sdavies Posted December 2, 2006 Share Posted December 2, 2006 I noticed an insane jump from the way people drive in my original home town of Cardiff, to how they drive in Reading - and lets not go near bloody London... holy hot **** what abunch of nasty mofos on the road some people can be. Being in Reading for the past 7/8 years I have become accustoemd to some of the less sane methods of motoring - and of course have had to adopt/adapt/survive, and as such appear to frighten the bejesus out of my family and any others when I go back home... If I drove like a chap from Cardiff around reading - I would get NOWHERE in the rush hour lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stupra Posted December 2, 2006 Share Posted December 2, 2006 In and around London you have to drive like a bit of a twat, or you don't get anywhere !. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sim Posted December 2, 2006 Share Posted December 2, 2006 Bloody southerners.im a southener im hiding:hide: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted December 3, 2006 Share Posted December 3, 2006 It's just cities generally isn't it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dangerous brain Posted December 3, 2006 Share Posted December 3, 2006 I've become rather aggressive behind the wheel, but thats stood me in good stead for driving in Holland. Think its bad in the south of the UK try not driving fast enough on the highway out here I've had guys trying to overtake me on the grass verge whilst being hemmed in by the car in front of me. Outside my house is a bottle neck with effectively my way in having right of way by virtue of the obstruction being on the opposite side of the road. I still get every time impatient eejits come straight at me on my side of the road. Thing that amazes me is I am in a bloody great range rover and these other cars are crappers like old suzuki swifts driven by grannies and the likes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bungy Posted December 3, 2006 Share Posted December 3, 2006 Northerners are nothing but monetry immigrants coming down here following work and quality of life. Then do nothing but complain, prefer the Polish as they don't complain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gamer Posted December 3, 2006 Share Posted December 3, 2006 Northerners are nothing but monetry immigrants coming down here following work and quality of life. Then do nothing but complain, prefer the Polish as they don't complain. The Polish are a bit easier on the eyes as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dangerous brain Posted December 3, 2006 Share Posted December 3, 2006 Northerners are nothing but monetry immigrants coming down here following work and quality of life. Then do nothing but complain, prefer the Polish as they don't complain. Never a truer word spoken in jest And the Polish will do an honest days work instead of hanging around outside on constant fag breaks and sneaking off early down the pub, then coming in the next day late with stinking hangovers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedM Posted December 3, 2006 Author Share Posted December 3, 2006 Northerners are nothing but monetry immigrants coming down here following work and quality of life. Then do nothing but complain, prefer the Polish as they don't complain. You can't even spell monetary correctly, you prat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Posted December 3, 2006 Share Posted December 3, 2006 In the south there's too much traffic and too many people in a rush, turns people into ar*eholes, myself included sometimes. The pace of life in London is just more intense. My ex was from Ireland and she hated my driving, said I drove far too fast and was far too aggressive. I think of myself as assertive. She would let a tractor out in front of her on a narrow country lane and take forever to park, used to drive me nuts.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dangerous brain Posted December 4, 2006 Share Posted December 4, 2006 Oh I so get that whole unassertiveness of womens driving. It makes me insane to sit in the passenger seat with anyone. Its a control issue I think I have. Lets face it in reality if I drive home from say JAE I get home in a battle wagon over an hour faster than my ex mrs in our supra my time 2:30 hers 3:45 but hey really is that hour of my life all that important?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TLicense Posted December 4, 2006 Share Posted December 4, 2006 ... but hey really is that hour of my life all that important?? It's an hour you won't get back mate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dangerous brain Posted December 4, 2006 Share Posted December 4, 2006 Neither is the entire weekend I have wasted in front of this machine but I still sit here for want of loads of other better things to do like change my house fusebox before the house burns down And as she is now my Ex I can say well it wasn't that big a problem being apart for a whole hour Thats not fair actually she wasn't that bad company or I wouldn't have gone to JAE with her. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyb10supra Posted December 4, 2006 Share Posted December 4, 2006 gets worse the closer to London you get. yep....try the m25 from 4.30-7:00 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Posted December 4, 2006 Share Posted December 4, 2006 but hey really is that hour of my life all that important?? I'd rather spend the hour relaxed, sitting on the sofa than in the passenger seat clenching my teeth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucifer Posted December 4, 2006 Share Posted December 4, 2006 We drove down from the North yesterday. M1 then an A road from Northampton towards Oxford then a really long A road to Southampton then M27E. After Oxford the traffic was mental. Plenty of cars and pissing rain and yet we were being left standing at the speed limit! Nose to tail traffic at 90-100 mph and cars undertaking too. Nuts. We just plodded on. Better safe than sorry. ...and the rush hour traffic around Southampton. How do you (who live there) handle it? Sorry bout that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedM Posted December 4, 2006 Author Share Posted December 4, 2006 Was it all your fault then, Martin? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bungy Posted December 4, 2006 Share Posted December 4, 2006 Was hoping for more of a bite as a reply and not some petty spelling lesson, after all that's what spell chack is for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedM Posted December 4, 2006 Author Share Posted December 4, 2006 Was hoping for more of a bite as a reply and not some petty spelling lesson, after all that's what spell chack is for. Why not use it then? Also, I'm a Southerner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cashpoint Posted December 4, 2006 Share Posted December 4, 2006 Nose to tail traffic at 90-100 mph and cars undertaking too. Nuts. ? That means you were in the wrong lane. Learn how to drive on something other than those single track country roads your down south now You were in the wrong lane though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedM Posted December 4, 2006 Author Share Posted December 4, 2006 That means you were in the wrong lane. Learn how to drive on something other than those single track country roads your down south now You were in the wrong lane though Actually, smartarse, I wasn't in the wrong lane. You assume (wrongly) that I was being undertaken. I watched as cars undertook cars in the OTHER lane both infront and behind me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bungy Posted December 4, 2006 Share Posted December 4, 2006 If they had room to undertake that means there was nothing inside of you and so you were in the wrong lane. Lanes 2 and 3 are for overtaking only. Wish more would realise this and is why new drivers should have motorway lessuns(spelling mistake to keep you busy and correct). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cashpoint Posted December 4, 2006 Share Posted December 4, 2006 Actually, smartarse, I wasn't in the wrong lane. You assume (wrongly) that I was being undertaken. I watched as cars undertook cars in the OTHER lane both infront and behind me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedM Posted December 4, 2006 Author Share Posted December 4, 2006 If they had room to undertake that means there was nothing inside of you and so you were in the wrong lane. Lanes 2 and 3 are for overtaking only. Wish more would realise this and is why new drivers should have motorway lessuns(spelling mistake to keep you busy and correct). FFS, it was a sodding A-road! A34 towards Southampton IIRC Two lanes only. Do I need to draw a frigging diagram? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedM Posted December 4, 2006 Author Share Posted December 4, 2006 Too early! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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