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Plasticine Perfection
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Posted - 2007.10.24 16:48:00 -
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So I've been driving now for about 15 years, I've driven in the USA, France, Germany and the UK.
Out of all of those UK drivers are BY FAR the worst. Sure, French drivers get a bit impatient in cities, but all they do is honk their horns, they're not genuinely dangerous. And German drivers like to go fast on the autobahns but they give each other lots of space when they do it.
UK drivers are just a disgrace. Far too fast, all the time. Far too close, all the time. Stupidly aggressive. Pedal to the metal then slam the brakes on. Speed limits? Don't make me laugh! I sometimes think I am the ONLY person in this country who pays the slightest attention to speed limits. Every single day I have people razz up behind me, overtake like idiots when there's clearly not enough space to safely do so, at twice the speed limit and zoom off... only for me to catch up with them at the next set of traffic lights in 1 minute's time. Well done, that was worth it eh?
I'm not a slow, old codger driver. I drive in a brisk and businesslike fashion, but I let people out, I stick to the speed limits, I accelerate and brake smoothly (you know you can reduce your petrol consumption by like, 20% by doing this yeah?), I leave a reasonable gap between me and the car infront and I afford respect to ALL other users of the road - and that means pedestrians & cyclists too. Which makes me like, 1 in a 100 in the UK from what I can see.
Strange thing is, it didn't used to be like this. When I first learned to drive, in about 1992, it wasn't like that here. It's got so much worse over the last 15 years and I don't understand why. Have all the British men's willies shrunk for some reason so they all feel they have something to compensate for? *shrug*
And yeah, I know there's gonna be a bunch of Daily Mail reader type posts now whinging about speed cameras and claiming that speed limits are all wrong and that *they* can safely drive at 60mph in a 40 zone and how evil and thoughtless and stupid cyclists and pedestrians and old woman drivers are blah blah heard it all before, you're wrong ;)
*dons flameproof suit* :D
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Jago Kain
Amarr Ramm's RDI
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Posted - 2007.10.24 16:55:00 -
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Edited by: Jago Kain on 24/10/2007 17:04:38 edited for the usual pis por speling and atrosious granmar
It's basically overcompensation for small willies.
I myself have driven many hundreds of thousands of miles in assorted classes of vehicles, up to and including 44 ton articulated vehicles.
The more I drove, the smaller my old chap got.
I'm at the point now where my "outy" is in danger of becoming an "inny" and I find that I am having to get close to 120mph in side streets in order to compensate.
By the year 2012, the only people capable of making a vehicle fast enough to compensate for my rapidly dissapearing johnson, will be aircraft manafacturers.
I suspect I am not alone in this.
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Mtthias Clemi
Gallente Infinitus Odium The Church.
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Posted - 2007.10.24 17:03:00 -
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Its because i like driving fast and you're in my way!!!!! --------------------------------------------
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Motokko
Minmatar
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Posted - 2007.10.24 17:09:00 -
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Edited by: Motokko on 24/10/2007 17:11:57
Originally by: Jago Kain Edited by: Jago Kain on 24/10/2007 17:04:38 edited for the usual pis por speling and atrosious granmar
It's basically overcompensation for small willies.
I myself have driven many hundreds of thousands of miles in assorted classes of vehicles, up to and including 44 ton articulated vehicles.
The more I drove, the smaller my old chap got.
I'm at the point now where my "outy" is in danger of becoming an "inny" and I find that I am having to get close to 120mph in side streets in order to compensate.
By the year 2012, the only people capable of making a vehicle fast enough to compensate for my rapidly dissapearing johnson, will be aircraft manafacturers.
I suspect I am not alone in this.
At least if their spam javelins are shrinking all the time to the point on non existance then within a couple of generations all wreckless drivers will become extinct due to the inability to reproduce and the roads will become safe again.
PS: Speaking of which I'd better quickly bottle and freeze some of my tadpoles since I'll be shortly taking my own driving test after putting it off for so many years.
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Jago Kain
Amarr Ramm's RDI
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Posted - 2007.10.24 17:18:00 -
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Originally by: Motokko Edited by: Motokko on 24/10/2007 17:11:57
Originally by: Jago Kain Edited by: Jago Kain on 24/10/2007 17:04:38 edited for the usual pis por speling and atrosious granmar
It's basically overcompensation for small willies.
I myself have driven many hundreds of thousands of miles in assorted classes of vehicles, up to and including 44 ton articulated vehicles.
The more I drove, the smaller my old chap got.
I'm at the point now where my "outy" is in danger of becoming an "inny" and I find that I am having to get close to 120mph in side streets in order to compensate.
By the year 2012, the only people capable of making a vehicle fast enough to compensate for my rapidly dissapearing johnson, will be aircraft manafacturers.
