then he rode in front of him at a sloooow pace.. the bloke turned quite pale, and his attempts of ignoring the situation were pathetic :laugh
The ******* cut both of us off a couple miles after that, when we were taking an exit.. :mad1
It's scary how my distribution of flaming middlefingers has gone up the past months :laugh

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Pumpkin said:
We have our share of horribly ********, murderous cagers in Belgium as well :banghead You really need eyes at the back of your head and a helluva sixth sense to make it through traffic these days.
Just a week ago a car just pulled into my lane on the highway without warning.
My bf got really pissed off and rode next to the guy for a couple miles, staring straight at him. Then he rode in front of him at a sloooow pace.. the bloke turned quite pale, and his attempts of ignoring the situation were pathetic :laugh
The ******* cut both of us off a couple miles after that, when we were taking an exit.. :mad1
It's scary how my distribution of flaming middlefingers has gone up the past months :laugh

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aaahhhh... wish i would have been there... another side mirror launched into orbit....... :mad1
 
cwalker said:
aaahhhh... wish i would have been there... another side mirror launched into orbit....... :mad1
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I wouldn't mind being escorted by you and Snackman :rolleyes:

Whether it would be safer, is another question :laugh :laugh
 

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