Is it National F**kwit Week......

[briantrumpet]

I think that we should start using the Fw unit across these messageboards. Obviously a complete F**kwit would be classed as 1Fw, down to 0.1Fw for someone guilty of a minor indiscretion. That would give us ten major classifications of Fw - maybe someone fancies suggesting types of behaviour to qualify for each of the ten classifications...?

 

[potsy]

5th commute and today was the first one this week with absolutely no fw's

 

[campbellab]

.....cos there's a hell of a lot of them about.
Today I've had three people pull out of a side street in front of me, all looking me in the eye as they did it, and one flicking the Vs for good measure. And then last week, sat at a roundabout on the front of the queue and the dozy bint behind sees a gap in the traffic, and drives straight into the back of me.
It can't be the heat cos we haven't got any, so what's going on?

There was a few more cyclists out on my drive home, twice I had to break for people overtaking them without checking there was space, both at bends, and someone else overtook to indicate left whilst alongside causing him and the cyclist to both stop to prevent a left hook.

 

[BentMikey]

Impatient subaru driver gets flashed by a speed camera. How I cheered!!!!


View: http://youtu.be/hbO902IqcO8

 

[markharry66]

Video of the week lol

 

[skudupnorth]

Had a few this week but i brush most of them off nowadays.For some reason Saturday was my worst day......strange !

 

[BentMikey]

I had two totally quiet commutes on Thurs and Sat, and today, some insane overtaking, and near head-on collisions. Also a coach driver on the phone, shooting out of an unsighted exit to some Mews in Knightsbridge. He stalled the coach too, after hearing me comment on the phone.

 

[Nebulous]

I came to a set of traffic lights today, slight uphill and I'm at the head of the queue, absolutely pouring rain. There was a car coming the opposite way and turning right. I was aware he might try to cut across me - but the lights changed and he didn't move. I got halfways across the junction, had just begun to relax, when he decided to go anyway. He turned right, completely on the wrong side of the road. I lost my cool and began to give chase, but soon gave up and resumed on my way. It caused me considerably more annoyance than my wet commute did!

James

 

[gambatte]

Twisting, turning, up and down, short, tight country lane. Part of tonights commute home, near to home. I've had plenty of good drivers around.

Anyway, this road you have to ride wide(ish) to discourage bad overtakes.

Range Rover decides to pass too close and I can see he's cutting it close with the car coming in the opposite direction.

Problem really comes when the big saloon decides its safe to move out and pass when he can't see whats approaching......

Cue brakes and horns

 

[briantrumpet]

Cue brakes and horns

Were you able to cycle serenely on as the drivers sorted themselves out? That makes it all worthwhile when you can.

 

[gambatte]

No, I'd seen what was about to happen....
Unlike these 2 numpties, I was aware of the road and what was on it. I guess Mr Saloon was just on autopilot, saw the range Rover and thought "We got a convoy!"

soon as my rear look saw his bonnet alongside I was braking. This probably meant he had enough room to not come to a complete stop (and didn't put me in the position of being by the field wall at his side if he moved left...which he did ) He then shot off

TBH, I was pleased he was infront of me

 

[ink]

has indicating before manoeuvring been outlawed? three times this morning (three times!) somebody swerved out in front of me without indicating… first two were really dangerous as they happened on speedy, downhill sections of my commute. third one was fairly innocuous but i was so annoyed by this point that i ended up shouting at some poor woman who really didn’t do all that much wrong – not feeling good about that actually but those first two guys deserved to have their licences taken away. either one of them could have killed me.

 

[BSRU]

My good few weeks came to an end this week with two abort attempts at a left hook, at the same junction at about the same time of day but on two different days and involving two different drivers.

Wednesday's incident was by the worst of the two and can be viewed for your pleasure:-

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]View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-71FwBDj7vs[/media]



The Link

 

[John90]

Had a barney with a driver today because he couldn't get past me on a short one way stretch. He said at the lights that the next time he would run me over. That'll teach me to ride in the door zone.

 

[BentMikey]

Had a barney with a driver today because he couldn't get past me on a short one way stretch. He said at the lights that the next time he would run me over. That'll teach me to ride in the door zone.

That sort of bullying behaviour is why I carry cameras. I wouldn't pay much attention to his threat, by the way, it's all mouth and no trousers.