Things I hate on the motorway....

[numbnuts]

I don't like motorways I hardley use them

 

[marooncat]

HGVs with governors set to 0.22mph faster than the one in front so they feel they have to pull into the middle lane and take 5 miles to pass so causing congestion behind them as anyone capable of doing more than 56.22mph has to squeeze past in the fast lane.

This on a two lane motorway..... no fast lane to squeeze past instead a massive Q behind them..

 

[Bman]

I hate the fact there is no cycle lane!

 

[sheddy]

Drivers who won't indicate, or won't check blind spots

 

[al78]

People who don't know how to use sliproads and join the motorway at 40 mph in front of you, leaving you trying to get up to the speed of the traffic whilst on the motorway.

People who join the motorway at 20 mph below the speed limit, then floor it as you move out to overtake them.

People who take the wrong exit and think it's a good idea to reverse back into the junction (just go to the next junction and turn around ffs!).

 

[Over The Hill]

All the above is 100% down to BMW drivers. Put them all in a crusher with the driver still inside.

I dont know what the B or M stands for but I sure know what the W is.

 

[gaz]

All the above is 100% down to BMW drivers. Put them all in a crusher with the driver still inside.

I dont know what the B or M stands for but I sure know what the W is.

big and massive.

 

[Archie_tect]

It would appear that cyclists who also drive cars are the biggest danger to the public of any sector on the highways of Britain and should have their licenses [if they have them] immediately revoked in perpetuity....

 

[XmisterIS]

People who don't know how to use sliproads and join the motorway at 40 mph in front of you, leaving you trying to get up to the speed of the traffic whilst on the motorway.

Ah! Yes. The joys of a motorbike ... you can pop the throttle wide open and scream past them before they've even got to the slip road! 0-60mph in under 4 seconds has its uses ...

 

[Rhythm Thief]

1) People who pull into lane 2 when they approach a sliproad.
2) People who can't be bothered to slot into a gap when they come off a sliproad and expect others to do a 1).

+1. Although it's sometimes amusing to sit in the cab of an artic and watch them trying to argue with the trailer wheels before they realise there isn't any room for them.

 

[Rhythm Thief]

HGVs with governors set to 0.22mph faster than the one in front so they feel they have to pull into the middle lane and take 5 miles to pass so causing congestion behind them as anyone capable of doing more than 56.22mph has to squeeze past in the fast lane.

The M6 south of Manchester seem a particular favorite spot for this.

You really need to have driven a truck to understand why this happens. Personally, I back off and let other trucks go, but most drivers are not as enlightened as me. There's nothing we hate more than being hung out to dry in the middle lane, which is one reason why I rarely pull into the middle lane to let cars in. They can find their way around me.

 

[Globalti]

I used to have a colleague who was was terrified of motorways and when she and her BF drove down to Devon she made him take A roads all the way.

A roads are more dangerous than motorways.

She was so spectacularly thick that we called her Norma Feckwit.

 

[Kirstie]

People who don't know what's going on around them (ideally you should be aware of what's happening up to 4 cars in front and 4 cars behind you at all times, as well as what's immediately around you);
People who don't indicate;
Lane sitters;
Left hand drive artic drivers that don't check their blindspots...

 

[User482]

Nick Knowles.

Saw him on the M5 yesterday. He was on the hard shoulder, from whence he proceeded to cut across me as he rejoined the motorway, buried the accelerator to highly illegal speeds, as he blatted off with smoke pouring out of his exhaust. And he was driving a Range Rover.

Knobhead.

 

[theclaud]

Nick Knowles.

Ah! One for the Useless thread! I shall resurrect it.