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    Quote Originally Posted by Scouse Hibby View Post
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    The lane markings are crazy, they change from right turn to straight ahead within a matter of metres
    They have gone from a system that worked (a few idiots permitting) to one empty lane and one huge queue. On top of that you have people driving up the empty lane then wanting in at the last minute or just going straight through the lights anyway and through the hashed off section into the other lane where the traffic is being filtered into. Its a complete mess now.

    The need to either put a kerb or bollards in to stop people using the wrong lane or put it back the way it was.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Scouse Hibby View Post
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    Hmm are we talking about KS?
    Yep

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    Quote Originally Posted by overdrive View Post
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    Yep
    Enough said.

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    Tailgating.

    You see folk doing it on the fast lane of the motorways. Insane.

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    Noticing more and more that the hard shoulder is becoming the BMW and Audi lane...

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    Folk that don’t understand that the white lines up the middle of the road give drivers 50% of the road each. Cutting blind corners particularly gets on my mammeries.

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    More and more idiots now red gambling at lights instead of amber gambling, there's going to be bad accidents shortly if they continue, I've seen some real near misses.

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    Quote Originally Posted by J-C View Post
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    More and more idiots now red gambling at lights instead of amber gambling, there's going to be bad accidents shortly if they continue, I've seen some real near misses.

    Always seems to be white vans when I see this happen, maybe its just me.

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    I was driving down towards Duddingston crossroads about half 4 this morning doing 30mph in the bus lane and this taxi shot past me at what must have been 50mph. Unbelievable that folk think because its the early hours they can just fly abut not bothering about the speed limits. All on dash cam as well.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hermit Crab View Post
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    Always seems to be white vans when I see this happen, maybe its just me.
    I'd usually stick up for WVM as I reckon poor driving is spread pretty much evenly across all vehicles & genders but yesterday evening I witnessed a maneuver that was like something out of Starsky & Hutch. I was in a queue traveling north over Drum Brae RAB from Meadow Place Road towards Drum Brae South. There are 3 lanes to choose from, left for Glasgow Road, middle for Drum Brae and right for St John's Road. Being evening rush hour it was busy but white van man thought nothing of approaching in the left lane to go straight over, which was bad enough, but he then straight lined it which meant he cut across 2 lanes to his right then 2 lanes back to his left. I reckon he inconvenienced about 5 other road users on the RAB and the ensuing cacophony of horns was thoroughly deserved!

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    Quote Originally Posted by speedy_gonzales View Post
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    I'd usually stick up for WVM as I reckon poor driving is spread pretty much evenly across all vehicles & genders but yesterday evening I witnessed a maneuver that was like something out of Starsky & Hutch. I was in a queue traveling north over Drum Brae RAB from Meadow Place Road towards Drum Brae South. There are 3 lanes to choose from, left for Glasgow Road, middle for Drum Brae and right for St John's Road. Being evening rush hour it was busy but white van man thought nothing of approaching in the left lane to go straight over, which was bad enough, but he then straight lined it which meant he cut across 2 lanes to his right then 2 lanes back to his left. I reckon he inconvenienced about 5 other road users on the RAB and the ensuing cacophony of horns was thoroughly deserved!

    I'm a fairly confident driver, very rarely get into tricky situations and very very rarely get beeped at for an error I've made but see that roundabout when travelling North to South or vice versa I hate it. Always have and always will, so surprised theres not more bad smashes there.

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    On the Motorway when the traffic is heavy it slows down a lot and sometimes comes to a stop completely i found these two things happen.

    1. people switching lanes all the time with next to no benefit and only slowing things down further.

    2. as the traffic begins to free up you have the one person still driving at 30 or 40 mph not paying attention to the fact the whole motorway behind them is jammed with people waiting to get passed.

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    Just a wee peeve :-)

    Whatever happened to the brush thingys round the wheel arches of lorries and bigger vans that reduced the amount of spray that flares up when there's surface water?

    Anyone driving on motorways and the faster roads today will be rueing their demise :-(
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    Quote Originally Posted by Hermit Crab View Post
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    I'm a fairly confident driver, very rarely get into tricky situations and very very rarely get beeped at for an error I've made but see that roundabout when travelling North to South or vice versa I hate it. Always have and always will, so surprised theres not more bad smashes there.


    Always feels like you’re taking a risk moving out onto that roundabout, like you’re rushing out in front of another vehicle rather than joining safely and smoothly

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    Quote Originally Posted by McD View Post
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    Always feels like you’re taking a risk moving out onto that roundabout, like you’re rushing out in front of another vehicle rather than joining safely and smoothly
    Folk take gaps that aren't big enough and go round the roundabout at speed for some reason, which makes it even more challenging.

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    3 different people nearly crashed into me this morning. Good times!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Gatecrasher View Post
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    3 different people nearly crashed into me this morning. Good times!
    Change your username then 😂

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    Quote Originally Posted by J-C View Post
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    Change your username then 😂
    I don't drive around with a Gatecrasher bumper sticker!

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    Approaching a T junction when the driver turning off the main cuts the corner meaning you have to hit the breaks. Happens almost every day.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hibrandenburg View Post
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    Approaching a T junction when the driver turning off the main cuts the corner meaning you have to hit the breaks. Happens almost every day.
    And looks at you as if you’re in the wrong and have two heads.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Alfiembra View Post
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    And looks at you as if you’re in the wrong and have two heads.
    Aye, there's that as well

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    Fog lights when visibility is at least a mile.
    There is no such thing as too much yarn, just not enough time.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Moulin Yarns View Post
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    Fog lights when visibility is at least a mile.

    And often with only sidelights accompanying, instead of dipped beams

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    Been said before, you DO NOT have right of way when joining a motorway. Eejit in a camper van giving me grief on the M6 today because I had nowhere to go.
    There is no such thing as too much yarn, just not enough time.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Moulin Yarns View Post
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    Been said before, you DO NOT have right of way when joining a motorway. Eejit in a camper van giving me grief on the M6 today because I had nowhere to go.
    On that note people who pootle along at 40mph along the slip road. You should be at the same speed as the traffic when you join!
    And because they’re pootling along that means anyone else behind them also has to join at the same dangerously slow speed

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    Quote Originally Posted by Moulin Yarns View Post
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    Been said before, you DO NOT have right of way when joining a motorway. Eejit in a camper van giving me grief on the M6 today because I had nowhere to go.
    Sorry about that... 😂 😂

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    Quote Originally Posted by beensaidbefore View Post
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    Sorry about that... 😂 😂

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    Might have said this one already - folk who drive slower than the limit, but when you move into the overtaking lane to pass them speed up so that you can't pass them for some ****ing stupid reason.

    Happened yesterday after the Queensferry Crossing heading to Edinburgh, guy is sitting at just under 60 (in the middle lane, obviously), I moved out to overtake and he put his foot down as I was passing him, why do that?!
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    Quote Originally Posted by matty_f View Post
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    Might have said this one already - folk who drive slower than the limit, but when you move into the overtaking lane to pass them speed up so that you can't pass them for some ****ing stupid reason.

    Happened yesterday after the Queensferry Crossing heading to Edinburgh, guy is sitting at just under 60 (in the middle lane, obviously), I moved out to overtake and he put his foot down as I was passing him, why do that?!
    Because the guy was daydreaming and didn't realise he was going slow and you made him aware...I do it all the time, sorry 😁
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    Similarly, when you are trying to overtake someone on a dual carriageway, A90 to Aberdeen particularly, the car you are trying to overtake speeds up so that you have to accelerate more and exceed the legal limit, in order to make the pass but as soon as you have passed them they slow down again.

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