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Post by silverdragon on Oct 1, 2013 7:45:24 GMT
sub title, So close behind I could read his back window sticker
Lunacy.... As I went through a set of lights this morning, (In my car, not truck... still grounded from work medically) I was going slow as the vehicle ahead was turning... single lane in this direction, no option but to wait. My rear proximity sensor started panicking. (Its a parking sensor so I dont clobber posts...) The vehicle behind was so close I could not see his bonnet through my rear window... I could read his back window stickers....
Twit behind start honking the horn.
Like why?...
He MUST have known there was a vehicle ahead of me?...
I did the natural thing, showed brake lights, and gently slowed further..... spacing out enough space ahead that if he did punt my back bumper I wouldnt jerk forward into the vehicle ahead. Through the rear view mirror, I saw a dyed-in-the-wool wheel chewing fool going PURPLE with rage.... Like what was he expecting?... two vehicle to magically disappear?...
You should know I DONT let other drivers push me about. I stopped.
He got the message.... when I moved forward again slowly, he left a decent space.
Then the absolute stupidity revealed its self..... And this I had to look twice to believe.... His indicator was on to make the self same turn as the vehicle ahead?....
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Post by kharnynb on Oct 1, 2013 9:06:25 GMT
Just this week: -1 guy pushed me off the road on a dual carriage left turn, he basically was on the left lane, me on the right. after the light went green, he decided he wanted to presort for the next exit straight after the lights, right through me? Luckily there was a short bit of lane on the right side(for traffic turning right on the opposite side of the road).
-Woman driving 15 kph for almost 10 minutes through the center of the city, because she couldnt upshift with her phone in her hand. (got caught by the policecar at the lights, had me testify about the duration).
-one old geezer trying to go left on the new roundabout, by going straight left into traffic.
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Post by Lex Of Sydney Australia on Oct 2, 2013 3:01:33 GMT
This is totally unrelated but this I think it will cheer you up a bit Dragon - I know I laughed my donkey off at it! Karma: Angry Driver Gets Hit By A Tram While Yelling At Other Drivers!This angry driver decides to ignore what's going on around him so he can get in a good yell at the car in the intersection, then a tram hits him.
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Post by User Unavailable on Oct 2, 2013 3:27:53 GMT
I hate the drivers who speed up behind you, pass you at high speed in a No Passing Zone, then immediately slow down and turn into a side road or driveway or have to stop and wait for oncoming traffic to pass, so they can turn into a driveway on the opposite side of the road. Then you have to stop and wait on them....
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Post by privatepaddy on Oct 2, 2013 3:33:30 GMT
I hate the drivers who speed up behind you, pass you at high speed in a No Passing Zone, then immediately slow down and turn into a side road or driveway or have to stop and wait for oncoming traffic to pass, so they can turn into a driveway on the opposite side of the road. Then you have to stop and wait on them.... Maybe you should get a sign made Instead of "child on board" ANGRY MARINE ON BOARD
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Post by Lex Of Sydney Australia on Oct 2, 2013 3:53:05 GMT
& in small print "with a loaded gun."
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Post by silverdragon on Oct 2, 2013 8:51:19 GMT
This is mostly by those Russian people, who have a craze of dash mounted cams....
I thank them for the following....
Enjoy!
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Post by the light works on Oct 2, 2013 15:56:50 GMT
worst tailgater I have experienced. I could tell his car was orange, and that it was a station wagon - because the roof went to the back instead of to the trunk. yes, what I am saying is I could see a little bit of orange roof, and nothing else. nothing at all in my side mirrors.
a recent drunk driver clued us in when she said she lost control on the curve. though it confused the citizen who found the accident, because there WAS a curve in the direction she was going towards - and he was certain she was going in the opposite direction to what she was actually doing. it was only when I pointed out that the dirt from where he thought a road crew had cleaned the ditch was packed into her trunk that he realized his mistake.
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Post by silverdragon on Oct 3, 2013 6:56:46 GMT
Worst tailgater I have had, I dont see. "Smart" cars can hide quite effectively behind a 60ft trailer.....
