A pet hate of mine which happens occasionally (but 3 times in the last few weeks, hence this post) is when you’re trying to get on a motorway and there’s a car behind you. He sits behind you all up the slip road then at the last second jumps into lane 1 and attempts to overtake you leaving you with 3 choices. Barrel down the hard shoulder, slam on the brakes or force him into lane 2.
Had one clown try it coming off the M42 onto the M6 last week, lane 2 was clear so I gently squeezed him over. No horn but a rather stern look from the wife as they went past.
I saw another clown do it to another truck as I got on at J3 of the M5 Northbound up that long hill. I was empty but he was obviously carrying a fair bit so was only doing about 35-40mph at the top. This idiot sat behind him the whole way then swerved out and alongside him the first chance he got when there was a break in the traffic. There were cones on the hard shoulder and streaming traffic in lane 2. The truck just went for it and the car had to slam the brakes on.
Felt really sorry for the truck driver as he was given a really crappy set of options.
the maoster:
I feel your pain Newlad but the thing to remember here is that in the event of a collision in the circumstances you describe then you’d be bang to rights by virtue of your tacho! Bear in mind that once it’s back to one lane then the 40mph limit applies to you and I can 100% guarantee you’d be going quicker.
Not that I’m preaching 'cos in them circumstances I’d still be way over 40.
Today it was coming off a round about at Perry Bar Birmingham, heading for Minor Weir and Willis so i was only doing 10/15 mph, another time was coming off the East Lancs Road, going up the slip onto the M6, two lanes become one and a van is trying his luck with the rear axel of the trailer. The other time was on a duel like you say and no I wouldn’t have been doing 40.
I know I never would pin someone against the armco (intentionally), just the thought crossed my mind and for me to even think that with my placid nature that is a big deal lol.
gezt:
i was travelling northbound on m6 ,junction 16, crawling along at the grand speed of 5 mph, nice gap between me and truck in front,let a few cars come onto motorway off slip road no problem. one car pulled in right under my front n/side corner and collided with front n/side step.
He got out screaming it was my fault and a n other car driver passed his phone number agreeing i was to blame.
We exchanged details…3 weeks later boss phoned me to say they had admitted liability .
I knew they would cos i was in lane 1 and they came of a give way slip road AND HIT ME.
JOB DONE.
I’m sure I can sense a bit of Whiplash in your comment, better get on to his insurance company & explain that when he hit you, it rocked the cab so much that you’ve got a Pain in the Neck now ! LOL
This is my other pet hate, it’s my first pet hate though not a new one, it’s a ■■■■■■■ give way line at the end of a slip road not a right of ■■■■■■■ way!
I think generally many drivers (mainly car) do not read the signs on the road surface and on the sides and understand what they are telling/advising them of, I get to the point where I think the only way they’ll learn is by getting a bit of 45ft of Grey and Adams coming through the side of them.
Its not just when your crawling in traffic though.
I find it worse when your flying along minding your own and another prick in a car thinks its his given right to pull out on you from a slip road and expects you take evasive action to accommodate his poor decision making and lack of driving skill. Highway Code? WTF is that??
They just have to match your speed instead of either dropping in behind or booting it to get out infront.
I often think to myself, ““would you like me to adjust my speed for you■■””
■■■■ off is normally the answer
A couple of years ago I used to move over to lane 2 and let cars out into lane one, more often than not they then sit right on your inside whilst your now stuck in lane 2 like a prick. No flash, no dropping back to let you back in, no thanks, no sod all.
Nowadays I only let other trucks out, ■■■■ the cars!
If a car is merging off the sliproad and I’m not going to make it past them comfortably then I will slow down a bit and flash them in. Most will say ■■■■ them I have right of way bla bla bla but I call it common courtesy and I find most car drivers are very accommodating when I’m trying to merge onto a busy motorway so I’m happy to return the favour.
Now I know this has bee discussed before, but when driving (in a car) on a dual or motorway, and there is about four or five car or vans coming up the on - ramp, if your in lane one and all is quiet to the side and behind,
Do you move over?
I find this is mostly a problem with someone steaming up lane two so nowhere to go but matey boy on the ramp insists on barging on. I find such scenarios as those above can be quite a bit intimidating tbh.
