to have so many driving peeves?

[littleemma1]

This is kind of just for fun but I’m intrigued to know what everyone’s top 3 driving peeves are... I’ll start...

1. No indicators. Got to be. Especially on busy roundabouts, junctions etc or when cutting you up on dual carriageway. Anytime really 🙄
2. Drivers who don’t say thank you when you’ve done something nice. Like it’s just a little wave but it makes all the difference! 👋🏻
3. Drivers who can’t stick to one speed limit on a dual carriageway. Going from 70 to 90 to 80 is just silly. I usually find it goes I overtake them, they overtake me, then I overtake them, then they overtake me. It’s ridiculous. Does make me giggle at how much more fuel they’ll use 🤣 (not to brag but I have the luxury of cruise control so I know it’s not me!)

Please do let me know. I’m very curious.

Oooooo @Leafyhouse you’re confirming our wanker driver opinions 😂

Everything you have all said and lane changers, oh they irritate the hell out of me! say slow moving traffic on a dual carriage way and they feel the need to change lanes about a million times to save all about 2 seconds to their journey

Also, is it just me who thinks we have an unreasonable amount of roundabouts in the UK?

Yea, it's a fair point - but at least I've given up on my 500cc motorbike since having kids! Saw someone flash past on a 650cc motorbike once, with 'Pregnant Rider' written on the back. Jeeezzz...

2.5 litre V6 wank-mobile

Love that. I drive a 4.2 litre supercharged V8 wank-mobile. In black. With limo tint. And 20" wheels. Full on drug dealer spec.

But I get have the pootle along feeling when driving it on motorways. Set the cruise control within ACPO guidelines, listening to the afternoon play on the Home Service on the Wireless as one does.

So I get the middle lane dozers, those who know the speed limit but not that their speedo overreads by 10%, those without rearview mirrors or indicators, those who let their speed vary randomly by 10mph and all your other comments.

My peeve?

Those who lack anticipation.

Maybe this is just a rural thing but
drive up to the roundabout.
Stop.
Look.
Hesitate.
Look again.
Finally enter roundabout.

Lights change to green.
Every single driver waits until the car in front has moved at least one car's length before beginning to move.

@crispysausagerolls you have way too many roundabouts. You have them on major dual carriageways/motorways ffs. In general the British have failed to move on from the sixties. I mean ring roads. Wtf. Who thought these were a good idea? And pointlessly bend Road in suburbia with no parking just because.

Racecardriver

I learnt to drive in Austria and even now, a few years later, I am shocked by all the roundabouts. I'll be on the motorway and there's a roundabout and the sat nav, immediately after leaving, will say "prepare for another roundabout 0.5 miles". This can go on for about 5 roundabouts in a row, it's fucking mental. If you drive for an hour, you will usually end up exceeding 10 roundabouts.

@MirriVan I agree, indicating is not just for other road users but for pedestrians too!!
@crispysausagerolls agreed! Although I’m not sure how we would cope without them! 🤣 I do think roundabouts with traffic lights are silly, it should be made into an “intersection”

I ride a motorbike so maybe have slightly different peeves to car drivers but generally:

1. People who overtake me when there isn't room/approaching a roundabout/on a windy country lane/just generally in a dangerous and completely dickish way. All because they want to get in front of me! Seriously, it's not worth risking both of our lives to gain an extra 10 seconds.

1. People who drive directly at me on aforementioned windy country lanes and just expect me to move out of the way for them because I am smaller. Often ends up with me having to ride in the mud/gravel/potholes etc at the side of the road. Not fun. Just stop being an asshole and move over a bit.

1. People who refuse to reverse on aforementioned windy country lanes with blind corners. I get it, it is a pain in the bum and you don't want to do it but I physically CAN'T reverse up a hill so you just have to. No point giving me evils.

There are many others but we'd be here all day

@GrumpyOlderBloke
Love that. I drive a 4.2 litre supercharged V8 wank-mobile. In black. With limo tint. And 20" wheels. Full on drug dealer spec
I’m really sorry but I would have to take an instant dislike to you based on your car, sorry!! You’re probably lovely but if I saw you tootling along in that I’d just think “wanker” 😳 mainly because the villages around where I live of full of these cars and the people that drive them are a^^eholes

I really can't bear this hate for certain cars and their drivers. It's lazy and generalised.

