Who are the worst drivers ?

[Ardesco]

cyclists are my pet peeve. Had one hit me the other day due to thier own foolishness. I was driving down a hill indication left to turn into a side rod that is a sharp 100 degree turn onto a road that goes back up. You can't take it at more than about 5 mph.

So I slow down while indicating left swing out wide and go round the corner at 5mph, pull away into the side road and just as i'm putting my foot down to get up the hill i hear a clonk from behind.

Look in the mirror and see some stupid female cyclist flying over the back of my car waving her arms madly...

She had been peddling down the hill as fast as she could completely ignoreing the big black Audi in front of her that was indicating left and not even slowed down as i slowly passed in front of her, she obviously misjudged it because i didn't floor it as soon as i got the front of my car into the other road and clipped the back of me.

Was most annoyed as she scratched the back of my car and i don't want to claim on my own insurance to fix it. they should make cyclists have insurance dammit. and i know where it would have got me if i'd tried to take it further......

Bloody cyclists :rolleyes

[wendigo100]

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I got a badge for the front grill, cheaper car insurance and cheaper vehicle recovery insurance.

I did the RoSPA course with my wife when we were young. I was persuaded to get her on it when, one day, she drove around a blind, right-hand bend on the wrong side of the road.

As a bloke I should have done all the driving really, but she doesn't drink, so she comes in handy when we go out.

[BlasterBates]

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The way I see it, if someone has the bottle (one word for it) to drive six inches behind you at 95 MPH then they'll do the same with the car in front and the car in front of that ... In other words demented drivers are handy at clearing the traffic ahead and saving me the risk and trouble.

....exactly, drivers like that are a God send.

let them through following just behind, and use them as a road sweeper. Not only that, they show you where all the speed traps are, they provide on-road entertainment with their road rage tatics and furthermore they show you where all the surprise traffic jams are by smashing into the back of them

I reckon some of these drivers have wings on.

[WageSlave1]

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Cyclists are normally complete tossers, who don't believe any of the rules apply to them. And they ride on the fecking pavement!

These days BMWs and Mercs are driven by chavs. I blame generous bank loans and the rise of the plumbing trade.

White Van Man. The van must have scaffolding strapped to the roof with an old rag tied to it. The dashboard isn't complete without an old copy of Nuts/Zoo/The Sun. And the driver resembles a poorly shaved gorilla.

[SupremeSpod]

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poorly shaved gorilla.

That's just what my bollox looked like when wifey decided I needed a trim and I trusted her with a razor!

Ah, the games you play when you're young, eh?

[WageSlave1]

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That's just what my bollox looked like when wifey decided I needed a trim and I trusted her with a razor!

Could be worse...think albino gorilla.

[OrangeHopper]

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She had been peddling down the hill as fast as she could completely ignoreing the big black Audi in front of her that was indicating left and not even slowed down as i slowly passed in front of her ...

Some of my assignments have been within cycling distance and I have found that may drivers are incapable of accepting the idea a cyclist may be doing more than 5 miles an hour.

On numerous occasions, cars have overtaken me before a turn and somehow expect me to take into account the fact my breaking distance has been cut by an additional 20 yards or so.

If you had overtaken her then maybe you were at fault because you had not considered her intentions.

[SupremeSpod]

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There's only one thing she should've been riding, and it ain't a bike!

[BlasterBates]

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She had been peddling down the hill as fast as she could completely ignoreing the big black Audi in front of her that was indicating left and not even slowed down as i slowly passed in front of her, she obviously misjudged it because i didn't floor it as soon as i got the front of my car into the other road and clipped the back of me.

So after cutting her up and nearly killing her, she didn't decide to press charges then. Maybe you should send her a thankyou letter and a box of chocolates.

Actually I suspect you're lucky as you drove off leaving her on the ground probably suffering from serious head injuries she was too dazed to take your number.

[SupremeSpod]

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Maybe you should send her a thankyou letter and a box of chocolates.

With a note saying "Until we run into each other again...":rollin