Why do some people take so long to set off when the traffic lights turn green?
Don't they care that other people behind them want to get through the lights before they turn red again?

My biggest gripe along with not indicating . It's green just bloody go

It is annoying but nowhere as bad as the increasing number of people who go through a red light

In similar miserabilist vein...Why, when there is a queue at a petrol station, do some people take forever to set off and free-up the pump once they have got back into their car ?

No Ney Never wrote: ↑

Fri Jan 27, 2023 5:26 pm

Why do some people take so long to set off when the traffic lights turn green?
Don't they care that other people behind them want to get through the lights before they turn red again?

Probably because they are so engrossed on their mobile & finishing off their text.

So much selfishness thesedays

Can anyone tell me where there is a good stretch of road anywhere in the County at the moment that’s not got got roadworks with traffic lights, because if you can I’d like to drive down it please so that I can remember what it’s like.

Stalbansclaret wrote: ↑

Fri Jan 27, 2023 5:35 pm

In similar miserabilist vein...Why, when there is a queue at a petrol station, do some people take forever to set off and free-up the pump once they have got back into their car ?

A guy once had a rant at me as I was “using his pump” even though there was an empty one available

What he meant was I was using the pump which meant he didn’t have to stretch the pump to the other side

It's certainly one of my pet hates as well. On a side note, since Corvid, I have seen many, many instances of drivers double parking outside shops on busy roads showing complete disregard for the chaos caused to their fellow drivers.

Ask yourself, what would you do with those extra 2-3 seconds a day?

Why is everyone in such a rush, relax and avoid the stress

Stalbansclaret wrote: ↑

Fri Jan 27, 2023 5:35 pm

In similar miserabilist vein...Why, when there is a queue at a petrol station, do some people take forever to set off and free-up the pump once they have got back into their car ?

Yeah, start looking at their phone and stuff, aaargh!

Why the ++++ can people mot return their trolley to the trolley bay at the ******* supermarket?

Ok if you are disabled then fair enough, ask someone to return it for you.

But when trolleys are left blowing around the ******* car park smacking into cars!!

“Oh but I have children/elderly relatives/my spouse in the car that I couldn’t possibly leave in the car alone!!” - then park next to a kin trolley bay you absolute bell end.

Nonayforever wrote: ↑

Fri Jan 27, 2023 6:03 pm

It's certainly one of my pet hates as well. On a side note, since Corvid, I have seen many, many instances of drivers double parking outside shops on busy roads showing complete disregard for the chaos caused to their fellow drivers.

Urban driving is whacky races free for all, commercial vehicles such as vans parked near junctions are a bugbear of mine obscuring vision when pulling out, with carrying items & a lack of parking & the fear of wardens it's a problem not going away anytime soon.

Drivers that edge so far forward at a junction that all traffic has to stop to let them in. It must be a part of the driving test in the Bradford area!

All valid, but the drivers I hate the most are the ones that stop at roundabouts even though there’s no other car for miles.

My biggest gripe are the people who don't stop next to the line at traffic lights.
That's where the pressure sensor is located which then ensure the lights change, it's also where we're told to stop when learning to drive!!

They'll then sit there wondering why the lights aren't changing....
More than a few times I've just overtaken them and stopped at the front of the queue, on the sensor, then the lights have changed and off I go.

Always guaranteed that they sit there calling me names etc because of their own ignorance

Drivers who don't know what the yellow patterned bit of road opposite a junction is for. Might as well do away with them.

a lot of people on here are that insecure they are unable to accept other peoples flaws.

pushpinpussy wrote: ↑

Fri Jan 27, 2023 6:42 pm

a lot of people on here are that insecure they are unable to accept other peoples flaws.

I must admit, it's hard being perfect !

Nonayforever wrote: ↑

Fri Jan 27, 2023 7:16 pm

I must admit, it's hard being perfect !

...but I''m doing the best that I can

it's an old Country song.

pushpinpussy wrote: ↑

Fri Jan 27, 2023 6:42 pm

a lot of people on here are that insecure they are unable to accept other peoples flaws.

I can't believe I just read that!

