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Post by steve66 on Apr 10, 2022 8:43:42 GMT
Everyone’s pet hate who drives I’m sure but seems to be happening more & more especially drivers of “fast” cars think that when changing lanes it’s ok to manoeuvre/indicate/check mirrors (not) it’s ever likely we all suffer with high insurance with these idiots on our roads, happened to me twice on a500 just from stoke to Kidsgrove, just a short drive really!!
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Post by westlandstokie on Apr 10, 2022 8:55:31 GMT
Everyone’s pet hate who drives I’m sure but seems to be happening more & more especially drivers of “fast” cars think that when changing lanes it’s ok to manoeuvre/indicate/check mirrors (not) it’s ever likely we all suffer with high insurance with these idiots on our roads, happened to me twice on a500 just from stoke to Kidsgrove, just a short drive really!! I drive approx 40k miles a year in my job and I can honestly say that the driving standards in and around Stoke on Trent is one of the worst in the country. I regularly drive into places like London, Manchester, Liverpool, Leeds etc and the drivers there are for more aware and courteous than in Stoke. Not sure why it’s so bad here…any suggestions? |
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Post by salopstick on Apr 10, 2022 9:03:28 GMT
You could solve most of the problems on the roads by banning these most perilous of road hazards  |
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Post by FbrgVaStkFan on Apr 10, 2022 14:09:19 GMT
I think it's all the electronic sensors making drivers a bit more lazy. No beeps? Go ahead and change lanes... Could be worse I suppose, you could be driving in some of those places where it's everyone for themselves.
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Post by questionable on Apr 10, 2022 15:16:21 GMT
On occasions I drive into Staffordshire but as soon as you get into Stoke-On-Trent it’s like something from a Mad Max film with horrible snarling drivers right up your back side in their shitty old car trying to overtake you when you’re abiding to the given speed limit, right clampets in clampet cars.
It’s not people in fast cars it’s just horrible clampets, some of the stuff I’ve witnessed is incredible, one bloke overtook me in zero visibility fog years ago, a mile down the road the car was on its roof, moron deserved it.
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Post by clarkeda on Apr 10, 2022 18:08:33 GMT
The standard of driving since the lockdowns is diabolical
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Post by mattador78 on Apr 10, 2022 18:18:35 GMT
On occasions I drive into Staffordshire but as soon as you get into Stoke-On-Trent it’s like something from a Mad Max film with horrible snarling drivers right up your back side in their shitty old car trying to overtake you when you’re abiding to the given speed limit, right clampets in clampet cars. It’s not people in fast cars it’s just horrible clampets, some of the stuff I’ve witnessed is incredible, one bloke overtook me in zero visibility fog years ago, a mile down the road the car was on its roof, moron deserved it. I agree I was coming back from Crewe doing 70 down the 500 overtaking when a shitty Citroen Picasso came belting up behind me overtook on the inside and then belted off doing about 90 with a car full of shit in the back where they couldn’t see out and a wing mirror missing |
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Post by foster on Apr 10, 2022 18:25:44 GMT
On occasions I drive into Staffordshire but as soon as you get into Stoke-On-Trent it’s like something from a Mad Max film with horrible snarling drivers right up your back side in their shitty old car trying to overtake you when you’re abiding to the given speed limit, right clampets in clampet cars. It’s not people in fast cars it’s just horrible clampets, some of the stuff I’ve witnessed is incredible, one bloke overtook me in zero visibility fog years ago, a mile down the road the car was on its roof, moron deserved it. I agree I was coming back from Crewe doing 70 down the 500 overtaking when a shitty Citroen Picasso came belting up behind me overtook on the inside and then belted off doing about 90 with a car full of shit in the back where they couldn’t see out and a wing mirror missing Can't be 100% sure but I heard that scfcbiancorossi drives a Picasso with only 1 wing mirror. As said, not 100% so may be wrong. |
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Post by thehartshillbadger on Apr 10, 2022 18:42:26 GMT
I’ve sold my car. I now cycle and train everywhere 99% of the time. Of course that opens up the cyclist can of worms.
