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Would (or should/could) OF
Your <-> You're

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Shit drivers

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People who walk slow and take up all the walking space (usually groups of people)

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Pessimism

Ignorant drivers
Hypocrites
Tampon ads
Every politician that has ever breathed
People who wait 15 minutes in a line at a cafe and then wait till they get to the front before deciding what they want
EFTPOS and Credit Cards, all it does is slow down transactions

Also can't stand dealing with anyone overseas on the phone whether its telcos or anything with laggy phone chat where you speak over eachother. Whilst potentially funny - quite annoying.

Persistant sales people - just give the fuck up already.
Your / you're
There / their / they're
Fuckers that are going into a turning lane but slow down before getting into the turning lane, even though there is ample room to merge then slow down.

in addition to your you're there they're their - his he's

People that get shitty at you for driving up the vacant lane and then merging, the lanes aren't there for decoration, fucking use them.

People that speed up when you go to overtake them

battery life on smartphones

Immigrants that come to Australia and do nothing but complain about it.

People with no accountability - everyone is a victim these days.. it's always someone or something else's fault.

Possums. Horrible little c*nts always knock shit over over on my balcony or drop shit onto my roof at night. Absolutely no courtesy at all.

Nexus 4 selling out in 1 hour.

The fact that the law requires you to indicate to the right when approaching a roundabout and flicking the left indicator on as you exit when driving straight through.

I always thought it was no indicator on approach for driving straight through (and left indicator when exiting regardless of which way exit you're taking).

The fact that the law requires you to indicate to the right when approaching a roundabout and flicking the left indicator on as you exit when driving straight through.


I always thought it was no indicator on approach for driving straight through (and left indicator when exiting regardless of which way exit you're taking).

tickles is right, whoever posted the first bit is wrong (unless the law changed)

i've never complained about a noisy neighbour before in my life but i'm going to now... my noisy fukn neightbour !@#!@#
8 years of power tools every fukn day... grinders, benchsaws, orbital sanders & the like.. how can there be any material left that hasn't already been ground, sawn or sanded away !?! 8 years & he's been working on ONE EXTERNAL WALL & it's even more fucked than when he started. it was good 1950s hardwood weather board with decent paint when he started... now it's multiple layers of hardy plank with all the holes covered with bits of tarp that flap in the wind & boarded up windows.

gah!@ so much fucked-up-ness i could rant for hours n not cover every bizarre thing that he does.

also grammar pedants are pretty annoying :D

tailgating/speeding

oh.. and 80% of the dutch population

the lnp

Because the ALP worked out sooooooo well....

Because the ALP worked out sooooooo well....

they did, especially if you worked for the public service~!

I always thought it was no indicator on approach for driving straight through (and left indicator when exiting regardless of which way exit you're taking).
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tickles is right, whoever posted the first bit is wrong (unless the law changed)

the law changed 3 or so years ago. lol. shows how much queenslanders give a shit about road rules.

I walk in the city every day so I agree with most of what is said. The other thing I hate are the slow walkers that block all traffic, then push to the front at the lights to slow everyone down all over again.

http://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/Safety/Queensland-Road-Rules/Road-rules-refresher/Roundabouts.aspx

For the lazy:

Going straight ahead


1) Position your vehicle in either lane unless the arrows on the road or signs indicate otherwise.
2) Do not use your indicator until ready to exit.
3) Give way to all vehicles already on the roundabout.
4) Before exiting, use your left indicator and follow the exit lane marking.
5) Stop indicating once you have exited the roundabout.

The fact that the law requires you to indicate to the right when approaching a roundabout and flicking the left indicator on as you exit when driving straight through. So much for roundabouts being a tool for improving traffic flow. Nanny state makes it a safety feature. Not that many people are aware of their indicators in Queensland.This thread is quite therapeutic :)

I had this discussion with the missus the other night.

We had discussed it previously and my school of thought always was:

If turning left indicated left.
If going straight through then no indication until exiting left. Then indicate.
If going right, then indicate right and then left when exiting.

She tells me she looked up the rules recently and they reckon always indicate right unless taking the first left off the round-about then left before exiting.

It just felt weird and I was the passenger. It seemed too busy and an over-use of the indicator. It will just piss people off if you are going straight through and the other entry point at '12 o'clock' start thinking you are turning right until you make a rash indication of exiting left.

More than 4 entry/exit points then the theory should only change based on the angle of the exit opposed to the entry.
If the exit is past '12 o'clock' then a right indication should be required until the inevitability of a left indication for the exit.

my parents have always indicated right when going straight through a roundabout then left then exiting it. it makes sense in my world too.

it just felt weird and I was the passenger. It seemed too busy and an over-use of the indicator. It will just piss people off if you are going straight through and the other entry point at '12 o'clock' start thinking you are turning right until you make a rash indication of exiting left.

then what happens with the jackass that wants to go right and doesnt indicate at all. dont know about you but if im waiting to enter a roundabout and i see a guy not indicating im not risking it. he could either be going through or continue turning. its why the law is there to make ppl indicate even when going straight through.

