|
The Mitsubishi Pajero Owners ClubŪ The Mitsubishi Pajero, Shogun, Montero, Challenger, Raider and EVO 4x4 Owner's Club
|
View previous topic :: View next topic |
Should there be more done to stop Sat-Nav systems being 'plonked' onto the middle of the windscreen, blocking the drivers vision? |
Driver should get 3 points and a fine. |
|
31% |
[ 13 ] |
Driver should just be stopped and asked to move them. |
|
19% |
[ 8 ] |
I can't see a problem. |
|
39% |
[ 16 ] |
Make two of the offenders drive head-on and see what happens |
|
7% |
[ 3 ] |
Ask Tom Tom when you get there |
|
2% |
[ 1 ] |
|
Total Votes : 41 |
|
Author |
Message |
Brownie LifeTime Member
Age: 58 Zodiac: Joined: 08 Mar 2005 Posts: 2384 Location: Deepest, Darkest, Cider Country ;o)
|
Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2008 12:52 Post subject: Things that most annoy you about other drivers........ |
|
|
Some things (and I can think of a pretty big list) are just Sooooo annoying about other car drivers that you just have to have a rant, here's a couple of mine!
SAT NAV
My biggest problem with other road users at the moment is the positioning of their Sat-Nav systems on the windscreen!
Why would any 'sane' person stick a box in the middle of the windscreen, blocking their forward vision? I'm not just talking 'below the rear view mirror' here, I'm talking 'ABOVE THE DASH CLOCKS!' right in front of the steering wheel, in the middle of the windscreen.
I know it's not easy while driving a Paj, to see through the car in front, but have a look while you're driving around and see for yourself!
Generally, most people are blocking their forward vision in some way by using a Sat-Nav system on one of those 'sucker' mounts.
Additionally, I cannot believe the amount of drivers using their Sat-Nav at night, using DAY settings! How can they see the road in front?
FOG LIGHTS
The second of my 'bugs' is the use of Fog lights as 'driving lamps', need I say more..... *beep*, what in Gods name do these fools think they are achieving by doing it, other than looking like a BMW driver of course!
I said a couple of bugs, sorry, the third is REAR FOG LAMPS! only one thing to say really! TURN EM OFF WHEN A CAR APPEARS BEHIND YOU! THEY KNOW WHERE YOU ARE!
OK, enough from me!
Please add you bugs below! (try to keep the swearing down, and no politics please ) |
|
Back to top |
|
|
Google Sponsor
|
Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2008 12:52 Post subject: Google Ads keep the POCUK free to join! |
|
|
|
|
Back to top |
|
|
mrsgrumpy Moderator
Age: 51 Zodiac: Joined: 25 Jun 2005 Posts: 1822 Location: Burton on Trent Stffordshire
|
Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2008 12:57 Post subject: |
|
|
Bored Alan?
Middle Lane Hoggers |
|
Back to top |
|
|
GAZZ1ZZ LifeTime Member
Age: 57 Zodiac: Joined: 15 Jan 2006 Posts: 2934 Location: Willenhall ... West Midlands
|
Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2008 13:09 Post subject: |
|
|
Lack of indication at roundabouts, leaving everybody to guess where they are going
My old saying is ... No Indication to me then No Consideration for you
Oh and Busess that leave the ar5e end kicked out when boarding passengers just to stop you getting past them |
|
Back to top |
|
|
mrsgrumpy Moderator
Age: 51 Zodiac: Joined: 25 Jun 2005 Posts: 1822 Location: Burton on Trent Stffordshire
|
Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2008 13:21 Post subject: |
|
|
Oh yes, buses are the worse, especially the bus stop timetable bloke |
|
Back to top |
|
|
PoCUK Site Admin
Age: 60 Zodiac: Joined: 09 Oct 2002 Posts: 3749 Location: S/W New Forest Border
|
Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2008 13:25 Post subject: |
|
|
The more you drive, the more things seem to annoy you about other drivers' driving habits ...
