Shit that annoys you...

[Phil]

Originally Posted by monster

Everyone drives like that here. Apart from rkzenrage, who causes most of the accidents by refusing to drive at the prevailing traffic speed and by being the only car who stops when the lights change to red (everyone else stops for green to avoid those in the other direction who are running the red)

i drive very much like RK and SG, which is why i get annoyed at people who drive without consideration for others.

[monster]

Originally Posted by Phil

i drive very much like RK and SG, which is why i get annoyed at people who drive without consideration for others.

I'm half and half -I drove like that in the UK, here the bad habits are rubbing off. Plus they don't have speed cameras and red light cameras -they actually have to catch you!

I remember in the UK being explicitly taught that when you pull into traffic, make sure the gap is big enough that you won't cause the next car to slow down. -For your safety as well as as courtesy to them. Especially when joining motorways where you should use the slip road to accelerate to the speed of the traffic before you join. And don't pull off the hard shoulder until you're almost at the traffic speed and -again- the gap is big enough.

I think an awful lot of people here missed class that day. It scares me the way people will happily put into a small gap in 70mph traffic from being stationary on the hard shoulder. Or into 40mph traffic from their sideroad when the next car is 20 feet away. And there are more gaps to be had in this part of the world -the traffic is nothing like in Birmingham (UK). Rather a few seconds late than permanently late, imo. (but I'm damned if I'm going to stop for that orange light.... )

[Madman]

Liars... Especially when they're not very good at it.

Even worse... When they are related to you.

[Phil]

Originally Posted by monster

I'm half and half -I drove like that in the UK, here the bad habits are rubbing off. Plus they don't have speed cameras and red light cameras -they actually have to catch you!

I remember in the UK being explicitly taught that when you pull into traffic, make sure the gap is big enough that you won't cause the next car to slow down. -For your safety as well as as courtesy to them. Especially when joining motorways where you should use the slip road to accelerate to the speed of the traffic before you join. And don't pull off the hard shoulder until you're almost at the traffic speed and -again- the gap is big enough.

I think an awful lot of people here missed class that day. It scares me the way people will happily put into a small gap in 70mph traffic from being stationary on the hard shoulder. Or into 40mph traffic from their sideroad when the next car is 20 feet away. And there are more gaps to be had in this part of the world -the traffic is nothing like in Birmingham (UK). Rather a few seconds late than permanently late, imo. (but I'm damned if I'm going to stop for that orange light.... )

my stepfather was American and during his short time here in Wales, he was astounded at the idea of a ROUNDABOUT, and of course, our small roads.

[monster]

Originally Posted by Phil

my stepfather was American and during his short time here in Wales, he was astounded at the idea of a ROUNDABOUT, and of course, our small roads.

Roundabouts are the new thing here. They're putting them in left, right and centre. Problem is drivers are using them left, right and centre. There are public meetings to explain them, but to little avail. So then they put stop signs at all the entries.

[xoxoxoBruce]

Originally Posted by monster

Roundabouts are the new thing here. They're putting them in left, right and centre. Problem is drivers are using them left, right and centre. There are public meetings to explain them, but to little avail. So then they put stop signs at all the entries.

You mean they are actually building them in Michigan? Everywhere else they are ripping them out.

[Perry Winkle]

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

You mean they are actually building them in Michigan? Everywhere else they are ripping them out.

They're building them in upstate NY too.