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  • Started 12 years ago by Stepdoh
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  1. CocoShepherd
    Member

    @amir
    Good point and very much agreed. At risk of playing a very sad game of Risky Right-Turn Top Trumps, often on my route home I am overtaken on my right while trying to turn right myself. This on a 50 mph limit road. Makes me shudder even thinking about it.
    Edit: also an increasing trend as you suggested

    Posted 4 years ago #
  2. fimm
    Member

    I have to turn right to get into the office car park, off a "40mph" road. These days I tend to pull over on the left until it is clear in both directions (not usually a long wait).

    Recently a colleague slowed her car and let me make the turn first. "I don't like making that turn in the car" she said...

    Posted 4 years ago #
  3. Moose
    Member

    Struck whilst pedding along pavement outside vacant BoS building in Currie. What should have been a straightforward reverse out of angled parking, across the pavement (which I graciously waited for my turn to walk on), turned unexpectedly into an awkward multi-point manoeuvre so they could join the road more conveniently in a forward direction. My leg gently nudged by the drivist (as I was now in front) but only a mere tickle as I managed to jump out the way (using the bonnet as leverage). My fault for being in the way apparently.

    Posted 4 years ago #
  4. CycleAlex
    Member

    PHV sailed through a red light in the tram only lane on Princes Street. Seemed oblivious to the buses beeping him as he went past.

    Posted 4 years ago #
  5. wishicouldgofaster
    Member

    Bin lorry sailed through the give way because he wasn't looking when I was cycling along Clermiston Drive this morning. I hammered on the brakes and shouted a cheery reminder about the importance of actually looking when driving.

    Posted 4 years ago #
  6. Stickman
    Member

    Van stopped outside the Roseburn Cafe blocking traffic. I assumed the driver was doing some essential bacon roll loading but the front of the vehicle was crumpled up. A bit further on was a waste lorry stopped up, with drivers exchanging details.

    Best guess is the van driver wasn’t paying attention and drove into the back of the lorry, and the lorry driver stopped further on to allow traffic to get through the lights.

    No doubt the cycle lane is to blame.

    Posted 4 years ago #
  7. chdot
    Admin

    "Driver reported for various offences including expired licence, no insurance, driving on false plates, attempt theft, drug possession & dangerous vehicle defects."

    https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/crime/lorry-driver-using-false-plates-stopped-edinburgh-police-attempted-theft-trailer-1376594

    Posted 4 years ago #
  8. chdot
    Admin

  9. chdot
    Admin

  10. chrisfl
    Member

    So on the way from not-PY to the office, I spotted someone fiddling with a phone on their lap. Not so unusual, but the number plates were weird; 291X665 and the card in front was 291X661

    One BMW and one Audi.

    What are these plates?

    Posted 4 years ago #
  11. algo
    Member

    Diplomatic vehicle registration plates:

    The distinguishing format is three numbers, space, letter D or X, space and three numbers. The letter D is predominately used for vehicles operated in or around the capital of London with the letter X allocated to vehicles outside London and for international organisations

    from here:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plates_of_the_United_Kingdom

    Posted 4 years ago #
  12. chrisfl
    Member

    Thanks; I just didn't read far enough down the Wikipedia page. Looks like 291 X is Vatican city!

    Posted 4 years ago #
  13. ejstubbs
    Member

    Spotted the other day in queuing traffic: large Mercedes "no further territorial demands*" 4x4-wagen leaving huuuuge gaps ahead of itself then suddenly closing up to the car in front which hadn't moved the whole time that the Merc had been stationary. No surprise to see the driver staring down at something fascinating in his lap as I passed. (I assume it was his phone - but perhaps he really was checking whether there was an inverse correlation between the size of his car and...)

    * Apart from the utterly unreasonable amount of road space being consumed by a single occupant vehicle.

    Posted 4 years ago #
  14. wishicouldgofaster
    Member

    High number of ignorant numpties on Clermiston Drive last night who were unable to grasp that I had right of way as the parked cars were on their side. Extremely dangerous last night in the windy conditions.

    Posted 4 years ago #
  15. I were right about that saddle
    Member

    Driver of the number 31 bus on Minto Street decided to see if he could give my right elbow a fond caress with his vehicle.

    I'll see if Lothian Buses think that was appropriate.

