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What pi**es me off

l0rd - 13/1/10 at 09:32 AM

Drivers who do not clean their cars from snow before they drive off.

Someone today decided to stop his car in the middle of an A road to clean his passenger side window.

Although i was doing something like 30mph the car started sliding and the ABS working overtime as it was downhill.

Also, another one on M4, decided to brake a little bit hard and all the snow from his roof ended in his windscreen.

CLEAN YOUR F***N cars!!!!!!!!!!

Peteff - 13/1/10 at 09:37 AM

Where's the fun in that though, I love it when the snow starts flying off in lumps and the pr1ck who's on your bumper has a panic. It wasn't you was it ?

cd.thomson - 13/1/10 at 09:38 AM

F***N =

feign felon Fionn
flown foehn Freon
frown furan fusen
futon

??

Xtreme Kermit - 13/1/10 at 09:50 AM

Add to that the egits who clean the windows BUT NOT THEIR LIGHTS...

What am I supposed to be - a mind reader???

l0rd - 13/1/10 at 10:02 AM

quote:
Originally posted by Xtreme Kermit
Add to that the egits who clean the windows BUT NOT THEIR LIGHTS...

What am I supposed to be - a mind reader???

+1

I passed by a Mitsubishi 4X4 thingy. The windows were absolutely clear, the front drivers light had something like 4 inches of snow and this continuing over the bonnet.

l0rd - 13/1/10 at 10:03 AM

quote:
Originally posted by cd.thomson
F***N =

feign felon Fionn
flown foehn Freon
frown furan fusen
futon

??

OK!!!!

F***IN

r1_pete - 13/1/10 at 10:04 AM

quote:
Originally posted by Xtreme Kermit
Add to that the egits who clean the windows BUT NOT THEIR LIGHTS...

What am I supposed to be - a mind reader???

Or just clean the friggin fog lights they insist on using.....

MikeR - 13/1/10 at 10:12 AM

when i got up this morning i cleaned the lights, bonnet, windows, mirrors, and part of the roof of both mine and my misses car.

(i do the bonnet so i don't get a constant stream of snow coming onto the windscreen).

I started counting cars that had been properly cleaned on the way to work - about 1 in 10. depressing.

l0rd - 13/1/10 at 10:22 AM

I assume I expect too much from other people as my car is always garaged and i do not have to clean it at all.

I even had it washed yesterday so i can get rid of the grit.

OX - 13/1/10 at 10:27 AM

pmsl ,,this site gets more moaning gits on it every day

r1_pete - 13/1/10 at 10:31 AM

quote:
Originally posted by OX
pmsl ,,this site gets more moaning gits on it every day

Its the inspiration for Grumpy old men/women

l0rd - 13/1/10 at 11:37 AM

quote:
Originally posted by Peteff
Where's the fun in that though, I love it when the snow starts flying off in lumps and the pr1ck who's on your bumper has a panic. It wasn't you was it ?

No it wasn't me. I never get too close to someone's bumper.

mad4x4 - 13/1/10 at 12:12 PM

What about the KNOBS that insist on driving with front FOG lights on because the road has snow on it......

MikeFellows - 13/1/10 at 12:29 PM

i just make a little hole in the windscreen so i can see and then im on my way.

is this not how its done?

l0rd - 13/1/10 at 01:13 PM

quote:
Originally posted by MikeFellows
i just make a little hole in the windscreen so i can see and then im on my way.

is this not how its done?

Nooo!!!!

You just stick your head out the window

nick205 - 13/1/10 at 01:14 PM

Another example of common sense and thinking ahead IMHO.

I cleared our cars this AM with a dustpan which has a soft rubber edge on it. It was only snow, no ice, so both cars were cleared in minutes, roof, windows, mirrors, bonnet and lights - SIMPLES

What made me laugh though today was me and my lad cruising up a steep snowy hill in SWMBOs 306 past an array of Mercs, Beemers and a Shogun all floundering about like beached whales

dhutch - 13/1/10 at 01:33 PM

I drove once with snow one the car a few weeks ago.
- The snow had got soft in the sun the day before and then refrozen so when i got at 7 in the morning it was really ver stuctural indeed.

Removed from frontscreen, lights, and a portion from side a rear windows but there was no way it was coming off the paint and most of it made it 2hours to loughborough.

But generally i agree in general to taking it off.

