New Posts For Thread: Car driving courtesieshttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31523787/car-driving-courtesiesFrom my house down into town there’s a road with a couple of chicanes.The chicanes are there to slow traffic down as it is a straight road and of course people have been driving too fast going downhill. Tbf easily done to some extent.Now very oftenOn a slight tangent, on Sunday I noticed a fire engine approaching behind me on blues and twos on a single carriageway road. I mounted the pavement and granted said fire engine sufficient space to allow him to pass. The Transit van in front of me shttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31523787/car-driving-courtesies?post_id=557073151#557073151On a slight tangent, on Sunday I noticed a fire engine approaching behind me on blues and twos on a single carriageway road. I mounted the pavement and granted said fire engine sufficient space to allow him to pass. The Transit van in front of me sFri, 26 Apr 2019 12:15:57 -0500my only beef on the roads is .... if a driver is turning right against the flow of traffic (often at traffic lights) ... can you please position yourself centre spot and enable cars to passhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31523787/car-driving-courtesies?post_id=557073111#557073111my only beef on the roads is .... if a driver is turning right against the flow of traffic (often at traffic lights) ... can you please position yourself centre spot and enable cars to passFri, 26 Apr 2019 12:05:20 -0500i stop at every junction to let people out ... i know it pi55es evryone off behind mehttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31523787/car-driving-courtesies?post_id=557073103#557073103i stop at every junction to let people out ... i know it pi55es evryone off behind meFri, 26 Apr 2019 12:03:24 -0500I think it's not a bad idea to legally introduced a refresher course every 5 years; below a certain standard for a given number of times a re-test could be the result as I believe some imported drivers are not kosher and/or competent.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31523787/car-driving-courtesies?post_id=557072827#557072827I think it's not a bad idea to legally introduced a refresher course every 5 years; below a certain standard for a given number of times a re-test could be the result as I believe some imported drivers are not kosher and/or competent.Fri, 26 Apr 2019 11:06:02 -0500I hate it when people block junctions when you re trying to turn right off a main road.the seethometer rises when they refuse to make eye contact,what’s wrong with a mouthed apology to acknowledge they’ve ****** up.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31523787/car-driving-courtesies?post_id=557071895#557071895I hate it when people block junctions when you re trying to turn right off a main road.the seethometer rises when they refuse to make eye contact,what’s wrong with a mouthed apology to acknowledge they’ve ****** up.Fri, 26 Apr 2019 08:30:57 -0500Jack - Letting cars out over 2 lanes is a personal peeve - had a close one when someone decided to do that the other week.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31523787/car-driving-courtesies?post_id=557071855#557071855Jack - Letting cars out over 2 lanes is a personal peeve - had a close one when someone decided to do that the other week.Fri, 26 Apr 2019 08:22:34 -0500Not acknowledging courtesy is a big one.Manners cost nothing.Grrr.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31523787/car-driving-courtesies?post_id=557071827#557071827Not acknowledging courtesy is a big one.Manners cost nothing.Grrr.Fri, 26 Apr 2019 08:19:14 -0500.."imported mini cab drivers"...Anyone visited their homeland? Drive on the wrong side of their motorway as if it's normal practice; overtake just before a bend. Yet to see one driving with correct usage of indicators, road position and/or lane discihttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31523787/car-driving-courtesies?post_id=557068693#557068693.."imported mini cab drivers"...Anyone visited their homeland? Drive on the wrong side of their motorway as if it's normal practice; overtake just before a bend. Yet to see one driving with correct usage of indicators, road position and/or lane disciThu, 25 Apr 2019 14:12:40 -0500I see ridiculous 'politeness' where people try to let cars out across two lanes of traffic without understanding that cars in the other lane are travelling at high speed.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31523787/car-driving-courtesies?post_id=557068555#557068555I see ridiculous 'politeness' where people try to let cars out across two lanes of traffic without understanding that cars in the other lane are travelling at high speed.Thu, 25 Apr 2019 13:54:53 -0500Where letting one driver out becomes problematic is when they proceed to let one out but being weak and preventing an entire side street establishing priority at a junction ,this is bad .https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31523787/car-driving-courtesies?post_id=557068453#557068453Where letting one driver out becomes problematic is when they proceed to let one out but being weak and preventing an entire side street establishing priority at a junction ,this is bad .Thu, 25 Apr 2019 13:40:57 -0500