Bad Driving thread

[Bismuth]

We have a traffic circle close to home and I can see a big collision sooner rather than later. Cars go into the inner circler (it's a two lane circle), and then turn left at the first exit, while some cars, correctly so, continue with the circle. I've seen it happening many times that one of the two has to break hard. Seriously, if you're taking the next exit, go to the outer circle?

Sorry for the rather complicated explanation lol.

Have experienced the same in Brooklyn, Pretoria, people have NO idea how to use a double-lane circle. Almost took out someone going straight in the outer lane when I wanted (legally) to turn. But when I do use that circle, I regularly see people who have no idea what they are doing, I am also suprised that there hasn't been a major accident as a result of this. Or maybe there has been, and I just didn't see it.

B

 

[D3x!]

people have a fascination with going into the right most lane, every morning we sit turning left into Louis Botha because people insist on turning into the right lane.

if people could get into their thick heads to keep left pass right the roads would be a better place.

 

[Former member 61586]

Bloemfontein. Every single day at every single robot I stop at, I see at least 2-3 people at every single cycle that go over a red robot. Not a pig in sight. Yet on my way home, the buggers are hiding in the bush busting people for doing 71 in a 60 zone in a double one-way street.

Also saw about 10 pig cars the other day......they were controlling a march by the EFF through the city centre basically bringing traffic to a stand still for about 50 people in the march.

 

[Sinbad]

people have a fascination with going into the right most lane, every morning we sit turning left into Louis Botha because people insist on turning into the right lane.

if people could get into their thick heads to keep left pass right the roads would be a better place.

eh?

 

[D3x!]

eh?

how is that hard to understand?

 

[Sinbad]

how is that hard to understand?

You sit and turn left because people want the right lane and keep left pass right...

ok...?

 

[akescpt]

Bloemfontein. Every single day at every single robot I stop at, I see at least 2-3 people at every single cycle that go over a red robot. Not a pig in sight. Yet on my way home, the buggers are hiding in the bush busting people for doing 71 in a 60 zone in a double one-way street.

Also saw about 10 pig cars the other day......they were controlling a march by the EFF through the city centre basically bringing traffic to a stand still for about 50 people in the march.

its another gripe. when you get a green you have to wait for 3-5 cars to turn first and some fsuckers even drive from BEHIND the damn line!! don't even get me started on that big truck fsuckers that do this and make you miss the green entirely. I could see me giving them a PK.

 

[ToxicBunny]

its another gripe. when you get a green you have to wait for 3-5 cars to turn first and some fsuckers even drive from BEHIND the damn line!! don't even get me started on that big truck fsuckers that do this and make you miss the green entirely. I could see me giving them a PK.

Yeah, I've had that happen to me a few times..

Usually its prats in their fancy cars that try this... they usually kark themselves when they see a big ass double cab bearing down on them, and not slowing down....

 

[D3x!]

You sit and turn left because people want the right lane and keep left pass right...

ok...?

you are in a road turning left into another road. the people insist on turning not into the closest lane, but crossing it to get into the right lane (dual lane road).

it is not just this case, people are always fascinated with it, they are on a two lane main road, know they are doing 50/60 in a 70/80 zone and even possibly want to turn left in a bit, yet they will sit in the right lane.

same thing with a traffic circle, will enter, go to the inner (right) lane, then exit at first chance.

climb onto highway, immediately cross 4 lanes into fast lane and sit at 100.

and keep left pass right is the first and most basic rule of the road.

 

[Sinbad]

you are in a road turning left into another road. the people insist on turning not into the closest lane, but crossing it to get into the right lane (dual lane road).

it is not just this case, people are always fascinated with it, they are on a two lane main road, know they are doing 50/60 in a 70/80 zone and even possibly want to turn left in a bit, yet they will sit in the right lane.

same thing with a traffic circle, will enter, go to the inner (right) lane, then exit at first chance.

climb onto highway, immediately cross 4 lanes into fast lane and sit at 100.

and keep left pass right is the first and most basic rule of the road.

OK i get it... Agreed!

 

[biena]

Have experienced the same in Brooklyn, Pretoria, people have NO idea how to use a double-lane circle. Almost took out someone going straight in the outer lane when I wanted (legally) to turn. But when I do use that circle, I regularly see people who have no idea what they are doing, I am also suprised that there hasn't been a major accident as a result of this. Or maybe there has been, and I just didn't see it.

