Max Headroom Posted May 22, 2005 Share Posted May 22, 2005 It occurs to me that when I am driving in my car, people think I can read minds. You probably experience the same, here are a few examples of what really hacks me off. 1. Changing lane in front of you and not indicating. 2. Changing lane in front of you and then indicating. 3. While waiting at a roundabout giving priority to right, car doesnt indicate so you think its going straight across and it goes left. 4. Not indicating. 5. In Dundee its manoeuvre, signal, whats a mirror. 6. Driving like a t**t whilst speaking on your mobile phone and expecting everyone else to know what your doing. 7. Pulling out from a side road in front of you, causing you to brake sharply when there is absolutely nothing behind you. 8. Not feckin indicating. 9. Not checking their wing mirrors and trying to take me out. 10. Its my fault its happened when they have driven like a feckin idiot. I could go on but I just wanted to get that off my chest Thank you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedM Posted May 22, 2005 Share Posted May 22, 2005 You could add writing a text message while in the middle lane of the motorway with nothing else around you and only doing 60 to that list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulfurn Posted May 22, 2005 Share Posted May 22, 2005 It occurs to me that when I am driving in my car, people think I can read minds. You probably experience the same, here are a few examples of what really hacks me off. 1. Changing lane in front of you and not indicating. 2. Changing lane in front of you and then indicating. 3. While waiting at a roundabout giving priority to right, car doesnt indicate so you think its going straight across and it goes left. 4. Not indicating. 5. In Dundee its manoeuvre, signal, whats a mirror. 6. Driving like a t**t whilst speaking on your mobile phone and expecting everyone else to know what your doing. 7. Pulling out from a side road in front of you, causing you to brake sharply when there is absolutely nothing behind you. 8. Not feckin indicating. 9. Not checking their wing mirrors and trying to take me out. 10. Its my fault its happened when they have driven like a feckin idiot. I could go on but I just wanted to get that off my chest Thank you Had one yesterday I can add to that: 11. After other car overtaking you (whilst you are in the "slow" lane) them pulling a left as sharp as possible in front of you - for no apparent reason. Why do people do that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Peace Posted May 22, 2005 Share Posted May 22, 2005 So True....I find the 'not indicating on Rounderbouts' the most annoying though... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carl0s Posted May 22, 2005 Share Posted May 22, 2005 Had one yesterday I can add to that: 11. After other car overtaking you (whilst you are in the "slow" lane) them pulling a left as sharp as possible in front of you - for no apparent reason. Why do people do that? Do you mean the left-most lane or the middle lane? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kopite Posted May 22, 2005 Share Posted May 22, 2005 i hate it when you're overtakin someone and they decide to speed up, so you think "oh ok" and pull in behind them, only for them to slow down again! and then the cycle repeats! the roundabout one really annoys me too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulfurn Posted May 22, 2005 Share Posted May 22, 2005 Do you mean the left-most lane or the middle lane? The nearside, left most lane. Dont put me into the middle lane moron category sunshine I could understand it if I was in the middle lane, but HE was in the middle lane and I was in the left most lane. Which is why I couldnt understand why he did it.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nuttynutz Posted May 22, 2005 Share Posted May 22, 2005 So True....I find the 'not indicating on Rounderbouts' the most annoying though... Yup agree with si, most annoying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitelightning Posted May 22, 2005 Share Posted May 22, 2005 It occurs to me that when I am driving in my car, people think I can read minds. You probably experience the same, here are a few examples of what really hacks me off. 1. Changing lane in front of you and not indicating. 2. Changing lane in front of you and then indicating. 3. While waiting at a roundabout giving priority to right, car doesnt indicate so you think its going straight across and it goes left. 4. Not indicating. 5. In Dundee its manoeuvre, signal, whats a mirror. 6. Driving like a t**t whilst speaking on your mobile phone and expecting everyone else to know what your doing. 7. Pulling out from a side road in front of you, causing you to brake sharply when there is absolutely nothing behind you. 8. Not feckin indicating. 9. Not checking their wing mirrors and trying to take me out. 10. Its my fault its happened when they have driven like a feckin idiot. I could go on but I just wanted to get that off my chest Thank you Woooah, sorry m8 - I haven't got used to driving in this country. Yeah yeah, ok, I promise to do it with my eyes open in future. No fun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Headroom Posted May 22, 2005 Author Share Posted May 22, 2005 Further to my No 3. tonight I was on a roundabout taking the right hand exit, indicating properly and this idiot in a silver car drives across my path, so I honk my horn at him and he looks at me as if it was my fault. Fecking idiot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Headroom Posted May 22, 2005 Author Share Posted May 22, 2005 WARNING dont drive in Dundee there are a lot of idiot drivers who are unaware what the purpose of indicators are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedM Posted May 22, 2005 Share Posted May 22, 2005 BMW drivers and especially BMW drivers in the car park of B&Q Wakefield. Do they not understand the concept of one-way? Some twit in a silver M3 holding up the traffic because he wants to come out the in way and the driver at the front of the queue ain't giving way. We all squeeze past and as I do I mouth f**king c**t at him. He goes to open his door but I guess the shaven head and four days of beard growth made him think twice. All that and I still didn't get the bookcases I want. Grrr. