Midnight21 Posted October 31, 2009 Share Posted October 31, 2009 I reckon you're right... but I don't think I need a swallae half as much as some of the Daily Mail readership that appear to have turned out for the thread... (don't mention single mothers or diminishing pension funds to them - like a red rag to a bull ).Never mind, some choice ales lined up at the bottom of the fridge tonight Me too but for tonight ...Saturday lol (dont ask why i am up this late sober!) Link to comment
Joe G Posted October 31, 2009 Share Posted October 31, 2009 (edited) Motor cyclists who drive in between the lanes of a traffic queue Sorry but its called filtering and it is legal. Edited October 31, 2009 by Joe G Link to comment
mystery machine Posted October 31, 2009 Author Share Posted October 31, 2009 (dont ask why i am up this late sober!) Not another feral cat stakeout, I hope? Link to comment
mystery machine Posted October 31, 2009 Author Share Posted October 31, 2009 Sorry but its called filtering and it is legal. I thought so too... as long as the traffic is pretty much stop-start? To be fair though, the thread's not so much about what's legal and what's not - more about what gets on your respective goats I'm more concerned about those Kamikaze bikalists who think it prudent to squeeze between a lorry and a car on a free-flowing motorway at 90mph Link to comment
Joe G Posted October 31, 2009 Share Posted October 31, 2009 I thought so too... as long as the traffic is pretty much stop-start? To be fair though, the thread's not so much about what's legal and what's not - more about what gets on your respective goats I'm more concerned about those Kamikaze bikalists who think it prudent to squeeze between a lorry and a car on a free-flowing motorway at 90mph Fair play. It used to get on my tts before i had a bike. Link to comment
Midnight21 Posted October 31, 2009 Share Posted October 31, 2009 Not another feral cat stakeout, I hope? Lol no was at the pictures but the rain was so heavy coming home I should have took an oar with me in the scooby Link to comment
Jimmy321 Posted October 31, 2009 Share Posted October 31, 2009 Another few to get off my chest: Traffic 'calming' islands. Speed humps. These really wind me up! Who's gonna be first to sue the council due to back pain caused by speed bumps? Must be a nightmare for people with back problems/injury, OAP's etc. Link to comment
weedman Posted October 31, 2009 Share Posted October 31, 2009 Brilliant thread. An excuse to be grumpy. (Not that I need an excuse.) People who pull up at night and leave their headlights on, particularly if they're on the nearside. Bus lanes. People who join the motorway, head for lane 2 and fall asleep. I'll agree with others about the 40 in a 60 limit - particularly when they then come to a 30 and continue at 40. Oh, and Simon Cowell. Link to comment
WRX04 Posted October 31, 2009 Share Posted October 31, 2009 The folks that think you're a maniac on the roads when they find out you drive a Scooby. The same ones who flash you and shake the coffee beans at you even though they've been doing 50 for miles and you've overtaken on a clear stretch of road without cutting them up or bothering them in any way. On this - the ones who are coming the other way but are half a mile up the road when you're overtaking and feel the need to flash the lights at you even though you're back onto your own side with a 1/4 mile to spare! People that refuse to overtake and cause huge queues of folks, none of which will overtake. People that are on the roads at 7am (presumably heading to work) but sit at 40. Friday was not a good day. Link to comment
edmondo Posted October 31, 2009 Share Posted October 31, 2009 cracking thread...........ok if us southern softies join in..............good! Soaps People who take life and themselves too seriously This bloody recession BMW Drivers - most I have come across drive like idiots............too fast or too slow Miserable gits............life is for living Nuts............no idea why people who have "titles" that are meaningless in the real world central heating........wife has to have it on for 6 months of the year ex smokers who moan at us smokers the group of lads at Trax who slagged my car off......... people who have no honour that'll do for now but might be back later for some more Link to comment
RA Dunk Posted October 31, 2009 Share Posted October 31, 2009 cracking thread...........ok if us southern softies join in..............good! Feel free, let riippppp! Link to comment
soundie Posted October 31, 2009 Share Posted October 31, 2009 You know when you try and be a courteous driver, given the marques reputaion, so you stick to correct lanes at roundabout ques, etc even when others are diving down the empty lanes and cutting in. I get this swelling feeling of injustice in my stomach and I'm watching my wing mirrors just waiting for the next tw4t to do it. I'm determined to not let it get the better of me.. The antidote to this feeling is to dive down and cut in, only propogating the rudeness. Some Zen-like deep breathing is in order to get through it and do the right thing. particularly at roadwork lane closures when the polite British majority start queing with half a mile to go when really, we should use both lanes right up to the narrowing point, then "merge like a zip" as the do in New Zealand. there they have signs saying that, and there's no opportunity for disorder. Chris. Link to comment
