I used to live in Methven. That scares me.Quote:
Originally Posted by Moulin Yarns
There is (was( a regular bus service along that road as well as loads of elderly drivers. He could easily have killed someone.
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I used to live in Methven. That scares me.Quote:
Originally Posted by Moulin Yarns
There is (was( a regular bus service along that road as well as loads of elderly drivers. He could easily have killed someone.
I live in Perthshire, and worked for the council. Any time I had to go to Crieff I preferred the tulliebelton Road. A nice gentle drive with nobody hassling to get past.Quote:
Originally Posted by AltheHibby
A car at the Halbeath Roundabout coming from the leisure park, in the middle lane and the pretty-well signposted roundabout, is in front of me, so they’re well placed for exit 2 or 3. As we move off, they brake sharply, indicate left and start drifting the lane next to us (still fine for exit 2, which is what they appear to be going for).
They decide not to go for either that lane or that exit and move back, no signal, into the lane I’m in in front of me.
We get to the next set of lights, they’re in the lane for what was exit 3 at the start of this.
As we move off, they indicate right this time, and cut across the lanes into the one to the right, there’s space for them to move and they indicate in plenty of time, but the car that they move in front of hits their horn got s good three or four seconds.
Pet peeve here is the prick with the horn. The first car, while showing some horrific driving, is clearly lost and their final move was signalled in plenty of time, all it needed was for the horn-prick to ease off their accelerator slightly and let them in safely.
Excellent post. Leaning on the horn, unless the target driver is actually dangerous only shows what a dick you are.Quote:
Originally Posted by matty_f
Someone did that to me the other day at Sheriffhall...a lapse of concentration had left me one lane to the left of what I needed to be in. I quickly check the mirrors and see I have plenty time and space to move to the right.Quote:
Originally Posted by matty_f
I indicate and even put a wee dash on to make sure I was not interfering with the car about 3 car lengths behind....only for the trumpet to slam on his horn and keep it on until we had left the roundabout at the next exit. All the while still no where near my bumper!
I felt like stopping the car and smashing his ******g face in to be honest!
Not sure why one idiot with a horn got me so annoyed but it got me right wound up so it did [emoji23]
Anyway I decided against violence to the person and just mashed the accelerator instead and left the twat to eat my dust [emoji2957][emoji2957]
I've been in similar situation at inveralmond roundabout heading north from Perth.Quote:
Originally Posted by matty_f
Approaching the roundabout with 3 lanes, left is left exit, right is 3rd exit north to the A9, middle lane is 2nd exit (industrial estate) and north. Car in front of me in the middle lane on the roundabout shifts over to the right as the lane markings change, suggesting returning down the road she came from, I speed up as I'm going to exit the roundabout at the 3rd exit north, keeping to the correct lane. Woman in the other car hits me, offside rear wing.
Stop and exchange details, I'm accused of cutting her off!!!!
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Originally Posted by Moulin Yarns
similar thing happened to my wife a few years ago at the Dobbies roundabout in Livingston with an older (not elderly) couple. The guy gets out the car and starts getting really aggressive with my wife, getting right in her face, shouting and pointing. She got back into her car and phoned my parents who live pretty close (I was at work), the guy is standing outside her car door still shouting and blaming her even though he was in the lane for turning off the roundabout and decided to go straight on and clipped her car
as soon as my dad arrived the guy changed his tune and accused my wife (5’2” and about 8 stone) of being the aggressive one, until my dad told him he’d heard him shouting at her whilst she was on the phone with him, and reminded him that it’s a really hard act getting aggressive with a small woman on her own and he was welcome to try it on with my dad instead. The guy then started getting shirty about taking pictures of the damage and was refusing to exchange insurance details until a call to the police was mentioned, at which point he gave the details then couldn’t leave fast enough
Similar thing happened to my wife when some dick drove into the side of her car in a car park. She locked herself in the car and phoned me, I was about an hour away but she was close to the gym. The guy turned a whiter shade of pale when a couple of powerlifters went out to have a look at the damage.Quote:
Originally Posted by McD
Loads of small businesses re opening this week, so take a bow Fife Council for the roadworks just outside St Andrews. 95 minutes to complete the 16 miles into work and the high street absolutely dead.
