c***s on the road

[ICTJohnboy]

33 minutes ago, TxRover said:

 

Cool for cats.

[kingjoey]

1 hour ago, ICTJohnboy said:

 

Cool for cats.

Annie get your gun.

[tamthebam]

7 hours ago, Stellaboz said:

Read a book recently that called them "traffic circles". About smashed my kindle in rage.

Written by a Dundonian?

[thistledo]

18 hours ago, IrishBhoy said:

Glasgow Airport taxi drivers must intentionally drive like complete and utter fannies, there is no other explanation for it.
 

Was in the inside lane of the M8 approaching the slip road where traffic from the airport merges on, and spotted one of the white Airport taxis about 3/4 of the way up the slip road, but going roughly half the speed I was doing. Even though there was no need for me to do this, I slowed down slightly and pulled over to the middle, allowing him to merge in to a clear lane. With him on my inside and me in the middle lane a couple of car lengths back, I started to accelerate in order to overtake. For reasons that I still can’t fathom, and with no cars in front of him, he pulls out in to the middle leaving about a foot between us. I genuinely don’t think the guy even knew I was there, and just decided that with an empty motorway he was going to saunter along in the middle lane. This is a person who drives for a living and has absolutely no idea how a motorway works, and doesn’t feel the need to look around him to check for other vehicles when changing lanes. I see these white airport taxis regularly where I stay and they are a genuine danger to life. 

The white taxis from Glasgow airport are top contenders for thee biggest c***s on the road. They make black hacks look like the soundest c***s in the world. 

[Mark Connolly]

20 hours ago, Scotty Tunbridge said:

What are people’s thoughts on drivers on the motorway who go start speeding to overtake a car only to fire back across them because they are about to exit at the junction a few 109 yards away?

Why not just sit behind that car for another few seconds and exit the motorway sensibly?

The only reason I don't hope that the manoeuvre ends in fiery death for them is that they would inevitably take an innocent party with them.

[IrishBhoy]

40 minutes ago, thistledo said:

The white taxis from Glasgow airport are top contenders for thee biggest c***s on the road. They make black hacks look like the soundest c***s in the world. 

A few years back I landed at Glasgow Airport at about 1am in mid January, and without thinking jumped in one of the taxis sitting on the rank and said my address, which is no more than a 10 minute drive away and about a £12 quid fare  the guy looked like he wanted to kill me and huffed and puffed as he pulled out the rank. A couple of seconds later he fully opened the front two windows, bearing in mind it was about -2, and drove the full way with the wind battering in towards me. He was obviously sitting there expecting a fare to Edinburgh or Newcastle, or at least somewhere that wasn’t round the corner from the airport, and this was his punishment for me making him rejoin the back of the queue. I actually found it quite funny tbh but I don’t think he did. 
 

I would usually phone a local taxi but I was with someone else who was going to Glasgow and he jumped in the taxi in front and I just jumped in the one behind without thinking. I’ve thought about doing it since just to see if I get the same reaction but I never have. 

Edited April 28, 2023 by IrishBhoy

[Boghead ranter]

36 minutes ago, IrishBhoy said:

A few years back I landed at Glasgow Airport at about 1am in mid January, and without thinking jumped in one of the taxis sitting on the rank and said my address, which is no more than a 10 minute drive away and about a £12 quid fare  the guy looked like he wanted to kill me and huffed and puffed as he pulled out the rank. A couple of seconds later he fully opened the front two windows, bearing in mind it was about -2, and drove the full way with the wind battering in towards me. He was obviously sitting there expecting a fare to Edinburgh or Newcastle, or at least somewhere that wasn’t round the corner from the airport, and this was his punishment for me making him rejoin the back of the queue. I actually found it quite funny tbh but I don’t think he did. 
 

I would usually phone a local taxi but I was with someone else who was going to Glasgow and he jumped in the taxi in front and I just jumped in the one behind without thinking. I’ve thought about doing it since just to see if I get the same reaction but I never have. 

I got 1 to take me from the airport to Gilmour St to catch the train one time. 

The guy was so fucking beeling he refused to take a payment from me.  Way to make a point.

[Mark Connolly]

13 minutes ago, Boghead ranter said:

I got 1 to take me from the airport to Gilmour St to catch the train one time. 

The guy was so fucking beeling he refused to take a payment from me.  Way to make a point.

Highly recommend walking towards the rank, stopping briefly, then powering straight past to your cheaper pre-booked one

[Molotov]

49 minutes ago, IrishBhoy said:

A few years back I landed at Glasgow Airport at about 1am in mid January, and without thinking jumped in one of the taxis sitting on the rank and said my address, which is no more than a 10 minute drive away and about a £12 quid fare  the guy looked like he wanted to kill me and huffed and puffed as he pulled out the rank. A couple of seconds later he fully opened the front two windows, bearing in mind it was about -2, and drove the full way with the wind battering in towards me. He was obviously sitting there expecting a fare to Edinburgh or Newcastle, or at least somewhere that wasn’t round the corner from the airport, and this was his punishment for me making him rejoin the back of the queue. I actually found it quite funny tbh but I don’t think he did. 
 

I would usually phone a local taxi but I was with someone else who was going to Glasgow and he jumped in the taxi in front and I just jumped in the one behind without thinking. I’ve thought about doing it since just to see if I get the same reaction but I never have. 

The thing is they don’t join the back of the queue. They get a fast track pass from the steward at the front when departing to a local job that allows them to move closer to front of queue on their return. 

