Impatient people!

Lando Griffin

Sitting in my car this morning at traffic lights I was enjoying my morning listening to the radio.
The lights went green and I put the car in gear and about to take off when the car behind went BEEEEEP. Looking in my rear view mirror an angry ( but tasty looking blond ) waving me to go.
She had literally gave me 5 seconds from the lights going green to take off.
What impatience! What is wrong with people?

Lando Griffin

Well: anyone?

CreepingDeath

If you were a proper man, you'd have had the car in gear ready to accelerate swiftly, leaving her standing at the lights.

problemchimp

I doubt if she beeped for no reason, maybe you were driving like an 'aulwan for the previous few sets of lights. Women don't usually beep as much as men so stay on the ball in the morning.

Chickaroo

I am very impatient, everyone in my family knows that when I say I am not waiting for someone or something, I mean it!!! I hate waiting around on people/ waiting in queues/waiting in buses its like it errupts this ball of fury in my belly.......ok maybe I have a few issues, but if they just hurried up there wouldn't be a problem

P.S 5 secs is a VERY long time when you have already been sitting in traffic for God knows how long and its finally your turn to get through the lights and dozy head on front is half asleep!!

dr.bollocko

5 seconds is more than enough bloody time to get going. What do you want? A ****ing marching band to clear a path for you?
5 seconds? After a light goes green? I'd have crashed into you, then found out where your family lives and crashed into them and all.

Retrovertigo

TL; DR.

Fremen

Speaking as a cyclist, about 5% of motorists are utter cúnts. Maybe she was one of them.

EL_Loco

were you doing your makeup? c'mon, be honest.

Cianos

1 second: And we're off
2 seconds: Annnnnd....we're off?
3 seconds: Any second now
4 seconds: Is he asleep or what?
5 seconds: F**k this, BEEP!

problemchimp

Lando Griffin wrote: »

Well: anyone?

you waited 1 minute for a reply, why so impatient?

hoodwinked

Lando Griffin wrote: »

What is wrong with people?

alot

/thread :P

CrackisWhack

LOL 5 seconds, I'd have beeped you too.

Lando Griffin

dr.bollocko wrote: »

5 seconds? After a light goes green? I'd have crashed into you, then found out where your family lives and crashed into them and all.

Put car in gear stiff clutch 1.5 seconds.
Disengage a very stiff handbrake 2.5 seconds.
Look to the right to make no lunatic is comming after breaking the lights .5 seconds.
.5 seconds of ditthering.

FatherLen

Lando Griffin wrote: »

Put car in gear stiff clutch 1.5 seconds.
Disengage a very stiff handbrake 2.5 seconds.
Look to the right to make no lunatic is comming after breaking the lights .5 seconds.
.5 seconds of ditthering.

unless you were driving a cruise liner it should not take 2.5 secondes to take off the handbrake....

or if you were using your mouth.

jay93

I would have beeped to if it took more than 5 seconds especially at lights that don't go green very often:D;)

Mr Benevolent

dr.bollocko wrote: »

5 seconds is more than enough bloody time to get going. What do you want? A ****ing marching band to clear a path for you?
5 seconds? After a light goes green? I'd have crashed into you, then found out where your family lives and crashed into them and all.

Now we know what being an AH mod does to people.

Spunge

Lando Griffin wrote: »

Put car in gear stiff clutch 1.5 seconds.
Disengage a very stiff handbrake 2.5 seconds.
Look to the right to make no lunatic is comming after breaking the lights .5 seconds.
.5 seconds of ditthering.

Worst drag racer ever

PandyAndy

You should have driven very slowly. She would have loved that.

GerM

Lando Griffin wrote: »

Put car in gear stiff clutch 1.5 seconds.
Disengage a very stiff handbrake 2.5 seconds.
Look to the right to make no lunatic is comming after breaking the lights .5 seconds.
.5 seconds of ditthering.

If you're at the head of the queue you should be in gear and ready to move. Unless you're on a hill you shouldn't need the hand brake and can use the foot brake. Just saved you 4 seconds!

MagicMarker

60kph should be the minimum speed everywhere, even where there's a school and there's children on the fúcking road.

If you're travelling less than 60kph I want to murder you.

JBnaglfar

Lando Griffin wrote: »

Well: anyone?

Did you just set yourself up for a witty second post? :pac:

pappyodaniel

Fremen wrote: »

Speaking as a rational person, about 90% of cyclists are utter cúnts.

FYP

problemchimp

Lando Griffin wrote: »

Put car in gear stiff clutch 1.5 seconds.
Disengage a very stiff handbrake 2.5 seconds.
Look to the right to make no lunatic is comming after breaking the lights .5 seconds.
.5 seconds of ditthering.

when the lights are still red, get in gear. when other lights turn orange stiff clutch and release stiff hanbrake (sort out that handbrake) and check for nutters, when lights turn green pause for.5 of a second and then move. Forget about listening to Ian Dempsey.

