Driving Pet Peeves

[RyeSloan]

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As another driver that occasionally drives vans, I concur some commercial vehicles do have blind spots when referencing the mirrors.
The blind spot disappears if you do a shoulder check.

Which to the point of the peeve means all the more that it’s dangerous for a van to come straight off an on ramp and right across to the outside lane!!

As an aside I never found vans to have any worse a blind spot in the wing mirrors than a car and actually due to their size often less so. Sure you don’t have a rear view but can’t say I consciously ever use the rear view in my car when moving lanes.

[speedy_gonzales]

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Which to the point of the peeve means all the more that it’s dangerous for a van to come straight off an on ramp and right across to the outside lane!!

I agree with you, it's dangerous for any vehicle to change lanes not knowing what's beside/behind them.
My point was if you take the time to look, you can negate the physical blind spot.

As an aside I never found vans to have any worse a blind spot in the wing mirrors than a car and actually due to their size often less so. Sure you don’t have a rear view but can’t say I consciously ever use the rear view in my car when moving lanes.

Obviously all vehicles are different, but due to the make up of many commercial vehicles I have driven, the "B" pillar can be adjacent to where the driver sits, add a bulkhead and paneling then there is next to no peripheral vision that this be afforded in a regular car.
Mirror wise, many vans have large mirrors but a lot of them don't come with the convex glass that curves away and shows you any vehicle at your 4'o'clock or the electronic blind spot detection systems as they come at a cost and many fleets are bare bones builds,,,, probably why they all come in white.
Nope,,,, there's nothing can beat good old awareness and observation.

[McD]

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I will reply and speak on behalf of ALL van drivers in the world!

With there being no side rear windows or back window there's a huge blind spot and it's particularly bad when merging on to the likes of the bypass.

I obviously check out as much of the traffic flow as a can as I'm tanking down the slip road and then try and gauge enough time for that blind spot to clear.

Even so and being cautious I've been caught out a couple of times.

And a dirty look in vanman language means Oops sorry mate, have a nice day ;-)

I get that mate, it’s def not all van drivers.

id not have an issue except he wanted to cut across 2 lanes of traffic, and didn’t seem to think he had any responsibility towards safety

[silverhibee]

Road works on Glasgow road, ffs.j

[McD]

********s who think flicking an indicator on (if even that!) entitles them to just drift into the outside lane when you’re almost level with them!

twice it happened on the bypass last night, it’s pissing down, rush hour traffic, standing water on the road yet these morons think it’s cool to just move out without a consideration towards braking distances, poor conditions and that there’s not really space for them in the first place. And as always, they give you the look as if you’re in the wrong

[c31]

Wish I could find the sensor in my car that switches all traffic lights as I approach to red!!!! it's been in all my cars and its a pain in the erse!

[AltheHibby]

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Wish I could find the sensor in my car that switches all traffic lights as I approach to red!!!! it's been in all my cars and its a pain in the erse!

It's located in the same place as my invisibility cloak button that I use to stop idiots in side streets from seeing me as they pull out.

[The_Exile]

Wasp in the car today, flew in at the lights at the top of carberry hill, must’ve looked like a right muppet/human windmill trying to get it out!

In something completely unrelated, has anyone ever found a black box thing attached to their battery? This must’ve been the previous owners. I assume it’s ok just to try and take it off myself?

[Hibrandenburg]

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Wasp in the car today, flew in at the lights at the top of carberry hill, must’ve looked like a right muppet/human windmill trying to get it out!

In something completely unrelated, has anyone ever found a black box thing attached to their battery? This must’ve been the previous owners. I assume it’s ok just to try and take it off myself?

Sounds like you're being bugged.

[Peevemor]

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Wasp in the car today, flew in at the lights at the top of carberry hill, must’ve looked like a right muppet/human windmill trying to get it out!

