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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

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Are you stupid?

Monday, 25 April 2005 ‡ 23:31

Using the motorways everyday can become an absolute nightmare. It is annoying when drivers panning down the outside lane at 80mph+ notice the Range Rover travelling at 60mph in the inside lane hit the brakes so hard, it must snap their heads forward. Blind as a bat the drivers do not notice the Range Rover is in fact the Highways Agency vehicle, which has HIGHWAYS AGENCY stamped on the back, instead of POLICE and actually has YELLOW lights bolted to its roof. To add to this, the car actually has Black/Yellow squares on the side, instead of Blue/Yellow. Understandably from a distance the car does look like a police Range Rover, but it does not take long to notice, having stared at it for a second or three... looking for the visual clues. Drivers will drive past at 65mph and continue at this speed until they feel they are safe to continue at 80mph+ once the Range Rover is some several hundred yards behind them.

The other most annoying thing is stupid idiots who drive in the 1st overtaking lane even when the inside lane is empty, usually oblivious to the amount of chaos they are causing behind them as drivers attempt to overtake/undertake trying to avoid the dumb idiot.

I drove nearly 100 miles on Saturday with several idiots sitting in the 1st overtaking lane, while i continued in the inside lane.

Another common idiot is the one who will only ever drive in the 1st overtaking lane. They will drive along at whatever speed it is they feel comfortable with, but never overtake anyone they catch, but brake heavily to slow down and travel behind them until the person in front moves over.

I had one such women catch me up, probably doing about 80mph in her Micra and hit the brakes and followed me for a few miles, then when i moved over into the empty inside lane, she began to accelerate, probably still in top gear, which she did not manage to do, since i pulled out to overtake a lorry. She then slowed and followed me for a few miles. This continued for a while until i got fed up. I even slowed to about 60mph and she never tried to use the outside lane, dumb cow.

Rubber necking! Damn these drivers are just so stupid, they are asking for trouble... there has been an incident somehwere around them and they have to hit the brakes and have a good look, why... i've seen a rubber necker watching the opposite carriageway because there were 3 or 4 cars wrecked on the hard shoulder and the idiot hit the guy in front of him... wow, how clever was that? Now we have complete chaos as rubber neckers are spoilt for choice.

Labels: bad driving, chaos, crash, motorway, rubber necking

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