What is the most annoying things other road users do?

Not using indicators ticks me right off. As a learner, you are taught to assume that no one indicating is going straight on, generally at a roundabout. So why do drivers insist on pulling out with no indicator, then taking the first exit, where I am, so I could have pulled out about 30 seconds ago. Or using indicators at the wrong time. We are also taught to not indicate when taking over cars. Or at least you should have been. Reason being, if you overtake a car that is very close to a junction. When you indicate right to overtake a car or bike which is near a junction, it is easy to assume they are overtaking the vehicle in front. So, continuing your speed, the driver in front then slows down and you nearly hit him. Or as what nearly happened to a guy in front of me yesterday. On the other side of the road, a bus was pulling into the stop, so a truck indicated (my) left to turn into a junction, the guy in front of me assumed he was overtaking the bus, the truck then pulled out in front of him as he went to pull away. He didn't get hit, but still. Its really annoying. And when people don't put lights on at night... Seriously...

Genuinely some of the worst driving I have ever seen, he put everyone in danger! So if you were driving a silver Astra estate on the A96 coming towards Aberdeen this morning, you are a cock of the highest order. Felt sorry for the Fiesta driver, there was no excuse for that driving. Pretty sure the Astra driver had kids in the car too.

Wait a minute, I think I've probably seen him before. Any chance that he gave the brakes a cheeky pump past every speed camera (i.e, to bring it down to around 60 along the Tyrebagger and around 30 past the speed camera at the back of Bucksburn)?

Nice to see another Aberdonian around these parts though!

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Also on the ground that with todays smart mobile phones you can watch TV and Sky Go - who is to say drivers havent got TV switched on when its in the dashboard cradle - worrying/concerning prospect!


I'm sure I can think of more...

All it comes down to is convenience not coming before safety. Sorry my bike can't do 40, but you have to wait until I deem it safe for you to overtake as it's my life on the line if you barge past. I don't want to die, my fiancée doesn't want me to die and my family doesn't want me to die. I'm pretty sure you don't want a death by dangerous driving conviction either. Some cyclists (me included) ride with cameras as well so there is evidence in the case of going to the Police and if I think you have put my life in danger, I WILL report you to the Police. You'll also go on YouTube as well.


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I'm sorry but if the road is 40mph then the idea is you travel at 40mph on it. If you can't do that because you're on a bike then you need to move over. If you feel it's unsafe to move over at 40mph then you need to slow down and move over. If you feel it's unsafe to move over at all then you need to not cycle down that road. This isn't anything against cyclists, the same applies to anybody who can't or won't do 40mph for a reason that isn't having to go slower because of traffic or the road conditions.

You can't hold everyone up and then go "but you have to do what I say because I don't want to die and think of my poor family". You have to take some responsibility yourself and make sensible decisions.

Likewise. That stretch of the A96 would be absolutely majestic if all the town roundabouts were abolished and it was totally empty. Idyllic surroundings and a nicely shaped road in places.

Driving around here is a dangerous pastime - sometimes you can read people, but I'd wish anyone not from around here luck in trying to navigate the place. We're an unpredictably unpredictable breed.

Trust me, so do I. The majority of drivers are actually not that bad where I live but the ones that are dicks really ruin it. They don't see a human, they see an obstacle which is wrong.

Bus drivers (actually, any driver who drives heavy vehicles in my experience) don't give 2 flying monkeys if they hit you.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KyB__ikLyZ8

Example therein....

Protip: 40 is a limit, not a target. There is no crime for doing less than the posted limit if you aren't able to reach that speed. If you blindly do the speed limit without considering the road, the conditions and the general traffic on that road, you should be taken off the road. You need some common sense.

http://goo.gl/maps/ZZUAn That road is a 60mph limit because it's a NSL single carriageway. Would you do 60mph on that road? Of course not, it's far too narrow with blind corners.

If it's unsafe to overtake (regardless of the speed limit!) I will stop you. Sorry, but deal with it. Like I said before, my safety comes before your convenience - to be honest I don't give a **** about your convenience as stopping you from overtaking isn't going to literally kill you whereas you overtaking me because "holy ****, a cyclist! He can't do the speed limit, I will overtake him regardless because he won't move over!" Your desire to do the speed limit regardless is DANGEROUS. No other word for it.

Preventing an overtake that is dangerous is taking responsibility for myself. It's called self preservation and it's a perfectly sensible decision.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHAijj9dfXw

Do you think that is acceptable? Because that applies your logic of "You can't do the speed limit, get out of my way, you peasant cyclist!"

You sound like a impatient, dangerous driver. I hope I never meet you.