difference in driving attitudes

[disco maniac]

i usually drive either my disco or the wifes clio, whilst the disco has a few off road mods the clio is a nice standard diesel, and occasionally you meet the odd muppet who has no road manners and think they own the road.
now heres the thing................i used my sons corsa, which has a few street mods (stop laughing, this is serious) but not the silly exhaust.
almost without exception everyone on the road decided to test my driving skills and my patients. why ????  now bear in mind i drive an arctic and ride my suzuki, i have a fair amount of road experience and have seen alot of muppets on the road.
but so many in such a short space of time.

[Taylor]

i drive a cliosport mate, its got a loud exhaust but its purely performance related, people are constantly cutting me up, sitting up my arse and genrally being twattish, unfortunately thats just the way it is

[lambert]

because the public hate boyracers even more than they do offroaders so give no quarter as a result?

[thermidorthelobster]

Funny isn't it.  I get cut up a lot more in Abby's Rover than I do in the Disco.  However, I get more road rage from other people in the Disco;  I think men in particular find it a bit threatening because it's big.

When I had the Range Rover I got respect from everybody.  People would let you in to a queue, not get shirty if you nipped in front of them, etc.  They may well have been muttering under their breath but I never got attitude.

[Lord Shagg-Pyle]

Jealousy perhaps? They see 4x4s as something to which they aspire and without being too 'gender specific' (just come back from annual brainwashing session) boyracers as something they would like to have done in the past and missed the chance.
Also stereotyping has a lot to do with it.

[Taylor]

i just like supprising people,
like old people at crossings stopping and letting them go, they see my car and think im some chavvy boy racer.then theyare supprised when i let them cross, i always try and be as curtious as possible in my car

[Bowie]

Yep, no-one gets uppity if I accidentally pull out in front of someone in my Range, but in my old Honda I'll get a torrent of abuse -generally speaking anyways.

Maybe they are just scared of 2 tons of metal hurtling towards them, or they appreciate these beasts are a bit 'different' to drive on teh road... though I doubt it...

[The Ant Hill Mob]

I notice this a lot when I'm driving the Rangie in the Autumn.  When it's light enough to see a woman driving a range rover (how dare I :twisted: ), they think I'm a Mum that's just done the school run, and are really rude with their driving - won't let me into a queue, will try to race me at traffic lights, etc, etc.
When it's dark, no-one can see who is driving, and I get a lot more respect on the roads.

Some people (especially old duffers driving metros and novas) HATE to see a woman drive a car bigger than theirs.  If size matters that much, I think their brains must be in their willies!!

[L90OOK]

Funny...no one gets in my way round these Devon lanes when I'm in the Landy...different matter in the car though :?

[disco maniac]

and there i was thinkin it was just me

[Lord Shagg-Pyle]

and there i was thinkin it was just me

Not at all, old bean! I'f I get someone being a twit, I just look down at them from a great height with a very smug look on my face! :D

[Thrasher]

I like to confuse people by letting them out, waiting patiently for them to finish whatever silly maneuver they are trying, letting people cross the road etc. Of course this is only on the *way* to work. On the way home woe betide anyone who attempts to cut me up, mess me about or jay walk! :)

[thermidorthelobster]

Funny...no one gets in my way round these Devon lanes when I'm in the Landy...different matter in the car though :?

Yeah, I find I seldom have to stop in the Disco - ppl see it coming towards them and pull in (apart from the Mercedes-driving grockles of course, who wouldn't pull over for a combine harvester).  Whereas in the Rover it's always me stopping or reversing.

[Biodiesel-Bev]

Funny...no one gets in my way round these Devon lanes when I'm in the Landy...different matter in the car though :?

Yeah, I find I seldom have to stop in the Disco - ppl see it coming towards them and pull in (apart from the Mercedes-driving grockles of course, who wouldn't pull over for a combine harvester).  Whereas in the Rover it's always me stopping or reversing.

Hey, what's wrong with Mercedes drivers?  Don't tarnish us all with the same brush.   [-X

Don't you find it's more about the person sat behind the wheel than the vehicle.  Old men in flat caps you know are going to drive 5mph under the speed limit and in the middle of the road.  Old women are sat so close to the windscreen that they cant see anything else and are therefore completely oblivious to other road users.  And, dare I say it, women of a particular ethnic minority are just down right scarey...no road sense, no driving skills what-so-ever, no concept of speed and also have no thought for other road users.  They seem to be in a little world of their own.  Find some tosser sat in the middle lane of the motorway travelling at 65mph with the nearside lane clear, and you know it is going to be one of the above.    ](*,)

Rant over.

[annabelle]

:o I used to hate going out in the hubby's Cosworth, most people wanted to race even though there was a tiny baby in the back!  I get the jealousy thing in my Disco, and when I had my last old Rangie, got into a "whose right of way in narrow lane" row and the man in the convertable "willy extension" wanted to get out and punch me, again my kids were also in the car - fortunately his girlfriend stopped him!