Complete clowns.
Been said a million times before but folk who sit at 40/50/60 on dual carriageways for absolutely no reason.
See if they are not confident enough to drive at the speed limit they shouldn't be ****ing driving.
The clue is in the name "Speed limit". It's neither the recommended speed nor the minimum speed.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dazzling Doidge
In my opinion, if it’s a dual carriageway, as long as they’re not ridiculously slow, I don’t see the problem them driving under under the limit. There’s a lane to overtake so they’re not impacting anyone else.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dazzling Doidge
I’ll add a peeve of mine which is similar. People that drive up your backside on country roads because you are driving at 50 and not 60. I’m a city driver, I drive on roads I’m familiar with that are well lit. I’m not a bad driver, but if I’m driving on an unfamiliar country road and it’s pitch black I’m not going to drive at 60 the whole way because I don’t know when the next bend in the road is coming. While I roll my eyes at the drivers that overtake me by driving up the wrong side of the road, I’d rather that than try to intimidate me by tailgating me.
True. As the police say, it's a limit, not a target. However, try driving at, say, 30 on a clear 40MPH road on your driving test and you may well fail for failing g to make satisfactory progress.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hibrandenburg
I dont think angry people should drive.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dazzling Doidge
Do you also get annoyed at car drivers that don’t drive at 70mph on motorways?Quote:
Originally Posted by Dazzling Doidge
People who when approaching stationary traffic brake sharply about 100 yards away then stutter up to the queue in 1st gear. Who the **** taught them to drive like that?
I get rolling along if you are in a traffic jam rather than stop starting but the above is something I've only started to notice recently and it's not only bizarre but potentially dangerous.
Can't always overtake though as people hog the overtaking lane and you end up having to slow down and match the speed of the car infront which is also potentially dangerous.Quote:
Originally Posted by EH6 Hibby
What are you insinuating? I'm not angry at all. It is however frustrating when you come up someone sitting at 45mph and you can't overtake them because other people are lane hogging. If the person infront perhaps upped their speed then it wouldn't even be an issue.Quote:
Originally Posted by sleeping giant
Surely it is the drivers in the outside lane that is the issue if they are not overtaking the car going at 45 in the inside lane?Quote:
Originally Posted by Dazzling Doidge
Tossers in traffic jams who start blasting their horns.
I was slightly jesting.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dazzling Doidge
The issue is not with the careful driver ,it's with the outside lane hoggers
You ever been to Marrakesh? Hundreds of yards of traffic gridlock and they're leaning on their horns as if it'll make a difference 🥴Quote:
Originally Posted by Northernhibee
When you enter from a slip road and the car behind flies out to the fast lane to stop you pulling out to overtake.
The Cramond to Queensferry Crossing road, dual carriageway but inexplicably carries a 40mph limit on for a large part before going to 50.
I’m generally pretty good as adhering to speed limits, but i reckon easily 90% of traffic on that road ignore the speed limit.
If I remember correctly there were additional restrictions through a large number of serious accidents because you can cross both carriageways. Most people were speeding from The Barnton or not slowing off the Motorway. The bit that used to grind my gears was turning the Barnton to Maybury road to single lane till East Craigs.Quote:
Originally Posted by matty_f
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Are people not doing that to give you more space?Quote:
Originally Posted by patch1875
Got my one and only speeding ticket there many years ago, didn’t pay attention to the signs and thought I was still in the 60 zone caught doing 54 in a 40 limit Really bothered me for a long time after and seriously affected the way I drove afterwards, and not in a good way. I became paranoid about my speed and was so conscious of watching the speedometer when my eyes should have been on the road. Fortunately didn’t have any mishaps but took me many weeks to calm down and relax behind the wheel again.Quote:
Originally Posted by O'Rourke3
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Originally Posted by Speedy
I thought he meant the person following down the slip road rather than the person already on the motorway
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Originally Posted by Speedy
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That was my first thought as well.
Me too. Which would make much more sense as a peeve.Quote:
Originally Posted by McD