Driving Pet Peeves

[calumhibee1]

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Worse for me is the collection spaces - folk park in them then go and do the monthly shop.

And the number of disabled spaces - seems disproportionate to the number of disabled people (and the majority lie empty). Is there a ratio of disabled spaces per car park?

I’d wondered that myself. I’d imagine there’ll be a law where if one in twenty folk have a disabled badge for example that one in fifteen or so spaces will be required to be disabled (obviously I’m just plucking the figures out the sky).

[Scouse Hibee]

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I’d wondered that myself. I’d imagine there’ll be a law where if one in twenty folk have a disabled badge for example that one in fifteen or so spaces will be required to be disabled (obviously I’m just plucking the figures out the sky).

The Department of transport recommends that where car parking provision is in excess of 50 spaces 4% should be reserved specifically for people with disabilities. In smaller car parks at least one space should be provided. Where possible reserved spaces should be provided within 50 metres of a point of entry to the development.

[calumhibee1]

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The Department of transport recommends that where car parking provision is in excess of 50 spaces 4% should be reserved specifically for people with disabilities. In smaller car parks at least one space should be provided. Where possible reserved spaces should be provided within 50 metres of a point of entry to the development.

Cheers Scouse.

[Hermit Crab]

Folk not using greenways out of hours. Milton road is a favourite for this.

[grunt]

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Folk not using greenways out of hours. Milton road is a favourite for this.

This. And you're right about Milton Road.
And then drivers get humpty because you've driven past them.

[Killiehibbie]

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Folk not using greenways out of hours. Milton road is a favourite for this.

Maybe they all got the same advice I was given on the helpline 25 years ago, the advice given was just to keep out of them at all times. It certainly made for an easy lunchtime run along Glasgow Rd

[Hermit Crab]

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This. And you're right about Milton Road.
And then drivers get humpty because you've driven past them.

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Maybe they all got the same advice I was given on the helpline 25 years ago, the advice given was just to keep out of them at all times. It certainly made for an easy lunchtime run along Glasgow Rd

There is now a bus lane camera in operation on the greenways at Milton road heading towards the crossroads with Sir Harry Lauder road just about 200yds from the lights. That will catch out a few queue jumpers during the hours of operation.

[hfc rd]

Halfords Autocentre - don’t touch them with a barge pole. Bunch of crooks.

[Alfiembra]

Being stuck behind someone at a roundabout that doesn't understand when it's clear to go.

[Scouse Hibee]

Driving in general whether it be roundabouts or give way at junctions etc,some people seem to take an age to process what is happening around them and have to come to a complete stop before they can actually process that the road is clear and was as they approached it which could clearly be seen.

[Just Alf]

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Being stuck behind someone at a roundabout that doesn't understand when it's clear to go.

Sorry... :-(









I moan at her all the time for it!

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[J-C]

2 in 1 here, pedestrians at zebra crossings.
1. The ones that just walk over without stopping to make sure it's safe to do so.

2. The ones that start on the crossing but veer away at an angle and take twice as long to cross.

[Peevemor]

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Folk not using greenways out of hours. Milton road is a favourite for this.

When I was across in August I drove in from the airport to the middle of town. It was the first time I've driven in Edinburgh in nearly 15 years and It was dark, pishing down and the roads were busy.

It was basically impossible to drive correctly/safely while at the same time looking for and deciphering the signs with the greenways time info.

[Scouse Hibee]

Drivers who think they are alone on the road and completely disregard others, examples include slowing down to a crawl to look at door numbers, then stopping, then almost instantly moving off again at a snails pace. Then they decide they will do a uturn, no indication, no looking in mirrors just manoeuvre whenever suits them. It’s like they are in a different universe, absolutely no awareness of anything else around them.

[Onceinawhile]

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Folk not using greenways out of hours. Milton road is a favourite for this.

Calder road is a shambles for this as well.

Coming into town the amount in the bus lane, the amount of people who have tried to cut the nose off my car turning in past stenhouse primary from the outside lane is too many to count.

Then they have the cheek to give you abuse for being in a bus lane. Idiots.

[matty_f]

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When I was across in August I drove in from the airport to the middle of town. It was the first time I've driven in Edinburgh in nearly 15 years and It was dark, pishing down and the roads were busy.

It was basically impossible to drive correctly/safely while at the same time looking for and deciphering the signs with the greenways time info.

Aside from heading to the Gyle from Fife for work, I hardly ever drive in Edinburgh and it's a nightmare at night if you're not sure of the roads and layouts, even more so with the 20 limits that aren't applied consistently across the city.

[J-C]

Traffic in town today was just scandalous. Roadworks at the top of Hanover St been there for 2 weeks now, traffic tailed all the way to George IV Br with cars etc, blocking traffic on Princes St. Usual chaos at Picardy Pl area and traffic jams at the foot of Nth Br due to the usual nonsense at the Balmoral with dozens of buses taxis and cars, plus Leith St heading towards Leith. This city and Clowncil are just a joke and need emptied.

