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Old 01-23-2008, 07:46 AM
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I think the heading people lobotomised at birth covers it.
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People who drive 45-50 mph everywhere.
Old 01-23-2008, 08:21 AM
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Anyone driving a Police panda it seems

(speeding, lack of indication, lack of awareness that kind of thing)
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What annoys me the most is the tossers that are so dumb they don't even know they are driving like dicks
Old 01-23-2008, 08:39 AM
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i had one today blurter...
come off m42, on the m42/a45 roundabout at NEC, heading towards coventry. i was in the correct left-hand lane and this rep pulls up in the middle lane.
we both pull away on green, and make similar acceleration. he pulls straight across me (indicating at last moment) and puts the middle finger up.

lots of abuse back, he still thought he was genuinely in the right lane.

never had it so bad in any other car
Old 01-23-2008, 08:45 AM
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The knobs I'm talking about wouldn't even have seen you
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I do less motorway miles than I used to so miss out on most of the common annoyances.

However, one thing I've noticed more recently is how many oncoming cars don't thank you when you wait for them to pass due to a parked car or other obstacle.

I always make a point of flashing my lights or waving my hand to say thank you but I get really pi$$ed off when they just drive past you without any acknowledgement at all.

And the other one is when people, presumably fed up of waiting, just push out into traffic forcing you to let them out. This is made worse they absolutely refuse to even look at you. Had one the other day where a lady driver tried to follow another car on to the sanctuary of the central reservation when there's only room for one car. As a result, she was completely blocking my lane. I stopped right next to her and she just stared straight ahead, refusing to look at me. She obviously drives my the maxim that what she doesn't see doesn't exist ...
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Something I've been getting a lot recently is on a dual carrigeway (I spend half my life on the A34 at the moment): somebody pulls out into the right hand lane to overtake, then sits there for the best part of a minute barely gaining on the car they were going to overtake, then pulls back in again. If you're going to overtake, do it. Or don't do it. I don't mind either way.

The lorries taking ages to overtake I don't really mind; they can't do anything different. But car drivers have no excuse.
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Agree with the sitting in the middle of junction waiting to turn right rather than moving out the way so people going left can get past - common courtesy.

Also I regularly use a couple of roundabouts with a straight-ahead lane and a right-only lane (there is no left turn). It annoys me the amount of cars using the right lane to go straight over simply to avoid queueing in the busier straight-on bit. All the rest of us have to wait, why don't you!

I also enjoy the 'wait for the next mistake' game. Commonly trundle along at 45/50mph then fail to indicate at the next turning/roundabout. Safe driver, my arse.
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