Hi all bad attituded people what really shits you about driving is it somthing major like the beer and tv's at home or is it things that you enconter while driving such as the other drivers, police etc
Me i hate people driving slow in the fast lane and not moving over grrr, people getting onto the highway at 60km and in the last little bit florring it and leaving me trying to shovel the coal and get my kombi wound up.
Lets have em'
sax ·
Finding a huntsman spider on your speedo while you are doing 110 on the freeway.
bugeyedbabe ·
the kids in the back...
VolksFolks ·
Thinking its a fart, but most probably aint...
MUD BASHING ANYONE ?? ·
Sax id say that would liven you a bit the funniest thing i have ever seen is a cocy run out of the air vent and run up my mums leg she almost jumped out
Resto64 ·
i hate when your driving along and one of those what you call them
veedubbleu's get in your way
they should be taken from our roads:P
phatrat ·
tourist:cussing
DIY-DUB ·
older dunnydore drivers, all seem 2 be dickheads
bugeyedbabe ·
hey firstcar....isn't ur other car a dunnydore???
sure it is.....
i love ya, ya know that...:kiss
boersch ·
people that don't know how to drive through a roundabout
almost got wiped today by some dickhead p plater... you give way to EVERYONE IN THE ROUNDABOUT and EVERYONE TO YOUR RIGHT.. even if they're on the inside lane of the roundabout
never trust other drivers!
Starbug ·
its not other cars that shit me off when im driving... its people in general that shit me off when im driving...
oh... and people who drive in the right lane, then move into the left lane to let you pass, then go back into the right lane for no apparent reason...:duh
vanderaj ·
I really quite liked the 1 series BMW. Unfortunately, the first (and so far only) one I saw on the road, the driver had already been infected with BMW owner disease, and hogged the right hand lane of an empty four lane freeway.
Dickhead.
So I cruised by him in the left lane at 100 km/h. Maybe he thinks that he's in the slow lane of a Bavarian autobahn.
Andrew
mscabrio ·
SLOW DRIVERS PISS ME OFF !!!!!
I don't care which lane of the freeway they are on (get more angry if they are in the right!!). If your'e not confident enough to drive at the speed limit then just hand back your licence !
I swear that half the traffic problems in peak hour would be solved if people drove a bit faster, why on hell people have to drive at 80 I have no idea !!!!!
I ALSO HATE
People that don't know how to give way
People who speed up when you try to overtake
People who can't stay in their own lane
and MOSTLY I HATE PEOPLE WHO DON'T TAKE THEIR SHOPPING TROLLEYS BACK IN THE SUPERMARKET CARPARK! It is these people who have made me leave my pride and joy at home and buy a Daewoo, and I really don't like driving a Daewoo, but I would rather that be hit by shopping trolleys than my bug.
SOME PEOPLE ARE STUPID AND LAZY AND SHOULD BE BANISHED FROM THIS EARTH !!!
Now please excuse me, all this shouting has given me a headache, I need to go lie down !!! :kiss
frenzix ·
MUD BASHING ANYONE ?? wrote:Sax id say that would liven you a bit the funniest thing i have ever seen is a cocy run out of the air vent and run up my mums leg she almost jumped out
dude are you drunk?
helbus ·
I get sick of hearing people whinge about 4WD's on the road and their attitude. If they cared to look at themselves they would find they are the kind of person who gets agro, drives in RH lanes, whinges, gets shitty, what ever. They are just a frustrated wanna be 4WD owner.
I don't care what model, brand or size car/ 4WD/ semi trailer you own. If you drive like an arseclown, then you are one.
Boozer ·
Helbus wrote:I get sick of hearing people whinge about 4WD's on the road and their attitude. If they cared to look at themselves they would find they are the kind of person who gets agro, drives in RH lanes, whinges, gets shitty, what ever. They are just a frustrated wanna be 4WD owner.
I don't care what model, brand or size car/ 4WD/ semi trailer you own. If you drive like an arseclown, then you are one.
I agree. I enjoy shooting down people (when i'm driving my parents Nissan Patrol SWB Deisel 4X4) who come up to me and ask, "Why are you driving around that giant, polluting deathtrap? You don't need it." I then reply that, yes we do need it as a sedan cannot tow/pull large heavy objects, trailers long distances and provide the power and torque of a stock deisel, cannot get onto our farm and then up the hill without ripping themselves to bits, go through shitloads of mud towing said trailer, get up hill while muddy and be as generally usefull as a 4X4. Kiss my ass.
mscabrio ·
The only time I get pissed off with 4WD's is when they are driven by these tiny little women who need to sit on 3 copies of the yellow pages to see past the windscreen and they can't stay in the one lane because they are too busy applying their makeup !!!!!
MUD BASHING ANYONE ?? ·
mscabrio wrote:The only time I get pissed off with 4WD's is when they are driven by these tiny little women who need to sit on 3 copies of the yellow pages to see past the windscreen and they can't stay in the one lane because they are too busy applying their makeup !!!!!
Fully
and frenzix na why is that is my spelling wrong all of you lot should know by now that i cant speel for shit
amazer ·
I have no problem with people owning real 4WD to tow the boat caravan horsefloat or whatever but I get frustrated with the shiny ones dropping the kids off at school. And what really really annoys me are the RAV4 type things. Like today I saw a RAV with alloy steps on the side. Fairdinkum it was no higher on the sills than the SS ute behind it. What a waste. A my sis in law has a Vitara. What a piece of shit, bone jarring ride that is to commute from Kalangur to Brisbane every day. AAAAnd they have no more room in them than your average hatchback so why bother? :repuke
frenzix ·
no problems bashing dude, just re read it and it makes sence now. . i was drunk before
helbus ·
By the way I am not a 4WD owner or driver. I don't have any friends or family that drive semi's. I just get sick of people picking on them when in reality there are plenty of other people that drive like morons.
I think about the fact truckies are actually driving for a living, at least 8 hours a day. The arseclowns who can't think while driving are commuting usually an average of an hour in total a day. Then they have the gall to whinge like they are some sort of professional driver who is perfect.
I will admit I make mistakes on the road, but man enough to admit to them and wave sorry to someone who is inconvenienced at the time. I also have my attitude set for calmness when I drive and if someone gets agro on the road, I just sigh at how sad their life must be and cruise on. If they want to make themselves sick with stress, then so be it!
barls ·
motor bike riders shit me when they whinge that people cut them off but whats the first thing they do at the lights weave their way through right to the front
bugeyedbabe ·
when ppl damage ur car, ur not around...so they dont leave a note...
i was hit a car, and left note....paid for damage done (but only what i did, not what they wanted me to pay for (er...rust on car scratch indicates it is NOT damage i did this morning!!!...give away was the $1500 for damage i did to bumper and lite...) it also helped my mum knew guy who gave quote, and asked him to work out what was old damage and what was new.....so he did, and then sent us the photos showing rust etc...:P
And I have had damage doen to my car....over $3500k worth....all panels on drivers side were damaged by truck...luckily my neighbour saw it all, and wrote details down for me.....then i sued NSW railways for it....(was their truck that did it) :P
hint here ppl....if u see the neighbour with binoclours...(cause he was 'bird' watching...and eh waves to us afetr u damage car....chances r he has ur plate number...so elave ur details, or u get charged by police for failing to stop and leave the details....:duh
amazer ·
I backed into a hyundai last year and I can understand people leaving the scene. The temptation was huge, I did the look around and couldnt see anyone, but I parked again and wrote out my details, then when putting the name on the car I thought about putting a blank paper on the windscreen. Unfortunately I am too honest, and had the niggling thought of what if it was my car that was backed into.
So I left my details but foolishly didnt get the details of the other car. Well the insurance company was damned pissed off at me. They recieved a $1500 quote to fix a volvo. I reckon I can tell the difference. Got numerous phone calls from both NRMA and AAMI. I did cause a fair amount of damage to the car I hit, right on the join between front guard and drivers door, so the amount is probably about right. Even without a bumper bar on, the only damage to the kombi was a scratch and a cracked taillight lens. Either way I was up for $400 excess so didnt really bother me.
amazer ·
I hate it when the people beside you need to change lanes, and they couldnt possibly slow down and get in behind you, they have to speed up to get in front and then hit the brakes.
