HeWhoWalksBehindTheRows Posted May 7 Share Posted May 7 On 05/05/2024 at 15:44, Jacksgranda said: I knew a fellow in Coleraine who would chat the legs of a herd of donkeys, a mutual acquaintance said "The best way to deal with Roy is to say 'Hello' and keep going, don't even say it's a nice day, or you'll never get away." 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmic Joe Posted May 7 Share Posted May 7 On 06/05/2024 at 10:18, Mark Connolly said: Just pay the fucking fine and stop acting like a child Apologies. I greenied this, then felt bad about it and tried to redress it. I'm all over the shop 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted May 7 Share Posted May 7 (edited) Road rage man calms down when he finds out he's going to jail. Before and after: https://metro.co.uk/2024/05/07/road-rage-driver-filmed-screaming-motorist-faces-jail-time-20786695/ Edited May 7 by welshbairn 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Aldo Posted May 9 Share Posted May 9 With a 7 week old baby, I now fully understand why people have "baby on board" signs. Feel like I'm definitely more aware of tailgaters, general arsehole drivers etc. Although, it would be more apt if the sign said "there's a baby on board you utter, fucking c**t". 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salt n Vinegar Posted May 9 Share Posted May 9 11 minutes ago, throbber said: Anyone familiar with the roundabout at the Asda jewell in Edinburgh will know that if you take the exit and are heading towards town/leith(which most people will want to do) you need to be in the right lane coming off the roundabout to go straight at the junction about 1/4 mile past the roundabout. Anyone in the left lane has to go left only towards Duddingston. So this moron this morning during heavy traffic is less than 10 meters past the roundabout in the left lane which is entirely empty up to the junction and he wants in the right lane which is entirely full due to traffic lights and decides that he’ll just stop and hold up all traffic behind him and indicate to get in the right lane. This meant everyone who wanted to go left was stuck behind him on the roundabout which was now blocked entirely because this man was in the wrong lane and couldn’t drive a few hundred meters and try his luck closer to the junction and allow the traffic to still flow. I’ve never seen such selfish behaviour in all my life. Some amount of abuse he got from people driving past him. I use that junction pretty regularly and you're right about it. With the traffic levels nowadays it is a shambles. It might help if the signage before the roundabout set out the lane arrangements after it, but I'd imagine most users will be regular users and know about it. I always get into the right hand lane before the roundabout, but the ones I feel sorry for are the ones coming out of ASDA who want to go straight on or right at the next junction. On occasion it's been easier to go right round the roundabout to avoid being in the left hand lane at all. There's no room to easily widen the road as there's what looks like a retaining wall for a primary school on one side and a huge branch of The Range on the other. (Sorry if the issue and details are a bit parochial but if you know the location, you'll know what we are in about!) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soapy FFC Posted May 9 Share Posted May 9 7 minutes ago, throbber said: He was in a work van so I don’t think he was a stranger to the area. You should have mentioned that right at the start. That explains it 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salt n Vinegar Posted May 9 Share Posted May 9 2 minutes ago, throbber said: I’ve been stuck at the Asda for hours on more than one occasion - Friday afternoons are particularly bad so I avoid it like the plague. Doesn’t really matter how awkward the signage was the guy in the wrong lane should haven considered other motorists and it takes a certain level of c**t to just stop right where he did rather than keep the traffic flow going. He was in a work van so I don’t think he was a stranger to the area. I agree that there's no excuse for c#ntiness. If the driver was a CT there, chances are that he's a CT elsewhere too. It's also really not helpful to have the only legal exit from a major supermarket loading cars directly on to a roundabout almost at the end of the A1. Still, CTs will act like CTs. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silvio Tattiescone Posted May 9 Share Posted May 9 12 minutes ago, throbber said: No it doesn’t. Not everyone who drives a work van is a c**t. Oooh, now there's a contentious statement not backed by the evidence. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted May 9 Share Posted May 9 3 hours ago, throbber said: Yeah the driver was a c**t - it’s just a brass neck. If you’re in the wrong lane you keep going til you can get out you don’t just disrupt whoever is behind you to get your own way. There would have been at least 100 cars impacted by it. I was the one who let him in, not because he deserved it of course.. They should surely have erected the Asda elsewhere. Somewhere nearer the QMU. It would be a nightmare living in the new houses there. As far as I remember the ASDA has been there for 40 years. My mate told me you could get cheap Star Wars figures there so that dates it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boghead ranter Posted May 9 Share Posted May 9 6 hours ago, throbber said: Anyone familiar with the roundabout at the Asda jewell in Edinburgh will know that if you take the exit and are heading towards town/leith(which most people will want to do) you need to be in the right lane coming off the roundabout to go straight at the junction about 1/4 mile past the roundabout. Anyone in the left lane has to go left only towards Duddingston. So this moron this morning