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Related. Junction of Craigentinny Road/Craigentinny Avenue travelling east. The number of folk coming up from Seafield who totally ignore the give way at the junction is unreal. I’m always extra careful when I’m turning right at that junction to head towards Porty Road. Always cars coming up and turning right having ignored the give way. Surprised there haven’t been more serious accidents.Quote:
Originally Posted by J-C
People who can’t drive in ocean terminal car park properly. It’s not hard., one side for going up the other for going down.
Folk ignoring the one way system at the Western General, specifically at the multi-storey car park. I've been almost every day visiting my dad who has been in the Western for the past three weeks and the amount of times I've seen someone that must have gone into either the top or lower deck, not found a space, exited but turned right and driven the wrong way up the one way street to re-enter the car park on the other floor is insane. I appreciate its a badly designed car park in that you can't freely drive between the two floors but is it that much of an imposition to just drive round the block again?
Mind you that car park is a peeve in its own right. The above mentioned inability to move between the two levels; cars parked/abandoned not in an actual space; the low number of spaces to begin with; the fact that people just queue and wait once in, meaning if you are behind and realise there's no space you can't actually exit for ages to go park on the street somewhere instead; the inexplicable fear that the exit barrier is going to come crashing down on you when you are exiting one floor at the same time as someone is exiting the other floor :greengrin
Not a peeve but just an absolute idiot of a driver the other night.
I was driving down Telford Road and waiting to turn into the Western. There was a car waiting to turn right out of the Western onto Telford Road. Traffic coming in the other direction cleared so I started to cross the carriageway to turn into the road into Western. Just then a car behind the car that was waiting to turn right on Telford Road but was obviously wanting to turn left onto Telford Road must have decided he couldn't be arsed waiting so overtook the car, blocking my path. I had to slam on the brakes and traffic heading up from the roundabout was oncoming again at speed who also had to stop. That's the most I've shat it driving since I crashed a car and wrote it off 20 years ago.
A peeve and a warning
Being a hot day yesterday 18 degrees decided to take the grand kids to Burntisland for day on the beach
Came off the By Pass at the Cowdenbeath Burntisland turnoff only to be met by a tail back
We sat for 20 minutes in a roasting car waiting for the traffic lights to change but no luck
Turned out there were no lights but traffic was being controlled slowly by an escort vehicle
Thinking about the long delay and the journey back with tired kids we decided to cut our losses and head for Pittencrieff Park
I am sure there were other beach route options but we do not know the area
Delays expected to last for at least another 2 weeks
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Originally Posted by BILLYHIBS
Silver Sands beach at Aberdour is worth it. Easy to get to and park and you can see Easter Road, at a stretch
Advise to check live traffic before heading to Silver Sands - certainly wasn't easy to park yesterday as the overflow car park hasn't yet been opened ny council, chaos 😔Quote:
Originally Posted by pollution
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/chaos-on-scots-beach-as-police-block-road-after-hundreds-of-revellers-flock-to-coast/ar-AA1CGBzg
Cheers will check it outQuote:
Originally Posted by pollution
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Originally Posted by bringbackbenny
Used to go there for our summer holidaysQuote:
Originally Posted by BILLYHIBS
every year to the same b&b
As a daft kid it seemed so far away
Same ( Burntisland) Rothesay and Butlins taeQuote:
Originally Posted by WoreTheGreen
Can still mind the gong for breakfast real orange juice toast and marmalade
Happy days
Aye the land lady gave me and my brother shots each at ringing the gongQuote:
Originally Posted by BILLYHIBS
And she left us a bar six chocolate biscuit for our supper
Indeed happy days
A bar six ?Quote:
Originally Posted by WoreTheGreen
Heaven
Bar seven better
The number of people that park in the parent and child bays at shops with no sign of kids or pregnancy
Mostly laziness and wanting wider parking space, imo
As a new Dad (30 odd years back) I once had a go at a couple who had parked in the P/C space because they had two boys in the car (aged about 8 & 10). "We've got children" - "yes but I've got an infant, buggy and your children can walk. I need the space to bring a F***** buggy in." I hope they learned the lesson.... I've calmed down a bit since.Quote:
Originally Posted by GreenNWhiteArmy
I genuinely hate those people. When I don't have my kids I wouldn't even dream of doing it. Even when I have my daughter with me, who is 7, I don't bother if spaces are few because it's of far more use to someone with a toddler or baby and I'd rather leave a space free if it's down to the last couple.Quote:
Originally Posted by GreenNWhiteArmy
I always thought it was one of those things people did that they were a bit ashamed about and they would try to be furtive but they are so brazen. They just don't care. It's a huge range of demographics I have seen doing it as well so it's not just a case of 'young folk' or 'middle aged men' or whatever.