I have now purchased a mount for my phone stuck to the windscreen in my car for my iphone and have downloaded an app for a dash cam which does offer a bit of evidence should the worst happen. I would say everyone should have a similar set up like this.
As I said in another post the other day I had some bint pull out on me on a roundabout as she thought she had right of way onto the roundabout while I was going round it
I didn’t have the camera app then but should the same happen again we’ll see what she or any other knob has to say when I show them the footage…
Vehicles with only one headlight working behind me at night , the one that works is normally blinding me. Does anyone know why the one remaining light always appear to be twice as bright when only one headlamp is working.
NewLad:
I’ve had it happen to me only 3 times but it really does ■■■■ me off when it happens!
Why oh why do car drivers who are in lane 2 on a road which is about to merge into a single lane, assume that I (in lane 1) am the one merging into their lane (lane 2), when there is a massive, huge, [zb] off white arrow on the road pointing from their lane (lane 2) into lane 1, they then get all shirty because they are 2ft past the arse end of the trailer with another 50+ft to go thinking I’m going to stop to let them in.
All three times I haven’t relented, yet have given them enough room and been prepared to stop if necessary, it’s boiling me that much I’m even thinking about pinning the next [zb] against the armco to teach them a lesson.
I don’t know if it’s relevant but each time it’s either been a 4x4 Chelsea tractor or a white van [zb], funnily they are the usual ones who think they own the roads.
+1
Maybe it’s me and I should be closing down the space before they even think about overtaking, it’s just always arse holes in 4x4’s or a van.
sit on that line boy they aint passed the front of the truck not your fault if they redesign the side of their vehicle crack on
We all dish out, and receive many nescafe handshakes in this country.
Nothing steams up a hill, not letting white van man pass like an empty truck though!
Hands up who gets steam coming out of their ears when you’ve moved over into Lane 2 already, approaching an on-slip road with a queue of traffic in it, and the old biddy up front comes to a complete stop at the end of the slip road. Boy racer behind swerves past into the live lane one (which you’ve already vacated) …BUT then some 4x4 knobhead pulls out past BOTH of them into Lane 2 where you have to slam on the brakes to avoid going up his 55mph arse… Why do people buy 4x4s and try to drive them economically FFS?
If you buy a gas guzzler, then clearly money is no object for you. Status-Symbol petrol heads with customized number plates in a font that can’t be read from more than ten feet away are the worst. - Tossers!
White van man speak with forked road. Forked off by me, and I don’t give a fork.
tamarman:
Vehicles with only one headlight working behind me at night , the one that works is normally blinding me. Does anyone know why the one remaining light always appear to be twice as bright when only one headlamp is working.
It even has a traffic flow analogy. Nice.
You’re more likely to be electrocuted if you are wet, and standing in a puddle.
You are more likely to die when touching a live rail if there is a train accelerating from a standing start on the same track nearby - amp draw.
People with low body water content are more likely to survive a severe electric shock than those with a high water content.
Bulbs (older makes of car) should be replaced in pairs, because of the power surge when one of them blows immediately weakens the remaining bulb. If you don’t do this, the second bulb will shortly blow too, and then the surge from that weakens your shiny new bulb replacing the original bulb 1.
100,000 volts and 1 milliamp won’t kill you. 500 amps and one volt will probably burn you at the stake.
Don’t put single metal loops (like watch straps, cooker rings, car keys) near pulsing magnetic fields like starter solenoids. The inducted amps are so high you’ll receive a nasty burn rather than a “shock”.
…now imagine that’s your wrist under a watch strap in place of that nail…
Why not use your spidey sense of spotting someone about to
make an arse of themselves by removing yourself from their
plot to pee you off.
Nothing says sod you like letting them complete their selfish
act when you have put yourself safely out of reach and left
them blasting the horn, shouting and swearing at the nasty
truck that just ain’t there anymore.
Great fun watching them try and stay angry at someone
who just did all they could to stay out of their way.
And the ones that just can’t drive get a free pass and you
don’t need to teach em a lesson by scaring the snot out of em.
Winseer:
We all dish out, and receive many nescafe handshakes in this country.
