BMW Drivers?!?!?!

[Thrasher]

On my way in to work today I was annoyed by a number of BMW drivers, at different times, who obviously owned the road and assumed we all knew what they were doing.

Now I know the joke about indicators being optional extras, but I was taught to indicate my intentions at ALL times, this means that yes, at 3am, when I am on my own on a road I will still indicate. Call me silly if you please, but it is the way I am.

Anyway, one of these "kings of the road" pulled up next to me at the lights, so I wound down my window and motioned for him to do the same.

"Excuse me - are you some sort of mind reader?" I asked.

"No" came the reply with a baffled look.

"Good, neither am I - so will you please use your indicators in future." said I.

"Oh I'm sorry!", followed by a rather embarrased blush!?!?

I said "Thanks" as I wound up my window....

I was laughing all the way to work after that ;-)

[Skibum346]

Now I know the joke about indicators being optional extras, but I was taught to indicate my intentions at ALL times, this means that yes, at 3am, when I am on my own on a road I will still indicate.

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Man after me own heart!

Wife still looks at me funny sometimes!

Skibum

[andycwb]

Now I know the joke about indicators being optional extras, but I was taught to indicate my intentions at ALL times, this means that yes, at 3am, when I am on my own on a road I will still indicate. Call me silly if you please, but it is the way I am.

If you do an IAM Advanced Driving test, the rule is to indicate if it will benefit another road user.  That means you don't have to indicate if there's nothing around, but if there's no cars and a pedestrian on the pavement you should indicate.

I have been known to comment that "it's such a shame, really, that BMW gave you indicators but god didn't give you the brains to use them."

[Thrasher]

Andy, I can understand the theory there :-)

I have of course got my brain now working in such a way that any manouver is indicated - almost without realising. I blame this on my constant use of the indicator when I first started driving  :lol:

My pet hate is people not understanding indicators, and getting all confused on roundabouts :(

[andycwb]

I have of course got my brain now working in such a way that any manouver is indicated - almost without realising. I blame this on my constant use of the indicator when I first started driving  :lol:  

Yeah, it's better to signal when you don't need to than to NOT signal when you should.

My pet hate is people not understanding indicators, and getting all confused on roundabouts :(

 

There's a roundabout on my daily drive to and from work that I used to drive (until it was re-marked a few months ago) with one hand covering the horn.  I used it 2-3 times a week on that one spot.

[Grant]

I overtook these lorries blocking 2 lanes on the motorway the other day. Was going well over the limit to be honest & a beemer started tailgating in an attempt to make me move over. Then without indicating he undertakes and swerves round in front of me! Must have been doing 120mph+ when he shot off

I was about to move over anyway, i'd past the trucks, dread to think what would have happened if i had changed when he wanted me to!

I see that happening to other cars all the time, surprised it doesnt cause loads of accidents

Hope he got a ticket!

[pilgrim]

he probably drove off swearing at you .... what on earth were you doing in the BMW lane of the motorway?

[Range Rover Blues]

Oh cr4p, and all these years I thought a B M W***er behind you flashing his lights meant 'slow down immeadiately' :twisted:

As for the indicators, I understand that arguament about only signalling when neccesary, or as it's often put 'when it benifits another road user'.  Thing is, unless you are psychic, how do you know there won't be another car approaching the junction? you don't, so you signal, that's the only safe way.

[MuddyMike]

Oh cr4p, and all these years I thought a B M W***er behind you flashing his lights meant 'slow down immeadiately' :twisted:

I always come off the throttle and touch the brakes when I get flashed from behind like that. If they flash even more I slow down in order to pull in behind the vehicle I was overtaking. Indicate I am pulling in, then move over V E R Y    S L O W L Y this allways gets them edging right over onto the central reservation trying to get past.

Another fav trick of mine when being tail gated is to wash the windscreen a lot. This mostly results in them dropping back in order to clear their own screen.

Mike

[Mace]

The best reply I got from a sorry gent who signalled right whilst going straight on at a roundabout and cut me up rather badly was..."I was indicating right to show you I wasn't turning left"...hmmm

[Thrasher]

I find that matching the speed of the car I was passing if they are doing the legal posted limit works quite well. More persistant falsher get the same result as you Mike (i.e. I will pull in) - although driving RIGHT up my rear end and beeping and flashing will sometimes warrant left foot braking...... <evil grin> I love automatics.....

Of course if I am in a silly mode and being a 4 year old - I will left foot brake, watch him/her drop back and then slam it into Sport mode accelerate for about 7 seconds and wonder where the annoying gnat on my tail has gone......until he catches me up as I am tootling in the inside lane at said posted limit.....

