White van men or boy racers?

[Moodyman]

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[Moodyman]

Which other road user’s do you least like:

· Yummy mummy in her Chelsea tractor;

· Business man in German executive car

· Wannabe junior exec in his small German car

· Truck driver

· Bus driver

· Taxi Driver

· White Van Man

· Young newly passed female

· Young newly passed boy racer

· Elderly (bless ‘em)

· Sunday driver

· Farmer on his tractor

· Motorbike/Scooter

· Other cyclists (is this possible?)

Me, I’ve not had many major (or minor) incidents, but those few that I’ve had involved young boy racer types in their Vauxhall Corsas. Usually shouting or throwing things as they overtake.

So who gets on your proverbial tits?

This is lighthearted and not intended to profile other road user's.

 

[gaz]

This thread needs a poll!

 

[Bollo]

This thread needs a poll!

Done!

Said it before though, with a few exceptions drivers don't often live up or down to their stereotypes, at least around my area.

If I had to pick....

Peugeot drivers - bad tempered and always thrashing the tits off their cars. Number 1 for close passes
New mini drivers - always on their mobiles
School run DAD! - School run mum with testosterone and less patience.
Car drivers who wear hats - unless they're in an old shape mini and are trying to keep warm, this will practically guarantee erratic behaviour.
Pensioners - Not only erratic (see 'hats' above), but aggressive as well (with the exception of the old gents who run the track days at Castle Combe, who are awesome!)

 

[Jezston]

Rav4 drivers.

Something about the 4x4 driver mixed with boy racer mentality methinks.

 

[monnet]

As a rule, I've found it to be flat bed truck (FBT) drivers to be the worst. The ratio of FBTs on the road to incidents I've had has to be higher than with any other vehicle/ manufacturer.

 

[BentMikey]

As a rule, I've found it to be flat bed truck (FBT) drivers to be the worst. The ratio of FBTs on the road to incidents I've had has to be higher than with any other vehicle/ manufacturer.

I think you might be right!

 

[ohnovino]

I "prefer" aggressive drivers to dozy ones: better to be seen and resented than not seen at all

Most stereotypes of cars/drivers have enough exceptions to undermine them, but I'll always go out of my way to avoid:

• Audi drivers
• Skip lorries
• Anything with a personalised plate and/or tinted windows
• Anyone cycling with their hood up

 

[DrSquirrel]

- Mr Average, 34, Wife and 2 kids.

My point? Even the most personally (out of the car) well intentioned person can be a twat in a car.



Everything else is just a stereotype - although I do have my own problematic stereotypes that I come across - one of them someone has mentioned is "school run dad" in a picasso or something, that doesn't know the meaning of 2 second minimum gap even if you (myself) are doing a good 60+

 

[slowmotion]

All self-drive hire vans scare me.

 

[Glow worm]

Exceptions to every rule of course, but generally Volvo drivers are my least favourite. They give you no space, hog cycle lanes and NEVER indicate.
Then its BMW drivers, fast, arrogant and stupid- a dreadful combination. Avid nose pickers too as an aside.
Then its People carriers- often with that absurd 'child on board' sticker - as they roar past you within inches of your handlebars!
I never seem to have any probs with WVM or boy racers.

 

[Sheffield_Tiger]

All self-drive hire vans scare me.

The high tops are great.

When they are REALLY out to get you, duck under a low railway bridge and laugh as they forget they are in a Luton

 

[Bigsharn]

All self-drive hire vans scare me.

Weirdly I find they're not too bad, people who are in hired vans know that they're in a bigger vehicle and seem to be more careful because they're not used to it (also, it's not theirs so if they mark it, they have to shell out)

Exceptions to every rule of course, but generally Volvo drivers are my least favourite. They give you no space, hog cycle lanes and NEVER indicate.
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I never seem to have any probs with WVM or boy racers.

And completely the opposite here, Volvos are built like tanks so god forbid if I were to get knocked by one, but it's never happened as of yet... come to think of it a Volvo's never come within 3ft of me either
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And lucky you

 

[Sheffield_Tiger]

Exceptions to every rule of course, but generally Volvo drivers are my least favourite. They give you no space, hog cycle lanes and NEVER indicate.
Then its BMW drivers, fast, arrogant and stupid- a dreadful combination. Avid nose pickers too as an aside.
Then its People carriers- often with that absurd 'child on board' sticker - as they roar past you within inches of your handlebars!
I never seem to have any probs with WVM or boy racers.

2 sorts of Volvo drivers IMO

The yoghurt knitter who needs their 500 year old 240 estate to take the rest of the Tofu Society's adopted orphans to the seaside, and ferry about their food co-operatives' sacks of lentils and textured vegetable protein chunks

Older 740s are now being used by the above too

Then the ones with the newer Volvos which are pointless, still tanks but without the cavernous boot, but more "sporty", driven by people who used to drive Audis before they became common.

I say this as I used to have an old Volvo and I do eat tofu, lentils and have some TVP mince in soak at this very moment

 

[Cardiac]

2 sorts of Volvo drivers IMO

The yoghurt knitter who needs their 500 year old 240 estate to take the rest of the Tofu Society's adopted orphans to the seaside, and ferry about their food co-operatives' sacks of lentils and textured vegetable protein chunks

Older 740s are now being used by the above too

Then the ones with the newer Volvos which are pointless, still tanks but without the cavernous boot, but more "sporty", driven by people who used to drive Audis before they became common.

I say this as I used to have an old Volvo and I do eat tofu, lentils and have some TVP mince in soak at this very moment

No yoghurt knitting here. I have a 5 year old S80, personal plate (why does that wind some folks up?), and indicate far more than the average, leave acres for cyclists or hang well back, and use all three mirrors... Maybe I am not typical, and perhaps the fact that I have had two wheels since I was about 5 or 6 years old helps as well.

My pet hate (whether on two wheels or four) is those who still hold a phone to their ear while driving. I know at once that they have left at least half of their brain somewhere else and will not be watching what's going on around them.