It's the German word I was using!
Motorway Road Rage - Brits are idiots when they arrive at roadworks
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It's the German word I was using!
mybike
Grumblin at Garmin on the Granny Gear
- Location
- Not 'emel 'empstead
Seems to me that the vehicle trying to join the lane should be a whole length, that is car+caravan, ahead of the vehicle he is trying to pull in front of. He clearly isn't.
glasgowcyclist
Charming but somewhat feckless
- Location
- Scotland
Just look at his face, he knows what he did!
GC
(Yes, that is actually the culprit)
GC
(Yes, that is actually the culprit)
robjh
Legendary Member
- Location
- Cambridgeshire - almost Essex
At the risk of turning this briefly into a German rude words thread, I wonder whether this US project management company does much business in German-speaking lands?
It's a left hand drive, he probably got confused and mixed up his paws.
glenn forger
Guest
threebikesmcginty
Corn Fed Hick...
- Location
- ...on the slake
I've found a pic of him before he sidled over, all innocent like, into the passenger seat.
glenn forger
Guest
Pretty sure he ran me off the road near Purley Tescos, he was in an Audi.
Cubist
Still wavin'
- Location
- Ovver 'thill
Junction 24 of the M62 Westbound often backs up in the 1st lane, signposted a mile beforehand as the exit lane for Huddersfield. Queue warning signs are lit about two miles if not more before, as the queueing often stretches back for all of that mile, sometimes more. Observant drivers go into the queueing lane well in advance, but I can guarantee that on every occasion you will see people indicating left halfway along the queue, trying to join it, having failed to get over in time. Many drivers refuse to let them in, and while I can sympathise with the attitude to some extent, traffic at teatime is extremely solid, with no room to change lanes. I have, on numerous occasions, seen cars come to a dead halt in lane two, trying to move across. Often, I have then seen a fully laden artic have to anchor on to avoid rear ending the stopped vehicle.
I now always leave a gap, and will allow the idiot driver to get across out of harm's way. Point of principle or not, I would not like to have the deaths of several people on my conscience. The consequences of a "It's my right, you're stupid" attitude in the circumstances are potentially horrific.
In the caravan video, the driver is a bellend, doubtless, but so is the driver of the Renault he first tries to get in front of. On a "point of principle" the lorry driver compounds that. By all means swear etc, but if he hadn't acted in the way he did, everyone would have got home for tea. Would he have posted the video if it had resulted in a fatality?
I now always leave a gap, and will allow the idiot driver to get across out of harm's way. Point of principle or not, I would not like to have the deaths of several people on my conscience. The consequences of a "It's my right, you're stupid" attitude in the circumstances are potentially horrific.
In the caravan video, the driver is a bellend, doubtless, but so is the driver of the Renault he first tries to get in front of. On a "point of principle" the lorry driver compounds that. By all means swear etc, but if he hadn't acted in the way he did, everyone would have got home for tea. Would he have posted the video if it had resulted in a fatality?
Cubist
Still wavin'
- Location
- Ovver 'thill
Your card's marked pal.....You are probably right Cubist... sorry if it's wound you up- not my intention.
[I'd prefer not to get any points... clean licence for over 20 years]
subaqua
What’s the point
- Location
- Leytonstone
M3 M25 junction is like that, as is the M4 M25. sunday evenings are terrible. I go one junction further up and come back as its quicker and safer.
Archie_tect
De Skieven Architek... aka Penfold + Horace
- Location
- Northumberland
I hope it's the quick-step.....
glasgowcyclist
Charming but somewhat feckless
- Location
- Scotland
mybike
Grumblin at Garmin on the Granny Gear
- Location
- Not 'emel 'empstead
Actually the driver of the Renault really has nowhere to go other than forward. The guy with the caravan was sliding across into him, he might have got hit by the caravan.
Cubist
Still wavin'
- Location
- Ovver 'thill
Not with my hips. We'll have to settle for a slow number.