You know that thing you do when you are walking and someone else is walking straight towards you and you both go the same direction to avoid bumpage so you try the other direction and they do the same? If everyone kept left this would never happen (you'd both go left, or right in those weird right hand driving countries)

The primary cause of this is eye contact. If you look at each other you'll do this, trick is to look elsewhere. True story, try it next time.

Roundabouts - I'm in the no indicate on, indicate off school if going straight through. Otherwise left indicate is an obvious one and right indicate if going past first exit.

The main thing that shits me on these is people waiting to enter who are waiting for a car to their right that is not even on or close to the roundabout.

Carnies

2x lols mental.

I've been jumped by a large group of people before, not something I want to happen again.

he tells me she looked up the rules recently and they reckon always indicate right unless taking the first left off the round-about then left before exiting.

Same. Its the rule. Deal with it people. It turns a roundabout into a safety feature, which in nanny state Qld, makes sense. All the links in the world wont change this.

But the links are to the road rules O.o
I downloaded the driving handbook, the update to it and searched the qld transport site and couldn't find anything that says to indicate when going straight on approach.
Where did you lookup this rule if it isn't there?

Bike riding thru Kangaroo Point and South Bank and people walk side by side in big groups blocking the entire path. Also people in general not staying to the left and blocking everyone from getting past. Oh, and slow walking people who block everyone's path as well. lol

I am at clients for work 75% of the year and usually with the same colleague.
This person burbs continuously during the day, slurps coffee and chew gum really loud with her mouth open. What’s worse is the more I notice it the more annoying it becomes.
By Friday I want to kill her and myself.

People that block an aisle because they are to self absorbed to have any consideration for people around them.

Fuckwits that fart at the table in the lunch room (real low class trash)

Dumb shits that eat with their mouths open.

Disgusting animals that will actually jam their finger up their nose for a pick right in the middle of a conversation. Honestly wtf kind of upbringing did these fuckwits have?

Slow walkers at the mall. Given how universally hated this is I am amazed so many people actually do it.

Dopey fuckers that stand 3m back from the counter causing the other people in line to have no choice but to block access to other parts of the store/servo. Add to that being 5th or 6th in line when every motherfucker in front of you is using their CC to pay.... so much for convenience.

Bitches that don't even acknowledge you when you hold a door open for them. What I find suprising is there doesn't seem to be an age group where this behaviour is more common as both young and old alike seem to think her royal fucking highness is entitled to this reguardless of equality or just plain good manners.

Women that seem to place no value in being a women and would rather try to imitate men. Then of course bitch and moan they can't find a guy

Now for driving
Guys with some obvious inadequacy issues that absolutely have to beat everyone off the line. In saying that though it's probably not as bad as the dickhead with his head down looking at his phone when the lights go green and holds everyone up enough that only half as many people make it through the lights.

People that cut up a merging lane as it's finishing because they absolutely have to get that all so critical one more car length ahead. They then spend the next 15 minutes stuck in traffic just 15 feet ahead of the car they so desperately had to over take. If this is you, YOU are without doubt one of the most monumentally stupid cunts ever to get behind the wheel.

People on phones while driving. Hands free is fine but holding a phone up to your head while cruising along at 70kmph on the Gateway is fucking retarded.

There are so many more but fuck it maybe another time.

Guys with some obvious inadequacy issues that absolutely have to beat everyone off the line.

These guys are funny. Zooming off at one set of lights and leaving everyone else in their dust, only for everyone to catch up to him waiting at the next red.

nice one copuis - guy sounds like a dick

And all the people in that lane go into the second lane and slows everyone down even more, it only benefits the people that dart it. Those lanes are usually in areas which feature lots of trucks which ia when they can be used effectively.

Sorry, can't agree with this one.

If a road is 3 lanes and merges into 2, there is no reason why people should merge early. It's a fucking lane and its there for traffic, not decoration.