I had this today ... you're approaching a vehicle on the inside of two lanes ... you're travelling at the speed limit, they're going below the speed limit, so - rather than pull up, you look for an opportunity to pull out ... but everybody on the outside lane is on the defensive - they've got their place - there's NO WAY on God's earth you're going to get in ...
So, you spot a pretty large window of opportunity, then you (mirror, signal, manoever) ... Check that the bloke behind you isn't already moving into the space ... signal to pull out, then go ...
But ... OH NO!!! The driver in the outside lane's thinking ... "That b%4t6r%s just stolen MY space" ... they accelerate, flash their lights, give you the two fingered salute from 4 feet off your back bumper ... 30 seconds on and you pull back in to the inside lane - still at the speed limit for the road, and the ass behind you accelerates away, sounding the horn and shaking a fist on their way past, completely oblivious that they are now back in EXACTLY the same 'place' on the road as they were before the 'incident'.
Now ... don't get me wrong ...
I do get hacked off at people who think that BECAUSE they start indicating, this automatically gives them the right to pull out ... even into a space that simply doesn't exist ... but please ...
one other REAL bug-bear for me ...
The sign that says "Merge in turn" ... Do some people REALLY have no grasp of the English Language
Usually the same people, I suspect, as go storming up the outside lane on the approach to roadworks and try to force their way in at the front of the queue ... HEY - BUDDY! That could be me staddling the lanes in my Paj to stop you from doing it!!!
So ... now I've got that off my chest ...
In summary ... inconsiderate drivers ... they're a menace!
Simon |
|
Back to top |
|
|
bezzabsa **
Age: 57 Zodiac: Joined: 17 Oct 2008 Posts: 119 Location: dudley - west midlands
|
Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2008 13:44 Post subject: |
|
|
Dont get me started - after 14 years as a 'professional' driver (hgv's) then believe me I have a LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONG list of pet hates...needless to say - Lane hoggers/mobile phone users/people who couldnt read a road sign if their life depended on it, rate quite highly!!
3AM middle lane doing 45 Mph... refuse to budge to let me passs correctly - so i 'undertake'......to high beams - Horn and finger waving - he then speeds up to 60 - to pass me again - then sits at 56 at the side of me trying to 'intimidate' me - Me in 18 tones of Loaded Scania - He in a CINQUECENTO....erm slightly unfair fight I thought..
Oh and the all time classic -lets brake in front of a fully loaded wagon and see what happens - when I'm driving usually quite a lot of accelerating from the car in front when they realise I aint slowing down, and that it may 'hurt ' a little..
best not go on as im in enough pain as it is |
|
Back to top |
|
|
midnight buffalo LifeTime Member
Age: 60 Zodiac: Joined: 01 Jul 2005 Posts: 903 Location: worcester
|
Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2008 14:19 Post subject: |
|
|
drivers who note what others are doing |
|
Back to top |
|
|
buffalos neph LifeTime Member
Age: 115 Zodiac: Joined: 19 Jan 2008 Posts: 305 Location: worcester
|
Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2008 14:22 Post subject: |
|
|
midnight buffalo wrote: |
drivers who note what others are doing |
should keep deaths off the road and drive on the pavement |
|
Back to top |
|
|
leebeelee123 LifeTime Member
Age: 20 Zodiac: Joined: 02 Apr 2006 Posts: 2254 Location: f**k knows, I'm lost...
|
Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2008 15:00 Post subject: |
|
|
When I was bus driving I hated the idiots(and most of them are lorry drivers) who thought that they could get around you even when the vehicle is perfectly straight and in line with the kerb, don't they realise that I am carrying the most precious cargo, human life, and that cargo is constantly changing affecting the way the bus handles, and it also talks back to ya, not like a sheet of steel or summat like that......... then there is a timetable to keep to.