I suspect I am not alone in this.
At least if their spam javelins are shrinking all the time to the point on non existance then within a couple of generations all wreckless drivers will become extinct due to the inability to reproduce and the roads will become safe again.
PS: Speaking of which I'd better quickly bottle and freeze some of my tadpoles since I'll be shortly taking my own driving test after putting it off for so many years.
I would that this were true.
Alas, by the time Mr head-the-ball "custom" (read; blue led washer lights, big bore exhaust kit and skirt of wildly differing colour to car) Corsa owner has reached the age where his appendage can no longer be considered a viable threat, he has already sired 14 children on 14 different mothers, most of whom are ginger and from Gateshead (see Gateshead, deadhead, thread for details) and the damage is, regrettably, already done.
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Plasticine Perfection
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Posted - 2007.10.24 17:26:00 -
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Rofl, I have to admit this was not the direction I anticipated this thread going :D
Maybe some research body should commission a study into the effect on plonker size of driving like a ****? I can see it now, police stopping drivers and brandishing a tape measure. I can almost hear Jeremy Clarkson spluttering alread :p
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Motokko
Minmatar
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Posted - 2007.10.24 17:30:00 -
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Edited by: Motokko on 24/10/2007 17:34:43
Sadly I fear this is true, even taking into account the new burberry brigade scooter bandwagon which has them racing around before they're allowed into cars which is starting their innevitable weeny shrinkage at even younger ages. Clearly action must be taken since this poisining of the gene pool is growing at an alarming rate. I propose the introduction of chav hunting liscenses, or perhaps instant justice speed cameras fitted with rocket launchers.
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Mtthias Clemi
Gallente Infinitus Odium The Church.
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Posted - 2007.10.24 17:36:00 -
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Jeremy Clarkson is so cool!! I love top gear. --------------------------------------------
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Jago Kain
Amarr Ramm's RDI
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Posted - 2007.10.24 17:39:00 -
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Edited by: Jago Kain on 24/10/2007 17:45:44
Originally by: Motokko Edited by: Motokko on 24/10/2007 17:34:43
Sadly I fear this is true, even taking into account the new burberry brigade scooter bandwagon which has them racing around before they're allowed into cars which is starting their innevitable weeny shrinkage at even younger ages. Clearly action must be taken since this poisining of the gene pool is growing at an alarming rate. I propose the introduction of chav hunting liscenses, or perhaps instant justice speed cameras fitted with rocket launchers.
/signed... with some reservations.
When it comes to hunting, I'm more or less in agreeement with Ted Nugent; don't shoot anything unless you are going to eat it.
As my personal tastes don't run to eating scabby, incontinent, BO ridden, "loveable" scallies, I will not myself be applying for a license when common sense prevails and they become available.
However, I would encourage those with a stronger digestive tract and no taste buds to fill their boots, and indeed the freezer.
Go to it guys and make me proud.
edit:... and can you start with Mtthias Clemi please. The only to guy to do the obvious thing and head in the direction that the OP did anticipate.
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Patch86
Di-Tron Heavy Industries Atlas Alliance
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Posted - 2007.10.24 17:44:00 -
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Yeah, pretty true. I've noticed bad drivers tend to fall in to two equally dangerous categories: firstly, idiot boy-racers who kit their Corsa's out like they're in Need For Speed, and have only a passing idea of how to handle a car at the speeds they like to whizz around, and secondly, "mature" people who insist on driving around without paying the blindest bit of attention to the road. Mums fussing over their toddler in the passenger seat, business men on a mobile phone in deep, animated conversation, teenage girls fussing with their makeup in the rear view mirror, etc.
Britain seems to have inhumane numbers of both. When I drive, I have very little faith in any other person on the road to NOT try and send me to an early grave... ------
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Micheal Dietrich
Cynical Cartel
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Posted - 2007.10.24 17:45:00 -
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We're pretty bad in Idaho too. Nothing like trailing someone for 3 miles with their right blinker on then BAM, sudden left turn out of nowhere.
Yesterday I was going home and stopped to give some guy a chance in hell of leaving the shopping center and out of nowhere a suburban whips right in front of me blocking the poor fellow. We both gave the suburbanite the bird.
The first snow of the season is coming up and naturally 70% of the population is going to hit stupid mode that day.
The kids are always speeding around here. Half of them don't even bother checking their mirrors.
About a decade ago I got revenge on one jackass atleast. I was passing through a green light and the dip**** doesn't even stops, just flies right in front of me sending me into opposing traffic. To show how ****ed I was I got right on his bumper. He thought he'd be cute and slow down to 5mph causing traffic to back up. I would move over so the drivers behind could see who was causing this. 3 blocks later I finally had it when he started doing the raise the roof motion and I flipped the truck into 4 wheel drive and rammed him off the road. Guess he thought a volkswagon rabbit could match the power of a midsize truck. I received honks, cheers, and applauds from the drivers behind me and I felt good even though I got my license suspended for 3 years.
