What is the most stupid thing you've seen another driver do . . . .

[VNA]

The couple of times I've had cars coming straight towards me on the motorway, one of them on realising their error doing a full swooping slow u-turn across 4 lanes of the M8.  Total chaos.  Old fellas both times.

[Skinbeatersam]

There should really be a cut off point for elderly drivers.

[VNA]

There should really be a cut off point for elderly drivers.

How on earth do you do that?

[Skinbeatersam]

No Idea. Probably the same way they check if a car is insured/licensed etc etc etc. I'm not against elderly people driving, but there are some elderly people who just REALLY shouldn't drive. I know there are some people who just really shouldn't drive full stop, but they COULD learn the skills they need to get better.

If you have failing eyes, ears, breathing and therefore, horribly slow reactions, then you shouldn't be on the road, unless you can drive to the fullest of your ability. When stepping into a car, you owe it to those around you to be able to control it perfectly.

[Grahamm]

There should really be a cut off point for elderly drivers.

How on earth do you do that?

#include.std all.drivers.should.have.compulsory.retests.thread  here

[Robbie8666]

There should really be a cut off point for elderly drivers.

I thought that at 70 years old, drivers had to undertake a medical to retain licence?

just googled it and this is what Direct line have on their website

There is no legal age at which you have to stop driving, so whether you renew your licence is totally up to the individual. It is your responsibility to decide whether you are still fit enough to drive. By law, you have to renew your licence when you reach the age of 70, and then every three years after that.
Ninety days before your 70[sup]th[/sup] birthday, the DVLA should send you a D46P Application for renewal of a driving licence. You can either fill this in and return it by post, or you can use the DVLA's online service to renew. There is no fee for renewal.
If you have a C1 or D1 entitlement – for minibuses or towing vehicles – and you intend to renew this as well, you must enclose a D4 'medical examination report' completed by a doctor in support of your application.

[DILLIGAFF]

The item in this weeks paper about the old chap driving round and round the M25 for two days because he didn't know where to turn off is a good example.

[Skinbeatersam]

The thing is, it shouldn't be up to the drivers to decide if they are fine to drive. They should have someone actually check that they are fine to drive.

If they are fine, then great. If they are not, then tough.

[Grahamm]

The item in this weeks paper about the old chap driving round and round the M25 for two days because he didn't know where to turn off is a good example.

ISTR hearing this story a couple of years ago. Of course it may be that someone else has had the same problem (or the story has been re-hashed by the media!)

[VNA]

That sort of thing happens all the time, 2 days is excessive though.

Alzheimer's, can be a real problem.  One loads of folks have it and two many don't yet know that they have it.  By the time they do know they have it they often don't fully understand what it means. 

And even once a consultant has advised that a driving license be removed, well that's all very well, but don't expect the patient to remember that they are not allowed to drive.

[pitternator]

My two favourites are -
1. speeding bloke  in  a car full of kids, obviously late  late for something , taking all the risks.....he texting, while an unseatbelted kid sits on his lap. Dont quite know how he was steering ...maybe the kid was the way he was swerving.....

2. elderly lady with those massive black glasses( for the blind)..revving her car at full rpm but only doing 3 mph, head out into the road from her drive without looking and everyone having to take avoiding action! I was working at a house 2 doors down at the time and saw it all happen !  :eek    Now who says the elderly can self regulate !

I should also include the complete impatient  tosser who tried to overtake a queue of cars for a mini roundabout by recklessly driving through an empty petrol station, braked too late for the give way, skidded and took me out while I had right of way.on said roundabout...choice quote " sorry mate ...I am a biker myself"....yeah, right .... then later changed his story after accepting liability at the scene...then changed his mind 2 days before our court hearing.The word is c*nt...

Yes, maybe I have actually seen it all !  :rolleyes

[Skinbeatersam]

Again it is men with ven (My new plural word for vans) I was nearly hit on a pedestrian crossing by a dude, coming down a hill, using two hands to eat a Mc D's burger while he rolled over the crossing, causing me to stop in the middle.

I got a 'Sorry Mate I Didn't see you!!' accompanied by spitting, bits of the burger out of his fat face. Probably cos you weren't looking dickhead.

Also, my gorgeous girlfriend frequently gets ignored by arseholes, not recognising the pedestrian crossing at the end of our road (Despite it's flashing amber signals) and is nearly hit most mornings by people who just don't want to slow down. Foolish!!

[pitternator]

maybe she distracts them !   

[DryRob]

The other day I was stopped in the road waiting for traffic pass so I could turn right into a minor road. Some arsehole coming out of the minor road nearly pulled into me, I was right in front of him and the prick gave me a look to as if I was in the wrong.

[Robbie8666]

Also, my gorgeous girlfriend frequently gets ignored by arseholes, not recognising the pedestrian crossing at the end of our road (Despite it's flashing amber signals) and is nearly hit most mornings by people who just don't want to slow down. Foolish!!

An Evil Thought!! get her to push an empty old pushchair out int the road in front of her!!  I know it would shake up the driver but I've seen it done before and has startling effects!!

maybe she distracts them !   

the road I used to live off had a bad reputation because it was a dead straight mile and a 40 limit but most drivers did well above it. in summer the speed dropped dramatically when a particular young lady used to walk down the road wearing ... well not much but just enuf to be covered!!

[DryRob]

in summer the speed dropped dramatically when a particular young lady used to walk down the road wearing ... well not much but just enuf to be covered!!

When I was doing my lessons I was warned this was as bigger danger as SMIDSYs  :lol

[Skinbeatersam]

Wasn't there this lady from Hollyoaks, who was supposed to be very pretty, and they put a picture of her modelling for something on a roundabout somewhere and it caused loads of crashes, and I think, a few fatalities.

[pitternator]

what a way to go !    :eek

[ZiggyCol]

On my regular work commute I was progressing straight on at a roundabout on a dual carriageway at a reasonable pace only to be confronted by a woman in a car who had come from the opposite direction and decided to turn right at the roundabout by the anti-clockwise short route!

Beggars belief - I was just thankful I managed to avoid her

[Looney tune]

When returning from seeing Neely and Davy on my bike I was ambling down the motorway through the roadworks outside Glasgow doing 40mph, then, feck me, a car comes across from the outside lane and forces me to dodge traffic cones and end up in the lane that was getting the work done. After I gathered myself and emptied the shite out my boots I took off after said car, an old merc. When I got level with him, flipped visor up and looked at him  :eek It was an elderly man eating his dinner off a plate using a knife and fork and stearing with his upper legs. I told him he was a very bad man, or words to that effect.