Festive driving

[Giantvanman]

You see it every day on motorways obese people not being able to (or unwilling / lazy) to lean forward to check blind spots in mirrors whilst changing lanes

I on the other hand see no end of averagely built people failing to do these very checks and not leaning forward before pulling out of junctions. Should I make mental allowances just in case they all have neck or back problems or can I safely assume that poor and/or lazy driving is in fact endemic?

 

[Wheelsnuts]

Making judgements based on size alone with no other corroboration does not demonstrate anything other than lazy thinking and dare I say a level of bigotry. Unless arguing from the standpoint of being an extraordinarily obese person now 'reformed', it is name calling, nothing more.

The driver in question was dreadful, driving in lane two well below the limit whilst drifting into lane one and three, stopping others from passing. Was the driver drunk/texting/falling asleep/forgot to wear glasses?

The fact that it was a female is also irrelevant really.

PS I would give myself well built to husky plus lunch.

I agree. The driver's physical condition or gender appear to have no relevance. The atrocious driving is the issue in point and is quite enough to merit the thread.

 

[poormansporsche]

I on the other hand see no end of averagely built people failing to do these very checks and not leaning forward before pulling out of junctions. Should I make mental allowances just in case they all have neck or back problems or can I safely assume that poor and/or lazy driving is in fact endemic?

Don't get me wrong I'm not saying its just fat people - the roads are full of lazy gits. I personally (probably you to) have been brought up driving vans where moving about on the seat to gain the best view in your mirrors is a necessity and this follows through when driving my car.

 

[ras8963]

Don't get me wrong I'm not saying its just fat people - the roads are full of lazy gits. I personally (probably you to) have been brought up driving vans where moving about on the seat to gain the best view in your mirrors is a necessity and this follows through when driving my car.

Now let's not bring lazy gits into this, wifey often accuses me of being one....

 

[wemorgan]

Don't like that? Trough

Oh....she was THAT fat.

 

[poormansporsche]

I sell beds for a living (cheap crap ones at that !) and will one day post some of my stories about "larger" customers when I feel like being "slated"

 

[flango]

I would stick with the Volvo especially if your BMI is over 40 because then you have anywhere between a 56% and 80% increased risk of death in a collision depending on which set of statistics you look at. Lot of work been done on that in America oddly enough. My comment on the driver was a statement of fact. She was the largest person I have ever seen driving and was literally crammed in. Don't like that? Tough

You got me wrong I love your post too many of the PC loons on here. I admit to being big guy but my BMI is no where near 40. I'm just undertall for my weight

 

[balge]

Excellent thread, haven't laughed so much since Specialboy got canned...

 

[GLK]

... irrelevant indignation ...

It has become, sadly, our national pastime ... an entire new breed of apparently rather fragile and delicate, yet vociferous, species developed and they are always ready to get offended, on behalf of anyone and anything ... more often than not, to the genuine surprise of the supposedly offended party.

 

[boxbrownie]

My comment on the driver was a statement of fact. She was the largest person I have ever seen driving and was literally crammed in.

Don't like that? Tough

Yeah but she could slim down, you will always be ugly!

 

[flango]

How come the mods have closed the curry thread due to alleged racism but this one is allowed to continue insulting mass challenged people most of whom as I've said are just undertall for their weight

Discuss..;…

 

[C36fan]

I been blessed because I'm fat and ugly but I can drive...!

 

[sjmaxwell]

I hang my head in shame being tall, pre-obese (I was told this after a medical!) lazy, unfit (although I try), ugly, unforgiving, flat footed, poor (AMG owner!), married (even poorer!) but I keep going by laughing out loud reading posts such as these! :bannana:

 

[poormansporsche]

Whatever happened to bbwbird (or something) I'm sure she would whip us into shape ?? (Or at least have something constructive to add ?)

 

[Minz]

Or to be more precise rubbish festive driving.

Thanks to ancient, unwell plus ancient and very unwell family members spent a lot of time on motorways since Christmas Eve. Now the holiday drivers are a well known curse but convinced it is getting worse and it is not just me being miserable, intolerant or just a git.

Mrs S, No. 1 son, No 2 son and others have all separately remarked how many examples of inability, stupidity, lack of situational awareness & general ignorance they have encountered over the past week.

I could go on for ages but my prize (choice of Lifetime Driving Ban or Summary Execution) is awarded for making an empty & otherwise simply tedious three lane stretch of 50mph average speed camera roadworks a dangerous nightmare: 01.20 this morning a vastly obese female (we are talking utterly huge here) having managed to cram herself into a Corsa, was camped in lane 2 doing a very wobbly and jerky 20-25 mph yet still managing to drift across partly into lanes 1 & 3 accompanied by wholly random braking episodes.

Drunk. stupid or useless, Mrs S called Plod on that one.

She may have misheard when it was suggested she could improve her appearance by squeezing into a tight fitting corset.

 

[flango]

From the sounds of it she'd be better in a tight fitting closet

 

[Meldrew2]

I've just been to Cheshire and back and have been amazed at the number of incompetent drivers of normal build, with non-ethnic appearance, who were driving a wide variety of cars extremely badly.





Is that better?

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[NDFR]

I've just been to Cheshire and back and have been amazed at the number of incompetent drivers of normal build, with non-ethnic appearance, who were driving a wide variety of cars extremely badly.





Is that better?

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with or without donuts?

 

[Meldrew2]

with or without donuts?

Can we all go off at a tangent about American mis-spelling - with a detour into obesity, warmongering, etc?

I'm not racist, I'm xenophobic



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[flango]

Can we all go off at a tangent about American mis-spelling - with a detour into obesity, warmongering, etc?

I'm not racist, I'm xenophobic



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World standard business language is American English but somehow spunky yanks with F*nny packs is just wrong on so many levels