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knickerlesscage
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They more than ever seem to be on the decline, especially during the morning and evening 'commute' times.
Every set of lights have drivers sailing through on red as though it's optional whether or not to stop. This morning a bus went through a full red at what must have been pushing 40mph.
Then I saw a woman overtake on the inside and completely cut in front of another driver - whilst turning a corner! It was like watching go karting - except they wouldn't have spun out into a stack of tires had it gone wrong.
What have you witnessed?
Every set of lights have drivers sailing through on red as though it's optional whether or not to stop. This morning a bus went through a full red at what must have been pushing 40mph.
Then I saw a woman overtake on the inside and completely cut in front of another driver - whilst turning a corner! It was like watching go karting - except they wouldn't have spun out into a stack of tires had it gone wrong.
What have you witnessed?
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I am pleasantly surprised.
More like it!
Oops - nearly forgot - cyclists!
And old people.............
And Nissan Micra drivers......................
and........................
"Oh look, a pedestrian who has obviously got time to waste by walking while I have somewhere IMPORTANT to go so I'm not going to stop for him"
Or the motorists who overtake me on my bike when they have only about 50 meters ahead of them before they reach the back of more traffic. They give it some hard revs, gun past at maximum and just make it past me before hard on with the brakes again (I pass them again instantly). I wonder if they are even thinking at all.
Driving standards are dropping.
Then again so many drivers don't seem to ever bother reading them anyway.
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Didn't take long did it?
A few years ago I only use to come across not even 1 person a month jumping a red light in front of me and now it's every other day (and I'm not talking about when the light has just changed red).
I have jumped them in the early hours if I am working wkends and it is dead. I have been behind police who have jumped them as well at the same time.
Some old people on mobility scooters are worse than bad, they are scary.
Then there are the people who have no idea how a bloody roundabout works.
Let's not forget the people who come barreling up behind you doing twice the speed of sound, overtake in a stupid place narrowly missing your arse and then pull in narrowly missing your nose.
Just like "youngsters" on motorbikes - bloody clueless.
In one of the few moments when Clarkson is sensible and makes sense, he once said similar to the above and pointed out that most people (British people i presume) would say they were "pretty hopeless" or "Well I try my best" or "I struggle along" if asked whether they were good at dancing, golf, the piano or any other activity.
Yet driving....nearly everyone is above average in their own minds. I wonder if it's tied in to a sense of necessity and personal freedom.
I don't care about motorbikes. They aren't on the footpath with you.
There are people who passed their test but not driven for many years and they are still perfectly entitled to drive without restriction. Also people don't always report changes in their health to the DVLA because they fear their licence being taken away. Or people slip into bad driving habits. And would it improve standards for everyone?
Yes same here, there used to be the occasional idiot who would do it but on my journey now it is every set of lights, two or three go through.
It also really irritates me when people block box junctions, then when the lights inevitably change to red and theyre still stuck there, none of the other traffic can pass and it just creates a massive backlog all because of the selfishness of a couple of people.
For example, this happened the other day on the way home from work:
Me and and a car behind attempting to turn right, awaiting the filter light
Traffic moving slowly in oncoming direction, starting to clog up in the road to the right but just about room for 2.
Filter light comes on (only lasts a short period)
Despite the filter coming on for my side, 2 cars in oncoming lane try to barge forward and turn to their left, almost leaving me and the car behind stuck in the middle of a busy box junction as the lights then change back.
Car in oncoming lane then has the nerve to toot me despite going through a bloody red light >:(
It's a limit not a target, you say slow but not dangerous so why push someone into driving at a speed that they aren't comfortable with and therefore likely to mess up.
Luckily I'd seen him early enough to brake so he didn't take the front of my car off, the idiot!!
Unfortunately I see this kind of thing a lot at rounadabouts. You either get people just barreling through without even looking to their right or you get some that actually do look and think "sod it, I'm going anyway".
If they're not comfortable driving at a sensible speed then they probably shouldn't be driving. There is a reason that you pick up minor points on a driving test if you're not going fast enough!
Yes because it can be dangerous but the poster only said they weren't going the limit nothing about dangerous driving as a result. A lot of the times going the limit can be dangerous. I would be hesitant to remove what can be an important lifeline for elderly/older people simply because they aren't hurtling along as the max speed. I think people in general drive way to fast and rarely stick to any limits so when some does stick to it or a few mph below it can seem they are going a snails pace.
I was driving last night and at the entrance to the motorway it said *30* flashing because there had been a car crash right ahead. Did any car slow to 30? Nope, did any put on their brakes? Nope, all 8 cars went flying ahead. It then caused queues because slamming on their brakes meant people were having to stop whereas had they slowed to 30 we all could have driven through the single lane easily.