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Post by Ste_Parry » Mon Nov 27, 2023 8:40 pm

People that drive at 55 mph on the motorway in amongst all the trucks that are doing 56 mph flat out! Then as you pull out to slowly overtake they speed up.

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Post by Nanu » Mon Nov 27, 2023 8:44 pm

Drivers that sit right up the A**e of the vehicle in front with no intention of overtaking but making it more difficult for you having to overtake both.
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Post by Owdgit » Mon Nov 27, 2023 9:25 pm

People who sit in the outside lane of a dual carriageway when the inside lane is empty because they are turning right at a roundabout 5 miles away. D1cks
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Post by Pondrew » Mon Nov 27, 2023 10:30 pm

Even though I am an angry person in general, and not tolerant of others at all; I am pretty chilled when driving, bizarrely.

BUT....one thing I find unacceptable is people who blow their horns when my daughter stalls her car at traffic lights. It happens quite a lot (the stalling and the horn blowing tbh). She is a learner and has fecking great big red L plates on the car! :x That is the ONLY time I get road rage, ever! Now those people are feckwits and I have got out of the car several times to tell them. It doesn't help my daughter's confidence, though! :roll:
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Post by Hilly30si » Tue Nov 28, 2023 3:27 pm

Drivers, mostly Woman who stop at a traffic island when you can clearly see half mile up the road that it’s clear :x :x :x :x
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Post by Chippie » Wed Nov 29, 2023 1:47 pm

Drivers who cut across the wrong side of a road junction when turning right into a side road when they can’t see if anything is coming the other way, and then there’s the ones who stop in the middle of a wide junction wanting to turn right so no one wanting to go left can get past them :headbang:
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Post by Stevo1987 » Wed Nov 29, 2023 1:58 pm

MikeyH wrote: Thu Nov 23, 2023 9:54 pm Drivers in white Audis :poke:
That’ll be me then. 😝
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Post by MikeyH » Wed Nov 29, 2023 2:58 pm

Chippie wrote: Wed Nov 29, 2023 1:47 pm Drivers who cut across the wrong side of a road junction when turning right into a side road when they can’t see if anything is coming the other way, and then there’s the ones who stop in the middle of a wide junction wanting to turn right so no one wanting to go left can get past them :headbang:
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Post by MikeyH » Wed Nov 29, 2023 2:59 pm

Of course all white van drivers a saints :rofl: :thumbsup:
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Post by MikeyH » Wed Nov 29, 2023 3:00 pm

Stevo1987 wrote: Wed Nov 29, 2023 1:58 pm
MikeyH wrote: Thu Nov 23, 2023 9:54 pm Drivers in white Audis :poke:
That’ll be me then. 😝
:D :thumbsup:
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Post by pvr » Wed Nov 29, 2023 4:00 pm

No generalisation then Mikey :rofl:
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Post by MikeyH » Wed Nov 29, 2023 4:16 pm

Only from experience of them being stuck up my arse :D
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Post by buzyg » Wed Nov 29, 2023 5:30 pm

Owdgit wrote: Mon Nov 27, 2023 9:25 pm People who sit in the outside lane of a dual carriageway when the inside lane is empty because they are turning right at a roundabout 5 miles away. D1cks
Only 5 miles away. :lol: :rofl: :thumbsup:
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Post by MarshMA10 » Wed Nov 29, 2023 6:28 pm

Motorcyclists filtering when I’m stuck in traffic in my big slow cage! 😄

Car drivers who don’t check their mirrors when turning, especially when I’m on a motorcycle……shockingly common and frequently terrifying. Not so bad in London cos everyone is used to bikers; in the rest of the uk it’s brutal.

Scooter riders who got an L plate for doing their CBT five times but never sat the test. You should only be allowed two CBTs and if you don’t sit the test after that you’re not using a 125 on the road. Ride like bellends.

Cyclists who don’t have driving licenses.

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Post by Barty » Thu Nov 30, 2023 12:57 pm

Some good stuff here :lol:

One I can’t stand: you’re on cruise at a set speed, coming up on a slower driver. You pull into the next lane to overtake, and the fecker speeds up to your speed. At some point they drop off, you move back into your previous lane. A few minutes later they come past you, pull back in right front of you aaaaand slow down again… thus engaging into an annoying game of leap-frog :headbang:
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