Lando Griffin

GerM wrote: »

If you're at the head of the queue you should be in gear and ready to move. Unless you're on a hill you shouldn't need the hand brake and can use the foot brake. Just saved you 4 seconds!

When waiting in traffic and your first or last in queue, you should engage your handbrake because if you get shunted from behind you have some stopping method applied to the car, thus reducing the chance of being forced into 1: the car in front or 2: on coming traffic to the right.
Applying your footbrake is not an effective way of preventing this as you are likely to loose control of your foot off the brake thus increasing risk to both you and the car in front / to the right.

fakearms123

Lando Griffin wrote: »

Sitting in my car this morning at traffic lights I was enjoying my morning listening to the radio.

Instead of daydreaming about how great the morning was you should of had an eye on those lights sucka! 5 seconds :eek: McDonalds can whip me up a burger in 5 seconds, when I'm with a woman it only takes 5 seconds, its not impatience, its being on the ball like a stallion!

chiefbrody1974

CreepingDeath wrote: »

If you were a proper man, you'd have had the car in gear ready to accelerate swiftly, leaving her standing at the lights.

oh yeah, DUFMMAN says, great po:cool:int!!!!!

dr.bollocko

Confab wrote: »

Now we know what being an AH mod does to people.

This doctor has no patience.

GerM

Lando Griffin wrote: »

When waiting in traffic and your first or last in queue, you should engage your handbrake because if you get shunted from behind you have some stopping method applied to the car, thus reducing the chance of being forced into 1: the car in front or 2: on coming traffic to the right.
Applying your footbrake is not an effective way of preventing this as you are likely to loose control of your foot off the brake thus increasing risk to both you and the car in front / to the right.

If you're first in a queue of cars there's realistically very little chance of you being shunted from behind unless someone slams in to someone a few cars back with some serious force. You already know the car behind you is stationary. The odds of it happening are miniscule but that's beside the point. Aside from that, release your hand brake in advance when you can see the opposite direction is coming to a stop. If your handbrake takes that long to release by the way, you should be having it looked at.

When you count to 5 out loud it's a significant stretch of time for someone to react. The person at the front of a queue should be observant and prepared to move off.

Plazaman

Lando Griffin wrote: »

Sitting in my car this morning at traffic lights I was enjoying my morning listening to the radio.
The lights went green and I put the car in gear and about to take off when the car behind went BEEEEEP. Looking in my rear view mirror an angry ( but tasty looking blond ) waving me to go.
She had literally gave me 5 seconds from the lights going green to take off.
What impatience! What is wrong with people?

Jesus H, 5 seconds :eek:? Were you waiting for a particular shade of green that you liked before moving off?

Tis the unwritten Irish law that if a car at the lights does not move in 0.0823 seconds of the light turning green, the driver behind has the constitutional right to beep their horn (and possibly graze goats on your front lawn... I think).

Duckworth_Luas

Fremen wrote: »

Speaking as a cyclist, about 5% of motorists are utter cúnts. Maybe she was one of them.

5% are cúnts, the other 95% are selfish ubercúnts.

FatherLen

Duckworth_Luas wrote: »

5% are cúnts, the other 95% are selfish ubercúnts.

fan of sweeping statements?

Rubberlegs

I got a little bit impatient recently, at someone in front of me who didn't move when green filter light came on. Gave them an impatient, resounding beep, they took off, and I proceeded to stall my car. Twas so ironic, all I could do was laugh at myself:D. Pity that didn't happen to OP's impatient beeper:)

yuloni

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I think beeping at someone who hasn't noticed the lights have gone green is fine as long as it's a polite "bip" rather than a loud angry "BEEEEEEEP". It achieves the exact same result (they move) without pissing people off.

AudreyHepburn

Reading this and hearing some of the stories I've heard it's no wonder we have so many road accidents in this country. Is it asking too much for people to be patient and to attempt to drive properly and within proper limits?

I'm currently learning to drive and there is nothing worse than some impatient ignoramus pulling off and driving in front of as you get ready to do the same. This happened the other day while I was practising in an Industrial Estate. I was at a stop sign and was making sure nothing was coming and the guy behind me pulled out in front of me as I was about to move off. And before anyone asks yes I had my L plates up and no I wasn't crawling but even if I was I am clearly a learner.

This kind of thing really grates on my nerves.

pickarooney

Learners shouldn't be in cars on their own. They need someone there to goad and cajole them into getting things exactly right first time.

colinod0806

op it was only 5 seconds to you but you still got through the green light.
what about the poor saps a few cars back who had to stop at the same lights twice just because you needed 5 seconds to hear what was on the radio:rolleyes:

GerM

AudreyHepburn wrote: »

Reading this and hearing some of the stories I've heard it's no wonder we have so many road accidents in this country. Is it asking too much for people to be patient and to attempt to drive properly and within proper limits?

