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A Rant about Driving in the UK.
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I see that there's a motorway driving thread already on the go - I just have a couple of wee observations. Maybe some ideas can come from this, who knows!
For starters, I think if you have an accident, there should really be a retest of sorts. I say this because I know a person (my sister), who has been involved in a few prangs. As a result of this she has next to no confidence in driving at all. I've lost count of the times that she's said to me "oooh, I hate driving in the city it's so busy", or "I hate driving in the snow, I absolutely hate it". I point out to her that her license neither says "this person can only drive in good weather", or "this person is only permitted to drive in small towns and villages"!
Thoughts?
For starters, I think if you have an accident, there should really be a retest of sorts. I say this because I know a person (my sister), who has been involved in a few prangs. As a result of this she has next to no confidence in driving at all. I've lost count of the times that she's said to me "oooh, I hate driving in the city it's so busy", or "I hate driving in the snow, I absolutely hate it". I point out to her that her license neither says "this person can only drive in good weather", or "this person is only permitted to drive in small towns and villages"!
Thoughts?
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you fail
no license
And it still wouldn't after a retest... making it pointless...
Happy to help.
This quote basically sums up what goes through my mind when I'm driving.
The amount of people not indicating is crazy - I'm starting to think I missed some kind of national notice saying not to bother with indicating now.
Learners are taught parallel parking....
Oh it makes me insane, especially at mini-roundabouts when you're waiting, giving way to a car that then speeds off up the road you've just come down. It happens ALL the time where I live. Now I just blast the horn at the them and scream 'haven't you got any ******* indicators'. Almost as bad are people who only indicate when they're already ON the roundabout. I mean what GOOD is THAT.
Along with tail-gating and the breaking of 30mph and 40mph speed limits, the lack of indication is the one thing that drives me nuts on the road.
My mother in law had an accident with a milk float, a good number of years ago, she did not drive for about five years after, she then decided to drive again.....WTF she was a nightmare. I do wonder about this, after a length of time your ability on the road is not up to scratch.
I realise that.
Otherwise, 2/10.
I'm rubbish at understand people's descriptions but do you mean going straight ahead at a round about?
It's all about habits. I find myself driving home from a mates, at three in the morning, indicating the whole way nary even seeing another car on the way. I even indicate to park in my space at home.
I mean when you're waiting at a roundabout and the car you're giving way to, instead of either going straight ahead or to the right, goes left instead, meaning that if they were indicating property, with their left indicator on, I could've been on my way instead of having to wait. It's just SELFISH and shows a complete lack of consideration.
And yes, I agree with the other FM. It's a habit. I indicate out of habit. But I saw some snot-faced teenager the other day not using his indicators at all and I thought 'You've probably only just passed your test over the last week, you ****, and already you're not using your indicators, and probably won't for the rest of your pathetic little life'.
Ah, so you're one of those half-asleep drivers who are oblivious to the fact their indicator is busy flashing away as they amble along are you? I see.
What if the accident wasn't the driver's fault?
you are naughty and should pull into an appropriate place to let others pass.
People are in too much of a hurry these days, if we all had a Tractor the pace of life would be so much better.
but people would just fit big turbos, oversized sewer pipes and those awful boom boom music making machines anyway
I think you should have joined the existing thread and added to that.
Whats trowling when its at home then?
I once drove my mates car back from holiday. He sat sideways on in the passenger seat smirking at me for 2+ hours because he thought it was funny I was indicating and generally driving normally.
Our other mate has commented before that he likes me to drive because it's less scary and he's more likely to live through it.
Now I know the old "never trust a signal" mantra, but even when I was learning my instructor acknowledged that on busy roundabouts, you have to put a little trust in people's signals, otherwise you'd never get going. It just needs good reactions for if they're fibbing.