Gripe of the day - What is yours?

[Bibio]

Originally Posted by admin

A couple things occur to me, why 10mph below the maximum speed permitted, and how does this improve safety?

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if you have ever driven a fully loaded transit then you would understand.. think barge in a stormy sea all courier depots have weigh bridges and if your gross weight does not meet the spec you have to turn round and unload stuff till it does.

one of the worst roads in Scotland for getting a speeding ticket in a van is the one too Aberdeen.

[admin]

Originally Posted by DJ123

Vans are subject to 60mph on a dual carriageway, if they're not car derived van (EG a Fiesta van is subject to Car speed limits)


https://www.gov.uk/speed-limits

Ah, I don't know that. I was aware that trucks are limited to 40mph on single carriageways and that's another bone of contention when you live in a rural area and get stuck behind one for miles.

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[admin]

Originally Posted by Bibio

if you have ever driven a fully loaded transit then you would understand.. think barge in a stormy sea all courier depots have weigh bridges and if your gross weight does not meet the spec you have to turn round and unload stuff till it does.



one of the worst roads in Scotland for getting a speeding ticket in a van is the one too Aberdeen.

That makes some sense. This vehicle was actually pickup with a truckman body on the load area.



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[Adam Ef]

My van is limited to 60 everywhere.. just because it's crap.


Lots of people are caught out by the 60mph dual carriageway van limit and get tickets not realising.

[svenrico]

Originally Posted by admin

Ah, I don't know that. I was aware that trucks are limited to 40mph on single carriageways and that's another bone of contention when you live in a rural area and get stuck behind one for miles.

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If trucks are limited to 40mph on single carriageways the truck drivers around here don't observe that. They travel as fast as me on the bike or in the car when I am doing 60mph !

[embee]

GOTD
I had to apply the new Highway Code rules today regarding pedestrian priority when waiting to cross at a junction. In a town on a moderately busy road through a housing area, I (in car) wanted to turn right into a side road. A pedestrian was standing at the kerb in the side road.

Now the dilemma. Do I sit in the bigger road indicating right and wait for the person to cross, meanwhile holding up the traffic behind me for no apparent (to them) reason, the pedestrian just standing still waiting for me to turn? Do I turn into the side road and then stop, blocking the entry and only just clear of the bigger road and wait for the person to cross while they stand and look at me? Do I ignore it all and just turn in and drive on, let the person decide when it is safe for them to cross as was always the case?

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaargh!!!!!!!!!!!!! Goddam ****ing stupid rule, **** for brains idea from someone in Westminster.

Rather than totally p*** everyone off waiting behind me I turned into the side road and stopped, I and the pedestrian then looked at each other for what seemed like an age, I felt totally vulnerable and stupid sitting just into the side road when it was clear in front of me. Eventually they decided to cross and I could proceed as usual.

I felt so bad about what the situation had been I have decided I won't do it again. If the pedestrian is crossing then of course they have priority, but if they are just standing beside the kerb looking blank then I really don't want to be obliged to create what I felt was a dangerous situation.

[garynortheast]

Originally Posted by embee

GOTD
I had to apply the new Highway Code rules today regarding pedestrian priority when waiting to cross at a junction. In a town on a moderately busy road through a housing area, I (in car) wanted to turn right into a side road. A pedestrian was standing at the kerb in the side road.

Now the dilemma. Do I sit in the bigger road indicating right and wait for the person to cross, meanwhile holding up the traffic behind me for no apparent (to them) reason, the pedestrian just standing still waiting for me to turn? Do I turn into the side road and then stop, blocking the entry and only just clear of the bigger road and wait for the person to cross while they stand and look at me? Do I ignore it all and just turn in and drive on, let the person decide when it is safe for them to cross as was always the case?

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaargh!!!!!!!!!!!!! Goddam ****ing stupid rule, **** for brains idea from someone in Westminster.

Rather than totally p*** everyone off waiting behind me I turned into the side road and stopped, I and the pedestrian then looked at each other for what seemed like an age, I felt totally vulnerable and stupid sitting just into the side road when it was clear in front of me. Eventually they decided to cross and I could proceed as usual.

I felt so bad about what the situation had been I have decided I won't do it again. If the pedestrian is crossing then of course they have priority, but if they are just standing beside the kerb looking blank then I really don't want to be obliged to create what I felt was a dangerous situation.

I just wave people across in that situation.......





.....and then I run them over!

[redtrummy]

Not on a very busy road but I stopped to wait for pedestrians to cross, (I wanted to turn right) and we just looked at each other for ages. May not have been too bad had an unfortunate accident happened though - it was outside the Doctors surgery so help would have been close by!

[Ruffy]

Originally Posted by redtrummy

... it was outside the Doctors surgery so help would have been close by!

Help from a doctor's surgery? Ha! We still can't get a face to face appointment at ours. Telephone appointments only FFS!

How on earth they can diagnose properly without some sort of inspection or examination is beyond me - Google?

[svenrico]

Originally Posted by embee

GOTD
I had to apply the new Highway Code rules today regarding pedestrian priority when waiting to cross at a junction. In a town on a moderately busy road through a housing area, I (in car) wanted to turn right into a side road. A pedestrian was standing at the kerb in the side road.

Now the dilemma. Do I sit in the bigger road indicating right and wait for the person to cross, meanwhile holding up the traffic behind me for no apparent (to them) reason, the pedestrian just standing still waiting for me to turn? Do I turn into the side road and then stop, blocking the entry and only just clear of the bigger road and wait for the person to cross while they stand and look at me? Do I ignore it all and just turn in and drive on, let the person decide when it is safe for them to cross as was always the case?

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaargh!!!!!!!!!!!!! Goddam ****ing stupid rule, **** for brains idea from someone in Westminster.

Rather than totally p*** everyone off waiting behind me I turned into the side road and stopped, I and the pedestrian then looked at each other for what seemed like an age, I felt totally vulnerable and stupid sitting just into the side road when it was clear in front of me. Eventually they decided to cross and I could proceed as usual.

I felt so bad about what the situation had been I have decided I won't do it again. If the pedestrian is crossing then of course they have priority, but if they are just standing beside the kerb looking blank then I really don't want to be obliged to create what I felt was a dangerous situation.

I think you have to judge the situation as to whether you are going to create a dangerous situation with other vehicles by waiting for a pedestrian to cross and hope the pedestrian has enough sense not to step out in front of a moving vehicle if you decide not to wait for them to start crossing. I agree, a stupid new rule . If I am the pedestrian I would tend to wave the motorist on and wait until it is safe to cross.