Seemingly trivial things that annoy you

pinno

Maglia Rosa wrote:

Pinno wrote:

ben@31 wrote:

Are HGVs banned from overtaking in other countries ?

No. However, they do have to pull over to the right and let traffic past in Germany.

The ... bedlam.

Worst things on a Friday I always hated was having an inside lane nose to tail trucks and the outside lane full of 150mph maniacs in Audi estates and you sat in the middle!

That I experienced on the M4. As a previous trucker, I would witness crazy happenings on the motorway. The rush to get out of the London/M25 area on a Friday was such that the traffic would go hell for leather and then suddenly it would bottle neck - not because of accident but simply because there was too many in one place. Ironically, if all the cars stuck to 56, the traffic flow would really improve. Some might not like that suggestion.
I was on the M40, early when there was that accident in the fog at High Wycombe in 2002. I thankfully missed it by a couple of minutes. Cars were going at 90+ straight into thick fog, no heed.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2002/mar/28/2

Trucks get in the way on dual carriageways. That's why driving in France can be such a mare - coupled with French drivers who flash you up to get out of the way. Driving on the Autobahn is much nicer despite the lack of a speed limit.
A11, A12, A14 - 'kin orrible. M42 - 3 lane motorway squeezed into a dual carriageway.
So glad I don't do that anymore Love listening to the traffic announcements on Radio 2 for laughs and the almost inevitable weekly occurence: "Big queues at the Hanger Lane Junction after an accident". How many times have you heard that?

bompington

Pinno wrote:

ben@31 wrote:

Are HGVs banned from overtaking in other countries ?

No. However, they do have to pull over to the right and let traffic past in Germany.

Consider this: Ever been on a motorway in Europe where trucks are not restricted to 80kph? It's not funny being passed by an artic or a whole line of them when you are already doing 65/70mph.

Dunno what it's like nowadays but when I used to live down your way the trucks on the A75 running for the ferry used to get clocked over 80 quite regularly

pinno

bompington wrote:

Pinno wrote:

ben@31 wrote:

Are HGVs banned from overtaking in other countries ?

No. However, they do have to pull over to the right and let traffic past in Germany.

Consider this: Ever been on a motorway in Europe where trucks are not restricted to 80kph? It's not funny being passed by an artic or a whole line of them when you are already doing 65/70mph.

Dunno what it's like nowadays but when I used to live down your way the trucks on the A75 running for the ferry used to get clocked over 80 quite regularly

They have really clamped down on the speeding trucks - most of them from Eire. A lot of the A75 is now restricted to 40mph for trucks and hey - they've finally built the Dunragit bypass!! That Rail bridge was the most hit bridge in the UK. I think McBurney must have hit the bridge more than any other haulage company as a side stat.

verylonglegs

Pinno wrote:

Maglia Rosa wrote:

Pinno wrote:

ben@31 wrote:

Are HGVs banned from overtaking in other countries ?

No. However, they do have to pull over to the right and let traffic past in Germany.

The ... bedlam.

Worst things on a Friday I always hated was having an inside lane nose to tail trucks and the outside lane full of 150mph maniacs in Audi estates and you sat in the middle!

That I experienced on the M4. As a previous trucker, I would witness crazy happenings on the motorway. The rush to get out of the London/M25 area on a Friday was such that the traffic would go hell for leather and then suddenly it would bottle neck - not because of accident but simply because there was too many in one place. Ironically, if all the cars stuck to 56, the traffic flow would really improve. Some might not like that suggestion.
I was on the M40, early when there was that accident in the fog at High Wycombe in 2002. I thankfully missed it by a couple of minutes. Cars were going at 90+ straight into thick fog, no heed.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2002/mar/28/2

Trucks get in the way on dual carriageways. That's why driving in France can be such a mare - coupled with French drivers who flash you up to get out of the way. Driving on the Autobahn is much nicer despite the lack of a speed limit.
A11, A12, A14 - 'kin orrible. M42 - 3 lane motorway squeezed into a dual carriageway.
So glad I don't do that anymore Love listening to the traffic announcements on Radio 2 for laughs and the almost inevitable weekly occurence: "Big queues at the Hanger Lane Junction after an accident". How many times have you heard that?

All in the same region funnily enough, lack of investment is to blame. Unfortunately they are the 3 main roads I use when travelling out of the county.