RA Dunk Posted October 31, 2009 Share Posted October 31, 2009 FFS cant believe i missed out on these ones, they are probably my biggest gripes ever, If theres one thing that makes my blood boil is sitting five cars back doing 40 in a 60 with a clear road and none of the other cars making an attempt to pass the moron in front (usually some old granny in a nissan micra) these type of people are as dangerous as the morons who drive like idiots and when you do overtake its all flashing lights and bloody horns even if the opposite side of the road is clear for miles The folks that think you're a maniac on the roads when they find out you drive a Scooby. The same ones who flash you and shake the coffee beans at you even though they've been doing 50 for miles and you've overtaken on a clear stretch of road without cutting them up or bothering them in any way.On this - the ones who are coming the other way but are half a mile up the road when you're overtaking and feel the need to flash the lights at you even though you're back onto your own side with a 1/4 mile to spare! People that refuse to overtake and cause huge queues of folks, none of which will overtake. People that are on the roads at 7am (presumably heading to work) but sit at 40. Friday was not a good day. Link to comment
thewelsho Posted October 31, 2009 Share Posted October 31, 2009 Now that I have read more of this thread since last night, I have come to realise that there is so much stuff that gets on my goat! Especailly the sthe speed mountains people who don't over take when granny Micra-driver is holding everyone up and the non mergers in a lane-closure situation! GRRRRRR! Also eBay scammers The Peter and Katie contest! Golf Link to comment
mystery machine Posted October 31, 2009 Author Share Posted October 31, 2009 (edited) ok if us southern softies join in..............good!Of course! The more the merrier - erm, I mean - grumpier People who take life and themselves too seriouslyAsbo-fecking-luterly!Also, bad manners get on my wick, e.g. People who don't show gratitude when you hold a door open for them. People who don't place the 'Next Customer Please' bar on the conveyor belt behind their shopping in the supermarket. Non-waving Scooby drivers! Edited October 31, 2009 by Mystery Machine Link to comment
mystery machine Posted October 31, 2009 Author Share Posted October 31, 2009 Another: Inaccurate weather reports that promise dry weather, lulling you into cleaning your Scooby, only to find yourself on the road two hours later with lorries and buses slushing past you from the opposite direction... aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaargh! Link to comment
mystery machine Posted October 31, 2009 Author Share Posted October 31, 2009 Oh, and Simon Cowell. Was wondering how long it'd be before someone mentioned that insufferably smug wee flannel Link to comment
thewelsho Posted October 31, 2009 Share Posted October 31, 2009 People who dont wave after you have reversed 50 yards to squeeze into a gap in parked cars to let them pass Link to comment
edmondo Posted October 31, 2009 Share Posted October 31, 2009 Of course! The more the merrier - erm, I mean - grumpier Asbo-fecking-luterly! Also, bad manners get on my wick, e.g. People who don't show gratitude when you hold a door open for them. People who don't place the 'Next Customer Please' bar on the conveyor belt behind their shopping in the supermarket. Non-waving Scooby drivers! totally agree with the above also: People who belch as loud as possible in a public place people who wont let me out of a junction cos I am in a Scooby - never happens in my battered old Mondeo people who have to overtake me cos I am in a Scooby having the Full Sky Package yet sometimes there is nothing worth watching paying Road Tax when half the roads are appaling people who drive when they are untaxed and uninsured that'll do for the mo Link to comment
soundie Posted October 31, 2009 Share Posted October 31, 2009 people who drive when they are untaxed and uninsured me too.. I just walked past a battered old transit outside with no tax, next to where someone had put "wash me" I was tempted to write "Tax me". Then he'd have to wash it! Chris. Link to comment
mystery machine Posted October 31, 2009 Author Share Posted October 31, 2009 people who wont let me out of a junction cos I am in a Scooby... paying Road Tax when half the roads are appaling people who drive when they are untaxed and uninsured I was tempted to write "Tax me". Then he'd have to wash it! Link to comment
mystery machine Posted October 31, 2009 Author Share Posted October 31, 2009 (edited) Lol no was at the pictures but the rain was so heavy coming home I should have took an oar with me in the scooby What did you see, and was it any good? If not, then feel free to punt it into SIDC Room 101 And if we're binning movies, I'll drop "Bowfinger", "The Fast and the Furious", "Rocky IV" and any 2000s remake of any of the classics Edited October 31, 2009 by Mystery Machine Link to comment
scoob fae ork Posted October 31, 2009 Share Posted October 31, 2009 (edited) People who dont dip their lights when coming towards you at night . drivers who slow down when you come up behind them John & Edward People who accuse me of cheating just because they cant beat me in Auto Testing Just a few more Edited November 1, 2009 by Scoob Fae Ork Link to comment
edmondo Posted October 31, 2009 Share Posted October 31, 2009 right a few more High cost of Fuel Supermarkets who advertise cheap booze and when I get there they have run out Pasta trick or treaters - had about 20 kids here tonight paying more for a pint of coke than a pint of beer at meets political correctness Thats it for now Link to comment
scoob fae ork Posted October 31, 2009 Share Posted October 31, 2009 right a few moreHigh cost of Fuel Supermarkets who advertise cheap booze and when I get there they have run out Pasta trick or treaters - had about 20 kids here tonight paying more for a pint of coke than a pint of beer at meets political correctness Thats it for now Pasta Link to comment
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