Road issues that irritate me.......

Alun · 07-11-2016 10:25AM

sundodger5 wrote: »

Well they do on mine. Actually think its a different bulb in the fog light lens used as DRL's.

Exactly, then they're not fog lights are they?

I have a similar thing on my Nissan Pulsar. There's 2 bulbs in the fog light cluster, a 19W one for DRL use and an 55W H11 one for the actual fog lights.

When the headlights come on, either automatically or manually, it makes no difference, the DRL's turn off.

The Backwards Man · 07-11-2016 10:44AM

I get irritated by road users who are easily irritated, but not while driving.

nikkibikki · 07-11-2016 11:27AM

The Specialist wrote:

Considering the width of parent child spaces, if you can't fit a car seat or child in to a car without damaging those parked beside you, you should probably get a smaller car. Totally agree with that poster, parent child spaces are fair game.

I reckon the poster was referring to a normal sized space. It's possible to get ONE child or seat out if you park it in a certain way in a normal sized space but good luck getting back in when you are done, there's bound to be some fuppin eejit parked practically on your wheels on the same side the car seat is on by the time you get out, JUST BECAUSE you left some space there for yourself.

God forbid if you have more than one baby. And you need to open doors on BOTH sides of your car to get them both out. I've some cheek to be going into shops and restaurants when other people are trying to enjoy their shopping and eating experiences with my twin babies. I should be shot if I also bring their older brother. I should lock myself and the kids away.

My pet hate on the road, and in car parks. Idiots who must have red hot arses from the sun shining out of it, same with the exhaust on their cars, sun shines out of that too. Driving around without any regard for other drivers or road users.

Some cyclists, especially the one yesterday who was stopped talking to his other cyclist friend on side of the road and just as we were level with him he decides, without signalling, looking behind him or any kind of warning, decides to start cycling making his way to the middle of the road. Both my husband driving and the car behind us had to swerve to avoid colliding with him. He must have a death wish.

Another one, a junction I use daily. T junction onto a busy road in a town. It has 2 lanes marked out, one for turning right and another for turning left. There is a hatched out area (ghost island) to the left of the left turning lane that goes as far as the footpath. I'm in the lane to turn left, indicator is on. Car to my right is turning right, indicator on. No car waiting behind me but regularly some idiot will slide up on the ghost island looking to turn left.....not sure why coz he still has to wait for me to turn coz he can't see what's coming from the right.

c6ysaphjvqw41k · 07-11-2016 12:01PM

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biko · 07-11-2016 12:04PM

All other drivers

andala · 07-11-2016 12:08PM

kbannon wrote: »

Most cycle paths aren't fit for purpose which is why cyclists choose to go on the road with ignorant muppet drivers who think that cyclists just want to block the road!

So, you're basically saying that it's ok for some road users to slow down everyone else? Imagine if a car was doing 10mph in a 60mph zone and it would be impossible to overtake it? How happy would everyone be about it?

I just love it how entitled everyone is on the roads in Ireland. Cyclists do whatever they want, cars park everywhere. Even if there is an ample parking area, someone will always park at the entrance to my local Lidl or at a roundabout because fcuk everyone else that's why. Pedestrians cross roads without even looking if there's a car coming, but still I find it nicer to drive here than back home. Irish drivers let others in and are generally less angry, so it's not all bad :

If I managed to attach a photo correctly, you can see how inconsiderate some cyclists are. I took that photo in Navan a while ago. It took me forever to get through the town because these idiots ignored a perfectly ok cycling lane

mcgiggles · 07-11-2016 01:00PM

Basically most of my peeves have been mentioned -
Lack of indicators
Those stupid blinding (xenon?) lights
Drivers who see a car in the distance but don't dip their lights until they are seconds away from you
Idiots on roundabouts that give out to you for using the roundabout correctly
Idiots on roundabouts in general
Drivers who drive really slowly when its not possible to overtake, then speed up on the straights, and then slow again
Drivers who wait a mile back from the actual turn while waiting to turn right across a junction,
Old people, who all seem to drive 141 cars or newer, that drive ridiculously slowly EVERYWHERE
Also (not a bash at cyclists) but more at the councils mad notions to put cycling lanes EVERYWHERE making the actual driving lane so narrow we'd all need to drive Smart cars to fit between the lines!!!

