What on the roads has annoyed you today?

[Tommy G]

I’d take the red line and probably cut someone up as you are more likely to be stuck behind a ditherer on the blue route. 

[Facecloth]

3 minutes ago, Tommy G said:

I’d take the red line and probably cut someone up as you are more likely to be stuck behind a ditherer on the blue route. 

Takes a lot to admit to be shit at driving, so well done 

[ALC Fox]

Talking of roundabouts. The one at Fosse Park near the McDonald's. Every single time, cars going straight on cut into the right-hand lane instead of following their lane around the roundabout. Makes turning right there annoying at best.

[Facecloth]

3 hours ago, ALC Fox said:

Talking of roundabouts. The one at Fosse Park near the McDonald's. Every single time, cars going straight on cut into the right-hand lane instead of following their lane around the roundabout. Makes turning right there annoying at best.

Lane discipline on roundabouts is terrible, especially people going straight on. They treat them like they are F1 cars trying to hit the apex of a corner, but leaving themselves at the furthest possible point when they get to their exit and having to cut across lanes.

[The Bear]

I hate the islands on carriageways/motorways that only have 2 lanes leading up to them off the slip road but then 3 or 4 lanes on the actual island to try and work out which one to be in for your exit. It's no wonder people end up in the wrong lanes on these. 

Edited 30 October 2024 by The Bear

[The Blur]

On 29/10/2024 at 11:32, Facecloth said:

My other half lives south of Derby and since going over there regularly over the past 18 months plus, I'm convinced nobody in Derby, including her, knows how to drive round a roundabout. This one isn't far from her house, so we often use it. Coming from Warwick Avenue turning right, she takes the red route, hugging the inside of the roundabout before shooting off at her exit. Everyone there does it, you can see the red car below doing it. The correct route is clearly marked, follow the lane round as it spirals to outside of the island, which is the blue route.

 

She insists she's driving it correctly despite what the road markings says. Everyone else in Derby seems to think it too, on multiple different roundabouts around the place. Everyone hugs the inside lane and shots off at their exit cutting across the outside lane. It's a death trap.

 

I live in Derby and recognise that roundabout along with the driving traffic that you described.    I reckon it is partially due to non symmetric shape of the circular island in the middle due to sloping gradient and the amount of times I get almost cut up by cars joining the roundabout from Kenilworth Avenue or overhanging their junction (weirdly happen fair bit on that roundabout compared to other roundabouts in Derby)

 

I tend to drift in middle and exit in-between  your red/blue lines.    I would wager a guess that locals either knowingly or unknowingly adjust their driving styles due to factors that I have described.  

 

 

Edited 31 October 2024 by The Blur

[Daggers]

And this is what happens when you’re a complete tool, don’t understand how filtering works, and attempt to use your car as a weapon. 

 

https://www.motorcyclenews.com/news/2024/september/road-rage-driver-attack/

 

Wonder if the police have been in touch with the forum’s accounts assistant yet? 

[HighPeakFox]

3 hours ago, Daggers said:

And this is what happens when you’re a complete tool, don’t understand how filtering works, and attempt to use your car as a weapon. 

 

https://www.motorcyclenews.com/news/2024/september/road-rage-driver-attack/

 

Wonder if the police have been in touch with the forum’s accounts assistant yet? 

Wow, he got off lightly.

[BKLFox]

I wonder if there will be any changes made after the study eventually confirms HIDs do blind road users.

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c74lq35jdego

 

There’s going to be an element of age and poor vision but even young drivers make reference to glare at night. For me sometimes it’s almost point, press & hope passing some vehicles.

[adam1]

Not my annoyance, but that of others.

 

Ratby Lane is closed due to a gas leak, fair enough.

 

But coming from J21a there are no signs at the first junction that the road ahead is closed, let alone diversion signs. This was last night and this morning.

 

It isn't until you get to the Blood Hill roundabout you see that the road is closed and people pulling up by the sign looking utterly confused. They then go through Kirby causing traffic carnage. 

 

Surely you'd have diversion signs up to send them through Glenfield and New Parks and onto the Industrial estate/A47/ring road?

[Stuntman_Mike]

[Stuntman_Mike]

This parking in Lincoln. Couldn't believe it 

Edited 19 November 2024 by Stuntman_Mike

[adam1]

I saw a driver approach the A46 (fast moving) dual carriageway at 35mph this morning. They then slowed to 30 when they left the slip lane to join it.

 

No exaggeration, I was behind them and I stayed in the slip lane for the next exit.

