You know the whole 'women are better drivers' 'Oh no they're not!' debate? In
my experience, generally poor driving seems to more women and old people, and dangerous driving is more men.
I was thinking of keeping a log of poor driving and who'd done it, things like 'pulled out and caused someone to slow down', 'drove at 40 at in a 50 limit, then kept at 40 into the 30 limit', 'caused 15 cars to stop as they tried to reverse into a main road rather than reversing into their drive and coming out forwards' and see if there's any truth in it.

What bad driving thing do you get exasperated at?
( Druid, Wed 17 Jun 2009, 12:36, archived)

Two things:
People getting in the wrong lane at a roundabout.
People who don't use indicators, particularly at roundabouts.
( The Great Architect is still waiting for his account to be deleted on, Wed 17 Jun 2009, 12:37, archived)

GAH! No indicating is my biggest beef
Also tailgating when you're driving in the slow lane at 70mph and they have got 4 lanes to over take on. Same goes for people that try and squeeze in a queue at the last minute.
( Donkey Gums @mattcomedy, Wed 17 Jun 2009, 12:41, archived)

You mean on a motorway approaching a junction,
and someone has to force their way into the correct lane instead of being there in good time?

They piss me off more than most.
( Master Of Turnips. Only gays and morons believe in ghosts., Wed 17 Jun 2009, 12:43, archived)

Indeed, happens all the time towards hanger lane and bungs up the whole carriage way as no one can get past.
I've sat with my car revving fully and horn down constantly when someone did this to me.
( Donkey Gums @mattcomedy, Wed 17 Jun 2009, 12:45, archived)

You seem to have a inherent hatred for roundabouts
Come and live in basingstoke, kill or cure
Bonus fact:- Basingstoke is mentioned in the hitchhikers guide to the galaxy ref roundabouts.
( Gooch Is neither here nor there, Wed 17 Jun 2009, 12:43, archived)

This is one of mine.
I don't let people out if they're not indicating, even when it's obvious which way they want to go.
( Druid, Wed 17 Jun 2009, 12:55, archived)

Can it be bad parking instead? I don't drive.
BMW cunt parks on the parky bit at the back of my house. He's been told not to a billion times but still he does. I think I should now be allowed to remove and keep a bit of his car each day, but Mama says I'll probably get arrested and jailed for a hundred years in the tower.
( Captain Wow currently being a cunt in Infamous, Wed 17 Jun 2009, 12:37, archived)

friend of mine came home to find a car in his driveway that didn't belong to anyone they knew
after a few days we just pushed it into the road, blocked the road with it and then called the police who removed it to their pound.

Never heard anything further.
(Goatse not a comedy account, Wed 17 Jun 2009, 12:41, archived)

He takes it away every day, then gets back before any of the rest of us do.
The gip is he lives about two seconds away, in a house that I KNOW has a garage at the end of the back garden, with access behind it. What is it with BMW drivers?
( Captain Wow currently being a cunt in Infamous, Wed 17 Jun 2009, 12:42, archived)

it's nothing to do with BMW drivers.
CHB drives them. I've had a couple. This chap is just a cunt who happens to have a BMW, not the other way round.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 17 Jun 2009, 12:51, archived)

He's not the first BMW driver I've known to be a complete twat.
Sorry, though, Badgypoos.
( Captain Wow currently being a cunt in Infamous, Wed 17 Jun 2009, 12:55, archived)

The Venn diagram of the people I know
with the subsets "twats" and "BMW drivers" and "non-BWM drivers" overlaps much more between the first and the third, but point taken ;)
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 17 Jun 2009, 13:00, archived)

Audi drivers are the new BMW drivers

( Pickle Fairy is clumsily dancing away this fear, Wed 17 Jun 2009, 12:53, archived)

Apply for a clamping licence
Clamp the bastard and fill the locks with superglue so it can never move again
( Maximinimus you stick around I'll make it worth your while, Wed 17 Jun 2009, 12:41, archived)

Sounds expensive....

