Gripe of the day - What is yours?

[admin]

Originally Posted by Bibio

the advice i got was along the same lines except that they are out to kill you. its getting worse with this "dont care" attitude of people these days. saying that its not too bad up here in Jockland due to the low population.

"don't care attitude". That's an interesting comment. I've noticed that too. I wasn't sure if it was just stupidity. I was driving down a narrow side road in my village the other day. It twists and turns quite a bit plus there are cars parked outside houses to make it even trickier. Most people would be cautious and keep to about 20mph but on this occasion Mr Insignia though it was okay to do 40 around a left hand blind bend and overtake a parked car too just as I was coming in the other direction. He had no choice but to jump on the brakes. He then have me dagger eyes like it was my fault. Why would you overtake like that, is it the don't care attitude or just stupidity?

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[SV650rules]

Originally Posted by admin

"don't care attitude". That's an interesting comment. I've noticed that too. I wasn't sure if it was just stupidity. I was driving down a narrow side road in my village the other day. It twists and turns quite a bit plus there are cars parked outside houses to make it even trickier. Most people would be cautious and keep to about 20mph but on this occasion Mr Insignia though it was okay to do 40 around a left hand blind bend and overtake a parked car too just as I was coming in the other direction. He had no choice but to jump on the brakes. He then have me dagger eyes like it was my fault. Why would you overtake like that, is it the don't care attitude or just stupidity?

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I have noticed that as well as the widespread aggressiveness of BMW / Audi drivers that Vauxhall Insignia drivers can also be pretty bad in the that area as well, wonder if it has anything to do with insignia being designed and built in Germany ?

[garynortheast]

Depression. Yesterday, really unpleasant sharp bout of it, exacerbated by an incident that occurred during the afternoon.
Sometimes it makes me want to scoop my brain out and leave it somewhere till it starts behaving again.

[punyXpress]

Only an Opel in drag

[admin]

Originally Posted by SV650rules

I have noticed that as well as the widespread aggressiveness of BMW / Audi drivers that Vauxhall Insignia drivers can also be pretty bad in the that area as well, is insignia designed / built in Germany ?

People used to talk about "rep cars". That is traveling reps that had company cars for their business usually Mondeo's and Cavaliers. They had a terrible reputation as drivers presumably because it wasn't their car. maybe that's where the "don't care" attitude comes from

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[admin]

Originally Posted by garynortheast

Depression. Yesterday, really unpleasant sharp bout of it, exacerbated by an incident that occurred during the afternoon.
Sometimes it makes me want to scoop my brain out and leave it somewhere till it starts behaving again.

Not nice. Do you think you might be bi-polar? That seems to give big mood swings, not that I'm any expert in these matters but it made me think of a programme that Steven Fry did a few years back about his problems.

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[maviczap]

Originally Posted by admin

People used to talk about "rep cars". That is traveling reps that had company cars for their business usually Mondeo's and Cavaliers. They had a terrible reputation as drivers presumably because it wasn't their car. maybe that's where the "don't care" attitude comes from

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Either this, or it's because there are no consequences.anymore. If you crash it won't hurt much, thanks to all the tech in cars.

No prosecutions that mean much now.

Even if you kill someone, it's hard to get sent down these days.

So what does it matter, just a bit of inconvenience, with a good solicitor, you'll escape most charges, except drink/drug driving, as the evidence stands up.

[garynortheast]

Not sure John. Could be I suppose. Suffered with short bouts of it for years but they're generally mild enough for me to be aware of what it is, if that makes sense. Just occasionally get a bad one. Weird, as they sometimes come and go just over the course of a few hours. Absolutely fine today!

[maviczap]

Originally Posted by garynortheast

Depression. Yesterday, really unpleasant sharp bout of it, exacerbated by an incident that occurred during the afternoon.
Sometimes it makes me want to scoop my brain out and leave it somewhere till it starts behaving again.

Not nice when the black dog calls

[garynortheast]

Originally Posted by maviczap

Not nice when the black dog calls

It was biting the backs of my legs yesterday Mav. Fortunately my lovely grey dog was on hand to provide some solace!


Mabel by garynortheast, on Flickr