Things that ring alarm bells

[gdaybruce]

Always used to be older drivers with hats who made me come over all defensive but these days, as The Lord High Executioner in The Mikado might have put it, "I've got a little list!":

Younger drivers with baseball caps driving Halfords Specials,
Any car where I hear the sound system before I hear the engine,
Drivers holding mobiles,
Drivers who stick their satnav in the middle of the windscreen,
Drivers who keep their satnavs on daylight settings at night,
Drivers I can barely see because they’re hidden by the steering wheel,
Harassed Mums looking for a parking space on the school run,
Drivers who simply look terrified all the time!
Any taxi driver, except for (most) London cabbies,
Any van sitting 6 inches off my back bumper,
Any driving school car,
Any vehicle on foreign plates,

And of course, anyone who makes sweeping generalisations

Any more suggestions?

[PeteG]

Drivers in hats. Matters not what type.

[henrycrun]

looking at their lap (texting)
lack of brake lights (broken)

Edited by henrycrun on Monday 1st February 18:55

[WhoseGeneration]

The well driven performance car behind me.
<Scrutinises driver and, if one, passenger, carefully looks at front grille.>
Well, make that any well driven car.

[RV8]

PeteG said:

Drivers in hats. Matters not what type.

My dad always says this, like it's his golden rule or something, got to admit it often is true..

[2 sMoKiN bArReLs]

Bmw drivers
People with the fish sign on the back of the car

[jains15]

Anyone with ANYTHING dangling off the rear view mirror

[Puddenchucker]

Anyone who drives with both their hands at the top of the steering wheel - the midnight position as I call it.

Anyone whose rear wiper is on, continuously, when it's dry weather.

[Dogwatch]

Any newish saloon/estate with ladders on the roof.


Anything with 'replacement windscreens' either written or implied.

[Nickbmwcoupe]

2 sMoKiN bArReLs said:

Bmw drivers
People with the fish sign on the back of the car

whats wrong with bmw drivers lol?

people who drive well under the limit(speed)

[Johnnytheboy]

People who drive one foot to the right of the car in front, wherever the car in front is in their lane.

[RenesisEvo]

gdaybruce said:

Drivers who stick their satnav in the middle of the windscreen,

Personally I'd rather stick the unit the middle of the screen and lose a little vision, then have to find a way to get cables up across the dash, over the steering wheel and past the front of the instruments, which could potentially hamper the ability to use any of the major controls (cables dangling around the gearstick, indicator stalk, or steering wheel). Besides, the A-pillar blindspot on the driver's side is big enough already. Seeing straight ahead is less of an issue normally as there's plenty to see through/around.

I do fear for the 'preying mantis' types (both hands on the top of the wheel, sat close enough that the airbag will be their biggest source of injury in a crash. Saw one this morning, practically hugging the steering wheel, and yet the seat back was way back near the door...), and anything that's clearly been driven into the local Halfords display window.

[Neil.D]

People with really dirty cars.

[dibbers006]

Neil.D said:

People with really dirty cars

That is just a sexual preference.

[pacman1]

Anyone who needs to sit so far forward to see out, that their sun visor would hit them on the back of the head.

Oh and drivers who wear sunglasses when it's not even remotely sunny.

Edited by pacman1 on Tuesday 2nd February 17:36

[Johnnytheboy]

Mk1 Vectras.
5+ yr old Mondeos.
Crewcab 4X4s.

[HereBeMonsters]

People who brake because there is a corner coming. Or even worse, because they are IN a corner.

[Mr. Potato Head]

Citreon Picasso, Megane Scenic, Vauxhall Corsa, any Toyota, any Peugeot but especially ones less than 5 yrs old, Pacific rim cars, huge 4x4s driven by orange faced women, any van, any taxi, women who would rather slow down to 56mph behind that lorry that just pulled out into lane 2 rather than move into the empty lane 3, german saloons driven by self-important tossers, too slow, too fast, didn't indicate, indicated when not necessary, in the wrong lane and looking to push in up ahead (yes I can see you), Valentino Rossi wannabes, motorcycle couriers, pizza delivery scooters, in fact any scooter, too young, too old, wker windows, bass innit, motorsport sunstrip, cd hanging from the mirror, England flag flapping in the air, men wearing vests...

[Tame Technician]

People with I.A.M stickers......sorry I'm only joking couldnt resist.


If i'm driving my car........... the majority of those already stated, In particular, anyone driving a potential unmarked police car, especially if there matching my speed at a safe distance. Usualy suspects. Volvo V70 + S60, Mondeo ST220, Vectra 3.2, BMW 530D, Skoda Octavia RS.

But IF I'm riding my motor bike........ANY ONE, on the road, or at the side of it, or on the pavement and or any wide life that may apear etc....

Head butted a pigeon at 100mph last year, sore back and neck for a few weeks, And almost as long trying to clean the remains of said bird off the bike and leathers.

Edited by Tame Technician on Wednesday 3rd February 18:38

[Citizen09]

2 sMoKiN bArReLs said:

Bmw drivers

I think you will find that the 21st-century equivalent now comes equipped with an Audi, usually an A4.