And quite often when I want to change lanes I put my indicator on, and the car behind me then changes lanes and tries to shut me out. When that happens I just change lanes anyway and see if I can read lips when they curse me.
Oh and people who wont let me in when I need to change lanes. They usually get run off the road too. If I sit there at the gap with my indicator on, i feel they should be courteous enough to let me in, as I would for them. I'm not cutting them off, I'm asking for more room. Gimme room or I shall make room. Its the benefit of driving a mostly bent kombi.
amazer ·
The freeway from gold coast to Brisbane pisses me off. Possibly the widest freeway in Australia, has only 10 cars on it, but you still cant do the speed limit because idiots are driving side by side. I hate all queenslanders because tourists are the only ones in the left lane. That and the Wally Lewis/Allan Langer thing.
Queen_Bug ·
I hate people who are C**** to me becaause I am a P plater. We all have to learn one way or another.
Winding down the window and saying "fucking P Plater" as i am being overtaken me is not helping matters at all, neither is riding my ass while I am doing 90 in a 100 zone and high-beaming me help either, it only makes me slow down to get you off my ass.
I also despise:
1)people who can't understand roundabouts
2)people who don't idicate when they turn corners/change lanes
3)people who cause accidents by turning right from the left-hand in a roundabout (see point 1) lane and then look at me as if to say that it was my fault and then demand my insurance details to pay for tha damage to their car and also the other car that they hit (my car wasn't damaged, I stopped in time to avoid it)
4)pedestrians who don't look when they step out into oncomming traffic and cause me to run up the back of someone as i swerved to avoid spilling their tiny, stupid brains on the road, and then come back and kick my car a few times because i almost killed them.
barls ·
Queen_Bug wrote:Winding down the window and saying "fucking P Plater" as i am being overtaken me is not helping matters at all, neither is riding my ass while I am doing 90 in a 100 zone and high-beaming me help either, it only makes me slow down to get you off my ass.
im with you on this one even though im doing the speed limit there is no reason for anyone to sit right up your arse and if you do it to me ill give you a reason to sit there. it wont be the first time ive done 80 in a 100 zone just to piss people off who dont know their safe distances.
squizy ·
People who walk slowly when they cross the road in front of you - and aren't at a perdestrian crossing. They walk slow enough that you just have to touch your brakes, or to just make it across. Tossers.
bugeyedbabe ·
squizy...just beep them, wave and speed up.....
sure they'll move then....
:P
ohhh ...did i say that...i deny everything!
Baldy67 ·
people using there mobile phones while driving and then dont look when they change lanes😠
bugeyedbabe ·
forget them not looking when changing lanes...i want them to indicate first...
ancientbugger ·
People who indicate as they're turning, I always feel sorry for the bloke who invented indicators, after all his sleepless nights working on the problem no bastard uses them right! Also people who THINK it's their job to be policemen-you know the ones, they overtake you and then slow down so that you wont go over the speed limit😠
fekkinell ·
I live in Melbourne... I hate it here... It's cold... it's grey... it's prudish and boring... then to top it off it's full of self righteous gits who drive by their own rules and get angry at anyone who follows the real road rules. Then they have the nerve to pick on other states in Australia!?!
This place sucks... Im moving 🙂
amazer ·
My latest pet hate is morons who cant put their car between the lines in parking lots. So I have developed this strategy to try to convince them that parking within your own spot is a worthwhile pursuit. My kombi is about as straight as a rusty old corry roof, so I park as close to their drivers door as possible, meaning they have a bugger of a time climbing over the handbrake to drive off.
This morning I did it to a Pajero and looked up at it, feeling very proud, and there was an old guy sitting in the drivers seat. Guess he was waiting for Grandma to come out. He didnt appear to be so happy about it. When I came out he was still there, and the silly old fart was directing me on how to get out and beeped and waved his arms at me as soon as I started to move backwards LMAO. Take a valium Pops.
The stratefy is a lot of fun when you see people in their WRX's or Monaros parking directly in the middle of two parking spots, presumably so they dont get damaged by others doors. 2 people can play that game!
mscabrio ·
I hate people that fail to stop at RED LIGHTS. I almost got wiped out by a truck this morning while I was driving at 80kms through a GREEN light! Luckily I was paying attention and saw that the dickhead wasn't going to stop and managed to slam the brakes on (Rod, I think that I am gunna need new tyres on the Daewoo, I think that I wore all the rubber off them coming to a screeching halt) and narrowly avoided missing him (hopefully he was caught on the red light camera that flashed!). I then almost copped a Commodore up the rear end who was following me !
barls ·
latest pet hate people parking in disabled spots that arent disabled. it shits me. that and mother with prams in chatswood they have almost a whole level.
amazer ·
oooops. I have been known to park in the westfield "parents with prams" section. Well goddammit I am a parent and we used to have a pram!
And it shits me that there are so many disabled parking spots. If you can walk around a shopping centre for hours you can walk the extra metres to the car too. I'm disabled, I am hearing and visioin impaired, plus I have a wife and daughter that really cramps me up sometimes. The whole carpark is full except for the 30 prime disabled spots at the door. bastard disabled people.
I also park in the Australia Post parking space too. Cos I am going to Australia Post to send a letter or empty the mail box so why wouldnt I park in the Australia Post space! Does that guy think cos he has a red van he is better than me in my orange van??? I dont think so. fuck you fat ass posty get some exercise
😀
amazer ·
OH and the kids are in the pram, they dont care how far you walk. Why do PWP get vip parking. Push your pram to outside siberia parking. give the kid some fresh air. screw PWP's too now that I cant use it cos I no longer have a car seat.
:blah
squizy ·
Truck drivers who pull 3 abreast going up any freeway hill in peak hour.
mscabrio ·
squizy wrote:Truck drivers who pull 3 abreast going up any freeway hill in peak hour.
tell me about it ! One road that I have to drive down everyday has trucks doing that. It drives me nuts !!!! If I was driving a bigger and faster car I would pull up along side them and give them the middle finger but in my little daewoo they would just squish me
~air fooled~ ·
shit amazer.... your on the way to a fuckin mental breakdown by the sounds of it....haha
i'm one of those hated bike riders who split the lanes at traffic lights to get to the front. why? well its not only a matter of cos i can and it makes life easier, but a matter of safety. the safest place on a bike to be is in front of traffic. only bikers know how dangerous it really is and have nearly been wiped out many times cos tossers dont know anything about changing lanes despite me positioning myself in their mirrors view and having a loud as all hell sports pipe on the bike... oh and with the headlight constantly on... hence, why we lane split.
nn[ Edited on 28-7-2005 by squizy ]
amazer ·
have you tried to drive through the main street of auburn (syd) there are dickheads double parked everywhere, pretty much the only way you can get through safely without a head on is by driving on the footpath. No word of a lie, hand on heart, im driving though there one day and the guy in front just stopped dead in the middle of the street and got out to go buy bread from one of several bakeries!!!!
While on the subject.. ok its a hijack... whats with "French Hot Bread" do the french only eat hot bread... wtf makes it a FRENCH hot bread shop. wtf makes it a HOT bread shop. The bread looks regular to me, and sure as hell aint hot... and how can you have "NGOC BOI french hot bread" ... thats more like vietnamese hot bread... if it wasnt cold. NGOC BOI has very nice sausage rolls though. or should that be sossarge rollet being french n all.
yes I am losing it. Its one thing to voluntarily spend all day in front of the computer but when I have it forced on me cos I cant move anywhere without agony is something of a different stiry
helbus ·
Those rear fog lights still piss me off pretty bad.
