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HelBel65

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I take the steady approach when driving along Court Lane, but frequently find myself followed by someone who prefers racing between speed bumps, slamming brakes on, accelerating to the next one etc. Often I?m overtaken by people who just can?t bear to wait.


This morning at 7am I witnessed a different approach! Clearly not happy with my steady pace, a black Audi swung left into Court Lane Gardens and sped round in order to come out in from of me the other end. Needless to say, I pulled up alongside the silly arse at the lights in DV - he pretended to be absorbed by something fascinating on his phone but on glancing sheepishly in my direction, was rewarded with a slow handclap.


Seriously though, if you live on CLG and have kids, pets or both, it?s worth you knowing that this can happen. It was 7am, not the middle of the night, with plenty of folk about including a school trip setting off from DV. Maybe it?s a known thing already but I just wanted to flag it up. H

shoshntosh

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I walk down Court Lane almost every day (as I live on a street off it), and I see this happen almost every day. Not necessarily the Court Lane Gardens "shortcut" you describe (I mean, what a serious plonker) but someone overtaking at speed. I frequently shout at people to slow down ... (which I'm sure helps the situation). I wonder if the residents have thought about requesting a speed camera?
Ghlpc

Ghlpc

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fishbiscuits Wrote:

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> As a driver of a black car, I am offended. You

> never hear people describing bad drivers in white

> cars, do you?



I'm getting confused. Are you being serious here or is it a bad attempt at humour?

Zebedee Tring

Zebedee Tring

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I hope that it is a joke. If it is a joke, it's not a very funny one. The OP was making a serious point, which I would have thought most people would support. Apart from those people who are in favour of motorists driving aggressively and dangerously, whether they happen to be at the wheel of a high performance Audi or a Ford Fiesta.
spark67

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Wether anyone hates slow drivers or not, you shouldn't be speeding in a residential area at all ... I was driving along woodvale towards forest hill road past the cemetery on Saturday..I have a fiat and slowed at the bumps as its quite low, the driver behind me was practically in my boot everytime I slowed down, in the end he swerved around me and continued on the other side of the road at speed to the lights at the junction of forest hill road... knowing I'd catch up to him at the lights, he went straight through the red light, swerving as he headed up towards honor oak... what a dangerous prick ( he made an oncoming car swerve as he went down the wrong side of the road )

Bizarre thing was he appeared to be reaching behind himself as he drove to steady some crutches on his parcel shelf 😶

I have experienced people aggressively driving on court lane.... so not surprised by this post at all.

fishbiscuits

fishbiscuits

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Zebedee Tring Wrote:

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> I hope that it is a joke. If it is a joke, it's not a very funny one.


Oh come on, only a simpleton could possibly think it was a serious comment.


I'm not particularly bothered if people didn't find it funny, but it wasn't intended to trivialize the OP. And in my defence, KidKruger started it...

HelBel65

HelBel65

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fishbiscuits Wrote:

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> I'm not particularly bothered if people didn't

> find it funny, but it wasn't intended to

> trivialize the OP. And in my defence, KidKruger

> started it...


Crushed, devalued AND trivialized.

Zebedee Tring

Zebedee Tring

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fishbiscuits, I normally deplore using my academic qualifications in a discussion but in your case I will make an exception since you have insulted me and others.


Unless academic standards have slipped in the past half century since I obtained a Cambridge Law degree, I doubt that Cambridge awards such degrees to simpletons.


Please use more polite language in future posts.

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