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Patch86
Di-Tron Heavy Industries Atlas Alliance
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Posted - 2007.10.24 17:50:00 -
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Originally by: Micheal Dietrich
About a decade ago I got revenge on one jackass atleast. I was passing through a green light and the dip**** doesn't even stops, just flies right in front of me sending me into opposing traffic. To show how ****ed I was I got right on his bumper. He thought he'd be cute and slow down to 5mph causing traffic to back up. I would move over so the drivers behind could see who was causing this. 3 blocks later I finally had it when he started doing the raise the roof motion and I flipped the truck into 4 wheel drive and rammed him off the road. Guess he thought a volkswagon rabbit could match the power of a midsize truck. I received honks, cheers, and applauds from the drivers behind me and I felt good even though I got my license suspended for 3 years.
That, sir, is pure refined Grade-A win. ------
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Jago Kain
Amarr Ramm's RDI
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Posted - 2007.10.24 17:51:00 -
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Edited by: Jago Kain on 24/10/2007 17:51:51
Originally by: Micheal Dietrich About a decade ago I got revenge on one jackass atleast. I was passing through a green light and the dip**** doesn't even stops, just flies right in front of me sending me into opposing traffic. To show how ****ed I was I got right on his bumper. He thought he'd be cute and slow down to 5mph causing traffic to back up. I would move over so the drivers behind could see who was causing this. 3 blocks later I finally had it when he started doing the raise the roof motion and I flipped the truck into 4 wheel drive and rammed him off the road. Guess he thought a volkswagon rabbit could match the power of a midsize truck. I received honks, cheers, and applauds from the drivers behind me and I felt good even though I got my license suspended for 3 years.
I changed my mind.
PULL!!!!
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Unvisibility
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Posted - 2007.10.24 19:30:00 -
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Originally by: Jago Kain I changed my mind.
PULL!!!!
Dude! You just pulled!
Hahahaha.
*gets coat*
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Cipher7
OldBastardsPub SMASH Alliance
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Posted - 2007.10.24 19:50:00 -
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What we need is a nice plague to thin the population.
A good start would be to remove warning labels.
Maybe do away with the concept of "human rights" for a few centuries and have the police just start executing people for minor traffic infractions.
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Dei
Amarr Khanid Aerospace Group Khanid Provincial Authority
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Posted - 2007.10.24 20:05:00 -
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I hate those guys that go in the right hand lane to go right, then go straight on and cut you up. But people do drive very close behind you, even I do because you're not doing the speed limit!
And if you are actually doing the speed limit then you're in my way!
I've only recently become a daily commuter and it hit me a few weeks back that the only reason that I'm going to die is if I make a very stupid mistake, or another driver is going to act like an idiot and plough straight into me. Those bastards. ---
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Unvisibility
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Posted - 2007.10.24 20:07:00 -
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Originally by: Cipher7
What we need is a nice plague to thin the population.
Funnily enough I'm watching 28 Weeks Later right now. Doesn't seem all that nice tbfh... think I'd rather have bad drivers :D
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MassonA
Caldari coracao ardente Triumvirate.
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Posted - 2007.10.24 20:19:00 -
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it is most definately the chavs
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Jago Kain
Amarr Ramm's RDI
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Posted - 2007.10.24 20:30:00 -
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Originally by: Cipher7 Maybe do away with the concept of "human rights" for a few centuries and have the police just start executing people for minor traffic infractions.
Nice to see that the USA has made a decent head start in this area.
We could all learn from their example.
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Micheal Dietrich
Cynical Cartel
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Posted - 2007.10.24 20:34:00 -
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Originally by: Jago Kain
Originally by: Cipher7 Maybe do away with the concept of "human rights" for a few centuries and have the police just start executing people for minor traffic infractions.
Nice to see that the USA has made a decent head start in this area.
We could all learn from their example.
What paper are you reading!?
I sure as hell haven't seen any cops blasting people for failing to use a turn signal and the day I do I'll take up walking.
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Cipher7
OldBastardsPub SMASH Alliance
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Posted - 2007.10.24 21:02:00 -
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Originally by: Jago Kain
Originally by: Cipher7 Maybe do away with the concept of "human rights" for a few centuries and have the police just start executing people for minor traffic infractions.
Nice to see that the USA has made a decent head start in this area.
We could all learn from their example.
One could only wish this were true.
Sadly people still have "rights" here.
