Why don't drivers get out of the way anymore

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When car drivers are driving very slowly why don't they let others pass anymore? When I am driving a little slowly as I often do, as I don't need to dash about anymore, I often let other vehicles pass me by moving into the kerbside so as they can pass me, they will often acknowledge the good deed by giving me a wave.

However on the odd occasion I am a little late for something, and I am trying to get past a slow moving car driver, they have often gone into the middle of the road so as I can't pass. If I do manage to get past, the other car will flash their lights and give me the V sign!

What ever happened to the art of letting other road users pass and not hinder them :thinking:

Oh and I am not talking about speeding either ;)
 
I always have a smile when I read moans about driving standards. In my experience driving standards in the UK are extremely high. Seriously, you guys should feel proud.
 
Why do you drive so slowly as to be holding up other vehicles who aren't speeding? :D
 
It's not cool to be helpful to others ... my road joins a main road on a hill, if I'm trying to join the main road 99% of drivers will speed up to stop me getting out of the junction - just a reflection of the modern 'me-first' attitude.
 
jonbeeza said:
When car drivers are driving very slowly why don't they let others pass anymore? When I am driving a little slowly as I often do, as I don't need to dash about anymore, I often let other vehicles pass me by moving into the kerbside so as they can pass me, they will often acknowledge the good deed by giving me a wave.

However on the odd occasion I am a little late for something, and I am trying to get past a slow moving car driver, they have often gone into the middle of the road so as I can't pass. If I do manage to get past, the other car will flash their lights and give me the V sign!

What ever happened to the art of letting other road users pass and not hinder them :thinking:

Oh and I am not talking about speeding either ;)
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Its a feeling of self: importance, the very same people when shopping leave their trolley in the middle of the aisle obstructing others pretending they haven't noticed you stood there.
 
The reason I thought about this was because a car was trying to get past another car this morning. The first car was driving very slowly indeed and the car behind it was doing it's best to get past, while the slower was was going into the middle of the road to hinder the following car.

The infuriated car driver who was trying to get past got a shock, as the first car turned out to be an unmarked police car. I was driving sensibly and witnessed it, but did not get involved.
 
Gr8Shot said:
Its a feeling of self: importance, the very same people when shopping leave their trolley in the middle of the aisle obstructing others pretending they haven't noticed you stood there.
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If I see someone leave a trolley to walk to the other end of the aisle, I usually put stuff in it & walk off ;-)
 
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snoop69 said:
If I see someone leave a trolley to walk to the other end of the aisle, I usually put stuff in it & walk off ;-)
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:lol::lol: Have to remember this one lol.
 
snoop69 said:
If I see someone leave a trolley to walk to the other end of the aisle, I usually put stuff in it & walk off ;-)
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Hmm I expect they'll just pile it all on the end of the checkout when they get there. Much better, remove stuff they've already put in then they'll be p'd off when they get home and cant find it. Muahahahhahaha!
 
snoop69 said:
If I see someone leave a trolley to walk to the other end of the aisle, I usually put stuff in it & walk off ;-)
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or take stuff out :D (beaten to it ... I was down the other end of the aisle)


As for drivers letting others by, I've not noticed it being a common practice in my 25 years driving. It's certainly not as obvious as it is in Ireland.
 
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Just get a 2.5 ton off roader with a few dents in it, they'll get out of the way.
 
jonbeeza said:
Probably because I am an old fart ;)
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Not possible if the below is true, considering that almost everyone I see guilty of the below offence is of the older generation :lol:

Gr8Shot said:
Its a feeling of self: importance, the very same people when shopping leave their trolley in the middle of the aisle obstructing others pretending they haven't noticed you stood there.
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snoop69 said:
If I see someone leave a trolley to walk to the other end of the aisle, I usually put stuff in it & walk off ;-)
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Hmm that will probably explain why I often come back from Asda, with things that I don't remember putting in ! :thinking:
 
Only vehicle I've noticed that pulls over when driving slowly is a black cab I sometimes encounter in the lanes when I'm on my way to the gym before work of a morning.
I must admit I do get a bit irate if people don't drive even remotely near the speed limit if conditions allow, and cause big tailbacks. I often find people driving at 30 in 50mph limits holding everyone up and positioning their cars making overtaking difficult.
If conditions allow, I'll stick to the limit and only hold up the speeding motorists. :)
 
i had a slowcoach the other day that when i pulled out to overtake him he moved over and i had to put my car into the ditch to avoid contact..... managed to pull it back out of the ditch infront of him though!
 
whitewash said:
i had a slowcoach the other day that when i pulled out to overtake him he moved over and i had to put my car into the ditch to avoid contact..... managed to pull it back out of the ditch infront of him though!
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Surely if you were overtaking, you didn't have to put your car into a ditch, you could simply have not overtaken.
 
