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Driving !!

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tonyhorne said:
Disclaimer: I am getting older and a lot more mellow these days. That said:

I reckon things have changed a lot since lockdown. Regular, say motorway, drivers seems a lot more sensible. If I set the cruise control to 70 mph I overtake more vehicles than overtake me.

In town, good grief. Some people seem resentful that they have to take notice of other vehicles.

If driving is a little bit too much for you then take the bus*

*Or the train or a taxi or just stay at home and do everyone a favour ...
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But what about my eye test at Barnard castle?

As an occasional passenger these days I get to watch people instead of the road, and the numbers of people with their face in their phones approaching and entering the road at a junction is simply frightening. Who knew roads might have a car on them? A moving car at that. I used to think it was just brainless youth, but it's expanded now. The cult of 'me'.
 
Perhaps an overindulgence of nostalgia but I think the standard of driving in the UK is significantly better than here.

Drivers here regularly cross the centre white line, because it's too much hassle to steer around corners.

They display a weird mix of aggression and courtesy, passing you at 100km/h in a 60 then stopping to let someone out a side road, only to then tailgate them.

Jumping lights, cutting across you at junctions and stopping without warning are other highlights.

I used to love driving, hate it now, absolutely can't abide it.
 
Bohemian Toffee said:
Perhaps an overindulgence of nostalgia but I think the standard of driving in the UK is significantly better than here.

Drivers here regularly cross the centre white line, because it's too much hassle to steer around corners.

They display a weird mix of aggression and courtesy, passing you at 100km/h in a 60 then stopping to let someone out a side road, only to then tailgate them.

Jumping lights, cutting across you at junctions and stopping without warning are other highlights.

I used to love driving, hate it now, absolutely can't abide it.
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Scariest vehicle I've ever been in was a taxi driver in Prague. No idea what side of the road you lot are meant to drive on.

From that experience I concluded it was any.
 

Nymzee said:
Scariest vehicle I've ever been in was a taxi driver in Prague. No idea what side of the road you lot are meant to drive on.

From that experience I concluded it was any.
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Traffic laws in Eastern Europe (you're the posh version of it there in Czechia, soz x) aren't made for taxi drivers - they just do what they want and also shout at you for it. Taxi driver swerving all over the road? Your fault behind him for existing, the road belong to the taxi people.

They had a genuine petition around our parts to be able to use the bus lanes as to not stay in traffic as they "provide the same service anyway" :lol:
 
Here in the land of the free, ther is clearly a behaviour/brand crossover that is clearly identifiable
1- Car comes up fast towards you in the outside lane of motorway and flashes lights - BMW
2 - Lane closure ahead everyone moves over but this one continues right up to the lane close - Lexus
3 - Waits for you to move uot of the outside lane by pushing right up on your bumper (are they being towed by you in some Marty McFly way?) - Toyota
4- Comes up fast behind you in outsaide lane, you pull in and they pull in right on your tail - Nissan
5 - No use of the indicator - ever! - Land Rover (or anyone from Florida)

any more......
 
I like to go at or just above the speed limit, if conditions permit, but am generally patient and drive as if I expect other road users to be idiots. I am seldom disappointed in that respect.

Come up aggressively behind me flashing lights though, and I slow down and drive more cautiously expecting some reckless moron it about to try a daft manoeuvre.
 

chrismpw said:
I like to go at or just above the speed limit, if conditions permit, but am generally patient and drive as if I expect other road users to be idiots. I am seldom disappointed in that respect.

Come up aggressively behind me flashing lights though, and I slow down and drive more cautiously expecting some reckless moron it about to try a daft manoeuvre.
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We must be a similar age group as I do enjoy setting my cruise control to 30mph when a STickhead comes revving up behind with lights like a christmas tree. You can hear the expletives. Just a thing of beauty.
 
Brendan Janus said:
What is it with drivers now, I stay in the speed limits, & get flashed to get out of the way, get overtaken on a twenty mile per hour area, by schools too, I hope they wrap themselves around a tree or lamp post, good riddance to pratts !!
Leave me alone just because I abide by the law !!
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What about indicators?
They aint just for parking on double yellows or passing an MOT.....
 
….i swap my car for new every couple of years despite only doing about 1k every 12 months because we tend to walk everywhere. Your judgement and reactions are certainly not as good as you get older.

Used to drive up and down the country in my Civil Service job and considered myself a ‘safe’ driver. The Hexham road from Carlisle to Newcastle was my regular and it can be so dangerous overtaking, it always takes around 60 mins anyway so pointless taking chances yet you’d see it all the time. I find the worst drivers are the ones who think they are good.
 
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