Driving standards

I had to drive from Dallas to Houston a few weeks ago - basically like driving from Liverpool to London to give you an idea of distance. Once I was out of the city, it was amazing how everyone suddenly remembered how to drive. Faster traffic on the left, slower on the right, stay out of the passing lane unless you’re actually passing. Then I got within 30 miles of Houston and it was a complete shambles again.

Oh and something else doing my head in - the people who stop entire car lengths (sometimes even more) behind the car in front of them at a red light.
 

Tommy Chong said:
Al, I'm assuming that's you in this pic who took this selfie:

I refuse to believe that anybody who has such a sunny looking disposition, and rosy plump red cheeks is even REMOTELY capable of losing his sh.t in a road rage incident! 😜
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Sorry to disappoint @Tommy Chong but that isn’t me. I lifted it from the internet. Furthermore, it is well known that Croydon schools offer CSE Road Rage, so good I did a crash course.👍
 
Rita_Poon said:
That cup decal suggests more an 'A' than an 'I'. So if the guy with the black backpack moves a bit closer and to the right a bit suddenly that declaration reads much differently.
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Well, there did happen to be a 'Wan.er' cup parade that day, only it was a little bit more north-west bound... 😜

mmmmsnouts said:
I had to drive from Dallas to Houston a few weeks ago - basically like driving from Liverpool to London to give you an idea of distance. Once I was out of the city, it was amazing how everyone suddenly remembered how to drive. Faster traffic on the left, slower on the right, stay out of the passing lane unless you’re actually passing. Then I got within 30 miles of Houston and it was a complete shambles again.

Oh and something else doing my head in - the people who stop entire car lengths (sometimes even more) behind the car in front of them at a red light.
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No mate, you live in America. 'Road rage incidents' your side are something COMPLETELY different! Especially in 'stand your ground' states... 😲

You get in my face, I'll drop you faster than you can say: 'Disproportionate response!'

Alan Whittle said:
Sorry to disappoint @Tommy Chong but that isn’t me. I lifted it from the internet. Furthermore, it is well known that Croydon schools offer CSE Road Rage, so good I did a crash course.👍
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That's too bad, Al... That lads a dead ringer for my older cousin on my dars side of the family! 😂
 
John from Bootle said:
I know where you are coming from, it's just not something that bothers me unless somebody is driving dangerously slow. It's called a speed limit, not a recommended rate of travel. ;)
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Noisy noise annoys said:
Yeh, but it’s become the accepted norm, roughly, for how fast we drive where applicable. I drive the same road to and from work everyday and it’s a nightmare, huge queues of people trying to get to work held up by a day tripper off to the garden centre
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Standards in general in anything are pretty poor these days. I'm sure we all have instances of workies not turning up or answering their phones etc. Driving standards are just another indicator of some humans being pretty crap these days.

I only have two major driving annoyances though. Drivers who do not understand merging in turn. Especially the weirdos who do that half and half lane thing to block anyone else merging further up the road and people who beep their horn in a traffic jam. What are they expecting the people in front of them to do? Lift their cars out of the way to let them past?

Oh three I suppose, horrific red light jumpers bombing through lights that have turned red seconds before. So dangerous.
 
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Daveysgingerlovechild said:
40, THE BEST SPEED IN THE WORLD.
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Remember years ago leaving a mates house after a heavy sesh, from the town I left, several villages and the town i live in, I was stuck behind this divvy little car for the whole 25 min journey (should have been 10)

What made it worse was right at the end of my journey when I wanted to pull into my parents drive, the divvy little car must have got lost so pulled up and blocked the drive. Didn't see me indicating behind 🙄

I had to drive round, do a u turn and indicate again only to find my mum giving them directions.

Can't tell you how hungover and angry I was
 

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