Why the ###K ?????

[Darren A]

Originally Posted by zepp

This was just a rant about poor "advance thinking" whilst driving.

Sorry, I know this is the rants forum, but I was bored

Darren

[Helen F H]

Originally Posted by Darren A

Sorry, I know this is the rants forum, but I was bored

Darren

Maybe you should offer them one of these:

[Rookie]

Slowing down uses more brake pads, and speeding up again afterwards uses more fuel than not stopping. So save money, save the planet, Dont stop for roundabouts! (caution, will not stand up in a court of law )

PS - I also hate people who stop when turning right, on empty roads.

[zepp]

Originally Posted by Rookie

Slowing down uses more brake pads, and speeding up again afterwards uses more fuel than not stopping. So save money, save the planet, Dont stop for roundabouts! (caution, will not stand up in a court of law )

PS - I also hate people who stop when turning right, on empty roads.

Agreed 100%............


OK, here's another...............picture the scene.....

You are in heavy traffic on a motorway/dual carriageway, with the traffic stop-starting. Instead of wearing your brakes and clutch away, you travel along at a constant xMPH, just enough to keep up with the cars infront, but not having to keep stopping. As you can see the gap will at times be some distance, then some arse decides to floor it from behind to fill "your" space. Can't they see that travelling at a constant slow speed is far easier and less stressful than the 'vvrrrrmmm' accelerate- brake method.
I counted on one occasion that the driver infront of me in this situation applied his brakes maybe over hundred times, whereas I never touched mine once; all because I kept some space between me and that driver.

[dry suit diver]

this has been done before ,let me find the thread ahhh here it is

[mark g]

about six months ago i was in a line of traffic behind a tractor doing about 20mph on the a5,

some dangerous overtaking was being attempted by some people purely out of frustration, eventually the coffin dodger in a nissan micra turned off and allowed the tractor to accelerate to a reasonable 35mph!

[Clare Gledhill]

Sorry - I'm missing something here...

Stop? Why would we want to do that....

Oh - is that what that middle pedal is for...

Nope - still not with you

[ray]

Hmm, Stopping at roundabouts safety first, no problem. Driving down the middle lane on motorways at 60 mph when the inside is clear, or lorries taking 5 miles to overtake at 58 mph against 57.9999 mph lorry in the inside lane.
Now that is something to make you a little annoyed , especially when you have the boat on the back, and you you are not allowed in the fast lane, after all they are designed to be towed at 80mph + and they should no we have a tide to catch!!!!!!.

[SoggyFox]

Theres a couple of others, to add to the annoyance at roundabouts. The people who are on the inside of an articulated lorry, when the lorry pulls onto the roundabout and the person in the car sits there stationary, like what do they thinks going to drive through the lorry and hit them?

On a side note, theres a roundabout outside the estate where i live that nearly everyone seems unable to look right for traffice on the roundabout. I've had 8 near misses now and i've lived there 6 months. So far my collection includes the local bus and a range rover towing a horse box, all of us had brakes locked on to miss each other.

[MATTBIN]

We used to have a --| junction give way sort of thing near home, now its a roundabout. Except the clever guys who decided it should be so failed to realise that the traffic coming south i.e. which was the main road, cant see the traffic coming from their right (-- above) i.e. the ones that they are supposed to give way to, as there is a huge clump of trees obscuring the line of site of the southbound traffic. So you enter the r'bout from the -- road hoping the guys coming south are REALLY paying attention, invariably they arent. The look of shock on their faces is something to behold as they realise that THEY should have given way, except now its too late for them to stop and only your good driving has saved them from a smack in the door. Shouting but I had right of way as a lorry steam rollers south through you may be a matter of fact, just doesnt help your widow much.

Matt