things drivers do that irritate the fuck out of you

[parallelepipete]

I was taught not to indicate unless necessary, i.e. because someone around me needs to know.

so what about the driver/cyclist/ped who needs to know your course, but whom you haven't seen because they're in your blind spot/you didn't know they might emerge from that direction etc. etc.

 

[parallelepipete]

this is a thread about shit drivers, not cyclists, you thick fuck

and if you're just trying to 'redress the balance', then you're an even thicker fuck, because pretty much none of the posts have been from a specifically cyclist pov - tosser

 

[DaveCinzano]

i've said it before, i'll say it again:

thread husbandry

 

[trashpony]

I'll edit mine too in that case

 

[xes]

People who shout "awight luv" at ze ladies,and think that it's going to get them into bed with them. Fucking saddo cunts.

People who park accross my driveway (mainly school mums picking their precious little shitbag kids up,who only live 2 minutes walk away) can fuck off aswell.

When there's a road,with street parking down one side which is empty,they then drive through the parking bays if there is traffic on the other side of the road incase they get hit. The road has not suddenly been made thinner you thick twunt.

People who blast out shit music,I don't mind if the music is halfway decent,but pumping "I'm a barbie girl" makes you look like a wanker.

 

[Wintermute]

1. being in the middle lane when the slow lane is clear
2. getting in my fucking way
3. not getting out of my fucking way

 

[DaveCinzano]

This is all my fault as DirtySanta won't let me contribute to threads about driving without coming down on me like a ton of bricks ever since I pointed out that I must statistically be a better driver than him because I have a clean licence.

heheh

 

[gentlegreen]

Not using their handbrakes / staying in gear / holding themselves on hills with foot brake and clutch (On the rare occaisions when I roll backwards while doing a hill start in a car I almost hide my face with embarassment. ) Especially scary when you're a cyclist and they're behind you on a roundabout creeping forwards with their tiny minds focussed on doing 70 on the motorway turn-off (even if the barstewards aren't actually in the advance box with you )


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[Poi E]

Putting ickle widdle figurines on the dashboard.

 

[Ich bin ein Mod]

Tailgating

 

[WasGeri]

Go across pedestrian crossings when the green man's on.

Go across zebra crossings when I'm already on them.

Or speeding up when they see you waiting to use the zebra crossing.

Pricks.

 

[gentlegreen]

Tailgating

... which happens all the time with me on 30mph roads...

A couple of months back I had the driver of a car load of kids get so impatient (I was doing an indicated 27) they overtook me - passing the wrong side of a central bollard which was just before a junction in a residential area where loads of their peers are pedestrians.

The advanced age of my car and the tow bar ultimately tends to make them give up.

I thought as I cycled home this evening I might make myself an "I slow down for molluscs" sticker for the rear window

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[Agent Sparrow]

As a pedestrian

Go across zebra crossings when I'm already on them.

Or don't stop for you!

Not using their fucking indicators when im trying to cross the road they aint there for christmas mate, USE THEM!

This drives me up the wall, and I've almost been run over because of this.

Oh, and I know I have less right to say this, but when you're trying to cross a little cross roads when its raining/windy/freezing, and the people in the nice warm protected car could just wait for a second to let you cross before them, well, when they don't and make you wait that bit longer. If I ever become a driver, if there's no traffic behind me I'll do that.

 

[Pingu]

Or don't stop for you!


This drives me up the wall, and I've almost been run over because of this.

Oh, and I know I have less right to say this, but when you're trying to cross a little cross roads when its raining/windy/freezing, and the people in the nice warm protected car could just wait for a second to let you cross before them, well, when they don't and make you wait that bit longer. If I ever become a driver, if there's no traffic behind me I'll do that.

I do that too.

I work on the bais I am sitting there in a nice warm, dry, car whilst they are gettin pissed on. for the sake of 20 seconds or so its notdoing me any harm to let them ge tout of the rain. Sadly not all the drivers behind me seem to think the same way.


my main gripes about other drivers

not indicating - I am not fucking Psychic, the crystal ball is an expensive item on the options list so I didnt buy it

driving at 22.6 MPH in the middle lane of the motorway


deliberatly blocking you when you go to overtake them

and all those people who drive in the special BMW lane on the M6 Toll who are not driviong a BMW for gods sake!... tchhhhh..

 

[JWH]

It might be a bit miserable minded to say it but I find that having a set of keys visibly in your hand seems to make drivers more likely to stop at zebra crossings at the right time - although i might be imagining it - better not to do it, it'll just lead us all into "tooled-up britain"...

 

[Fidel]

Thinking the line in the middle of road is to aim the middle of their car to,

Making 3 lanes out of 2 at every opportunity in slow traffic

Setting off - looking - then stopping (if they actually see you),

Charging up behind you to overtake not having the bottle for ages, when they fianlly make it they run a bit slower than you were anyway.

Honking at every woman walking up the road when their wives are not in the car with them.

Over taking on blind corners or just running out of road before you meet them coming the other way.

Chucking rubbish out of the windows.

Driving too close but not having the bottle to overtake

Thinking wing mirrors indicators are optional extras only used by pansies

Just getting in the fucking way all the fucking time

Think that just about covers it

 

[JWH]

Get arsey when you put a seatbelt on. Oh, grow up for fuck's sakes!

 

[detective-boy]

Oh, drivers who think it's OK to use the bus lane because it's empty. It's supposed to be empty, you dolts. And the only reason it's apparently free for your use is because other people are respecting the traffic laws and you're not.

