[Closed] Forget BMW/Audi drivers.....The car that attracts the worst drivers is..........

people in y reg astras off council estates seem to have a chip on their shoulders, they can usually be seen in the outside lane on the motorway driven by thin blokes in caps. saab drivers also seem to have issues.

Good point Rich_s, I neglected to mention driving along with the interior lights on full blast too.

Plus, extra points for the number of unsecured items rolling around in footwells.

[i]Too busy frightening dogs with his Decaying Orbit[/i]

Wondering if PP knows you refer to his arse in such a way...

I wazunt Dez, honets. 😳

It was Andy what made me do it.

...I did chuckle as they hauled your presumably uninsured POS onto that low loader the other day on the main road. Made my day, really did. Hopefully you wont be getting it back. Many thanks & do have a crap new year.

Heh! Gotta love a bit of shadenfreude. I sit here cackling sometimes as people's cars are lifted onto trucks and taken away for being parked illegally. I have no sympathy; there are several signs up.

Tooundredandfifty quid to have it released! Sumat like thirty quid a day storage!!! 😮

I'm with Binners on this one - Micra by a country mile.

Not usually driven quickly but oblivious to any other road users and a nightmare to follow.

BUT, in my opinion the biggest giveaway for a poorly driven car is nothing to do with the model and make, it's if the driver has anything hanging off the rear view mirror. The more dangly objects (or collection of fluffy toys) a car has, the worse it is generally driven.

If you are the owner of a dangly car adornment, i'm afraid, like it or not, you're a terrible driver.

Next time somebody cuts you up etc, see if you can spot one, you'll be amazed at how accurate this assessment is.... 🙂

On my local death road, the A65, the main culprit is the Micra with hat on back shelf being driven at 30mph, causing the massive queue, leading to the other culprit, gang of middle-aged fat blokes on very powerful Kawasakis, going for massive overtaking moves on blind corners.

The number of decaying bouquets tucked into the dry stone walls around here suggest that the latter aren't faring too well at it.

+1 Addison Lee MPV's, especially from Heathrow into town.

And older Asian women in big new(ish) cars/SUV's.

Re the Vespa MrPP has finally gone back to his original idea and we are getting a new braided hose. He did say he was going to get it done by the 1st March as that was when the MOT was due. As to the reference to the decaying orbit I think that is quite apt!
Seriously I think that there are bad and good drivers everywhere. We can always learn something new and I think that if we had a basic re-test ie new signs, road speeds, driving in straight line, lane discipline, the actual meaning of the overtaking lane rather than just calling it a fast lane, roundabout priories say every 10-15 years the roads would be a safer place. But this won't happen as the government would lose votes and money generated.

And older Asian women in big new(ish) cars/SUV's.

Why's their ethnicity important?

Or their age or even sex, for that matter?

binners Member

You're all wrong! Nissan Micra's are the worst driven cars on the road! By a country mile! They seem incapable of traveling at more than 30mph

I had a 1 litre Micra Vibe when I was 17, it was like a mini Subaru Imprezza in my eyes.

It was like this, but red

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[i]Why's their ethnicity important?

Or their age or even sex, for that matter? [/i]

Because as a rule, they drive like 5h1t.

Easily the Ford Focus.

Why's their ethnicity important?

Or their age or even sex, for that matter?

Because without it we almost have a car with nobody in it.

find Nissa Almera drivers to be pretty awful myself.

Met a ninja like the one in Binners pic when I was out on the hills yesterday riding a quad with a big black gun attached to the front of it!!!!

Where do you live Trekster? I'm guessing Kabul? Or Whalley Range? 😉

I know it's a cliche, but BMW, Audi and Merc drivers really are the worst on the roads. Audi in particular are awful.

A view that definitely has it's merits (and this from a Mercedes owner), as does the Micra option. In my opinion though the worst driven car on the roads is the Austin/Rover Metro. The fact it's still able to be driven means that it's probably owned by some old codger that only does a few hundred miles a year due to his cataracts, the fact he's too infirm to turn his head to look into his mirrors or out the side windows and so senile he's forgotten what all the contols are for.

I did once get have an old codger pull out right in front of me (close enough that only ABS saved an accident) although not driving a Metro (it was an old Nissan Bluebird I think). When I stopped him to ask WTF he thought he was doing he explained that the reason he didn't see me was because of his cataracts! He didn't think not being able to see was enough of an excuse for stopping driving (to the pub as well!) though. I reported it to the police who said they couldn't do much as his doctor felt sorry for the old chap and didn't want to sign him off as unfit to drive...

And still no mention of the dreaded Honda jazz.

I think the time of day and what day of the week are more relevant to bad driving than car make.
Sunday afternoons come to mind.

I have a certain about of sympathy with old people still driving - in most cases it is the only way they can retain any independance. Clearly that guy was unsafe epicsteve, but public transport is so useless, and expectations so ingrained, it must be hard.

Not looking forward to the day that I'm going to have to stop my Dad from driving - in all likelyhood I'll only prise the keys from his cold dead hands.

Because as a rule, they drive like 5h1t.

Oh, so older Asian women drive poorly? Like, all of them?

Interested to know how you've reached such an obviously scientifically worked out conclusion...

[u]qualified personelle[/u]

I live in Bristol. The worst cars are all of them - when driven by taxi drivers.

Thinking about this, my misses buying a scenic is a good match
The last time she borrowed my Saab was too reverse it into a wall

Elfin goes to work

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wallop - Member
I live in Bristol. The worst cars are all of them - when driven by taxi drivers.

Elfin goes to work

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I'm saddened that no explanation has bin offered though. I was expecting figures, charts, graphs the lot. 🙁

I'll just have to assume it's a load of narrow-minded cobblers then. Which is what I expected anyway tbh. Oh whell.

My wife drives a Scenic (4 yrs now), no accidents,not a chav and also doesn't meet your stereo type neither do 2 others i know........your post is Guff!!!

Now Honda Jazz grrrrrrrrrrrr i can almost stake my life that whenever i come across slow moving line of traffic on the 60mph route to work the leader of the pack will be a bloody Honda Jazz, now i've never driven one but they must have a dodgy speedo as they seem to drive at 20mph below the speed limit across the range, damn them all to hell!!!

Ah-hem!

Do I really deserve the kicking I've been getting on this thread? I think not.

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For the RECORD, the Vespa will be back together this weekend, as it would have been over Christmas if Mrs PP hadn't dragged me off to Spain!

They are typically fat brain dead chav families.
They need a larger car to fit their guts in, football shirts, white trainers and 3/4 shorts are de rigueur

Poor, fat people who like football. They're the problem with this world.

Not the hateful, small-minded arseholes that despise everything and anyone that doesn't match their social class.

It's ok; he's from Little England, not Great Britain. They can't help thinking like that, as anything beyond that level is too painful.

Elfinsafety - Member

And older Asian women in big new(ish) cars/SUV's.

Why's their ethnicity important?

Or their age or even sex, for that matter?

Yes

Same as its important to mention white young men in baseball caps as a other category to avoid. 🙂

When looking for hazards every bit of info is worth having and there clearly are a number of stereotypes of driver best avoided. Spotting the type of driver helps you predict their next bit of idiocy. Will they see you? Will they accelerate to fast? Will they break the speed limit? Will thy be aggressive?

The older Asian woman is not likely to be aggressive but is likely to be less observant than some. The young white lad in a baseball cap is likely to see you and not give a shit and to be aggressive and reckless. different avoidance tactic needed

Every bit of info helps. Treat all drivers as idiots yes but different types tend to do different idiocies