    Posted 4 years ago #
  16. Frenchy
    Member

    Cycling north in the bus lane on Nicolson Street when the driver on my right cut me off in order to park.

    Fortunately something alerted me to this possibility just in time that I was able to brake. Genuinely not sure what that was, but it certainly wasn't the driver using their indicators.

    Posted 4 years ago #
  17. EdinburghCycleCam
    Member

    Driver of the number 3 Lothian Bus this morning, who was so intent on overtaking myself and another cyclist on Minto Street, that he drove straight past a bus stop full of people frantically waving for him to stop.

    Posted 4 years ago #
  18. Greenroofer
    Member

    Heading down Craighouse Hill this morning onto Myreside Road and through the traffic lights at the Royal Ed, I was doing 23mph (according to my non-official, non-certified and not-legally-required GPS device). I must therefore assume that the car that was right up my rear end the whole way was also doing more than 20mph. The speed limit there is 20mph. I took a very strong primary position round the bend by the Watson's Cricket Pavilion (which went on fire about two hours later) so they couldn't overtake there like they wanted to. Once we were onto the straight bit of Myreside Road they immediately overtook me.

    ...and then immediately slowed and indicated right to turn into the Watson's Rugby Ground car park.

    Posted 4 years ago #
  19. I were right about that saddle
    Member

    @Greenroofer

    Was it Muriel Gray at the wheel?

    Posted 4 years ago #
  20. CocoShepherd
    Member

    Pedestrian seriously injured in Glasgow road accident

    This offending vehicle did have a driver who was not injured but was unfortunately 'badly shaken'.

    BBC report

    Posted 4 years ago #
  21. algo
    Member

    Driver of a white merc SUV thing overtook me and kids here:



    I had my younger one on a follow-me tandem and was in primary - my elder was in front and about to indicate right. If I'd not had the follow-me I'd have placed myself in front of the car but I couldn't so had to advise my eldest to take evasive action and head left while they passed. They did so slowly, to be fair, but my word that was idiotic - probably not malicious but definitely idiotic. On account of recent more mindful attempts not to swear in front of the kids in such situations I shouted "You crazy fool" somehow inadvertently summoning Mr-T- who I cannot in any way emulate...

    Posted 4 years ago #
  22. I were right about that saddle
    Member

    Heading down South Bridge and a car drifts into the green lane beside me as the driver executes a complex operation on his smart telephone. I look hard, preparing to boot it or bale out but not doing anything more.

    Passenger winds the window down, and with his feet still on the dashboard yells: "F*** are you looking at ya poof?"

    Still, the Sustrans Workplace Challenge will be truly transformative and bring about a step change in modal share.

    Posted 4 years ago #
  23. algo
    Member

    @IWRATS I can't help feeling that this wouldn't have happened if there were a piece of artwork, possibly produced by a local school through some sort of competition, at the side of the road.

    Posted 4 years ago #
  24. I were right about that saddle
    Member

    I had looked him in the eye while riding a pink bicycle which, I think, makes me a 'Provocative f***er' under the Niceway Code.

    Posted 4 years ago #
  25. neddie
    Member

    with his feet still on the dashboard

    They will lose their legs in even a minor crash if the airbag goes off. (There's some very nasty images available online of this)

    Never ever put your feet on the dash

    Posted 4 years ago #
  26. I were right about that saddle
    Member

    They will lose their legs in even a minor crash

    Now you tell me.

    Posted 4 years ago #
  27. DrAfternoon
    Member

    Passenger winds the window down, and with his feet still on the dashboard yells: "F*** are you looking at ya poof?"

    To which I might be tempted to reply with a similarly vulgar, "I might be a poof but I know a c*** when I see one".

    Posted 4 years ago #
  28. I were right about that saddle
    Member

    @DrAfternoon

    My calculation was that they were two rat-faced thirty-somethings at the helm of a motorised battering ram and I was ultimately going to lose any confrontation but that is a belter and I'll keep it in mind.

    Posted 4 years ago #
  29. gembo
    Member

    Nice exchanges

    Spotted driver going past the junction at my house this morning brushing her teeth. Fear not was an electric toothbrush.

    Posted 4 years ago #
  30. stiltskin
    Member

    electric toothbrush.
    Nice to see that drivers are doing their bit to limit CO2 emissions

    Posted 4 years ago #

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