Angry drivers on Lordship Lane

[seanmlow]

Is it me, or is LL getting worse?

The road rage that I see from my office is quite scary to be honest.

I am very shocked that there has not been more accidents here to be honest- it is carnage!

More traffic calming measures perhaps?

[SeanMacGabhann]

now this post MUST be a joke.

[Administrator]

Thread locked - see this one also posted today about bad drivers http://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/forum/read.php?20,120003

Unlocked it now as they are slightly different

[seanmlow]

SeanMG -

why do you think this is a joke?

[kford]

Traffic calming has the opposite effect. It's probably because of the hold-ups caused by the roadworks, a kind of 'traffic calming' device, if you like.

[Keef]

Sean are you on admin duty today perchance?

[Administrator]

No he is not.

[spadetownboy]

seanmlow Wrote:

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> Is it me, or is LL getting worse?

>

> The road rage that I see from my office is quite

> scary to be honest.

>

> I am very shocked that there has not been more

> accidents here to be honest- it is carnage!

>

> More traffic calming measures perhaps?

examples please.

[Brendan]

Yep. The road works going on at the moment are annoying people somewhat methinks. It took the bus 40 minutes to get from the Plough to Denmark Hill Station this morning.

[Keef]

Administrator Wrote:

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> No he is not.

Sorry Admin, just playing.

[trinity]

But the good news is that it is currently walk to school week for local schools. So there should be a lot less traffic on the roads at school run times.

[seanmlow]

Examples -

A man getting out of his car this morning and calling a mother in her car a 'C*nt'.

Lovely.

Enough evidence?

[SeanMacGabhann]

I thought it was a joke because it started so soon after the other "have drivers gone mad" thread in the Lounge

I'm still not sure how the 2 threads differ really

[*Bob*]

Let's not get this out of perspective.

All over South London, ever since the second horse and cart arrived on the road and cut the first one up, people have been getting out of their vehicles and calling each other c*nts.

C*nts - the lot of 'em..

[KalamityKel]

Traffic today was particularly heavy in all surrounding areas but mainly due to the large convoys joining the fuel protesting. I think a lot of people got confused with all the tooting and got themselves annoyed too... maybe just a bad day to mention angry drivers...?

*edited coz my use of past and present tense is rather appalling*

[jimbo1964]

Some people's behaviour when driving is appalling, the same idiots wouldn't behave like this outside of their tin boxes. I'm sure i t's all to do with low self esteem and stunted emotional growth.

[Keef]

SeanMacGabhann Wrote:

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> I thought it was a joke because it started so soon

> after the other "have drivers gone mad" thread in

> the Lounge

>

> I'm still not sure how the 2 threads differ really

This one is ED specific, whilst the other one clearly mentioned Peckham in the opening post. Come on Sean, keep up for Christ's sake!

[Mark]

seanmlow Wrote:

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> Examples -

>

> A man getting out of his car this morning and calling a mother in her car a 'C*nt'.

>

> Lovely

>

> Enough evidence?

no, I was expecting more than one and, to be honest, carnage. Seeing a driver insult another driver is not an excuse to bring in traffic calming measures. Anyway isn't the digging up of Lordship Lane for the next 3 months going to calm down traffic enough?

[SeanMacGabhann]

oh and the other reason I mentioned the joke word was because I was accused of not seeing the humour in another thread Sean#2 started

As for why drivers generally (be it in Peckham or ED!!) appear to be misbehaving - maybe they are panic-buying petrol after the recent industrial-action?

[kford]

Maybe they were angry at the forever high price of fuel at the Texaco in Grove Vale.

[seanmlow]

or the credit card cloning

[spadetownboy]

seanmlow Wrote:

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> Examples -

>

> A man getting out of his car this morning and

> calling a mother in her car a 'C*nt'.

>

> Lovely.

>

> Enough evidence?

not particularly.

[citizenED]

I started a thread about how much I liked driving in London. Drivers, on the whole, are a courteous bunch. I give way to someone, they inevitably raise a hand in thanks. When they do not I get momentarily annoyed. That show how rare it is.

[Brendan]

I must admit I have many more, shall we call them, ?Falling Down moments? on public transport than I do in my car.

[kford]

Even on my motorbike, it's only the clowns on mobiles who cause me any bother.