My pet hates!!! What yours ???? Car related

[HarryM1BYT]

Originally Posted by rustymotor

Hi HarryM1BYT,

Not looking over your shoulders when reversing is a driving test fail, that's why you are allowed to remove your seat belt on any reverse maneuver.. good observations..

If your in a van then check the back of your vehicle or ask for assistance yet no van drivers do..

You see plenty of women in 4 x 4's hammering back at supermarkets never check behind..that was my point really.

Lost of things the more advanced driver would do, would be a fail on a test..

I look for possible hazard, including kids in the area, out of a side window on my approach to my parking spot. On one van I drove, which I had to park going in forwards into a short tunnel, then hours later had to reverse out and crossing over a very busy town centre footpath - I installed a camera looking down from the top of a rear door. Getting help to reverse, simply would not have happened. I would curse those walking with a phone clamped to their ear, deep in conversation, who failed to even notice a moving van right in front of them, all lit up and hazard lights flashing.

I installed the same camera on my 75, looking out from below my towball. I can at least see the approach of legs and feet with it there - supplementing the reverse sensor.

[rustymotor]

The camera is a great idea! parents are to blame for not controlling their kids

[alanaslan]

Originally Posted by keithst24

Anyone in a BMW that can't seem to find the indicator stalk

They don't have indicators fitted as standard it is a option only available if you request and even then it is often not fitted to the nut behind the wheel. After all BMW or Brain May Wander are German cars.


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[alanaslan]

Originally Posted by Heddy

I think it should be an offence to sit at traffic lights (or if stationary even) to keep your foot on the brake pedal and not use the handbrake. Particularly annoying at night!

There is a man who drives a manual car. Just wait till you drive an automatic.


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[Rooney]

Originally Posted by alanaslan

There is a man who drives a manual car. Just wait till you drive an automatic.

Heddy said ''I think it should be an offence to sit at traffic lights (or if stationary even) to keep your foot on the brake pedal and not use the handbrake. Particularly annoying at night!''

It is an offence to sit with your foot on the brake pedal when stationary.


the highway code says this:

114

You MUST NOT

• use any lights in a way which would dazzle or cause discomfort to other road users, including pedestrians, cyclists and horse riders
• use front or rear fog lights unless visibility is seriously reduced. YouMUST switch them off when visibility improves to avoid dazzling other road users (see Rule 226).

In stationary queues of traffic, drivers should apply the parking brake and, once the following traffic has stopped, take their foot off the footbrake to deactivate the vehicle brake lights. This will minimise glare to road users behind until the traffic moves again.
Law RVLR reg 27

[Bogbrush82]

Just thought of another one.

Dirt bikes with no silencers. Seriously the noise is incredible.

[HarryM1BYT]

Originally Posted by Rooney

Heddy said ''I think it should be an offence to sit at traffic lights (or if stationary even) to keep your foot on the brake pedal and not use the handbrake. Particularly annoying at night!''

It is an offence to sit with your foot on the brake pedal when stationary.


the highway code says this:

114

You MUST NOT

• use any lights in a way which would dazzle or cause discomfort to other road users, including pedestrians, cyclists and horse riders
• use front or rear fog lights unless visibility is seriously reduced. YouMUST switch them off when visibility improves to avoid dazzling other road users (see Rule 226).

In stationary queues of traffic, drivers should apply the parking brake and, once the following traffic has stopped, take their foot off the footbrake to deactivate the vehicle brake lights. This will minimise glare to road users behind until the traffic moves again.
Law RVLR reg 27

Well spotted and common sense any way for those who care about their driving.

[rustymotor]

Fast women and slow horses

[Dorchester]

My worst pet hate is cars who speed in car parks, it drives me wild!
In a busy supermarket car park, you see some idiots who accelerate hard to close to 30 mph. It is absolutely idiotic, who are you trying to impress?
The risk of running over a child or adult is huge.

I stick to 5 mph max. OK I lose 10 seconds on my journey, so what!

Also on the subject of supermarket car parks, those you use the adult and child spaces without any children.

[Mintee]

I hate it when people get annoyed about things they think are the law when they aren't.

Originally Posted by berkshirelad

It's illegal to overtake within the white zig-zags of a pedestrian crossing

No it isn't. Rule 191 of the Highway Code (and it's been in there for decades) you can't pass the leading vehicle nearest the crossing (that goes for motorcycles and presumably cyclists too....)