matrim · 07-11-2016 01:07PM

Drivers who drive at 80km/h on a good road with a 100km limit and then when they come to a town with a 50/60km limit continue to do the same 80km/h. If you don't feel safe doing 100km/h on a good road it's annoying but I can accept it. But why are you then doing the same speed in a built up area where you are more likely to come across an obstacle.

team_actimel · 07-11-2016 01:09PM

Pedestrians who you see sprinting across the road just up ahead and you proceed to slowing down, then they stop running and plod the rest of the way across the road which means you have to nearly grind to a halt.

newport2 · 07-11-2016 01:10PM

People who think putting on their hazard lights makes them exempt from all rules of the road.
Double yellow line and cycle lane on a bend? Sure I'll just put my hazard lights on while I pop into the shop here, then everyone will know I needed to stop. :mad:

Casey78 · 07-11-2016 01:12PM

Has anyone mentioned cyclists yet?

LordSutch · 07-11-2016 01:18PM

Snotaul Goodman wrote: »

People who call it "the fast lane".

Well done witall the thanks you received.

I seem to remember a similar thread with a similar 'fast lane' post a month or two ago!

The real problem is with people who habitually sit on the overtaking lane, with the idea that nobody will pass them because they are policing the outside lane, & they are driving at the speed limit, hence they refuse to move over for anyone, unless they have flashing blue lights & a siren :mad:

Personally speaking I usually give them a good dose of flash & horn to clear the way

Boom_Bap · 07-11-2016 01:20PM

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sundodger5 · 07-11-2016 01:23PM

Alun wrote: »

Exactly, then they're not fog lights are they?

I have a similar thing on my Nissan Pulsar. There's 2 bulbs in the fog light cluster, a 19W one for DRL use and an 55W H11 one for the actual fog lights.

When the headlights come on, either automatically or manually, it makes no difference, the DRL's turn off.

No they aren't foglights. The problem is other people think they are because the "foglight" is lit up....have had people flashing rear fogs at me. Brake testing me all because they think i have fogs on.

KwackerJack · 07-11-2016 01:27PM

andala wrote: »

If I managed to attach a photo correctly, you can see how inconsiderate some cyclists are. I took that photo in Navan a while ago. It took me forever to get through the town because these idiots ignored a perfectly ok cycling lane

The mind boggles, they would be the first to complain if the cycle lane was taken away

Seth Brundle · 07-11-2016 01:42PM

andala wrote: »

So, you're basically saying that it's ok for some road users to slow down everyone else? Imagine if a car was doing 10mph in a 60mph zone and it would be impossible to overtake it? How happy would everyone be about it?

erm, no I am not saying that.
Many of the cycle tracks are covered in glass & detritius to the point that they are simply too dangerous to use. Many have stupid junction layouts. Then you have pedestrians walking on them.
Cyclists choose to share the road with motorists (as they are legally allowed to do).
I did not make any reference to them slowing you down. However, if you came across a tractor on the road, do you show the same contempt?
What about a bus?
What about someone with a horse?
What about a car driving along with it's hazards flashing?

Just curious, how fast should they be going in order to keep you happy?

(just as a point of fact, we don't have any 60mph zones!)

andala wrote: »

If I managed to attach a photo correctly, you can see how inconsiderate some cyclists are. I took that photo in Navan a while ago. It took me forever to get through the town because these idiots ignored a perfectly ok cycling lane

Again, I'm not justifying specific behaviour. They are however, legally allowed to use the road with all the same rights as a motorist! Many motorists simply refuse to believe this fact!

Boom_Bap · 07-11-2016 01:49PM

If this turns into Cyclist V Motorist debate I'm going to puncture all your tyres.

andala · 07-11-2016 01:56PM

kbannon I do realise they're legally allowed to use the road. The thread title is "road issues that irritate me" and it so happens that cyclist do that

Of course tractors, drivers with hats on and Micras slow everyone down too. However, they have no other choice than to use the road. Cyclist often do and yet still they insist on choosing not to. And that is plain rude. Legal? Sure. But it doesn't make it any less annoying.

newport2 · 07-11-2016 01:58PM

Boom_Bap wrote: »

If this turns into Cyclist V Motorist debate I'm going to puncture all your tyres.

