Which cars do you give a wide berth to?

Audi Q7 with female driver - yes I know it`s sexist but …

Dynamo man - Will only ever use sidelights to save the battery, generally a WW2 survivor who drives a Rover 213, Rover Kensington ( because Rovers are good cars ) or Triumph acclaim. Wears a hat and gloves whilst driving.

Close formation platooning - 2 families, Usually people carriers loaded with children, roofboxes, bikes, luggage following their friend 5 ft off their rear bumper with a satnav in the middle of the windscreen. Try as you might you can`t break the convoy. Can be seen anywhere near a Centre Parcs.

Single headlight man - Won`t spend £4 on a new bulb as they have now discovered the front foglight switch which makes the car look " even " from the front and puts enough light on the road.

Folded in wing mirror man - Either folded in / smashed or covered with a plastic bag says they have got no intention of checking for other vehicles.

Farmer Palmer - Landrover swb towing the longest Ifor Williams trailer known to man with a plough on the back. Almost certainly will jacknife before journey`s end.

When was the last time you saw a Triumph Acclaim? Have you just come out of one of HM’s special hotels after a long stay? :grimacing:

Grandma Daisy in her Micra on a Thursday
Multi coloured Ford galaxy’s with amberlights on :laughing: :laughing: :laughing:

TiredAndEmotional:
When was the last time you saw a Triumph Acclaim? Have you just come out of one of HM’s special hotels after a long stay? :grimacing:

Joined 2015 at the same time as a lot of others. Now has 9 posts and has started about 3 threads.
What d`you think?

Franglais:

TiredAndEmotional:
When was the last time you saw a Triumph Acclaim? Have you just come out of one of HM’s special hotels after a long stay? :grimacing:

Joined 2015 at the same time as a lot of others. Now has 9 posts and has started about 3 threads.
What d`you think?

To quote “it’s a puppet”

I never blame the tools for the tools who drive them myself … :laughing:

Aldi’s seem to be especially difficult to control, no matter how small the model the marque always needs your lane on corners and junctions as well as their own, need that road space for the ego presumably :wink:

Lorries i avoid are those with a perma hivis wearer in the driving seat, and those where the windows and mirrors are so filthy its impossible to see in, which must be the same the other way unless one way glass is now an option, oh and box jockeys and london area tipper jockeys.

There is that everyone insulted enough :smiling_imp:

As for tipper man i had to take violent evasive action couple of weeks when tipper man came overtaking through a rapidly narrowing gap after a set of traffic lights at some 50mph, i actually had to throw the lorry onto the slight cut in (thankfully there) in the kerb and stop dead fully loaded or would have had my cab utterly destroyed, i thought half wits like this idiot had been weeded out, apparently not.

Its not just Aldi drivers that you need to keep away from.

Supermarket van delivery drivers. Most are limited to 56 but they seem to apply it across the board regardless of speed limits or traffic etc.

Tipper drivers. I’m sure there’s some decent ones but most drive like bell ends.

Addison Lee/other private hire vehicles. As above.

Anyone with a sat nav stuck to the windscreen in their eyeline. Especially if it’s on daytime colours at night. Nothing screams ■■■■ more than that.

Nissan Micra

Honda ■■■■

Anything Rover. I’ll have an Audi/Mercedes driver ‘making progress’ anytime than some loon creeping along at 25 everywhere.

Tippers

Container wagons on the A12

Any car that overtakes me, with a nervous passenger who has been nominated as chief navigator to visit Aunty Cynthia on a mammoth journey of 75 miles.
The navigator will be clutching on to map printouts off the internet, that their grandson did, as they can’t use the internet.
No sat nav in the car.
On the passengers map is an out of date map circa 1945 bombing raid route.
The confusion sets in with a multiple choice of lanes to use or exit from in the road works.
You can see a heated argument as they are now totally clueless and lost even with the dambusters road map and map printouts.

NONE…i treat everybody the same as they all have the same rights as me…and thats to use the same roads as me…i am entitled to nothing more because i drive a 44 ton truck, and i look down on nobody…all here for the same purpose…to survive the best way we can.

Any car with a Vermont plate, that’s hard to do when 30% of my job involves driving in Vermont :laughing:

Keep nuclear blast distance from:-

Fake Antlers sticking out the window
Big bright ball on aerial, or aerial ornaments in general
Football flags hanging off
Cars with eyelashes on the headlights
Fish signs on the back
“Little person on board” stickers - I leave and find a different road or county
Prius drivers
Audis as a rule are magnetic, they stick to your rear bumper.

When parking I avoid the above and additionally crap boxes or cars with battle damage on the doors

None, there’s only going to be one winner. :wink:

Freight Dog:
Keep nuclear blast distance from:-

Fake Antlers sticking out the window
Big bright ball on aerial, or aerial ornaments in general
Football flags hanging off
Cars with eyelashes on the headlights
Fish signs on the back
“Little person on board” stickers - I leave and find a different road or county
Prius drivers
Audis as a rule are magnetic, they stick to your rear bumper.

When parking I avoid the above and additionally crap boxes or cars with battle damage on the doors

Oh yeah I forgot about the fish sticker :smiley:

Oh forgot

Women in 4x4s normally with kids in the back. Some cry sexist. I yell back ■■■■■■■■. It’s identifying risk based on previous form. I’ve nearly been taken out several times by them, had my doors clunked, tailgated. You name it. Must be in the drivers handbook.

Nuclear blast distance applies to them too.

TiredAndEmotional:
When was the last time you saw a Triumph Acclaim? Have you just come out of one of HM’s special hotels after a long stay? :grimacing:

Not been in prison … yet

Had my Grandad in mind when I put Triumph Acclaim … a lovely old boy but a useless driver … not sure he ever had to sit a test ■■

Anything pink !
Anything with stickers like " powered by fairy dust "
Anything " stanced "
Anything chavved up especially if driven by a female trying to be a driving god .
Toyota Prius
4x4s with bling wheels and / or black windows .
Anything with black windows .

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The ones at night sitting in the middle lane at 40mph, with full beams on, and fog lights all round.

The ones who overtake me at a normal speed, then once they’re about 10 ft past me, slow and match my speed, sometimes drifting into my lane. I often see they’re fiddling with their phone.

And I don’t like the ones in the early hours who sit 6ft from my back door, for miles on end, on an empty motorway, and won’t overtake, no matter how many clicks I knock off. Gets me nervous.

ezydriver:
The ones at night sitting in the middle lane at 40mph, with full beams on, and fog lights all round.

The ones who overtake me at a normal speed, then once they’re about 10 ft past me, slow and match my speed, sometimes drifting into my lane. I often see they’re fiddling with their phone.

And I don’t like the ones in the early hours who sit 6ft from my back door, for miles on end, on an empty motorway, and won’t overtake, no matter how many clicks I knock off. Gets me nervous.

Totally agree with this one, happens here in France too. Why do they do that?
I’m with you on slowing down, even to the point of braking hard to show them that I don’t want them there. If I’m approaching an exit I think, Hmmm they’re being safe , not overtaking then cutting in in front to exit, but if they’re still there after the junction then it’s a case of Flick off and go round me !!!