Funnily I nearly got cut off by a yellow volvo with a hat on the parcel shelf and old guy driving. He didn't use his indicator, but he stopped pretty quick and sharply when he realised the workvan I was driving (Transit van with no side windows) was not going to accept that behaviour. I was watching the whole thing in the mirrors and the look on his face was priceless.
flashman ·
Yep, bike rider too. Hate ppl who couldnt be bothered to look b4 changing lanes. it aint real hard, look, indicate and THEN change lanes.
what do they teach these people in driving school
Just my 2cnn[ Edited on 28-7-2005 by squizy ]
Boozer ·
my current HATE is all the drivers ( i have a lot of them where i live) that are trigger-happy with the brakes. Braking unecessarily at every opportunity starts to really piss me off. Then they cop the "shitty kombi with massive bullbar and psycho driver swearing at them and scaring them" routine. My brakes are good but i don't like having all my equipment and stuff end up flying forward and bashing the seat bulkhead because some dick in front likes going from 80 and accelerating to 50 and slowing in one second flat! I love my bullbar...:P
and they won't.nn[ Edited on 28-7-2005 by Boozer ]
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Running out of petrol is pretty shitty :repuke
lulu94 ·
This happened to me the other day and it really shitted me off.
In port adelaide there is a fairly sharp turn to the left and it is a 2 lane road, usually the trucks have to go wide to get around. i was next to a truck (who was on my left) so i backed off a bit so he had room to move but i was still moving slowly and some f$*kwit behind me beeps at me and puts his hands up as to wonder why im not going very fast. so i stuck my finger at him and ignored him after that
Sorry but the guy behind me isnt worth getting my car squished.
another thing i hate is speeding trucks that ride your ass, happens alot on my way home from work, its a 60 zone im usually doing about 68 and a truck is trying to get me to go faster, then they over take andf go past me. i think they forget that they are a hell of alot heavier and need heaps more room to slow down, they cant just slam on the brakes.
Danielle
Starbug ·
now that i am no longer a driver, and a cyclist instead... DRIVERS piss me off :Pn hehehehe 😀
actually, pedestrians piss me off more, most drivers are quite courteous to cyclists and dont do anything stupid (probably because they dont want a splattered cyclist on their hood) but pedestrians have a bad habit of walking out on the road in front of you, but dont walk out in front of cars.
though i dont mind having a pedestrian splattered all over my tyres, it is a bit hard to get the squishy bits and hair out of the gears :P
BiX ·
have to be drivers who run with fog lights/driving lights on a clear nite. They seem to get really annoyed when i put the 100w cibie super oscars on in teh pajero............
and ppl who sit 10km/hr belwo the speed limit and then when there are 10 cars behind them, wonder why they are getting abused!!!
And ppl who don't look, eg just focus on teh car infront, and nothing else.
theverybigtallman ·
the thing that piss me off the most is when people don't use their driveways, choosing to park their cars on the road instead. there's a road near my school, plenty of driveways, but these ignorant c*nts still choose to park their car against the kerb. this happens on both sides of the road! so now a road which should be a easy thing to navigate is reduced in function to the point where two cars going in opposite directions have to squeeeeeze past to avoid hitting cars whose owners failed to consider others. grrrr.
this is followed a close second by tailgaters. anytime they piss me off, but nightime is the worse. all you can see in your mirrors is headlights, reflecting in your face so you struggle to see. is it such a big deal to either (a) overtake or (b) drop back so we aren't driving blind?
More Boost ·
BiX wrote:have to be drivers who run with fog lights/driving lights on a clear nite. They seem to get really annoyed when i put the 100w cibie super oscars on in teh pajero............
I agree with the fog lights being annoying, on my golf I had 980W of high beam and driving lights (Bet that upset them)
Also idiots that go flying past you on the freeway, pull in front of you and slow down to 20 under the limit because of a frigging speed camera. When you look at them and question them as you go past they point at the camera as if they might get caught.
Rob
rupsta ·
With ya Starbug, I commute regularly on the bicycle. Most drivers give you a reasonbly wide berth. I find taxis and the tandem dump trucks like to play 'how close can I get to the cyclist' game though.
Other annoyances are:
Right hand lane slow duffuses
Lazy arsed mofo's that park on footpaths
Users of foglights when there is no freakin fog.
Wankers that hit the skids when they see a radar or a copper. Just because there is a radar or a cop car you are still allowed to do the farkin speed limit.
ETC, ETC, ETC
Rant finished now😬
amazer ·
speed cameras are bad, very very bad for my sanity. Why can t people do the speed limit past cameras??? Maybe they have all been bitten by that dodgy one on balgownie rd rob.
RUBBER NECKERS! people who slow down at accidents. And people who after they have an accident leave their car where the accident happened. Im sorry but if you run int othe back of someone, and scratch your bumper, you CAN move your car off the road so that traffic doesnt bank up for an hour waiting for the police to come.
People who have trouble doing the speed limit until all of a sudden they can do the speed limit when there's an overtaking lane... until the lane runs out and we drop back to slightly under. And when theres a long trail of cars behind the slow one, a car from way in the back of the queue thinks it has the right to overtake first. Dangerous and stupid.
And when you are travelling behind the lead car, you are doing 90-95 in a 100kmh zone(where I want to do about 110 coz im bad), come to that overtaking lane, im going straight over because if I dont, im never going to have time to pass, everyone else will block me out. ALL the cars in the queue decide they are the fastest car and its a race to see who gets to the front of the line. All of a sudden all the cars are 2 inches off my backside trying to get to the front of the slow cars that were in front, seemingly oblivious to the fact that everyone was going slow because of only the one car at the front. So now im doing 120 just to get out of the way (the slow car probably doing 110 by now), everyone behind me flies past at 130-140 and then they all slow back down to 100 when the lane ends and we form a queue again. I've got a 2 litre kombi with an 1800 box, sure it doesnt accelerate hard but it can stay on the speed limit once it gets there, on almost all hills. If they would just let me in front, I'd dissappear into the sunset and be no bother to anyone. But noooo cant do that, shitty looking orange kombi. no way.
amazer ·
has anyone got a theory on why traffic sometimes slows to a near crawl for no reason? Quite a few times I've been in bumper to bumper traffic, thinking that there must be a big accident ahead... only to have the roads open up with no apparent reason in sight. This has happened to me on the F3 quite a few times.
vern74 ·
I hate hate hate those lycra wearing push bike training type pricks who find it necessary to ride 3 abreast on the road. I am sooooo tempted to accidently hit them and then reverse over them again and again and again. :onn[ Edited on 29-7-2005 by vern74 ]
Midlife crisis ·
I am on the road all day (am a delivery driver) and my pet hate is when people are travelling in the fast lane and suddenly decide that 'oops, that is my exit' and cut off everyone in all the lanes between them and the exit..................grrrrrrrrr!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! What is wrong with deciding where you want to go and getting in the correct lane EARLY instead of waiting until the last minute. :vader
Twokombies ·
amazer wrote:Take a valium Pops.
I think I know who needs the valium.
amazer ·
ha! there is no valium strong enough to fix what I got. they were some irrational posts. Right
now I'm too tired to be mentally unstable. Probably a good time to do business deals. Stayed
up all night playing the games on the set top box 🤪
Sorry bout the swearing, forgot where I was.
The simple truth is, that I am the greatest driver there ever was, and if everyone else would
just get their butts off my road then the world would be a much saner happier place.
Twokombies ·
amazer wrote:The simple truth is, that I am the greatest driver there ever was, and if everyone else would
just get their butts off my road then the world would be a much saner happier place.
They are my thoughts about myself. You take NSW (and you are welcome to it) and I will take Victoria.
Let's face it it is all the other drivers that are the problem. I never do anyhting wrong, or lose concentration or any of the other things that every other driver seems to do all the time in my personal space.