BelgianBeerGeek

^ Not just East Anglia. The A3 in Hampshire/Surrey is lethal. 'Specially when you get a tractor pulling out onto it. Or an old Doris popping to the shops. It's only been the major road from Portsmouth to London for about 400 years, so plenty of time yet to get it right. And there's a cycle lane on it!

surrey_commuter

BelgianBeerGeek wrote:

^ Not just East Anglia. The A3 in Hampshire/Surrey is lethal. 'Specially when you get a tractor pulling out onto it. Or an old Doris popping to the shops. It's only been the major road from Portsmouth to London for about 400 years, so plenty of time yet to get it right. And there's a cycle lane on it!

That cycle lane on the A3 makes me laugh. I am guessing it helped Hampshire and surrey councils hit a target

Anonymous

When you pull open a bag of Tangfastics (the new special edition Frenzy Carnival ones (with 'menu' on the back) are great btw) etc. and the 'hang tag' hole means that you are left with a thin strip of the packet blocking entry to the sweets!!!

Its harder to then remove that than it was to get into the packet in the first place!

Not sure my OCD would let me open the pack upside down :!:

pinno

Carbonator wrote:

When you pull open a bag of Tangfastics (the new special edition Frenzy Carnival ones (with 'menu' on the back) are great btw) etc. and the 'hang tag' hole means that you are left with a thin strip of the packet blocking entry to the sweets!!!

Its harder to then remove that than it was to get into the packet in the first place!

Not sure my OCD would let me open the pack upside down :!:

Scissors?

veronese68

Pinno wrote:

Carbonator wrote:

When you pull open a bag of Tangfastics (the new special edition Frenzy Carnival ones (with 'menu' on the back) are great btw) etc. and the 'hang tag' hole means that you are left with a thin strip of the packet blocking entry to the sweets!!!

Its harder to then remove that than it was to get into the packet in the first place!

Not sure my OCD would let me open the pack upside down :!:

Scissors?

He isn't allowed scissors any more, not without supervision from a grown up.

Giraffoto

Pinno wrote:

Carbonator wrote:

When you pull open a bag of Tangfastics (the new special edition Frenzy Carnival ones (with 'menu' on the back) are great btw) etc. and the 'hang tag' hole means that you are left with a thin strip of the packet blocking entry to the sweets!!!

Its harder to then remove that than it was to get into the packet in the first place!

Not sure my OCD would let me open the pack upside down :!:

Scissors?

This reminds me of something that annoys, amuses or bemuses me depending on the weather or the time of day . . .

In the above situation, or any one of hundreds of others, I will get out a penknife and use the appropriate tool for opening a parcel, punching a hole, tightening a screw, getting parcel tape off a pack of printer paper, opening a pack of tangfastics or getting boy scouts out of horses' hooves. And someone will say, "Why do you carry that thing around?"

Anonymous

Giraffoto wrote:

Pinno wrote:

Carbonator wrote:

When you pull open a bag of Tangfastics (the new special edition Frenzy Carnival ones (with 'menu' on the back) are great btw) etc. and the 'hang tag' hole means that you are left with a thin strip of the packet blocking entry to the sweets!!!

Its harder to then remove that than it was to get into the packet in the first place!

Not sure my OCD would let me open the pack upside down :!:

Scissors?

This reminds me of something that annoys, amuses or bemuses me depending on the weather or the time of day . . .

In the above situation, or any one of hundreds of others, I will get out a penknife and use the appropriate tool for opening a parcel, punching a hole, tightening a screw, getting parcel tape off a pack of printer paper, opening a pack of tangfastics or getting boy scouts out of horses' hooves. And someone will say, "Why do you carry that thing around?"

There is an 'appropriate tool' for opening a bag of sweets now :shock:

Is that an EU regulation? 8)

pinno

^ If only there was a helmet wearing smiley icon eh?

veronese68

Pinno wrote:

^ If only there was a helmet wearing smiley icon eh?

A tin foil one?

pinno

...or perhaps even a hat with an Ariel?
...or a pointy one with a big 'D' on it?

PM Josh.

homers_double

I'm guessing I'm repeating someone here but I'm not reading 183 pages to check.

People who smoke just outside shops etc - Asda for example - meaning you have to walk right through their smoke cloud.

drlodge

homers double wrote:

I'm guessing I'm repeating someone here but I'm not reading 183 pages to check.

