Most annoying thing on the road?

zzzzzzzz

For me it has to be people turning right at a junction and they won't move in to the junction - they're waiting for the filter light to turn on...

Most people don't seem to understand that there's a weight sensor under the road and if you don't MOVE INTO THE JUNCTION the filter light will never turn on and you'll be stuck there all day!!!!

Ahhhh... feeels good to get that off my chest.

godtabh

aidan.offbeat wrote: »

For me it has to be people turning right at a junction and they won't move in to the junction - they're waiting for the filter light to turn on...

Most people don't seem to understand that there's a weight sensor under the road and if you don't MOVE INTO THE JUNCTION the filter light will never turn on and you'll be stuck there all day!!!!

Ahhhh... feeels good to get that off my chest.

Not all junctions have sensors.

And usually the sensor is in the traffic lane to asses the length of cars waiting at the lights

zzzzzzzz

kearnsr wrote: »

Not all junctions have sensors.

And usually the sensor is in the traffic lane to asses the length of cars waiting at the lights

Fair enough - not all junctions have sensors. But a lot of them do.

About the second part - why doesn't the filter light change unless you move in then? It's definitely a sensor to decide whether or not there is a car waiting to turn right.

zzzzzzzz

You can usually see a car-sized cut in the tarmac where you would usually wait to turn right. Either that or a box on the road for you to stop in.

prendy

hidden traffic signs and stupid speed limits wreck my head.

Sagat06

A car coming around a roundabout indicating right and gets off the exit before while still indicating right... in the meantime you miss your gap cos this tool is too lazy to indicate off the roundabout.

I'd do time thats all i'm saying!!!!

DarkJager

Tractors and fcukers who drive at 40kmph even though its a 100 zone. Get a fcuking bicycle if you want to travel that slow.

Deedsie

DarkJager wrote: »

Tractors and fcukers who drive at 40kmph even though its a 100 zone. Get a fcuking bicycle if you want to travel that slow.

I agree 100%, Every morning on my way to work i get caught behind this tool in a 08 Citroen on my way to work. Every morning he's holding up traffic travelling at 60km on the N7 between Nenagh and Roscrea.

I dont Speed 100Km is fine with me, but this fella takes the mick. I have no doubt he will soon be the cause of an accident.

shrapnel222

the amount of cars that go through red lights does my head in, also feckers who don't get in to the correct lane, obviously the one with the most traffic and then cut back in as far down the road as possible.

siralfalot

DarkJager wrote: »

Tractors and fcukers who drive at 40kmph even though its a 100 zone. Get a fcuking bicycle if you want to travel that slow.

impatient feckers trying to kill me and others while trying to overtake tractors in dangerous locations

I doubt a Bicycle would be usefull for towing a 20 ton trailor, but sure I'll give it a go.........

peasant

The most annoying thing?

Everybody else but me

Rowley Birkin QC

People behind a lorry or something else slowmoving that won't overtake when it is safe to do so.

People driving with unrestrained kids in the back of the car, they usually have the parcel shelf full of junk blocking the rearview.

Ugly birds driving Minis.

andreas_220D

DarkJager wrote: »

Tractors and fcukers who drive at 40kmph even though its a 100 zone. Get a fcuking bicycle if you want to travel that slow.

You need to show me a tractor that runs 100 kph...

swingking

feckers who think they can skip a traffic queue by driving straight, when they are clearly in a right turn only lane
:mad:

Mena

I'd say pedestrians, cyclists and other motorists for a start!

Rowley Birkin QC

andreas_220D wrote: »

You need to show me a tractor that runs 100 kph...

100kph Tractor

godtabh

aidan.offbeat wrote: »

Fair enough - not all junctions have sensors. But a lot of them do.

About the second part - why doesn't the filter light change unless you move in then? It's definitely a sensor to decide whether or not there is a car waiting to turn right.

It depends on what its purpose is.

If there is low right turns it could be an on call loop.

Or it can be triggered by the number of vehicles wanting to turn right.

siralfalot

bigkev49 wrote: »

100kph Tractor

check this one out
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIFYOdzfHVg

zzzzzzzz

kearnsr wrote: »

It depends on what its purpose is.

If there is low right turns it could be an on call loop.

Or it can be triggered by the number of vehicles wanting to turn right.

That would need more than one sensor surely? As far as I know, there should only be one car in the junction?

Anyway, the junctions I'm talking about definitely have sensors and the filter light definitely doesn't change to green unless you move in to the junction.

