Driving Habbits Poll

challengemaster · 05-08-2014 03:39PM

tcawley29 wrote: »

Supposing they were in a rush to hospital, etc. You don't know what their story is.

The selfish attitude of not letting someone pass could be causing harm.

daz1988 wrote: »

There is a woman who live about 3 miles away from me her son collapsed during a hurling game rushed to hospital she left her house and about a mile from my house she came behind a person who refused to pull in she sat there for 10 minutes eventually she rammed the car as she passed and did not stop the guards treated her as a criminal and tried to arrest her while she sat at her sons bedside about a week later her husband called to that persons door and explained the story and this persons words were ( I dont give a **** she is a mad woman she needs her head checked she could have killed me ) If anything serious happened like that happened that I had to get to hospital there and then no one would stop me no cars no road blocks i would not stop country is a joke country drivers should be ashamed driving there fancy cars staying on the middle of the road as there afraid to get a scratch on them

That woman IS a criminal.

The selfish attitude of "I'm the only person on the road that matters" is much more likely to cause harm, IMO.

It's reasonable to expect people to want to rush in certain circumstances, but it doesn't give you the right to ram other cars off the road or drive aggressively towards other drivers. You may be in a rush, but you've got no right to endanger other road users.

Moneymaker · 05-08-2014 03:39PM

tcawley29 wrote: »

And here comes the typical backarse attitude

So you were the one flashing the lights so?

tcawley29 · 05-08-2014 03:40PM

challengemaster wrote: »

That woman IS a criminal.

The selfish attitude of "I'm the only person on the road that matters" is much more likely to cause harm, IMO.

It's reasonable to expect people to want to rush in certain circumstances, but it doesn't give you the right to ram other cars off the road or drive aggressively towards other drivers. You may be in a rush, but you've got no right to endanger other road users.

Correct however the cnut in front of her should not have been in the middle of the road.

Boom_Bap · 05-08-2014 03:41PM

If another driver expects you to pull into the hard shoulder to let them past, they are assh*les.
If another driver flashes you to emphasise that they want you to move into the hard shoulder to let them past, they are assh*les.

The other driver if they want to overtake should wait until it is safe to do so with no expectation on the car they are overtaking.

In reality though, I would edge towards the hard shoulder to indicate to the overtaker that I'm aware they are there and that I'm allowing space for their manoeuvre.

Cleveland Hot Pocket · 05-08-2014 03:41PM

challengemaster wrote: »

That woman IS a criminal.

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+1
Hope she was done for reckless driving and given a good long ban to think about why she was an idiot.

daz1988 · 05-08-2014 03:43PM

challengemaster wrote: »

That woman IS a criminal.

The selfish attitude of "I'm the only person on the road that matters" is much more likely to cause harm, IMO.

It's reasonable to expect people to want to rush in certain circumstances, but it doesn't give you the right to ram other cars off the road or drive aggressively towards other drivers. You may be in a rush, but you've got no right to endanger other road users.

that's your opinion but the woman proved to be on the right hand side of the road and the car that was driving slow moved out to the middle she in the end was found guilty as cameras proved she caused it

Dermot Illogical · 05-08-2014 03:44PM

There's a scenario missing from your poll. If the driver in car A is as aware as they should be they will have moved in as far as is safe prior to car B's driver arriving and getting all flashy with the lights. That way car B can do the overtake as quickly and safely as possible, in the knowledge that their presence has been accounted for.
Car A can proceed without having some randomer with more confidence than skill sitting on their bumper getting all indignant.

Of course when they get to the bendy bits Car B will probably be holding everyone else up as the skillz only include straight line speed.

Rubberchikken · 05-08-2014 03:45PM

No.

Statistically unlikely everyone who drives up behind someone and flashes at them is going to the hosp/in an emergency situ.

More than likely they're jumped up jackas*es who bully people.

Slow down and wait to overtake safely and just cop on. Simple.

