[foot-loose]

i'll take that red bull mirror.

[The Dude]

Peugeot owners.

Now why are they always the ones to hold you up in traffic? Every time there's a car doing 30mph in a 60mph zone, you can bet your bottom dollar it's a Peugeot.

[foot-loose]

The one that amuses me is the 40mph driver.

Thats the one that you get stuck behind in the 60 limit doing 40, but when you go into a 30 limit, they dont slow down, they sit at 40 the whole time.

[MK Chris]

Peugeot owners.

Now why are they always the ones to hold you up in traffic? Every time there's a car doing 30mph in a 60mph zone, you can bet your bottom dollar it's a Peugeot.

Watch it, I drive a 206 - I never do 30 in a national speed limit.

The one that amuses me is the 40mph driver.

Thats the one that you get stuck behind in the 60 limit doing 40, but when you go into a 30 limit, they dont slow down, they sit at 40 the whole time.

Haha - I know the ones well - it especially makes me laugh when they overtake you in the 30 area and then keep doing 40 in the national speed limit so then you're stuck behind them (if it's bendy).

[The Dude]

Peugeot owners.

Now why are they always the ones to hold you up in traffic? Every time there's a car doing 30mph in a 60mph zone, you can bet your bottom dollar it's a Peugeot.

Watch it, I drive a 206 - I never do 30 in a national speed limit.

Then you're a rare breed among Peugeot owners

I use a country road near where I live quite a lot, and it's a national speed limit single carriageway. Last week I was about seventh in a queue of about 16 cars forced to do 15 mph down this road by a woman Peugeot at the head of the queue. She was doing around 20-25 mph and despite the beeps from the drivers behind her, she had no intention of speeding up, and due to the bends of the road overtaking is impossible. As if this wasn't bad enough, she let a manure truck out of one of the fields and that slowed things down and increased the pong factor even more.

But on the dual carriageway we eventually turned onto, I caught up with her and gave her the V's. Immature I know, but it made me feel better.

[Ballbag]

Watch it, I drive a 206.

And there was me thinking you were male. Now the blond high-lights make sense.

[Yudster]

I've not really noticed a problem with Peugot drivers. Around here the ones you have to watch (apart from the usual BMWankers) are Toyotas, especially the little ones - always driven by ancient blind folk. The only thing you can predict about the way they drive is that it will be bad.

[claradooblue]

Metro drivers are the problem round here. Silly dodgery old people in silly dodgery old cars.

[foot-loose]

the ones you have to watch are Toyotas

Especially silver ones which park outside my window - its back today. Its keeping quiet at the moment anyways.

Audis are the ones to watch here. Every single time I get cut up it seems to be an audi thats done it. Its got to the point that when I see an audi, I expect it to fly in front of me without warning - i give them more room now.

[MK Chris]

Watch it, I drive a 206.

And there was me thinking you were male. Now the blond high-lights make sense.

Nothing wrong with a 206 sir - a mighty fine car indeed.

[Vivienne]

I am a fairly calm person most of the time. I don't easily get wound up. Certainly not over things like an old lady in the queue in front of me taking her time walking forwards.

Why then, did I catch myself getting pretty irate at some old dude in front of me in a set of road works earlier who was travelling at (wait for it) the 30 limit? He could easily have broken the law and sped up to 34 and caught up with the queue of cars at least 400 meters in front of him?

It's something I've noticed before - people get themselves wound up so much in their cars in situations that they wouldn't think about if it happened elsewhere. People swear and shout and flail their arms about like its gonna make any difference when all that really happens is that folk get pissed off so an accident is more likely to happen.

er... maybe other things are going on in their heads, and the road/travel situation may have just sent them over the edge (?)

Why is this?

[Quincy]

whenever you see a 206 you expect to see a hairdresser behind the wheel

[Vivienne]

I'm not! I'm a little sweet tulip among the weeds. lol

[Ballbag]

Watch it, I drive a 206.

And there was me thinking you were male. Now the blond high-lights make sense.

Nothing wrong with a 206 sir - a mighty fine car indeed.

You just keep telling yourself that Topher the Bopher.

[Boboff]

Offbob - the rule is straight forward: When there is a "merge in turn 800 yards ahead" you have from there untill the 400 yrds warning to start making moves to get in. By the 400 - 200 yrds marker you really should be moving yer ass outta that lane. If someone has tried skipping the queue all the way to the front and has gone past the 200 yards marker and the cones are in front of them, "tough luck mate, yer going nowhere in front of me"!