B

Going straight in the outer lane is legal.
https://www.arrivealive.co.za/Driving-around-Traffic-Circle-Roundabout

 

[Bismuth]

Going straight in the outer lane is legal.
https://www.arrivealive.co.za/Driving-around-Traffic-Circle-Roundabout

Ok, I was the on INNER the outer lane that wanted to turn. My move was legal according to the Arrive Alive animation (To Turn Right (taking the last exit or third exit) . The other vehicle was in the outer lane, and was NOT going to turn. Now, I am not sure if he was already in that lane, or entered the circle at the entry point just BEFORE I wanted to exit. Fact remains, had I not checked my blindspot, we would've collided. Funny thing was, he then took the same exit I was, dunno if that was because he had no choice, or was daydreaming/playing with his cellphone, and actually meant to take that exit.

B

 

[HAL 9000]

This afternoon, around 17h00 or so, I am on Corlett Drive, going past Wanderers Cricket Ground, towards Melrose Arch, in the right lane.

In front of me is a woman (with about the same fashion sense as Baleka Mbeti), in a Porsche Panamera (the base-line model), with wipers flailing away on the fast setting on a perfectly dry windscreen - it had rained about 30 minutes previously in that area, but very lightly, and her Porsche was the ONLY vehicle that still had its wipers on.

The road was already dried out from the residual heat of being baked by the sun all day long, so there was no spray at all being thrown up from the tyres of the vehicles in front of her, justifying the wipers being on.

Every time when she stopped momentarily due to high traffic volumes, the flailing wipers slowed down to their lowest 'speed-sensitive' setting, she diverted her attention away from the traffic in front of her, and either fiddled with a cell-phone or tablet, or something else in the centre console area, to such an extent that, when the traffic began moving again, I had to hoot to draw her attention to the fact that she was still standing still, and delaying all the traffic behind her.

Whenever she pulled off to close the chasm, the wipers resumed their frenetic to-and-fro on a dry windscreen again.

Eventually she pulled into a glide off to turn right, and I was now alongside her. I gestured to her to wind down her window, so I could tell her that her wipers were still on, as she seemed totally oblivious to this fact, but she refused to wind down her window.

I then used my arms to mimic the flailing wipers, and this seemed to be a 'eureka' moment for her, as she then pulled and tugged on every stalk protruding from the steering column, until the wipers eventually ceased their 'dance of the dervishes' and returned to their parked position.

It still boggles the mind that people drive these 'technological marvels' with all the bells & whistles, but have no clue as to how to utilise them effectively at all - surely a car of that level would have an AUTO setting that would turn OFF the wipers when it was no longer raining, without the need for 'distracted human intervention' to enable that to take place.

 

[Fazda]

Interesting - you will probably find that she has a well paid Government job!

I had the misfortune of having to deal with a short, rather corpulent little woman who worked for Ethekweni Municipality,who waddled on to our floor and asked what the most expensive Jeep was - when I showed her, she said, "Yes, I want eet"...............welcome to SA 2015.

 

[Jet-Fighter7700]

Interesting - you will probably find that she has a well paid Government job!

I had the misfortune of having to deal with a short, rather corpulent little woman who worked for Ethekweni Municipality,who waddled on to our floor and asked what the most expensive Jeep was - when I showed her, she said, "Yes, I want eet"...............welcome to SA 2015.

Unbelivable, and those same people (unshamedly) beg for funding for whatever they can, like they got no shame,

Everytime i see these people in traffic, i think credit rich but budget poor.....
Suppose it exist everywere these days......

 

[Priapus]

This afternoon, around 17h00 or so, I am on Corlett Drive, going past Wanderers Cricket Ground, towards Melrose Arch, in the right lane.

In front of me is a woman (with about the same fashion sense as Baleka Mbeti), in a Porsche Panamera (the base-line model), with wipers flailing away on the fast setting on a perfectly dry windscreen - it had rained about 30 minutes previously in that area, but very lightly, and her Porsche was the ONLY vehicle that still had its wipers on.

