What on the roads has annoyed you today?

[Parafox]

Why are so many BMW drivers always late for something?

[Zear0]

Does putting a "Highways Maintenance" sticker on your vehicle somehow addle your brain? Absolutely donkeys in lorry's this morning. 

[Parafox]

6 hours ago, Zear0 said:

Does putting a "Highways Maintenance" sticker on your vehicle somehow addle your brain? Absolutely donkeys in lorry's this morning. 

They're probably "travelling".

[SkidsFox]

Why do so many drivers make a meal of turning left? You can understand to an extent making a right turn (but please take advantage of any extra lane so those behind are not blocked). 

[whoareyaaa]

Temporary lights on LFE **** off. 

[Free Falling Foxes]

Not annoyed but very much related to the roads/driving.

Out of curiosity, I went online to do one of the driving theory tests today. I got 42/50 which is one short of passing. 

In my defence, I did it in 10 minutes whereas you get just under an hour in reality.

 

Edited 1 October 2025 by Free Falling Foxes

[Parafox]

Followed a car about an hour or so ago, around 7pm. As it was dusk, all cars had their lights on apart from this one.

 

I got alongside at traffic lights wound down the window and politely pointed it out.

 

The response was "well I'm not bothered, it's not that dark".  

 

[The Bear]

1 hour ago, Parafox said:

Followed a car about an hour or so ago, around 7pm. As it was dusk, all cars had their lights on apart from this one.

 

I got alongside at traffic lights wound down the window and politely pointed it out.

 

The response was "well I'm not bothered, it's not that dark".  

"Can you see this?“ (gives them the middle finger)

 

"Yes“ 

 

"Yeah you're probably alright then."

[Trav Le Bleu]

If you're currently stuck in a queue on the ring road near Fosse Park, it's because of people rubber necking

[Tommy G]

On 11/09/2025 at 21:06, Parafox said:

Why are so many BMW drivers always late for something?

Not sure but they are aren't running late compared to people on motorbikes.

[RoboFox]

Middle lane hogging I swear is absolutely endemic in this country and getting worse.

 

The sheer amount of ****ing gormless twats vacantly staring ahead blissfully unaware of what’s going on around them. Just car after car sat there whilst the left hand lane is empty. 

 

I regularly use the M1 north from junction 1 and can't fathom how bad it is. Are they just thick? Nervous? Lazy?

 

Edited 3 October 2025 by RoboFox

[Trav Le Bleu]

17 hours ago, Parafox said:

Followed a car about an hour or so ago, around 7pm. As it was dusk, all cars had their lights on apart from this one.

 

I got alongside at traffic lights wound down the window and politely pointed it out.

 

The response was "well I'm not bothered, it's not that dark".  

 

It's amazing how many people don't realise that, unless you're driving on a country road or Motorway, having your lights on is more about people seeing you and not you seeing other people.

[Muzzy_no7]

Every day.

 

Dipsticks doing 40 in the 60 between M69 roundabout and Burbage on Sapcote road and then doing 30 in the 40 on the main drag. 

[Muzzy_no7]

2 minutes ago, RoboFox said:

Middle lane hogging I swear is absolutely endemic in this country and getting worse.

 

The sheer amount of ****ing gormless twats vacantly staring ahead blissfully unaware of what’s going on around them. Just car after car sat there whilst the left hand lane is empty. 

 

I regularly use the M1 north from junction 1 and can't fathom the sheer amount of them. Are they just thick? Nervous? Lazy?

A lot of the rubbish driving I see is from Taxi drivers. 

[Tommy G]

3 minutes ago, Muzzy_no7 said:

Every day.

 

Dipsticks doing 40 in the 60 between M69 roundabout and Burbage on Sapcote road and then doing 30 in the 40 on the main drag. 