All 2 or all 4 of them?

sesswhat · 07-11-2016 02:10PM

kbannon wrote: »

(just as a point of fact, we don't have any 60mph zones!)

I drive in them every day, so I suppose it depends who the 'we' refers to.

Your Face · 07-11-2016 02:12PM

I don't like when people have their bare feet up on the dashboard.
People who do that are disgusting stink pigs who eat cat poop.

The Backwards Man · 07-11-2016 02:18PM

Your Face wrote: »

I don't like when people have their bare feet up on the dashboard.
People who do that are disgusting stink pigs who eat cat poop.

They'd be eating their own feet if the airbag went off!

Galwayguy35 · 07-11-2016 02:21PM

Jawgap wrote: »

Our local supermarket is open from 8-00am to 10-00pm - you have a choice about bringing your ankle-biters with you when you go shopping. You don't have a choice about being disabled.

Parent and child spaces are just a sop, a convenience for a market segment - I, for one, don't have a lot of problems with people using them.

I remember one yummy-mummy getting upset with me using one when I brought my mother shopping - I pointed out she was a parent, I was a child and nowhere on the sign does it say the child can't be the driver

Wouldn't park in them myself in the daytime but one evening needed a few things from SV and the car park was nearly empty so pulled into the one of the M&C spaces and this guy walked over to me and fooked me out of it for parking there.

I wouldn't mind but it didn't affect him in any way as he had his own space and was finished loading his shopping and kid into the car.

WestWicklow1 · 07-11-2016 02:30PM

jon1981 wrote: »

5 is equally as illegal as 19. All I ask is alittle patience, if you've no room to move by, just wait a few minutes. Simple

Single file. Simple.

Summer wind · 07-11-2016 02:32PM

It really annoys me when I'm driving on a country road and some fool decides to reverse his/her car blindly out of their driveway into my path. Then in broad daylight you get the people who are driving on the opposite side of the road staring at you and then they start to veer towards you. Then at the last minute they wrench their steering wheel and narrowly avoid hitting you.

Cantona's Collars · 07-11-2016 02:33PM

People driving with the phone under their chin obviously on loudspeaker,as if that magically makes it hands free. Virtually all seem to drive expensive vehicles that you can guarantee have blue tooth as standard.

The King of Moo · 07-11-2016 02:33PM

WestWicklow1 wrote: »

Single file. Simple.

But that'd take longer for you to pass and is therefore more dangerous. That's why the RSA recommend cycling abreast. Passing two cyclist cycling abreast still doesn't push you as far onto the other side of the road as passing a single car.
Obviously if there's a large group of cyclists ahead of you divided into pairs that'll take longer, but hey, that's life.

seamus · 07-11-2016 02:39PM

andala wrote: »

So, you're basically saying that it's ok for some road users to slow down everyone else?

Yes?
Some vehicles are functionally speed limited for whatever reason. If you have to wait behind them for a few minutes, so be it.

You don't have anywhere so important to be that you can't afford a 30 second delay.

WestWicklow1 · 07-11-2016 02:53PM

The King of Moo wrote: »

But that'd take longer for you to pass and is therefore more dangerous. That's why the RSA recommend cycling abreast. Passing two cyclist cycling abreast still doesn't push you as far onto the other side of the road as passing a single car.
Obviously if there's a large group of cyclists ahead of you divided into pairs that'll take longer, but hey, that's life.

Two cyclists riding around a bend. Single file. Simple.

LordSutch · 07-11-2016 02:55PM

sundodger5 wrote: »

No they aren't foglights. The problem is other people think they are because the "foglight" is lit up....have had people flashing rear fogs at me. Brake testing me all because they think i have fogs on.

The problem with any of these Front Fogs "Driving lights" is that they are not dipped!
Hence they project out straightforward instead of down (as per dipped headlights).

Old Nissa Micra's are the worst.

Road issues that irritate me.......

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