[discomummy]

HI,

my pet hate - the 40 mile an hour driver - no matter what the speed limit, road conditions etc - had one of these this morning, i overtook him on the 60 mph section and he caught up in the 30 mph sections and had the nerve to flash and try to rear end me :shock:  he was in some daihatsu midget car and i was in the disco :?

regards

ela

[L90OOK]

HI,

my pet hate - the 40 mile an hour driver - no matter what the speed limit, road conditions etc - had one of these this morning, i overtook him on the 60 mph section and he caught up in the 30 mph sections and had the nerve to flash and try to rear end me :shock:  he was in some daihatsu midget car and i was in the disco :?

regards

ela

I would have stamped on the brakes & re-arranged his car with my tow hitch...would have been there fault in the eyes of the law too  :lol:

I hate the 40Mph brigade too  :twisted:

[Spacetramp]

as an everyday car i drive a mondeo diesel and to be quite honest i am  often treated as a second class citizen "A WOMAN ON A MOTORWAY" how dare she?" i am often undertaken, forced into the central reservation, flashed out of a lane and even cut up, but this is ok as it is obvious i am a woman driver, as i have a scooby-doo and a sylvester on the parcel shelf, however i am never under the speed limit unless traffic dictates as i have to get to work just the same as everybody else.

However, occasionally, as circumstances dictate i have to make the same journey in the disco, which i have to admit causes further hazards for a lone female driver (night or day ) who apparently has "no right to be on the M62 whatever the circumstances, least of all in a gas guzzling 4x4 landrover." especially not traveling at the same speed as they in the 4th lane.

Unless the inconsiderate driver trying to race, undertake, force, said disco into central reservation or under nearest artic happens to take a sideways glance and spot the the sparkling white, royal blue trimmed nurses uniform, treatment is always same as poor underclass mondeo.

then miracculously, it is as if a magic fairy has waved a wand , said eejit drops back flashes you into an appropriate sized space and mirraculously takes on the role, even if on a temprory basis as male protector completely unaware that not 24 hours previously he has tried desperately to kill the same nurse in a silver mondeo for even daring to consider to overtake him in the 4th lane, by trying to intimidate and force her into the nearest famers field or reservoir.        

my point being that, unfortunately if you are a female driver you take you life into your own hands by even dareing to have a  job in which you have to drive any distance, regardless as to what vehicle you drive, unless of course you have a respectable uniform in which you want wear while driving on the motorway, purely to enhance your chances of survival on route to work or any other pleasurable place you wish to visit without a male driver.

Trick

[L90OOK]

my point being that, unfortunately if you are a female driver you take you life into your own hands by even dareing to have a  job in which you have to drive any distance, regardless as to what vehicle you drive, unless of course you have a respectable uniform in which you want wear while driving on the motorway, purely to enhance your chances of survival on route to work or any other pleasurable place you wish to visit without a male driver.

Trick

A mate of min used to drive around with a policemans cap, stolen from his kids bedroom, a a high vis jacket on his parcel shelf,...never had any bother whilst being followed on the motorway  :twisted:

[Boddle]

HI,

my pet hate - the 40 mile an hour driver - no matter what the speed limit, road conditions etc - had one of these this morning, i overtook him on the 60 mph section and he caught up in the 30 mph sections and had the nerve to flash and try to rear end me :shock:  he was in some daihatsu midget car and i was in the disco :?

regards
ela

I would have stamped on the brakes & re-arranged his car with my tow hitch...would have been there fault in the eyes of the law too  :lol:

I hate the 40Mph brigade too  :twisted:

No you are likely to be done for dangerous driving.
Which means at min: 2 year driving Ban a retake of your test £1000 fine.
You have to have a good reason for doing an emergency stop nowadays, I know from Experience.
Be aware of making comments like that on the forum it could be used against you.

 I agree with 40mph brigade. How is it these people can find it safe to drive at 40mph in town when they are incapable of traveling at the speed limit when in open country and is safe to do so.

[Evilgoat]

I am absolutelky fed up with the Misery the bloody chavs in their corsa make life round here and the mess and devastation they leave in their wake.

Sorry but, Chav car = fair game.


The moment they stop acting and driving like retards I might reveiw this stance.

[Range Rover Blues]

HI,

my pet hate - the 40 mile an hour driver - no matter what the speed limit, road conditions etc - had one of these this morning, i overtook him on the 60 mph section and he caught up in the 30 mph sections and had the nerve to flash and try to rear end me :shock:  he was in some daihatsu midget car and i was in the disco :?

regards

ela

I would have stamped on the brakes & re-arranged his car with my tow hitch...would have been there fault in the eyes of the law too  :lol:

I hate the 40Mph brigade too  :twisted:

Glad it's not just me then.


Having the choice of cars I tend to end up in something big.

For work I use a Micra, becasue it's got L plates on it, some drivers (the minoritie admittedly) think it's fair game to carve you up in the most dangerous way possible, blow their horns when you don't pull out, even if there is something coming, swear at you, tailgate you , the list goes on.

Blue is called 'The Spanish Inquisition' for a reason, no-one expexts it.  I've never driven a car that's had so many near-misses, it's also had more than it's fair share of minor knocks.
Sometimes I think it's invisible.
Drivers that do see it want to take it on like they have some sort of death wish or something to prove, and the number of times I've been forced to back up on the narrow lanes round here by some incompetant a*** is unreal.

Julies TDi is Red, for some reason this seems out bring out the knobhead in many drivers and like she said, they all try to race you or get ahead of you.

People are marginally kinder to the LSE, but again it's had a few close calls.

I think that generally the standard of driving is falling, despite the driving test getting harder.  There is no commitment to maintaining drivng standards once anyone has passed.  I think it's time for compulsory retesting