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Post by mattador78 on Apr 10, 2022 19:20:25 GMT
I agree I was coming back from Crewe doing 70 down the 500 overtaking when a shitty Citroen Picasso came belting up behind me overtook on the inside and then belted off doing about 90 with a car full of shit in the back where they couldn’t see out and a wing mirror missing Can't be 100% sure but I heard that scfcbiancorossi drives a Picasso with only 1 wing mirror. As said, not 100% so may be wrong. I thought his had none? But with a rear wiper what lifts up a bra show a pair of tits on a page 3 girl when it rains |
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Post by wrighter on Apr 10, 2022 20:37:12 GMT
Gave up driving 4 yrs ago, far too many idiots driving, no fun anymore
my pet hate was " lane hoggers " middle and outside lanes
I took the "advance drivers " test [and passed] years ago but no longer feel safe with the standard of driving today
Bus pass & railcard for me
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Post by steve66 on Apr 10, 2022 21:10:54 GMT
Also passed my advanced driving a long time ago!!
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Post by questionable on Apr 10, 2022 21:36:37 GMT
Also passed my advanced driving a long time ago!! Heard you get cheaper car insurance for passing??, in saying that my insurance is £293 for this year for a M235, which ridiculously cheap. |
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Post by BuzzB on Apr 10, 2022 21:45:22 GMT
Standard is absolutely shocking. I swear half the drivers have never had a lesson let alone pass a test. No road etiquette whatsoever, probably never read a highway code. The most basic rules like give way to oncoming traffic if vehicles are parked on your side of the road, they dunner give a flying one.
Taxis just pulling out with no warning, I could drone on and on all night............does my nut in.
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Post by steve66 on Apr 10, 2022 21:56:52 GMT
Also passed my advanced driving a long time ago!! Heard you get cheaper car insurance for passing??, in saying that my insurance is £293 for this year for a M235, which ridiculously cheap. Believe some companies do but I’ve never bothered to be honest, just wanted see if I could pass it at the time!! |
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Post by rivival on Apr 11, 2022 1:46:23 GMT
I think most of us learned to survive S-O-T roads during intensive training at Blackpool on the dodgems.
Every time I go out in the car I feel like I'm being targeted. You just want to have a police car for one day and get at least 100 banned.
I drive a rare BMW with indicators.
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Post by mattador78 on Apr 11, 2022 6:03:42 GMT
I think most of us learned to survive S-O-T roads during intensive training at Blackpool on the dodgems. Every time I go out in the car I feel like I'm being targeted. You just want to have a police car for one day and get at least 100 banned. I drive a rare BMW with indicators. So do I, to be fair they come as standard on BMW now I think they bought all of Audis stock as they no longer come with them |
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Post by heworksardtho on Apr 11, 2022 6:04:08 GMT
I’ve sold my car. I now cycle and train everywhere 99% of the time. Of course that opens up the cyclist can of worms. Bring your boots for the next match badger , you and brownie up front 😉 |
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Post by cobhamstokey on Apr 11, 2022 6:07:49 GMT
my pet hates people overtaking you when your on the roundabout when your in the right lane and they’re not.
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Post by deeside2 on Apr 11, 2022 6:33:25 GMT
There seems to be an unwritten rule round our way (maybe it's been handed down genetically through the generations ?) that if I (or anyone else) am in the right hand lane at a roundabout, and turning right, then the person in the left hand lane at the roundabout, and who is going straight on, takes the straightest possible trajectory across the roundabout, causing me to jam on my brakes to avoid being hit.
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Post by Rednwhitenblue on Apr 11, 2022 7:03:18 GMT
Can't be 100% sure but I heard that scfcbiancorossi drives a Picasso with only 1 wing mirror. As said, not 100% so may be wrong. I thought his had none? But with a rear wiper what lifts up a bra show a pair of tits on a page 3 girl when it rains Whatever it is, it'll be the greatest car that has ever existed in the history of automobiles in this country, if not the entire world. Agree about the standard of driving in S-o-T being appalling. Not living there, it's quite noticeable how much worse it is. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 11, 2022 7:18:52 GMT
Had one yesterday travelling south on the a500, that horrible section between Stoke and the incinerator where the left lane is for those going up to the roundabout for the a50, and the right two lanes are for those heading straight on towards Hanford roundabout.
