most annoying thing on the road?

ballooba

Stark wrote: »

Add to copacetic's and ballooba's comments: Silly people who don't realise that the white light(s) on the back of a car means the car is about to reverse into the spot behind them, rather than drive into the spot in front.

The indicator should be enough but I find I have to be superman quick to get the car into reverse to put on the reverse light. Even then it's sometimes not enough.

wet-paint

On roundabouts during rush hour. People that move out off the roundabout heading toward their desired exit, but there isn't enough room to get off the roundabout and into their lane, so they block up everyone coming from the left.
I'll sit on the roundabout til there's enough room for me to get in and keep my arse off the roundabout, even if it means letting people from the lane to the left of me pass ahead and on to their desired exit, and I'll have people up my hole beeping at me. Dumbasses.

bman

People that have stupid complaints about other drivers!

I can understand complaints when it comes to safety on the road such as idiot tailgaters etc.

But peolple giving out about people that don't move off quick enough at the traffic lights and people that let a few car spaces build up between them and the next car in a queue. Are you really in that big of a rush all the time?? (I don't do either of these so I'm not trying to defend my own behaviours).

ballooba

bman wrote: »

But peolple giving out about people that don't move off quick enough at the traffic lights and people that let a few car spaces build up between them and the next car in a queue. Are you really in that big of a rush all the time?? (I don't do either of these so I'm not trying to defend my own behaviours).

Have you experienced Dublin traffic? The people who fail to move off when the lights change cause most of the congestion at some of the worst junctions. Nutley Lane on the N11 for instance.

Stark

bman wrote:

Are you really in that big of a rush all the time??

It can depend on the junction. On junctions with short sequences that only let 2-3 cars out it can make a huge difference. I've often missed lights because of someone in front who dozed off, then woke up just in time to break the orange light.

The junction between the N1 and Griffith Avenue gets very congested due to people taking a long time to start moving when the lights turn green.

Tea drinker

my favourite is:
pull out 'n park

Yeah, they guy moves at light speed out in front of you at the last minute.. then sits back and enjoys a cadbury's caramel.....or drives at 15kmh

lil'bug

ballooba wrote: »

The indicator should be enough but I find I have to be superman quick to get the car into reverse to put on the reverse light. Even then it's sometimes not enough.

isn't it illegal to reverse on a main road

ballooba

lil'bug wrote: »

isn't it illegal to reverse on a main road

No. It's illegal to reverse onto a main road from a minor road. It's also illegal to reverse on a motorway.

That would be an incredibly silly law.

sandyg

Cars driving slow, you go to pass out and then they put the foot down because they feel that they own the road and no one should pass them
Driving along with no one behind you and then a car decides to pull out right in front of you causing you to brake then they drive along at a slow pace:mad:
Slow drivers in fast lane on motorway :mad:
Cars that drive right along the white line making it harder to pass :mad:
Cars that take up two parking spaces when parking :mad:
Cars taking off slow at traffic lights or slowing down going through them when they are green.
People who block up the yellow boxes

King John V

1 People who slow down almost to a halt as soon as a traffic light has turned green. Why?
2 Allowing people who don't have right of way to merge onto the busy main road only to have them avert their gaze without acknowledging it. Complete lack of courtesy!!!!