Driving home tonight I was travelling up a short section of dual carriageway after a large ASDA super market. Its a very short section leading to a roundabout where the two lanes merge into one.
A Nissan Quashqo (Or Prick as we will name it for purposes of the story) was right up my back bottom on the way up the dual carriageway, for no obvious reason. He decided to get into the outside lane just before the roundabout and cut me up as it merged to one lane. As he accelerated, the boot opened to reveal about 10 bags of shopping, and the majority of them then fell into the road with a big smash. There was food everywhere all over the road,and likely all ruined! Funniest thing ever! That will learn them!
Showing posts with label overtake. Show all posts
Showing posts with label overtake. Show all posts
Thursday, 26 April 2012
Saturday, 18 February 2012
Another slow driver! Arrrghhhh
Here's an example of one of the many slow drivers i have to deal with everyday!!
doing 30 / 35- mph max on a 60mph road. The weather was fine, it was light and the road was otherwise very light on traffic! You can easily do 70mph down this road.
Arrrrghhhh!! More than likely just out for a Sunday drive, on an errrr Friday
I didn't go for an ovetake - in case you are wondering. There was some oncoming traffic!
doing 30 / 35- mph max on a 60mph road. The weather was fine, it was light and the road was otherwise very light on traffic! You can easily do 70mph down this road.
Arrrrghhhh!! More than likely just out for a Sunday drive, on an errrr Friday
Friday, 10 February 2012
Overtaking behaviour
There has been some brilliant opportunity for some overtaking this week due to several people wanting to crawl along at ridiculously slow speeds on the way back from work. Honestly, India will have conquered how to build a Mcdonalds on the moon, before some of these people will make it home!
One person decided they would do 35mph on a 60mph road, with a long straight. The car behind that hesitated and wanted to stick behind it, sniffing its rear exhaust. So i went for it and overtook both of them. No hastle, so fuss - overtaken safely and made it home before the next Ice Age. That was Tuesday.
Wednesday, another one decided they would do 40mph on a 60mph road. I didn't hesitate, i went for it and overtook as soon as it was safe, and again all was well.
No doubt it was me who was seen as the reckless driver here - but i was not taking risks, i was completely safe. If you don't think its safe, don't do it. If you hesitate, don't do it. Only perform an overtake if you are sure you can keep control of your car.
If you get overtaken constantly, surely you should be thinking "perhaps i should go a bit faster?"
One person decided they would do 35mph on a 60mph road, with a long straight. The car behind that hesitated and wanted to stick behind it, sniffing its rear exhaust. So i went for it and overtook both of them. No hastle, so fuss - overtaken safely and made it home before the next Ice Age. That was Tuesday.
Wednesday, another one decided they would do 40mph on a 60mph road. I didn't hesitate, i went for it and overtook as soon as it was safe, and again all was well.
No doubt it was me who was seen as the reckless driver here - but i was not taking risks, i was completely safe. If you don't think its safe, don't do it. If you hesitate, don't do it. Only perform an overtake if you are sure you can keep control of your car.
If you get overtaken constantly, surely you should be thinking "perhaps i should go a bit faster?"
Sunday, 23 October 2011
Views and burgers cause accidents
On a trip along Portsdown hill today that has views across Portsmouth, and the Isle of White I saw several near crashes happen in front of my eyes.
The car in front was doing 35mph in a 40mph limit, and weaving about all over the road. On 2 occasions the car weaved over the centre line, and had to swerve back again to avoid a head on crash. It was obvious that the driver was too busy looking at the view from the hill, and not concentrating on the road. Either that or they were getting a foot massage, but I'm fairly sure that kind of service is not available in Portsmouth. Not during daylight anyway! When it was safe to do so i overtook the car, not wanting to be involved in a pile up behind them. I got flashed at because they considered me dangerous. No cars were coming, i was still doing around the speed limit - not dangerous! They obviously thought they were the best driver in the world and didn't notice their dangerous weaving about.
A few miles down the road and there was another car sightseeing. This time doing 20mph in a 40mph limit. The car immediately behind had obviously had enough, and overtook on a double solid white line. An illegal move, and there was a car coming the other way! If this had resulted in a crash, there is no doubt that the overtaking car would be to blame, when in fact the slow, sightseeing car would have been the cause. Pure sacrilege.
Another 500 yds down the road there is a well known 24hr Mobile burger van, which as it turns out is not mobile. Its there all the time, and is renown as the best burgers on the south coast. It is of course Micks. The car that was about 3 cars in front of me had obviously decided they fancied getting larded up on a face full of burger, and braked suddenly to turn in to the ample parking area. The cars behind had to brake suddenly to ensure there wasn't a crash. Could have been an expensive burger if this had gone wrong!