Or maybe it's something to do with the vehicles many years ago, in the old days you would not want to get too close behind that old Commer van that belched out smoke, while that old Morris Minor behind you did it's best just to keep you in it's view.

It's probably just the modern day cars I suppose, just getting out of second gear now, and you are already nearly breaking the speed limit!
 
jonbeeza said:
When car drivers are driving very slowly why don't they let others pass anymore? When I am driving a little slowly as I often do, as I don't need to dash about anymore, I often let other vehicles pass me by moving into the kerbside so as they can pass me, they will often acknowledge the good deed by giving me a wave.

However on the odd occasion I am a little late for something, and I am trying to get past a slow moving car driver, they have often gone into the middle of the road so as I can't pass. If I do manage to get past, the other car will flash their lights and give me the V sign!

What ever happened to the art of letting other road users pass and not hinder them :thinking:

Oh and I am not talking about speeding either ;)
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Simply because :thumbs: One of my usual trips today. From home to Bristol to Bath, back to Bristol. Paignton,Brixham,Totnes,Plymouth, Dawlish, Exeter and back home again. Far too many Tw..s on the road to even start talking about here. And no it is not always one type of person or vehicle.
 
u8myufo said:
Simply because :thumbs: One of my usual trips today. From home to Bristol to Bath, back to Bristol. Paignton,Brixham,Totnes,Plymouth, Dawlish, Exeter and back home again. Far too many Tw..s on the road to even start talking about here. And no it is not always one type of person or vehicle.
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Don't worry I wont get in your way, not been down that end in years. Used to be up and down the A38 visiting my sister in Plymouth, never did like that stretch of noisy road, or am I thinking of someplace else :thinking:
 
viv1969 said:
Surely if you were overtaking, you didn't have to put your car into a ditch, you could simply have not overtaken.
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I think he'd already started overtaking when the car moved to the right forcing him to take evasive action.

There are alot of motorists on the road with absolutely no idea of how big their cars are or what is going on around them and an inability to read the road and actions of other motorists.
 
nilagin said:
I think he'd already started overtaking when the car moved to the right forcing him to take evasive action.

There are alot of motorists on the road with absolutely no idea of how big their cars are or what is going on around them and an inability to read the road and actions of other motorists.
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I totally agree....but....

whitewash said:
i had a slowcoach the other day that when i pulled out to overtake him he moved over and i had to put my car into the ditch to avoid contact..... managed to pull it back out of the ditch infront of him though!
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There are also those who must get by at any cost.
 
Some drivers seem to have got fed up of not pulling over and have chosen to take it to another level and drive like a snail in lane 2 of dual carriageways/motorways....to me they are often more of a hazard than speeding drivers but not such easy prey to catch...sadly.
My day involves often doing 150 to 200 miles and see so many so called drivers who are oblivious to anything that's happening around them as they're plodding along daydreaming in their own little world.....accidents waiting to happen!
 
I hate when idiots tailgate me when there's literally no way I could go faster. When they do that I just scoosh my screen wash at them periodically - you can actually see the anger build with every wipe of their windshield :D

I think it's ridiculous that people are trying to justify some clown who thinks that it's okay to squeeze people off the road when they're doing an overtake, I've had it happen to me (though it was on a motorway) no way is it justified - I was so angry! If you're being overtaken then hold your speed steady and don't move out (move in by all means but it's not essential!). The 'get by at any cost' driver is better in front than behind so just let them through.

I think many drivers have some weird problem with being overtaken and take it as a personal insult so have to make things difficult for the overtaking driver.
 
I often recall the time way back in the very early 80s, me driving a very tired old Escort mk1 that had seen better days, and my brother and sister as passengers. Just getting onto the start of the M62 a souped up mini, (Italian Job Style) came racing behind me and forced me out of the way. As the mini went passed the lads in the car were sticking their fingers up at us.

A good few miles further along the motorway we saw the same mini on the hard shoulder, with a Police traffic car parked behind it. As we chugged passed in my old banger, my brother and sister leaned out of the window and stuck their fingers up and laughed.

Aghh some of the best times they were, such fond memories :lol:
 
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Martyn D said:
Some drivers seem to have got fed up of not pulling over and have chosen to take it to another level and drive like a snail in lane 2 of dual carriageways/motorways....to me they are often more of a hazard than speeding drivers but not such easy prey to catch...sadly.
My day involves often doing 150 to 200 miles and see so many so called drivers who are oblivious to anything that's happening around them as they're plodding along daydreaming in their own little world.....accidents waiting to happen!
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That so annoys me too, you have to go right out into the far lane to get past, and still they stay put
 
viv1969 said:
I totally agree....but....



There are also those who must get by at any cost.
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I do encounter some drivers, who's driving is so bad, I will admit that I'd rather get passed them as soon as possible to get away from them than have them in front of me and likely to cause an accident.
 
viv1969 said:
I totally agree....but....