( Captain Wow currently being a cunt in Infamous, Wed 17 Jun 2009, 12:44, archived)

Glue a notice to his windscreen as cr3 suggested
Use poster glue so it doesn't come off easily
( Maximinimus you stick around I'll make it worth your while, Wed 17 Jun 2009, 12:45, archived)

It shall be done.

( Captain Wow currently being a cunt in Infamous, Wed 17 Jun 2009, 12:47, archived)

I don't drive,
My commute to walk involves walking through a park,
I only have to cross one road.

I have been to malta though, where instead of sticking to one side of the road they tend to drive in the shade.
(PsychoChomp, Wed 17 Jun 2009, 12:37, archived)

Crawling along in the middle lane
Intentionally accelerating just as you start to overtake them
Doing doughnuts in crowded playgrounds.
( Flapjack I spay a little mare for you, Wed 17 Jun 2009, 12:38, archived)

Women dither, blokes get aggro
neither sex are as good a driver as me
( broadsword, Wed 17 Jun 2009, 12:38, archived)

As a BMW driver, nobody ever lets me out.
That's why I invested in this RPG.
( Captn Hood-Butter is not dead yet., Wed 17 Jun 2009, 12:38, archived)

You stay at home and play Warcraft?
'noon Cap'n
( Godzuki needs more sleep., Wed 17 Jun 2009, 12:42, archived)

'ello.
I don't play any games at all. I'm far too old for that you know. I do however, play poker.
( Captn Hood-Butter is not dead yet., Wed 17 Jun 2009, 12:44, archived)

old grown up / socially adequate
( Godzuki needs more sleep., Wed 17 Jun 2009, 12:46, archived)

10/10

( Captn Hood-Butter is not dead yet., Wed 17 Jun 2009, 12:47, archived)

Old people.
I hate old people driving.

I think your experience is a universal one. They also take about a month at every junction.
( Master Of Turnips. Only gays and morons believe in ghosts., Wed 17 Jun 2009, 12:38, archived)

I think everyone is a shit driver compared to me.

( Donkey Gums @mattcomedy, Wed 17 Jun 2009, 12:38, archived)

YOURS!
You have no room what-so-ever to call other drivers!

And weekend drivers piss me off.
( jenpots, Wed 17 Jun 2009, 12:39, archived)

Weekend drivers can be annoying.
They normally wear white cloth caps.
( Druid, Wed 17 Jun 2009, 12:57, archived)

oh dear, have things gotten that bad?
you need some more hobbies
( manolith hooray for me, Wed 17 Jun 2009, 12:39, archived)

People being impatient.
The cause of most accidents.
( BindiBaji, Wed 17 Jun 2009, 12:40, archived)

My ex-housemate,
either drove full throttle or full brake, nothing in between and I'm honestly not exaggerating.
( Master Of Turnips. Only gays and morons believe in ghosts., Wed 17 Jun 2009, 12:40, archived)

Some people do indeed have switches instead of throttles

( Gooch Is neither here nor there, Wed 17 Jun 2009, 12:44, archived)

He didn't understand the concept of accellerating through corners,
he'd accellerate until he got to a corner and brake through it if he needed to.

He also had a massive shouting fit at a woman who was in the correct lane when he was in the wrong lane at a traffic light, and she got in his way.
( Master Of Turnips. Only gays and morons believe in ghosts., Wed 17 Jun 2009, 12:46, archived)

I don't drive
But I hate people who drive nearly in the middle of the road and constantly look like they are trying to take over the car in front of them.
( Mrs Sp@m, Wed 17 Jun 2009, 12:41, archived)

what I think
is that women are hopeless and that men are reckless and cool.

I hate it when drivers block where I want to cross the road or even the crossing for the sake of moving forward a few metres very slowly. selfish. I think it's some sort of weird territorial thing.
( 100% kitten better than ever, Wed 17 Jun 2009, 12:42, archived)

People who cut the corner when turning off a road
even if someone is waiting to come out of the junction, causing them to brake suddenly and the person waiting to shit themselve.
( Master Of Turnips. Only gays and morons believe in ghosts., Wed 17 Jun 2009, 12:42, archived)

This
www.b3ta.com/talk/6231054
( Pickle Fairy is clumsily dancing away this fear, Wed 17 Jun 2009, 12:42, archived)

hardly anyone seems to realise
that pedestrians have right of way across T-junctions and the like.
( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Wed 17 Jun 2009, 12:43, archived)

that's because they don't
unless there is a distinct difference in road size, when pedestrians have right of way on a minor road over traffic turning off a major road.