Stalbansclaret wrote: ↑

Fri Jan 27, 2023 5:35 pm

In similar miserabilist vein...Why, when there is a queue at a petrol station, do some people take forever to set off and free-up the pump once they have got back into their car ?

You can also include people who stand at, and hog, a crowded bar after getting served. Maybe it's the same people - total lack of self awareness or just plainly p_g ignorant.

Burnley1989 wrote: ↑

Fri Jan 27, 2023 6:09 pm

Ask yourself, what would you do with those extra 2-3 seconds a day?

Why is everyone in such a rush, relax and avoid the stress

Some people have places to go and those 2-3 seconds can be the difference between getting through the lights and being stuck there another 5 minutes until the sequence returns to allow them through.
Set off sooner? Depends if you are say, a district nurse, with a long list of visits and people relying on you. Lots of reasons why some people just want to move on.

Women.
When you have another female in the car with you, please remember that concentrating on your driving has priority over your conversation!

Cirrus_Minor wrote: ↑

Fri Jan 27, 2023 5:34 pm

It is annoying but nowhere as bad as the increasing number of people who go through a red light

No1 to enforce it
I set off on amber

4midable wrote: ↑

Fri Jan 27, 2023 8:57 pm

No1 to enforce it
I set off on amber

Can't believe you leave it so late.... eat my dust! 🛻

it’s sometimes hard in the cold weather when the choke floods the engine and and you’re trying to spark the car up again - please just have some patience !

Cirrus_Minor wrote: ↑

Fri Jan 27, 2023 5:34 pm

It is annoying but nowhere as bad as the increasing number of people who go through a red light

Which is probably why they don't set off as soon as they turn green

Why don't snow shoes melt?

boatshed bill wrote: ↑

Fri Jan 27, 2023 9:30 pm

Why don't snow shoes melt?

Easy.....because they're worn on the snow and not on the beach

Middle lane plodders on the motorway. An increasing blight on already conjested roads. Seeing someone trundling along in the central lane, sometimes no cars 500 yards ahead , no cars 500 yards behind, so no over taking due and they'll be completely oblivious to the requirement to be in the nearside lane and avoid everybody else having to go out the outside lane then come back into the middle lane, where they seem to be glued , then the nearside lane "where they bloody should be ! " Which is what I usually shout as I complete the manoeuvre. Extremely annoying.

Rant over.

Why are sugar puffs the only food that makes your wee smell the same as what you ate?

1882Clarets1882 wrote: ↑

Fri Jan 27, 2023 9:39 pm

Middle lane plodders on the motorway. An increasing blight on already conjested roads. Seeing someone trundling along in the central lane, sometimes no cars 500 yards ahead , no cars 500 yards behind, so no over taking due and they'll be completely oblivious to the requirement to be in the nearside lane and avoid everybody else having to go out the outside lane then come back into the middle lane, where they seem to be glued , then the nearside lane "where they bloody should be ! " Which is what I usually shout as I complete the manoeuvre. Extremely annoying.

Rant over.

I know it's illegal, but I undertake, sound my horn and hold my hand up in dispare at the bstrds.

No Ney Never wrote: ↑

Fri Jan 27, 2023 9:39 pm

Why are sugar puffs the only food that makes your wee smell the same as what you ate?

They are not, Puffed Wheat do it too

1882Clarets1882 wrote: ↑

Fri Jan 27, 2023 9:39 pm

Middle lane plodders on the motorway. An increasing blight on already conjested roads. Seeing someone trundling along in the central lane, sometimes no cars 500 yards ahead , no cars 500 yards behind, so no over taking due and they'll be completely oblivious to the requirement to be in the nearside lane and avoid everybody else having to go out the outside lane then come back into the middle lane, where they seem to be glued , then the nearside lane "where they bloody should be ! " Which is what I usually shout as I complete the manoeuvre. Extremely annoying.

Rant over.

Seven times out of ten, they’re sat with their head almost over the steering wheel - focussed solely on the middle name - with neither a clue nor a care what is going on to their left or right.

Two out of ten, they’re sat there sending messages on their phone.

One out of ten, it’s an elderly woman who desperately wishes that she wasn’t on a motorway in the first place.