Nothing steams up a hill, not letting white van man pass like an empty truck though!
Hands up who gets steam coming out of their ears when you’ve moved over into Lane 2 already, approaching an on-slip road with a queue of traffic in it, and the old biddy up front comes to a complete stop at the end of the slip road. Boy racer behind swerves past into the live lane one (which you’ve already vacated) …BUT then some 4x4 knobhead pulls out past BOTH of them into Lane 2 where you have to slam on the brakes to avoid going up his 55mph arse… Why do people buy 4x4s and try to drive them economically FFS?
If you buy a gas guzzler, then clearly money is no object for you. Status-Symbol petrol heads with customized number plates in a font that can’t be read from more than ten feet away are the worst. - Tossers!
White van man speak with forked road. Forked off by me, and I don’t give a fork.
If I won the lottery, then I wouldn’t mind a Range Rover or even well speced Defender, however, yes, they do seem to be driven by utter knobs most of the time.
Those born dumb which is down to genetics. Easily recognised by complete lack of spatial awareness (not just on the road). No concept of speed, distance or what anyone else is doing around them. They live most of their life in a daze, oblivious of everyone and everything.
The arrogant self congratulatory moron, that is the best driver in the world. Easily spotted by such gems of wisdom coming from their lips as “they should be able to stop in that distance”, “it’s perfectly safe to drive fast in thick fog” or the classic “the police should be chasing proper criminals”.
Well I have to confess I performed my own per hate yesterday in my car.
Coming off M6 n’bound J7 (heavy traffic but the managed motorway was on so i had the hard shoulder all to myself as no one likes to use it apparently, although a lot of cars followed me once id undertaken them).
Anyway inside lane of the slip road was at a standsitll but could see things where moving further up so nipped into the outside lane of the slip road (whilst a few cars tried to stop me by nudging over the white line). I then realised it merges into one at the top (how I forgot this I don’t know) so seeing cars bunching up (obviously trying to stop me pulling in) I spotted my chance, a lone BMW had left it to late to close the gap and I barged/aggresively forced my way in and carried on my merry way, got the coffee beans but did thank the driver afterwards.
I gave myself a proper telling off though…
Yin and yang maybe but whatever bad manouveres other drivers peform I always think I have done worse so it never bothers me, in fact I go out of my way to help other vehicles when in my truck, but when in my car all bets are off
Also when there’s a massive gap behind you in lane 1, there’s a few ahead who want to get off, you’ve judged you can stay in lane 1 till they get off & then some prick dives in to lane 1 right in your gap rather than merge behind you & wait 5 seconds.
LIBERTY_GUY:
Bad drivers fall into one of two categories.
Those born dumb which is down to genetics. Easily recognised by complete lack of spatial awareness (not just on the road). No concept of speed, distance or what anyone else is doing around them. They live most of their life in a daze, oblivious of everyone and everything.
The arrogant self congratulatory moron, that is the best driver in the world. Easily spotted by such gems of wisdom coming from their lips as “they should be able to stop in that distance”, “it’s perfectly safe to drive fast in thick fog” or the classic “the police should be chasing proper criminals”.
What about “having points on a licence doesn’t mean I’m bad, just unlucky” or “Speeding points don’t count, because job adverts sez so” or “I have a bigger wad than you, therefore I drive a more expensive vehicle, pay ten times as much as you to insure it - so I’m tops-up over you all the way thou driver of old bangers” … That last one being something I get told a lot.
Also when there’s a massive gap behind you in lane 1, there’s a few ahead who want to get off, you’ve judged you can stay in lane 1 till they get off & then some prick dives in to lane 1 right in your gap rather than merge behind you & wait 5 seconds.
maybe they’re trying to get into the Choir invisible…
Twice last night i had a cars doing 54 54 ish so i catch up indicate out start the overtake side by side then wow is a race and off they go 70 80 90 into the distance they go its like a game to em
tamarman:
Vehicles with only one headlight working behind me at night , the one that works is normally blinding me. Does anyone know why the one remaining light always appear to be twice as bright when only one headlamp is working.
Usually caused by incorrectly fitted lamp / bulb.
(Not sat it the holder correctly thus usually pointing upwards)
Highly likely fitted by the knob driving the car.
