Trivial things that make you annoyed beyond expectations?

[icowden]

people who have no clue how wide their car is
I may be exagerating
but that gap was big enough for him to get through with FEET to spare!!!

To be fair, it *can* be hilarious. My daughter's school is at the end of a narrow but 2 lane country lane. There is room for two cars to pass, but it is a little snug in places. The important thing to note however is that the side of the road is a very firm mud and moss bank, then woodland.

When the school coaches come out, there is, almost always, someone in one of those massively expensive 4x4s - either a custom Range Rover or Mercedes G Class "stuck" trying to get past the coach. It's just hilarious. They don't seem to know that they are driving offroaders. They are TERRIFIED of the verge. I just want to get out and shout ITS A F****ING OFFROADER YOU OVERPRIVELIGED MORON. And the coach drivers just sit and watch and laugh. They aren't backing up.

I laugh every time.

 

[ColinJ]

To be fair, it *can* be hilarious. My daughter's school is at the end of a narrow but 2 lane country lane. There is room for two cars to pass, but it is a little snug in places. The important thing to note however is that the side of the road is a very firm mud and moss bank, then woodland.

When the school coaches come out, there is, almost always, someone in one of those massively expensive 4x4s - either a custom Range Rover or Mercedes G Class "stuck" trying to get past the coach. It's just hilarious. They don't seem to know that they are driving offroaders. They are TERRIFIED of the verge. I just want to get out and shout ITS A F****ING OFFROADER YOU OVERPRIVELIGED MORON. And the coach drivers just sit and watch and laugh. They aren't backing up.

I laugh every time.

Alternatively...

My stepdaughter found the one who was NOT afraid of verges... SD stopped her car in a narrow Devon lane when approached by a 4WD. Driver of 4WD decided that it was perfectly sensible to continue by driving along the steep embankment to pass, rather than reversing to the nearest passing place...

That idea worked really well for all of about 3 seconds, before the 4WD toppled down onto car of SD!!

I thought that the story might have been slightly exaggerated until I saw the roof of SD's car. The insurance settlement hadn't come through at that point so the damage hadn't yet been fixed. I could clearly see the dents and scrapes along the TOP of the car's roof!

 

[icowden]

Alternatively...

Obviously there is a certain degree of sanity check needed but 10cm onto the verge I think is manageable in a 4x4 offroader.

 

[Supersuperleeds]

I can't remember how many different outbound and return variations I tried over the weekend, but Trainline just like GWR said no bike reservation possible for my specific dates.

Maybe they're really popular dates for some reason, but in the past, I've had no issue with reserving bikes by popping to a local train station that has a human ticket operator present.

But I'm quite happy hiring a premium MTB ebike again, not sure the weather will be dry this time, the MTB has at least twice the battery capacity of my gravel ebike plus I don't have to be paranoid on the train etc.

Maybe I'll try taking my ebike next time.

Be careful with the e-bike, a lot of operators have banned them.

I tend to only book my trains a day or two before I travel so maybe Trainline only gets access to bike reservations late on.

 

[mistyoptic]

Obviously there is a certain degree of sanity check needed but 10cm onto the verge I think is manageable in a 4x4 offroader.

I thought they only went “off road” on pavements

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

Be careful with the e-bike, a lot of operators have banned them.

I tend to only book my trains a day or two before I travel so maybe Trainline only gets access to bike reservations late on.

Does that apply if they do not have a battery on them?

enforcing it would be a nightmare for staff - but I was just wondering

 

[N0bodyOfTheGoat]

Be careful with the e-bike, a lot of operators have banned them.

I tend to only book my trains a day or two before I travel so maybe Trainline only gets access to bike reservations late on.

Have they?

I was aware escooters were banned on some trains.

I think I read modified ebikes (technically electric mopeds/motorcycles) were banned on some trains.

But I've yet to read anything about legal ebikes being banned.

Edit: A quick google mentions restrictions of non-folding ebikes on TFL services.

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

Have they?

I was aware escooters were banned on some trains.

I think I read modified ebikes (technically electric mopeds/motorcycles) were banned on some trains.

But I've yet to read anything about legal ebikes being banned.

I have heard of some companies doing it

I assume it iis based on the concept that their staff do not then need to get into an arguemnt about whether it is legal or not
electric motor - not allowed - end of

if legal ones were allowed - then someone could turn up with anything and claim it is allowed
and then the staff have to be able to prove it is not

which is a whole load of hassle they don;t need

wrong really - but what can they do

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Does that apply if they do not have a battery on them?

enforcing it would be a nightmare for staff - but I was just wondering

Honestly I don’t know, you are best checking the websites of the operators you plan to use.

My gut feeling is if it hasn’t a battery on it then it can’t be an ebike