So I’m in the right hand lane heading towards that stretch as there’s some mass retardation that happens where people in the left all slow down to 35/40 because switching lanes at or around the speed limit is apparently impossible… And then whilst it’s 3 lanes the middle lane (straight on towards Hanford) is free so I move over. There’s a van to my left heading up towards the a50 roundabout, and as approaching the part where the left lanes begin to elevate to head up to the roundabout, and the right two a500 lanes head straight on (passing that point always gives me relief) some total cunt cuts in front of the van because they’ve realised they needed to go straight on, and starts moving out in front of me with tiny amount of space left to even make the lane switch - forcing me and the van to break sharply to allow them to make that suicidal transition. Because, you know, realising you’re in the wrong lane and going up and across the roundabout is simply impossible. It had to be someone from outside SOT who isn’t used to our tricky roads.
I fucking hate driving. It makes me a eugenics sympathiser. Luckily I work from home so only need my car for moving around the city for whatever, maybe only do 5k miles a year. But even that is too much for my patience.
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Post by Stoke711 on Apr 11, 2022 7:32:34 GMT
I’ve sold my car. I now cycle and train everywhere 99% of the time. Of course that opens up the cyclist can of worms. Broke both my arms cycling home from work a few years ago, so I've upgraded to a motobike now 🤣 but yeah I ride around Stoke/Newcastle and some drivers are a nightmare and rarely people want to let you out of a busy junction |
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Post by Rednwhitenblue on Apr 11, 2022 7:36:32 GMT
Had one yesterday travelling south on the a500, that horrible section between Stoke and the incinerator where the left lane is for those going up to the roundabout for the a50, and the right two lanes are for those heading straight on towards Hanford roundabout. So I’m in the right hand lane heading towards that stretch as there’s some mass retardation that happens where people in the left all slow down to 35/40 because switching lanes at or around the speed limit is apparently impossible… And then whilst it’s 3 lanes the middle lane (straight on towards Hanford) is free so I move over. There’s a van to my left heading up towards the a50 roundabout, and as approaching the part where the left lanes begin to elevate to head up to the roundabout, and the right two a500 lanes head straight on (passing that point always gives me relief) some total cunt cuts in front of the van because they’ve realised they needed to go straight on, and starts moving out in front of me with tiny amount of space left to even make the lane switch - forcing me and the van to break sharply to allow them to make that suicidal transition. Because, you know, realising you’re in the wrong lane and going up and across the roundabout is simply impossible. It had to be someone from outside SOT who isn’t used to our tricky roads.I fucking hate driving. It makes me a eugenics sympathiser. Luckily I work from home so only need my car for moving around the city for whatever, maybe only do 5k miles a year. But even that is too much for my patience. Haha, yeah, see that regularly. The complete inability to think "Hmm, I'm in the wrong lane here, I'll just carry on a bit and turn around when it's safe to do so". It could be someone from outside Stoke, but you see it everywhere. I think it's more an indication of life in general - a case of it's all about me and what I want, screw everyone else! I need to go that way now and if you're in the way, tough shit! |
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Post by questionable on Apr 11, 2022 7:52:47 GMT
I think most of us learned to survive S-O-T roads during intensive training at Blackpool on the dodgems. Every time I go out in the car I feel like I'm being targeted. You just want to have a police car for one day and get at least 100 banned. I drive a rare BMW with indicators. So do I, to be fair they come as standard on BMW now I think they bought all of Audis stock as they no longer come with them My BMW comes with a function that makes it harder to switch lanes without indicating as it presumably thinks you’re drifting lanes and steers you back but it can be turned off I think, the wife’s Audi doesn’t have it but not sure if it’s on the one we’re expecting soo has the same function |
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Post by mattador78 on Apr 11, 2022 9:19:31 GMT
I thought his had none? But with a rear wiper what lifts up a bra show a pair of tits on a page 3 girl when it rains Whatever it is, it'll be the greatest car that has ever existed in the history of automobiles in this country, if not the entire world. Agree about the standard of driving in S-o-T being appalling. Not living there, it's quite noticeable how much worse it is. There is genuinely a car in the Stoke area that has this I have seen in more than one. Funniest thing was the wife spotted it as a passenger before me. As for the driving standards it is a weird time as obviously the more drivers the more people who were capable of only just passing and have never improved. On a side note I’m used to driving my car and for some reason I had to drive the wife’s with her as passenger. I have a powerful beemer and she’s got a 1ltr fiesta. I whipped on to the 500 shot through the gears got to 70 went for 6th gear forgetting she hadn’t got one and where 6th is on mine is reverse on hers, the noise was not pleasant and I quickly rectified my mistake with the wife giving me daggers as I squirmed in my seat. |