Cleveland Hot Pocket · 05-08-2014 03:45PM

daz1988 wrote: »

that's your opinion but the woman proved to be on the right hand side of the road and the car that was driving slow moved out to the middle she in the end was found guilty as cameras proved she caused it

all easily said of course,
Your earlier posts would tell a different story.

djimi · 05-08-2014 03:46PM

daz1988 wrote: »

that's your opinion but the woman proved to be on the right hand side of the road and the car that was driving slow moved out to the middle she in the end was found guilty as cameras proved she caused it

I dont really understand what youre saying here (your lack of grammer makes your posts unreadable), however if the slow moving car moved out while being overtaken then the other driver did not ram them. However, if the car doing the overtaking deliberately turned into the other car (as sounds like the case given the use of the term "ram") then she is a very dangerous driver and one who has no business being on the road regardless of what justification she might feel that she has.

tcawley29 · 05-08-2014 03:46PM

Dermot Illogical wrote: »

There's a scenario missing from your poll. If the driver in car A is as aware as they should be they will have moved in as far as is safe prior to car B's driver arriving and getting all flashy with the lights. That way car B can do the overtake as quickly and safely as possible, in the knowledge that their presence has been accounted for.
Car A can proceed without having some randomer with more confidence than skill sitting on their bumper getting all indignant.

Of course when they get to the bendy bits Car B will probably be holding everyone else up as the skillz only include straight line speed.

Good point which I did not think of. However in this scenario I ment that car b was moving faster than car a in both straight and corners

daz1988 · 05-08-2014 03:50PM

She went to the station eventually and was questioned she then went out to her car. In the front of the car she has a dash cam which showed that Car A was at fault as Car B pulled out and started to overtake Car A pulled out hit Car B and drove Car B into far side ditch woman went back to her sons bedside who is now Talking again

Cleveland Hot Pocket · 05-08-2014 03:50PM

djimi wrote: »

I dont really understand what youre saying here (your lack of grammer makes your posts unreadable), however if the slow moving car moved out while being overtaken then the other driver did not ram them. However, if the car doing the overtaking deliberately turned into the other car (as sounds like the case given the use of the term "ram") then she is a very dangerous driver and one who has no business being on the road regardless of what justification she might feel that she has.

Bemoans lack of grammar

-Posts longwinded post
-Misspelled Grammar as "grammer"

You win.

challengemaster · 05-08-2014 03:51PM

tcawley29 wrote: »

Correct however the cnut in front of her should not have been in the middle of the road.

I'm dubious about the "facts" considering the drivel the user is spouting (see below). However, lets consider what we know about this story - 80km/h country road.

If that's like a lot of the 80km/h country roads I know (and have driven on), they're not suitable for more than 60km/h and can only actually fit 1 car. You'd get 2 squeeze by each other at low speed. And there's no white lines painted anywhere.

I'm finding it hard to believe that anyone was straddling the centre line on a national secondary or regional road blocking someone from passing.

daz1988 wrote: »

that's your opinion but the woman proved to be on the right hand side of the road and the car that was driving slow moved out to the middle she in the end was found guilty as cameras proved she caused it

What the feck are you going on about? Cameras?

djimi · 05-08-2014 03:51PM

Cleveland Hot Pocket wrote: »

Bemoans lack of grammar

-Posts longwinded post
-Misspelled Grammar as "grammer"

You win.

:pac:

I may not be able to spell, but I know how to use a comma and a full stop...

djimi · 05-08-2014 03:52PM

daz1988 wrote: »

She went to the station eventually and was questioned she then went out to her car. In the front of the car she has a dash cam which showed that Car A was at fault as Car B pulled out and started to overtake Car A pulled out hit Car B and drove Car B into far side ditch woman went back to her sons bedside who is now Talking again

So she didnt ram the car she was overtaking then?

Caliden · 05-08-2014 03:53PM

I'll pull as far left as possible and may even put 2 wheels in the hard should but I'm sure as **** not driving on the hard shoulder. Every bit of debris is in there and the road surface in the majority of cases is ****e.