The moral of this story is. If you want to gawp at the views on a road then pull over, don't risk getting in a crash due to lack of concentration, and if you want to fill your face, then don't take risks. Micks is great, but you don't want to be lying in hospital eating a cold sausage, now do you!
The car in front was doing 35mph in a 40mph limit, and weaving about all over the road. On 2 occasions the car weaved over the centre line, and had to swerve back again to avoid a head on crash. It was obvious that the driver was too busy looking at the view from the hill, and not concentrating on the road. Either that or they were getting a foot massage, but I'm fairly sure that kind of service is not available in Portsmouth. Not during daylight anyway! When it was safe to do so i overtook the car, not wanting to be involved in a pile up behind them. I got flashed at because they considered me dangerous. No cars were coming, i was still doing around the speed limit - not dangerous! They obviously thought they were the best driver in the world and didn't notice their dangerous weaving about.
A few miles down the road and there was another car sightseeing. This time doing 20mph in a 40mph limit. The car immediately behind had obviously had enough, and overtook on a double solid white line. An illegal move, and there was a car coming the other way! If this had resulted in a crash, there is no doubt that the overtaking car would be to blame, when in fact the slow, sightseeing car would have been the cause. Pure sacrilege.
Another 500 yds down the road there is a well known 24hr Mobile burger van, which as it turns out is not mobile. Its there all the time, and is renown as the best burgers on the south coast. It is of course Micks. The car that was about 3 cars in front of me had obviously decided they fancied getting larded up on a face full of burger, and braked suddenly to turn in to the ample parking area. The cars behind had to brake suddenly to ensure there wasn't a crash. Could have been an expensive burger if this had gone wrong!
The moral of this story is. If you want to gawp at the views on a road then pull over, don't risk getting in a crash due to lack of concentration, and if you want to fill your face, then don't take risks. Micks is great, but you don't want to be lying in hospital eating a cold sausage, now do you!
Saturday, 20 August 2011
Driving me MAD!!
I think i must be some kind of bad driver magnet recently. I've had a visit from the shocking driver leader during the night who has implanted a small device in my brain to signal all of his members to my vicinity when i am on the road! Seriously!!
Again yesterday on leaving work - a car pulled out on me and then proceeded to drive at a speed a millipede with 99 legs broken, could manage. This was on the straight before the S bend i mentioned in my previous post. I saw a gap and went for the the overtake, otherwise i wold have actually been there until my 80th birthday! It was a completely safe overtake, but the driver decided he'd take exception to it and started flashing their lights. To be honest I'm surprised they knew where the button was to turn on their lights, they certainly didn't know where the "GO" pedal is!
Again yesterday on leaving work - a car pulled out on me and then proceeded to drive at a speed a millipede with 99 legs broken, could manage. This was on the straight before the S bend i mentioned in my previous post. I saw a gap and went for the the overtake, otherwise i wold have actually been there until my 80th birthday! It was a completely safe overtake, but the driver decided he'd take exception to it and started flashing their lights. To be honest I'm surprised they knew where the button was to turn on their lights, they certainly didn't know where the "GO" pedal is!
Wednesday, 17 August 2011
More Bad Driver Irritation
On the way home from work today I came across yet another bad driver. This type is all too common and one of the most dangerous. Theres no question about it, these people need to be run off the road - and I'm not talking about a letter being sent to them, I mean literally run off the road. We should employ the tactics the American cops have. No warning, a pit maneuver is performed on the car, sending it spinning into the nearby hedge. Once stopped - shout "sorry, you have to be stopped," and drive off! That will teach them!!
On a 60mph limit road this car was doing 35mph, and this road is a fairly straight road which you can safely do 60mph. The car behind it got to fed up they decided to overtake (not me, i have to add!.) The driver who overtook had become so frustrated he took a big risk of overtaking on a slight bend, meaning there was a risk of an oncoming car coming and a head on collision. If this had occurred it would have no doubt been the car overtaking at fault, which in actual fact the root cause was the driver being shoickingly slow.
A little way down the road i came to be behind this slow driver who was still ticking along in 2nd gear. We came to a SLOW sign on the road, because there is an S bend. Again you take this bend at 40mph without issue. The driver decided he'd slow down to 15mph, and then keep jabbing the brakes on til we were almost stopped! There was no way i could overtake so i just had to suck it up, but this was very frustrating.
We then came to 30mph limit where there is a school, and 30mph is the max you want to do here. You would think that the slow drive would be a careful driver, and wanting to stick to this limit? No... he sped up to around 45mph!!
So, just because a driver is slow doesn't mean they are safe. Quite the opposite actually! This type of driver who obviously cannot really drive at all has to be stopped by any means necessary. They are the ones who will cause accidents!
I maintain that a regular test of skill around the nurburg ring would be the way to go. Anyone who fails get this British passport torn up and made to stay to dig up roads. Anyone who passes gets to come back and get given a Supercar.
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