The road was already dried out from the residual heat of being baked by the sun all day long, so there was no spray at all being thrown up from the tyres of the vehicles in front of her, justifying the wipers being on.

Every time when she stopped momentarily due to high traffic volumes, the flailing wipers slowed down to their lowest 'speed-sensitive' setting, she diverted her attention away from the traffic in front of her, and either fiddled with a cell-phone or tablet, or something else in the centre console area, to such an extent that, when the traffic began moving again, I had to hoot to draw her attention to the fact that she was still standing still, and delaying all the traffic behind her.

Whenever she pulled off to close the chasm, the wipers resumed their frenetic to-and-fro on a dry windscreen again.

Eventually she pulled into a glide off to turn right, and I was now alongside her. I gestured to her to wind down her window, so I could tell her that her wipers were still on, as she seemed totally oblivious to this fact, but she refused to wind down her window.

I then used my arms to mimic the flailing wipers, and this seemed to be a 'eureka' moment for her, as she then pulled and tugged on every stalk protruding from the steering column, until the wipers eventually ceased their 'dance of the dervishes' and returned to their parked position.

It still boggles the mind that people drive these 'technological marvels' with all the bells & whistles, but have no clue as to how to utilise them effectively at all - surely a car of that level would have an AUTO setting that would turn OFF the wipers when it was no longer raining, without the need for 'distracted human intervention' to enable that to take place.

I see this a lot. Not a drop of rain and yet wipers are going nuts on a dry windscreen. I normally think to myself: "Those poor blades won't last long"
Most newer cars (Like mine) have an auto setting. However you can override it and set it to manual mode. Must have been what this women had done.

 

[HAL 9000]

Everyone thinks the drivers where they live are the worst drivers in the world.

While the usual offenders seem to be in Russia, China and Florida, this supercut makes me wonder if South Carolina should be a top contender as well.

YouTube's HaloMasterMind117 is in the habit of taking a dash cam with him wherever he goes so he can share his most hilarious, horrifying and bizarre experiences with the rest of the world. He's mostly in the greater Columbia area, but he gets around the whole state.

This video is a supercut of his favorite dash cam moments, from himself and a few guests, over the last three years. Once you start watching, you won't be able to stop.

I don't understand how one person can encounter that much *******ry on the road — I've had stuff like this happen to me before, but, like, nowhere near this often.

My favorite moment happens about six minutes and 18 seconds in. I won't spoil it for you, but it will have you laughing.

Then you'll start crying when you marvel at how stupid some of these drivers are. Remind me to not drive in South Carolina, ever.

http://jalopnik.com/this-supercut-of-south-carolinas-stupidest-angriest-dr-1691347980

 

[ichigo]

Everyone thinks the drivers where they live are the worst drivers in the world.

While the usual offenders seem to be in Russia, China and Florida, this supercut makes me wonder if South Carolina should be a top contender as well.

YouTube's HaloMasterMind117 is in the habit of taking a dash cam with him wherever he goes so he can share his most hilarious, horrifying and bizarre experiences with the rest of the world. He's mostly in the greater Columbia area, but he gets around the whole state.

This video is a supercut of his favorite dash cam moments, from himself and a few guests, over the last three years. Once you start watching, you won't be able to stop.

I don't understand how one person can encounter that much *******ry on the road — I've had stuff like this happen to me before, but, like, nowhere near this often.

My favorite moment happens about six minutes and 18 seconds in. I won't spoil it for you, but it will have you laughing.

Then you'll start crying when you marvel at how stupid some of these drivers are. Remind me to not drive in South Carolina, ever.

http://jalopnik.com/this-supercut-of-south-carolinas-stupidest-angriest-dr-1691347980

The drivers are worse in KZN and it happens daily, I should get a camera for my car.

 

[Sinbad]

Today's **** of the day #1... Up the yellow lane, cutting off an exit from a business, straight in a turning lane

[video=youtube;DIfTRwpm9PQ]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIfTRwpm9PQ[/video]

 

[droidx]

GL Conradie transport truck 021 987 1650 jumping a red robot this morning on the N1/vasco boulevard bridge in Goodwood.

The arrows were on for me to turn and this truck came straight over with no regard for turning vehicles who had right of way.
Also displayed general bad driving, carrying on well into the yellow lane where lanes merged before entering the lane.