I've always wished the police would gun down protesters. Any kind of "rights" protester will do. Animal rights, ghey rights, womens rights, anything with the word "rights" in it, gun em down kill em all.
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Jago Kain
Amarr Ramm's RDI
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Posted - 2007.10.24 23:04:00 -
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Originally by: Cipher7
Originally by: Jago Kain
Originally by: Cipher7 Maybe do away with the concept of "human rights" for a few centuries and have the police just start executing people for minor traffic infractions.
Nice to see that the USA has made a decent head start in this area.
We could all learn from their example.
One could only wish this were true.
Sadly people still have "rights" here.
I've always wished the police would gun down protesters. Any kind of "rights" protester will do. Animal rights, ghey rights, womens rights, anything with the word "rights" in it, gun em down kill em all.
Second amendment rights?
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Ravelin Eb
Endgame.
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Posted - 2007.10.24 23:29:00 -
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Just keep under 110mph, i find after that you might get stopped.
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ReaperOfSly
Gallente Lyrus Associates M. PIRE
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Posted - 2007.10.24 23:59:00 -
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Originally by: Cipher7
Originally by: Jago Kain
Originally by: Cipher7 Maybe do away with the concept of "human rights" for a few centuries and have the police just start executing people for minor traffic infractions.
Nice to see that the USA has made a decent head start in this area.
We could all learn from their example.
One could only wish this were true.
Sadly people still have "rights" here.
I've always wished the police would gun down protesters. Any kind of "rights" protester will do. Animal rights, ghey rights, womens rights, anything with the word "rights" in it, gun em down kill em all.
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benzss
The Increment Retribution.
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Posted - 2007.10.25 01:34:00 -
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Now now, I live in London and there's not a chance the driving here is as bad as Paris. 'all they do is honk their horns'? lmao, they rarely pay attention to red lights.
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Lithalnas
Amarr Headcrabs
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Posted - 2007.10.25 02:33:00 -
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Well i drive a signifigant amount each day, about 4 hours in the car a day. I commute from the east bay to San Jose every day down the 3rd worst freeway in the nation 880.
If your stuck in traffic, think of it this way, you will get there when you get there, in the meantime, put on an audio book, turn up the music and let everyone else raise their blood pressure being stuck in traffic with me.
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Sharupak
Minmatar Knights Of the Black Sun Rule of Three
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Posted - 2007.10.25 02:45:00 -
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Edited by: Sharupak on 25/10/2007 02:53:32
Originally by: Jago Kain Edited by: Jago Kain on 24/10/2007 23:15:45
Originally by: Cipher7 I've always wished the police would gun down protesters. Any kind of "rights" protester will do. Animal rights, ghey rights, womens rights, anything with the word "rights" in it, gun em down kill em all.
Second amendment rights?
LOL damn that was where I was gonna go...and the reason cops dont blast people for traffic violations. Its probably about 1 in 5 because everyone in america knows that one guy that would love an excuse to shoot a cop!
Damn michael, I didnt know they were that bad in idaho! I have driven in several states...believe it or not, California is not that bad...yeah the drive fast, but everyone drives fast so its not a big deal. The once in a blue moon slow driver is like some token novelty that chicks look at and goe "Is that guy doing the speed limit awww that is so cuuuutee! Even the mexicans take pictures flying by at 90mph
Rural Virginia is the king of rolling roadblocks (God I hate religeous old people that think its their job to ensure everyone is following the road rules!). These people have no clue how to drive in the snow (lady, put the goddamn car in 3rd gear get some traction and pull out into the intersection!)and its always the 4x4 duelly in the ditch because dumb****s forget that breaks are the same no matter what you drive.
Pennsylvania...Full of drivers so old, so blind, and reflexes so slow! It is not uncommon to see them trying to make a left out of a parking lot onto a 4 lane blvd and get high centered on a 1 foot tall concrete center divider. When I first moved up here, I was stupified with disbelief that these people had drivers licenses. It would make the roads alot safer here if they hired autistic kids to schaufer them around.
But the cake taker is Boston. Many of the big name insurance companies WILL NOT SELL CAR INSURANCE TO PEOPLE IN BOSTON. I went to a short tech school up there and found out immediately why when the Enterprise airport shuttle that picked me up was doing somewhere inbetween 55 and 60mph through an alleyway (It was a wide alleyway but still I could see the speedo, but couldnt mark the exact speed) _______________________________________________ RuntimeError: ChainEvent is blocking by design, but you're block trapped. You have'll have to find some alternative means to do Your Thing, dude. |
Sharupak
Minmatar Knights Of the Black Sun Rule of Three
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Posted - 2007.10.25 02:50:00 -
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Oh yeah
why is it that people always say the do the speed limit when we know your not, the statistics say otherwise! _______________________________________________ RuntimeError: ChainEvent is blocking by design, but you're block trapped. You have'll have to find some alternative means to do Your Thing, dude. |
Haerana
The Republican Guard Zenith Affinity
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Posted - 2007.10.25 03:47:00 -
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i go faster than the speed limit usually. but it depends where it is. i never go ridiculously fast imo. doing 70 in a 50 area where its a big ass road through farm country where you can see far ahead of you imo isnt exactley dangerous. i do slow down when i get to the villages to. The drivers that **** me off the most is by far the 40mph'rs. They are everywhere. especially the old people around me. 40 in 30zones 40 in 50 and 60zones. 40 40 40.... i honestly dont get it.