Daniel

adithorp - 13/1/10 at 01:34 PM

quote:
Originally posted by l0rd

No it wasn't me. I never get too close to someone's bumper.

Although i was doing something like 30mph the car started sliding and the ABS working overtime as it was downhill. "

So which of those statements is true?
Agee wholy with the clearing snow though. Why do they need to clear it from the lights? They never use the indicators anyway!

adrian

iank - 13/1/10 at 02:23 PM

Used to live next door to a guy who cleaned a letterbox size slit in the snow before driving off.
Even more amazingly he was a policeman.

nick205 - 13/1/10 at 02:43 PM

quote:
Originally posted by iank
Used to live next door to a guy who cleaned a letterbox size slit in the snow before driving off.
Even more amazingly he was a policeman.

undercover rozzer maybe...?

blakep82 - 13/1/10 at 02:43 PM

am i the only one who doesn't get road rage over stupid stuff?

l0rd - 13/1/10 at 03:09 PM

quote:
Originally posted by adithorp

quote:
Originally posted by l0rd

No it wasn't me. I never get too close to someone's bumper.

Although i was doing something like 30mph the car started sliding and the ABS working overtime as it was downhill. "

So which of those statements is true?
Agee wholy with the clearing snow though. Why do they need to clear it from the lights? They never use the indicators anyway!

adrian

Both.

I always leave a safe distance from the car in front of me. This one, i saw it about 300 yards ahead and started slowing down just in case. The ABS kicked in straight away.

l0rd - 13/1/10 at 03:15 PM

quote:
Originally posted by blakep82
am i the only one who doesn't get road rage over stupid stuff?

What is stupid? The fact that he drove off in a car that he had no visibility?

Or the fact that he stopped in the middle of the road to clean up the window?

If i was to crash on his car or run him over due to skidding who's fault would it be?

And all of that because he is stupid enough not to clean the windows.

By the way, there is parking space less than 400 yards away.

cd.thomson - 13/1/10 at 03:19 PM

+1 @ blake

TBF I get so angry I turn into the hulk when I let somebody out in front of me then...

wheres the wave?

wheres the flash of hazards/indicators?

wait... not even a nod?!

FFUUUUUUU----

nick205 - 13/1/10 at 04:25 PM

quote:
Originally posted by cd.thomson
+1 @ blake

TBF I get so angry I turn into the hulk when I let somebody out in front of me then...

wheres the wave?

wheres the flash of hazards/indicators?

wait... not even a nod?!

FFUUUUUUU----

Aye Aye to that!

Manners are a free and bidirectional exchange - most of the time I feel short changed

blakep82 - 13/1/10 at 04:43 PM

quote:
Originally posted by l0rd

quote:
Originally posted by blakep82
am i the only one who doesn't get road rage over stupid stuff?

What is stupid? The fact that he drove off in a car that he had no visibility?

Or the fact that he stopped in the middle of the road to clean up the window?

If i was to crash on his car or run him over due to skidding who's fault would it be?

And all of that because he is stupid enough not to clean the windows.

By the way, there is parking space less than 400 yards away.

perhaps but how many times a year does this happen to you?
i can't say this has ever happened to me.

blakep82 - 13/1/10 at 04:44 PM

quote:
Originally posted by cd.thomson
TBF I get so angry I turn into the hulk

all green and stuff? cool

morcus - 13/1/10 at 05:16 PM

This really gets me, Its not snowed since saterday yet there are cars on the street with snow still on them that have deffinitly been out more than once.

I've only seen it once but I have seen most of the snow on the roof of a car come down over the windscreen in a sheet at a traffic light, the driver then got out and frantically started shovelling the snow of of his windscreen with his hands. I was turning right and he was going straight on so I don't know what happened next as my light changed but he hadn't got very far when I set off.

The other thing is people out driving at 7 MPH, even on clear roads.

[Edited on 13/1/10 by morcus]

Johneturbo - 13/1/10 at 05:18 PM

Oh how i giggle when the snow falls of my car... hey it hides the dents

Johneturbo - 13/1/10 at 05:20 PM

quote:
Originally posted by morcus
This really gets me, Its not snowed since saterday yet there are cars on the street with snow still on them that have deffinitly been out more than once.

