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Entitlement of drivers

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HarryPotterDucks · 12/08/2022 23:39

I’m not from the uk so I have learnt to drive elsewhere.

the entitlement of drivers is shocking.

park on double yellows is ok when hazards lights are on.

drive on the hard shoulder when there’s slow moving traffic

drive in lanes marked X on the motorway

speed

FaceTime and watching videos whilst driving.

kids not wearing seat belts

res light jumpers

tinted from windows

illegal number plates

etc

AIBU ti get so annoyed by this?

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HarryPotterDucks · 14/08/2022 16:03

Hobbesmanc · 14/08/2022 08:37

I live in Manchester and commute daily to Liverpool. Most of these things are daily occurrences on one of the four motorways that make up the drive. And there's at least a couple of crashes a week

Lack of indicating and drivers weaving in and out of traffic undertaking to get a bit further ahead is rife along with aggressive tailgating. Some serious speeding too. And few people take notice if local speed restrictions are showing.

I just get on with my own drive and don't sweat it.

Defo a Manchester thing!

don’t you love it when a safe stopping distance is given between cars and people take that as a chance to get in!

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badbaduncle · 14/08/2022 16:37

I imagine you lived in a fairly posh bit if Perth and moved to Hulme, which has a lot of very low cost and social housing.
I saw awful behaviour when I lived in a rough area of Adelaide including blind drunk gangs of teenagers threatening Aboriginal Australians and driving at their picnics/camps - terrifying
There are people who behave recklessly everywhere in the world.

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HarryPotterDucks · 14/08/2022 17:43

badbaduncle · 14/08/2022 16:37

I imagine you lived in a fairly posh bit if Perth and moved to Hulme, which has a lot of very low cost and social housing.
I saw awful behaviour when I lived in a rough area of Adelaide including blind drunk gangs of teenagers threatening Aboriginal Australians and driving at their picnics/camps - terrifying
There are people who behave recklessly everywhere in the world.

Doesn’t matter. I’m driving and it’s not in my local area.

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