They are still total cnuts.

The most miserable c***s if you stay local anywhere round Renfrewshire.

I will always call a local firm and get them to pick me up. 

Prices have increased considerably since you took that cab in my experience. 

[IrishBhoy]

39 minutes ago, Boghead ranter said:

I got 1 to take me from the airport to Gilmour St to catch the train one time. 

The guy was so fucking beeling he refused to take a payment from me.  Way to make a point.

 Excellent. To be fair if you don’t know a local taxi number and see a taxi rank infront of you it would make sense to use it. They’re not entitled to £40 quid fares every time someone gets in their motor. 

[IrishBhoy]

28 minutes ago, Molotov said:

The thing is they don’t join the back of the queue. They get a fast track pass from the steward at the front when departing to a local job that allows them to move closer to front of queue on their return. 

I was actually told that by someone that used to work in the airport, but it doesn’t explain why they get so angry when you give them a local address. Sounds like this guy was trying to give me hyperthermia for no good reason then. 

[Stellaboz]

They should be grateful for any fare ffs. 

[thistledo]

1 hour ago, IrishBhoy said:

A few years back I landed at Glasgow Airport at about 1am in mid January, and without thinking jumped in one of the taxis sitting on the rank and said my address, which is no more than a 10 minute drive away and about a £12 quid fare  the guy looked like he wanted to kill me and huffed and puffed as he pulled out the rank. A couple of seconds later he fully opened the front two windows, bearing in mind it was about -2, and drove the full way with the wind battering in towards me. He was obviously sitting there expecting a fare to Edinburgh or Newcastle, or at least somewhere that wasn’t round the corner from the airport, and this was his punishment for me making him rejoin the back of the queue. I actually found it quite funny tbh but I don’t think he did. 
 

I would usually phone a local taxi but I was with someone else who was going to Glasgow and he jumped in the taxi in front and I just jumped in the one behind without thinking. I’ve thought about doing it since just to see if I get the same reaction but I never have. 

Aye not just their driving that make them total c***s to be fair. A good few years ago I got one out of desperation to get back home, only to Knightswood and he tried to charge us £22, worst part was he wouldn't take us to the house, just stopped on a main road and was like "here do, you go from here" we were like, nah mate the house is like 5 mins walk from here, but he was more concerned with being on a road he could get back to the airport quicker from. After a short argument I said I needed to jump to the cash machine nearby while the missus at the time grabbed the bags, I chucked £15 at him and started walking away. He got out the taxi and started shouting at us, I politely recommended he take us the rest of the way for the full fair or come collect it from me if he fancied it basically. He screeched off still shouting something out the window, was quite funny by that point. 

[alta-pete]

23 hours ago, Scotty Tunbridge said:

What are people’s thoughts on drivers on the motorway who go start speeding to overtake a car only to fire back across them because they are about to exit at the junction a few 109 yards away?

Why not just sit behind that car for another few seconds and exit the motorway sensibly?

If leaving to go onto another motorway / dual carriageway, fair enough point; but if leaving onto a B road, no danger do I want an obvious dawdler in front of me. 

[microdave]

I was leaving Braehead and going onto the westbound m8 where there are average speed cameras up for a 40mph limit so the sliproad was pretty congested. I was waiting patiently and edging forward and letting other cars merge in front of me when I saw a car completely ignore the rules of the road and go haring up the hard shoulder to merge onto the motorway. 

A greenie for the first person to guess which type of car.

[scottsdad]

1 hour ago, microdave said:

I was leaving Braehead and going onto the westbound m8 where there are average speed cameras up for a 40mph limit so the sliproad was pretty congested. I was waiting patiently and edging forward and letting other cars merge in front of me when I saw a car completely ignore the rules of the road and go haring up the hard shoulder to merge onto the motorway. 

A greenie for the first person to guess which type of car.

Lada

[TxRover]

2 hours ago, microdave said:

I was leaving Braehead and going onto the westbound m8 where there are average speed cameras up for a 40mph limit so the sliproad was pretty congested. I was waiting patiently and edging forward and letting other cars merge in front of me when I saw a car completely ignore the rules of the road and go haring up the hard shoulder to merge onto the motorway. 

A greenie for the first person to guess which type of car.

BMW(anker)

[bennett]

2 hours ago, microdave said:

I was leaving Braehead and going onto the westbound m8 where there are average speed cameras up for a 40mph limit so the sliproad was pretty congested. I was waiting patiently and edging forward and letting other cars merge in front of me when I saw a car completely ignore the rules of the road and go haring up the hard shoulder to merge onto the motorway. 

A greenie for the first person to guess which type of car.

Audi.

[ICTJohnboy]

2 hours ago, microdave said:

I was leaving Braehead and going onto the westbound m8 where there are average speed cameras up for a 40mph limit so the sliproad was pretty congested. I was waiting patiently and edging forward and letting other cars merge in front of me when I saw a car completely ignore the rules of the road and go haring up the hard shoulder to merge onto the motorway. 

A greenie for the first person to guess which type of car.

 

Reliant Robin?

[HeartsOfficialMoaner]

2 hours ago, microdave said:

I was leaving Braehead and going onto the westbound m8 where there are average speed cameras up for a 40mph limit so the sliproad was pretty congested. I was waiting patiently and edging forward and letting other cars merge in front of me when I saw a car completely ignore the rules of the road and go haring up the hard shoulder to merge onto the motorway. 

A greenie for the first person to guess which type of car.

Fiesta