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Thread: Driving Pet Peeves
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09-09-2018 12:59 PM #361
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09-09-2018 01:39 PM #363
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I actually had a taxi driver blame me fir going too fast when he pulled out in front of me
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09-09-2018 01:47 PM #364This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Absolutely. I nearly got taken out by a cyclist at Abbeymount crossroads one Saturday morning when I was on my way to get the bus to an away game. I was crossing on green man when a cyclist flew through the red just missing me and I mean just missing me, he was going at some speed. Can't help thinking a little kid that may have been crossing may not have been so lucky and a bike can do some damage to you at speed.
Again at a crossing this time in London at Euston Square, crossing the road, admittedly it wasn't a green man but the cyclists traffic lights were at red sits a 4 way crossing, he nearly cycled into me this time at a lower speed, I said to him you just went through a red light, he then said I was jaywalking . I said you can get done for running a red light, I can't get done for jaywalking unless we're in the US. London is murder though, the traffic is brutal.
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09-09-2018 02:28 PM #365This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
At the start of the summer I was talking to a couple of policeman that were on cycles at the canal aquaduct at Slateford. They were there with a speed gun and were offering "advice" to cyclists that were deemed to be going too fast. I thought British Waterways had imposed a 6 mph limit on the tow path but the Polis denied this, apparently it's quite difficult to charge a cyclist with speeding.
Personally, I'd suggest fast cycling commuters should stick to the road, the canal tow path is just too narrow for the minority of (irresponsible) users.
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09-09-2018 05:29 PM #366This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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14-09-2018 02:35 PM #368
I was walking not driving when I witnessed this but felt it belonged in this thread;
Folk on mobility scooters that think they're a car! Just seen a guy on a mobility scooter drive down lane 2 of the South Gyle Broadway heading East. Most drivers gave him a very wide berth buy a UPS van was not so careful, nearly rear ended him as the van was doing 30+ and the scooter maybe 7?
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14-09-2018 04:36 PM #369This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
United we stand here....
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14-09-2018 04:39 PM #370This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
If only there was a mobility scooter lane...
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14-09-2018 04:49 PM #371This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
My point was this was a dangerous use of a mobility scooter. Scooters that can travel up to 8mph have to be registered to be used on the road, however, a lot of scooters are NOT registered. This guy was travelling the length of the Broadway, going down the outside of lane 2 (colloquially known as the overtaking lane or fast lane) by the grass central reservation. He had no need to be there and it was (in my opinion obviously) rather stupid and dangerous.
Had any other vulnerable road user done the same I'd have thought it equally ridiculous but the fact that it was a mobility scooter, it was tipping down with rain and the guy had shorts and a vest top on I thought it worthy of a mention!Last edited by speedy_gonzales; 14-09-2018 at 04:54 PM.
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14-09-2018 05:01 PM #372This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Along with a requirement to being registered, there are rules laid out for their use on the public highway;
Rules for class 3 invalid carriages
Class 3 invalid carriages must have the following features:
a maximum unladen weight of 150kg
a maximum width of 0.85 metres
a device to limit its speed to 4mph
a maximum speed of 8mph
an efficient braking system
front and rear lights and reflectors
direction indicators able to operate as a hazard warning signal
an audible horn
a rear view mirror
an amber flashing light if it’s used on a dual carriageway
There was no mirror or flashing lights on this particular scooter I witnessed.
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14-09-2018 05:36 PM #373This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Both are unnecessary hazards. When there are alternatives in place that are safer, they should be used.
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14-09-2018 06:32 PM #374This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Necessary?
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A person cycling on the road is an unnecessary hazard? Even though there may be a facility for them to use to get them off the road I have yet to see such a facility that takes them their full journey (such as a road would) so it may well be the cyclist has risk assessed this and decided it is perfectly legitimate and legal to cycle on the carriageway.
I wouldn't class that as an unnecessary hazard (hazard for whom?).
Comparing a cyclist on the road to a mobility scooter driving down the right hand side of lane 2 in a 40mph zone is pretty out there.
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15-09-2018 11:21 PM #376
To the driver of the silver car that drove right up the inside lane which is closed for gas works on the approach to the temporary lights at the cross roads on milton and just pushed in to skip a bit of the queue well you nearly too my front bumper off. Twat!
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15-09-2018 11:26 PM #377
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I must’ve said this on here already but folk that keep going straight or turn left on a late amber leaving those of us turning right stranded.
2 of the worst junctions for this are Niddrie crossroads and gilmerton at the supperbowl chippy. No thought for anyone else.Last edited by Danderhall Hibs; 15-09-2018 at 11:39 PM.
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15-09-2018 11:37 PM #378This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Agree, thats murder. Its like that at Meadowbank if you're trying to turn right into the shopping centre.
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16-09-2018 07:17 AM #379This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show QuotePM Awards General Poster of The Year 2015, 2016, 2017. Probably robbed in other years
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17-09-2018 07:12 AM #380
Some drivers need to look at why they place box junctions where they do and why not to block them. Also keep clear signs don't apply to some drivers. Same goes for priority over oncoming vehicle signs, sometimes its like jousting in a car!
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17-09-2018 09:34 AM #381
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Drivers blatantly picking their nose.
It’s like they think nobody can see them.
Even worse if it’s a good looking woman.
Why on earth would folk do that ? Manky skanks.
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17-09-2018 12:27 PM #382
Guys staring in my car window when I'm rooting around in my nostrils for a snack.
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17-09-2018 02:48 PM #383This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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17-09-2018 06:01 PM #384
I witnessed a first the other, a woman doing her make up while driving, had to do a double take.
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19-09-2018 12:55 PM #385
Some Grade A fuddery on show on the road from Auchterarder to Edinburgh today. These people should have "drive the conditions" tattooed on the backs of their hands.
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19-09-2018 01:59 PM #387
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Not a peeve as such but I can't understand why some people, generally in very small cars, drive behind huge vehicles lorries and buses, for miles on motorways or dual carriageways.
They can't see much of the road ahead on a good day but on days like today they're almost entirely shrouded in spray!Space to let
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19-09-2018 03:18 PM #388This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
United we stand here....
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19-09-2018 03:48 PM #389This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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