I'm one of those people who have parked in those spaces, but only because all the blue badge spaces are full of cars without badges and I need to be able to open my door wide.
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Originally Posted by Pretty Boy
It’s just selfishness and laziness from the vast majority. Like you I never even consider those spaces when I don’t have my daughter with me, it’s infuriating when you see lazy pricks using them
As soon as the kids can get in and out without much more than opening the door, it should be stopped.Quote:
Originally Posted by O'Rourke3
Its so infuriating with a baby.
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My opinion of one particular Hibs cup winning legend dropped after seeing him do this more than once in the Tesco car park. Not the sort you'd expect it of either.Quote:
Originally Posted by GreenNWhiteArmy
Mainly Audi and bmw driversQuote:
Originally Posted by GreenNWhiteArmy
Will also add work vans and camper vans as they fit into the bigger spacesQuote:
Originally Posted by Pretty Boy
Likewise here, parents going in to lidl. Dad stays in the car, engine running, vaping, while mum goes in and 13 year old daughter sits in the back.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pretty Boy
This is defo a pet peeve of mine…somehow defining a ‘type’ of driver because of the brand of car they drove!Quote:
Originally Posted by silverhibee
And when doing so use brands that are in the top 5 of the most sold brand of car in the U.K. and thus somehow categorising millions of people as likely to do the same thing even when the only thing that connects them is the brand of car. Weird.
There will be more that connects them. Their choice of car and that persistent cramp in their wrists for one.Quote:
Originally Posted by RyeSloan
I would argue that while it is obviously ridiculous to say all Audi/BMW etc. drivers are a certain type, it is fair to say that within those who choose such cars there is definitely a type who are attracted to the brands.Quote:
Originally Posted by RyeSloan
A bit like not everyone who owns a Staffie (great wee dogs btw) is a total bonehead but a certain type is more inclined to make them their breed of choice.
Can you do a quick list of UK brand sales among 'German' makes? I would like to know if it's statistically normal for the sorts of abuse described here to so frequently involve (in my perception) BMW and Audi cars, and to so infrequently involve (in my perception) VW cars.Quote:
Originally Posted by RyeSloan
Hee hee it’s a pet peeve…not sure it requires my excellent, but costly, analysis skills to be deployed at your behest [emoji1787]Quote:
Originally Posted by lapsedhibee
Drivers who think flicking an indicator on as the firm the wheel to change lanes gives them right of way to the drivers already in the other lane, especially those who then get pissy because you don’t brake hard to just let them into your lane.
And, drivers who insist on sitting in the outside lane going slower than the inside lane on a dual carriageway, and are apparently unaware of the many vehicles undertaking them, due to leaving several hundred yards of open space in front of them to the next car up the road.
Ok I've no analysis skills at all, never mind costly and excellent ones, but it seems on the internet that VW have sold more than Audi who've sold more than BMW in the last few years in the UK. In my perception that split is definitely not reflected in what you see going on in child spaces (etc). IF there are actually more VWs on the road than Audi or BMW then isn't it at least a bit likely that there's something going on with the drivers of the different brands with regard to rules of the road?Quote:
Originally Posted by RyeSloan
https://heycar.com/uk/news/car-sales-statistics
The idiots racing on St John’s Road the last couple of nights in there high performance cars, came back from airport about 12 last night and it was ridiculous, a bit cardboard over the speed camera, and the noise, deary me.