bluto22b

Is it me or are horseboxes and caravans our worst highway enemy? I encounter one or the other regularly when out on the open road and boy do they spoil your fun. Okay, you can power passed when possible, but the majority of the time these "obstacles" are on my favourite section of twisties® and its unsafe to overtake [img]images/smilies/mad.gif[/img]
Am I the only one to get uptight about this, should I see a shrink

Blutes

Crush

I seen a fugly towing a caravan yesterday

But yes, you should chill out The road isn't going to dissapear, so you can go back & do it again & again Or even at night to make sure it's quiet

Davestamf

No. It's arseholes wearing baseball caps and driving Peugeots.

bluto22b

Yes but they don't get in your way as they are usually (very far) behind

Scooby vs 205/saxo/AX, no, don't think so......Blutes

alcazar

iTrader: (2)

You should live where I do: around here you can't go out without coming up behind Farmer F*ck and his b*st*rd truck:
Either that or a JCB going at 15 miles an hour:
BOTH seem to specialise in being on the roads at the busiest time:
Alcazar

IN THE STICKS

bluto , your'e right caravans should only be allowed on the road between the hours of midnight and one minute past midnight !or they should be set alight.
LOL

Dastardly

My goodness, fancy having to share the road with other road users!!!! I find it criminal.

bluto22b

But the point I made was that these things just spoil your fun when trying to breeze along your favourite piece of road. Horseboxes must be the worst as I got behind one yet again this morning [img]images/smilies/mad.gif[/img]

AdrianB

i do agree to some extent, however these people do actually have the right to use the road just as much as anyone else.

It is getting to the point where public road driving is no fun.

Only 2 hours ago there was 4 cars smashed up outside my house. A dozy old bloke steered his Boxter through our wall smashing windows with bricks, another car followed him but disappeared then a girl span off going the other way and sent an unsuspecting lad into a fence to avoid her.

Hmmm!!!

bluto22b

Horseboxes and caravans make us go slower but so too do speed cameras and "Ted and Doris" in their Nissan Micra. Maybe its time to sell the Scoob and buy something more suited to relaxed driving and maybe adopt a different approach (damn boring though). Congestion is a problem today, I can remember the days when I was the only driver on the road (A road). Happy days.....

[Edited by bluto22b - 5/17/2003 3:59:07 PM]

bluto22b

c'mon lets have a debate here ! Its your future !

[Edited by bluto22b - 5/17/2003 9:11:18 PM]

Phil Harrison

Well, I have an STi7 and a Foutrak/Horsebox train, so I drive both sides of the argument

As it happens, I try to pause the train at the edge of the road if there's a queue behind me and a suitable verge/driveway/road-splay or whatever. It costs me bugger-all time, 'cos I'm going slow anyway, but - and this is an important but - no way am I going to anchor-up to do it (having injured a horse when my Audi A4 brakes bit too suddenly). Do I get acknowledgement? - do I hell!!

Horseboxes are often easier to deal with.... we drive slower than most caravanners 'cos our cargo is more than just wood-and-metal: indeed, it's our best friend. So, when I'm in the STi I'm more sympathetic to horseboxes than caravans...

But, then, I would be wouldn't I??

Phil

SiDHEaD

I always wave thanks to slow-towing vehicles when they pull over to let traffic past. Its such a rarity for them to pull over though

Shame old fossils doing 40 in a 60 dont do the same.

Andy

Dastardly

Your last suggestion on your first post is excellent, I would book that session now.

Sennadog 93

I agree with the sentiments, particularly those regarding the shed draggers who seem to clutter up the road in Summer and unfortunately too many horsey people are b***dy arrogant and seem to expect everyone else to exist around them. But then, this applies to the majority of road users.

OllieC

These are two completely different things - Caravan owners think they have the right to cause a tail-back so that they can save a few quid on a weekend away (rather than stay in a B&B). Horse owners are often going to their equivalent of Japfest so at least I can manage some empathy there.

I've never had a caravan pull over to let me past - plenty of horse owners have.

Horses are cool. Caravans are for Gypsies.

wakeboardar

ive started driving straight through horse boxes and caravans

Brendan Hughes

alcazar -
Love it!

Phil Harrison

Thanks Ollie - got it in one!!!

Phil

Poor Guy

my 2.o GX vs Saxo VTS = one smug saxo driver and an irritated me.

Phil Harrison

Eh???

Phil

bluto22b

Scooby Turbo Vs Saxo = big smile for you

Phil Harrison

Um... lost this big time.

Is a Saxo a horsebox or a shed? Does it suffer from fuel starvation?

Phil

Edited to say - look how well horseboxes corner

[Edited by Phil Harrison - 5/19/2003 11:30:15 PM]

Scoobydick

Every time I get stuck behind another vehicle it has the Rover badge and cruises about 10-15 mph below speed limit except for speeding up when ever there is half a chance to overtake. I've heard of Relax in a Rover but half these old codgers have died in them IMHO [img]images/smilies/mad.gif[/img]

bluto22b

Not as bad as some old dears in their Nissan Micras. And the 40 mph EVERWHERE brigade. Now they do make me mad

You should try following me in my Austin Maxi though That is until I drop her into 3rd and bury the loud pedal

AdrianB

Well I've just had a fair old shock over the last few days. A Range Rover and a 205 have just gone through the hedge opposite my house to add to the four cars that crashed outside our door on Saturday. In total there were 5 different incidents in the rain, with only one driver not to blame as he had to avoid a spinning car.

Britain's roads are getting worse and worse, I very rarely enjoy driving any more and these last few days have capped it.

In addition to these accidents a guy I knew was killed at the weekend on the road and two people were killed when they lost control and hit a HORSEBOX coming the other way. All within a few miles of where I live. I am saddened by this and feel so sorry for the families of those concerned.

What the hell is happening to our roads?!?!?!

I think I am going to start going to work on my 103 year old traction engine which does 5mph and have a big red flag to warn people.

bluto22b

Scoobydick

It's a sad state of affairs our once Great nation is in. This rings very true with me. It beggared belief when I got stuck behind an effing P Reg 216 SLi tonight doing exactly as mentioned before but this time meandering from white line to kerb constantly - no way past whatsoever - this would drive me to chance it with a hedge frankly if I thought I could come out the other side in front. I've heard of defensive driving being a good thing but these silver haired ******* seem to make their Rovers wider than Montoya with a Shoe Maker up the ****

[Edited by Scoobydick - 5/21/2003 12:04:02 AM]