I hate approaching a long line of traffic in 2 lanes when there is close to 800m of merging lane sitting there empty. If you use the lane as it should be used, people look at you like you're jumping a queue, but you stay in the 2 lanes and wait forever, while all the lemmings ignore the 3rd lane that was built to carry fucking cars on it!

there is also no reason for leaving it till the last minute, it is best practice to pick a gap, and merge before the end

I really fucking hate people that basically change into the merging lane to can all of a few spots, it causes agro, and tbh if you get a tyre iron to the head because you somehow think that doing the above makes it go faster, hahaha,

btw, if there is a hold up in two lane of traffic, using the third lane means that there are the same amount of cars moving thru the same bottle neck, but will more angry people

I hate approaching a long line of traffic in 2 lanes when there is close to 800m of merging lane sitting there empty

Did it cross that tiny little mind of yours that perhaps it's empty because all the people that were in it have taken the opportunity to merge early thus safely and with as little inconvenience to other drivers?

If you use the lane as it should be used

The reality here is that there is signage warning people that the lane is coming to and end well before the end of the lane. This allows people the chance to merge well before the lane ends and more safely which IS whats suposed to happen otherwise the signs would be completely redundant.

people look at you like you're jumping a queue, but you stay in the 2 lanes and wait forever, while all the lemmings ignore the 3rd lane that was built to carry fucking cars on it!

The only reason they'll be waiting for ever because fuckwits will keep trying to cut in at the last possible second because aparently they are somehow more entitled than everyone else.

there is no reason why people should merge early

there is a couple of damn good reasons people should merge early and if you are clueless about them you shouldn't be on the fucking road. 1) Gradually merging traffic has less tendancy to be all stop start thus follows more steadily and quickly through the bottle neck. 2) Merging smoothly as gaps open up in the affor mentioned free flowing traffic has far less potential for accidents. I can't believe I actually have to explain this to an adult?!?!

It's a fucking lane and its there for traffic, not decoration.

while all the lemmings

It seems you think everyone on the road is an idiot except you and your self entitled sorry ass. You are a prime example of the kind of asshole that simply doesn't deserve to be on the roads. Get a clue dude the roads are for everyone and for them to function as well as possible we all have to be considerate of each other.

As for my original comment on merging it was actually about assholes that use merging lane to blast past you to pick up that all important extra car length when traffic is lite and not bumper to bumper. Traffic is flowing at the speed limit but busy enough that the moron can't make get anywhere any quicker so basically making a dick of himself for nothing.

The people that study this stuff suggest that even though it tends to piss people off late merging is better for overall traffic flow for when traffic is congested and early merging is better when traffic is flowing. It's counter-intuitive obviously, because society often has a overwhelming desire to queue in a lot of scenarios.

Having said that though, from air-conditioned comfort I'll still give a death glare to anyone that zooms past and merges at the last second instead of being a bit more patient.

Yeah no kidding, fucked if I know why I started doing that but thanks for picking me up on it.

you know, i reckon spidz is one of those people that hog the right lane, because they hate having to change lanes,

or my pet road peeve (as i drive to work at 3am) those that can see a car coming on an on-ramp, and refuse to either speed up/slow down to make a little room, or refuse to change lanes despite being the only other car for 500m

or those dicks that go to over take someone, then precede to sit in their 3/4 panel/blind spot preventing other from overtaking, and worse still, dont drop back if the car on the left comes to a point where they might overtake


edit>>> just read http://www.edmunds.com/driving-tips/car-merging-psychology-dont-hate-the-sidezoomer.html

and the case for is pretty weak, and un-founded, and math refutes it

only so many cars can fit thru a space at highway speed (and maintain safe distances), and using a similar but better way to describe it is thus,

merging is like pouring coke from a 2l bottle,
if you merge early it is like a tipping it in a fashion that the coke never touches both sides on the neck, the flow in smooth, and gentle, and doesn't create ripples in the glass (post merge point) or in the bottle itself

if you merge late, it is like just upending the bottle, it creates stress and flow problems, the glass will fill at roughly the same rate, but there is alot of ripples created, and the chance of spillage (crash) is increased,

you could go deeper and use the bubble as an example of the petrol use (smooth flow means less bubble lost, glugging is more bubbles lost)



in short, benefits merging early +'s
less fuel used, (smoother driving)
calming drivers,
more cars thru bottle necks
a higher overall speed
less chance of a crash (and less crashes means cheaper rego and insurance)

merging late -'s
you might get a red light,.............(really there are no tangible negatives)


merging late +'s
you might get there a little faster than the few cars you over took

merging late -'s
you might kill a motorcyclist
a motorcyclist might punch you for nearly killing him
not only will your fuel usage be higher, you'll be making others use more fuel, and using more fuel drives the price higher, therefore ruining it for everyone
higher crash risk (and crashes in these places creates massive bottle necks)
you'll look like a dick

Ahh, I was reading it as one of those lanes that start just before lights and ends just after. Highway merge lanes if traffic is flowing I find a gap before the end, if it is bumper to bumper I'll go to the end unless someone lets me in(usually). Just before the gateway merge on the Pacific southbound where the t2 lane ends, people go from the t2 lane to the entry lane, then hoot past traffic on the hard shoulder and into the bus entry lane, saw one bloke almost smack into a bus doing that.

last edited by mental at 19:16:03 15/Nov/12

this thread is full of tears

Taipan hit the nail on the head. Nice one.

