You were warned

Win-Stone:
It’s again coming up to that time of year when the cretins, sorry, tourists confirm to myself and countless others that they can’t drive for toffee.

The A82 between Fort Bill and Inverness.

It has things called ‘corners’.
All cars are fitted with things called ‘steering wheels’

If you turn the ‘steering wheel’ the car changes direction.
Unfortunately, too many cretins, sorry again, tourists, seem to be incapable of turning the said ‘wheel’ while doing more than about 20 or 30mph.

On a 60mph road!

They also, on the few occasions where the road is straight (ish) and you could safely overtake, invariably disappear in a cloud of dust as they speed up to xxmph – meaning that you can’t get past them then either.

Oh, and they are oblivious to the two mile tail-back that they cause because they are so busy admiring the scenery that they can’t use their mirrors. That would be multi-tasking.

…… and they can’t use parking places to let the traffic clear because …… well, “why should they”?

Of course, flash them, or blow your horn at them, and they’ll report you to the Police for ‘Harassment’ or Tail-gating.
(if a fully laden Artic is climbing all over the back of your car to the point where the driver could probably clean your rear screen, then it’s a hint that you might, just might, be going a tad too bloody slow!)

It gets worse: An amazing number of cretins, blast, tourists, drive things called ‘campers’.
Do they know how wide they are?
Do they [zb]
Are they convinced that the thing is as wide as a supertanker?
Yes!

Is it their fault when they lose a wing-mirror to a lorry because they insist on driving with the wheels on, or over, the white line?
No… their camper is HUGE, so it’s obviously the Lorry’s fault.

…… And this will go on until the middle/end of October.

Sob.

Muppet :wink:

Contraflow:

Win-Stone:
(if a fully laden Artic is climbing all over the back of your car to the point where the driver could probably clean your rear screen, then it’s a hint that you might, just might, be going a tad too bloody slow!)

This thread won’t go well for you.

Hahahaha PMSL.

“If your that close to clean the back window” surely the words professional and driver don’t belong together.

How many threads are on here about the image the public have of trucks? Yes we all have to be somewhere every day but I’m sure the OP would soon be on here moaning about a wobbly box overturned blocking the road for hours coz a truck was pushing it to faster than it was comfortable with.

I drive the A82 4or5 times a week and if a get held up thats just tough luck just sit back and enjoy the drive with some music.

I smell a full scale retreat by the OP

F-reds:
I smell a full scale retreat by the OP

The Op should go easy on those poor tourists. They’re clearly lost and looking for England.

They’ll soon be out of your hair in no time OP. The poor bewildered souls caught in pergatory…

Yes I nearly got wiped out in our hire car by a f*****g muppet in a semi hoofing it round a (left hand to him) bend with the front of his unit on the wrong side of the road. Me and my missus nearly ended up in the Loch. Must have been the op doing a timed run with a priceless load that just had to be there on time.

Oh dear , i’m due to travel the a82 soon with my trusty wobble box behind me . Should i pm the op before i set off for permission to use " his " road , is there a toll ? do i need to travel at night ? i shan’t sleep for worrying about it .

Nah, just go at 45mph as then it will be you up the arse of a truck cos we all know they only go at 40 on the A82 :slight_smile:

Looking at all the skid marks on the A303 by Stonehenge, is caused by stinges too tight to park in the car park and pay a fortune to see an old building site , they would rather drive past it, stop their Rover car in the live lane taking photos .
About time they put a screen to block the view or a tunnel.
Tourists leave their brains at home, they need signs when coming off the ferry in France to drive on the other side of the road.
They get lost in fuel stations, have no clue what type of fuel to use .

OP has a point; I doubt many of the white knights on this thead would happily “admire the scenery” behind a camper doing 30 mph on an A road for 4.5 hours between Inverness and John O’ Groats, with little to no passing places and refusing to pull over.

The irony is that, while the OP is being slated for an “I own the road” attitude, those to who he alludes are no better.

Wobbly box? Christ…

There are plenty places to have a crap. You don’t have to drag your toilet around with you.

Javiatrix:
OP has a point; I doubt many of the white knights on this thead would happily “admire the scenery” behind a camper doing 30 mph on an A road for 4.5 hours between Inverness and John O’ Groats, with little to no passing places and refusing to pull over.

The irony is that, while the OP is being slated for an “I own the road” attitude, those to who he alludes are no better.

He has got a point yeh, but he lost support for that point when he implied he sat up someone’s arse at a dangerous distance flashing and blasting horns.
Also would anybody sit for a full 4.5 hours as you say in reality, I doubt it.
The ones he alludes to know no better where as pro.s are supposed to.
It’s got ■■■■ all to do with ‘White Knights’ mate but everything to do with either driving with professionalism or driving like a complete cockend.

I’ve found caravanners to be a lot like farmers recently; I think the bad press they’ve got has led them to be a lot more considerate with regard to holding others up.
I find campervans are a lot worse for being rolling roadblocks, especially ancient ones like those Bedford things from the late '70s onwards and my pet hate, VW Caravannettes. Hideous Hitler revenge weapons, favoured by hippies and wannabe gap yeat students. The most rewarding thing about a summer traffic jam is that it does to a VW what sunlight does to Dracula. :smiling_imp: