One Handers - ?

[OldShep]

I have noticed that a lot of cars stop well back from the white lines at traffic lights and roundabouts
sometimes over a car length back

I have no idea why

I try to stop with the front level with the white line as close as possible

In some cases the lights change quite quickly - so starting well back means that one less car gets through when they go green

and in one case I saw a line of cars develop because the car at the front was SO far back that the detector at the lights didn;t register it so the lights never went green until a local got out and walked up to "inform" them

In my nearest town there is a set of lights if i stop at the line I can no longer see the green light easily. There isn’t a light across the road you end up with your face pressed up to the windscreen and craning your neck upwards. Try holding that position for a length of time comfortably.
Sorry to annoy you but you’ll rarely find me bang up to the line at lights. The quicker I see that green light the faster we will all be across the junction. 😊

 

[Dadam]

In my nearest town there is a set of lights if i stop at the line I can no longer see the green light easily. There isn’t a light across the road you end up with your face pressed up to the windscreen and craning your neck upwards. Try holding that position for a length of time comfortably.
Sorry to annoy you but you’ll rarely find me bang up to the line at lights. The quicker I see that green light the faster we will all be across the junction. 😊

Good point there. As a tall man my head is usually quite near the roof AND my seat is a long way back. So you'll often find me some distance shy of the line

If people find this annoying they'll have to deal with it. As compensation I don't usually hang about when it goes green.

 

[steveindenmark]

Same sort of thing for cyclists. Sometimes with no hands. Always because of mobile phones.

 

[simongt]

Good to see someone who knows their place - !

 

[Ming the Merciless]

In my nearest town there is a set of lights if i stop at the line I can no longer see the green light easily. There isn’t a light across the road you end up with your face pressed up to the windscreen and craning your neck upwards. Try holding that position for a length of time comfortably.
Sorry to annoy you but you’ll rarely find me bang up to the line at lights. The quicker I see that green light the faster we will all be across the junction. 😊

I think the height of some lights is set for HGV

 

[presta]

Good point there. As a tall man my head is usually quite near the roof AND my seat is a long way back. So you'll often find me some distance shy of the line

A lot of my vision of traffic lights, road signs, and pedestrians waiting to cross the road used to come through the gap between the top of the rear view mirror and the top edge of the windscreen. You know, the bit that's now blacked out on most modern cars....

 

[DRM]

Noticed recently that more drivers appear to be holding the steering wheel with thie right hand at the 'twelve / one o'clock position.
Obviously no idea what their left hand is doing but wouldn't have though that where the right hand is would be condusive to good control on the occasion of a 'sudden event'.
Thoughts - ?

Texting, I'm sick of seeing distracted eejits with a mobile phone in their hand they think no one knows what their up to, I believe that if caught using a mobile while driving, the Police should remove the phone and smash it with a hammer, then issue points and a fine for good measure

 

[Jenkins]

On which point - it would be a good idea if there were signs showing that there is an advanced line for bike at traffic lights

When I'm on my bike I have found myself waiting in the traffic - only to find that I could have moved into the front safely but I had no way of knowing

Firstly it would help if the lines and bike symbols painted on the road were refreshed more often so they were visible. Then make some safe filtering space so that cyclists can actually get to and use the ASL. A prime example below from Ipswich - the ASL box begins just in front of the Ford, but when the light is red, there's no means to access on a bike it if there's any traffic and it just gets ignored due to being so worn