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Stupid Drivers

Thursday, 9 April 2009 ‡ 03:54

I hate when at a roundabout, the driver on my left decides to use a straighter line across the roundabout, forcing me to move to my right, either into another car or onto the roundabout itself, This happens to me most mornings and evenings to and from work. The worse thing about this is there are lines painted on the bloody tarmac to guide drivers around the roundabout and drivers still straight line roundabouts, even worse is drivers who feel i am too blame if i sound my horn or edge forward slightly and force them over into their lane, ARGHHH! This stupidity is usually compounded when the driver is using the left lane to turn right and on top of that not using their indicator. I will accept someone maybe in the wrong lane when they approach the roundabout or they change their mind or whatever, we all make mistakes, but then just to feel that everyone else around them are mind readers, for fucks sake these drivers should be shot in the head.

What else is there? how about drivers in the outside lane of a dual carriage way or motorway, traveling about 10mph - 15mph less than the speed limit, then refuse to move over when you approach, why do they feel they have any right to suggest the correct speed by acting as a roadblock? They always quote the following, "Its a speed limit not a target".

Another annoying thing drivers who are just stupid do is not realise that when there are parked cars on their side of the road, it is the on coming vehicles right of way - and NO i don't have to flash my lights to say thank you, the same reason i don't need to flash my lights to let you out of a junction or change lanes (as long as you are indicating). Using your indicator does not give you the right of way, it is a purpose of intent, letting other road users know what you intend to do.

What about stupid following stupid, especially when there is a lane coned off and stupid moves into the open lane, followed by stupid and stupid behind them until we have a queue of stupid drivers all waiting in one lane, even though the coned lane is some 2 miles down the road. This happened to me, can't remember where i was, but i arrived at the tail end of a massive queue of traffic. Summer afternoon, clear skies and we are parked in a single lane jammed with crawling vehicles. After about 20 minutes i approach a roundabout and i need to go straight on and since the lane has opened up into two lanes, i am within the law to use the second lane. So cautiously i begin along the second lane, i say cautiously since nobody is using it. At the roundabout there are roadwork signs stating that the second lane of the road ahead is closed. Since i am already in the lane i decide i will join after i leave the roundabout. As i leave the roundabout i see another roadworks sign but this time it indicates the second lane is closed 2 miles ahead and since it is a straight road, i can see nobody using the second lane. Nobody at all was using the 2 mile stretch of road that was still open because every stupid driver has decided to stay in the first lane. I was double and triple checking to make sure there were no signs indicating i should not be using the second lane, but nothing. I cannot believe how i managed upon so many fucking stupid drivers all on one road, not using a perfectly legitimate part of the road, just because nobody else is using.

I had one absolutely stupid woman driver in front of me, traveling along a 40mph single road, driving about 40mph, who absolutely insisted on braking heavily and letting other drivers out of side roads, she did this so often, i had to overtake her since she was causing a domino effect behind me... i wandered how far back this rippled until traffic actually stood still.

Labels: bad driving, stupid