Crazy Driver Thread - Page 4

Fargo Wolf · May 27th, 2011, 06:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by joshsam

Belgian truck drivers have an overtake ban at all times.
Still you will find yourself in this situation many times:

The reason for such a ban? If it was me, I'd do the exact same thing and overtake, regardless of whether or not there was a ban. Mind you, at least I'd be faster than this guy.

Quote:

Originally Posted by I-275westcoastfl

Must be a bad road design.

No, I don't think so. It could have been built at a time when traffic was much lighter. There's a merge like that where I live that's like that.

DanielFigFoz · May 27th, 2011, 06:28 PM

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Originally Posted by RKC

yes but the question is: is it legal in america to stay in the left lane?

cause they're doing it so often I'm starting to think it is...

oh and this is pretty crazy: it's a page from Katy Perry's rider agreement, regarding driver's:
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/file/ka...y-rider?page=4

check the one which says "safety first"
we're not in a race <--> always use far left lane....

It's legal in the UK to stay in the left lane

***I-275westcoastfl*** · May 27th, 2011, 06:31 PM

It is illegal depending on the state but it isn't enforced so you have idiots saying in the left lane.

joshsam · May 27th, 2011, 06:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fargo Wolf

The reason for such a ban? If it was me, I'd do the exact same thing and overtake, regardless of whether or not there was a ban. Mind you, at least I'd be faster than this guy.

They overtake to slow, so hold up other traffic to much. Traffic on most Belgian highways is so heavy with the most right lane always full of trucks and the other lanes full of cars. If they start to overtake they cause delay for everyone, if more trucks overtake, the whole highway gets jammed up.

Take a look at the Belgian highways thread. The number of fatal accidents with trucks is very high.

See how much trucks in antwerp in one minute:

***ChrisZwolle*** · May 27th, 2011, 07:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by joshsam

Take a look at the Belgian highways thread. The number of fatal accidents with trucks is very high.

Those can also be attributed to a passing ban. If you impose long-distance passing bans for trucks, you will get long convoys of trucks, because the slowest one causes a queue behind it. What you really need is a widening and a reduction of the passing ban to rush hours only.

joshsam · May 27th, 2011, 07:33 PM

Yeah well, we don't widen our highways, and prob never will

The green ones need to keep their mouth shut. You do know that they managed to stop a widening of Brussels ringroad....again.

RKC · May 30th, 2011, 02:15 PM

this is funny, well handled by the cop:

RKC · May 30th, 2011, 07:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DanielFigFoz

It's legal in the UK to stay in the left lane

you mean right lane? that's the fast lane in countries that drive on the left isn't it?

DanielFigFoz · May 30th, 2011, 07:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RKC

you mean right lane? that's the fast lane in countries that drive on the left isn't it?

Yes

RKC · June 14th, 2011, 07:14 PM

joshsam · June 14th, 2011, 07:16 PM

What a fool, overtaking in a turn...

RKC · June 14th, 2011, 07:31 PM

yeah a price winning idiot... all the other better drivers saved his ass

RKC · June 14th, 2011, 07:52 PM

here's another one recorded from a police car

not a crazy driver but a crazy parent:

Corvinus · June 14th, 2011, 10:21 PM

The three last vids are from Hungary. In the 1st, it can be very clearly seen that the truck driver uses his left turn signal and moves slightly leftwards, in this way trying to prevent the small car's obviously insane overtaking. This is an ultimate warning which vehicles behind a truck should take seriously.

The video captions:
1st from above: "Life-threatening overtaking, enormous braking, closely avoided crash",
3rd: "Baby buggy in traffic (it is easier to push it here, he said - and if run over?)"

liburni · June 17th, 2011, 05:48 AM

check out these two idiots on motorcycles doing stunts through Prishtina, Kosovo:

Quote:

Originally Posted by Edi_H

RKC · September 8th, 2011, 08:00 PM

biker nearly crashes into me

***ChrisZwolle*** · September 8th, 2011, 08:03 PM

I must say that is a pretty weird road junction.

BND · September 8th, 2011, 08:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RKC

biker nearly crashes into me

Your horn sounds weird

RKC · September 8th, 2011, 08:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ChrisZwolle

I must say that is a pretty weird road junction.

it's a big drop on the right, there are these little roads that lead down to beaches, villages, in this case a ferry

this is the spot:
http://goo.gl/rW0Xg

RKC · September 8th, 2011, 08:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BND

Your horn sounds weird

haha i wish i had that horn, but I just put that sound on it cause I couldn't figure out how to properly beep it

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*I-275westcoastfl* Jestem Hardkorem Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Clearwater, Florida Posts: 5,537 Likes (Received): 27	It is illegal depending on the state but it isn't enforced so you have idiots saying in the left lane.

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RKC Registered User Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Budapest Posts: 1,484 Likes (Received): 4	yeah a price winning idiot... all the other better drivers saved his ass

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RKC Registered User Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Budapest Posts: 1,484 Likes (Received): 4	here's another one recorded from a police car not a crazy driver but a crazy parent:

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Corvinus License plate spotter Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: H / D / CH Posts: 487 Likes (Received): 7	The three last vids are from Hungary. In the 1st, it can be very clearly seen that the truck driver uses his left turn signal and moves slightly leftwards, in this way trying to prevent the small car's obviously insane overtaking. This is an ultimate warning which vehicles behind a truck should take seriously. The video captions: 1st from above: "Life-threatening overtaking, enormous braking, closely avoided crash", 3rd: "Baby buggy in traffic (it is easier to push it here, he said - and if run over?)"

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