Or, frequently, unable to read road signs and tell the time ...

 

[detective-boy]

In a queue of traffic waiting to get on to Staples Corner roundabout.

Bloke behind me pulls into the bus stop along side me. Drives past me in the bus lane and then indicates to pull out in front of me.

Not all bad then!

 

[detective-boy]

Speaking as someone who's been knoicked down at 2am by a van driver who didn't see me and didn't think I needed to know that he was turning left suddenly I think that's a stupid way of doing things. If you want to stop your car, get out and check 360 degrees that there's no-one in sight, then you may turn without signalling.

A competent driver has no need to get out and check 360 degrees. They always know what is happening all around them by using constant observation front and (using both mirrors and check glances over the shoulder into mirror blind spots).

The advice referred to is still given in advanced driving manuals. I think the aim is to make every act a THINKING rather than AUTOMATIC one. The sequence is Mirror (Observe would be better) - Signal - Manoevre. If there is no-one to benefit from the indication it is not necessary. If in doubt it should always be given. But there is a widesread belief that using indicators gives you some sort of right to do something - it doesn't.

 

[Fidel]

Get arsey when you put a seatbelt on. Oh, grow up for fuck's sakes!

Get leery when you post on a bbs, fuckoff ffs

 

[rorymac]

I walk loads and drive loads so I am the most courteous fuckin driver I know .. I fuckin am and no mistake. I hate dangerous drivers and I rarely go above 20 mph on your average residential narrowish roads .. I mean the ones where kids are on bikes and scooters etc etc .. you can do 30 on lots of them but it feels very obviously dangerous IMO. The M6 toll road is the only road I evere speed on because there is no one on it when I am and it's fuckin excellent crack driving at 119mph.
Also if I am wanting to cross a road and a car is about to turn into it I know it's a 50/50 situation regarding courtesy .. it is dodgy to indicate that you are turning left or right into a road only to stop half way across to let the hippy with the attitude saunter across and not even say thank you. Well the ignorant hippy ill mannered fuckin cunt . BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBEEEEEEEEEEEEEEeeeeeeeeeeep .. fuck off
The same fucker would run you over in a people carrier on his way down to Penzance the fuckin long legged jesus freak halfwit IMO
I often wave cars in front of me if I perceive that it is prudent to do so
Fuckin thanks

 

[Frankie Jawbone]

volvo drivers - tossers one and all

housewife in big 4X4 - get a micra

tools who don't indicate - get off the road

 

[Stobart Stopper]

My pet hate at the moment happens to be bus drivers who are too lazy to pull in at bus stops. It's unavoidable if there is someone parked but all the time around here, especially in Barkingside High St, I see bus drivers who just can't be bothered to pull over at the bus stops and then hold up all the traffic behind that would otherwise have enough room to overtake.

 

[JWH]

There's a guy that drives past my house at the same time every day and honks his horn before he goes around every corner. Not sure why he does it - I know Nicholas Witchell does it because he thinks it's safer. If I am sitting by a window at the right time, I can hear him approach, pass by and fade into the distance again.

Honk Honk Honk Honk Honk Honk Honk Honk Honk Honk Honk Honk

(Fidel - not sure if one of us has misread the other's post but I was not having a pop at you about anything. )

 

[Fidel]

There's a guy that drives past my house at the same time every day and honks his horn before he goes around every corner. Not sure why he does it - I know Nicholas Witchell does it because he thinks it's safer. If I am sitting by a window at the right time, I can hear him approach, pass by and fade into the distance again.

Honk Honk Honk Honk Honk Honk Honk Honk Honk Honk Honk Honk

(Fidel - not sure if one of us has misread the other's post but I was not having a pop at you about anything. )

Sorry

 

[Roadkill]

Driving /undertaking in the bus lane. It's there for a reason, and on my bike it's my safety margin between me and the lie of cars. Besides, what makes you so much more important than all the other drivers that you're entitled to cut down the bus lane when they sit patiently in the traffic jam next to it, you selfish twat?

Revving engines straight from cold. Have you no mechanical knowledge or sympathy at all? That's the fastest way to fuck up an engine.

Assuming that because the speed limit is 30mph it's safe to do 30. A speed limit is just that - a limit, not something you have to (or should) drive right up to all the time.

Braking in the middle of corners. Are you asking for a front-wheel slide you probably won't be able to retrieve before you go through the hedge - or into something coming the other way?

Not signalling. Whether cyclist, pedestrian or driver, I'm not a fucking mind-reader.

Not maintaining cars properly. Frankly, if you can't be arsed to check your oil, tyres and lights and don't at least have some idea of how to treat a car, you shouldn't have one. Learning how to change a tyre would save many a delay (and accident) as well...

 

[Poi E]

Driving /undertaking in the bus lane. .

An expensive practice, as I found out a while ago.

 

[gentlegreen]

it is dodgy to indicate that you are turning left or right into a road only to stop half way across to let the hippy with the attitude saunter across and not even say thank you.

I would disagree with this - it's the pedestrian's right of way and if you approach the turning in a sensible way it should be clear to following drivers that you intend to give way ....

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[editor]

Lazy cunts who can't be arsed to get off their fat arses and ring on someone's door, so they wait outside a house blasting on their horn for an eternity.

Oh, and arrogant, ignorant tossers who lob out rubbish as they drive past, fuckwits who accelerate wildly along suburban roads for no good reason and shitehawks who fit car alarms that go off for no particular reason through the middle of the night.