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Post by questionable on Apr 11, 2022 10:34:10 GMT
Whatever it is, it'll be the greatest car that has ever existed in the history of automobiles in this country, if not the entire world. Agree about the standard of driving in S-o-T being appalling. Not living there, it's quite noticeable how much worse it is. There is genuinely a car in the Stoke area that has this I have seen in more than one. Funniest thing was the wife spotted it as a passenger before me. As for the driving standards it is a weird time as obviously the more drivers the more people who were capable of only just passing and have never improved. On a side note I’m used to driving my car and for some reason I had to drive the wife’s with her as passenger. I have a powerful beemer and she’s got a 1ltr fiesta. I whipped on to the 500 shot through the gears got to 70 went for 6th gear forgetting she hadn’t got one and where 6th is on mine is reverse on hers, the noise was not pleasant and I quickly rectified my mistake with the wife giving me daggers as I squirmed in my seat. 100% legit A girl I work with was telling me that she blew the engine on her Fiesta whilst driving on the M6, I asked if the oil light had come on or some form of warning light and she said nope, she then explained that she’d been in third gear for some distance and that this was the reason... I said that’s impossible as the engine sound would have warned her surely, insanely she replied it was and when I asked what she did about it her response was that she turned the stereo up 🤣🤣🤣🤣 |
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Post by woodstein on Apr 11, 2022 11:14:26 GMT
Everyone’s pet hate who drives I’m sure but seems to be happening more & more especially drivers of “fast” cars think that when changing lanes it’s ok to manoeuvre/indicate/check mirrors (not) it’s ever likely we all suffer with high insurance with these idiots on our roads, happened to me twice on a500 just from stoke to Kidsgrove, just a short drive really!! I drive approx 40k miles a year in my job and I can honestly say that the driving standards in and around Stoke on Trent is one of the worst in the country. I regularly drive into places like London, Manchester, Liverpool, Leeds etc and the drivers there are for more aware and courteous than in Stoke. Not sure why it’s so bad here…any suggestions? Have you tried the Bradford area?! Many illegal and crazy drivers and the police are invisible. When I started driving in the early 80's you always knew the police weren't far away. Not the case now! |
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Post by deeside2 on Apr 11, 2022 11:21:42 GMT
A few years ago now my wife left the house one morning on her way to work (I was working from home that day). About 10 minutes later she phoned saying she thought the engine was about to blow up as the car was making a strange noise and she couldn't control the steering.
So off I went and found her parked up, still sitting in the car, with the radio on.
I turned the engine on and everything sounded fine. I switched it off and had a quick look outside only to find the near side rear tyre almost completely destroyed and the alloy wheel was severely damaged ! I asked her when the "engine noise" started and she said a couple of minutes after she'd left the house (obviously just after she'd got the puncture) so she'd just turned the radio up and only called me when the car started moving about on the road ! I still haven't let her live it down !
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Post by noustie on Apr 11, 2022 13:53:19 GMT
First time I was in Kathmandu was a proper eye opener as never been outside typical holiday places in Europe before. On the trip from the airport the driver was going down completely the wrong side of the road completely head on with traffic and beeping like fuck like it was their fault only to come to a complete standstill for half an hour out of respect for a couple of cows sat in the middle of the road.
Pulls up to a roundabout and see a lass with no helmet struggling to get up after a crash on their bike whilst the husband with his helmet still on bowls up to the taxi driver involved and Zidane head-butted him in the chest. The husband then walks back to the bike proud as punch arms folded waiting for his clearly injured wife, who is struggling to pick it back up, without even remotely looking like he is about to help her.
Mentioned it to the lass who was co-ordinating the volunteers as a bit of an ice-breaker on getting to the hotel and straight off the bat she says ‘If you’re hit by a car and they start reversing they’re probably coming to finish you off so get out of the road!’ Under their law if you injured someone in a motor accident you had to pay their medical bills so it was cheaper to go to jail then bribe yourself out!
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