Eoin

aidan.offbeat wrote: »

For me it has to be people turning right at a junction and they won't move in to the junction - they're waiting for the filter light to turn on...

Most people don't seem to understand that there's a weight sensor under the road and if you don't MOVE INTO THE JUNCTION the filter light will never turn on and you'll be stuck there all day!!!!

Ahhhh... feeels good to get that off my chest.

Even if there is no sensor, you should still take control of the junction. I am normally stuck behind cars who won't go forward till they get the filter light, which delays a good few cars.

One of the junctions is when you are turning right from the N11 onto Anglesea Road - you can see oncoming traffic from quite far away. People waiting till they get the filter before even moving up, let alone turning can delay easily 10 cars getting through.

Dancor

People driving on the wrong side of the road!!
I have witnessed this twice in the past month on the Navan road, Just after the Maxol garage heading towards Blanch (me going to town) The first fool was flashing me like I was on the wrong side :mad: then the second, a lady, quickly realised her mistake only after I beeped her.

Then there are the jabronis who dont position correctly coming to roundabouts and cut other people off :mad:

SV

dancor wrote: »

Then there are the jabronis who dont position correctly coming to roundabouts and cut other people off :mad:

Same :mad:

Like the person here;
They're in the red, in left hand lane..use the right hand lane to go straight ahead and myself in the right hand land (green)get cut off because of their stupidity and/or plain laziness to actually turn at a roundabout.

http://img117.imageshack.us/img117/1631/roundaboutde1.jpg

MrPudding

aidan.offbeat wrote: »

That would need more than one sensor surely? As far as I know, there should only be one car in the junction?

Anyway, the junctions I'm talking about definitely have sensors and the filter light definitely doesn't change to green unless you move in to the junction.

That is strange, any of the sensors I have seen have been behind the stop line. Also bear in mind that a lot of filter light have a separate red light and so you cannot cross the line until the filter light come on.

MrP

landydef

cyclists who cycle beside each other instead of single file,indecisive drivers and people who dont indicate specially on roundabouts :mad:

Alanstrainor

Not stopping at red lights, there's a newish set of lights near my house and everyday i see cars driving straight through blatantly red lights, it's only i matter of time before someone gets t-boned.
And another one i have begun to see a lot, is drivers at the top of a cue of traffic taking off when they see pedestrian lights go green, they're obviously not paying any attention suddenly see green and go, i've nearly been run over twice crossing the road when that happens! It happens a lot at the junction between the grange road and nutgrove avenue in Rathfarnham!!

corcaigh07

lexus lights! fog lights on in non-foggy conditions! unnecessarily loud exhausts! i could go on but its better this way!

kaizersoze

Whiners who criticise other peoples driving in the solemn belief that they never make a mistake themselves.

Jimbo

^ Him and
people who cut the corner turning right forcing cars on that road to stop. Happens to me all the time. They usually don't even realise what they have done. Morons

kaizersoze

jimbo78 wrote: »

^ Him and

Jimbo

kaizersoze wrote: »

:pac::pac::pac:

ART6

People who tailgate at all speeds and in all weather conditions. A guy wrecked my car and nearly killed me years ago in the UK as a result of doing that. I had to do an emergency stop and he hit me so hard that the drining seat collapsed, leaving me on the back seat rolling up the road. I would take their licences off them for b****y life:mad:

PaulKK

• Bad lane dicipline at roundabouts and other places.
• Not indicating at roundabouts.
• People who stop at roundabouts for no reason and are nervous in general (non L drivers here). Too nervous? - GTF off the road, you shouldnt be there.
• People pulling out in front of traffic at junctions and then driving slowly.
• People stopping to let out traffic when there is a visible gap behind them, thereby holding up the flow of traffic unnecessarily.
• Dawdlers who make no effort to keep in and allow faster traffic to get by where possible.
• Slow reaction at traffic lights and unnescessarily slow driving around towns.
• People who drive large jeeps/SUVs and think that because they have a bigger vehicle they have right of way in all situations.

In general the most frustrating thing I find (outside Dublin anyway) is that people worsen congestion by not being observant. For example, I watch the traffic lights for the opposite set to go amber, and put the car in gear, ready to go. Its unreal the amount of people who take 5+ secs to pull away from the lights from when it turns green. If there is a gap in traffic that I see behind me I will not stop the few cars behind me to let someone out, as it is not necessary since they will get out anyway.

There are more examples but if everyone did these simple things more cars would get through each time, meaning less stopping and better flowing traffic.

