What on the roads has annoyed you today?

[Free Falling Foxes]

Cars that are parked with the driver and/or passengers still inside chatting, whilst their headlights are still blaring away.

I was walking by a local road over the weekend and for it's entire length, it was like trying to stare head on into a searchlight.

Didn't help that it had those super bright LED lights either.

 

[Guest worth_the_wait]

1 hour ago, Free Falling Foxes said:

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Didn't help that it had those super bright LED lights either.

 

These LED car lights are 'kin horrendous.

 

And higher up SUV/4x4s are even worse, as lights are closer to eye level.

[Fox92]

On 11/11/2025 at 20:25, Legend_in_blue said:

Why is it that those people with front facing cameras below their rear view mirror are always poor drivers?

 

Following one always leads to some sort of annoyance on the road until they disappear off into a side street.

 

 

 

 

 The amount of times I say this. Following one and I will say "it's always the people with camera's".

[Legend_in_blue]

6 hours ago, worth_the_wait said:

These LED car lights are 'kin horrendous.

 

And higher up SUV/4x4s are even worse, as lights are closer to eye level.

If I see one coming towards me, invariably, I'll turn on every halogen going just to give them equal measure.

 

 

[CornwallFox]

6 hours ago, worth_the_wait said:

These LED car lights are 'kin horrendous.

 

And higher up SUV/4x4s are even worse, as lights are closer to eye level.

There's been a government consultation about them and 99% of respondents said they were a problem. Moving on to another phase of reviewing their use I believe so something should change at some point but it's a slow process.

[Guest worth_the_wait]

3 hours ago, CornwallFox said:

There's been a government consultation about them and 99% of respondents said they were a problem. Moving on to another phase of reviewing their use I believe so something should change at some point but it's a slow process.

Yep, I read something similar, and hope it's true.

Trouble is .... even if they changed all new cars, I can't see them retrofitting changes back to all existing cars with (over bright) LED lights.   Which would still leave a couple of million horrible car lights out there!

[Trav Le Bleu]

Death wish!

 

Warning as drivers seen queuing on level crossing near Willington - BBC News

 

https://share.google/MKdcd1fennnfKH6ik

[ALC Fox]

On 13/12/2025 at 10:14, Trav Le Bleu said:

Death wish!

 

Warning as drivers seen queuing on level crossing near Willington - BBC News

 

https://share.google/MKdcd1fennnfKH6ik

Proper Darwin Awards stuff, that. Unbelievable.

[JonnyBoy]

On 24/11/2025 at 10:24, worth_the_wait said:

These LED car lights are 'kin horrendous.

 

And higher up SUV/4x4s are even worse, as lights are closer to eye level.

I have the super bright led’s and get flashed a lot when they aren’t on full beam

 

yes i flash them back 

[Trav Le Bleu]

1 hour ago, JonnyBoy said:

I have the super bright led’s and get flashed a lot when they aren’t on full beam

 

yes i flash them back 

[Tommy G]

3 killed on the A46 yesterday north of Leicester, it was shut southbound for 18 hours. 

[kenny]

2 hours ago, Tommy G said:

3 killed on the A46 yesterday north of Leicester, it was shut southbound for 18 hours. 

One was a friend of a friend.

 

All 4 were in the car were mothers of young children. Awful story that's barely made the news.

[Grebfromgrebland]

The A46 is such a dangerous road with regular fatalities on it.  It could do with better lighting and more speed cameras in my opinion.  I use the road a lot and some people drive like proper idiots on there.

[JonnyBoy]

On 15/12/2025 at 10:37, Grebfromgrebland said:

The A46 is such a dangerous road with regular fatalities on it.  It could do with better lighting and more speed cameras in my opinion.  I use the road a lot and some people drive like proper idiots on there.

I can’t believe that junction by seagrave turn is legal. It’s asking for trouble. Didn’t that car chase that killed young people happen on a46 about 2/3 years ago as well. 
 

