Driving Pet Peeves

[LaMotta]

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Drivers who drive 10 car lengths behind the car in front in heavy traffic at 15MPH and then we miss the traffic lights due to this.

Similarly, drivers in front of you who dilly-dally at long queued, short window of opportunity for green traffic lights - meaning you don't get through. Worst spots for this are turning right from Glasgow Road at the Shell Garage on to the Maybury Road, or turning left at the West End from Drumsheugh Gardens to Lyndenoch Place.

[AltheHibby]

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I "know" it's a 40 there but the sat-nav in my car which gets live updates thinks it's a 30.
Unsure how the GPS companies get their data but it isn't being thoroughly checked.

Try driving in Wales right now with that appaling blanket 20 and satnav thinking it's still 30.

[overdrive]

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Similarly, drivers in front of you who dilly-dally at long queued, short window of opportunity for green traffic lights - meaning you don't get through. Worst spots for this are turning right from Glasgow Road at the Shell Garage on to the Maybury Road, or turning left at the West End from Drumsheugh Gardens to Lyndenoch Place.

The T-junction just before Bankhead tram stop, turning right onto S Gyle Access is also bad for this. If there's more than three cars per lane (two right turn lanes exist) there when approaching, I resign myself to having to wait until the second shot at the green.

[matty_f]

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Similarly, drivers in front of you who dilly-dally at long queued, short window of opportunity for green traffic lights - meaning you don't get through. Worst spots for this are turning right from Glasgow Road at the Shell Garage on to the Maybury Road, or turning left at the West End from Drumsheugh Gardens to Lyndenoch Place.

The one at Glasgow Road is a nightmare for that. Lost count of the amount of times when someone's fancying about has held folk up from getting through on the green light.

[Pretty Boy]

Not sure if this is a driving pet peeve or just a peeve but roadworks in which the work is just a total misnomer because no one actually does any for weeks on end.

I returned from holiday last week to find the road leading up to my estate partially dug up (Newcraighall Road). It badly needs resurfaced so I was quite hopeful it might be that and it would be well worth any inconvenience. There are some gas signs though so I don't think it is. Anyway this was last Monday, I asked my neighbour how long it had been up for and he said the Monday before so as of today that is over 2 weeks. In that time I haven't seen a single worker anywhere near it except for a brief 2 hour period on Sunday afternoon. It's a nightmare of a road at the best of times, particularly on a Saturday afternoon with people heading to Fort Kinnaird, and it's even worse now half the road is dug up and fenced off.

Why does stuff like that happen? Surely a road can be dug up the day a job is due to be carried out or even a day or 2 before? What is the point or reason why a road would be dug up, left for 2 weeks plus with no work being carried out and then the job inevitably takes a day or 2 when they get round to doing it?

[J-C]

After finally finishing the Meadowbank/Abbeyhill road and lights with traffic becoming slightly more normal, today as the school go back with more traffic on the road they decide to erect a new lamp post at the junction at the retail park. Needless to say carnage ensues as we now have a lane closed again, only this friggin council.😡

[He's here!]

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After finally finishing the Meadowbank/Abbeyhill road and lights with traffic becoming slightly more normal, today as the school go back with more traffic on the road they decide to erect a new lamp post at the junction at the retail park. Needless to say carnage ensues as we now have a lane closed again, only this friggin council.😡

On the subject of Meadowbank (the sports venue) why did they make the car park so small and badly designed? I get that we're all being encouraged to ditch the car but with sport there's often equipment to cart around that doesn't lend itself to public transport. There are acres of derelict land around the car park so plenty room for expansion - or has that been reserved for new property construction?

[He's here!]

Jeez, just as I was typing that last post I heard that a guy has been charged today over the alleged stabbing of a traffic warden in Gorgie.

You're never happy to see them but if that's a nut job reaction to getting a ticket it's appalling.

[HibbyDave]

Pet peeves????

POT HOLES

[Alfiembra]

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Pet peeves????

POT HOLES

+1 hit a pot hole on the 6th December, reported through Clarence and filed a claim against the roads department for burst tyre and damaged wheel. Got an email back saying it was being investigated and would give their decision on whether they accept or reject my claim within 18 weeks. Still waiting to hear.

[matty_f]

Not sure if this is a driving pet peeve or just a normal peeve. At Tesco earlier and a big Mercedes SUV pulls into the drop off bay at the front of the store. Guy gets out with his teenage daughter grabs a trolley and goes inside to do their shopping.

Just park your car in the car park you selfish prick.

[Pretty Boy]

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Not sure if this is a driving pet peeve or just a normal peeve. At Tesco earlier and a big Mercedes SUV pulls into the drop off bay at the front of the store. Guy gets out with his teenage daughter grabs a trolley and goes inside to do their shopping.

Just park your car in the car park you selfish prick.

There is a special corner of hell reserved for people who do this or park in disabled or parent & child places when they have no right to do so. The height of both ignorance and selfishness.

You just know they are those same pricks who just leave their trolley at their space as well rather than walking it 10 yards to one of the shelters. I actually think that is the most definitive way to judge if someone is a decent person or not; there's no legal responsibility or obligation to return your trolley, it's entirely down to your own conscience.

[McD]

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Not sure if this is a driving pet peeve or just a normal peeve. At Tesco earlier and a big Mercedes SUV pulls into the drop off bay at the front of the store. Guy gets out with his teenage daughter grabs a trolley and goes inside to do their shopping.

Just park your car in the car park you selfish prick.

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There is a special corner of hell reserved for people who do this or park in disabled or parent & child places when they have no right to do so. The height of both ignorance and selfishness.

You just know they are those same pricks who just leave their trolley at their space as well rather than walking it 10 yards to one of the shelters. I actually think that is the most definitive way to judge if someone is a decent person or not; there's no legal responsibility or obligation to return your trolley, it's entirely down to your own conscience.

Couldn’t agree more with both of you

[staunchhibby]

Asda livingston is notorious for cars not parking in vacant spaces.Some drivers think yellow lines there think its for parking

[McD]

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Asda livingston is notorious for cars not parking in vacant spaces.Some drivers think yellow lines there think its for parking

I was actually going to put something along those lines in my post, and also include the big Morrisons and Sainsbury’s as well. constantly vehicles in their drop off zones because of lazy gits

[He's here!]

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Not sure if this is a driving pet peeve or just a normal peeve. At Tesco earlier and a big Mercedes SUV pulls into the drop off bay at the front of the store. Guy gets out with his teenage daughter grabs a trolley and goes inside to do their shopping.

Just park your car in the car park you selfish prick.

It's moments like these where taking matters into your own hands would be gratifying (eg letting the tyres down) but getting caught on CCTV would be an issue.