Just parked in my usual spot, you know the one DD, outside moggisons in the disabled bays..
An old fella and his missus come driving up to the side of me, and CRACK, straight into the huge steel lamppost..... It's not like you couldn't see the thing... It's forty foot tall and about twelve inch circumference :shock: (behave DD) LOL
They didn't even notice :shock: Just got out and walked away... Now me, being a nosey bugger had to look.
Sure enough,a nice big crack in his bumper :roll:
I also noticed quite a few others, probably done in a similar way. Lol
Maybe that's his breaking system? Haha
I did tell him, his wife just rolled her eyes as if to say "again"
He had a look, and said, "oooh, that one wasn't there before"
Some folks should not be on the road....
Me-Tony
Ra-1996 -2013 RIP...
Cleo - 1996 to 2011. RIP0
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But you are right my OH comes home most days sething that an old dear had cut in front of him just missing his car, not looking in their mirrors or signaling to soon or to late! I agree with my OH when you hit 60yrs old you should have to retake your driving test and if you fail you should have your license taken off you.
I know that at a certain age you DO have to retake your test, but I can't remember what the age is. And I'm not sure if you have to literally pass the test as todays standard?
This is the kind of stuff our Del would know... :roll:
Oooh, reading back, that seems like I'm calling him an old codger
Cleo - 1996 to 2011. RIP
Numpty
He had to renew his licence but it was just form filling. He is absolutely awful on the road. My daughter and I went in the car with him at christmas and I was so scared I was almost in tears. On the way home, I decided it was safer for me to drive back even though his car wasn't insured for me to drive (I would have been covered on my own insurance). He gets the car to 50mph and thats where it stays till he reaches his destination. That includes going round sharp bends, down narrow lanes and across junctions!
The standard of some of the older drivers (yeah, younger ones too but that's stupidity mainly and showing off) is dreadful....
I cringe sometimes when I hear them revving the bahoogies off the car engine reversing etc, whilst barely lifting the clutch and going nowhere... That's a classic warning sign if you ask me.. Basic clutch control is essential...
Cleo - 1996 to 2011. RIP
never realised they where for stopping the car. My wife always uses the Kerb, Gates, privets, or the back of my new Merc
Colin
Right, I know I'm gonna be in bother with the wimmin folks again :roll:
Cleo - 1996 to 2011. RIP
then there are the country roads where old men with straw in their caps do a steady 30 and you cant overtake them cos the road is too winding. im convinced that half of these are either tight when it comes to paying for petrol OR they had a little tipple or two and dont want to tempt fate.
i really love the really old people who give me horrendous looks as i park in disabled bays and then realise that i am actually moving more stiffly and slowly than they are......then i look at them in a funny way as they walk away with a spring in their step from the disabled bay :roll: :roll:
Got it in one, Tony. Now, where's me rolling pin?
Earth... You're spot on with the middle lane hoggers.. Drive me insane... That lane is an over taking lane... If you're not overtaking owt, pull in. I shouldn't have to go into the fast lane at sixty cos you're say in the middle one doing fifty :x
If I see someone flying down all the way in the middle lane, as they go past me (if there is nothing else to overtake) I flash them as if to say "pull in now ya plonker" works about seventy percent of the time.. Makes em think anyway..
Must admit the majority of middle lane dawdlers are wimmin and old farts lol.
Ooops, I've done it again..
Sticky.. Get thi rollin pin out lass, I've a feeling you're gonna need it more than once
Cleo - 1996 to 2011. RIP
Here it is Sticky
Havne't they done research about which gender is safest?
Love
toni xx
Toni xxx
I think you have to retake your test at 75 years old .
Off ti watch the grand prix now .
No mistakes as you grow worst, no time to drive badly, no sudden cessation of driving, no argument, no question about when, no exorbitant costs trying to run a car on a pension, less numbers on the road. Safer roads, stop at 75 its fair to all.
My father carried on till he was 85 and I couldn't stop him, (87 now and registered blind), I contacted his doctor, DVLA etc etc and still he drove with macular disease, he'd get to a T junction, mum would lean forward, look left and right and say, "clear now" and he would pull out at a high rate of knots. He always preferred driving in France, not so much traffic, they'd drive from one end to other on the back roads. I know many more that are in the same position.
They hated it and it was in an old beat up series 2 landrover and their nice ponced up cars were no match... and nor was the driving... that's all I am saying....
Oh and to rub salt in their wounds even further I was still young as well
So less of the woman drivers... good and bad of both sexes.....
Velcro said to tell Ra she is very good driver and hopes he is safe as well? Cris xx
Thanks everyone
Toni, that research was done by a wummun heehee
There are some exceptions I will concede (good of me really eh? Lol)
I think on the whole though, men ARE better drivers technically, it's just there are more ar$eh0le men drivers than ar$eh0le wimmin drivers, hence the bunkum research
Cris... Well done hun.
Cleo - 1996 to 2011. RIP
Hm. Care to elaborate on that, Tony? Especially on what 'technically' means in this context. (That is code for 'typical bl88dy bloke'
Seriously, I do think age is a factor but there are other things too. My Dad kept up his licence for years after he got rid of his car (After I was born. Couldn't afford to keep both baby & car. Got rid of the wrong one. That 's the story I inherited
I actually figured that bit out about your sister bring a wummun
By technical I mean, such things as reversing... You gotta about, on the while blokes are better at things like reverse parking etc..
Three point turns etc..
I know I'm not offending you ladies
Cleo - 1996 to 2011. RIP
I am BERILLIANT at reverse parking
like all us women
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-16802272
just more considerate and conscientious!!!
Love ya Tone
Toni xxx
Toni xxx
Don't women get cheaper insurance because they are better, safer drivers?
Really love the car park bit... Lol
Hey, Toni... That study was only a month long... Heehee
Cleo - 1996 to 2011. RIP
Toni xxx
Toni xxx
7worlds
Do one before I get the ANTI SPAMSTER HAMSTER out of his cage.. He feeds on spamster testicles so disappear quick :x
Cleo - 1996 to 2011. RIP