Insignificant/ Significant things that BYP or just wind you up a little

[Greenman]

Taxi's...just in general.

I used to have the highest respect for taxi drivers but now i think along with cyclists they are the scurge of the roads!

I thought it was only in Bristol but my commutes to Minehead lately have shown that thought to be wrong.

I was following a taxi on the A39 for about 25 miles and it seems his theory was to drive half the speed limit - 20mph limit - 10mph - 60mph limit 30mph max - these peeps must know the roads speed the fuck up ffs some of us have lives to get back to!

And don't get me started on them pulling out on you and doing 10mph ffs!

You do the job of driving all fucking day for your job, you should be able to do it correctly!

Professional drivers they call themselves.

If you want to see an example of shit driving and a complete lack of ability to read a road,take a city/town taxi driver onto country roads. Their night driving is even worse. I had one once who apparently didn't know how to use his high beam.

Mate it's sad as i used to have all the faith in our taxi's here in Bristol, it was a similar vibe as the London Taxi drivers who have to learn a lot before they can commute others around the city.

Now it seems a job for anyone but those that have a knowledge for the city they were born in...I tell taxi drivers where to go....WTF!

Cheers Drive!

[636mick]

People in the paper Kremlin eroding safety in the name of performance, not listening to concerns and pushing on their agenda regardless.

Perfectly worded to describe where I work too, I might use it if that’s ok?
Mick

You ought to work for an organisation that has 'safety' as its Number One imperative

Mmmmmmmm!!!! I blame the consultants!!

[v8-powered]

Noisy rich twats and their planes!

Behind our house we have a large reservoir and I guess for some reason, probably safety, that planes use it as an acrobatics area. Seems to be 2 jets that use it recently - a BAC Strikemaster (G-RSAF) and a Jet Provost (G-BKOU), both lovely to watch but they are bloody loud when you are trying to concentrate on work!

[KungFooBob]

Noisy rich twats and their planes!

Behind our house we have a large reservoir and I guess for some reason, probably safety, that planes use it as an acrobatics area. Seems to be 2 jets that use it recently - a BAC Strikemaster (G-RSAF) and a Jet Provost (G-BKOU), both lovely to watch but they are bloody loud when you are trying to concentrate on work!

I saw JP's for pretty much every day of my life between the ages of three and 16.

Along with Jetsreams and Dominis.

The Strike Master is just a JP with hard points

[v8-powered]

The Strike Master is just a JP with hard points

Yeah, being a bit of a saddo I'd already Googled and noted very similar. Both based on an old prop Provost I believe?

[gremlin]

Steering wheel covers.

[Yorick]

Steering wheel covers.

Doesn't it match your driving gloves?

[mangocrazy]

Road Ahead Closed signs.

I've seen two sets at repeated intervals, both on major A roads, cones and all, in the past couple of days and in both cases the roads in question were completely open. I was obviously pleased that the roads were open and I didn't need to make a diversion, but when road works are completed these signs should be removed. You have to be able to believe the road signs you see or it just becomes a lottery.

[Noggin]

Road Ahead Closed signs.

I've seen two sets at repeated intervals, both on major A roads, cones and all, in the past couple of days and in both cases the roads in question were completely open. I was obviously pleased that the roads were open and I didn't need to make a diversion, but when road works are completed these signs should be removed. You have to be able to believe the road signs you see or it just becomes a lottery.

Major pet hate of mine too. On the M4 there was an overhead sign saying "queue on slip road" - there wasn't a queue on the next slip road, so I believed that, as usual, someone hadn't cancelled the sign

What they Actually meant was, "queue on slip road on M32". Shame that wasn't correct - might still have a TLs

[Rockburner]

Road Ahead Closed signs.

I've seen two sets at repeated intervals, both on major A roads, cones and all, in the past couple of days and in both cases the roads in question were completely open. I was obviously pleased that the roads were open and I didn't need to make a diversion, but when road works are completed these signs should be removed. You have to be able to believe the road signs you see or it just becomes a lottery.

These days they put those up on the roads that lead to the side road that is actually closed - supposedly so you have more warning, but in practise it's just confusing.

[Mr. Dazzle]

Road Ahead Closed signs.

I've seen two sets at repeated intervals, both on major A roads, cones and all, in the past couple of days and in both cases the roads in question were completely open. I was obviously pleased that the roads were open and I didn't need to make a diversion, but when road works are completed these signs should be removed. You have to be able to believe the road signs you see or it just becomes a lottery.

Major pet hate of mine too. On the M4 there was an overhead sign saying "queue on slip road" - there wasn't a queue on the next slip road, so I believed that, as usual, someone hadn't cancelled the sign

Last year I had to do a short hop of motorway on the Bonnie, literally 1 junction / 2-3 miles. Given that I've happily done long stretches of dual carriageway on it before I didn't think much of it.

Course, sod's law being what it is, that was one time she started playing up. Back firing and generally refusing to run at high power and revs (battery terminal shook loose turns out).

Unfortunately this was an all lane running bit of motorway, no hard shoulder. So I'm doing my best in the left hand lane, maybe 35-45mph and generally crapping myself.

Matrix signs start flashing up "Warning, Slow Moving Vehicle". So now to add to my woes I'm looking out for the idiot driving a slow vehicle on the M1.

Of course, dear reader, that idiot.....was me. Took me far too long to realise.

[Count Steer]

Road Ahead Closed signs.