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Micheal Dietrich
Cynical Cartel
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Posted - 2007.10.25 04:07:00 -
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I think Idaho is bad because we have fewer drivers. Fewer drivers allows for faster driving and less experience on the brakes.
I refuse to get on the freeway unless I have no alternative or I get off at the next exit. People on there go 80-90mph bumper to bumper until some idiot decides to do a brake test. Guess we have alot of nascar fans in these parts. And since everyone lives in Nampa, Meridian, or Caldwell and they work in Boise that means standstill traffic at 8am and 6pm. Luckily I go North when they go East.
And from I understand insurance is more in some of the bigger cities so people tend to be more attentive than here granted Idaho drivers even have insurance half the time.
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Rutefly
Amarr Freedom-Technologies
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Posted - 2007.10.25 06:23:00 -
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They live on an island. Nuff' said.
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zibelthurdos
Archron Dusyfe Industries Pandemic Legion
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Posted - 2007.10.25 06:44:00 -
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Originally by: Plasticine Perfection So I've been driving now for about 15 years, I've driven in the USA, France, Germany and the UK.
Out of all of those UK drivers are BY FAR the worst.
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STK Scientific
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Posted - 2007.10.25 07:05:00 -
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I'd say Australian drivers, especially from Western Australia, are the worst in terms of driving ability. They'd die in Europe where the roads are 50% narrower.
Dutch drivers can drive ok, but they are the most inconsiderate and arrogant. I love how they stop in the middle of a busy road because they can't find parking, and then go get a coffee.
UK drivers didnt seem so bad by comparison.
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Ulendar
M34t p0p s1ckle Manufacturing Privateer Alliance
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Posted - 2007.10.25 08:12:00 -
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I put about 250-300 kms on the clock each night delivering stuff in my van and in the 10 years of doing so I've seen things I could very well use to fill a book with. Easily on top of my black list are those guys who are running ahead of a queue of cars, going slow .. then fast, slow again, fast .. this usually happens when going uphill no less. Lovely. The area of Germany I live in has a lot of mountains and roads with through forests, so overtaking these guys can be impossible for quite a while.
Then, how can you not despise the folks who hop from one gap to the next in a line of cars whenever they can, totally ignoring other ppl's safety. There is this very long, straight road I use every so often where ppl have made this a regular habit .. in the early hours of the morning no less, during fog, in winter .. you get the idea.
I totally agree on going faster than allowed, like 120 where 100 is allowed when it's night and there is little to no traffic btw, but I guess our relatively low fines for traffic violations do have cons - people don't put much thought into wtf they do on the road at times. Using cellphones is a major issue here and although disallowed while driving ppl still do it .. costs 40 bux if you get busted and that's it. I think however, the thing that overall p****s me off the most is not ppl going too fast or too slow, but generally speaking, those tards who are apparently totally oblivious to the fact that other ppl take part in traffic too are the most annoying kind. __________
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Motokko
Minmatar
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Posted - 2007.10.25 09:46:00 -
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Clearly this bad driving phenomenon is an escalating problem for all countries and as such I put forward my proposal for a new global police strike force to combat this problem and provide releaf from roadrage for all considerate drivers. This force will be split into small untis, otherwise refered to as Police Instant Gratification Squadrans, and distributed around the globe in bad driving hot-spots. Each unit of P.I.G.S. will be equiped with an armored attack car fitted out with the latest in heavy weaponry in order to quickly and efficiently perform their duty. Their main objective will be to immediatly enforce retribution on any boy racers, dizzy women drivers, or smug business men talking on mobile phones in the form of a hail of high velocity explosive tipped lead and thus providing instant gratification for any other drivers in the area. Controlling and coordinating the P.I.G.S. will be a new global organisation who will be known as the Bureau for Automotive Crime Obstruction for all Nations (B.A.C.O.N.). The job of B.A.C.O.N. will be to monitor traffic cameras across the globe looking for such bad drivers and orginising any P.I.G.S. in the area to intercept. They will also collate recordings of the following brutal acts of justice visited upon these bad drivers taken by the on board cameras which each armored car will be fitting with and upload these videos in the form of cop shows thus also providing the masses with entertainment.
