Annoying Things People Do on the Roads

Vehicles to my right that are about to enter a roundabout, are turning left, are not indicating, so I think they’re coming straight over, and I stop 44 tons for nothing.

Muppets that apply harsh braking when they see a HATO jeep.
Five feet of snow on car roofs.
Three feet of snow on the bonnet.
And the classic thick planks special of the tank commander peep hole ,where their windsreen is frozen over with ice,and the two inch peep hole.
All you see is a face peering out.
Inexperienced motorway drivers.
Loose dogs on any road.
Low flying pigeons and pheasants.
Car drivers swerving to avoid animals on the road.

irish lorries:

viking7000:

EIRE:

viking7000:
Try driving in Ireland. When you get back to UK everyone will seem like a driving God!
e.g. people who slow to a crawl or even stop at a roundabout when there is nothing on it. The majority have no clue about lane discipline. Those who have been driving as long as 30 years and never took a test!
L drivers whizzing around unaccompanied against the law. Almost no services on Motorways anywhere. Want more?
Lots of good truck drivers though. You have to be to survive the above.

Do you live in Ireland? I think that’s an unfair and inaccurate description.

Yes I do live in Ireland and have driven all over here, in the UK and Europe. 5 years on petrol and a qualified Instructor so I am not making it up. The driving standards are slowly improving but people here do not have the same pride in their driving or cars as the UK.
Another thing that really psses me off is folks who can’t open their door without taking a chunk out of the car next to them. Every time I park up I get a new dent or mark from this.
I used to drive a petrol tanker through a town at night where idiots queuing to get into a nightclub threw lighted ■■■ buts on my tank and I have seen a woman using a baby in a buggy to stop the traffic to get across. Don’t get me started cos I got loads more.

I still think the UK is just as bad

The UK’s much worse than Ireland (…Dublin may be the exception though !!! :laughing: ). Take a load into Smithfields London with a 44t fridge… jaysus !!! …from the minute you’re off the M25 and onto the A13 it’s like the Whacky Races …on par with Milan !!!

EIRE:

viking7000:
Try driving in Ireland. When you get back to UK everyone will seem like a driving God!
e.g. people who slow to a crawl or even stop at a roundabout when there is nothing on it. The majority have no clue about lane discipline. Those who have been driving as long as 30 years and never took a test!
L drivers whizzing around unaccompanied against the law. Almost no services on Motorways anywhere. Want more?
Lots of good truck drivers though. You have to be to survive the above.

Do you live in Ireland? I think that’s an unfair and inaccurate description.

youtube.com/watch?v=lNkcnEcm3go
I rest my case Your Honour.

viking7000:

EIRE:

viking7000:
Try driving in Ireland. When you get back to UK everyone will seem like a driving God!
e.g. people who slow to a crawl or even stop at a roundabout when there is nothing on it. The majority have no clue about lane discipline. Those who have been driving as long as 30 years and never took a test!
L drivers whizzing around unaccompanied against the law. Almost no services on Motorways anywhere. Want more?
Lots of good truck drivers though. You have to be to survive the above.

Do you live in Ireland? I think that’s an unfair and inaccurate description.

youtube.com/watch?v=lNkcnEcm3go
I rest my case Your Honour.

No you haven’t because you said the lorry drivers were good

They were Polish!

You should of put this up :laughing: m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=tf4TIWECZ30

Or this m.youtube.com/?#/watch?v=2VKvXcItkPw

toby1234abc:
Muppets that apply harsh braking when they see a HATO jeep.
Five feet of snow on car roofs.
Three feet of snow on the bonnet.
And the classic thick planks special of the tank commander peep hole ,where their windsreen is frozen over with ice,and the two inch peep hole.
All you see is a face peering out.
Inexperienced motorway drivers.
Loose dogs on any road.
Low flying pigeons and pheasants.
Car drivers swerving to avoid animals on the road.

I actually saw a driver last Christmas pull out of their drive onto the A5 who had not even made a peep hole in windscreen and was driving with her head out the window.

I can put up with most things but bus drivers,it doesn’t matter how big the lay-by bus stop is they always stop at an angle leaving their arse end in the road ggggrrrrrr.only time they stop straight is when the bus stop is on the road. Do they get told to stop like this as surely someone can just crash into the back of it. Cheers

Cars that are catching you rapidly at more than 70, squeeeeeze in front of you as the dual becomes a single, then slow down to 32 or less. Every time, same place, just outside and approaching Arundel, heading East. Muppets, hypocrites, aaaaah what’s the point. :confused:

Haven’t read the entire thread so apologys if it’s already been said but the amount of people that don’t indicate properly or indicate at all on roundabouts drives me mad!!!
Especially on small roundabouts that are busy when you are trying to get onto it but can’t because you don’t know if they are going to keep coming round or turn off so you end up sitting there waiting like a tool for the considerate driver that does use their indicator and gives you time to get out on to the roundabout.

Also car drivers on motorways that drive below 56mph without any obvious reason, no need for it just being a nuisence.

your in lane one approaching an on slip on the mway you cant move into lane to as its full some ■■■■ comes down the slip road in there jap shopping trolley look like they are going to join in front of you so you lift to give them room then they break even tho you are waving/flashing them out leaving them wobbling about just in front of you . so you are then forced to break then they accelerate away leaving you trying to rebuild your momentum when they could of just accelerated on in the first place

Drivers who overtake & pull in front, 3 ft from your windscreen on the M6, Hello to the Archbold Logistics Driver who did it to me earlier. KNOB !

Doodling car drivers who are unaware of what is going on around them and causing chaos behind them.Potentialy causing accidents.Cars that travel at peak times with commuters.
If they leave before or after rush hour,i am sure the 30 mile trip to buy some potted plants can wait.

Vintage tractors. Serving no purpose whatsoever except holding up traffic. Buy a nice Ford Cargo beavertail and move it on that.

Car drivers going to the local tip (sorry “recycling centre”) poodling along because they know their B and Q bargain trailer is woefully inadequate for the load upon it.

toyotat:
I can put up with most things but bus drivers,it doesn’t matter how big the lay-by bus stop is they always stop at an angle leaving their arse end in the road ggggrrrrrr.only time they stop straight is when the bus stop is on the road. Do they get told to stop like this as surely someone can just crash into the back of it. Cheers

Look at the raised kerb for the low floor buses and then tell me why the arse end sticks out :wink:

cars that overtake you on a single carriageway then half mile down the road want to turn right, or cars waiting to pull out of a side road see you a long way away, then pull out at the last minute. Cars that tailgate me in my car, a bit childish but sometimes I stop at roundabout when it is actually clear to proceed, that upsets them even more, then when they find somewhere to overtake I give them a weedy “sorry” wave. People who can’t cope with snow. People who can’t negotiate roundabouts

Struggling for miles behind a cyclist. I can’t accelerate quickly, so it takes a while to get past him safely. Then at the next set of lights/junction/traffic delay he’s back up the inside of me and I have to start the whole process again. They complain that we don’t give them respect on the road, then they choose to ignore the rules that are there for all of us.

Cotswoldcrunch:
Car drivers going to the local tip (sorry “recycling centre”) poodling along because they know their B and Q bargain trailer is woefully inadequate for the load upon it.

hahaha, i had a bloke ask me to shift a “little” bit of muck for him once in southend-he had volunteered to do it for his mate with his silly little car trailer(he had done one run and the wheel came off),there must have been about thirty ton there!! he’d have been bloody busy.i did him a nice price though lol!! happy days :sunglasses: ruined by the tracker now though!!