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Even the ENews says so, so it must be true...
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In one incident caught on camera earlier this year, a serious accident was narrowly avoided after a BMW driver ran a red light at the junction of Colinton Road and Gray's Loan.
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http://edinburghnews.scotsman.com/topstories/Amber-gamblers-put-on-red.6774104.jp
Hang, draw and quarter him, I tell ya !!
Actually, I cant believe he only got 3 points and £60 for 10 seconds on red - I got the same for tripping a red by one second (momentary lapse, I have no speeding points!) in my passat a couple of years ago.
Spotted on twitter (thanks Steveo!)
Supermarkets to crack down on disabled customers using BMW parking bays brought a smile to my face to brighten a grey monday.
"Yes, it's a BMW" and proof that it's not just cyclists that are shown such disregard - it's other cars too.
bl***y beemers ! today, headin east about 11,30, M8 into roundabout onto city bypass,i was in my truck, doing 49mph.Seriously,49mph in a 50.I come up behind another lorry doing even less, about 44 i think, of with cruise control, tap on the brake, the auto box drops half a gear. I let about six cars and vans overtake me, spot a large gap in the traffic approaching from the rear, re engage cruise control and pull out to overtake, safely and considerately.Just before I pull in to complete my manuvore, feeling relaxed. A small renault I think goes by as I reach the inside lane, peeeeeeeeeeeep !A 54 plate, silver grey 5 series ,tooting wildly. passenger seat is occupied by I assume the drivers, 12yo ish son, looking a bit worried.i flash my headlights, to signal my pressence on the road to the other road user and perplexy ensues ! out of the drivers window come the drivers arm,making a rude, self massaging gesture !I was no longer the target of his rage as a small people carrier now had the affront to be in his way ! much flashing of headlights and tooting of horn and suddenly leaps into nearside lane to undertake said car.never to be seen again !I then had a relaxing drive to englandshire.
GET A LIFE ! or at least start thinking about your worried looking son !
the return journy, encountering RHS traffic was a joy to behold as many cars suddenly found themselves sneaking into the nearside lane, just managing to sneak in front of my big lorry !
dont tell them but I was into overtime,earning a fortune, getting paid by the hour ! I will gladly lt them all in front !
more tales from the cab to follow !
ps my bikes makin a strange noise from the front calliper, so its spanners again this weekend.
be safe !
This afternoon we were driving down Johnsburn Road in Balerno and a BMW series 3 estate crawled out in front of us and crawled over the roundabout - my partner and I were laughing and the driver did put his hand up to indicate he was causing bother. The car then crawled up to the lights and proceeded slowly along Lanark Road West - as we approached the bus stop the bus indicated it was pulling out so the BMW went into the oncoming lane and accelerated rapidly past the bus. We caught up again at the next bus stop as the BMW was again crawling along. Crawled to carpark at Currie Co-op at teh entrance it came to a stop then after a second turned in. I asked my partner whether it was not normally the custom to use the left hand indicator light to alert traffic that you were turning left. My partner replied that she understood that this was standard practice. All very odd.
Last night I was running along the country road between Balerno and Currie. Wet and lot of surface water on the road. I was on the right hand side heading east - ie facing into any oncoming traffic [of which there was none]. I could hear a car coming behind me at high speed much spray of water being displaced etc as it was clearly bombing along I took the precaution of stepping into the gutter. Yes a silver BMW tanking it down the middle of the road, not on his side, down the middle, I can only assume he was trying to buzz me.
Regardless I am still on the look out for well driven BMWs
In the interests of balance, can I just say that I was pleasantly surprised yesterday evening while heading out for a jaunt on the wee folding Raleigh. A gunmetal grey BMW overtook me, leaving so much space and being so careful that I gave a cheery quick salutary wave in appreciation. So they are not all bad.
My serenity was rudely interrupted a few seconds later when a bottle blue Corsa driven my a young male gunned his engine (souped up, loud exhaust) and roared past with just a few inches to spare on my right. This time it was a middle fingered salute in the direction of his rear view mirror, which was promptly returned by the driver. Passing him 30 seconds later at the traffic light queue, and noting the driver side window was rolled down, I may have made some jocular reference to his overcompensating with his motor for a lack in another department.
Chump of the day. (Yes, that was their parking space)
A car that looked like a BMW executed a piece of sympathetic shared road use with me on the bike recently but it turned out it was a Skoda (is it volkswagon who own them?)
Heading east through the single-channel temporary lights on Comely Bank Road, this roars out from behind me to squeeze past to slow down when it reaches the car three metres in front of me. It then rolled gently into the cycle box at the Saunders Street junction despite having had thirty metres' warning of the need to stop. As a final flourish, it then failed to notice the left-turn filter light turning green for a good ten seconds, during which dinging my bell and waving at its mirrors had no effect.
Was overtaken by silver BMW on hill coming up the back way out of Heriot Watt. Absolutely tanking it but in all fairness went completely into the opposite lane and gave me a decent wide berth, I am on the lookout for similar positive BMW stories to add to the millions of negative ones we all have.
positive bmw tales ? Actually seem to be rather a lot of negative tales about a silver bmw. Mine involved a 5 series, maybe this is actually one very dangerous driver !
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carltonreid:
BMW has an iPhone app: 'The Ultimate Drive - Discover the best roads'. Useful for finding out which roads to avoid, perhaps?
Original Tweet: http://twitter.com/carltonreid/status/102068310081937409
carltonreid:
RT @KarlOnSea: I won't have a word said against BMW drivers, as they apparently own the roads I cycle on & I don't want to upset them.
Original Tweet: http://twitter.com/carltonreid/status/102072873342087168
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