People who smoke just outside shops etc - Asda for example - meaning you have to walk right through their smoke cloud.

People who smoke. Especially those smoking while walking and in front of me, means I have to waft through their smoke so I just jog on ahead of them. Probably then get stuck behind some iPed.

Paul0975

People that take my "Trolley pound" out of my ashtray and don't tell me, so I have to get a £1 coin from somewhere before shopping.

Paul0975

Also, people that take my shopping bags so I'm the one that has to stump up at the till, knowing there is probably plenty of bags at home. I don't like shopping!

Anonymous

homers double wrote:

People who smoke just outside shops etc - Asda for example - meaning you have to walk right through their smoke cloud.

You need to start shopping at Waitrose, much healthier

Pross

People who are tone deaf but insist on singing at every possible opportunity, especially in public and at top volume!

schlepcycling

Pross wrote:

People who are tone deaf but insist on singing at every possible opportunity, especially in public and at top volume!

That's Paul McCartney for you!.

joelsim

Paul0975 wrote:

People that take my "Trolley pound" out of my ashtray and don't tell me, so I have to get a £1 coin from somewhere before shopping.

Blimey. Are you the sort of guy who also keeps small pieces of wood for when you need to stir a pot of paint?

Live life to the full, make it more exciting!

CiB

Having done the best part of 500 miles this last 2 days, virtually all of it on our motorways and a huge part of it on these new 4 lanes no hard shoulder m/ways that have cost a good few million to adapt and miles & has involved & still involves miles of dawdling along in 50 limits on those stretches still being altered, I can honestly say that it's been the biggest waste of time & money judging by the unerring ability of UK drivers to drive like clueless fecking feckwit cants who still believe that one lane in from the right really is the place to be. Mile after mile of two almost deserted inside lanes await their intended use, and our nation of idiotic brain-dead idiots still drive over that side. I despair.

bobmcstuff

homers double wrote:

I'm guessing I'm repeating someone here but I'm not reading 183 pages to check.

People who smoke just outside shops etc - Asda for example - meaning you have to walk right through their smoke cloud.

People who smoke just outside our office in the summer when we have the windows open.

ben@31

CiB wrote:

Having done the best part of 500 miles this last 2 days, virtually all of it on our motorways and a huge part of it on these new 4 lanes no hard shoulder m/ways that have cost a good few million to adapt and miles & has involved & still involves miles of dawdling along in 50 limits on those stretches still being altered, I can honestly say that it's been the biggest waste of time & money judging by the unerring ability of UK drivers to drive like clueless ******* feckwit cants who still believe that one lane in from the right really is the place to be. Mile after mile of two almost deserted inside lanes await their intended use, and our nation of idiotic brain-dead idiots still drive over that side. I despair.

You should try the A1... One HGV in lane one being overtaken by another HGV with a line of cars a mile long behind it in lane 2.
Repeat every few miles.

ben@31

CiB wrote:

Having done the best part of 500 miles this last 2 days, virtually all of it on our motorways and a huge part of it on these new 4 lanes no hard shoulder m/ways that have cost a good few million to adapt and miles & has involved & still involves miles of dawdling along in 50 limits on those stretches still being altered, I can honestly say that it's been the biggest waste of time & money judging by the unerring ability of UK drivers to drive like clueless ******* feckwit cants who still believe that one lane in from the right really is the place to be. Mile after mile of two almost deserted inside lanes await their intended use, and our nation of idiotic brain-dead idiots still drive over that side. I despair.

You should try the A1... One HGV in lane one being overtaken by another HGV with a line of cars a mile long behind it in lane 2. None of the cars moving across into lane 1.
Repeat every few miles.

Ben6899

^^^

A post for each lane of the much-maligned 2-lane sections of which you speak?

orraloon

BelgianBeerGeek wrote:

The "Song Title Thread". The OP, Frank the Tank, could not have been clearer about the rules. The title has to link to another title. Not the artist.

There. I've said it now :x

Bzzzt. Repetition.

pinno

Take it easy on BBG - He's venting because of Brexit blues.

orraloon

Pinno wrote:

Take it easy on BBG - He's venting because of Brexit blues.

Not BBQ, but one of our Leavers, clearly so intoxicated by new found 'freedom' that CBA to follow any rules.
Chaos ensues. :roll: