Who are the worst drivers?

at the moment....

Trucks. The bloody things drive SO close that they might as well touch my bumper. On Monday, I had a truck that was creeping closer and closer and ever more closer even though I was stationary. I seriously thought I was going to get hit.

Overall I would say 4x4 drivers. They really do think they are superior and can ram you off the road / intimidate you or blind you with their headlights.

Maria

I think all car drivers are wonderful. They all drive really well and I never have any problems with any of them,ever.

Gotta go now, got an apointment at specsavers to get my rose tinted glasses changed for a different shade!

Originally Posted by Magnum

I think the worst are van drivers, closely followed by the elderly.
Van drivers DO indicate, but generally after they have started the turn, and old people think they are the only people on the road, and seem to not know what a lane is.

Who do you think are the worst drivers? (obviously not EVERY person in each catogary will be a terrible driver, but as a general rule...)

Classify "van drivers"

Builders?
Plumbers?
Delivery drivers?

totally agree wiv Baph

Originally Posted by Dave20046

careful

Originally Posted by gid

Classify "van drivers"

Builders?
Plumbers?
Delivery drivers?

Hmmm my delivery driver at work acts more like hes racing everything else on the road. Fun to be in but i'd hate to be the poor sod hes driving behind or overtaking.

Originally Posted by Magnum

I seriously think that after a certain age, people should have to have a second test to see if theyre safe to actually be on the road. Some old people, my grandad for one, are good old drivers. Others do not have a clue and have terrible reaction times.
Many old people go through illnesses that would affect their judgements and reactions, but they are not always advised to stop driving. My nan for one is on medication that she believes would affect her driving, so she stopped.

AFAIK there is some kind of assessment done under certain conditions / at a certain age.

When my grandad was still alive he had his licence revoked at the age of 65 cos he failed some kind of assessment - I think in his case it was mostly for medical reasons. Whatever the reason though I'm sure it was something that was imposed on him cos he wasn't happy at the time!

[Dave20046]

Originally Posted by gid

Classify "van drivers"

Builders?
Plumbers?
Delivery drivers?

Motorfactors drivers could name 3 companies that employ various deathwish f1 wannabes
A local aerial company I've had run ins with many a time
Most of my previous companies drivers
At least 2 of my current companies drivers. (both IT)

[Dave20046]

Originally Posted by BBadger

Hmmm my delivery driver at work acts more like hes racing everything else on the road. Fun to be in but i'd hate to be the poor sod hes driving behind

or over

Meh you wouldnt realise youd hit anything with the amount of dents in the van.

[Dave20046]

Originally Posted by BBadger

Meh you wouldnt realise youd hit anything with the amount of dents in the van.

Same with our vans we have a notoriously bad driver, I didn't notice I'd hit sommat til I had to scrape his little corpse out of the wheel arch. When the cd skipped it did set me wondering though.