Also, pedestrian right of way is negated by any other road junction control, such as traffic lights, but also stop signs and give way signs. So if you can find me a T-junction with roads of equal size which has no juction control of any form, then yeah, the pedestrian has right of way.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 17 Jun 2009, 12:57, archived)

pedestrians have the same rights of way as traffic,
as far as I understand it. If there's a give way sign, that means give way to everything, not just motor vehicles.
Also if I'm going to cross a T-junction and someone wants to turn right into it, I have right of way over him, just as a car coming the other way down the road would.
( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Wed 17 Jun 2009, 13:03, archived)

I'm pretty sure this isn't true
as it is complicated by the fact that pedestrians can come from many more directions than traffic, so right of way would be impossible to judge in that situation. Also you are coming from a pavement onto a road even at a junction, so you would have to give way to what was already on the road, by that argument, in the same way you can't just step out into the road anywhere.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 17 Jun 2009, 13:12, archived)

Highway code rule 170
www.direct.gov.uk/en/TravelAndTransport/Highwaycode/DG_070332

"Give way to pedestrians who have started to cross"
( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Wed 17 Jun 2009, 13:16, archived)

people going too fucking fast

I'd have the speed limit at about 12, I reckon
( 100% kitten better than ever, Wed 17 Jun 2009, 12:45, archived)

I hate you

( Master Of Turnips. Only gays and morons believe in ghosts., Wed 17 Jun 2009, 12:46, archived)

I am utterly indifferent to you

( 100% kitten better than ever, Wed 17 Jun 2009, 12:49, archived)

you're such a dippy shit

(rigby happened on (and with added toothache), Wed 17 Jun 2009, 12:48, archived)

you eggy woofter

( 100% kitten better than ever, Wed 17 Jun 2009, 12:49, archived)

not indicating
then not understanding why I am halfway across the road they want to turn into.
( 100% kitten better than ever, Wed 17 Jun 2009, 12:48, archived)

yes, this.

( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Wed 17 Jun 2009, 12:49, archived)

if they aren't indicating
then yeah, I fully agree with your right to throw rocks at them.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 17 Jun 2009, 13:03, archived)

they are trying to kill you for the
ransom i posted..a whole ten pounds

run fucker run
(rigby happened on (and with added toothache), Wed 17 Jun 2009, 12:50, archived)

is that all you could scrape together?
are times that hard? :(
( 100% kitten better than ever, Wed 17 Jun 2009, 12:53, archived)

nope
that's all you're worth
sorry dear
(rigby happened on (and with added toothache), Wed 17 Jun 2009, 13:01, archived)

I had no idea you cared so much!

( 100% kitten better than ever, Wed 17 Jun 2009, 13:45, archived)

this ^^

( weaver., Wed 17 Jun 2009, 12:56, archived)

You shouldn't block a junction like that anyway,
you prannock.
( Druid, Wed 17 Jun 2009, 12:58, archived)

how should I cross the road then
you fat mong
( 100% kitten better than ever, Wed 17 Jun 2009, 12:59, archived)

Oh, you're on foot?
That's OK then. Anyway, you have right of way, they have to wait for you to cross.
( Druid, Wed 17 Jun 2009, 13:05, archived)

any sort of pushing in
and jumping the queue
( 100% kitten better than ever, Wed 17 Jun 2009, 12:50, archived)

*pushes your queue*
*and poos in your shoe*
(rigby happened on (and with added toothache), Wed 17 Jun 2009, 12:55, archived)

cor!

( 100% kitten better than ever, Wed 17 Jun 2009, 12:57, archived)

People that don't enjoy my jerky terrible clutch control and a handbrake turns in Waitrose Carparks in the wet.

( Donkey Gums @mattcomedy, Wed 17 Jun 2009, 12:53, archived)