It seems to be that poeple revert to their true type when they drive. Nice and annonymous and protected by sheet metal and maybe tinted windows.
amazer ·
I would never have hit the tree if some foolish person hadnt planted it in the middle of their front yard.
robnjo ·
the bad thing about livin' on the coast is all the bloody tourists...da stoopid twats stop half way around a roundabout,
surley we're not the only tossers with roundabouts?!?
zac_smits ·
nah there's some hole called canberra that has lots of them too...
saintlywhitetigeress ·
my pet hates are the following:
ppl wanting to travel 100 in an 80 zone on the freeway just cause the speed used to be that along that stretch of road.
ppl that don't indicate
ppl that talk on phones while driving
ppl that don't buckle young kids up.
ppl that pull into my car park space hit my car and keep driving forward into their park spot and don't leave a note.
trucks and cars that sit up the arse of my car will i am stopped at lights or driving.
impatient drivers who beep me when i am giving way at a round about.
and the list goes on. I hate driving in traffic. other drivers annoy me so much.
frank2112 ·
In my commute to work every day I get wankers who slow down to 50 when we get to the 100 zone but do 100 in the 80 zone .
People who talk on the phone and change lanes without realising they are doing it.
Fog lights when there is no fog !!! Find the DAMN switch !!! Maybe I should carry a smalll hammer and fix them at the next red light.
People who don't look when changing lanes or going through roundabouts or at give way signs. I'm pretty easy to see (Big White station wagon). When you pass them they look at you like your some sort of idiot after they have almost caused an accident.
Last but not least are the cars that come screaming past me on the right and then cut me off so they can turn left at the next exit when there is a 100 metre gap BEHIND me. Same cars do it every day. I guess some people are just born stupid.
crewcabconnection ·
people that drag past you in the right hand lane, only to then pull in front of you to turn left slamming on the brakes....especially if they are a butt ugly mole driving a Festiva....yeah you know who you are....now your wondering who took a golden leek in ya a broken headlight ...aintcha????.......
anyone that buys an entry level, low end BMW and then claims its just like the real ones....
people that come over to you and tell you that they're mates got 10 dubs all with roteries on the servo forcourt.
people that ask you if you chopped a Windowed Kombi to make a Crew Cab - as VW doesn't make Crew Cabs.
People that argue that a Historic People Mover Race Championship would'nt be a roaring success - LiteAce's are GO GO GO....
Large parts of Belgium.
and that Kip Dynamite in Victoria that has spent all week emailing me endless inarticualte crap from eBay over $20 for stuff that he didn't pay for anyway ...
Paint shops that use the 'materials + what do we feel like today + length of loo roll left in the third crapper booth from the right' method of quoting, then change their mind 12 minutes later anyway. I love trailering a shell around endlessly....nn[ Edited on 29-7-2005 by crewcabconnection ]
flashman ·
amazer wrote:has anyone got a theory on why traffic sometimes slows to a near crawl for no reason? Quite a few times I've been in bumper to bumper traffic, thinking that there must be a big accident ahead... only to have the roads open up with no apparent reason in sight. This has happened to me on the F3 quite a few times.
Here's a usless piece of information, there's a chick who got commissioned to do a study on exactly that, she got about 3 mill. Anyrate the theory relies on a finite amount of space and adding cars to that space all moving at the same speed. Like a round track. If you keep adding cars and the track dont get any bigger it clogs. But here's the pisser, b4 it clogs the first car will catch the last car and when it does it has to slow. The 2nd car slows so it doesnt hit the first and so on.
like ripples on a milk pond that slowing moves back car to car and continues regardless of what happens to the front car.
Thats why there is, more often then not, nothing doing after waiting for ages on the freeway.
The moral, ride a bike and split the lanes. Orrrr the honda highway down the breakdown lane.
helbus ·
Definitley get very riled up about people driving without making sure their kids are buckled up. If I get next to them at the lights I beep the horn, point at the kid and lift my seatbelt to show them. Do people realise they get the fine as the driver, apart from that it is just stupid.
zac_smits ·
people that sit in your blind spot..
like..how dumb are they? do that want me to hit the? i know where my blind spot is..so i'm always checking there..but some peopl don't..and they are going to caus accidents.
the other thing i hate is taxis.screw taxis..profiteering shit-heads can go to hell!
pete wood ·
crewcabconnection wrote:people that drag past you in the right hand lane, only to then pull in front of you to turn left slamming on the brakes....especially if they are a butt ugly mole driving a Festiva....yeah you know who you are....now your wondering who took a golden leek in ya a broken headlight ...aintcha????.......
anyone that buys an entry level, low end BMW and then claims its just like the real ones....
people that come over to you and tell you that they're mates got 10 dubs all with roteries on the servo forcourt.
people that ask you if you chopped a Windowed Kombi to make a Crew Cab - as VW doesn't make Crew Cabs.
People that argue that a Historic People Mover Race Championship would'nt be a roaring success - LiteAce's are GO GO GO....
Large parts of Belgium.
crewcabconnection ]
There's help available for this sort of thing Deano.
Now, onto the main subject.
Why do people do 70 in 60 zone and then 70 in an 80 zone?
Why do people in 7 series BMWs feel they have the right to go straight ahead from the right turn lane?
Why do we have B-doubles? they are the most dangerous vehicles since V8 toranas.
Why do healthy young blokes in sylvias park in disabled spots?
Why do people dangerously overtake L platers? They have to learn somehow and stressing them just makes it harder.
Why does owning a commodore S pack make people believe they can out accelerate every other car on the road?
:o Jerks
frank2112 ·
Why do healthy young blokes in sylvias park in disabled spots?
Because they are only mentally disabled. Must be to drive and modify them the way they do.
MUD BASHING ANYONE ?? ·
I really hate people who smoke in the car with windows up and little kids in the back thats stupid if you want to kill your lungs thats fine but dont do it to the kids who cant complian
zac_smits ·
i got abused today by a woman for pulling into a disabled spot so she could get past..
the only reason i pulled in there..was so that i didn't block the road..and i reversed out in under 30secs..stupid woman..
pete wood ·
frank2112 wrote:Why do healthy young blokes in sylvias park in disabled spots?
Because they are only mentally disabled. Must be to drive and modify them the way they do.
need I say anymore Zac? :P:P:P
bobupp ·
Slow drivers speeding up when nearing overtaking lanes, then slowing down again when in single lanes!!
barls ·
pete wood wrote:Why do people dangerously overtake L platers? They have to learn somehow and stressing them just makes it harder.
coming back from taree today we got overtaken by a L plater and we were doing 110Km/h
Twokombies ·
zac_smits wrote:i got abused today by a woman for pulling into a disabled spot so she could get past..
the only reason i pulled in there..was so that i didn't block the road..and i reversed out in under 30secs..stupid woman..
but you still pulled in there.
zac_smits ·
so that she could get past..that was the only reason..i pulled in..put in reverse..and reversed out..
that's all i did!
barls ·
thats alright zac i know why you did it and its not like you stayed there but in this day and age next time stay there blocking the road cause your damned if you do and damned if you dont in that case
blutopless2 ·
happened to me the other day whilst driving home... following a female driver (had to put that in!) with two passengers, the one in the back is not behind the driver... so as the driver is going along doing 80k's she proceeds to turn around to face the person in the back whilst she is supposed to be looking where she is going!!! i was thinking "holy crap this is an accident looking for a place to happen" so i backed away waiting for it... she almost clipped the gutter twice and almost ran into the car in front of her but she still persisted with turning to face the person she was talking to. needless to say i took an alternate route home!
mop021 ·
When a family van is obviously going on their family holiday, and they are sitting so close to my arse when im doing 110, they must be able to see my freckles in my rear vission mirror....... i then quickly tap the breaks, they shit themselves, and drive by about 30 cm from my car helling abuse that i cant hear...... i just smile and wave and hope they dont become a statistic
helbus ·
If someone is tailgating me, I just let my foot off the accel until they pass. If that means getting down to 50kph, I do it.
LUFTMEISTER ·
I feel a lot of angst coming from this topic.
The dark FORCE is strong here.
:vader
society is finally reaching the stage were all those little computer game kids are reaching their license stage. They think they can drive their cars like a Grans turismo game then combine that with the DGAF (don't give a f***/talk to the hand) generation you are now driving with the results, get used to it people. just carry a shorten baseball bat under your seat and wait for your moment to relieve your tension.:duh
buzzbug ·
I just drove from the Sunshine Coast to Nowra yesterday (1250km) and have a few to contribute.
