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The idiot driver who nearly caused a major accident this evening.

ME14addickME14addick
in Not Sports Related
I cannot believe the mentality of some people who have supposedly passed a driving test - tonight they was very nearly a major pile up on the coastbound A2. Some idiot got himself into the left lane at the Kidbrooke junction and stopped dead when he realised he needed to turn right towards Kidbrooke. We were in the right hand lane and he then moved from the left lane and stopped right in front of us and just sat there waiting to join the queue of traffic in the far right lane waiting to turn towards Kidbrooke. Everyone was hooting at him, but he refused to move until the lights changed and he was able to get into the queue of traffic.

Words fail me at the stupidity of some people.

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    ForeverAddicktedForeverAddickted
    I was out down Crayford this morning and coming home via. Brampton Road I was stuck behind two Learners on main roads extremely reluctant to do even 20mph

    I really feel for these guys as well cos its not there fault where they're driving but what are the instructors doing letting them on the main roads if that person isnt confident enough??
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    MacronateMacronate
    the standard of driving on the roads these days is shocking.

    yours sincerely

    S Vettel

    *drivers who don't signal really winds me up.
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    HartleypeteHartleypete
    powell out
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    SE10AddickSE10Addick
    ME14addick said:

    I cannot believe the mentality of some people who have supposedly passed a driving test - tonight they was very nearly a major pile up on the coastbound A2. Some idiot got himself into the left lane at the Kidbrooke junction and stopped dead when he realised he needed to turn right towards Kidbrooke. We were in the right hand lane and he then moved from the left lane and stopped right in front of us and just sat there waiting to join the queue of traffic in the far right lane waiting to turn towards Kidbrooke. Everyone was hooting at him, but he refused to move until the lights changed and he was able to get into the queue of traffic.

    Words fail me at the stupidity of some people.

    Exact same thing happened to me in the exact same place this morning.

    Have seen it happen so many times there.

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    rikofoldrikofold
    Macronate said:

    the standard of driving on the roads these days is shocking.

    yours sincerely

    S Vettel

    *drivers who don't signal really winds me up.

    People who put their fog lights on at the first sign of rain. The clue's in the name people.
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    tangoflashtangoflash
    Not sure if it's the same place you're on about, but a few years ago, was a passenger in my mates car heading away from Charlton. Just past the sun in the sands roundabout, a car (with foreign plates) missed the right hand turn to get on the south circular, so decided to slam on his brakes and reverse back up the A2 in the 2nd lane. The car behind him slammed on his brakes in time to stop. Unfortunately, the 2 cars behind didn't brake quickly enough, causing a 3 car pile-up (we just about managed to stop). As if nothing had happened, the car which caused all this simply drove away leaving the carnage in his rear view mirror.

    What made it even more annoying (but being a foreigner, probably didn't realise) is that a 100 yards up the road is the exit for the south circular, which at worst, would've added 2 mins on his trip..........
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    ME14addickME14addick
    Just looked at the junction on Google Streetview and as you approach the junction there is a bend, so to do what this man did tonight makes it even more dangerous and lucky that there wasn't a pile up. If this is a common occurrence, then it seems like a good idea to put up cameras so that these people can be fined for dangerous driving.
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    carly burncarly burn
    Would it suprise you to know that some of the people driving on English roads today actually passed their tests atop elephants?
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    Chris_from_SidcupChris_from_Sidcup
    ForeverAddickted said:

    I was out down Crayford this morning and coming home via. Brampton Road I was stuck behind two Learners on main roads extremely reluctant to do even 20mph


    It's worse when you get stuck behind someone who's actually passed their test and they're crawling along at 15-20mph. If you went that slow on your test i'm sure you'd fail it for driving dangerously slow.
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    GlovepupGlovepup
    Chris_from_Sidcup said:

    ForeverAddickted said:

    I was out down Crayford this morning and coming home via. Brampton Road I was stuck behind two Learners on main roads extremely reluctant to do even 20mph


    It's worse when you get stuck behind someone who's actually passed their test and they're crawling along at 15-20mph. If you went that slow on your test i'm sure you'd fail it for driving dangerously slow.
    There are a lot of drivers out there with a lack of confidence. What gets me are the people who drive at 40mph in a 60 then proceed to do 40mph in a 30, lack of awareness?

    Then you have those who don't know which lane to use on a roundabout and have a go at me for driving properly, it's not my fault you are an idiot! And let's not forget people there is a stick none as indicator, use it!

    I could really go on....
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    BadgerBadger
    Chris_from_Sidcup said:

    ForeverAddickted said:

    I was out down Crayford this morning and coming home via. Brampton Road I was stuck behind two Learners on main roads extremely reluctant to do even 20mph


    Probably nerves, that area is close to a test Centre so it's common to see plenty of learner drivers about, i will slow down and keep my distance to hopefully give them a bit more confidence.