I've seen two sets at repeated intervals, both on major A roads, cones and all, in the past couple of days and in both cases the roads in question were completely open. I was obviously pleased that the roads were open and I didn't need to make a diversion, but when road works are completed these signs should be removed. You have to be able to believe the road signs you see or it just becomes a lottery.

These days they put those up on the roads that lead to the side road that is actually closed - supposedly so you have more warning, but in practise it's just confusing.

Yup. Then they sprinkle 'diversion' signs at random over the area. Half the time you don't know which diversion applies to which road closure. Of course, when they've finished they always forget a few and leave them behind (ready for next time?).

Classic - at the end of the local High Street there's a junction. The straight ahead road was closed for some time and traffic diverted left. They finished a couple of weeks ago. The biggest Road Closed sign at the end of the High Street is still there. Seriously, how do they forget the main sign?!

[McNab]

Road Ahead Closed signs.

I've seen two sets at repeated intervals, both on major A roads, cones and all, in the past couple of days and in both cases the roads in question were completely open. I was obviously pleased that the roads were open and I didn't need to make a diversion, but when road works are completed these signs should be removed. You have to be able to believe the road signs you see or it just becomes a lottery.

I agree. I think I've mentioned it before on this thread.

I don't get why they can't make it clear. They could say something like "This road closed ahead" or "Side road closed ahead" that way you at least know you can keep going on the road you are on or not.

I think I've occasionally seen them with arrows on though, pointing left, right or straight up.

[Saga Lout]

Noisy rich twats and their planes!

Behind our house we have a large reservoir and I guess for some reason, probably safety, that planes use it as an acrobatics area. Seems to be 2 jets that use it recently - a BAC Strikemaster (G-RSAF) and a Jet Provost (G-BKOU), both lovely to watch but they are bloody loud when you are trying to concentrate on work!

I understand that jets could be annoying but I live about a mile from an abandoned WWII airfield, now a quarry, and I find it quite pleasant listening to the odd piston engined plane practicing aerobatics. There's also a reasonably fast road about half a mile away and the weekend peace is often punctuated by obviously speeding motorcycles. They're at about the same decibel level but the planes are like gently buzzing bees, the bikes like angry wasps: nasty, noisy, dangerous things (I'm getting old )

[MingtheMerciless]

Noisy rich twats and their planes!

Behind our house we have a large reservoir and I guess for some reason, probably safety, that planes use it as an acrobatics area. Seems to be 2 jets that use it recently - a BAC Strikemaster (G-RSAF) and a Jet Provost (G-BKOU), both lovely to watch but they are bloody loud when you are trying to concentrate on work!

I understand that jets could be annoying but I live about a mile from an abandoned WWII airfield, now a quarry, and I find it quite pleasant listening to the odd piston engined plane practicing aerobatics. There's also a reasonably fast road about half a mile away and the weekend peace is often punctuated by obviously speeding motorcycles. They're at about the same decibel level but the planes are like gently buzzing bees, the bikes like angry wasps: nasty, noisy, dangerous things (I'm getting old )

My mate who's well into his WW2 history has a story about the locals to one airfield complaining bitterly to the MOD/RAF during WW2 regarding the warming up of the Napier engined Typhoons disturbing their sleep.

[Horse]

I understand that jets could be annoying

My mate who's well into his WW2 history has a story about the locals to one airfield complaining bitterly to the MOD/RAF during WW2 regarding the warming up of the Napier engined Typhoons disturbing their sleep.

Filly's late mother lived in Rugby during WWII. She told of hearing an incredible noise across the countryside.

It would have been new-fangled jet engines being tested.

[gremlin]

Badly placed road diversion signs are the perfect way to explore as -yet undiscovered places.

Embrace it.

[v8-powered]

Noisy rich twats and their planes!

Behind our house we have a large reservoir and I guess for some reason, probably safety, that planes use it as an acrobatics area. Seems to be 2 jets that use it recently - a BAC Strikemaster (G-RSAF) and a Jet Provost (G-BKOU), both lovely to watch but they are bloody loud when you are trying to concentrate on work!

I understand that jets could be annoying but I live about a mile from an abandoned WWII airfield, now a quarry, and I find it quite pleasant listening to the odd piston engined plane practicing aerobatics. There's also a reasonably fast road about half a mile away and the weekend peace is often punctuated by obviously speeding motorcycles. They're at about the same decibel level but the planes are like gently buzzing bees, the bikes like angry wasps: nasty, noisy, dangerous things (I'm getting old )

It was a tongue in cheek comment, I actually enjoy watching them from the garden. We also get a lot of Chinooks and Apache flying over.
Bikes on the other hand can do one!

[Cousin Jack]

F'ing emmets!
No less than 3 local forecourts are dry of diesel at the moment. It is Friday pm innit, and all those huuuge 4x4s are filling up for the great trek back to Brum/Manchester/wherever. All main roads were rammed earlier today, with the M5 southbound clogged with the next installment.
Oh how we do love holidaymakers down in Cornwall!

[KungFooBob]

F'ing emmets!
No less than 3 local forecourts are dry of diesel at the moment. It is Friday pm innit, and all those huuuge 4x4s are filling up for the great trek back to Brum/Manchester/wherever. All main roads were rammed earlier today, with the M5 southbound clogged with the next installment.
Oh how we do love holidaymakers down in Cornwall!

Fuck'em!

The bastards boosting the local economy, eating the cream teas the locals can't be fucked with and buying all that tourist tat, etc..