1. The right hand lane thing......It is not f*#king Conrod straight, the speed limit still applies get off my arse i will pass the person in the left lane then get back over.
2. It is day light, you don't need your f*#king high beam on you stupid wanker.
3. I'm with hellbus, tailgate me and i go slower.
4. If there is a car infront of you, turn off your high beam.
5. Leave learner drivers alone, I hope someone hassles your kids when they learn to drive.
6. Old people.......hmmmm please travel when i am not on the road, thankyou.
Lee.
ClintsBug ·
i couldnt have said it better myself, we are not all complete wankers
5. Leave learner drivers alone, I hope someone hassles your kids when they learn to drive.
barls ·
DUBB61 wrote:just carry a shorten baseball bat under your seat and wait for your moment to relieve your tension.:duh
a shockie shaft does the same thing mate but it is the right length to sit next to the seat :o
helbus ·
Non violence is the right way to handle things in my opinion. You just never know when you shape up in anger and the other party might just be better or sicker and you then have yourself in a situation that is not pretty.
amazer ·
You're right. Despite having the baseball bat under the bed I havent used it just yet. Going one on 5 would be foolish, even with the said bat. So who's up for forming a large vigilante group?
Boozer ·
ME! Let me get my chain....
helbus ·
A guy I know that actually plays baseball, had a bat in his car and pulled it out on someone one day. Before he knew it the other guy had taken it off him and had him on his arse. True martial arts skill at work. Muttering something like "You are so lucky I have got self control" Needless to say he got back in his car and drove away very quickly.
He keeps his baseball gear in the boot now with no intention of taking it out. He was pretty embarrassed and even a bit shamed about what happened as he didn't tell anyone about it for a few months
71superbug ·
so does that make me the safe person..knowing martial arts and all..haha
well yeah..some things do shit me while i drive...like..when i eat indian food the night before..and your on a loooong straight road on a sunday..and there are no toilets when you know your arse is going to be like the rear end of the batmobile pretty soon. its pretty scary..thank god im a male and have no shame with going to the toilet in the bush.
Anthony 🥷
zjm ·
I love the whinge about bikes spliting the lane to the front
my bike does zero to 100 in 3 seconds so when I have left your slow car (thats any car corrolla to ferrari) back at the lights and disapear into the distance whats the problem Ive allready forgotten about YOU stuck back in the traffic HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!
carisma ·
when a guy jogging up the road with shorts on and no shirt and a pretty hot bod,,,and when you keep watching and run up over the gutter and dint your mags,, and he turns around and laughs,,,,,what really anoys me is people stopping on the on ramps of the freeway,,like hello its merging traffic not stopping traffic,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
barls ·
zjm wrote:I love the whinge about bikes spliting the lane to the front
my bike does zero to 100 in 3 seconds so when I have left your slow car (thats any car corrolla to ferrari) back at the lights and disapear into the distance whats the problem Ive allready forgotten about YOU stuck back in the traffic HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!
yes but if your going to break the road rules dont come winging to me if you get cut off. actually it annoys me more when scooters do it and then dont take off fast enough cause i tend to crack the S*%$*% and scare them by launching it off the line lifting the front tire
inthebuckethenry ·
I ride a bike - but ive got no time for wankers on bikes lane splitting and cutting cars off in traffic just assuming they will move! I dont tolerate fools at the best of times, so if someone wants to climb under the wheels of my car - more fool them! hahahahahahahahahaha!!!!!!!🥷
What shits me in traffic is 4WD's with blank lights on the rear pillars, and the only ones that work are the pissy little ones on the bumper! If your more than one car back noone has a clue what there doing😬
theverybigtallman ·
amazer wrote:has anyone got a theory on why traffic sometimes slows to a near crawl for no reason? Quite a few times I've been in bumper to bumper traffic, thinking that there must be a big accident ahead... only to have the roads open up with no apparent reason in sight. This has happened to me on the F3 quite a few times.
yeah, it a bit like flashman said.
you have a line of traffic, doing 100km/h (roughly). 2nd car in line gets a bit too close to 1st car and slows down, to , say, 95, just for a moment to drop back. now 3rd car is too close to 2nd car and he slows down more, to 85. now 4th car is too close and slows to 80. now 5th car is too close and slows to 70. this goes on and on until traffic is crawling along.
this a made up example, but that how i heard it.
amazer ·
the thing that is shitting me most at the moment are police. They seem to have no regard to the rules at all. U turns at traffic lights (illegal here) speeding generally, speeding through school zones, running red lights. A while back I was sitting in a right turn bay when a cop did a big burnout u turn and almost cleaned up the car in front of me when he lost it. When I went to report it they didnt want to know unless I made it official and provided all my details. Hmmmm no I didnt like the sound of that. The officer I spoke to said he is allowed to do it. I asked if he was allowed to do it without lights or sirens and nearly kill someone in the process (an exageration sure) but then he wanted to know who was killed. I knew then that I wasnt going to get anywhere. What I need is an in car camera like the cops have to catch these buggars out and hand it over to ray martin.
I have no problems with people being booked for doing the wrong thing so long as they dont drive off and do the wrong thing themselves.
UncleRudi ·
I really despise people who park in disabled parking spots when they dont have permits. But what sh*ts me beyond belief is that I know a woman who still has her dead father's disabled parking permit AND USES IT!! She is not disabled, she is young and healthy.
I know another woman who has a disabled parking permit for her mother who uses it when her mother isn't in the car with her.
People like that sh*t me beyond belief.
Also, people who won't drive in the left lane of the three lane expressway and drive up your arse in the middle or right lane, if I'm in the right lane I'm passing someone fool!nn[ Edited on 16-8-2005 by UncleRudi ]
inthebuckethenry ·
amazer -
yep yep and yep!!
If your going to report a copper - dont go to the station! Report it to the ombudsman! They will act and your rights are protected!
I got booked by some areshole while i was trying to sell my car last year for parking in a no standing zone - only thing was the sign was completely white - no marking what-so-ever! anyway i went to the cop shop to say -Oi! and the copper said to me well you shouldnt have been selling your car without a RWC displayed in the window -WTF!!?? I said, so because you have made the assumption that there was no RWC (because the RWC was in the window!) I should deserve a ticket for an infringement that has no basis! ' YEP -and i should think myself lucky' (her words) - I was fucken wild!! 😬
Same cop shop told a mate that he should calm down and go home and go to court after the weekend when he tried to report his 4yo daughter (who he is custodian for) was being held against her and his wishes by some twit! "we dont get involved in domestic matters" - fuck - so if i stab you to death in your own home for being a fucken pratt i should be right then!!
Coppers now days are traffic-based revenue raising puppets for State Government! They couldnt give 2 shits, and they have no quams telling you that!! :puke
barls ·
how about the almost getting dated by a taxi driver when my 72 stock beetle can make the red light but the idiot in the late model taxi 100 yards behind me cant. this shits me cause the light was orange as i was 50m away from it and i slowed down but low and behold the taxi doesnt even slow down just missing me and going through the red light all the while giving me rude gestures, i taught him some new ones.
ok for those that dont know me very well im normally a quiet sedate person but piss me off watch out as the taxi driver
DubCrazy ·
not quite while driving but people who lean on my cars really really really shit the crap outa me.. I coach soccer and at the weekend i had a game.. kids played i ran around ref'ing and being blown over but frezzing cold winds... walking back to my ute some big flabby wanker is useing it as a chair... i get to the car with my 9 year old aqnd ask him to " kindly not sit on my car as its not a chair) to which he replyed whats the problem its only a paice of shit( it is but hey not for him say and a dual cab ute with air for 600 bucks cant be knocked)..i told him that i would wait till he returned to his car and sit on that .. he didnt like that much...
i am glad i had my boy with me cuz i wanted to put the stupid fool on his arse but thought better as he doesnt need to see that sorta shit
i also told him how the hell do you expect young people to have respect when u have none yourself.. he was in his late fortys he didnt like that much either...