This is at Traffic lights so no need.

It also happens at road works, where people like you don't realise that a tail of traffic one a breast for a mile is more dangerous than 1/2 a mile queue on both lanes, this queueing a mile before is stupid, if everyone just used both lanes and then merged smartly at the end traffic would flow quicker, instead you get some some intelligent lorry driver sitting in the middle of the outside lane so everyone has to queue on a single carraigeway, even though there are big signs saying "use both lanes" merge in turn etc.

It's really a matter of whether you have a life or not, those tits who get in the way and queue up at the first available oportunity are also the tits doing 65 when the traffic is free flowing again.

Anyway why not just let them in ? Smile and be happy and let them in, the alternative is to get angry, drive as close to the car in front, slip the clutch, and avoid eye contact, surely the smile, and the fact that a car might arrive at it's detsination 2 seconds earlier, should be enough to prevent you from be hostile and agressive.

Another thing that people have disagreed with me in the past is the approach to a slip Road, where ever possible I will move into the outside lane in order to give the joining traffic as much possible access, I don't like those people who insist on staying in the inside lane and then try to match the speed of the joinging motorist as soon as they are along side them meaning that they eventually reach the end of the slip road and have to break, I bet you do that don't you footie ?

[Ballbag]

I never let people out of side roads. It may be mean, but I got so fed up of flashing people (with my lights Boboff) only to see that they aint paying attention at all. You sit there for a few seconds shouting "MOVE MOVE MOVE", until they eventually do. I don't bother giving them the option anymore.

My other bain is people on mobile phones. So for this I have devised the following, it's a little excessive, somewhat illegal, but fun nonetheless. I have a piece of black card, the size of a wallet. On one side of it I've stuck a smaller piece of white card with some scribbled words on it. On the other side I have fashioned a small piece of tin foil into the rough shape of a police badge and stuck that down, I then fold it in half. From a distance, when you glance at this device, it can be easily mistaken for a police badge.

The plan is simple, you see someone on a moblie phone, you drive along side them, toot your horn and show them your "badge". The speed at which they will put the phone down is immense and the look of fear on their faces is priceless.

I am aware that it is technically "impersonating a police officer"....... but hey ho. Just got to hope I don't do it to an off-duty copper.

[MK Chris]

I always move out for traffic joining from a sliproad, but then I think most people do - I rarely get someone who is too ignorant to do that. However, it's the middle lane drivers that get me.

[foot-loose]

Boboff

I don't mind people using pretty much the full length of the lane as you suggest - the thing that gets me is the ones that take the piss out it. These people tend to just start pulling over as well without signaling. And drive audis.

With regards to a slip road, I would always move into the next lane if possible and it grates when a vehicle doesn't let me on but there may be a reason for that and its not the end of the world - there will be a space behind or in front. If someone started speeding up and matching my speed, that would be a different story!

Baggie

With regards to letting folk out of side roads, I have stopped doing that as it can be quite dangerous - you can't always see the dangers that could affect them. If someone see's you giving them a sign to pull out, they tend to go for it without looking themselves and assuming that you know they are clear to go.

I did this a few years back and a car nearly went straight into the side of me - totally my fault, but I assumed that the guy in the car flashing me was saying it was good to go.

The other thing is that more than one driver may see your signal and misinterpret it. Better safe than sorry I feel, so unless its at a particular junction that I know its a nightmare getting out of, I don't tell other drivers what to do.

Topher

Yup, everyone should get their asses back to the far left lane on a motorway unless they are overtaking - theres no need to be out there otherwise. Oh and a hint to those drivers: If you are sitting there and three cars undertake you, have a think about it, there is a reason for that!

[MK Chris]

I let people out of side roads, but I would imagine most of them check that it's safe for themselves first; I always do. Never trust complete strangers with your safety and always assume everyone else is a twat - that philosophy keeps you out of most trouble on the road.

[Boboff]

Baggie, you have altered you washers to spray people, and you have a "badge" in your car to put the poohs up Phone users.

You aint right

[foot-loose]

Its not right, but its funny as f*ck

[Ballbag]

I'm like Judge Dread, if he drove.

[Boboff]

It's nice that you think that, what other wheezes have you got ?

[Quincy]

i had my washers angled to the sides on my old car as well. most people do that though dont they?

[DemonHorse]

I'm like Judge Dread, if he drove.

He had a Motorbike thingy I think.