Car driving standards

[Barcon]

Watching those dash cam videos that are posted on YouTube, some of the jokers out there couldn't drive a hard prick into a bucket of lard.

 

[I'm With Stupid]

Just bought a Cooper S a few months ago, the amount of techie shite and electronic wizardry that is totally unnecessery is amazing, and mainly pointless. Apart from going like shit off a shovel it would suit a 12 year old.

I don't have a car, but I used to rent them quite a bit. By the time you've worked out how to connect your phone to the radio, you've got to give it back.

 

[Tuearts right boot]

I don't have a car, but I used to rent them quite a bit. By the time you've worked out how to connect your phone to the radio, you've got to give it back.

When I went to buy our Mini the guy gave us the keys as told me a route to drive.....I returned 5 minutes later and he asked what it was like....I replied I hadn't clue as I couldn't get it started. Had to press in the clutch and the brake at the same time then press the start button, the keys meanwhile could be anywhere.

 

[Johnny Mars Bar]

Yep, the stupidest thing car manufacturers can do is get rid of tactile buttons. So dangerous to force people to look at a touch screen. Those Teslas look like they've had a 32" TV gaffer taped to the dashboard.

They’re cheaper than proper buttons as manufacturers can make physically identical dashboards across model ranges instead of installing different wiring looks and switches depending on what the customer specs.

The marketing team then try and spin it as a “high tech” feature.

They’re hateful. I’ve had a lot of different cars over the years, including some modern ones. They’re getting worse and worse and almost all new cars are just soulless disposable appliances, which is one of many reasons I now drive an old Land Rover.

 

[jitsubluedan]

If every driver drove to the Highway Code, the roads would actually work, and road deaths would be practically eliminated.

The problem now is that too many drive to the 'MyWay Code'. It's an alarming stat if you break it down, but every single road death (of which there are 5 per day on average) costs >3 Million to the taxpayer, which equated to BILLIONS a year.

I’ve been saying that for years.

Problem nowadays is that new drivers don’t actually read/learn the Highway Code - they simply complete an on-line test which has multiple choice answers.

The number of driver’s who approach roundabouts in the wrong lane is scary. It’s astonishing how many people don’t know that if you're taking the third exit or beyond, you should be in the right hand lane.

One of my nephews who has been driving for 2-years told me he wasn’t taught how to turn right at a main junction - and I’ve heard this from other drivers who’ve been taught to drive within the last5 years or so.

 

[Cheer Up Peter Reid]

I’ve been saying that for years.

Problem nowadays is that new drivers don’t actually read/learn the Highway Code - they simply complete an on-line test which has multiple choice answers.

The number of driver’s who approach roundabouts in the wrong lane is scary. It’s astonishing how many people don’t know that if you're taking the third exit or beyond, you should be in the right hand lane.

One of my nephews who has been driving for 2-years told me he wasn’t taught how to turn right at a main junction - and I’ve heard this from other drivers who’ve been taught to drive within the last5 years or so.

Even the instructors don't know it. My kids were (incorrectly) taught to indicate right approaching a roundabout to go straight on.

 

[blue b4 the moon]

Had to mind read where cars were going just the five times today travelling from Fleetwood-by-the-sea to the game.

 

[Johnny Mars Bar]

Had to mind read where cars were going just the five times today travelling from Fleetwood-by-the-sea to the game.

You’re near Blackpool, most of the drivers are probably smacked off their tits.

 

[blue b4 the moon]

You’re near Blackpool, most of the drivers are probably smacked off their tits.

The locals aren't too bad it's the tourist bastards that are the problem.

Having said that, today the issues were on the m65 & M60.

 

[kaz7]

Not giving way to the right is infesting my town , tesco car park being the worst place , fucking basic rules of the road