Worst tailgater I know of, had one of those low slung things with the pop-up headlights..... My good fired was haling down the A1-M, near London, got pulled over by the police.... "You gotta see this" the copper said, pointing to the back of the truck. Turns out he had to brake heavily to avoid a fool some 50-60 miles earlier. The car behind had braked so hard the front had dipped, allowing the headlights to go UNDER the truck rear fender. Course, release brakes, headlights are now a tow hitch?... That driver had to phone the police.
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Post by the light works on Oct 3, 2013 13:12:47 GMT
and yesterday on my way home from work, a bicyclist rode out into the highway in front of me, apparently noticed me, and went back to the shoulder, and then when I checked my mirror, sure enough, he was back in the traffic lane.
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Post by silverdragon on Oct 4, 2013 6:58:08 GMT
Thats common here as well. They think they own the roads....
Well, when they start contributing towards costs of upkeep, pay insurance, GET A LICENSE, I may take notice of them.... Otherwise, they are just a pedestrian on wheels. And we know how much we trust THEM dont we?....
BTW, have you had the "joy" of a stupid pedestrian who on observing a flashing blue light emergency vehicle approaching, STILL decides they is going to cross the road in front of it?....
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Post by the light works on Oct 4, 2013 14:36:11 GMT
not yet, but then, the emergency vehicles I drive tend to be rather intimidating. the fact that the air horns are usually in the front bumper probably also contributes to the pedestrians' lack of eagerness to be in front of them. we had to pass a rule not to hit the horns when an unsuspecting victim is standing in front of the truck, because of the possibility of hearing damage.
(and yet, there was STILL a time it took a 10 second blast to get a driver's attention)
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Post by Lex Of Sydney Australia on Oct 4, 2013 14:56:18 GMT
My Grandfather was an ambulance driver after the war & he & his fellow drives had to use the light/sirens to wake up people who'd fallen 'asleep' at the lights on a regular basis. I don't know why but people tend to go into La-La Land when they're waiting at the lights.
(They'd also occasionally use the light/sirens to cut through rush hour traffic at lunch time to get to the takeaway before they closed.)
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Post by the light works on Oct 4, 2013 15:11:48 GMT
My Grandfather was an ambulance driver after the war & he & his fellow drives had to use the light/sirens to wake up people who'd fallen 'asleep' at the lights on a regular basis. I don't know why but people tend to go into La-La Land when they're waiting at the lights. (They'd also occasionally use the light/sirens to cut through rush hour traffic at lunch time to get to the takeaway before they closed.) our traffic light problem is that people do a deer-in-the-headlights freeze if we come up behind them at a light. Even with the light green, they will not enter the intersection, to clear the lane for us. a slightly less common problem is that some (oncoming) drivers will pull off into the mouth of a cross street even when we are signaling for a turn INTO that cross street, and then refuse to budge, until we are bearing down on them with everything blasting. we have had ONE case where we ran an emergency call out of town and then another emergency call back INTO town - code 3 both ways.
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Post by Lex Of Sydney Australia on Oct 4, 2013 15:29:32 GMT
My Grandfather was an ambulance driver after the war & he & his fellow drives had to use the light/sirens to wake up people who'd fallen 'asleep' at the lights on a regular basis. I don't know why but people tend to go into La-La Land when they're waiting at the lights. (They'd also occasionally use the light/sirens to cut through rush hour traffic at lunch time to get to the takeaway before they closed.) our traffic light problem is that people do a deer-in-the-headlights freeze if we come up behind them at a light. Even with the light green, they will not enter the intersection, to clear the lane for us. a slightly less common problem is that some (oncoming) drivers will pull off into the mouth of a cross street even when we are signaling for a turn INTO that cross street, and then refuse to budge, until we are bearing down on them with everything blasting. we have had ONE case where we ran an emergency call out of town and then another emergency call back INTO town - code 3 both ways. Here in Australia it's illegal to block &/or not give way to emergency vehicles when they've got their sirens/lights going - even if you have to run a red light to get out of their way then you do it (happily though your not fined for running the light) or face the consequences. Many emergency vehicles now have cameras that record what's going on in front of them so if you do hinder them you can be given the penalty appropriate to the level of nuance/trouble you caused.