during heavy traffic is less than 10 meters past the roundabout in the left lane which is entirely empty up to the junction and he wants in the right lane which is entirely full due to traffic lights and decides that he’ll just stop and hold up all traffic behind him and indicate to get in the right lane. This meant everyone who wanted to go left was stuck behind him on the roundabout which was now blocked entirely because this man was in the wrong lane and couldn’t drive a few hundred meters and try his luck closer to the junction and allow the traffic to still flow. I’ve never seen such selfish behaviour in all my life. Some amount of abuse he got from people driving past him. Greenied for sympathy with the awfulness of the road setup there, but have to add - Surely if one of the "people driving past him" had let him in earlier, there wouldn't have been as big an issue? PS - I drive a work van, and I'm not a c**t, thank you. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boghead ranter Posted May 9 Share Posted May 9 11 minutes ago, throbber said: No - look at it on google maps he either came from the a1 east or from the Asda at the jewel and was in the left lane which is left only then 1/4 mile up road and he wanted to switch lanes. He decided to do this the second he exited the roundabout and stopped and indicated right but there was stopped traffic on the right hand lane as there are traffic lights at the junction 1/4 mile up the road. I came round the roundabout in the correct outside lane and was the first car that would have possibly let him in but I took a good 20 seconds whilst the lights changed colour. The left lane had no traffic in it for the 1/4 mile so he was causing a traffic jam just so he could switch lanes at his earliest opportunity. Anyone normal would have continued driving in the left lane looking for their opportunity to switch lanes which would have been fairly easy to do once the lights had turned green. The people who were being incredibly angry at him were stuck on the left lane at the roundabout and had no chance to have let him out earlier. I totally know what you're on about re left/right lane. Also infuriating re the lights is the sequencing of the right turn towards Joppa. I've seen myself stuck there numerous times in the right hand lane in the queue of 'straight aheaders' while the turn right filter comes on, then goes back off again before I get a chance to move up. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmic Joe Posted May 9 Share Posted May 9 I honestly thought it was only Dundee folk that referred to Asda as the Asda. We can now happily come together as a nation and ditch our Lorne etc divisiveness 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsdad Posted May 9 Share Posted May 9 7 minutes ago, Cosmic Joe said: I honestly thought it was only Dundee folk that referred to Asda as the Asda. We can now happily come together as a nation and ditch our Lorne etc divisiveness Asda was originally Associated Dairies. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted May 9 Share Posted May 9 1 hour ago, scottsdad said: Asda was originally Associated Dairies. taking that as a pattern what is an abbreviation for Cumbernauld New Town? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Florentine_Pogen Posted May 9 Share Posted May 9 1 hour ago, scottsdad said: Asda was originally Associated Dairies. This kind of trivia, which is normally found on shit like 'The Chase', is not going to help your students obtain pass marks on degree courses. Is it ? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parsforlife Posted May 9 Share Posted May 9 (edited) On 07/05/2024 at 16:44, welshbairn said: Road rage man calms down when he finds out he's going to jail. Before and after: https://metro.co.uk/2024/05/07/road-rage-driver-filmed-screaming-motorist-faces-jail-time-20786695/ A bizarre situation, I don't know who's right or wrong up until the rage incident but surely this isn't worth police court and potentially more public cost through jail just cos he got a bit raging? Jails would be overflowing after one Saturday afternoon. 13 hours ago, Ron Aldo said: With a 7 week old baby, I now fully understand why people have "baby on board" signs. Feel like I'm definitely more aware of tailgaters, general arsehole drivers etc. Although, it would be more apt if the sign said "there's a baby on board you utter, fucking c**t". Surely the message is "you might be willing to kill yourself, I don't care, you might be willing to kill me and that's a problem, please is the thought of killing a child enough to stop you?" 1 hour ago, Cosmic Joe said: I honestly thought it was only Dundee folk that referred to Asda as the Asda. We have a big Asda and wee Asda, they must be referred too as this to avoid any potential confusion even if it makes no difference to the conversation. Edited May 9 by parsforlife 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TxRover Posted May 10 Share Posted May 10 4 hours ago, tamthebam said: taking that as a pattern what is an abbreviation for Cumbernauld New Town? By the pattern, Cuneto...which seems an excellent user name. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted May 10 Share Posted May 10 13 minutes ago, TxRover said: By the pattern, Cuneto...which seems an excellent user name. Just one Cuneto? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coprolite Posted May 10 Share Posted May 10 8 hours ago, scottsdad said: Asda was originally Associated Dairies. So it's acceptable to call it Asdas. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbaxters Posted May 10 Share Posted May 10 1 hour ago, coprolite said: So it's acceptable to call it Asdas. I knew someone who used to called the now defunct supermarket Food Giants. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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