All in favour say aye.
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Jago Kain
Amarr Ramm's RDI
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Posted - 2007.10.25 11:13:00 -
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Seeing as we now seem to be deciding which bit of the world is worst at driving, I'd like to weigh in with my nomination.
And the winner is... Sofia in Bulgaria.
Sofia is incredible. The entire place looks like a post-WWII french village, complete with cobblestones on the main streets.... and it's the capital. There is an almost total absence of road markings, even on the bits that are actually properly surfaced and maybe half a dozen sets of lights in the town centre.
A lot of Trabants and Ladas (mainly Trabants) are still on the road there, so I doubt many folk in Sofia can actually get above whatever the speed limit is, so that's not the problem. Incidentally, if you thought "custom" Corsas were sad, you ain't seen anything till you've seen a badly modded Trabant with full body kit and furry dice. I wish I had pictures to show you.
It's the little bubble in which every driver seems to surround himself. They seem blissfully unaware of the presence of any other road user. Drivers pull across 4 lanes of traffic on the big roads out of town, without even looking to see what's coming.
They also have trams on the roads. Not trams like Western Europe, where recent schemes to avoid congestion and pollution have put them back on the streets, and they're quite nice and relatively quiet. These are Satan's own trams and look like they have been in no-stop operation since before the Great War... they certainly sound and smell like it. And the tram drivers stop for nothing... seemingly not even passengers.
It's almost like the motoring equivalent of a Norweigan death-metal gig; heads down, see you at the end.
Possibly the local populace have some kind of armed respose to this, as if you go into the hills near town, ALL the road signs are riddled with bullet holes... I kid you not.
I've driven in the worst parts of the UK. I used to drive Taxis around Liverpool and Birkenhead, I've been a bike courier, I've taken articulated trucks down Camden High St. (London) on a Friday afternoon and nothing had prepared me for the sheer, unbridled, savagery of the Bulgarian driving experience.
Lovely place, nice folk, excellent food, really laid-back and tolerant atmosphere.... terrible drivers.
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Posted - 2007.10.25 11:31:00 -
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Originally by: Jago Kain eye openers
Like Jago I have been around a bit. During a holiday to India I saw the most bizarre driving ever. sitting in rush hour traffic in the afternoon when a ten tonne truck speeds past on the wrong side of the road around a corner in the middle of Kolkatta. The traffic policeman's response hand in the air to recieve a high-five with bank note from the passenger in the truck, without the guy even slowing down. The highway code in india is - buy a horn and go, the rest is up to you. Scary biscuits.
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mogwai
Gallente Gremlin Industries Edge Of Sanity
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Posted - 2007.10.25 12:10:00 -
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Originally by: Sean Hernandez The highway code in india is - buy a horn and go, the rest is up to you. Scary biscuits.
the main highway code in India is 'might gets right'
the bigger the truck, the faster you travel.... i'd hate to be a cyclist
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abbagabba
Gallente Monster Raving Loonies
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Posted - 2007.10.25 13:13:00 -
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Indian road junction
My 2p:
The UK has some of the safest (and busiest) roads in the world and always has done. There is no evidence however that speed cameras and over zealous traffic enforcement have improved our death rates. imho the key is C.O.A.S.T, control, observation, anticipation, space and time. I feel I can concentrate on these aspects of driving when I am allowed to make reasonable progress, not stuck behind a queue of slow moving cars who do not leave enough room between themselves to allow safe overtaking (that would be Space) and have no intention of overtaking themselves. This inevitably leads to rash manouveres by the frustrated drivers behind and allows no time for the queue to react if something does happen.
They are partly to blame if there is then an accident yet every time some nutter dangerously blasts by them no doubt they mutter to themselves in self righteous indignation rather than asking what they can do to stop it being dangerous.
The moronic STOP! adverts we are bombarded with have emphasised speed limits above all other considerations (there are a few exceptions like the one where a guy takes his motorbike for a spin and is shown reading the road and spotting potential hazards) rather than teaching good driving so we can all get along on the roads together, fast and slow drivers, holding hands in harmony and building a more peaceful and prosperous land (ok got a bit carried away there).
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northwesten
Amarr Trinity Corporate Services
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Posted - 2007.10.25 14:25:00 -
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I must admite i do lose it some times. I drive a 12 tonne truck and people pee me off when they just shot out in front of me thinking I be fine. So I had to brake hard not to have a smash.
What pee me off is that Stupid driving. It annoys me when i coming off a layby and there a car in first lane and there two lanes free to let me out but they dont so i have to wait longer.