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Post by the light works on Oct 4, 2013 15:51:01 GMT
our traffic light problem is that people do a deer-in-the-headlights freeze if we come up behind them at a light. Even with the light green, they will not enter the intersection, to clear the lane for us. a slightly less common problem is that some (oncoming) drivers will pull off into the mouth of a cross street even when we are signaling for a turn INTO that cross street, and then refuse to budge, until we are bearing down on them with everything blasting. we have had ONE case where we ran an emergency call out of town and then another emergency call back INTO town - code 3 both ways. Here in Australia it's illegal to block &/or not give way to emergency vehicles when they've got their sirens/lights going - even if you have to run a red light to get out of their way then you do it (happily though your not fined for running the light) or face the consequences. Many emergency vehicles now have cameras that record what's going on in front of them so if you do hinder them you can be given the penalty appropriate to the level of nuance/trouble you caused. we've suggested making dashcams standard in our department - with a button for the officer to press to flag an incident for later review. (no incidents and no flags would mean the recording simply got recorded over on the next run)
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Post by Lex Of Sydney Australia on Oct 4, 2013 15:58:17 GMT
Here in Australia it's illegal to block &/or not give way to emergency vehicles when they've got their sirens/lights going - even if you have to run a red light to get out of their way then you do it (happily though your not fined for running the light) or face the consequences. Many emergency vehicles now have cameras that record what's going on in front of them so if you do hinder them you can be given the penalty appropriate to the level of nuance/trouble you caused. we've suggested making dashcams standard in our department - with a button for the officer to press to flag an incident for later review. (no incidents and no flags would mean the recording simply got recorded over on the next run) Because no one knows which vehicles have & which don't have the cameras here people are SO afraid of. At best losing their licences & at worse facing criminal charges that could land them in jail. That when a siren goes off it's like Moses parting the Red Sea - EVERYBODY moves & pretty dam quick too!!!!!!!!
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Post by the light works on Oct 4, 2013 16:04:41 GMT
we've suggested making dashcams standard in our department - with a button for the officer to press to flag an incident for later review. (no incidents and no flags would mean the recording simply got recorded over on the next run) Because no one knows which vehicles have & which don't have the cameras here people are SO afraid of. At best losing their licences & at worse facing criminal charges that could land them in jail. That when a siren goes off it's like Moses parting the Red Sea - EVERYBODY moves & pretty dam quick too!!!!!!!! It would probably make it even worse over here - we'd probably have people abandoning their vehicles and running. we DO have a law that requires them to yield to emergency vehicles; we just have stupid, panicky drivers who don't think.
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Post by Lex Of Sydney Australia on Oct 4, 2013 16:11:28 GMT
Because no one knows which vehicles have & which don't have the cameras here people are SO afraid of. At best losing their licences & at worse facing criminal charges that could land them in jail. That when a siren goes off it's like Moses parting the Red Sea - EVERYBODY moves & pretty dam quick too!!!!!!!! It would probably make it even worse over here - we'd probably have people abandoning their vehicles and running. we DO have a law that requires them to yield to emergency vehicles; we just have stupid, panicky drivers who don't think. Yah we have them too that's why the law clearly states for the idiots on the road which is lets face it most of them. That you must provide CLEAR access for an emergency vehicle when it's siren go off - if your caught blocking access with your vehicle your toast, so people move even if they have to run a red light to do so move. If enough people get caught in the trap then most of the others will eventually learn. Plus who wouldn't love the chance to run a red light & get away with it?
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Post by the light works on Oct 4, 2013 16:17:28 GMT
It would probably make it even worse over here - we'd probably have people abandoning their vehicles and running. we DO have a law that requires them to yield to emergency vehicles; we just have stupid, panicky drivers who don't think. Yah we have them too that's why the law clearly states for the idiots on the road which is lets face it most of them. That you must provide CLEAR access for an emergency vehicle when it's siren go off - if your caught blocking access with your vehicle your toast, so people move even if they have to run a red light to do so move. If enough people get caught in the trap then most of the others will eventually learn. Plus who wouldn't love the chance to run a red light & get away with it? but see, you are still seeing people consider possible results of their actions. here, the ones who didn't run and scream would assume the cameras mean they will be reality TV stars.
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