steff...............
fastnuf ·
amazer wrote:the thing that is shitting me most at the moment are police. .. .. When I went to report it they didnt want to know unless I made it official and provided all my details. Hmmmm no I didnt like the sound of that.
amazer Grow a spine why dont you. If you want to make a complaint about an officer then put pen to paper. Dont jump up and down and make a scene when you were told how to make a complaint but you just havent got pump to put your name to it. Just remember, god forbid, if someone breaks into your house or something happens to one of your family members. Who is the one of first persons you call. THE COPS. I wonder if you would leave your details then……
flashman ·
Amazer, Highway coppers arent real anyrate. there is a reason they all them cockroaches!
in answer to your question about lights and sirens if you have a look at the rta national guidelines for emergency services vehicles the short answer is yes, except for pursuits.....
winerot ·
ppl that flash there lights to warn you of speed camera ahead.
if you speed & get caught so be it.nn[ Edited on 16-8-2005 by winerot ]
amazer ·
fastnuf wrote:amazer Grow a spine why dont you. If you want to make a complaint about an officer then put pen to paper. Dont jump up and down and make a scene when you were told how to make a complaint but you just havent got pump to put your name to it. Just remember, god forbid, if someone breaks into your house or something happens to one of your family members. Who is the one of first persons you call. THE COPS. I wonder if you would leave your details then……
lmao why doesnt it surprise me that you would have a go at me??? Cmon buddy, is that your real name or are you spineless and hiding behind an alias?
Reasons I wont put pen to paper:
A: police investigating police? that would be like putting charles manson in the judges chair of a murder trial.
B: what would happen if it was investigated? nothing
C: I dont want to be a marked man. i dont need to be harrassed when I am out on the road.
D: I imagine unofficially the guy was informed of my complaint anyway.
E: I didnt have to provide my identification when I told them about a family member doing the wrong thing driving an unregistered car. Why do I have to provide it against the police?
fastnuf ·
amazer wrote:lmao why doesnt it surprise me that you would have a go at me???
WTF is that suppose to mean?? What do you have a complex or something?? You must watch to much blue heelers.
I see you hit a power pole a little while ago. Got a ticket did we? Me thinks you just a little bitter and twisted? I bet you got knocked back when you tried to apply for the cops.
BTW that is my real name. Hence my ID 'fastnuf'. Im to old to talk this sh*t so lets just stick to talking VW's.
AND NO ITS NOT BEN.........................................
amazer ·
Anyone have a valium for this guy? I'm happy to keep it vw related. The thread title is things that shit you while driving. You came in calling me spineless. You've lost your mind. Dont know what pole youre talking about.
HotRodMatt ·
amazer wrote:
fastnuf wrote:amazer Grow a spine why dont you. If you want to make a complaint about an officer then put pen to paper. Dont jump up and down and make a scene when you were told how to make a complaint but you just havent got pump to put your name to it. Just remember, god forbid, if someone breaks into your house or something happens to one of your family members. Who is the one of first persons you call. THE COPS. I wonder if you would leave your details then……
lmao why doesnt it surprise me that you would have a go at me??? Cmon buddy, is that your real name or are you spineless and hiding behind an alias?
Reasons I wont put pen to paper:
A: police investigating police? that would be like putting charles manson in the judges chair of a murder trial.
B: what would happen if it was investigated? nothing
C: I dont want to be a marked man. i dont need to be harrassed when I am out on the road.
D: I imagine unofficially the guy was informed of my complaint anyway.
E: I didnt have to provide my identification when I told them about a family member doing the wrong thing driving an unregistered car. Why do I have to provide it against the police?
I'm with Amazer here...
Years ago (as a minor, admittedly i would ahve passed for early 20s) I was on a train. I was approached by 3 guys in their mid 20s, all smelt of beer.
No one else in the lower part of the carriage.
They asked to see my ticket.
Yeah right.
We are approaching a station and I am trying to stall these guys. Platform... slowing. I get up bound up the stairs. I am ankle tapped and crash down into the doorway. Several kicks to the guts and I am rolling out the door onto the platform. I get up and manage to clean one up while trying to keep the other two at bay. A few people are watching but not gonna help - don't blame them in some way.
Eventually I can't keep the 3 off me and I am face down over a fence. Next thing I have a gun on my cheek and cuffs on.
They turn out to be pissed representatives of NSW finest!
Straight to cop shop... make a complaint. They blow it off and pretend they are interested. My dad knows a cop at another shop... make second complaint there and a proper statement is taken and photographs of the cuts on wrist and the impression of the gun barrel on my face.
We eventually learn the first cop shop radioed the cops (who were on duty) not to get off train until they are in North Sydney and sober.
One copper ended up going away - the one with the gun. The others sacked.
You wanna know for how long I was harrassed and stopped by their mates?
Go to the ombudsman if you have a complaint. There is no such thing as a bad apple. One bad apple usually means the whole cart is rotten.
oval TOFU ·
I hate discovering that I didn't bolt my wheel on properly... whilst driving...
theverybigtallman ·
another thing that shit me is drivers turning and facing their passengers when they talking to them. a quick glance ok, but some people cant take their eyes off their passengers. ridiculous.
DIY-DUB ·
hot chicks u see walking next to a road, they cause accidents, no hot chikcs next 2 roads im sure accidents would plummit
flashman ·
Amazer and Hotrodmatt, you guys heard of the police royal commission. I think not. everyone has a copper story. remember this though, whose safety is more important? yours or the coppers?
but how may put their hands up and say "yeah you got me" when you are being an ar5e and get caught? a few years ago i got caught on the back wheel of my bike showing off to the girls at the bus stop. cracking a stand in the main street of newcastle. got pulled over and the copper laughed himself silly cause i was trying to do a crusty demons and wave at the chicks and near came off. I never got a ticket and it learmed me. NEVER DO TRICKS UNTIL YOU CAN DO THEM RIGHT?
Things that shit me more than anything else (on the road) is everyone thinks they are more important then everyone else. Wheres the love gone.
1. ppl at lights no matter what they are driving must race the humble vw.
2. merging lanes - everyone must beat the vw in
3. overtaking lanes - NO ONE STAYS IN THE LEFT LANE - WTF.
4. car drivers - they can't keep up with the bike - *ARGGH*
and whats wrong with splitting lanes on the bike, beats getting ma and pa stupid changing lanes on you, then saying, "OMG I never seen you." thats because you never turned your stupid arse head around to have a look. some riders deserved to get run over some are unlucky, it dont matter which if you get knocked arse off, dead is dead.
my 2c
oval TOFU ·
I agree, sometimes warnings are more effective than fines because you can see how close you got to being caught. If you're smart enough to not push your luck twice, you'll be more careful. If you get a fine, you'll be pissed off and probably not learn as much as the government wants you to..
my 2c too
HotRodMatt ·
flashman wrote:Amazer and Hotrodmatt, you guys heard of the police royal commission. I think not. everyone has a copper story. remember this though, whose safety is more important? yours or the coppers?
Hahaha.
Like it's terms or even it's intent were any more than mickey mouse.
nn[ Edited on 17-8-2005 by HotRodMatt ]
amazer ·
flashman wrote:Amazer and Hotrodmatt, you guys heard of the police royal commission. I think not. everyone has a copper story. remember this though, whose safety is more important? yours or the coppers?
lol you think I could get a royal commision into the college avenue burnout? I'd like to think that the coppers safety is no more or less important than mine. I'd like to see crimes against police classed as treason. Lock the brick and bottle throwers up for a long long time. But that doesnt mean they can crash into me by being a dickhead. If anyone else did it, they would have lost their car for 3 months.
I dont think its right to say that you can break safety laws (U turns at traffic lights) while trying to enforce safety laws (speeding). The police car should do what I have to do and go up to the next block and loop around. Likewise, I feel its a bit rough that a paddy wagon is allowed to travel through the 40kmh zone at a conservative estimate of 55-60 when his mate in the patrol car is pulling people over and fining them hundreds of dollars for the same thing.
