Motorists Part II

They need a written invitation.

It would be better if you reserved your gentlemanly conduct to other road users for when you are turning yourself.



Regards,

Steve.

Do they swiftly accelerate to 1mph below the given speed limit ?

Paul
Where are you, no info, what town?

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Originally posted by Tom Alves:
The moral of the tale is that the first driver couldn't see all the traffic from his position, nor could the second but assumed that the first could which resulted in the right off of my motorbike and damage to me.

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I've had the same thing happen to me on my motorbike, plus a number of near misses.

On my way to work this morning I spent a fair amount of time behind the type of driver I like least. A woman in her late 30's driving a small car, with a friend in the passenger seat. 35mph in a 60mph limit (slowing for the occasional corner), 35mph in a 30mph limit, 35mph in a 20mph limit (past a school at 8:30am), 35mph in a 30mph limit, 35mph in a 40mph limit, 35mph in a 50mph limit - all in all about 6 miles with me behind and a growning line of following traffic (except in the 20mph & 30mph limits where she left the rest of the traffic for dead). The whole time she was busy gesticulating with her arms and looking over towards her friend.

Ah yes, the "one speed for all conditions" drivers. I have found that they do sometimes vary their speed however. At night on country roads they generally do 30 - 35mph, but they usually speed up to 40 when they come to a 30 limit (because they are less scared with the streetlights).
I also had a run in with the woman talking to her friend on the motorway. I was towing and hence forbidden from using the outer lane. The chatting woman was in the middle lane at 45mph. I pulled up behind her and waited - no response. I flashed my lights several times - no response. I blasted my horn - no response. After a couple of miles I decided to use (illegally) the outer lane to overtake her. Her conversation to her friend continued unabated throughout.
I'm strongly in favour of making people re-take their driving test every 5 years.

I'm noticing a bit of a trend here: women drivers. Hmmmm... not a thing to be encouraged.

Perhaps the answer is to ban women drivers?



John

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Originally posted by Paul Hutchings:
.. every night there are cars waiting to pull out into the traffic flow.. they sit there waiting, you slow down to make a bit of a gap, you flash your lights.. they do nothing.. you flash agin.. they do nothing.. you almost stop and wave.. still they do nothing..

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I don't find that. If I'm letting someone go, I make the decision very early & flash them before I get to the junction, them make eye contact as I ever so slightly slow and just gesture with my finger for them to come out, and the whole thing works without having to slow or stop. If they don't respond, I read that and carry on. If they dither, you have to get past while they are dithering, because the confusion that follows if you give them time to think about it can cause trouble, and you just end up looking at each other. I think it's important to keep control of the situation.
Having ridden motorbikes for all my adult life up until very recently, I kid myself that I am more aware than non-bikers. You don't survive on a bike if you are not confident. I learned early on with the bikes to use shop window refections etc. and don't pull up to a junction next to a van that will block your view, stay behind and watch for the last one to pass and you know its clear. Then go. Stay there with the van and you are setting off at the same time and they can take you out.
I think all car drivers should be made to do time on a bike.

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Originally posted by Top Cat:
I'm noticing a bit of a trend here: women drivers.

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In the cast of the one-speed fits all driver in a small car in the past I've found that just as likely to be an older male wearing a hat of some kind.

Why do some people wear caps while they are driving their cars?

for the same reason that some people wear driving gloves I guess.

My Uncle Ron used to wear driving gloves and it didn't half impress my mum who always thought he was is some way "debonaire" because she associated driving gloves with racing.
It didn't seem to matter a jot that Uncle Ron's "little red sports car" as mum called it was in fact a 1977 Ford Escort 1.1 with a spoiler on the back and a DIY black vinyl roof.
I've found that people who drive cars whilst donning caps, scarves and driving gloves either alone or together are very serious about their driving and take to the roads in the belief that they and they alone are the only road users and nobody else exists.
They are also exclusively over the age of 65 and probably wear sunglasses at night because "the headlights dazzle me".
God help us.....

Oh dear Tom - apologies for my previous posting - I don't mean to stereotype...

Yes you did.

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I'm strongly in favour of making people re-take their driving test every 5 years.

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I'm not. Those irritating drivers we get stuck behind who don't vary their speed for the conditions do so out of sheer laziness. They are effectively passengers at the wheel. If they had to retake their test they would probably pull out all the stops, pass the test and then carry on driving like lazy twats.

The rest of us would fail on something silly like not putting your handbrake on at a stop sign, crossing your arms to perform a three-point turn, or going from fourth gear to second via third on approaching a turn (this was permitted when I took my test but for some reason is no longer.)



Regards,

Steve.

I think Tom wears a bobble hat.