When being taught drive a bus my instructor said that the safety and comfort of your passengers comes above all else, and if a driver of another vehicle can't understand that they shouldn't be driving...... enough said.
Saying that tho, I agree with some folks that say bus drivers pull out in front of ya without indicating, believe me, I've seen that quite a lot since doing Publicity at the roadside.
The other thing that gets on my nerves are the idiots who think that because my work vehicle isnt a bus, it isnt entitled to park in a bus stop whilst I am doing work on said stop...
No pleasing some morons is there?
Oh, and don't get me started on the motorway drivers that when you are in the outside lane at 70 come steming up behind you and flash their f***in lights.
Who the bloody hell do they think they are? |
|
Back to top |
|
|
leeandeb ****
Age: 55 Zodiac: Joined: 20 Jul 2008 Posts: 322 Location: paignton
|
Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2008 16:04 Post subject: |
|
|
mine is simple, ppl that have an elastic band for a leg !
your driving along at 59 mph with the c/control set and you begin to pass some one then they speed up so you pull back in.
10 minutes later it all begins again.
REALLY P's me off big time. |
|
Back to top |
|
|
aries ****
Age: 69 Zodiac: Joined: 22 May 2008 Posts: 254 Location: FLINTSHIRE N WALES
|
Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2008 17:18 Post subject: |
|
|
dual carrige way set of lights,i,am waiting in left lane. they see a 4x4 and they all move to the right lane,ten cars in the right lane, nobody behind me so i knock off overdrive put the hold button on, and wait next set off lights,ten cars behind me and nobody at the side of me
aries 2.8 auto swb jobby |
|
Back to top |
|
|
Captain England LifeTime Member
Age: 69 Zodiac: Joined: 06 Apr 2006 Posts: 1593 Location: South Lincs
|
Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2008 17:56 Post subject: |
|
|
Here's a couple to add to the list :-
Indecisive drivers....esp. the ones that all sit and look at each others at roundabouts. I fear a lot of the older drivers around here have no idea as they learnt before the roundabout was invented
And back when I learnt to drive I was told as a driver you should never do anything (within reason) that will cause another vehicle to have to brake. For example when joining the parkway from a slip road, you match your speed to the traffic and filter out into a gap. You don't assume that your use of an indicator somehow changes the rules and means you don't giveway to anything.
And then there's the tailgater, don't get me started on that one |
|
Back to top |
|
|
Turvey LifeTime Member
Age: 59 Zodiac: Joined: 29 Aug 2005 Posts: 1054 Location: Orkney
|
Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2008 18:03 Post subject: |
|
|
People who indicate after they start their manouver
Tractor drivers who dont pull in where possible to let the queue of traffic past them |
|
Back to top |
|
|
PoCUK Site Admin
Age: 60 Zodiac: Joined: 09 Oct 2002 Posts: 3749 Location: S/W New Forest Border
|
Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2008 18:15 Post subject: |
|
|
People who, on the approach to a huge, clear roundabout, still pull up to a complete standstill when there's obviously no other traffic in the roundabout!!!
It's 'Give Way' - not STOP!!!
Simon |
|
Back to top |
|
|
Shevek LifeTime Member
Age: 48 Zodiac: Joined: 23 Mar 2007 Posts: 333 Location: New Barn, Kent
|
Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2008 18:23 Post subject: |
|
|
not really an annoyance, but always makes me laugh: people who don't understand the word AVERAGE
Case in point A2 roadworks has a 50mph average speed limit with the new number plate recognition cameras at various intervals to calculate your speed.
There are still some numpties who bomb through at 80 and SLOW DOWN for the number plate recognition
|
|
Back to top |
|
|
|
|
|
You cannot post new topics in this forum You cannot reply to topics in this forum You cannot edit your posts in this forum You cannot delete your posts in this forum You cannot vote in polls in this forum You cannot attach files in this forum You cannot download files in this forum
|
|