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Learn to drive!

Friday, 2 December 2005 ‡ 09:32

Driving along a dual carriageway, the second lane merges into the first, but this does not occur for another mile or two, so why the bloody hell do people insist on queueing in the first lane when it is perfectly legal to continue in the second lane up to the merge and join at the last moment.

Then you have those idiots who do not allow this legal move to occur because for some reason they believe they are correct in trying to not allow you to continue driving to the end of the second lane, so wedge their car in the middle of the road so you can not pass or those who just absolutely will not let you pull into the first lane at the end of the second lane because they feel you are jumping the queue.

Listen you idiot driver, it is a valid and legal move, since the road markings to indicate the end of the second lane and beginning of the single lane are about 5 meters ahead. Driving along those and trying to join the first lane is jumping the queue and is illegal.

There must be 1 in 3 drivers who does not have a clue about this and about indicating when changing lanes, lane discipline, merging, driving, concentrating, just general driving ability. These idiots should stick to using public transport, where we have (usually) and trained competent driver behind the wheel

How many idiots do i have to pass on the inside lane of a dual carriageway or motorway, before they realise the inside lane is empty for several miles and being in the first overtaking lane ('middle lane' to those idiots who don't understand and 'the 70mph lane' to those pond life who somehow have managed to gain a valid driving license). Use the inside lane when its empty, the purpose of the other two lanes are for overtaking, that's why they are referred to as the first and second overtaking lanes!

Labels: Drive, fail, idiots, lane discipline, learn, motorway, public transport

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Tiscali Overcharging

Wednesday, 28 September 2005 ‡ 12:30

I signed up with Tiscali at the start of 2004 to their 156k free connection and modem package offer. Later in June 2004, although 156k was adequate for my needs, I upgraded to the 512k unlimited connection at £24.99.

The start of 2005 saw Tiscali drop their prices for the 512k connection to £17.99 and provide a 1Mb unlimited connection at £24.99 (the price i was paying for 512k).

I would have expected to either be automatically upgraded to the 1Mb connection, or have my monthly charges dropped to £17.99.

No, neither happened. I was being charged for 1Mb connection but only getting 512k connection.

This is probably a clever trick by Tiscali and maybe others to allow them to continue charging existing customers at premium rates for services that have been superceded. Surely OFCOM or some other organisation is aware of this little loop hole, maybe they need to be informed!

Tiscali have now reduced the price of their fastest internet connection from £24.99 to £17.99 for an incresed connection speed from 1Mb to 2Mb, but i have still been charged £24.99 for a 1Mb connection and this has continued for several months.

Labels: broadband, cost, fail, overcharging, updates

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