Be nice
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Topic: Be nice
Posted By: Barn Owl
Subject: Be nice
Date Posted: 12 September 2017 at 8:23am
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Just faced some road rage. In the eyes of the person who was so angry with me, I probably deserved it. But here's the thing. We are all generally trying to do our best. So just for today - let's all calm down and try to be nice.
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Posted By: swej
Date Posted: 12 September 2017 at 9:37am
Absolutely ... well said 
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Posted By: brewski
Date Posted: 13 September 2017 at 5:29pm
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Traffic gets worse every year in Chalfont St Peter and will sadly continue. The general standard of driving, especially during rush hour and school drop & pick up is somewhat dangerous and very poor.🙁 ------------- Too many laws... Too few examples... |
Posted By: watsy
Date Posted: 13 September 2017 at 9:50pm
| Someone told me the A413 is being widened between Great Missenden / Wendover meaning it'll be dual carriageway all the way to Amersham I think. Just leaves the bit between Amersham and CSP.... I wonder... first proposed in the 1960's. |
Posted By: big baggles
Date Posted: 13 September 2017 at 10:28pm
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general standards in driving is falling, even worse now driving test excludes things like parallel parking but now includes setting a destination in a sat nav.... i do alot of miles and see horrendous things on the highway, (one of the worst culprits for poor driving is mini cabs ! )- road rage is a result of poor driving standards, drivers get cross at lack of indication. poor observation and bad lane discipline, and idiots on the phone when behind the wheel...
------------- need a stella and i need one now ! |
Posted By: brewski
Date Posted: 14 September 2017 at 11:12am
Couldn't agree more! Seems these Uber mini cabs do all of the above. Horrendous.  ------------- Too many laws... Too few examples... |
big baggles wrote:Posted By: GODDESS
Date Posted: 19 September 2017 at 2:02pm
i'm also glad that wonderful paliament MPs and some police came up with laws and practices respectively, to increase fines for bad drives and test them for drugs not just drinking. too many of our perfect offspring who never drive badly or while drunk or stoned, are injured or even killed by such awful drivers ------------- who needs "friends" when divine JESUS Says 'n' SHOWS HE LOVES ME |
Posted By: Rich Kid
Date Posted: 21 September 2017 at 9:39am
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Talk about driving standards .... due to a pre-booked cab that didn't turn up at Heathrow, (that's another story), as a last resort I got Uber and the driver drove 20 miles along the M25 & M3 with no lights on until another driver told him! He didn't seem to know the way to my house for the last few miles, I told him to turn right at the next turning, which he abruptly did even as traffic came racing towards us ... I suddenly saw my life flashing before me ... are these Uber drivers actually vetted? The Uber driver was foreign who could speak very little English. P.S Is indicating 'going out of fashion'? |
Posted By: swej
Date Posted: 21 September 2017 at 11:16am
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There is a school of thought that says "Only indicate if it is necessary". I have had people actually say to me "I only indicate if I think it is needed". The problem with this view is it is subjective ... The person choosing to indicate or not has made a choice based on what THEY perceive to be necessary or not. Not what the other drivers or cyclists or pedestrians perceive as necessary. And also, what is the point of indicating just as you start your turn. The word 'Indicate' means "suggest as a desirable or necessary course of action". It is absolutely pointless indicating once you have started your turn. Hm ! Sorry to go on. It's one of my pet irritations when out on the road - people not indicating. |
Posted By: Sunray
Date Posted: 21 September 2017 at 11:40am
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Likewise SWEJ my chief rant on the road is about people not indicating or indicating as they turn. My driving instructor said you should indicate once you see the turning and that your indicator should click at least 4 times before you turn. ------------- Sunray |
Posted By: Piller1
Date Posted: 21 September 2017 at 2:34pm
| I see a lot of people on there phones how should I address the situation?? |
Posted By: brewski
Date Posted: 21 September 2017 at 3:11pm
You get what you pay for! Uber are attrocious and toxic. ------------- Too many laws... Too few examples... |