HelBel65 Posted April 29, 2019 Share Posted April 29, 2019 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 Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/224589-court-lane-gardens-stupid-driving/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexthecamel Posted April 30, 2019 Share Posted April 30, 2019 9/10 times I get overtaken driving up Court Lane. The current situation isn?t safe. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/224589-court-lane-gardens-stupid-driving/#findComment-1334010 Share on other sites More sharing options...
shoshntosh Posted April 30, 2019 Share Posted April 30, 2019 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? Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/224589-court-lane-gardens-stupid-driving/#findComment-1334011 Share on other sites More sharing options...
KidKruger Posted April 30, 2019 Share Posted April 30, 2019 It?s ridiculous isn?t it.You just gotta drive safe and legal and let the fast-lane lemons do their stupid thing, the stunts they pull don?t leave room for accident avoidance so it?s a catastrophe waiting to happen unfortunately. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/224589-court-lane-gardens-stupid-driving/#findComment-1334021 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjw Posted April 30, 2019 Share Posted April 30, 2019 well well an Audi there's a surprise! Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/224589-court-lane-gardens-stupid-driving/#findComment-1334030 Share on other sites More sharing options...
HelBel65 Posted April 30, 2019 Author Share Posted April 30, 2019 I?m an Audi driver too..! Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/224589-court-lane-gardens-stupid-driving/#findComment-1334031 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjw Posted April 30, 2019 Share Posted April 30, 2019 always an exception Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/224589-court-lane-gardens-stupid-driving/#findComment-1334045 Share on other sites More sharing options...
KidKruger Posted April 30, 2019 Share Posted April 30, 2019 HelBel65 did you have to point out that the Audi was black ?Just saying. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/224589-court-lane-gardens-stupid-driving/#findComment-1334055 Share on other sites More sharing options...
HelBel65 Posted April 30, 2019 Author Share Posted April 30, 2019 Genuinely don't know if that's a joke or not! Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/224589-court-lane-gardens-stupid-driving/#findComment-1334064 Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishbiscuits Posted April 30, 2019 Share Posted April 30, 2019 As a driver of a black car, I am offended. You never hear people describing bad drivers in white cars, do you? Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/224589-court-lane-gardens-stupid-driving/#findComment-1334073 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghlpc Posted April 30, 2019 Share Posted April 30, 2019 fishbiscuits Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> 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? Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/224589-court-lane-gardens-stupid-driving/#findComment-1334082 Share on other sites More sharing options...
HelBel65 Posted April 30, 2019 Author Share Posted April 30, 2019 Ghlpc Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> I'm getting confused. Are you being serious here> or is it a bad attempt at humour?I wouldn?t take it too seriously :) Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/224589-court-lane-gardens-stupid-driving/#findComment-1334123 Share on other sites More sharing options...
KidKruger Posted April 30, 2019 Share Posted April 30, 2019 That's right, just brush it off as playful car colour signalling.This is how it all starts you know. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/224589-court-lane-gardens-stupid-driving/#findComment-1334142 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zebedee Tring Posted April 30, 2019 Share Posted April 30, 2019 Is someone suggesting that the OP has a racist motive here? If so, this allegation is surely nonsense. There is enough racism online without people imagining it when it doesn't exist. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/224589-court-lane-gardens-stupid-driving/#findComment-1334174 Share on other sites More sharing options...
HelBel65 Posted April 30, 2019 Author Share Posted April 30, 2019 Oh come on. It?s a joke, surely! Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/224589-court-lane-gardens-stupid-driving/#findComment-1334175 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zebedee Tring Posted April 30, 2019 Share Posted April 30, 2019 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. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/224589-court-lane-gardens-stupid-driving/#findComment-1334212 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beej Posted April 30, 2019 Share Posted April 30, 2019 I hate slow drivers Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/224589-court-lane-gardens-stupid-driving/#findComment-1334214 Share on other sites More sharing options...
spark67 Posted May 1, 2019 Share Posted May 1, 2019 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. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/224589-court-lane-gardens-stupid-driving/#findComment-1334250 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiddles Posted May 1, 2019 Share Posted May 1, 2019 Have seen some similar bonkers driving on barry road - i think there Is a genuine case for cameras there. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/224589-court-lane-gardens-stupid-driving/#findComment-1334258 Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishbiscuits Posted May 1, 2019 Share Posted May 1, 2019 Zebedee Tring Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> 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... Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/224589-court-lane-gardens-stupid-driving/#findComment-1334275 Share on other sites More sharing options...
KidKruger Posted May 1, 2019 Share Posted May 1, 2019 clearly simpletons around ! Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/224589-court-lane-gardens-stupid-driving/#findComment-1334283 Share on other sites More sharing options...
HelBel65 Posted May 1, 2019 Author Share Posted May 1, 2019 fishbiscuits Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> > 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. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/224589-court-lane-gardens-stupid-driving/#findComment-1334304 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zebedee Tring Posted May 1, 2019 Share Posted May 1, 2019 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. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/224589-court-lane-gardens-stupid-driving/#findComment-1334363 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheilarose Posted May 1, 2019 Share Posted May 1, 2019 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. This sentence makes no sense. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/224589-court-lane-gardens-stupid-driving/#findComment-1334486 Share on other sites More sharing options...
stephent Posted May 1, 2019 Share Posted May 1, 2019 50 years ago a B and a C were all you needed to get in ;)https://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/cambridge-news/gallery/prince-charles-trinity-college-cambridge-12245421 Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/224589-court-lane-gardens-stupid-driving/#findComment-1334488 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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