peterm:
And anuvver fing. Bloody indicators on modern cars that you can’t see unless they’re pointing straight at you and not in the sun. All in the name of making the car look good… in the designers eyes. Clear glass with a yellow/orange bulb are the worst.
Yep. Not much of a problem in the UK in the winter, but true enough.
And scrolling indicators. We notice a bright flash from a light more than a gently increasing one. Why sacrifice a working system for a less good one? Put 6 LEDs on at once, not one at a time.
Its got that bad i now find myself waving an acknowledgement of thanks if someone has allowed me to maintain progress by indicating sensibly.
The most annoying by far are non drivers attending the steering wheels of lorries failing to indicate, usually sporting a sewn on hivis.
Oh and whilst on a roll, one of Robroy’s bestest mates in the whole world overtook me last weeked, supermarket plobber resplendent in orange perma hivis, he just managed to not quite remove the osf corner pillar of my wagon when he pulled straight back in after an overtake, sod all on the road either he could have stayed in the midddle lane for 10 minutes and inconvenienced no one probably used to pulling a short arse urban trailer so a long one didn’t compute.
Juddian:
Its got that bad i now find myself waving an acknowledgement of thanks if someone has allowed me to maintain progress by indicating sensibly.
The most annoying by far are non drivers attending the steering wheels of lorries failing to indicate, usually sporting a sewn on hivis.
Oh and whilst on a roll, one of Robroy’s bestest mates in the whole world overtook me last weeked, supermarket plobber resplendent in orange perma hivis, he just managed to not quite remove the osf corner pillar of my wagon when he pulled straight back in after an overtake, sod all on the road either he could have stayed in the midddle lane for 10 minutes and inconvenienced no one probably used to pulling a short arse urban trailer so a long one didn’t compute.
Fair play to you admitting on a public forum that a supermarket plobber over took you, I’ve heard there’s counselling for that followed by a fully paid week off to get over the trauma
Juddian:
Its got that bad i now find myself waving an acknowledgement of thanks if someone has allowed me to maintain progress by indicating sensibly.
I do the opposite - when there’s a stream of 40mph ‘‘Oh I’m turning left so I don’t need to indicate’’ I roll down my window and all of them after the 3rd one get a rude gesture. Only when I’m in my car though so I can outrun them if needed.
Fair play to you admitting on a public forum that a supermarket plobber over took you, I’ve heard there’s counselling for that followed by a fully paid week off to get over the trauma
, seem to be more and more rented or contract haulier units on supermarket traction now, not all governed to 50mph any longer.
I seem to get overtaken by plenty of supermarket lorries nowadays, all with one thing in common; the driver is not wearing company uniform but rather sportswear, fastened up hi vis and the obligatory bluetooth earpiece flashing away.
When my son was leaning to drive a few years ago I was shocked to find that modern day driving instructors are teaching new drivers not to indicate on roundabouts until its the exit they want.
If that was the case how would they ever pass their test? These sort of comments are usually down to misinterpretation.
What baffles me is when I’m behind a vehicle be it hgv or car etc they indicate on one roundabout but not the next? Some of the worse ones are the guys I work with ! They have the audacity to moan at other drivers for not indicating exiting roundabouts whilst I’m on the phone to them! My little game now is, if I notice the vehicle behind me isn’t indicating then when I come to a right hand turn I don’t indicate and when they angrily sound their horn I laugh out loud! But the best I’ve heard from my sister in law is… if they’re are no cars around them they don’t indicate! I say what about pedestrians or cyclists you may not have seen? Oh I didn’t know I had to do that for them!
Any one who know the centre of Eastleigh there’s a roundabout with exits at junction of Southampton , Lidls , Twyford , Leigh and bishop Stoke road
I regularly get cars and vans come out west wards from Bishop Stoke road with no indicators on to then turn north up Twyford road [emoji49]
The get a shock because I’ve pulled out of Leigh road to go straight over [emoji23]
Their track would imply they’re going straight over west along Leigh road
the maoster:
I seem to get overtaken by plenty of supermarket lorries nowadays, all with one thing in common; the driver is not wearing company uniform but rather sportswear, fastened up hi vis and the obligatory bluetooth earpiece flashing away.
Some of them go like ■■■■. I don’t know if Spar have an RDC somewhere in Lancs but see them all the time on the M61 and all of them do at least 58 mph, artics and the rigids/W&Gs.
Had an Asda Scania unit pulling a Cartwright hire trailer today down the M61 and he was matching my speed at 65 mph down the hill to Bolton services. I was struggling to get past him with a full tanker but quickly fixed the issue with a quick flick to N.
the maoster:
I seem to get overtaken by plenty of supermarket lorries nowadays, all with one thing in common; the driver is not wearing company uniform but rather sportswear, fastened up hi vis and the obligatory bluetooth earpiece flashing away.
Some of them go like [zb]. I don’t know if Spar have an RDC somewhere in Lancs but see them all the time on the M61 and all of them do at least 58 mph, artics and the rigids/W&Gs.
Had an Asda Scania unit pulling a Cartwright hire trailer today down the M61 and he was matching my speed at 65 mph down the hill to Bolton services. I was struggling to get past him with a full tanker but quickly fixed the issue with a quick flick to N.
probably used to pulling a short arse urban trailer so a long one didn’t compute.
, seem to be more and more rented or contract haulier units on supermarket traction now, not all governed to 50mph any longer.