If I am caught doing the wrong thing I am happy to accept the consequences, and have done several times in the past though they were a long time ago. I've lost my licence before. Sweet, I was a bad boy, even though I think I was harshly dealt with looking at how others sail through the courthouse. No problems with the red light camera my wife got caught with even though she cant remember it. What I dont like is different laws for different people.
Twokombies ·
This thread is crap,where do I go to get the ten minutes back that it took to read it?nn[ Edited on 17-8-2005 by Twokombies ]
inthebuckethenry ·
Im with Amazer and HRM!
"I'd like to think that the coppers safety is no more or less important than mine" dam straight!!
They represent the general public, they are certainly not above the law! If they actually led by example and used their discretion a little, they would have a whole lot more respect! Dont point the finger at the general public - its cause and effect...you cant have it both ways!!
Midlife crisis ·
I hate it when ppl don't know how to indircate on a rounabout. Example they are driving straight ahead at the roundabout but they put their right flasher on then don't put their left when they leave, when they should not have put the right one on at all and only their left one on after the last exit before the one they want. only when you are going past the straight ahead then you flash right, then left after the last exit before the one you want.Or if you are turning left you flash left
before ppl jump up and say I am wrong this is how I know out how to use you flasher on rondabout;
first I have done a Qld Transport Commercial drivers course
Secound I have just taken 2 teenagers through to thier licences and I checked with 2 Driver training schools and with a Qld transort tester,
and it is in the rule book with pictures sold by the Qld transport.
Marc
HotRodMatt ·
Midlife crisis wrote:I hate it when ppl don't know how to indircate on a rounabout. Example they are driving straight ahead at the roundabout but they put their right flasher on then don't put their left when they leave, when they should not have put the right one on at all and only their left one on after the last exit before the one they want. only when you are going past the straight ahead then you flash right, then left after the last exit before the one you want.Or if you are turning left you flash left
before ppl jump up and say I am wrong this is how I know out how to use you flasher on rondabout;
first I have done a Qld Transport Commercial drivers course
Secound I have just taken 2 teenagers through to thier licences and I checked with 2 Driver training schools and with a Qld transort tester,
and it is in the rule book with pictures sold by the Qld transport.
Marc
Absolutely right!
Cars ont he right also don't have immediate right of way. Only if they have entered the roundabout. No one should have to stop... if people slowed like they are suposed to then a car can enter from each point at exactly the same time...
amazer ·
the reason people dont know about rules (well, one reason) is that you have to pay for the rule book, unless you're computer literate enough to be able to search the internet or you can be bothered to search, and most people cant. Here's NSW (national) law (same as you said) only you dont have to indicate left if "it is not practical to do so". I wonder when its not practical? http://www.rta.nsw.gov.au/rulesregulations/roundabouts.html?rrlid=4
nn[ Edited on 18-8-2005 by amazer ]
inthebuckethenry ·
Its not practical to indicate when your talking on your mobile, or while lighting a fag, or both!
barls ·
shifting gears maybe
Starbug ·
shouldnt you have shifted before you get onto the roundabout?
maybe the only time its not practical is when you think you are driving a volksie, but forget that you are actually driving a toyota and accidentally turn the windscreen wipers on.
ctefeh ·
Lot's of stuff familiar in the previous pages! Couple of things from going to Adelaide and back in a weekend:
High Beam/Spottie Tailgaiters
2 yr old Magna doing 80 in a 110 zone in northwest SA...and speeding up when I go to pass (I'm in a diesel 4wd, with car trailer and VW on-board) so I drop behind again as I'm too long out in the breeze...and we're back down to 70....so I'm "off turbo"...then back to 90....to 80 (makes the Jeep shift up/down all the time). After 40 k's of this I stop. I catch up much, much later to find him holding up a 3 B-doubles who are very upset (Gosh, the same ones I pulled over for and let past!)......Magna decides to stop in town.....hooray...
The last 10 years here in the Nayshuns Crapithole have seen a hideous decline in brainpower and more Weeties sold. The usual crap here? Slowing down to merge, people changing lanes into the one you're supposed to merge into, nose-to-tail on expressways, rubbernecking (had to slow down to 20 to do it!!!).
A NSW phenomena I noticed is people doing 90 in a 100, then doing 120 in the overtaking section and back to 90 afterward.
QLD phenomena....even though I live in Canberra...my sphincter puckers at having to go through circles in Brisvegas....nearly wiped out more times in three days than i have been in the last 25 years...
Where's that Cerapax......
Midlife crisis ·
Midlife crisis wrote:I hate it when ppl don't know how to indircate on a rounabout. Example they are driving straight ahead at the roundabout but they put their right flasher on then don't put their left when they leave, when they should not have put the right one on at all and only their left one on after the last exit before the one they want. only when you are going past the straight ahead then you flash right, then left after the last exit before the one you want.Or if you are turning left you flash left
before ppl jump up and say I am wrong this is how I know about how to use you flasher on rondabout;
first I have done a Qld Transport Commercial drivers course
Secound I have just taken 2 teenagers through to thier licences and I checked with 2 Driver training schools and with a Qld transort tester,
and it is in the rule book with pictures sold by the Qld transport.
Marc
What's even worse since I posted the above have seen 3 yes 3 police cars ( 2 females & 1 male drivers) doing it completely wrong and that was in a 20 minute round trip to the shops and home.
So if they don't know what hope have we for everyone else to learn.
Marc
barls ·
yes the people who dont know how to use round abouts i was almost killed a couple of years ago while on a mountain bike by some clown in a van who went right from the left lane.
i normally start off in 1st and shift to 2nd half way through the roundabout if i have to stop or just down shift if i dont have to but i always have to shift back up before long
inthebuckethenry ·
Midlife crisis wrote:What's even worse since I posted the above have seen 3 yes 3 police cars ( 2 females & 1 male drivers) doing it completely wrong and that was in a 20 minute round trip to the shops and home.
So if they don't know what hope have we for everyone else to learn.
Marc
Yes but thats ok because they are there for our safety remember!! You know - the greater good, and there will always be casualties, the difference is casualties caused by the stupidity of police is a necessary cost - considering the great benefit they provide to society!
such as: sitting in their cars reading the paper, near road work; prosecuting every case against everyone stupid enough to contest, despite their distinct lack of evidence; charging people with traffic offences to keep uo the revenue raising quota; breaking up 'gangs' of urban youth hanging out down the shops; searching cars that look suss i.e. usually older cars, often VW's; arresting people for pissing in alleys in the middle of the city at 2am; doing raids on the wrong house and shooting the innocent residents (seems to be a strong past time in victoria); flashing their badges at on duty coppers, so they can avoid the dd or speeding charge; turning a blind eye to the massive street trade of illicit drugs, while setting up coordinated raids on alternative music festivals (the real criminals)...
I could go on... gives me a warm fuzzy everytime i think about it!
amazer ·
inthebuckethenry wrote:Its not practical to indicate when your talking on your mobile, or while lighting a fag, or both!
Or when you've just bought your McDonalds thickshake and changing down gears you squeezed the legs too hard, popping the lid off and making a big mess of yerself.
flashman ·
things that shit me today - hood ornaments
flashman ·
and here's the photo
pete wood ·
When redneck jerks in falcon utes over take me at 80kays on the left, IN A ONE LANE FREEKIN STREET!!!! :cussing
You don't know how much self control it took not to drive into him. He would have been in the wrong and I could do with a new car.😬
amazer ·
yeah, but you might be too dead to drive your new car.
I was following someone who went through a red arrow and then drove at about 40kmh about 12 inches from the gutter.
Did anyone see motorway patrol last night, the NZ reality cop show?
Some learner who had racked up 100 fines totalling over 10,000 and was still driving. And yet she drove away after getting another fine. Crazy. And the speed trap they set up, people doing 50kmh over the speed limit and the fines were buggar all.
flashman ·
how about things that shit in general. unemployment.
why is it that housing commission houses don't have air conditioning??????????
fastnuf ·
amazer wrote:Anyone have a valium for this guy? I'm happy to keep it vw related. The thread title is things that shit you while driving. You came in calling me spineless. You've lost your mind. Dont know what pole youre talking about.
