Bad Driving thread

[Claymore]

My old Honda Ballade that I used to own had all it's original bulbs from when it was manufactured in 1995 up until I sold it in 2014 - not one was replaced nor burnt out, and all the fuses were still original too. That car was so well built it sometimes defied belief and I do regret that I eventually sold it.

My Merc went through globes reasonably regularly (but I did drive with lights on all the time). The Merc, however, would give warnings on the dash whenever a bulb failed, and it would usually switch out the failed light for one that was working (for example, if a brake light filed, it would start using the rear foglight as a brake light).

 

[ArmatageShanks]

My Merc went through globes reasonably regularly (but I did drive with lights on all the time). The Merc, however, would give warnings on the dash whenever a bulb failed, and it would usually switch out the failed light for one that was working (for example, if a brake light filed, it would start using the rear foglight as a brake light).

Good job by das Germans once again

 

[Craig_]

No it is a plague all new car models suffer from. On any day you choose to name at any time of the day a short trip down Lynnwood Road in PTA, you will we 3 or 4 cars without working lights at the back in 1 km.
No one checks their lights regularly.
The newer the car model the more prevalent the plague is.

Funny thing is many new cars tell you when a light has blown. Some even tell you which one. When my left indicator blew the car flash a warning in the instrument cluster say left front turn signal blown. Something like that.

People just don't care.

 

[Craig_]

This guy blocks a whole lane as he is too important to wait in line.

 

[The_Librarian]

The Sharan, what bulb was in there and what bulb did you replace it with? Depending on the year, that sounds like a resistance issue with the CANBUS.

A bog-standard indicator light, got replaced with the same bog-standard indicator light.

 

[Neuk_]

This guy blocks a whole lane as he is too important to wait in line.

Common on SA roads unfortunately I must pull the footage from when I was leaving the Lonehill Sunninghill area on Rivonia Rd earlier today with all the traffic turning right on to Witkoppen causing chaos.

Edit: I got the suburb wrong.

 

[Neuk_]

A bog-standard indicator light, got replaced with the same bog-standard indicator light.

Perhaps it was a faulty bog standard indicator light.

 

[Craig_]

Common on SA roads unfortunately I must pull the footage from when I was leaving the Lonehill area on Rivonia Rd earlier today with all the traffic turning right on to Witkoppen causing chaos.

Fools like this, and those jumping red lights (this is becoming more common every day) should be flogged in public

 

[Neuk_]

Fools like this, and those jumping red lights (this is becoming more common every day) should be flogged in public

Yep, but most people just simply let it happen, which leads to the inconsiderate just doing it more and more.

 

[The_Librarian]

Perhaps it was a faulty bog standard indicator light.

My reasoning as well, since we are not experiencing any funny business, everything works as it should.

 

[Neuk_]

I am not sure why she sat there until I was right behind her.

Taxi taxi'ing, as they do, traffic was horrendous.

A common sight on busy afternoons after work, Main Rd is almost gridlocked and drivers do as they please.

Similar to the last video except a different location and turning lane, the taxi drivers get upset when I move across their path, shame.

 

[ToxicBunny]

Randomly started watching DashCamOwnerAus on Youtube recently, and they generally have the right idea when it comes to people trying to be pushy, almost nobody lets them in....

They do have some monumentally retarded drivers on their roads as well, but obviously nowhere near the level we do.

 

[ArmatageShanks]

Someone had a wee soft bump into my backside on Friday, no damage, just gave her a round of applause and then complained about the baby in the front seat (no child seat or seat belt) this morning a lady smacked into someone else infront of me proper bender, usual case of looking for traffic coming from the right and not in front of her, the constabulary in front of me didn't even stop, also found it odd how the offending lady got out of her car and immediately attended to her fender guard nevermind the enormous damage to the front or the other person.

 

[ArmatageShanks]

Randomly started watching DashCamOwnerAus on Youtube recently, and they generally have the right idea when it comes to people trying to be pushy, almost nobody lets them in....

They do have some monumentally retarded drivers on their roads as well, but obviously nowhere near the level we do.

Its surprising how one can just sit and watch that channel for hours on end.

 

[Craig_]

Might have to zoom in to see this one. Kid standing on the back seat of the corsa. He went straight from the turn lane and pulled of like hell. All with the unrestrained kid on the back seat.

 

[PhireSide]

Someone had a wee soft bump into my backside on Friday, no damage, just gave her a round of applause and then complained about the baby in the front seat (no child seat or seat belt) this morning a lady smacked into someone else infront of me proper bender, usual case of looking for traffic coming from the right and not in front of her, the constabulary in front of me didn't even stop, also found it odd how the offending lady got out of her car and immediately attended to her fender guard nevermind the enormous damage to the front or the other person.

Bad luck that - people can behave like idiots on the best of days

 

[ArmatageShanks]

Bad luck that - people can behave like idiots on the best of days

Indeed, for the most part I've learned not to be bothered by idiots doing dumb things probably because they are dumb, its those that aren't dumb that are deliberately doing horrible things that still get to me, like BMW and Audi men barreling down on people and then overtaking on the right using the emergency lane.

 

[The_Librarian]

Indeed, for the most part I've learned not to be bothered by idiots doing dumb things probably because they are dumb, its those that aren't dumb that are deliberately doing horrible things that still get to me, like BMW and Audi men barreling down on people and then overtaking on the right using the emergency lane.

On the flip side of the coin, you get people pulling out in front of you and accelerate slo-o-o-o-wly, forcing you to brake and lose your speed. And there's no cars behind you. But lots of oncoming traffic, so no chance of an overtake.

 

[Geoff.D]

On the flip side of the coin, you get people pulling out in front of you and accelerate slo-o-o-o-wly, forcing you to brake and lose your speed. And there's no cars behind you. But lots of oncoming traffic, so no chance of an overtake.

So slowly because they are all driving toy automatics incapable of better acceleration. Or, too lazy to change down. But it still does not justify the BMWs and other large car driver attitude. We do not have minimum speed regs per lane as a general rule on our highways.

 

[Neuk_]

Randomly started watching DashCamOwnerAus on Youtube recently, and they generally have the right idea when it comes to people trying to be pushy, almost nobody lets them in....

They do have some monumentally retarded drivers on their roads as well, but obviously nowhere near the level we do.

I watch it quite often as well, some of it is entertaining, some frustrating and some frightening.