Irish drivers bad habbits

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1. Driving with no lights on
2.Driving with fog lights on except when its actually foggy
3. Driving in the outer lane on motorways and dual carridgeways when there are no junction for miles.
4 Driving in the outer lane , eventually moving over, then indicating and moving back into the outer lane even on an empty motormay.
5. No idea how to use roundabouts or indicating on same.
6.Driving in Bus lanes and ignoring the yeild marking at the end of many Bus lanes.
7. Why they moan when they have provisional/learner permits. Would they fly if Ryanair or Aerlingus had L plates on the aircraft or refused to show them.
8. Scooters & Motorcycles using cycle lanes or passing on the left of cars and trucks cars.
9. Dont get me started on cyclists..lol
 
10. Parking in disabled parking spaces
11. Parking on pavements
12. Parking opposite a '' NO PARKING AT ANY TIME'' sign
12. Over-taking at 80kph on icy roads
13. Tailgate , as they don't understand the ' 2 second rule '
 
14. Sitting at traffic lights with the car edging forward slightly when the light is red, and then taking ages to actually move when the light turns green.

15. "Parking" in the yellow box.
 
16. changing lanes just after turning right espically at Brewery Rd onto the N11.
17. never using indicators.
18. big one for me people who drive the whole way down the bus lane indicating to go left thenat the last moment indicate right and get back into normal traffic.
19. people who let the above into normal traffic.
 
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Not changing lane to allow others to merge onto motorways/dual carriageways thus forcing the mergee to a dangerous, grinding stop!
 
22. people who wait till the lights change before they start to indicate
 
Yorky said:
23. Drivers who stop in flowing traffic to facilitate a passenger to alight directly outside their destination and expecting other motorists to wait.
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Last year, this happened several days in a row in the overtaking lane of a dual-carriageway (100kph)!!! :eek: I reported it and didn't see it happen after that.
 
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Yorky said:
23. Drivers who stop in flowing traffic to facilitate a passenger to alight directly outside their destination and expecting other motorists to wait.
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... and the people that park on double yellow lines, just because it suits them to stop right outside the shop, with no regard for other traffic

24. People who sit at roundabouts seemingly waiting for an invitation to actually go
 
25. Drivers who only have their parking lights on when driving in urban areas when it's dark. Why don't they put on their dims when they're parked?

I often wonder if people with only their parking lights on like this think they're saving a fortune on petrol.
 
21. People who skip numbers in the list:D
26. Going through red lights ....and not 'just' after they've turned red!
26a. Going through red lights into already congested junctions (blocking traffic now on the green light.
27. Last car in a line of traffic stops to let traffic out from a side road. Look in your rear view mirror first!
28. Using mobile phone while driving.
28a. Using mobile phone while turning
28b. Using mobile phone while changing gear - look Ma, no hands:eek: (Ok they may be driving automatics, I don't know)
29. Drivers who slow dramatically in free flow to let merging traffic in.
30. Kamikazee drivers who "merge" straight across three lanes - Saw one of these on mobile on Thurs:eek::mad:
31 Stopping at roundabouts when there isn't another car in sight except the traffic built up behind.
31a Stopping at roundabouts when traffic is merely approaching the roundabout from another direction.
32. L drivers who smash the speed limit.
33. Able bodied people who abuse Disable Driver cards to park in Disabled parking spots. A few months ago, on the radio, they were on about this. One guy had a disabled driver permit on a JCB!!
 
A friend of mine who daydreams a lot was first car stopped at traffic lights one day a few years ago. The lights went green a few times, he reckons, and he never moved. Eventually, the driver in the car behind him got out, tapped on his window and calmly asked him, "Excuse me, sir. Are you waiting for a particular shade of green?"
 
Marathon Man said:
33. Able bodied people who abuse Disable Driver cards to park in Disabled parking spots.
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If I see someone obviously able bodied hopping outta their car after parking in a disabled spot, I used to give them a round of applause. The sarcasm was generally lost on them however....

34. The person imediately behind a slow moving driver sitting too close to them to allow the person behind then to overtake them and slot in and then overtake the slow moving driver safely, but too far away to allow them to overtake both safely.
35. People who accelerate when being overtaken.
36. People who try to race you, because you have a car that's percieved to be 'worthy' of racing. Never mind the fact that these are people that think they can do 150mph in a straight line yet know nothing about the dynamics of cornering at anything more than 40mph without crashing.
37.Owners of 1.1L cars with exhausts big enough to fit their ugly heads in.
38. Anyone with Neons, fake dump valves/waste gates that go 'kssh' pretending they drive a turboed car.
39. Boy Racers who drive Starlet Turbos but who have them insured as the normal 1.3L 'granny specials'.
40. People who deliberately go out during the snow and do donuts and handbrake turns, compacting the snow even more and making it slippier than normal.
41. People who can't drive well in fine, dry conditions, driving through snowy/icy conditions.
 
Pique318 said:
If I see someone obviously able bodied hopping outta their car after parking in a disabled spot, I used to give them a round of applause. The sarcasm was generally lost on them however....
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There are many people who are well able to walk but still have (and need) valid disabled parking badges. You're not going to be able to detect serious heart or lung conditions from the look of them. Look for the blue badge before you abuse them.
 
Complainer said:
There are many people who are well able to walk but still have (and need) valid disabled parking badges. You're not going to be able to detect serious heart or lung conditions from the look of them. Look for the blue badge before you abuse them.
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I agree with Complainer so much on this. My mother who is disabled may not look it to some, and she is actually embarassed to use her card, which she had to be forced into getting. Instead she will park away from where she needs to, not use the disabled bays, and suffer for days afterwards.

People who have an opinion on these type of people need to walk a day in their shoes, and then tell them that they don't deserve the parking card. They're not given out in lucky bags you know, my mother had to have scans, x-rays, interviews and lots of visits to a specialist.
 
42. (Just seen this) People who after a light falling of snow, push the snow just far enough off the dirvers side of the windscreen to see out, but not off the rest of the windscreen, back window or any of the side windows.

43.Able bodied people who have a disabled sticker on the car for a relative, who use the disabled spaces when they do not have the relative with them.
 
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