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Ist one I posted to PH few days ago...Ist another slant on problem perhaps in that perhaps plain bad manners which prevail across society may be at bottom of some of the regular problem on road.

I bring up the kittens to be polite...und they are encouraged to do little acts of kindness. Our five year old ist always asking little old ladies if he can carry their shopping Und he does help them cross the roads...up comes the little voice - he ist more forceful than the voices in those Sat Nav doo-dahs... telling people that the little green man has not turned to green yet und they should wait. Bless him!


In the Express one day last week - came across this article by Jo Mcfarlane.

Drivers have reached the end of the road when it come to good manners.






Per the article it seem half of us blast the horn if someone upset in any way.


Und they sound horns in frustration whilst in traffic jams.
Cannot say I notice this - no one blasts horn at me und I never see cursing going on at me. Und I have never heard horns blasting away when in a jam either.

Perhaps we are civilised up North then

Article says the survey commissioned by AA reveals this tooting feast of bad attitude ist a southern thing.. South East. They also say MEN sound horn when stuck in traffic too.

( perhaps ist a caveman thing.. )

Apparently the majorist of battle go on in car parks - where drivers will nick the space which you were waiting to become clear.

This has happened to me once - und you see mamas fighting over drop off spaces at school run too

There ist also lack of manners over parking in Mama/Toddler Bays und no one will give up a spot near supermarket door for elderly driver either.

(I park away from madding crowds at supermarket when I visit them.. ist a lot safer und I like to stretch legs - besides bloke I tend to pull at the car mags stand always carries my shopping to car for me.. but we had better not tell my Mad Doc about this... oops! shhh! Just did... no matter..::hehe: Ist nice to know I still have the "girly power" )

Almost half in survey say they toot horn at what they consider inconsiderate driving as well.

The Scots say they will wait for another car to complete manoeuvre und the Welsh und South West are the ones who ticked yes to "thanking for courtesy of give way to them."

(Yet they have the most points on licence thanks to DICK - was one in eleven with three or more - per that Real Story prog! )

Drivers say they are most annoyed by

tailgaters

being cut up

lane hogging

fail to indicate

Slow drivers irritate ... speeding drivers irritate. headlight flashers und fog lights also irritate.

Yet despite this - we all apppreciate that friendly nod of thanks und 96% claim to do this.

Courteous driving ist not a legal requirement (but we include it in our C in COAST ) but as AA say politeness does make for safer und more pleasurable experience for all.

SO if in jam on M25 - chill out.. to Wogan..teasing Boggy over his three points by hidden talivan or Classic FM or my fave CD "Music for Minors" which ist very relaxing for a family.

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Never understood using the horn (or tailgating) in traffic jams. It's not like the car in front can do anything about it.

Fortunately I never see or hear it happen myself, it seems to be confined to the Americans (or at least their films)

I do use the horn if someone does something stupid though, not so much out of anger but to try and make them notice that there's another car there that they completely failed to take into account. Who knows maybe it will encourage them to observe a bit better next time instead of driving oblivious to their near miss

Must admit, I don't hear much peeping in the UK these days.

Apart from one place of course - the new-ish "Welcome to B&Q" (used to be called Crewe) roundabout. No matter what lane you take, you end up in the wrong one, either by your own (or someone else's) judgment. Then once you've proceeded through the lights (eventually that is - and at your own peril), you find that you are blocking some one else's path (even if you're only second in the queue at the next lights).

Peep the planners, not me, mate!

Yeah, The Diana Daily (Express) does have a habit of trying to depress the life out of you first thing in the morning doesn't it




Things are incrementally deteriorating IMHO, but I still find enough people are sufficiently courteous and helpful as to make most journeys tolerable even in dense traffic.



I've not noticed this in the UK either. Whilst in Rome last year the cacophony of hooting was very apparent, but I can't see how it helps. One toot simply blends into another and who can tell who's hooting who?



Yep. Also folks with flat/baseball caps, nodding dogs, air fresheners, signs that say "Little Princess" etc, people who don't indicate, people who indicate too much, caravan towers, blue neon lights, Ford Fiestas, map readers, phone users, jacket hangers, enormous booming stereos, football scarves, football flags sticking out the windows, missing wheel trims, numberplates that contrive to spell a word (8R0kE) and any one of a million other heinous crimes against motoring also irritates someone.

Quite right. Who designs these bloody roundabouts? Even if you start in the right lane, you can pretty much guarantee that it'll soon turn into the wrong one, often in the space of yards .