Also. People that don't indicate when merging. FUCK YOU.

Shitcunts who buy yappy little dogs and leave them in their yards alone for 10 hours a day to bark constantly. FUCK YOU YAPPY LITTLE DOGS

Same. Its the rule. Deal with it people. It turns a roundabout into a safety feature, which in nanny state Qld, makes sense. All the links in the world wont change this.

You were given the link to the rules from the Queensland government. They've been the same for a long time and are consistent at least in QLD, NSW, Vic. People's lack of understanding of such a basic rule is why roundabouts are so dangerous and unpredictable.

Not surprisingly, the rules just follow commonsense. Why would you indicate right if you're going straight-ahead? And it's not hard to indicate off a roundabout; it helps remove any doubt that the driver is going a certain direction so other drivers don't have to hesitate on approach.

What irks me? People who know better when the facts are presented to them in black and white.

Qld Roundabout rules can be found here http://www.legislation.qld.gov.au/LEGISLTN/CURRENT/T/TrantOpRURR09.pdf on Page 116.

Only indicate right if you are going more than half-way around the roundabout. Indicate left when leaving if practical (i.e. you better have a good excuse for not doing it).

I would like someone to explain to me why in gods name do some Dvd and pretty much all bluray movies seem to quiet when people in them are talking then the sound suddenly explodes when a bit of action takes place?

This pisses me off too, especially when I'm trying to watch it late at night and need to be super quiet... have to keep the remote in hand at all times.

Am I doing something wrong, do I have something set up incorrectly? It shits me to tears just like annoying as fuck ads that blast the shit out of you.

If you're running surround sound then it could be the centre channel being set too low. If you're running stereo then make sure you're outputting the stereo signal and not DD or DTS.

The tone test should be consistent from all channels when in a usual seating position.

. Amazingly, when I drive down a 4 lane free way, the 2 central lanes are always full of idiots who sit there and I just get a free ride up the slow lane doing the speedlimit. It's almost like people think they will catch a disease using the left lane.

haha I see this all the time driving to the gold coast. It's like the left lane is cursed.

Ditto

Sitting there watching a movie at home when kids are in bed, and its a constant rewind, blast volume to work out what the fuck they're saying, then quickly turn volume down before music or action starts and your eardrums are decimated.

No Country For Old Men is nasty for this. There's a scene right at the end there's a long period of almost silence and then BOOM! out of nowhere. Watching it at 1am I'd thought the sound system had died so I was fiddling with the volume control to check and the people sleeping in the next room weren't happy :/

Guys trying to jump in front when the lane is ending really gets me.

Gov's hill is especially bad when there is traffic, so I just pull out at 45 degrees to completely block them. Almost started a few fights that way haha

people driving under the speed limit for no logical reason at all

is my number 1 driving irritation

This thread is pretty much hardass drivers rage thread. Never knew this forum was full of people who think they own the road lol.

pay rego/taxs/rates = owns the road

1. Slow fucks in the right lane
2. People who don't know basic geography
3. People with poor knowledge of history that give their opinion on world affairs
4. Anyone that participated in the 99% demonstrations
5. People that work in IT but can't change a stick of RAM or setup a router
6. Women that think they should be paid the same as men when they present a greater financial risk to their employer.
7. Bullshitters
8. Steve Ballmer
9. "Still or sparkling?"
10. Fairies doing bicep curls in the squat rack or just taking too long.
11. Reductionist decision makers

i thought of one on Saturday nmorning when I was doing the lawn.

The fucking line in the whipper snipper.

Why does it always break/shorten when you're 80% done and looking forward to a rewarding beer?

Why is it so complicated to then get more line?

I even went and bought a new one about a year ago, that has an auto line feeder and you're supposed to just bump it on the ground and it gives you more line, but its about as simple as fucking complex physics.

I know that, but it doesn't always work.

Then you end up having to re-wind it and its a nightmare

you know, one thing after all the rain that irk-ed me was that people just dont understand that headlights are not only used at night, but also to let other people see you in poor weather

I know that, but it doesn't always work. Then you end up having to re-wind it and its a nightmare

Well it won't auto-spool if you don't wind it on properly in the first place. Push the wire through the guides and twist (stihl's). How can that go wrong? :p If that's not working then you're probably using the wrong gauge wire. Make sure it has some power when you push it against the ground.

- People who slow down across level crossings.
- Level crossings.
- People who don't do the speed limit in zones above 60 then speed in 60 zones.