Ways to spot a "non-advanced" driver
Discussion
Chats about "knowing the road"
Has a baseball cap
Has always owned a car from the near east
Speed bears little relation to posted limit, never mind actual hazards
If two hands are on the steering wheel, at least one hand ain't there on purpose
Worries about "maniacs" overtaking him/her
Tries to obstruct course of said maniacs
Only discussion about weather is to talk about conditions that make driving "impossible"
Please continue...
Has a baseball cap
Has always owned a car from the near east
Speed bears little relation to posted limit, never mind actual hazards
If two hands are on the steering wheel, at least one hand ain't there on purpose
Worries about "maniacs" overtaking him/her
Tries to obstruct course of said maniacs
Only discussion about weather is to talk about conditions that make driving "impossible"
Please continue...
One hand on the steering wheel somehow stretched over so their arm is twisted at a bizarre angle making safe steering nearly impossible,
Still accelerating towards a light that has just turned red,
Making absurd claims about getting from one place to another in a ridiculously short time (have a mate whos always bragging about how he got from A to B in a very impressively short time, worked it out once and he would have needed an average speed of about 90mph across B roads and lanes... Righto!)
Cheap tyres are a good buy,
'I think my car is rear wheel drive' have heard this from a few people ranging from saxos to mk2 golfs :/
Still accelerating towards a light that has just turned red,
Making absurd claims about getting from one place to another in a ridiculously short time (have a mate whos always bragging about how he got from A to B in a very impressively short time, worked it out once and he would have needed an average speed of about 90mph across B roads and lanes... Righto!)
Cheap tyres are a good buy,
'I think my car is rear wheel drive' have heard this from a few people ranging from saxos to mk2 golfs :/
They suffer from 'lazy shoulder', were it causes them to slump over the handbrake 'gangsta-esque'. Seat wound right back so that there line of vision just eclipses the top of the dash. Drive everywhere two gears too low maintaining high revs for maximum attack on anyone that gets in THEIR road. CHOOONS pumping, nasty lights and air filter that adds at least 50bhp to their 'wagon'
A particularly brilliant thread on another forum last month involved a chap saying he never uses his main beams at night on roads that he knows well. He felt the act of moving the lighting stalk back and forth meant he could not control the car 100%, and so he was safer just sticking to dipped lights.
Despite many folks commenting to the contrary, and another video in the thread showing good use of main/dipped beam lights (which started the discussion off), he was adamant that anyone who flicks up the main beams on country roads to see as much as possible of the road ahead was being unsafe.
Not so much "non-advanced" as "stupid" really...
Despite many folks commenting to the contrary, and another video in the thread showing good use of main/dipped beam lights (which started the discussion off), he was adamant that anyone who flicks up the main beams on country roads to see as much as possible of the road ahead was being unsafe.
Not so much "non-advanced" as "stupid" really...
timbob said:
A particularly brilliant thread on another forum last month involved a chap saying he never uses his main beams at night on roads that he knows well. He felt the act of moving the lighting stalk back and forth meant he could not control the car 100%, and so he was safer just sticking to dipped lights.
Despite many folks commenting to the contrary, and another video in the thread showing good use of main/dipped beam lights (which started the discussion off), he was adamant that anyone who flicks up the main beams on country roads to see as much as possible of the road ahead was being unsafe.
Not so much "non-advanced" as "stupid" really...
I'm actually struggling to believe anyone could be quite so retarded. Despite many folks commenting to the contrary, and another video in the thread showing good use of main/dipped beam lights (which started the discussion off), he was adamant that anyone who flicks up the main beams on country roads to see as much as possible of the road ahead was being unsafe.
Not so much "non-advanced" as "stupid" really...
Have you got a link?
Great Pretender said:
timbob said:
A particularly brilliant thread on another forum last month involved a chap saying he never uses his main beams at night on roads that he knows well. He felt the act of moving the lighting stalk back and forth meant he could not control the car 100%, and so he was safer just sticking to dipped lights.
Despite many folks commenting to the contrary, and another video in the thread showing good use of main/dipped beam lights (which started the discussion off), he was adamant that anyone who flicks up the main beams on country roads to see as much as possible of the road ahead was being unsafe.
Not so much "non-advanced" as "stupid" really...
I'm actually struggling to believe anyone could be quite so retarded. Despite many folks commenting to the contrary, and another video in the thread showing good use of main/dipped beam lights (which started the discussion off), he was adamant that anyone who flicks up the main beams on country roads to see as much as possible of the road ahead was being unsafe.
Not so much "non-advanced" as "stupid" really...
Have you got a link?
The chap you're after is rossk26 who first posts at post #9 - saying he thought that the OP's use of main beams indicated that he didn't know the road very well, as he only ever uses them on roads he doesn't know...
timbob said:
Here's the thread: http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=...
The chap you're after is rossk26 who first posts at post #9 - saying he thought that the OP's use of main beams indicated that he didn't know the road very well, as he only ever uses them on roads he doesn't know...
Christ. I'm gobsmacked that people like this exist in real life and co-exist amongst us.The chap you're after is rossk26 who first posts at post #9 - saying he thought that the OP's use of main beams indicated that he didn't know the road very well, as he only ever uses them on roads he doesn't know...
timbob said:
Here's the thread: http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=...
The chap you're after is rossk26 who first posts at post #9 - saying he thought that the OP's use of main beams indicated that he didn't know the road very well, as he only ever uses them on roads he doesn't know...
Do like this answer by him:The chap you're after is rossk26 who first posts at post #9 - saying he thought that the OP's use of main beams indicated that he didn't know the road very well, as he only ever uses them on roads he doesn't know...
Stevie Wonder said:
There are too many drivers out there that forget to turn their high beams off, and I have lost count the amount of times I have been dazzled by oncoming drivers.
Yes, that's because they don't see you coming as early as if you SWITCHED YOUR HIGH BEAM ON!!!!!! 
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