I also Hate the fact driving in 40 zone and cars drive 20 really winds me up and 30 zone is 20 as well. I mean come on!! Also some car driver just stop in a small road that make it impossable to pass and they sit there been dumb even tho i given a signal to move here etc so i can get though.
All in all I find angelsey? North Wales worse than London. Drivers
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Lord Zoran
Caldari House of Tempers
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Posted - 2007.10.25 16:41:00 -
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i've only been driving since 15th ( passed 1st time ) but already i've seen so many idiots on the road, i wouldn't kow about other countries yet but i'm guessing it can't get much worse then the uk
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Frezik
Brutor tribe
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Posted - 2007.10.25 19:22:00 -
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I roll my eye's every time someone pulls out the "overcompensating" reasoning for just about anything, and particularly cars. It's an intellectual short cut that's usually wrong. Can't anyone just like fast cars for their own sake?
My Wisconsin drivers license is valid in Germany for short-term stays (with a little paper work) (and doesn't need much more for long-term visits), which makes me fear for the Germans. The autobahn is the proper way to do a hiway system, but Wisconsinites would only screw it up.
In any case, if you want to reduce gas millage, the first places to look are:
1) Driver training 2) Bad traffic control
Lopping off 25-50% of the worst drivers combined with an associated increase in public transportation quality would go a long way towards reducing emissions. Much more than giving everyone a Prius would.
On bad traffic control:
1) Increase all speed limits by 10mph, excepting school zones. Tweak individual roads as needed. 2) Replace nearly all stop signs with yield signs. Instruct everyone that "Yield" does not mean "Stop". 3) Modify light timing according to real-world driving conditions. If I have to stop at every light along a road while doing the speed limit, something is wrong.
The safest speed is the one where the driver doesn't feel safe. When the driver gets too comfortable, they fall asleep or don't pay attention. The slight edge you get when you expect a deer may jump in front of you at any moment is actually healthy.
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Euxinus
DAB RAZOR Alliance
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Posted - 2007.10.25 20:36:00 -
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Originally by: Plasticine Perfection So I've been driving now for about 15 years, I've driven in the USA, France, Germany and the UK.
Consider yourself lucky that you havent drove a car in Istanbul...
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Micheal Dietrich
Cynical Cartel
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Posted - 2007.10.25 20:53:00 -
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Danton Marcellus
Nebula Rasa Holdings
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Posted - 2007.10.26 00:37:00 -
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My guess is that they figure that if they drive hard enough they'll get back to the future i.e today. UK looks like it's been lost in time somewhere around 1960.
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Brujo Loco
Amarr Brujeria Teologica
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Posted - 2007.10.26 05:46:00 -
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hahah you guys need to come to my city, Maracaibo . Apart from being one of the most dangerous city in the whole country, it has what outsiders from others cities dub "Maracucho Driving Style". Cops here overall rarely give tickets, and they can be bribed sometimes. People hardly respect traffic stops or signposts or any kind of vehicular simbology on the street, people here sometimes even drive thru one way lanes in the opposite way cuz it's easier to reach a certain spot than do it the right way. Fact is, if you know how to drive here, you can drive anywhere else. People ignore STOPS, they park on yellow lines, double park, some even have the nerve to park sometimes in the middle of the street for a while as they go buy something "quick". Drivers here usually go over the islands that separate the lanes (those with pickup trucks for example) to turn back, U turn wherever they feel like it, speed up regularly on limited speed lanes, drive totally drunk (Post 2 AM traffic here is deadly ) and practically do whatever they please when they want it. People here ignore red lights if they feel they can make it thru quickly and think yellow is a sign to step on the gas harder. Needless to say people that make a lot of money here are car repair shops haha and derivatives, like Traffic Officers and Psychiatrists (bribes can be good, specially when you kill someone and need to be declared insane to avoid jail) . You also have to learn to avoid the local ethnic population , the Wayuu , cuz they usually drop their dead relatives on high speed remote lanes to blame you for the dead and demand you you pay them money for it else they will kill you (yes, kill you in bloody machete murder). And well, yes, you also have to avoid hitting or fender bendering the wrong people as most people here is armed , and Im talking Full Automatic ordinance, tho most common sidearm here is the 9mm. Drunk drivers when they hit you and don't die (I have seen and experienced this firsthand) sometimes get so angry they either shoot you or break your car with their bare hands as they rip to shred their own hands (that guys was prolly drugged and drunk) Err... what else? rest of the time it is pretty smooth driving tho
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Gericault m0id
Celestial Apocalypse
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Posted - 2007.10.26 13:39:00 -
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You must have been driving in London. I ride a scooter here and it's bloody dangerous.
Go to the North and you'll be stuck in traffic for everybody letting everyone else pass in front...
