Common Driving distractions

Originally Posted by bluethunder

Yes because people are watching them head down rather than looking where they are going. When your driving/riding you should be looking down the road, raised vison, planning on where you going take note of what going on.

By the time you see something in front of you its alreday happened and too late.

I say the opposite; they only take a tiny glance to tell you exactly where you're going so you can focus on the roads entirely. I hate having to scrutinise the signs when in an unfamiliar area and it tends to cause erratic driving. In Wales especially it's a godsend as everything is written twice in Welsh and English; too much information when your doing 70mph trying to peer at a sign before a lorry pulls in the way!

The most common word on this forum must be 'ban'

[the_lone_wolf]

Originally Posted by GastonJ

Serious careless driving offence you've comitted there then but banning women from the roads would cause less accidents as well, and a lot less botched up car-parking attempts.

corrected for you

Wonderbra adverts - how many people got maimed during that ad campaign? I got a couple of buckled wheels running up kerbs...

Originally Posted by gettin2dizzy

I hate having to scrutinise the signs when in an unfamiliar area and it tends to cause erratic driving.

With you on this one ... That's what led to my last speeding ticket (about 6 years ago now)

Driving out of Newcastle (or rather TRYING TO) ... Me and my mates were so busy reading overhead gantry signs looking for "A1(M) SOUTH" that we all totally missed the little discs attached to the lamp-posts that said 30.

So I carried on at 47mph, thinking I was still in a 50-zone. Mate says to me, "Hey, watch your speed, there's a copper down the bottom of the hill - speed trap by the looks". I look down at speedo and reply, "It's ok, I'm doing 47"

Copper waves at me to pull in ... 3pts + £60 fine

Fair play to my 2 mates in the car too ... because we ALL missed the signs they chipped in £20 each towards the fine

Originally Posted by Pedro68

With you on this one ... That's what led to my last speeding ticket (about 6 years ago now)

Driving out of Newcastle (or rather TRYING TO) ... Me and my mates were so busy reading overhead gantry signs looking for "A1(M) SOUTH" that we all totally missed the little discs attached to the lamp-posts that said 30.

So I carried on at 47mph, thinking I was still in a 50-zone. Mate says to me, "Hey, watch your speed, there's a copper down the bottom of the hill - speed trap by the looks". I look down at speedo and reply, "It's ok, I'm doing 47"

Copper waves at me to pull in ... 3pts + £60 fine

Fair play to my 2 mates in the car too ... because we ALL missed the signs they chipped in £20 each towards the fine

Last time I got stopped was for doing a loop around a roundabout without indicating; I was looking for the right turning for the M4 which wasn't there. I was stopped for erratic driving.

Whilst on the mention of missing signs; how much better are the motorway ones overhead! I always miss the ones on the side of the road; the lorries act like big censoring signs. (I'm not grumbling )

Originally Posted by gettin2dizzy

In Wales especially it's a godsend as everything is written twice in Welsh and English; too much information when your doing 70mph trying to peer at a sign before a lorry pulls in the way!

We found that problem when first driving down to uni, as we always looked at the first bit of writing on the signs which is usually Welsh (unless near the edge) and by the time we'd realised that's not what you want you've driven past it!! Sort of get used to it though, and now I think my eyes are a little more tuned

[yorkie_chris]

God you must read slowly.

I could read 4 chapters of war and peace if someone would hold it up at the side of the road with the speed her mom drives at!

Originally Posted by yorkie_chris

God you must read slowly.

I could read 4 chapters of war and peace if someone would hold it up at the side of the road with the speed her mom drives at!

haha very funny. Least it gives me a chance as a passenger to admire the lovely Welsh countryside, I don't mind. And looking at some of the roads in Wales, cautious/slow driving is probably a good thing. Anyway a lot of the time it's due to the high population of tractors trundling about



ok ok, she drives slow.....

[yorkie_chris]

Quite a few of those, granted, rolling chicanes are good practice

However 55 on the M6 is taking the pi$$!

[Bluepete]

Originally Posted by missyorkie_chris

ok ok, she drives slow.....

Is this her?