Examples of poor driving you have witnessed!

[littleme]

Just after 9am this morning I followed a white Kia Picanto 'BT64 something-else-that-I-can't-remember-after-the-panic-of-the-stupid-bint-nearly-killing-me' around Queensway....

She must of been well & truly over the limit as she was weaving & over correcting all the time, until she decided to change lanes regardless of the fact that there was already a queue of stationary traffic in the lane she tried to ram into at 40mph....

....she narrowly missed the beeping cars by seething back infront of me & then slamming her breaks on - bloody stupid Muppet!

Drive the rest of the way home short a sporty white Ford KA up my arse, who's burgendy carers uniform wearing young lady was not only smoking but on the phone at the same time!

I might stay in for the rest of the day....

 

[shoes]

So out in the sticks this morning visibility was probably around 50 yards. Resale silver cars with no lights on just kept appearing out of the fog. Mind boggling.

In other news, for a change, those who run with their front fogs on permanently were actually justified this morning.

Also, what is the point of front fog lights? They achieve approximately the square root of naff all with regard to increasing driver visibility, and typically they're only as bright, if not less bright than dipped beam headlights, thus not making your car any more visible. So what's the point of them and why are they such an expensive option on some cars?!

 

[proactive]

Also, what is the point of front fog lights? They achieve approximately the square root of naff all with regard to increasing driver visibility, and typically they're only as bright, if not less bright than dipped beam headlights, thus not making your car any more visible. So what's the point of them and why are they such an expensive option on some cars?!

They mark out a car's superiority and superior right to the road over bottom of the range models.

They also help you spot the arseholes behind the wheel, as if the Audi or BMW badge wasn't enough.

 

[LeeA]

for me i always join the smallest queue and go to the point of closure then merge using the "zipper" technique. if im in the lane staying open i always alloy people to join approx 50 yds before the closure. to me there not queue jumping there using the road as intended.

Which is exactly how it should be done. Instead of what some idiots do and sit in the lane remaining open for miles, then try to obstruct anyone from merging in from the empty, available lane prior to the converging point!!

 

[cj1]

front fogs are to light up the curb and road markings at reduced speed during very poor visibility

 

[shoes]

That makes sense.

 

[wildwood]

Which is exactly how it should be done. Instead of what some idiots do and sit in the lane remaining open for miles, then try to obstruct anyone from merging in from the empty, available lane prior to the converging point!!

As per Chell Road towards Sainsburys - and more noticeably with the temporary traffic lights, Lichfield Road heading straight across to go down Radford bank. You may want to sit there an extra 5 minutes but I don't. A bus driver decided to beep his horn at me the other day.... for using the road exactly as intended!

Some people may see it as pushing in (there was no PUSHING in just indicating back to the left hand lane and waiting patiently) I see it as using my initiative!

 

[Kickstart]

front fogs are to light up the curb and road markings at reduced speed during very poor visibility

Yep, and given how short they are aimed in front of the car shows how bad the fog needs to be before they are useful.

Annoyingly my car has a single switch for both front and rear lights. First position is just the front fog lights, 2nd is front and rear. So you cannot switch them on independently.

All the best

Katy

 

[Gramaisc]

Yep, and given how short they are aimed in front of the car shows how bad the fog needs to be before they are useful.

Annoyingly my car has a single switch for both front and rear lights. First position is just the front fog lights, 2nd is front and rear. So you cannot switch them on independently.

All the best

Katy

Mine has two independent switches, hidden behind the steering wheel spoke.

If you leave the rear light switch pressed 'on', even though the light will only illuminate if the main lights are on, it will beep at you when you open the door - took me ages to find out what it was the first time - you can look all over the car and there is nothing that is actually on.

I've 'fixed' a few other cars since that have had the same thing going on - mystifying, if you don't know what it is.

It would seem sensible to me that it could be operated, as many rear window heaters are, by a relay that drops out every time the car is turned off, and requires to be turned on every time when it is required. A "fool-proof" system

 

[shoes]

The audi has a switch for the rear light. The fronts are on permanently from what I can make out

 

[Gramaisc]

Further to my statement above - my fronts will come on with the sidelights, but the rear requires the headlights to be on.

 

[Kickstart]

Mine has two independent switches, hidden behind the steering wheel spoke.

At least it is 2 independent switches!

It would seem sensible to me that it could be operated, as many rear window heaters are, by a relay that drops out every time the car is turned off, and requires to be turned on every time when it is required. A "fool-proof" system

Or maybe just let them stay on once the ignition is off with no warning. Few flat batteries might stop people using them for the 99.99% of the time they are not required

All the best

Katy

 

[Gramaisc]

At least it is 2 independent switches!

I don't mind the switches being hidden, I know where they are for the odd occasion they're needed and it stops me being subjected to the warning lights most of the time that they are on.

 

[Really?]

The other is, those that keep their foot on the brakes when stationary. My car's quite low, many's a time I've had to pull the sun visor down (day or night) to stop the glare from the brake lights off the car in front. Normally a 4x4.

If they are driving an automatic and they take their foot off the brake they will move forward. How many of us driving non automatics put the car into neutral and apply the handbrake as we should when we are waiting for lights to change? I doubt many of us do.

 

[Gramaisc]

If they are driving an automatic and they take their foot off the brake they will move forward. How many of us driving non automatics put the car into neutral and apply the handbrake as we should when we are waiting for lights to change? I doubt many of us do.

I do - and I did when I had an automatic, too.

 

[biccies]

I was always taught to use the handbrake when stationary in traffic to avoid the glare of break lights to people behind me. A lot of people don't do this and it is indeed frustrating!

As per The Highway Code

Rule 114
You MUST NOT

• use any lights in a way which would dazzle or cause discomfort to other road users, including pedestrians, cyclists and horse riders
• use front or rear fog lights unless visibility is seriously reduced. You MUSTswitch them off when visibility improves to avoid dazzling other road users (see Rule 226).

In stationary queues of traffic, drivers should apply the parking brake and, once the following traffic has stopped, take their foot off the footbrake to deactivate the vehicle brake lights. This will minimise glare to road users behind until the traffic moves again.

Law RVLR reg 27

 

[Gramaisc]

I was always taught to use the handbrake when stationary in traffic to avoid the glare of break lights to people behind me. A lot of people don't do this and it is indeed frustrating!

As per The Highway Code

It's just basic common sense, particularly in an auto, where maintaining the idle revs in Drive uses significantly more fuel.

 

[Laurie61]

If they are driving an automatic and they take their foot off the brake they will move forward. How many of us driving non automatics put the car into neutral and apply the handbrake as we should when we are waiting for lights to change? I doubt many of us do.

I do, drummed into me by my instructor. He also insisted I push in the handbrake button when pulling up the leaver which I still do.

 

[Gramaisc]

He also insisted I push in the handbrake button when pulling up the leaver which I still do.

Agreed, clattering the pawl does it and the teeth no good.

 

[Trumpet]

clattering the pawl

That's a new way of putting it, does Basil know?