[StevieT]

Tractors that leave mud all over the road. Heading to work this morning in Blairgowrie; two tractors came out of a field just before Meigle and I couldn't see the road for the amount of mud on the road.

[Moulin Yarns]

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Tractors that leave mud all over the road. Heading to work this morning in Blairgowrie; two tractors came out of a field just before Meigle and I couldn't see the road for the amount of mud on the road.

How do you expect them to get from A to B?

[Mibbes Aye]

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When I was across in August I drove in from the airport to the middle of town. It was the first time I've driven in Edinburgh in nearly 15 years and It was dark, pishing down and the roads were busy.

It was basically impossible to drive correctly/safely while at the same time looking for and deciphering the signs with the greenways time info.

Despite growing up in Edinburgh, passing my test there etc, I have lived away now for fifteen years. If I do come in it is by train the vast majority of times. Negotiating the road changes that have taken place over time is a nightmare. I’m reasonably comfortable with my usual route into ER or getting into Ocean Terminal or the surrounding area but anything else would have me wary.

[Jack]

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Tractors that leave mud all over the road. Heading to work this morning in Blairgowrie; two tractors came out of a field just before Meigle and I couldn't see the road for the amount of mud on the road.

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How do you expect them to get from A to B?

Used to be the case in London, might still be, that lorries leaving building sites had to be hosed down if they were muddy. It may even be the law all over but that's the only place I've ever seen action being taken.

Tractors and farmers is a funny one to get around I think. Yes they regularly leave muck on the roads but in winter there are some local authorities rely on their goodwill to clear the roads around their farms and the assistance they often provide to open up roads to villages long before the local authority snow clearing equipment would ever get there.

Not proven I'd say.

[Moulin Yarns]

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Used to be the case in London, might still be, that lorries leaving building sites had to be hosed down if they were muddy. It may even be the law all over but that's the only place I've ever seen action being taken.

Tractors and farmers is a funny one to get around I think. Yes they regularly leave muck on the roads but in winter there are some local authorities rely on their goodwill to clear the roads around their farms and the assistance they often provide to open up roads to villages long before the local authority snow clearing equipment would ever get there.

Not proven I'd say.

Building sites can be covered by planning conditions with enforcement if necessary. Farmers don't even have to have number plates depending on the length of time they are on the road.

[Jones28]

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Used to be the case in London, might still be, that lorries leaving building sites had to be hosed down if they were muddy. It may even be the law all over but that's the only place I've ever seen action being taken.

Tractors and farmers is a funny one to get around I think. Yes they regularly leave muck on the roads but in winter there are some local authorities rely on their goodwill to clear the roads around their farms and the assistance they often provide to open up roads to villages long before the local authority snow clearing equipment would ever get there.

Not proven I'd say.

I can’t speak for others but we have a brush that we use to clear the smaller roads after working out of fields. Faster main roads are tricker but can occasionally be done at night. Potato harvest is the worst culprit for this, but most responsible farmers will have signage up warning of mud and potential slip hazards.

[stuart-farquhar]

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Drivers who think they are alone on the road and completely disregard others, examples include slowing down to a crawl to look at door numbers, then stopping, then almost instantly moving off again at a snails pace. Then they decide they will do a uturn, no indication, no looking in mirrors just manoeuvre whenever suits them. It’s like they are in a different universe, absolutely no awareness of anything else around them.

Spanish😂

[Future17]

Semple Street since part of Fountainbridge was closed to traffic after the explosion, particularly if travelling from East Fountainbridge.

It's a mixture of folk who don't know they're in the wrong lane, folk who are chancing it to skip the queue and folk who don't have the intelligence to think about it either way. The fact that the bus stop hasn't been temporarily suspended only exacerbates the problem.

[calumhibee1]

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Semple Street since part of Fountainbridge was closed to traffic after the explosion, particularly if travelling from East Fountainbridge.

It's a mixture of folk who don't know they're in the wrong lane, folk who are chancing it to skip the queue and folk who don't have the intelligence to think about it either way. The fact that the bus stop hasn't been temporarily suspended only exacerbates the problem.

On that topic, Fountainbridge has opened back up this afternoon.

[Scouse Hibee]

Drivers that sit parked facing the oncoming traffic with their full headlights on, amazes me that some folk don’t realise how dazzling static headlights can be.

[Killiehibbie]

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Drivers that sit parked facing the oncoming traffic with their full headlights on, amazes me that some folk don’t realise how dazzling static headlights can be.

I'm worried about the amount of drivers with such poor vision that they need their full beam on all the time when it's dark

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Why is it that every time I see a driver behaving badly, cutting someone up, driving up a bus lane and cutting in, u-turns without signalling, pretty much any manoeuvre without signalling, why is it that every time it's a private hire driver?

[staunchhibby]

Glasgow road is notorious for it.Some taxi drivers drive on outside lane and then suddenly remember they are meant to be going to airport.