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Old Oct 4, 2011 | 11:53 AM
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Another new one seems to be people that will proceed up long two lane exit roads to turn right, in the right hand lane, at the slowest possible speed without stalling, when the road front and back is empty apart from you/me
Well, if you can only do 20 in your Ppinggponng Lalala and cannot rotate your head to use the door mirror, there's NFW you can merge into a lane where everyone else is happily doing 70. So you have to get in it in Eastbourne. Or Hertford, apparently; they've been doing it here for years. Unless it's taken them years to drive from Hertford to Sussex, of course...

Oh yes, they start in Eastbourne and eventually get to graduate to Seaford .... Then they try to leave Sussex nightmare
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Old Oct 13, 2011 | 10:55 AM
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Indicators do not give you right of way nor create gaps in traffic
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Old Oct 13, 2011 | 11:17 AM
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I hope that was a near miss, Mikey.
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Old Oct 13, 2011 | 01:35 PM
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Originally Posted by mikey k
Indicators do not give you right of way nor create gaps in traffic
Wossan indicator?
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Old Oct 13, 2011 | 01:46 PM
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People speeding up when your overtaking really gets my blood boiling, they see it as some sort of insult/challenge even when doing less than the speed limit - generally seems to be people in dare i say less inferior cars.

My mate used to do this and it really pissed me off (its dangerous), to the point where i fell out with him for a wee while.

When I'm cruising at x mph and someone wants to get pass, they can do doesn't matter if its a fiesta 1.0L or a Nissan GTR.
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Old Oct 13, 2011 | 03:09 PM
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very dangerous roids.. i followed someone who did that to me and had a road rage incident with him
small, fat, weedy guy with glasses. probably a weeny cock too. i doubt he did it twice.

i mellowed now, they just get the finger
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Old Oct 14, 2011 | 03:03 AM
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Probably a lot is reason these people are failures in life is they have never grown up and still act like children.

If they're that immature, they shouldn't be allowed to procreate, let alone hold a driving licence.
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Old Oct 14, 2011 | 12:31 PM
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Originally Posted by Nick Graves
If they're that immature, they shouldn't be allowed to procreate, let alone hold a driving licence.
...Or even Lego
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Old Oct 14, 2011 | 02:52 PM
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Had another one this week.

A long line of traffic on a single carriageway A road, 60mph limit.
There were a few chances to overtake but no attempts were made. As we approached a roundabout I timed my entrance with the traffic and was therefore able to pass a Merc as he pulled away from a standing start.

He didn't like that. Despite me being nowhere near him, the entrance to and around the roundabout being a good two lanes he took it a bit personally. He spent the next mile or so faking to overtake me - both inside and outside, crossing hatched junction markings all sorts of loony stuff. I ignored him.

Until the opportunity to overtake the car in front presented itself and I disappeared into the distance giving him a little wave.
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Old Oct 14, 2011 | 08:53 PM
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We shouldn't be surprised at the level of ignorance out there. Take dual carriageways with a central reservation - the NSL on these roads is 70, not 60. On the A449 between Ombersley and Worcester - which is one such road - there are 2 speed cameras Southbound and one Northbound - around a third of drivers will slow to 60 as they approach these. On the Northbound carriageway as you come off the first roundabout from Jcn 6 of the M5 the outside lane is covered in white hatched markings but with a broken white line dividing the two lanes - so you can use the outside lane to overtake if it's safe to do so. I will on average get at least one horn blast from the sheep in lane 1 when I use the hatched lane to overtake them.
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