Johnny Utah

- Tailgating

- Blatantly breaking red lights; eg. I saw one idiot there during the week speeding through the junction at Harcourt street. The lights had been red for a couple of seconds and there were plenty of pedestrians around at the time.

- Also, if you are stopped at a T-junction, trying to turn right into a main road from a minor road, and the cars approaching from your left turning into the minor road cut the corner and nearly clip the front corner of your car.

corcaigh07

Johnny Utah wrote: »

- Tailgating

- Blatantly breaking red lights; eg. I saw one idiot there during the week speeding through the junction at Harcourt street. The lights had been red for a couple of seconds and there were plenty of pedestrians around at the time.

- Also, if you are stopped at a T-junction, trying to turn right into a main road from a minor road, and the cars approaching from your left turning into the minor road cut the corner and nearly clip the front corner of your car.[/QUOTE]

christ i had this literally within a half hour of my driving test a few years ago, i wasnt even quite up to the junction and this baditch used the junction as a corner, was lifting it, no way did she have enough control to avoid me if i was another 6 feet ahead. both me and the instuctor were fuming! one of the craziest pieces of driving i have ever seen

Niall1234

Without a doubt people who

1. Hog the middle of the road in an attempt to block you from overtaking.
2. People who accelerate when you are overtaking them.
3. People who hog the overtaking lane, even with a line of traffic attempting to get past.

In the case of no 2, I nearly got killed a few years ago when a girl in a Polo accelerated when I overtook. Nearly had a head on with a lorry. In my mind she should have been put off the road for 5 years.

Thankfully I'm driving a 320d now so at least I have a bit of power should the situation need it.:D

corcaigh07

PaulKK wrote: »

• Bad lane dicipline at roundabouts and other places.
• Not indicating at roundabouts.
• People who stop at roundabouts for no reason and are nervous in general (non L drivers here). Too nervous? - GTF off the road, you shouldnt be there.
• People pulling out in front of traffic at junctions and then driving slowly.
• People stopping to let out traffic when there is a visible gap behind them, thereby holding up the flow of traffic unnecessarily.
• Dawdlers who make no effort to keep in and allow faster traffic to get by where possible.
• Slow reaction at traffic lights and unnescessarily slow driving around towns.
• People who drive large jeeps/SUVs and think that because they have a bigger vehicle they have right of way in all situations.

In general the most frustrating thing I find (outside Dublin anyway) is that people worsen congestion by not being observant. For example, I watch the traffic lights for the opposite set to go amber, and put the car in gear, ready to go. Its unreal the amount of people who take 5+ secs to pull away from the lights from when it turns green. If there is a gap in traffic that I see behind me I will not stop the few cars behind me to let someone out, as it is not necessary since they will get out anyway.

There are more examples but if everyone did these simple things more cars would get through each time, meaning less stopping and better flowing traffic.

agree with all that, but some is very nit-picking. often letting people out even though theres a gap coming doesnt make a major difference because your all going to hit traffic again very soon.

i wouldnt mind slow driving in urban areas too much either because it usually doesnt make a difference in the bigger picture. slow driving is far far worse on 100km/h roads and the slow idiots dont know its perfectly legal to pull into the hard shoulder to let the frustated flow through.

listen to lyric fm if need be :cool:

corcaigh07

Niall1234 wrote: »

Without a doubt people who

1. Hog the middle of the road in an attempt to block you from overtaking.
2. People who accelerate when you are overtaking them.
3. People who hog the overtaking lane, even with a line of traffic attempting to get past.
In the case of no 2, I nearly got killed a few years ago when a girl in a Polo accelerated when I overtook. Nearly had a head on with a lorry. In my mind she should have been put off the road for 5 years.

Thankfully I'm driving a 320d now so at least I have a bit of power should the situation need it.:D

oh god yeah. no2 happens a lot on rural roads, some idiots take they are just superb drivers, when they see the car next to them, they think Feck off im better than you. its crazy.

i had this spa in a SUV 3.0l at least(me in an astra 1.4:o) i come up to him on the overtaking lane on a motorway(yes, not fast lane, mr.spastic). he doesnt move for like a minute. i know what i did after this was illegal but i tried overtaking on the left lane, dropped a gear and went for it. he boots it leaving me for dust even though i was doing almost 100mph trying. this happened exactly the same twice more after.

what a dickhead. swap cars and see hes so great. this all happened because someone a) treats the overtaking lane as "the fast lane" and b) has a powerful wagon, thinks hes great, probably has a small penis.