In something completely unrelated, has anyone ever found a black box thing attached to their battery? This must’ve been the previous owners. I assume it’s ok just to try and take it off myself?

If it's an electric car then it's probably the engine.

[Northernhibee]

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Wasp in the car today, flew in at the lights at the top of carberry hill, must’ve looked like a right muppet/human windmill trying to get it out!

In something completely unrelated, has anyone ever found a black box thing attached to their battery? This must’ve been the previous owners. I assume it’s ok just to try and take it off myself?

I found a black box on my motorcycle, it was there to make sure that I would ride on time.

[Peevemor]

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I found a black box on my motorcycle, it was there to make sure that I would ride on time.

Ri-ri-ride on time.

[Moulin Yarns]

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I found a black box on my motorcycle, it was there to make sure that I would ride on time.

🤣

Thanks peevemor otherwise that would be right over my head. 😁

[The_Exile]

It was one of those young driver cheaper insurance type deals, Hastings direct smartmiles or something. Ripped off today and so far nothing has exploded so all’s well that ends well and all that.

[Future17]

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I found a black box on my motorcycle, it was there to make sure that I would ride on time.

[speedy_gonzales]

Not strictly a peeve, more (a perhaps misogynistic) observation.
A couple of times today, I've been driving through congested narrow high streets in Fife town, the ones where you have to pull in and let traffic pass before you can make any progress yourself.
Virtually every driver that waved a hand in thanks was male, virtually every driver that ignored me pulling over to allow them through was female.
Now, I don't pull over for thanks, I do it because it's the right thing to do and if nobody done it, it would be chaos. But why the very clear difference in how we react/acknowledge other drivers?
Are my observations biased or have women experienced more conflict so they don't engage with other road users?

[Moulin Yarns]

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Not strictly a peeve, more (a perhaps misogynistic) observation.
A couple of times today, I've been driving through congested narrow high streets in Fife town, the ones where you have to pull in and let traffic pass before you can make any progress yourself.
Virtually every driver that waved a hand in thanks was male, virtually every driver that ignored me pulling over to allow them through was female.
Now, I don't pull over for thanks, I do it because it's the right thing to do and if nobody done it, it would be chaos. But why the very clear difference in how we react/acknowledge other drivers?
Are my observations biased or have women experienced more conflict so they don't engage with other road users?

Give them a break. It's not easy to squeeze a 2.6m wide car though a 10m gap. 😉

[Future17]

Got a bus lane fine for having joined traffic queued in the bus lane rather than block the outside lane waiting for an opening further up.

The danger of this rule was illustrated when travelling in the opposite direction when I was nearly hit head on by a driver driving on the wrong side of the road to get past the obstruction caused by a queue of drivers doing what I was supposed to have done.

[Stick]

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Give them a break. It's not easy to squeeze a 2.6m wide car though a 10m gap. 😉

[Speedy]

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Got a bus lane fine for having joined traffic queued in the bus lane rather than block the outside lane waiting for an opening further up.

The danger of this rule was illustrated when travelling in the opposite direction when I was nearly hit head on by a driver driving on the wrong side of the road to get past the obstruction caused by a queue of drivers doing what I was supposed to have done.

Yip, this will definitely become a growing issue.

[AltheHibby]

Using the hard shoulder when it's not a live lane. They always get away with it. Oh, wait...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-57358040

[lord bunberry]

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Got a bus lane fine for having joined traffic queued in the bus lane rather than block the outside lane waiting for an opening further up.

The danger of this rule was illustrated when travelling in the opposite direction when I was nearly hit head on by a driver driving on the wrong side of the road to get past the obstruction caused by a queue of drivers doing what I was supposed to have done.

I suppose you just have to block that lane as it’s all you can do, the people overtaking are the ones in the wrong. These cameras are only there to make money imo, the fact that they’re almost always right at the end of the bus lane at traffic lights is ridiculous. I’ve got two of them just down from my house and the amount of people I’ve seen get caught is huge.

