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    We just had somebody knocked off their bike while turning into an intersection. Car driver knocked him, bike slid across the road, guy got up and went inside the restaurant to get a drink. The guy was ok, but the driver of the car just drove off. Bloody hit and run.
    All we know is it was a blue car, didn't get registration details as the driver didn't even stop
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    Then there's all those people who have no clue what to do when the traffic lights are out or flashing red or amber.

    Another annoyance is people who shoot out of a side street into the traffic, then make absolutely no effort to get up to the same speed as the traffic, forcing everyone to brake.

    Quote Originally Posted by matt View Post
    What's been getting to me lately where lanes merge, but people apparently think their lane is their lane, and you're now pushing in so they block you. It's not like I'm driving down the emergency lane and trying to push in at the front, the two lanes are merging, you should let people in, one from this lane, then one from the other lane.

    People even try block you from changing lanes on the highway, there can be a big space that you can slip into, so you put the indicator on and the asshole behind you speeds up to close the gap so you can't get in. What ever happened to courtesy on the roads?
    I instinctively make space when lanes merge, but I do get annoyed at people who try to get all the way to the end of the lane before they try to merge. That usually means someone has to actually stop to let them in.

    Lane changes are fine if the person trying to change lanes has matched their speed to the traffic or they do so as fast their vehicle can manage after changing lanes (changing down and pushing their car to red line if that's what it takes). I'll be doing the speed limit if at all possible and won't make any effort to let in someone who can't manage to do the same.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Murph View Post
    ...while talking on their cellphones
    or applying makeup

    or breast feeding

    or reading papers

    or <insert>

    quite for of those driving around...
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    Quote Originally Posted by matt View Post

    People even try block you from changing lanes on the highway, there can be a big space that you can slip into, so you put the indicator on and the asshole behind you speeds up to close the gap so you can't get in. What ever happened to courtesy on the roads?
    I block people if they are driving stupidly. Like people who try swap lanes every two seconds because for 1 second the other lane goes faster then they want to swap lanes, making me have to slow down to let them in every couple seconds.
    Drive in a lane and stay in a lane. I don't mind if its not a constant thing, but seriously when it is so often then as far as I am concerned I won't let people in.
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    It pisses me off when people inconvenience me so that they can break the law. People who come up in SUV or whatever on highways wanting to go 140 km/h in the "fast" lane come right up my back bumper and start flashing their lights. I am already going 5 - 15 km/h faster then the limit. If you want to drive wreck less then go inconvenience yourself and change lanes, don't force me off. Fuck that shit annoys me.
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    Quote Originally Posted by simon View Post
    I block people if they are driving stupidly. Like people who try swap lanes every two seconds because for 1 second the other lane goes faster then they want to swap lanes, making me have to slow down to let them in every couple seconds.
    Drive in a lane and stay in a lane. I don't mind if its not a constant thing, but seriously when it is so often then as far as I am concerned I won't let people in.
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    It pisses me off when people inconvenience me so that they can break the law. People who come up in SUV or whatever on highways wanting to go 140 km/h in the "fast" lane come right up my back bumper and start flashing their lights. I am already going 5 - 15 km/h faster then the limit. If you want to drive wreck less then go inconvenience yourself and change lanes, don't force me off. Fuck that shit annoys me.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Pr⊕phet View Post
    /flag as lane controllist who must not be inconvenienced
    haha yeah, no seriously it pisses me off when people try shit like that. All it does is make the lanes slower with people constantly alternating between lanes with the constant slowing down to let this and that one in.
    As I say I don't mind if it isn't often but some people can never seem to make up their mind lol
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    Quote Originally Posted by simon View Post
    haha yeah, no seriously it pisses me off when people try shit like that. All it does is make the lanes slower with people constantly alternating between lanes with the constant slowing down to let this and that one in.
    As I say I don't mind if it isn't often but some people can never seem to make up their mind lol
    You should not be getting pissed off in traffic which makes you then as much as problem as the "dickhead in the bmw". Surely you won't suffer penis shrinkage if you give way
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    Quote Originally Posted by kaytel View Post
    Another annoyance is people who shoot out of a side street into the traffic, then make absolutely no effort to get up to the same speed as the traffic, forcing everyone to brake.
    I hate when people do this. It's even worse when they do it when there's not even a single car behind you. I just keep chasing down on their asses and then start flashing lights at them.

    Quote Originally Posted by Pr⊕phet View Post
    You should not be getting pissed off in traffic which makes you then as much as problem as the "dickhead in the bmw". Surely you won't suffer penis shrinkage if you give way
    Actually, it is a rather big inconvenience, because often you're forced to go over into the slow lane behind very slow-moving traffic, and then getting back into the fast lane is a nightmare.

    Also, another thing that pisses me off. You never, never, NEVER use a right indicator when going around a traffic circle. If I look at your indicators and see the left one, I know that you're taking the next exit out of the circle. If your right indicator is on, I have no idea which exit you're taking unless I see which entrance you came in through. I don't get why people don't seem to understand this.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Graal View Post
    I hate when people do this. It's even worse when they do it when there's not even a single car behind you. I just keep chasing down on their asses and then start flashing lights at them.

    Actually, it is a rather big inconvenience, because often you're forced to go over into the slow lane behind very slow-moving traffic, and then getting back into the fast lane is a nightmare.
    Not really how he came over. He said he won't give way if they come up his arse, which is wrong and has a rippling effect because the idiot will do more idiot moves that he would not have if people like simon just gave way.

    You may now find the idiot driving around and then slamming his brakes which could kill him, simon and other people. Suppose darwin candidates attract each other and must be congratulated on breeding this behaviour and being part of a ripple effect that could have been avoided, but due to your fail attitude it lived on.

    Quote Originally Posted by Graal View Post
    Also, another thing that pisses me off. You never, never, NEVER use a right indicator when going around a traffic circle. If I look at your indicators and see the left one, I know that you're taking the next exit out of the circle. If your right indicator is on, I have no idea which exit you're taking unless I see which entrance you came in through. I don't get why people don't seem to understand this.
    So if we have 3 entry points (excluding 1 lol, basic T junction with circle in the middle):

    N

    ...|.V
    .1|.|2
    ..(O)=3=
    .4|.|x
    ..^.|

    S



    If I drive up towards N coming from S and I want to exit in no 3 after going around and past entry point 2, then I could not indicate right ?

    Quite sure that will produce fail with oncoming traffic from 2 that now thinks I want to drive strait through from 4 to 1.

    How else are you going to show when you come from 3 and want to go around and up to 1 that you are not just going around the small bend into x ?
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    Yeah, golden rule is keep left, pass right. Doesn't always apply, though, and someone coming from behind at more than 140kph shouldn't get angry at someone driving the speed limit not giving way. If you can give way, and it's not going to inconvenience you in any way, then I agree, give way for the faster car.

    As for your example of the traffic circle, if the exit you plan on taking is the first one out, you put on your left indicator on before entering the circle. Junctions like that one usually have mini-circles, though, and in the case of a mini-circle you use your right indicator. Mini-circles are exceedingly rare, though. I only know about one in the cape, and that's in Kuilsriver. My driving instructor hammered on that one so I wouldn't make the mistake in the test. :P

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