Niall1234

When I have a person who wants to pass (to be honest it doesn't happen too often) I do my best to leave the person past as I know how frustrating it can be.

I'll often drop the speed a bit in order to let them past a bit faster.

Overtaking on the left, while illegal, is the only thing to do when you've exhausted flashing your lights etc at the person.

pebbles21

1.people who purposely drive into the eazypass lane on the M50 without a tag and then at the last second try to get out just before the barrier

2.anyone over 70 should nt be driving imo(and before the pc brigade are on over 70s wont be on this site either so they wont see it)

3.people who pick there noses and eat their snot at traffic lights

GrumPy

Slow drivers, fast drivers that flash to get out of the fast lane on the M1, even though it's blatently obvious I am in the process of overtaking a nearby truck, no indication, no indication at roundabouts is prolly the most annoying.

GrumPy

bigkev49 wrote: »

Ugly birds driving Minis.

rofl, yeah. Only hot chicks should drive them, I get so disappointed when I see a mini with a crap bird driving them

(Soz double post I am tired)

VeVeX

I find that people who indicate incorrectly on roundabouts angers me much more then people who dont bother to indicate at all. The funny thing is if most on here that have a problem with indications on roundabouts were tested id say at least 50% indicate incorrectly or take the wrong lane on entry/exit.

CyberGhost

People not using indicators pisses me off immensely, it just shows absolutely no consideration for other drivers. How fecking hard is it to pull that small lever before making a turn, and not confuse the other driver.

ianobrien

pebbles21 wrote: »

2.anyone over 70 should nt be driving imo(and before the pc brigade are on over 70s wont be on this site either so they wont see it)

I know one gentleman who's in his late 70's, and you'll not be able to keep up with him.... I know I can't. He drives so fast that he's got racing brake pads in the car!

Oh, he also still drives the car he made (yes he built his own car!) in the '50's

CPG

I love these whinging threads !!! Let he who is witout sin !!!

We really should have a "moaning" section section under Motors !

Eoin

CPG wrote: »

We really should have a "moaning" section section under Motors !

or a motors section under moaning...

LarWright

For me, it's the lack of indicators on roundabouts. Or in some case, the use of indicators on roundabouts!

Why do alot of people indicate right when they are going straight through and why when they are taking the third exit, do they fail to indicate at all!?

lightening

People who won't, can't or don't understand merging.

"I'm sorry my lane moved quicker than yours, but now they are both merging in to one lane. Stop driving up the hole of the person in front of you and let me in.... There we go.... now stop driving beside me.... There we go, now stop flashing your lights and waving your fist at me"

Usually over 50's men in big saloons who haven't a clue how to drive without bullying people.

ollaetta

Since the upgrade of the Naas dual carriageway to three lanes it's obvious that a huge percentage of Irish motorists haven't got an iota how to use a three lane road. If they're not chugging along in the middle lane instead of the inside one they're out in the third lane using it as their own personal highway.

And while I'm at it, are they ever going to put a realistic speed limit on that road? 100 kph on a three lane road which becomes 120 kph when it goes down to two lanes beyond Naas. Very Irish! Not, of course, that our outside lane hoggers ever adhere to 100 kph anyway!

dloob

There is a traffic light controlled junction near me with a right turn lane.
It has a seperate red for the right turn so you need to stay behind the stop line and that is where the sensor is.
It changes after about 2 mins or when there is a gap in the on coming traffic and a car is waiting to turn right, 5 seconds after the last car a passes through you'll get a green.
Yes I turn right there a lot
You'll sometimes find someone stranded in the middle of the junction, they seem to be the same people who'll ignore the red and turn anyway when there is a gap.
But what is really annoying is when some one turning right stops half a mile before the stop line and everyone ends up stuck behind them for five minutes as big gaps in the on coming traffic come and go.
Luckly it doesn't happen too often.

corcaigh07

ollaetta wrote: »

Since the upgrade of the Naas dual carriageway to three lanes it's obvious that a huge percentage of Irish motorists haven't got an iota how to use a three lane road. If they're not chugging along in the middle lane instead of the inside one they're out in the third lane using it as their own personal highway.

And while I'm at it, are they ever going to put a realistic speed limit on that road? 100 kph on a three lane road which becomes 120 kph when it goes down to two lanes beyond Naas. Very Irish! Not, of course, that our outside lane hoggers ever adhere to 100 kph anyway!

its ok to stay in the middle lane, isnt it?? ill hold my hand up, im not sure.