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markrzs Posted May 22, 2005 Share Posted May 22, 2005 Can agree on all of those points & why do all BMW drivers where I live sit on my arse ? Perhaps they feel they need to prove something Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael parker Posted May 22, 2005 Share Posted May 22, 2005 3rd lane hoggers on an empty motorway????? why??? then u give a flash to wake them up and they still stay there, so you under take them and they start flashing you back!!! IMO "if you can be undertook your in the wrong lane," BTW i don't undertake in normal circumstances! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dangerous brain Posted May 22, 2005 Share Posted May 22, 2005 i hate it when you're overtakin someone and they decide to speed up, so you think "oh ok" and pull in behind them, only for them to slow down again! and then the cycle repeats! I'm sure that its some sort of automatic response, like an ingrained competitive edge. It really hacks me off when someone does this on a single carriageway as you end up spending more time in the danger zone than you really need to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedM Posted May 22, 2005 Share Posted May 22, 2005 Can agree on all of those points & why do all BMW drivers where I live sit on my arse ? Perhaps they feel they need to prove something Its all about their perceived superiority over all other road users. Around here we get it from everyone. Range Rovers, X5's, Mercs, Bentleys, BMW's and even a sodding Aston Martin. All of them must think that just because we are currently in a Volvo 440 we should drive off the road as soon as they appear so as to allow them unhindered progress. Its also kind of interesting that whenever any of them do this I seem to have to brake suddenly for that cat that runs out in front of us. Seems to work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick_Devlin Posted May 23, 2005 Share Posted May 23, 2005 Its got to be the middle lane hogs that get me. Everyday along the M3, M4 and M25 I pass them. There was a bloke the other week trundling along the middle lane of the M25 past Jcn 19, I passed him on the left and then pulled in to the middle lane (giving him miles of space) to overtake a truck. He flashed me and I saw him waving his hand... As I was on the off ramp at Jcn 20 he passed me (still in the middle lane) giving me the old w*nker sign. What a moron... I had to laugh Mini cab drivers are some of the worst culprits. I cant believe that people who drive for a profession do it so badly, so consistently... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitelightning Posted May 23, 2005 Share Posted May 23, 2005 Being an ex BMW driver and knowing how GOOD they are as cars (bring it on u wannabes !) I can vouche for the utter invulnerability one aquires in such a car. My wings were a shield of steel in a BMW, whereas in the Supra - I am ever aware of my mortality So in a BMW I drive like a C*&^ but in a Supra I drive in an ever aware state of mind. I love driving in the middle lane because my tyres tramline in the inferior UK motorway inner lanes. So sod you all - I'd rather you drove round me than I suffered an uncomfortable ride. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dangerous brain Posted May 23, 2005 Share Posted May 23, 2005 Being an ex BMW driver and knowing how GOOD they are as cars (bring it on u wannabes !) I can vouche for the utter invulnerability one aquires in such a car. My wings were a shield of steel in a BMW, whereas in the Supra - I am ever aware of my mortality So in a BMW I drive like a C*&^ but in a Supra I drive in an ever aware state of mind. I love driving in the middle lane because my tyres tramline in the inferior UK motorway inner lanes. So sod you all - I'd rather you drove round me than I suffered an uncomfortable ride. You have got a fairish point on the ruts on the motorway issue. The M3 is diabolical in places, set your cruise control at 49mph ride one of the sides of your car into the rut and have yourself a kip. Don't forget to set an alarm so you don't miss your junction though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedM Posted May 24, 2005 Share Posted May 24, 2005 Sorry to drag up a thread thats a few days old but WTF is it with people who sit in the fast lane? Had some guy in one of those *cough* sporty(looking) Rovers sat in the fast lane. I'm making good progress and staying way ahead of him, dodging the Middle Lane Morons, lots of mirror, signal, etc but, But, BUT every single, sodding time I pull into the fast one he is flashing me. Yet he is well behind and going no faster than me! The road cleared and I pulled over to the far left and he struggled to overtake me. In fact it took so long I thought I'd miss my exit while waiting to give him the finger. So what was his problem? Was I spoiling his view? I dunno. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chiefgroover Posted May 24, 2005 Share Posted May 24, 2005 BMW offer indicators as an optional extra, @ £10K per side me thinks. BMW drivers are so far up their own arse they cant judge the distance to yours. BMW's are a parcel of shyte me thinks, after owning an almost new 328 sport with £6K of options and handing it back to the dealer after 3 months and telling him to "sell that heap for me". How could any car be good, when you sit with your legs 20 degrees sideways with a nice twist in your back. Engine went dead when you were in the middle of an overtaking manouver. Shell flex was awful had to fit a strut brace to tighten it up. Offset driving position? Useless driving position. BMW 3 series "the awful driving machine". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitelightning Posted May 24, 2005 Share Posted May 24, 2005 Bad BMW? Mine were ALL excellent. Engine failure is not a design feature I find Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chiefgroover Posted May 24, 2005 Share Posted May 24, 2005 Mine even had a new engine under warranty as the bores had gone ! Still cut out some times. My brother has been driving them 14 years now and never a problem. Be he drives like a granny lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitelightning Posted May 24, 2005 Share Posted May 24, 2005 Shhhh - can't talk - knitting ! Drive like a granny ? Oh no, not I Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguel Posted May 24, 2005 Share Posted May 24, 2005 Lets hope that the engines for aircraft that BMW make don't go south Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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