Drove past the scene a few times last week and had to be diverted there was a lot of forensics/big vehicles all involved clearly trying to find out the cause.. it was very foggy that evening. Any news on wether it was dangerous driving or freak accident I wonder 

 

 

[Parafox]

On 15/12/2025 at 10:37, Grebfromgrebland said:

The A46 is such a dangerous road with regular fatalities on it.  It could do with better lighting and more speed cameras in my opinion.  I use the road a lot and some people drive like proper idiots on there.

 

I use it fairly often and it seems drivers treat it like a motorway without recognising there are minor junctions and right/left turns along the length of it. 

 

It's a nasty road and needs things like static speed cameras as well as high profile warning signs ahead of junctions.

Edited 16 December 2025 by Parafox

[Trav Le Bleu]

People who don't adjust their driving in the rain. See so many more accidents when it rains and at the other end, people just crawling along. So people who adjust it too much, also .

 

[Crinklyfox]

Driving to a nearby village last night in driving rain down a windy road not good for overtaking even in decent weather.  The local council recently introduced small food recycling bins which are left at the edge of each property.  the high winds yesterday had blown some empties into the road, I encountered a couple of them.  So I was concentrating hard and only doing around 30mph when this bozo in a 4x4 parks himself on my bumper and gives me the main beam treatment.  I wouldn't change my driving and he wouldn't overtake so that lasted for a couple of miles before we went our separate ways at a junction.  I was left wishing that I'd had a crowbar so that I could of adjusted his lights for him.

[SkidsFox]

On my drive to/from work there are a few miles with single lane (most is dual carriageway or motorway). I generally go a mile or two over the speed limit, so I’m not blocking traffic behind me. However if I get a narky driver up close behind, I make sure to switch to a couple of miles below the speed limit. Returns the favour…

[Raj]

32 minutes ago, SkidsFox said:

On my drive to/from work there are a few miles with single lane (most is dual carriageway or motorway). I generally go a mile or two over the speed limit, so I’m not blocking traffic behind me. However if I get a narky driver up close behind, I make sure to switch to a couple of miles below the speed limit. Returns the favour…

Had some pr1ck behind me yesterday in the p1ssing rain up my backside going down Uppingham Rd inbound.

So being the cvnt i am, i reduced my speed to 25 on a 40  to feck him off.......it worked a treat as he blared his horn which didnt speed me up at all!!

[Trav Le Bleu]

Cyber-zombies crossing the road. You can beep them, they don't even acknowledge you. Should be legal to drive into them at 5 mph.

[Danizen]

Cars that don't indicate on mini roundabouts and then get pissed off when they cut you up.

[OntarioFox]

On 16/12/2025 at 19:01, JonnyBoy said:

I can’t believe that junction by seagrave turn is legal. It’s asking for trouble. Didn’t that car chase that killed young people happen on a46 about 2/3 years ago as well. 
 

Drove past the scene a few times last week and had to be diverted there was a lot of forensics/big vehicles all involved clearly trying to find out the cause.. it was very foggy that evening. Any news on wether it was dangerous driving or freak accident I wonder 

 

 

Yeah, it's probably not the time to mention it, but knowing how many footballers drive fast cars like absolute morons (we've got a boy racer of our own in Hamza) it feels like a matter of time before a member of our squad is involved in a serious accident there.

And then we go and sign Antonio... 

[UniFox21]

15 minutes ago, Danizen said:

Cars that don't indicate on mini roundabouts and then get pissed off when they cut you up.

Had someone recently take the 3rd exit on a small 4 exit roundabout and not bother using a single indicator 

[Chiltern Fox]

On 24/11/2025 at 08:50, Free Falling Foxes said:

Cars that are parked with the driver and/or passengers still inside chatting, whilst their headlights are still blaring away.

I was walking by a local road over the weekend and for it's entire length, it was like trying to stare head on into a searchlight.

Didn't help that it had those super bright LED lights either.

 

Clueless. So many on our roads atm.

[Chiltern Fox]

17 minutes ago, UniFox21 said:

Had someone recently take the 3rd exit on a small 4 exit roundabout and not bother using a single indicator 

Standard in wycombe...