 

They walk amongst us.😱

[adam1]

Consecutive days the M1 is fcked. I don't use it but it kicks back into A46 corridor and my route.

[HighPeakFox]

On 27/11/2024 at 11:44, adam1 said:

I saw a driver approach the A46 (fast moving) dual carriageway at 35mph this morning. They then slowed to 30 when they left the slip lane to join it.

 

No exaggeration, I was behind them and I stayed in the slip lane for the next exit.

 

They walk amongst us.😱

And indeed, drive. Slowly. 

[Free Falling Foxes]

Not necessarily annoying but I wondered why my mate was hitting speed bumps at 30mph in a 20mph zone. We even caught up with a police vehicle, at which point my mate (BMW driver btw - perhaps relevant? ) asked, 'Why's he going so slow?'

I mentioned it was 20mph zone and commented he had some bottle zooming-up behind and then tailgating a copper in such circumstances.

He replied he had no idea it was a 20mph zone!

There's speed bumps every 50 odd yards, speed ramps too & 20mph signs on virtually every lamp post as well signs you are entering such a zone.

He lives close by too, but was totally oblivious of the restrictions which have been in place about a year and were well publicised beforehand.

Edited 30 November 2024 by Free Falling Foxes

[Trav Le Bleu]

Been stood near a zebra crossing the past half hour and I must've seen 10-12 cars drive through while pedestrians were waiting.

[Tommy G]

Halfwits who attempt to drive through flood water when its clearly too deep.

 

They usually don't have a suitable car or just go too fast in the hope they'll get to the other side quicker, but instead flood their engine and sit there perplexed when the cars engine comes to a standstill. 

[Free Falling Foxes]

4 hours ago, Trav Le Bleu said:

Been stood near a zebra crossing the past half hour and I must've seen 10-12 cars drive through while pedestrians were waiting.

I find most drivers do stop at Zebra crossings, but for some reason the very worst crossing for cars not doing so in my experience, is the one on Knighton Road by the St Thomas More church and school.

No idea why?

 

[RoboFox]

Seems to be more middle-lane hoggers than ever before. 

 

I use the M1 from London to Herts 3 times a week, and it's fvcking endemic especially in the evenings. Empty sections of road and there they are just sat there gormlessly doing 65 in the middle lane. 

 

Most of them are too thick to realise people are making a point when there's a convoy of cars swerving from the inside lane to the outside lane as soon as they overtake them. 

[adam1]

24 minutes ago, RoboFox said:

Seems to be more middle-lane hoggers than ever before. 

 

I use the M1 from London to Herts 3 times a week, and it's fvcking endemic especially in the evenings. Empty sections of road and there they are just sat there gormlessly doing 65 in the middle lane. 

 

Most of them are too thick to realise people are making a point when there's a convoy of cars swerving from the inside lane to the outside lane as soon as they overtake them. 

I find it x10 worse in the south then in the north.

 

 

Edited 2 December 2024 by adam1

[Fox92]

1 hour ago, RoboFox said:

Seems to be more middle-lane hoggers than ever before. 

 

I use the M1 from London to Herts 3 times a week, and it's fvcking endemic especially in the evenings. Empty sections of road and there they are just sat there gormlessly doing 65 in the middle lane. 

 

Most of them are too thick to realise people are making a point when there's a convoy of cars swerving from the inside lane to the outside lane as soon as they overtake them. 

I love going round people then going back across to the inside lane. A lot of the time those people in the middle lane just aren't aware. It's scary how so many people can't use motorways correctly.

[Trav Le Bleu]

4 hours ago, Fox92 said:

I love going round people then going back across to the inside lane. A lot of the time those people in the middle lane just aren't aware. It's scary how so many people can't use motorways correctly.

I've been known to circle people in the past, over take, pull across, slow down, over take, repeat, but no matter how many times I've done it they never move over and I can only assume they are completely oblivious to other road users and as such, shouldn't be allowed on any roads.

[adam1]

10 hours ago, Trav Le Bleu said:

I've been known to circle people in the past, over take, pull across, slow down, over take, repeat, but no matter how many times I've done it they never move over and I can only assume they are completely oblivious to other road users and as such, shouldn't be allowed on any roads.

I never thought about doing this.

 

Can you get rear led screens for your car that flash messages?

 

"All right d1ckhead"

 

[Loops round]

 

"Its me again"

 

[Loops round]

 

"Have you worked it out yet"

[HighPeakFox]

I have been giving this some thought, and I just think some people have no sense of responsibility or duty generally, so their driving shows that pretty clearly.