I've only seen it once but I have seen most of the snow on the roof of a car come down over the windscreen in a sheet at a traffic light, the driver then got out and frantically started shovelling the snow of of his windscreen with his hands. I was turning right and he was going straight on so I don't know what happened next as my light changed but he hadn't got very far when I set off.

The other thing is people out driving at 7 MPH, even on clear roads.

[Edited on 13/1/10 by morcus]

Yep 8mph is ok but not 7, i mean what are they thinkin

blakep82 - 13/1/10 at 05:29 PM

quote:
Originally posted by morcus

The other thing is people out driving at 7 MPH, even on clear roads.

ah, yeah, thats the kind of thing that gets me. the kind of thing that you get all year round. the number of folk round my way that put the brakes on when a car comes the opposite way.

but they turn one way at a junction, i go the other, problem solved. still doesn't ruin my week

[Edited on 13/1/10 by blakep82]

morcus - 13/1/10 at 05:35 PM

The last few weeks have been causing real problems with this. The car will spende the whole time shifting gears at low speed and below 15, if it shift into first it has to be stopped to put it in second (Or reved really hard to trick it).

stevebubs - 13/1/10 at 05:39 PM

quote:
Originally posted by blakep82

quote:
Originally posted by cd.thomson
TBF I get so angry I turn into the hulk

all green and stuff? cool

Must get expensive if you have to buy a new shirt and pair of trousers everytime it happens...what do you do, keep a spare set in the boot?

blakep82 - 13/1/10 at 05:40 PM

quote:
Originally posted by morcus
The last few weeks have been causing real problems with this. The car will spende the whole time shifting gears at low speed and below 15, if it shift into first it has to be stopped to put it in second (Or reved really hard to trick it).

is it an auto?
i had 1 auto car in my life. you could actually choose 2nd gear and it stayed there. it was an old car right enough, things have moved on (doesn't sound like its for the better tho lol)

stevebubs - 13/1/10 at 05:41 PM

quote:
Originally posted by l0rd
car or run him over due to skidding who's fault would it be?

Yours - most laws are there to protect the lowest common demoninator from harm

quote:

And all of that because he is stupid enough not to clean the windows.

By the way, there is parking space less than 400 yards away.

Probably can't see it through the snow on his windows

stevebubs - 13/1/10 at 05:43 PM

quote:
Originally posted by blakep82

quote:
Originally posted by morcus
The last few weeks have been causing real problems with this. The car will spende the whole time shifting gears at low speed and below 15, if it shift into first it has to be stopped to put it in second (Or reved really hard to trick it).

is it an auto?
i had 1 auto car in my life. you could actually choose 2nd gear and it stayed there. it was an old car right enough, things have moved on (doesn't sound like its for the better tho lol)

The ones I've driven in recent history had an "ice/winter" button that basically deleted first gear...

morcus - 13/1/10 at 05:55 PM

Its a computor controled manual, an auto would be a problem as the torque converter stops your from spinning once you've got going and there is always power to the wheels. I've been through all the info and there doesn't seem to be anyway to let the car know I'm driving on ice. Its a shame because it is a good car in these conditions apart from that one factor.

The only thing that could be done would be to disable auto shifting in manual mode but that would void my warranty, and Isn't something I know how to do.

JoelP - 13/1/10 at 07:49 PM

i pushed someone out of the ice today, revving far too hard and all the way down the road sliding into the gutter as she went Thought it wouldnt be long til she was stuck again...

Lots of people just dont know how to cope with snow or ice, and others are too stupid to make it easy for themselves.

I must confess i get pissed off with people all the time, but when people drive too slow i just pass them. If they arent confident going faster then there's nothing that can be done.

But people who set off with their lights covered or all the windows still frosted up do annoy me because its so easy to do right. I just use my sleeve whilst the engine is warming, only takes a moment.

morcus - 13/1/10 at 09:39 PM

Its worse when you get what I had monday, someone pulled out in front of me from a school, drove not much faster than walking speed, and pulled into a drive way that was litrally less than a 10 minute walk away. I really don't get why you'd figure that its barely safe to drive then drive to somewhere you could probably see from your front door.

Would you drive if you thought the weather conditions were beyond your driving ability? thats the real question.

JoelP - 13/1/10 at 10:46 PM

quote:
Originally posted by morcus
Would you drive if you thought the weather conditions were beyond your driving ability? thats the real question.

Thats a good question. But i suspect most people either hope for the best, or dont realise they are not up to the job!