Driving rants

[bluewolf]

People, and there appear to be plenty on here, who believe that roads are solely built for them, and who complain bitterly about things that delay their journey by precious seconds.
Where the feck are you going? Are you delivering a still beating heart to the hospital?? Set out earlier if your journey is so important.

 

[Beezerk]

I do about 50,000 miles a year but what grates me has probably already been mentioned.

Idiots sitting in the outside line on a major 2 lane road (A19, A1 etc) so there's no one in the left hand lane for half a mile!
Those 4 lane bits on the motorways! Everyone just migrates across to the right one lane anyway!
Lorries in the 3rd lane of a 4 lane section of motorway!
Pensioners who accelerate from 60 to 90 because you dared get too close to their rear bumper!
Blokes on phones!
Women texting on phones!
That self righteous knob who's doing 49Mph in the outside lane of a 50Mph section of roadworks, oblivious (or not if he's a proper tw@t) that there's a huge line of traffic behind him!
Flatback "gypo" trucks with brushes sticking out of the metal bits at the back of the cab, you just know they don't give a flying hoof!

I need a lay down now!

 

[ColchesterFC]

Surely if the cyclists want car drivers to give them as much room as possible they should ride in single file so that I can give them more room. If they are two (or more) abreast then I can't possibly give them the same amount of room.

 

[bluewolf]

Surely if the cyclists want car drivers to give them as much room as possible they should ride in single file so that I can give them more room. If they are two (or more) abreast then I can't possibly give them the same amount of room.

In my experience, there are plenty of car/wagon/bus drivers who think that the best way to get around a cyclist is to give them about 6 inches of room and accelerate past. If cyclists are 2 abreast, the driver has to wait until it is safe to pass. There are wrongs and rights on both sides, but one side is far more likely to die in the event of an accident.
In all honesty, how much time do people lose when behind cyclists? A minute at most? What's the rush?

 

[upsidedown]

That self righteous knob who's doing 49Mph in the outside lane of a 50Mph section of roadworks,

In our local paper it was well documented how much money they'd collected in fines from motorists who exceeded the "average 50 speed limit " in the road works on the M54 , over £250,000 so always smile to myself when others whizz past me in them now .

 

[Beezerk]

In our local paper it was well documented how much money they'd collected in fines from motorists who exceeded the "average 50 speed limit " in the road works on the M54 , over £250,000 so always smile to myself when others whizz past me in them now .

I know, on the A1 they get thousands a day apparently. Not from me though, set my cruise control at 54 and away I go

 

[bluewolf]

I know, on the A1 they get thousands a day apparently. Not from me though, set my cruise control at 54 and away I go

You must get all the chicks

 

[JohnnyDee]

I know, on the A1 they get thousands a day apparently. Not from me though, set my cruise control at 54 and away I go

See you're placing your trust on the ACPO guidelines - 10% + 2mph over before getting pinched.

For me that's too close as I don't trust the guidelines. I've read that although suggested they don't need to be adhered to as such and that 54 can get done if they decide they want to. So you've guessed it, I'm the 49mph bloke, just to be on the safe side. Although I keep to the inside lane whilst the artics hammer by me at 54. Sorry Beezerk.:whoo:

 

[DanFST]

For me that's too close as I don't trust the guidelines. I've read that although suggested they don't need to be adhered to as such and that 54 can get done if they decide they want to. So you've guessed it, I'm the 49mph bloke, just to be on the safe side.

The Speedo in your car will read higher than your actual speed, so a 77 on the speedo is most likely a 70.

You can be that 54 guy! Live a little!

 

[bluewolf]

The Speedo in your car will read higher than your actual speed, so a 77 on the speedo is most likely a 70.

You can be that 54 guy! Live a little!

its not always that much though. I checked my speedo using my bike GPS and it's only 2-3mph out. I'm not sure if it's an industry standard or not

 

[NorfolkShaun]

People who either do not indicate on roundabouts when turning right but then manage to indicate left as the turn off, or people who just indicate left when turning right on a roundabout.

Cyclists who use zebra crossings to cross a road, go through red lights and ride along a busy road beside a cycle path put there for their safety..........

People who use their fog lights all year round.

and of course middle lane hogers on motorways

 

[DanFST]

its not always that much though. I checked my speedo using my bike GPS and it's only 2-3mph out. I'm not sure if it's an industry standard or not

Thats interesting, what speed did you test it at? As it should be a % rather than a certain mph.

The only thing I know is that they cannot read lower, so always read more just incase, then tyres/wheels lots of things can have change that further.

 

[upsidedown]

its not always that much though. I checked my speedo using my bike GPS and it's only 2-3mph out. I'm not sure if it's an industry standard or not

My GPS is 3 mph lower than car speedo .

 

[bluewolf]

Thats interesting, what speed did you test it at? As it should be a % rather than a certain mph.

The only thing I know is that they cannot read lower, so always read more just incase, then tyres/wheels lots of things can have change that further.

my GPS was reading 67 when the car was running at 70. Still a comfortable margin with the tolerances that the Blues allow. To be fair, I rarely break 70 anymore. I'm a dawdler these days

 

[JohnnyDee]

The Speedo in your car will read higher than your actual speed, so a 77 on the speedo is most likely a 70.

You can be that 54 guy! Live a little!

It's tempting... it really is. But I'm just too...too...too law abiding to live my life in the fast lane like you sophisticated city slickers.😄😄

 

[daymond]

All pushbikes should be fitted with speed limiters set at 10mph when ridden on public roads. That will deal with the 30+mph lycra brigade.

 

[daymond]

I believe, by law, ALL tachometers must read less than the true speed.

 

[Blue in Munich]

The Speedo in your car will read higher than your actual speed, so a 77 on the speedo is most likely a 70.

You can be that 54 guy! Live a little!

its not always that much though. I checked my speedo using my bike GPS and it's only 2-3mph out. I'm not sure if it's an industry standard or not

The speedometer in a car must not under-read and can over-read by a maximum of 10%; it will not necessarily be 10% as allowance has to be made for tyre wear which will change the rolling circumference and hence the reading over the life of the tyre. Some manufacturers allow a variety of tyre sizes on the one vehicle hence have to cover all the bases. They are a lot nearer the truth than they used to be.

my GPS was reading 67 when the car was running at 70. Still a comfortable margin with the tolerances that the Blues allow. To be fair, I rarely break 70 anymore. I'm a dawdler these days

Be careful on the allowances; the wife's boss got a speed awareness course for 33 in a 30 at 1am, well under ACPO guidelines.

 

[JohnnyDee]

Be careful on the allowances; the wife's boss got a speed awareness course for 33 in a 30 at 1am, well under ACPO guidelines.

If I might use the vernacular of the MC and the Rapper.

"That's what I'm sayin!"

The ACPO guidelines should not be trusted and hence my 49mph in average speed motorway roadworks. My work depends upon me being able to drive and these days it is so easy to get disqualified if you're not careful.

 

[USER1999]

The GPS in my car agrees exactly with the speedometer , from 30 through to thoroughly unlegal speeds. I don't get where these theories of inaccuracy come from. It's 2015, not 1965