Yep, that time of year where every drivers forgets everything they have ever learnt, and start driving like complete ***** :(

All within a short 6 mile journey;

1. a 'gentleman' went ballistic at me for stopping before and not on top of a pedestrian crossing, swearing, shouting, waving his hands around like a loon. Think I may of delayed him by 20 seconds, he didn't look best pleased as his car kangarooed off up the road.

2. one crashed car into a tree on a straight single track road, must of been going pretty fast to cause that much damage.

3. three crashed vehicles nearish a junction, again each with substantial damage

4. countless people driving with main beams on, and several with sides only

5. general tits - they're everywhere anyway

Oh well, looks like hibernating during the winter is a good idea, see you in spring

dont forget theirs more idiots with fog lights on for no reason at all!!

I had a nugget driving towards me tonight with his main beam and fog lights on GRRRRRR!!!!

bless him must be the dark

dont forget theirs more idiots with fog lights on for no reason at all!!

YES!!!! I hate that, i always flash at them a*s holes! It is pointless as you cant see the road any better, they just think it looks good which makes them c*nts! (in my book anyway!)

What bugs me is when the weather gets worse , and most people seem incapable of adjusting their speed by a sensible amount.

Some carry on driving at 90 on the motorway and others drop right down to 40 or less when somewhere in the 50-60 region would be fine

'tis the silly season, one section of the motorway around here not only has an accident every day, its now more than one incident !

Yep, that time of year where every drivers forgets everything they have ever learnt, and start driving like complete ***** :(

All within a short 6 mile journey;

1. a 'gentleman' went ballistic at me for stopping before and not on top of a pedestrian crossing, swearing, shouting, waving his hands around like a loon. Think I may of delayed him by 20 seconds, he didn't look best pleased as his car kangarooed off up the road.

2. one crashed car into a tree on a straight single track road, must of been going pretty fast to cause that much damage.

3. three crashed vehicles nearish a junction, again each with substantial damage

4. countless people driving with main beams on, and several with sides only

5. general tits - they're everywhere anyway

Oh well, looks like hibernating during the winter is a good idea, see you in spring

Sounds like New Zealand on a normal day

Sounds like New Zealand on a normal day

They must have been on their best behaviour when I was there.

I didn't think the driving on the south island was bad at all

I got flashed and beeped at by two cars this morning for overtaking someone on a straight road in clear visability.

When was the ability to overtake a slow moving vehicle removed from the highway code? :confused:

Upsetting two drivers with one overtake? Now that's impressive

Chris

They must have been on their best behaviour when I was there.

I didn't think the driving on the south island was bad at all

It gets better the further from Auckland you get I think

Wellington has its fair share of muppets on the roads (no smart comments about my driving thanks )

Upsetting two drivers with one overtake? Now that's impressive

Chris

Buy a bike.

You can get half a dozen or more annoyed drivers in one go quite easily

Upsetting two drivers with one overtake? Now that's impressive

Chris

It takes practice.

I overtook some muppet in a F!£$ta doing 38* in a 50 (scared of the dark driver) and got blinded by a mirror-full of mainbeams and full-on horn action when I pull back into lane. The bloke coming the other way was still easily 45m away by the time I pulled back in decided he liked the look of this and gave me some mainbeam and horn action as he drove past.

*I was stuck behind him for so long I decided to reset the trip computer to carry out my own speed check

as soon as it rains in ireland everybody drives like a nonce!!....no concept of matching conditions to driving!!.....and and the fogs come on with side lights!!....strange thing is, is that it seems to be old folks in micras that do this with their lights!....i was always convinced it was boy racers saying look at my car it has fogs!!...gosh!!.....but now im convinced its just stupid people who dont know to switch their lights on properly!!

k:)

YES!!!! I hate that, i always flash at them a*s holes! It is pointless as you cant see the road any better, they just think it looks good which makes them c*nts! (in my book anyway!)

Or else the message is "Look at me. I am so stupid that I can't use a light switch!"

as soon as it rains in ireland everybody drives like a nonce!!....no concept of matching conditions to driving!!.....and and the fogs come on with side lights!!....strange thing is, is that it seems to be old folks in micras that do this with their lights!....i was always convinced it was boy racers saying look at my car it has fogs!!...gosh!!.....but now im convinced its just stupid people who dont know to switch their lights on properly!!

k:)

Everybody in Ireland drives with their front fogs on.

We go across on the night ferry so we drive out of Dublin against the queues of traffic coming into the city (at 6.00am!) and if a car is fitted with front fogs then they'll be on.

It also seems much more common in Scotland than England, at least in Dumfries and Galloway which I regularly visit - not a patch on Irish levels though.

D&G is slightly different in that respect; some of the Irish boats put in at Stranraer or Cairnryan (6 miles away).

I overtook some muppet in a F!£$ta doing 38* in a 50 (scared of the dark driver) and got blinded by a mirror-full of mainbeams and full-on horn action when I pull back into lane. The bloke coming the other way was still easily 45m away by the time I pulled back in decided he liked the look of this and gave me some mainbeam and horn action as he drove past.

Perhaps the second car was flashing the fiesta for having his main beam on?

D&G is slightly different in that respect; some of the Irish boats put in at Stranraer or Cairnryan (6 miles away).

True, but these are local cars to which I refer. I avoid the A75 and take to the back roads as much as possible

Certainly seems like a higher proportion of fog abusers than over the border in Cumbria.

True, but these are local cars to which I refer. I avoid the A75 and take to the back roads as much as possible

Certainly seems like a higher proportion of fog abusers than over the border in Cumbria.

Ok. It's pretty much always full daylight when I'm passing through D&G and Cumbria.

Perhaps the second car was flashing the fiesta for having his main beam on?

:rubchin: You might be onto something there...

And there was I, thinking I was the centre of attention.

some forces take it very seriously.....i came back from achilty bachilty last years and its just single track roads and my mate had his fogs on to help with the twisties and shear cliffs.....when arriving in Ullapool the police were sat in the layby and pulled him for having them on even though we hadnt met another car on the road and it was 3 in the morning!!.....he was told that he would be done next if he was caught!!...but here in Dublin the gards just look the other way as it would mean they had to do some work!!!

k:)