There are also those who must get by at any cost.
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yes sorry you are perfectly correct, I am a hooligan. it's perfectly acceptable to pull across on an overtaking vehicle and I will remember this next time.:shrug:


i didnt start overtaking him in the knowledge that he was about to pull over, or (surprise surprise) i would not have overtaken him.
 
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Gremlin said:
That so annoys me too, you have to go right out into the far lane to get past, and still they stay put
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Also annoying is when trying to join a dual carriageway, when I am sitting waiting to get on, people will not get out of the left lane and let me join, even if their side is empty.

When I see a poor git waiting to join, if the right hand lane is clear, I will move over and let them join. It annoys me when the stupid driver behind me does not do they same, and get out of the people way waiting to join!
 
jonbeeza said:
Also annoying is when trying to join a dual carriageway, when I am sitting waiting to get on, people will not get out of the left lane and let me join, even if their side is empty.

When I see a poor git waiting to join, if the right hand lane is clear, I will move over and let them join. It annoys me when the stupid driver behind me does not do they same, and get out of the people way waiting to join!
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Spot on....annoys the hell out of me and again it points at drivers not being aware of what's going on around them or even worse, in front of them :bang:
 
jonbeeza said:
Also annoying is when trying to join a dual carriageway, when I am sitting waiting to get on, people will not get out of the left lane and let me join, even if their side is empty.

When I see a poor git waiting to join, if the right hand lane is clear, I will move over and let them join. It annoys me when the stupid driver behind me does not do they same, and get out of the people way waiting to join!
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I get equally annoyed by people who are joining a dual carriageway/motorway and assume they can just pull into my lane!

I don't care if they put their foot down and go in front of me or slow down and go behind me, but I get really hacked off when they are next to me ,hooting and gesticulating when there is nowhere for me to go! It is their responsibility to adjust their speed, not mine.


Heather
 
Martyn D said:
Spot on....annoys the hell out of me and again it points at drivers not being aware of what's going on around them or even worse, in front of them :bang:
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See above!


Heather
 
rssmrry said:
I think many drivers have some weird problem with being overtaken and take it as a personal insult so have to make things difficult for the overtaking driver.
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On a car forum someone posted up one of his dashcam videos. He had attempted to over take an Audi Q8 as he exited a roundabout onto a clear road in both directions. The driver of the Q8 seemed to take a dislike being overtaken and accelerated quicker, keeping the other driver on the wrong side of the road. The driver with the dash cam realising he was going to struggle against the Audi and knowing there was a side turning a few hundred yards further up the road from where they were now, dropped back and fell in behind. After a mile or so the Audi slowed and pulled over and the other driver stopped to have a word with him. The Audi driver's excuse was that he'd done it to save the other blokes life.:cuckoo: He just couldn't see that what he'd done was actually going to endanger lives.
 
jonbeeza said:
Also annoying is when trying to join a dual carriageway, when I am sitting waiting to get on, people will not get out of the left lane and let me join, even if their side is empty.

When I see a poor git waiting to join, if the right hand lane is clear, I will move over and let them join. It annoys me when the stupid driver behind me does not do they same, and get out of the people way waiting to join!
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What bugs me when joing a dual carriageway from a slip road is other people refusing to accelerate to an acceptable speed to merge with the traffic on the dual carriageway. Whey they think they can do it at 30 or 40 mph when the traffic is travelling at 60-70mph is beyond me and I get them on at least 3 days out of 5 on the way home from work. What gets me is they have just left the M25, I shudder to think how slow they had been travelling on there.
 
jonbeeza said:
I don't bother blasting my horn at stupid drivers mistakes, I simply put my energy into looking out for the next idiot :)
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So, in the circumstances I have described, are you saying that I am the "stupid driver" who has made the mistake?

...or is the "stupid driver" who has made the mistake the one who is next to me hooting and gesticulating?


Heather
 
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nilagin said:
What bugs me when joing a dual carriageway from a slip road is other people refusing to accelerate to an acceptable speed to merge with the traffic on the dual carriageway. Whey they think they can do it at 30 or 40 mph when the traffic is travelling at 60-70mph
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Yes had that happen to me many times :|
 
On our way back from my MRI scan this morning, we were stopped in a longish queue at traffic lights when a woman in a burqua (or whatever the face mask scarves are called) went past the whole queue and sat on the wrong side of the road, blocking traffic untiul the lights change. It's a shame no Police cars were coming the other way (surprising too - 10am is coffee break time!).

Then there was the suicyclist who cut a corner just in front of me (lucky for him I have good reflexes and brakes!) to go the wrong way up a one way street.

I could go on (and on and on etc...) but shall instead just sit there and enjoy my surroundings!
 
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