No Ney Never wrote: ↑

Fri Jan 27, 2023 9:42 pm

I know it's illegal, but I undertake, sound my horn and hold my hand up in dispare at the bstrds.

I do the same while saying ," if you can't be arsed coming into this lane, then I can't be arsed going all the way out there to simply come back to where I started from. Nob".

Litter. This town is a litter-strewn shithole. And don't get me on about dog muck. Both should be hanging offences.

Clovius Boofus wrote: ↑

Fri Jan 27, 2023 10:00 pm

Litter. This town is a litter-strewn shithole. And don't get me on about dog muck. Both should be hanging offences.

When the mods and rockers were going at it with knives, a judge decided he would sentence the guilty 1 year for every stitch, soon put a stop to it. I'd give the owner a year for every centimetre of dog sh1te they fail to clear up.

boatshed bill wrote: ↑

Fri Jan 27, 2023 7:18 pm

...but I''m doing the best that I can

it's an old Country song.

I think the first line is:
“ O Lord, it’s hard to be humble “

Surprised you didn’t know that one, Bill….

One of the most interesting threads for a while - and not in a good way - I just hope no rival fans are following it. We'd deserve every piece of shite thrown our way.
The Clarets are producing one of the best seasons ever, we're preparing a side that could well flourish in the Prem, great times.
Alright, the government are as corrupt as they are clueless but, hey, who gives a damn about stupid drivers or litter.
There's nothing you can do about it. It's a byproduct of the last "Bout me, bout me." political generation.
So long as you are doing your bit, especially if you're a parent, then life is good.

Stalbansclaret wrote: ↑

Fri Jan 27, 2023 5:35 pm

In similar miserabilist vein...Why, when there is a queue at a petrol station, do some people take forever to set off and free-up the pump once they have got back into their car ?

The one near the hospital in Casterton ave. It has a large shop, I had to wait while someone did their shopping after filling up, thing is you don't know what's going on, must have been 7 minutes wait but seemed half an hour.

No Ney Never wrote: ↑

Fri Jan 27, 2023 8:56 pm

Women.
When you have another female in the car with you, please remember that concentrating on your driving has priority over your conversation!

This is like the old VIZ magazine top tips.

Try driving in Italy, France, Belgium or Netherlands. All 100 times worse than driving in the UK

Aye but far fewer clouds to shout at....

atlantalad wrote: ↑

Fri Jan 27, 2023 8:00 pm

You can also include people who stand at, and hog, a crowded bar after getting served. Maybe it's the same people - total lack of self awareness or just plainly p_g ignorant.

Or the tall ones with a lid voice, who bellow their order from 3 vavk and somehow get their drinks ahead of everyone else!

A new one for me is right now!

I log in, read and make a couple of likes or write something and find myself auto logged out, for no reason! Damned annoying!
Fault somewhere?

DCWat wrote: ↑

Fri Jan 27, 2023 6:15 pm

Drivers that edge so far forward at a junction that all traffic has to stop to let them in. It must be a part of the driving test in the Bradford area!

Rush hour at manningham it's the only way you are literally watching your life ebb away.

1882Clarets1882 wrote: ↑

Fri Jan 27, 2023 9:39 pm

Middle lane plodders on the motorway. An increasing blight on already conjested roads. Seeing someone trundling along in the central lane, sometimes no cars 500 yards ahead , no cars 500 yards behind, so no over taking due and they'll be completely oblivious to the requirement to be in the nearside lane and avoid everybody else having to go out the outside lane then come back into the middle lane, where they seem to be glued , then the nearside lane "where they bloody should be ! " Which is what I usually shout as I complete the manoeuvre. Extremely annoying.

Rant over.

I hate this. It’s even worse on the newer 4 lane Smart Motorways where they sit in the third lane at 65 mph as I pass in the first lane at 70 mph - is that still undertaking? Genuine question as I don’t know how a traffic policeman would see it. I’d probably be the one pulled over for undertaking wouldn’t I…

hoskinsgoalatswansea wrote: ↑

Fri Jan 27, 2023 10:28 pm

This is like the old VIZ magazine top tips.

Or the ‘Women! Know your limits!’ Harry Enfield sketch.

Wondering how Sean Dyche hasn't been mentioned yet on this thread