I own a white van, a few times a car parks opposite me where I live leaving about four foot gap between the two which blocks the road, every time it is a female driver, are white vans invisible to them? Should I paint my van pink? Maybe WHITE vans should be banned, maybe a recall is required and repainted in a colour visible to the naked female eye!!!!
Should women be given driving licenses????
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A misogynistic white van driver who supports ukip. How stereotypical.
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It's nothing to do with the sex of the driver.
It's something I have noticed more and more over the years.
You'll have to call me a fuddy-duddy, although I don't drive anymore, I passed my test in January 1985. I was taught (and never forgot) things like:
No parking on the brow of a hill.
No parking on the zigzag markings of a crossing.
No parking against the flow of traffic after dark, unless with parking lights on (now, you have to be in a marked bay too).
No parking where you may cause obstruction.
Never park on the pavement.
No parking or stopping against the flow of traffic after dark with headlights on.
This last one is my biggest bugbear. Loads of people do it and care not a jot about it. They wonder why I blast my horn at them as I come past.
Think about it. It's dark. You have to contend with the glare from the headlights of cars passing you. You should not have to then deal with some tosser who has helpfully left his headlights on facing you on your side of the road as well!
More and more, people don't seem to give a f*ck. They are just so selfish and do what pleases them. They don't give two sh1ts about anyone else.
It's something I have noticed more and more over the years.
You'll have to call me a fuddy-duddy, although I don't drive anymore, I passed my test in January 1985. I was taught (and never forgot) things like:
No parking on the brow of a hill.
No parking on the zigzag markings of a crossing.
No parking against the flow of traffic after dark, unless with parking lights on (now, you have to be in a marked bay too).
No parking where you may cause obstruction.
Never park on the pavement.
No parking or stopping against the flow of traffic after dark with headlights on.
This last one is my biggest bugbear. Loads of people do it and care not a jot about it. They wonder why I blast my horn at them as I come past.
Think about it. It's dark. You have to contend with the glare from the headlights of cars passing you. You should not have to then deal with some tosser who has helpfully left his headlights on facing you on your side of the road as well!
More and more, people don't seem to give a f*ck. They are just so selfish and do what pleases them. They don't give two sh1ts about anyone else.
I passed my test in 1964 when most people in cars were motorists.
Today the majority of people in charge of a vehicle are nothing more than car users who use their motorised box on wheels to get from A to B as quickly as possible and without the need to think about what they are doing.
Today the majority of people in charge of a vehicle are nothing more than car users who use their motorised box on wheels to get from A to B as quickly as possible and without the need to think about what they are doing.
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@ SS....if you don't drive any more.....where do you keep this horn that you like to blast ? 
@ SS....if you don't drive any more.....where do you keep this horn that you like to blast ?
In his trousers of course!
Back to subject.
Where I live, in a quiet cul-de-sac, the road is slightly wider than the width of two cars. Directly opposite our drive is an electricity sub-station behind big wooden gates with a notice to keep clear as 24 hr access may be required. Every Thursday afternoon when I come home from work there is a car parked across these gates. (The driver is not in the station because we can see over the fence from the bedroom window). Not only is the driver blocking the entrance in case of an emergency they are also blocking my partners car in the drive and preventing me from getting into the drive when I come home.
We have not been able to find out who it is as they seem to leave at different times each week. This week I put a polite notice on the windscreen pointing out what they were doing by parking in this manner. A short while later I looked out to find the car was gone and the note was tucked into the edge of the 'Keep Clear' sign on the sub-station gate.
Some people are just beyond belief.
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I am not against women drivers at all but there are a few things that are typical:
Bad positioning when turning right
They never let you out of a junction
Constantly seen using their mobile
Never thank you when you give way to them
Male drivers are mainly:
Undertaking
Speeding
Loud (rubbish) music
Driving up your arse (BMW drivers)
My personal bugbears are, undertaking and headlights full on parked against the traffic (I normally whack my full beam on when driving past them). And what happened to no use of the horn after 11pm? Cabs do it ALL the time.
Bad positioning when turning right
They never let you out of a junction
Constantly seen using their mobile
Never thank you when you give way to them
Male drivers are mainly:
Undertaking
Speeding
Loud (rubbish) music
Driving up your arse (BMW drivers)
My personal bugbears are, undertaking and headlights full on parked against the traffic (I normally whack my full beam on when driving past them). And what happened to no use of the horn after 11pm? Cabs do it ALL the time.
Just move out of my way, simples.
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@ SS....if you don't drive any more.....where do you keep this horn that you like to blast ?
That's a very personal question, melove!
It may not have been very well worded, but it was the horn that I blasted when I was driving....
Depends on the circumstances squeaky. Near me there's a road with two lanes. As this road approaches a roundabout , the right hand lane is strictly for drivers intending to turn right. If I'm going straight on, I use the left hand lane and "undertake" drivers in the right hand lane. What really gets my goat however, is the drivers in the right hand lane, who think they can ignore the signs and markings on the road and use this lane to go straight on at the roundabout and cut other drivers off whilst exiting the roundabout.
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Ah, just a closet Tory who will (hopefully) vote UKIP and dilute the right wing vote !
What to expect from 'ar kid' in Brissel? S'all about the moder zee?
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I agree with you jockscott, there are times when undertaking is inevitable. What I hate is drivers that purposely lane hop and undertake to gain an advantage. The thing is, If you are driving up to the speed limit (whatever lane you are in) no one should be overtaking or undertaking.
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Rule 268 of the Highway Code states:
“Do not overtake on the left or move to a lane on your left to overtake. In congested conditions, where adjacent lanes of traffic are moving at similar speeds, traffic in left-hand lanes may sometimes be moving faster than traffic to the right. In these conditions you may keep up with the traffic in your lane even if this means passing traffic in the lane to your right. Do not weave in and out of lanes to overtake.”
What you're doing jock, is fine.
“Do not overtake on the left or move to a lane on your left to overtake. In congested conditions, where adjacent lanes of traffic are moving at similar speeds, traffic in left-hand lanes may sometimes be moving faster than traffic to the right. In these conditions you may keep up with the traffic in your lane even if this means passing traffic in the lane to your right. Do not weave in and out of lanes to overtake.”
What you're doing jock, is fine.
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