People
who, while driving, feel the need to swerve left before turning right, and vice versa.
It does not serve a purpose of any sort.
Where did these cunts get their license and where did they pick up the idea?

Where?
(JTR JTR, Fri 16 Oct 2009, 6:57, 4 replies)

It's called the Scandinavian Flick
If you're driving RWD, you can use the weight transfer to induce pleasing amounts of oversteer. You're really supposed to use it in rallies to set up for a handbrake turn, but if I'm on a deserted, wet road, I like to get the tail out a bit. But no, I don't do it in traffic.

And, if your car has a long wheelbase it sometimes helps you avoid scraping the middle along the curb. Buses, for instance, could take out a traffic light if they don't take a wide corner.
(Ladyfingers is in your wardrobe,, Fri 16 Oct 2009, 7:08, closed)

Over here...
... it's out to the right, then left.

As Ladyfingers says, it's important to get this right if you're trying to get a large vehicle round a tight junction. It's fairly pointless in all but the largest cars (although there are two junctions where I need to do that with my Citroen CX, but that's very nearly 19 feet long and the junctions are *really* tight).

Of course I tend to do it in my gf's little VW Polo because I still have my truck head on...
(gordonjcp, Fri 16 Oct 2009, 7:58, closed)

I recall my driving instructor
Calling this 'swan necking'.

And yes, it fucking annoys me too
( snee held his breath since, Fri 16 Oct 2009, 12:29, closed)

So, what we learn is:
It's really useful for very tight corners, relative to the size of vehicle.

In nearly all (non-HGV) cases, this does not apply on the actual road, but may do eg in car-parks.
(MartinB9999, Mon 19 Oct 2009, 11:36, closed)