I'm currently learning to drive and there is nothing worse than some impatient ignoramus pulling off and driving in front of as you get ready to do the same. This happened the other day while I was practising in an Industrial Estate. I was at a stop sign and was making sure nothing was coming and the guy behind me pulled out in front of me as I was about to move off. And before anyone asks yes I had my L plates up and no I wasn't crawling but even if I was I am clearly a learner.

This kind of thing really grates on my nerves.

If anyone does it to a learner then they're a tool. It happens unfortunately. I think every learner endured more experienced drivers behaving like total assholes when they were getting to grips with driving. However, if someone doesn't display their plates then one can assume they are competent enough behind the wheel to move off without delay. If after a moment or two they haven't moved, there's nothing wrong with a courtesy beep to let them know to get a move on.

AudreyHepburn

pickarooney wrote: »

Learners shouldn't be in cars on their own. They need someone there to goad and cajole them into getting things exactly right first time.

I wasn't, my Dad was with me, I wouldn't go out on my own yet.

And unless you were automatically able to drive the first time you sat into a car you'll know you don't always get it right first time.

Keith186

Lando Griffin wrote: »

What is wrong with people?

What's wrong with you? Get a grip and wake up ya dozy so and so!

JerryHandbag

Someone did that to me once, except the lights were green for a half a second, practically. I think the driver behind actually wanted me to go BEFORE the lights turned green.

The great thing about having a sunroof is that you can safely do an obscene middle finger gesture back at people.

AudreyHepburn

GerM wrote: »

If anyone does it to a learner then they're a tool. It happens unfortunately. I think every learner endured more experienced drivers behaving like total assholes when they were getting to grips with driving. However, if someone doesn't display their plates then one can assume they are competent enough behind the wheel to move off without delay. If after a moment or two they haven't moved, there's nothing wrong with a courtesy beep to let them know to get a move on.

As I already said I did have my 'L' plates up.

doolox

I know our local estate lights only give the road 5 seconds in total to get out onto the major road. As previously stated in other replies its the people behind who pay for the first in lines tardiness in getting out.
As motorists we owe it to other road users to keep traffic delays to a minimum.
At a 5 second green at least 4 cars should get out, thats 3 cars delayed until the next green because of the first cars delay.

gravityisalie

AudreyHepburn wrote: »

Reading this and hearing some of the stories I've heard it's no wonder we have so many road accidents in this country. Is it asking too much for people to be patient and to attempt to drive properly and within proper limits?

I'm currently learning to drive and there is nothing worse than some impatient ignoramus pulling off and driving in front of as you get ready to do the same. This happened the other day while I was practising in an Industrial Estate. I was at a stop sign and was making sure nothing was coming and the guy behind me pulled out in front of me as I was about to move off. And before anyone asks yes I had my L plates up and no I wasn't crawling but even if I was I am clearly a learner.

This kind of thing really grates on my nerves.

we're in the same boat so , same happened to me last week and i was in my instructors car which has the most ridiculous orange triangle thing stuck to the roof and lurid orange writing all over the car , it could'nt have been more obvious it was a learner driver behind the wheel :mad:

Michael 09

2.5 seconds to release the handbrake...

DO you use an anchor for a handbrake?

pickarooney

AudreyHepburn wrote: »

I wasn't, my Dad was with me, I wouldn't go out on my own yet.

And unless you were automatically able to drive the first time you sat into a car you'll know you don't always get it right first time.

And that's why people beep, to make sure you get it right second time. They're just being helpful.

AudreyHepburn

pickarooney wrote: »

And that's why people beep, to make sure you get it right second time. They're just being helpful.

If only.

They're being nothing but impatient and ignorant and are conviently forgettting they were in the same boat once.

dub_skav

AudreyHepburn wrote: »

If only.

They're being nothing but impatient and ignorant and are conviently forgettting they were in the same boat once.

you really shouldn't be driving a boat on a public highway

Oh_Noes

5 seconds!

I'd have overtaken you. :pac:

Imagine how the guy who was 7th or 8th in the queue felt when he ended up having to wait for the next green. I don't even do all this step by step stuff for moving off at the right time, as soon as I see the other lights go red, I start inching forward.

CrazyRabbit

5 seconds?

I would have gotten off my bike, walked up to and yelled at you before keying both sides of you car & had a cup of coffee...and all before you'd moved.

Even 2 seconds is too long. Why are all you car/van drivers so slow off the mark? The accelerator won't break if you press it in more than 1 cm.