I had To Laugh....

OldChuffey · 26th July 2012, 15:33

Was driving to work t'other day in Glasgow.
Doing 30 in a 30 limit.
Roads wide enough to have 2 cars side by side though not a dual carriageway & I'm approaching lights turning left. Imagine my surprise when I glance to my right & see a Landrover overtaking both myself & the woman to my right on the wrong side of the road - only to be halted in his speedy endeavours by said traffic lights.
I looked at the woman next to me & just shrugged.
What is wrong with some people??

Alan_G · 26th July 2012, 18:13

There's a lot of idiots who have gained licenses somehow, damn dangerous some of them!

Meths · 26th July 2012, 23:36

Must have been the same LandRover that, as i slowed down for traffic and looked in my rear view mirror. I saw a Rangerover bearing down on me with smoke pouring from the tyres. Luckily, he moved into the hard shoulder and stopped parallel to my windscreen.

"Speedy endeavors" - I'm going to inject that phrase into as many sentences as I can this week

RangeRover driver's are a bunch of ignor... Do'h

windrush · 27th July 2012, 05:56

Must admit the standard of driving in this country has hit the pits

Yella Fella · 27th July 2012, 07:31

He got his licence from the dodgems at Glasgow Green.

DC53 LSY · 27th July 2012, 07:36

Pity you wasn't an unmarked copper. I know it's an old cliché but there's never one around when you want one.

FLYER · 27th July 2012, 09:09

On my way home from p
blackpool last night we hit a fog bank around the lakes , i was overtaken by a landrover discovery just as we emerged from the fog and he left his foglights on for the next 50 or so miles , maybe it,s a landrover thing

.

On another note i noted the worst drivers owned BMWs and AUDIs.

However bad driver of the day award goes to the young lady in red clapped out clio who kept swerving around other cars while (using her phone) (eating a sandwich) (drinking from a bottle) you name it she did it , at least she kept me entertained for 60 or so miles .

oldcarguy · 27th July 2012, 09:43

Did anyone see the programme on tv a few weeks ago, a woman turned right into a main road cutting up a car which just happened to have an onboard camera, when they came to a row of stationary traffic, she stuck her nose out as if to overtake on the wrong side of the road, but the traffic moved a few feet, she pulled back in behind for a few feet and then swung out and shot down the wrong side of the road and almost hit a car pulling out of a side street, the guy with the camera decides to follow her anticipating an accident, a mile or so further on she again goes to the wrong side of the road to overtake traffic and she knocks a guy over who was crossing the road, while one of the guys jumps out to check on the pedestrian and phone police/ambulance the driver gives chase and catches her further down the road, when he told to stay put and the police were coming, she didn't even know what she had done.
Thankfully the pedestrian survived and the driver was banned from driving for LIFE.

HarryM1BYT · 27th July 2012, 21:18

Quote:

Originally Posted by oldcarguy

Did anyone see the programme on tv a few weeks ago, a woman turned right into a main road cutting up a car which just happened to have an onboard camera, .

The film was on Youtube a couple of years ago.

Dragrad · 28th July 2012, 00:30

Quote:

Originally Posted by windrush

Must admit the standard of driving in this country has hit the pits

I do agree somewhat, Derek. However looking at the big picture to compare the number of vehicles on the road per mile, the accident rate in this country is very low compared to most other countries

Bearing in mind the congestion on our roads, the Brits seem to be the best drivers in the world

However there are a minority who do their best to remove us from that league

26th July 2012, 15:33	#1
OldChuffey Regular poster MG ZT + 160 V6 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Glasgow Posts: 96 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I had To Laugh.... Was driving to work t'other day in Glasgow. Doing 30 in a 30 limit. Roads wide enough to have 2 cars side by side though not a dual carriageway & I'm approaching lights turning left. Imagine my surprise when I glance to my right & see a Landrover overtaking both myself & the woman to my right on the wrong side of the road - only to be halted in his speedy endeavours by said traffic lights. I looked at the woman next to me & just shrugged. What is wrong with some people??

26th July 2012, 18:13	#2
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Meths Avid contributor TVR Chimaera 4.0, MGf Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Glasgow(ish) Posts: 154 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Must have been the same LandRover that, as i slowed down for traffic and looked in my rear view mirror. I saw a Rangerover bearing down on me with smoke pouring from the tyres. Luckily, he moved into the hard shoulder and stopped parallel to my windscreen. "Speedy endeavors" - I'm going to inject that phrase into as many sentences as I can this week RangeRover driver's are a bunch of ignor... Do'h

27th July 2012, 09:09	#7
FLYER Banned rover75 cdti AUTO TOURER 160 bhp. Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Glasgow Posts: 35,346 Thanks: 2,985 Thanked 3,685 Times in 2,463 Posts	On my way home from p blackpool last night we hit a fog bank around the lakes , i was overtaken by a landrover discovery just as we emerged from the fog and he left his foglights on for the next 50 or so miles , maybe it,s a landrover thing . On another note i noted the worst drivers owned BMWs and AUDIs. However bad driver of the day award goes to the young lady in red clapped out clio who kept swerving around other cars while (using her phone) (eating a sandwich) (drinking from a bottle) you name it she did it , at least she kept me entertained for 60 or so miles .

27th July 2012, 09:43	#8
oldcarguy Posted a thing or two Rover 75 Conn SE Tourer Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Driffield Posts: 1,952 Thanks: 27 Thanked 151 Times in 125 Posts	Did anyone see the programme on tv a few weeks ago, a woman turned right into a main road cutting up a car which just happened to have an onboard camera, when they came to a row of stationary traffic, she stuck her nose out as if to overtake on the wrong side of the road, but the traffic moved a few feet, she pulled back in behind for a few feet and then swung out and shot down the wrong side of the road and almost hit a car pulling out of a side street, the guy with the camera decides to follow her anticipating an accident, a mile or so further on she again goes to the wrong side of the road to overtake traffic and she knocks a guy over who was crossing the road, while one of the guys jumps out to check on the pedestrian and phone police/ambulance the driver gives chase and catches her further down the road, when he told to stay put and the police were coming, she didn't even know what she had done. Thankfully the pedestrian survived and the driver was banned from driving for LIFE.