Just to remind you, you said this earlier,
amazer wrote:"I would never have hit the tree if some foolish person hadnt planted it in the middle of their front yard."
Amazer, i think dude two things have happened, either the story you told earlier was a story, or your a shitty driver, which is it?????? lol
Is your current unemployment linked to your shocking short term memory problem. even an old bastard like me isn't that bad. It was only two pages earlier.nn[ Edited on 20-8-2005 by fastnuf ]
VDUBXTC ·
amazer wrote:lmao why doesnt it surprise me that you would have a go at me??? Cmon buddy, is that your real name or are you spineless and hiding behind an alias?
I know who you think it is and you couldn't be further from the truth.
Your a prime example of the trash found on this forum at the moment.nn[ Edited on 20-8-05 by manx_xtc ]
amazer ·
awww shucks manx, i didnt know you cared so much. Perhaps you boys could start a thread about me and get some stuff off your chests? For the record I think am better than you 2 as I can argue a point using facts not name calling. As far as I know the only fact I dont have at my disposal is someones ID and if I see otherwise I will admit I am wrong and make an unreserved public apology. I thought we were going back to talking VW's? Congratulations on dragging another thread down with personal abuses... again. BTW fastnuf I did a search of your 12 posts, not too many of them are vw related.
4 directly quote me and have a go, 1 I believe indirectly has a go at me.
1 directly has a go at greg wards burnout.
1 says you hate white Australians
1 has a go at andrew
3 relate to hillclimbing
and 1 is a nice post in regard to waynes manx engine.
2/3 of your posts are just angry/antagonising/shit causing! Chill dude. Try to contribute a little more positively. You'll give yourself an ulcer or something.
Im sorry I didnt recognise the difference between pole and tree. If you said tree then I would have clicked. That was very silly of me. both words end in 'e' and a pole can be made out of a tree. Its obvious you meant tree not pole and if I consulted my tea leaves I would have figured that out.
The incident is fresh in my mind. It happened July 1987, I was an unaccompanied leaner, doing 100kph in a 60 zone, was about to cut a nice apex until a kombi came the other way. I probably saved both our lives with my lack of skill as I overcorrected and went into someones front yard. I got a ride in a paddy wagon, an appointment at the courthouse, lost the licence I didnt have, paid hefty $1500 fine, paid legal fees, and paid for repairs to all damage caused. Also realised that had some kids been playing in their front yard they would be dead. Taught me valuable lessons and you wont see me speeding in any residential or commercial area. I was an idiot and drove around like I was an invicible person... like all 17 year old males (apart form yourself) are.
By the way, I start work monday. 😀
VDUBXTC ·
No love lost hey Amazer.
nn[ Edited on 20-8-05 by manx_xtc ]
amazer ·
im fine mate. start a poll on opinions of me. its all water off a ducks to me.
we've got:
a: spineless
b: trash
e: all the above.
fill in the rest.
VDUBXTC ·
Why should i start a poll on you mate?.
flashman ·
Amazer, dude, you should be a moderator. they only thing you missed was starting your post with "OFF TOPIC"nn[ Edited on 20/8/2005 by flashman ]
amazer ·
manx_xtc wrote:Why should i start a poll on you mate?.
I dunno... to tell me how you guys really feel about me, to air all your grievances, to see whether your opinion is popular opinion or not... or just for fun.
VDUBXTC ·
sorry, your not worth the time and effort chris.
:beer
Craig Torrens ·
Wow, you're so liked Chris.
Oh....... and its a popular opinion.👍
amazer ·
no worries at all. I guess I know someone who will not be getting special treatment with a late hillclimb entry in 2006, like I gave you this year, short memory. not that it mattered anyway cos you lost, even after the big noting how you were gonna break the record. Loser on and off track hahaha.
im not losing any sleep at all over you guys, in fact it brings a smile to my face knowing that ive irked you so much that you have to hijack a thread to say so :thumbnn[ Edited on 22-8-2005 by amazer ]
Craig Torrens ·
:cry hehehehe
bugeyedbabe ·
STuff thsi I hate amazer...back to the thread...
I HATE BERAK DOWNS WHEN MY CAR SHOULD BE MOVING!!
and yes...i meant to yell....3 times in 10 days...enuf said!
amazer ·
take a number darl. I got the shits with parallel parkers. At uni there is not enough parking, theres quite a hike if you get there at the wrong times... like I will be every 2nd week. There seems to be heaps of parking spots for 3/4 of a car. If everyone bunched up ther ewould be more parking... although I still wouldnt get one of them.
nn[ Edited on 22-8-2005 by amazer ]
bugeyedbabe ·
ok...u got me wrong amazer...i meant for the mud slinging at you to stop...not that I hate you ya dag....
As in stop this "I hate amazer" crap...
Its old, Im bored...move on people...if ya hate him...take it to BA...thats the WHOLE reason it was created!
and besides amazer...didnt think I needed a number...thought i'd always be first...no matter which line i choose to stand in....:kiss
barls ·
i agree it is getting old i think its time to pick on some one else. that can be your next poll amazer who to pick on next.
56astro ·
It's probably a tumor that's causing all this irrational behaviour
penguin ·
Amazer
u2u me would you..........
bat69 ·
parking fines. I hate parking fines.
flashman ·
bat69 wrote:parking fines. I hate parking fines.
you shouldnt park in disabled spots
zac_smits ·
*raises hand*
pick me pick me..see how much you can take me on :P:P
you know what i hate? people that hit your car and don't leave a note.
ie, today someone back into the front drivers side of my 91 mazda stationwagon. (i know, i know..i don't bring the vw to my apartment caus i can't keep it garaged up here 😀), so anyway, i return to find my right front tyre well, is about 2inches further in now.
arseholes! that's really shits me!
Doug Sweetman ·
I hate the truck drivers that MUST pull out in front of you when there is thousands of meters of free space BEHIND you..... jeesus, just wait the extra 10 seconds why dont you....
And I hate people who forget this is a VW forum and get all riled up about shit that doesnt mean anything......
Oh, and if we are voting I dont hate Amazer. Or Craig. Or Flashman, even though I dont know who he is.....
bat69 ·
56astro wrote:It's probably a tumor that's causing all this irrational behaviour
Its not a toomor...................
Spook ·
~air fooled~ wrote:shit amazer.... your on the way to a fuckin mental breakdown by the sounds of it....haha
i'm one of those hated bike riders who split the lanes at traffic lights to get to the front. why? well its not only a matter of cos i can and it makes life easier, but a matter of safety. the safest place on a bike to be is in front of traffic. only bikers know how dangerous it really is and have nearly been wiped out many times cos tossers dont know anything about changing lanes despite me positioning myself in their mirrors view and having a loud as all hell sports pipe on the bike... oh and with the headlight constantly on... hence, why we lane split.
nn[ Edited on 28-7-2005 by squizy ]
I've been riding 27 years & can't say that I've ever done it.
A man, a lot older & wiser than me, told me many years ago;
Never sit behind someone wearing a hat, cause they usually don't know where they're going.
Taxi's only give way to other taxi's.
& little old ladies on their way to bowls don't see other cars.
From what I'm reading I'm one of the drivers most of you hate.
My old bus has a top speed of 100, but that aint the cruising speed. I never give anyone an arrival time & I don't wear a watch.
Basically, I got all day & so should anyone behind me :P
My curtains are permanantly shut, so I can't see what's behind me anyway.
I pay 4 rego,s every year, so YES, I AM ENTITLED TO THE ENTIRE F#CKING ROAD!
And I do use both hands to roll a smoke while driving.
I'm probably one of the most relaxed drivers on the road.
The only thing that gets to me, not so much annoys me, I just don't see the point, is people that risk life & limb to get around you, only to turn off 100 yards up the road.
Don't worry Chris.......Zac still thinks your a god.