Sorry about that

[Muzzy_no7]

1 minute ago, Tommy G said:

Sorry about that

Oh do speed up, Matron

[Parafox]

5 hours ago, Trav Le Bleu said:

If you're currently stuck in a queue on the ring road near Fosse Park, it's because of people rubber necking

I hope you're not driving if you only have one functioning arm 

[Parafox]

5 hours ago, RoboFox said:

Middle lane hogging I swear is absolutely endemic in this country and getting worse.

 

The sheer amount of ****ing gormless twats vacantly staring ahead blissfully unaware of what’s going on around them. Just car after car sat there whilst the left hand lane is empty. 

 

I regularly use the M1 north from junction 1 and can't fathom how bad it is. Are they just thick? Nervous? Lazy?

 

Even when there's 4 lanes you still get people in lane 2 and 3 not moving over and going slower than some vehicles in lane 1 which means they then have to cross from 1 to 4 in order to overtake these cretins.

 

Or undertake, which is a motoring offence.

[Parafox]

5 hours ago, Trav Le Bleu said:

It's amazing how many people don't realise that, unless you're driving on a country road or Motorway, having your lights on is more about people seeing you and not you seeing other people.

 

It's also amazing how many drivers, mainly the elderly I have to say, that think driving with just sidelights and no headlights is acceptable. I've seen this on minor roads, in town, on A roads and motorways.

[Parafox]

5 hours ago, Muzzy_no7 said:

A lot of the rubbish driving I see is from Taxi drivers. 

From experience of driving on blue lights over the years, taxi drivers are among the worst drivers. No anticipation, no observation, no awareness of what's happening on the road or around them. 

 

Now I find these private drivers delivering for Just Eat, McDonald's etc or the local pizza place or chippy are just as much of a menace. Be it in a shitty clapped out car or on a moped.

Edited 3 October 2025 by Parafox

[Parafox]

5 hours ago, Muzzy_no7 said:

Every day.

 

Dipsticks doing 40 in the 60 between M69 roundabout and Burbage on Sapcote road and then doing 30 in the 40 on the main drag. 

Old people.

 

At least from my straw poll of looking at the driver doing such things.

 

When I drive towards Coalville or Market Bozzy I can, more often than not, predict which cars will be turning into the garden centre Usually bronze coloured Honda Civics or the standard grey Hyundai i10.

[Trav Le Bleu]

45 minutes ago, Parafox said:

I hope you're not driving if you only have one functioning arm 

I have a chauffeur/wife.

 

But yeah, not driving yet, can still barely move it 5 weeks later.

[Parafox]

4 minutes ago, Trav Le Bleu said:

I have a chauffeur/wife.

 

But yeah, not driving yet, can still barely move it 5 weeks later.

 

When you go back to work will they give you one of those trolleys that I see posties pushing around.

 

Will you be on light duties where you can only deliver postcards and flyers for pizza places?  

 

Seriously, it can take several weeks, possibly followed by physiotherapy, to get back to full use. I guess you'll have been told this already, though.

Edited 3 October 2025 by Parafox

[Trav Le Bleu]

7 minutes ago, Parafox said:

 

When you go back to work will they give you one of those trolleys that I see posties pushing around.

 

Will you be on light duties where you can only deliver postcards and flyers for pizza places?  

 

Seriously, it can take several weeks, possibly followed by physiotherapy, to get back to full use. I guess you'll have been told this already, though.

Been told by Royal Mail doc that it could take 12 weeks or even longer and that when I get back to work should be on half my hours for a month, then 75% for another month, phased return to work.

 

Which means I miss the Xmas slog!

[Parafox]

6 minutes ago, Trav Le Bleu said:

Been told by Royal Mail doc that it could take 12 weeks or even longer and that when I get back to work should be on half my hours for a month, then 75% for another month, phased return to work.

 

Which means I miss the Xmas slog!

 

Oh Yeahhhhh!

 

I used to love it when I was off through stress and the Occupational Health Specialist said no shift work for 6 weeks after my return to work. It did mean I hade to do some mundane stuff when there wasn't a suitable crewmate. But, swings and roundabouts as my fairground dad used to say.