    There will always be bad and lazy drivers about who have forgotten what they learnt, it's frustrating but it seems to be more of a problem.
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    Siv_in_NorfolkSiv_in_Norfolk
    elephants ?
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    smiffyboysmiffyboy
    See this a few weeks ago a car stopped in the inside lane then turned sharp right and was sitting at 90 degrees to the oncoming fast lane and a car slammed on its brakes and couldn't stop and hit straight into the African drivers door causing a lot of damage to both cars
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    TelMc32TelMc32
    The one that gets me at the moment is a complete absence of knowledge about what a box-junction is. Lost count of the times I have been beeped to move into one when waiting to turn up Burrage Road, with three lanes of traffic heading towards me on Plumstead Road! Wish they would use the cameras there to fine all the twats that do it!!
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    guinnessaddickguinnessaddick
    TelMc32 said:

    The one that gets me at the moment is a complete absence of knowledge about what a box-junction is. Lost count of the times I have been beeped to move into one when waiting to turn up Burrage Road, with three lanes of traffic heading towards me on Plumstead Road! Wish they would use the cameras there to fine all the twats that do it!!


    Tel, I think you will find that you can do that if you are turning right.

    In both Ireland and the United Kingdom (where cars drive on the left), drivers may enter the box and wait when they want to turn right and are stopped from doing so only by oncoming traffic or by other vehicles waiting to turn right.
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    TelMc32TelMc32
    True, i picked the wrong example there, but the layout at Plumstead Rd/Burrage is awful as sight lines are poor, through the barriers, and sometimes you get a filter and others you don't.

    It's everywhere though and not just junctions like that. They block roads, when they have no way of getting across the junction and then when you get your green light, you have nowhere to go, as they are still across the road from whichever other side they've tried to sneak a few yards from.

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    Robbo on the wingRobbo on the wing
    Do Africans need a UK driving licence for driving in the UK?
    Take this as being as racist if you like, but they are bloody useless at driving.
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    DRAddickDRAddick
    Robbo on the wing said:

    Do Africans need a UK driving licence for driving in the UK?
    Take this as being as racist if you like, but they are bloody useless at driving.

    Anyone who's main residence is in the UK needs a UK licence.

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    AlgarveaddickAlgarveaddick
    If you have never driven in the Algarve you don't know you are born... ;-)
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    DRAddickDRAddick
    Algarveaddick said:

    If you have never driven in the Algarve you don't know you are born... ;-)

    True. Probably the worst place I have driven. Although Poland runs it very close.
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    HastingsaddickHastingsaddick
    Algarveaddick said:

    If you have never driven in the Algarve you don't know you are born... ;-)

    It's a lovely drive down to the 'worlds end' then upto Odimira and back down to Albuifiera.
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    AddickUpNorthAddickUpNorth
    Taxi drivers round my way seem to have their own highway code. It has got to me so much I go out of my way to not to be a gentleman of the road for those divs.
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    AlgarveaddickAlgarveaddick
    Hastingsaddick said:

    Algarveaddick said:

    If you have never driven in the Algarve you don't know you are born... ;-)

    It's a lovely drive down to the 'worlds end' then upto Odimira and back down to Albuifiera.
    Yes - absolutely, just keep your wits about you! :-)
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    smiffyboysmiffyboy
    Africans and Addison lee drivers worst on the road
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    kentaddickkentaddick
    as some one just starting to learn how to drive, these stories terrify me!
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    Eddie FirmaniEddie Firmani
    Algarveaddick said:

    If you have never driven in the Algarve you don't know you are born... ;-)

    Don't know if it's still the case, but about 20 years ago Portugal had the worst statistics in Europe re accidents per mile driven.
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    bucksheebuckshee
    At all the roundabouts near Bluewater people go in the left lane to turn right and at the one as you come from Bluewater to asda in greenhithe people go in the right lane to turn left then have a go at me when I'm in the left lane and go straight on and almost hit me. Clowns.
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    BaldybonceBaldybonce
    Robbo on the wing said:

    Do Africans need a UK driving licence for driving in the UK?
    Take this as being as racist if you like, but they are bloody useless at driving.

    and just to add a bit of sexism, African women drivers WTF!
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    soapy_jonessoapy_jones
    Baldybonce said:

    Robbo on the wing said:

    Do Africans need a UK driving licence for driving in the UK?
    Take this as being as racist if you like, but they are bloody useless at driving.

    and just to add a bit of sexism, African women drivers WTF!
    circumcised African women drivers would have them foaming better on here Baldy...
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    BaldybonceBaldybonce
    soapy_jones said:


    Baldybonce said:

    Robbo on the wing said:

    Do Africans need a UK driving licence for driving in the UK?
    Take this as being as racist if you like, but they are bloody useless at driving.

    and just to add a bit of sexism, African women drivers WTF!
    circumcised African women drivers would have them foaming better on here Baldy...

    as sung by the upper north,
    cawd,cawd,cawd

    i'll get my coat.
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