If the road has a wide hard shoulder, chances are the driving lanes are massive as well, how much room do they need??

Cleveland Hot Pocket · 05-08-2014 03:54PM

djimi wrote: »

So she didnt ram the car she was overtaking then?

The guy changed his story midway through

He thought initially that we would side with his partner/mother (despite the ramming) due to the "mitigating" circumstances.
Having seen that we didn't, and she was rightfully criticized, suddenly the story changed.

daz1988 · 05-08-2014 03:54PM

djimi wrote: »

So she didnt ram the car she was overtaking then?

Car A pulled out

Hit Car B

Car B Hit the ditch on the right hand side of the road

Car B put her foot to floor and pushed Car A out of the way as in ( RAM )

I am sorry writing on my Iphone does not help this matter

Dermot Illogical · 05-08-2014 03:54PM

Of course both Car A and Car B would have to stop, presumably in the hard shoulder, for option 2 in the poll.

sheesh · 05-08-2014 03:55PM

Slicemeister wrote: »

On a sidenote I'm of the opinion an overtake should be completed as quickly as possible. That means breaking the speed limit on the wrong side of the road. Anyone ever done or reprimanded for this?

Nothing worse than an overtake that takes so long it endangers other road users too imo.

THere was a case in england where driver was fined for breaking the speed limit while overtaking my understanding is he got off because it was safer to do it that way. this was ages ago so not sure about the situation now.

challengemaster · 05-08-2014 03:56PM

daz1988 wrote: »

Car A pulled out

Hit Car B

Car B Hit the ditch on the right hand side of the road

Car B put her foot to floor and pushed Car A out of the way as in ( RAM )

I am sorry writing on my Iphone does not help this matter

Any photos of this road? I'm failing to believe this shíte.

djimi · 05-08-2014 03:57PM

daz1988 wrote: »

Car A pulled out

Hit Car B

Car B Hit the ditch on the right hand side of the road

Car B put her foot to floor and pushed Car A out of the way as in ( RAM )

I am sorry writing on my Iphone does not help this matter

I see. In my head Im now picturing some fantastical Fast and the Furious style duel down the road... :pac:

Both of them sound like the need taking off the road to be honest.

corktina · 05-08-2014 03:58PM

well I wouldn't screw him.

daz1988 · 05-08-2014 03:58PM

challengemaster wrote: »

Any photos of this road? I'm failing to believe this shíte.

Yes no Problem send me your email address

djimi · 05-08-2014 03:59PM

sheesh wrote: »

THere was a case in england where driver was fined for breaking the speed limit while overtaking my understanding is he got off because it was safer to do it that way. this was ages ago so not sure about the situation now.

It might depend on how you get caught. If you breeze by a GoSafe van mid-overtake then you no defense as their is no evidence to back up your story. Get caught by a real life Garda and it might be a different story so long as you werent taking the piss and the conditions/road was safe to allow the manoeuvre.

endacl · 05-08-2014 04:00PM

Cleveland Hot Pocket wrote: »

The guy changed his story midway through
He thought initially that we would side with his partner/mother (despite the ramming) due to the "mitigating" circumstances.
Having seen that we didn't, and she was rightfully criticized, suddenly the story changed.

challengemaster · 05-08-2014 04:01PM

daz1988 wrote: »

Yes no Problem send me your email address

What's the problem with all of the wonderful image hosting sites on the internet?

endacl · 05-08-2014 04:02PM

sheesh wrote: »

THere was a case in england where driver was fined for breaking the speed limit while overtaking my understanding is he got off because it was safer to do it that way. this was ages ago so not sure about the situation now.

That's not even a complete anecdote. It'd never stand up in court. Perfect for internet debates though!

endacl · 05-08-2014 04:03PM

challengemaster wrote: »

What's the problem with all of the wonderful image hosting sites on the internet?

Don't google do a 'maps' thing? With some sort of 'street view' yokimebob included?

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