[overdrive]

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I suppose you just have to block that lane as it’s all you can do, the people overtaking are the ones in the wrong. These cameras are only there to make money imo, the fact that they’re almost always right at the end of the bus lane at traffic lights is ridiculous. I’ve got two of them just down from my house and the amount of people I’ve seen get caught is huge.

What would happen if you were queued in traffic in the bus lane just before its operating hours but whilst you were in the queue the bus lane became operational?

[lord bunberry]

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What would happen if you were queued in traffic in the bus lane just before its operating hours but whilst you were in the queue the bus lane became operational?

I would presume you’d get a fine, it’s pretty black and white. One of the problems these things create is that people avoid the bus lane even when it’s legal to drive in it. I drive a taxi and I was driving up the bus lane yesterday and two drivers moved into the bus lane to avoid me undertaking them, both will have incurred fines for doing that. I understand their frustration, but you really need to be aware of the rules and suck it up no matter how annoying they are.

[Northernhibee]

Going back to car adverts, “genuine reason for sale”.

The car being absolute scrap is a genuine reason to sell a car.

[Future17]

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I would presume you’d get a fine, it’s pretty black and white. One of the problems these things create is that people avoid the bus lane even when it’s legal to drive in it. I drive a taxi and I was driving up the bus lane yesterday and two drivers moved into the bus lane to avoid me undertaking them, both will have incurred fines for doing that. I understand their frustration, but you really need to be aware of the rules and suck it up no matter how annoying they are.

I agree with the bit in bold. When I'm driving in a bus lane when it's not in operation, I'll always slow down at the end of it as I know there's a high chance of some idiot moving across from the right hand lane without looking or indicating.

[J-C]

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I would presume you’d get a fine, it’s pretty black and white. One of the problems these things create is that people avoid the bus lane even when it’s legal to drive in it. I drive a taxi and I was driving up the bus lane yesterday and two drivers moved into the bus lane to avoid me undertaking them, both will have incurred fines for doing that. I understand their frustration, but you really need to be aware of the rules and suck it up no matter how annoying they are.

I too drive a taxi as you know and there's more congestion caused by people not knowing when bus lanes are normal lanes, I think they're set up near lights to allow a clear passage at certain junctions, Duddingston Pk and Commercial St are perfect examples of how they work, at certain times of the day these junction were just a nightmare trying to get through the lights because drivers would just ignore the bus lane, now buses and taxi's can get through no problems at all.

[Future17]

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I too drive a taxi as you know and there's more congestion caused by people not knowing when bus lanes are normal lanes, I think they're set up near lights to allow a clear passage at certain junctions, Duddingston Pk and Commercial St are perfect examples of how they work, at certain times of the day these junction were just a nightmare trying to get through the lights because drivers would just ignore the bus lane, now buses and taxi's can get through no problems at all.

That's undoubtedly true most of the time if you're a bus or taxi, but I don't think it's true generally...or at least not with the bus lanes near where I live.

At Dudfingston Park, there's less congestion if a bus or taxi wants to go left or straight on, but far more congestion if they want to turn right.

[J-C]

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That's undoubtedly true most of the time if you're a bus or taxi, but I don't think it's true generally...or at least not with the bus lanes near where I live.

At Dudfingston Park, there's less congestion if a bus or taxi wants to go left or straight on, but far more congestion if they want to turn right.

Now there is, before the new cameras were put up is was a nightmare with cars just ignoring the bus lanes and filling them up both sides, same at Commercial St and Milton Rd, both far easier to get along now for buses and taxis.

[Future17]

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Now there is, before the new cameras were put up is was a nightmare with cars just ignoring the bus lanes and filling them up both sides, same at Commercial St and Milton Rd, both far easier to get along now for buses and taxis.

I think at Duddingston Park, they'd have been better scrapping the bus lane and continuing the two lanes straight across the lights for all traffic.