Yes some people who drive BMWs, Audis, Porsches etc are wankers and drive like twats.

But so are some people who drive Kias, Hyundais and Citroens.

I adore driving DPs Audi - it's powerful, comfortable and has all the mod cons I love. I drive it in just the same way as I drive my Ford, Volvo or Citroen.

He is an incredibly safe and respectful driver, doing approx 25-30,000 miles a year. He just likes having a decent car. He doesn't drive any more a twat than if he were driving a Fiat.

There are also a lot of people who manage to drive while simultaneously having their foot on both pedals, as they are moving forward with all their brake lights on as well. It must be fucking their engines right up!

Do you mean rev matching / heel & toe - braking while revving? I think it's actually better for your car and certainly smoother!

I think we can all agree that the driver of a Honda Jazz is always about a million years old and doing 15mph under the speed limit. I say this as someone whose grandfather is 91 and really, REALLY shouldn't be driving anymore but refuses to relinquish his licence.

Agree with @Sidge - the BMW driver thing is boring. I would rather be driving behind or in front of a BMW or Audi than a Peugeot or Vauxhall!

@crispysausagerolls - I drive a Honda Jazz and I am a great driver. Also young and female. My BMW loving husband also loves driving it. It's a great little town runaround, is perfect for tip runs as its rear seats are magic and turn it into a van. It's reliable, cheap to run and you can red line it for nippy driving as it's a Honda engine!

littleemma1

Quite alright my dear, no need to apologise, I don't even notice the plebs as I tootle along.

My wife loves driving it but hates parking it.

But to puncture your balloon it isn't a Range Rover.

The family fleet does include a Land Rover, but it's a real one. It's 46 years old, has leaf springs, dents on every panel including the roof and irritates the hell out of any townies as it cannot even reach the national speed limit!

TireSwing

I stand corrected! I have never, EVER seen someone in a Honda Jazz who wasn't peering over the steering wheel with tufts of white hair and going really slowly! Nothing against the car itself

Since bikers have been mentioned, I'll add people who think they can drive off at the lights faster than me just because they're on a motorbike. It's rare that you can, so don't filter down and stop in front of me at the lights. Keep to the side, if you are in such a hurry.

Not indicating but I find it especially annoying if you don't indicate when going left off a roundabout. 😡

People that go 40 everywhere. In a 60, in a 30, it isn't a universal speed.

People who cannot reverse. On our school run I've seen countless people unable to reverse back in one straight line.

People who park too far over to wards one of the white lines. I'm ridiculously anal about having the same amount of space either side.

@GrumpyOlderBloke now that’s the kind of Land Rover I like seeing!!! How have you kept it in service for so long?!
I love seeing “classic/older” cars tootling around and will quite often venture to the odd “classic car event” when they’re local.
I often find land rovers aren’t the problem around here as they’re mainly used by genuine farmers and are a bit battered, just like yours 🤣
Range rovers, that’s a different kettle of fish!!!

1. No indicating - especially on a local roundabout with crossing islands on the exits used by kids from secondary school. How are they supposed to know if it’s safe to cross if you aren’t indicating you are taking that exit.

1. Teeny tiny Fiat 500 that seems to think her aura prevents her from going through a gap that a white transit just roared through at 50000mph with about 2 ft of clearance either side.

1. Using phones while driving - by the way I can see the light bouncing off your gormless face while you attempt to post “Lol I’m driving” on TwatBook. And nooooooooo it isn’t obviously from your looking down at your lap every 3 secs.🙄

@TireSwing
I’m with you @crispysausagerolls, I stand correct as well 🤣
Nissan note seems to be a common one for the older folk these days too!

How have you kept it in service for so long?

Define it

Trigger's broom
Replacement chassis 20 years ago.
Panels from at least three different Land Rovers
Oily bits from even more.
At one point had a 200 hp turbo-charged engine in it, but no longer.

The data plate riveted to the bulkhead is the only guaranteed original bit with continuous history. It was never a garage queen. It was extracted from under a tree in a farmer's field for eldest's 13th birthday. It went to university with him. Been rallied and trilled, rolled over more than once.

Land Rovers of that era are just giant Meccano kits for overgrown schoolboys.

Many spanners.
Big garage.
MIG Welder.
Bloke, three sons and most important of all an incredibly understanding wife.

@crispysausagerolls - I am fiercely protective of the Jazz. I surprise myself!