At which point I smile and wave, or if in <age mode = silly> blow them a kiss :-)

[thermidorthelobster]

Actually I was waiting for minutes on end to pull out into an endless stream of moving traffic in the 101 the other day, and it was a black X5 who waved me out.  So they're not all morons after all!   :lol:

[V8MoneyPit]

...... Then without indicating he undertakes and swerves round in front of me!

Had that happen with a motorbike a couple of weeks ago. I was sat at red lights on the outside lane. Large van on the inside lane so, no issues with beating it away and pulling over. This bike pulls up behind me. The lights changed and I pulled away at a reasonable pace. As soon as I was far enough ahead of the van I went to signal and move over only to see the bike starting to charge up the inside! I felt the safest thing was to keep my speed and stay in the middle until he'd sorted himself out. He dropped in behind, then came up the outside giving me serious abuse  :shock: I'm afraid I failed myself and gave him abuse back. Not an act I normally lower myself to.

And the bike wasn't even a BMW!!!

I have to say, one of the worst people I have ever been in a car with is my father-in-law. And, yes, he drives an X5  :lol: He has zero tolerance with every other road user. If someone is 2 milliseconds slower than he thinks they should be away from a junction he is shouting and waving arms at them! I normally go out of my way to avoid being a passenger with him!

[Bush Tucker Man]

Of course if I am in a silly mode and being a 4 year old  

At which point I smile and wave, or if in  

I fell into that age-bracket with someone in a 106 on big wheels (& loud stereo) yesterday
He'd been following closely during the 30MPH & at one point on the way home it opens into 2-lanes at traffic-lights (& stays at 2-lanes for about 200yards, till a railway bridge) & he sharply pulled alongside at the last second.

I doubt he'll look at Landies in the same light again, as it's certainly the fastest I've accelerated in a diesel Landie  :lol:
His passenger (a very attractive brunette) was laughing as we drew alongside at the next set of lights, where the routes diverge.

She even smiled & waved, as he looked straight ahead :lol:

[schuee]

he probably drove off swearing at you .... what on earth were you doing in the BMW lane of the motorway?

 :lol:  :lol:  :lol:

Had to laugh to myself, the other night I left Manchester around 7pm pulled onto the M60 near Stockport saw this suited and booted high flying city type, his flash BMW broken down in the fast lane, he didn't even have the hazards on.He was too busy arms a waving and shouting down his mobile phone probably at some poor person at the broken down BMW dept.The best thing was that about 2 minutes down the road heading his way was the mother of rain storms  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:

[gtomo2]

I am not going to comment on this as i would take all the room up on the server with my comment. but lets just say as a hgv class 1 proffesional driver i have seen every kind of idiot on the road. and some of the things they do is just unbeliveable. Had a bmw undertake me at a set of traffic lights i was turning left and indercating taking both lanes up. here thought that as i was taking the whole road up he would use the pavement to undertake me. lets just say he did not get infront of me as a sixty foot metel wall got in this way as i still turned left and let the trailer run over his bonnet. even better was when the police turned up looked at the car and did the driver for dangours driving :lol:

[schuee]

as i still turned left and let the trailer run over his bonnet.  :lol:

Oh what a shame!!  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:

[Bush Tucker Man]

a sixty foot metel wall got in this way as i still turned left and let the trailer run over his bonnet.  

A classic situation of some of the  'Thick As Pig-Poo' idiots that are allowed out today.
I've seen it happen as well a couple of times, & have been happy to give witness statements corroborating the trucker

[Bush Tucker Man]

If someone is 2 milliseconds slower than he thinks they should be away from a junction he is shouting and waving arms at them!  

I'm usually of the other extreme, a couple of collegues have even started calling me 'Captain Slow'
(after James May on 'Top Gear' :oops: )

[Bunnie]

You know im kinda glad this threads here... So Thank you Nelly..


Any way took mums 90 to the cash and carry this afternoon.. coming back, not even out the car park and nearly had a BMW plough into the side of me. so he manages to stop and comes in behind me to get out of the car park. Then up to the roundabout I'm indicating to go right and he pulls up next to me round the roundabout i go and along side he comes... on his phone and straight infront of me.. I wasnt going fast enough for him to cut me up so i let it slide kind of thing... so up to the next roundabout and im waiting with him a bit behind as ive gone into the right hand lane. Obviously me being in a 90 and him in a bumper level beemer he cant see whats coming from the right so he thinks it clear and heads straight out only to find a micra coming towards him... oh yeah hes still on his mobile!

now how would that have looked if they had actually hit each other and police turn up with me saying i saw everythin.... It really proved the point to me that some BMW drivers are muppets...