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Mtthias Clemi
Gallente Infinitus Odium The Church.
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Posted - 2007.10.26 13:41:00 -
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Originally by: Jago Kain Edited by: Jago Kain on 24/10/2007 17:45:44
Originally by: Motokko Edited by: Motokko on 24/10/2007 17:34:43
Sadly I fear this is true, even taking into account the new burberry brigade scooter bandwagon which has them racing around before they're allowed into cars which is starting their innevitable weeny shrinkage at even younger ages. Clearly action must be taken since this poisining of the gene pool is growing at an alarming rate. I propose the introduction of chav hunting liscenses, or perhaps instant justice speed cameras fitted with rocket launchers.
/signed... with some reservations.
When it comes to hunting, I'm more or less in agreeement with Ted Nugent; don't shoot anything unless you are going to eat it.
As my personal tastes don't run to eating scabby, incontinent, BO ridden, "loveable" scallies, I will not myself be applying for a license when common sense prevails and they become available.
However, I would encourage those with a stronger digestive tract and no taste buds to fill their boots, and indeed the freezer.
Go to it guys and make me proud.
edit:... and can you start with Mtthias Clemi please. The only to guy to do the obvious thing and head in the direction that the OP did anticipate.
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Fink Angel
Caldari The Merry Men
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Posted - 2007.10.26 14:00:00 -
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I'm sorry to say but this is just further indication of how UK society is generally going down the toilet.
No regard for anyone else, no tolerance, general lack of following any rules and instructions, lack of enforcement of the aforementioned rules.
Having just driven down in Cornwall last weekend, it never ceased to amaze me that people are willing to risk death just to get a car or two in front on fast, windy roads that go from 1-2-1 carriageway.
I drove 900 miles or so back from the south of France once, mainly on 2 lane roads, and floored it much of the way because they actually have a clue. They stay in the "slow" lane and only come out to overtake, keeping the indicator on while doing so. Then go straight back in.
In the UK I believe you could paint 10 motorway lanes onto the grass next to the road and a load of drivers would never notice. Because they always, permanently, feel it's their right to drive in "fast lane minus one". Usually the middle lane, but on 4 lane motorways it's lane 3 etc.
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Jago Kain
Amarr Ramm's RDI
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Posted - 2007.10.26 20:55:00 -
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Originally by: Fink Angel I'm sorry to say but this is just further indication of how UK society is generally going down the toilet.
If I can borrow a much quoted axiom from our colonial cousins;
Love it or leave it!!
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Posted - 2007.10.26 21:39:00 -
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It varies from place to place. I went back to the town I grew up for a while recently and was just appalled at how badly people drove. I started shopping et al in the next town over and things were far better. If you weren't sure there was enough space to get onto the roundabout this time then people didn't lean on their horns behind you.
I'd like to see a map of cities with unfriendly drivers. I'm quite sure it's a static thing. ----- Visible Implants - good for so many occasions |
JADE DRAG0NESS
Dark Scorpions Fate Weavers
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Posted - 2007.10.27 00:05:00 -
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Edited by: JADE DRAG0NESS on 27/10/2007 00:06:04 Edited by: JADE DRAG0NESS on 27/10/2007 00:05:38 You thought british drivers were bad ... look at this guys driving
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNYpQSNwrzs
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Possesive
Caldari GALAXIAN RAZOR Alliance
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Posted - 2007.10.27 00:21:00 -
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I do about 1000 miles a week, purely commuting to work, between the north and south of the UK, southern drivers have to be the most arrogant drivers I have ever had the displeasure of being tailgated by.
Much <3 for the north.
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Kalahari Wayrest
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Posted - 2007.10.27 02:07:00 -
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Quote: Love it or leave it!!
Those are ****ty options which imply if there's something wrong with your country, you should pretend it doesn't exist or go somewhere else instead of trying to fix/improve it.
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Captain Hudson
Caldari Intergalactic Space Defense Force
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Posted - 2007.10.27 02:31:00 -
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Edited by: Captain Hudson on 27/10/2007 02:32:24
Originally by: Plasticine Perfection And yeah, I know there's gonna be a bunch of Daily Mail reader type posts now whinging about speed cameras and claiming that speed limits are all wrong and that *they* can safely drive at 60mph in a 40 zone and how evil and thoughtless and stupid cyclists and pedestrians and old woman drivers are blah blah heard it all before, you're wrong ;)
*dons flameproof suit* :D
BANG ON THE MONIESS!!! . Seriously, i have places to go,people to see,things to do!, you get in my way your going to get sworn at . But the worst driving i have ever seen is in southeren Italy, no indicators on motorways...you just change a lane etc. ****in nutters!. I think Portugal has the highest amount of road deaths in Europe aswell so they must be bad drivers!
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