DYKWIA | 2022 edition
Jul 14, 2022, 11:01 am
#301
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i wish pavements would follow the same too!!! I’m always amazed by the ability of 2-3 people to obliviously block an entire city crowd behind them by ensuring they spread just wide enough to make it impossible for anyone to pass them…
Jul 14, 2022, 12:51 pm
#302
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and short people with giant golf umbrellas.
Jul 14, 2022, 1:25 pm
#303
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Jul 14, 2022, 1:30 pm
#304
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and short people with giant golf umbrellas.
And anyone who plays golf! apart form one regular contributor on here (GolfMad)
And anyone who plays golf! apart form one regular contributor on here (GolfMad)
Jul 14, 2022, 3:49 pm
#305
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Not forgetting people who look in one direction and then walk in the opposite. Normally when coming out of a shop.
Jul 14, 2022, 4:21 pm
#306
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My username is very old and I don't feel like changing it. 🤪
Jul 14, 2022, 5:22 pm
#307
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I go maybe a third of the way down, stand on the side, completely ignore the driver, and say nothing. IAD's inane system for getting you to immigration and trying to load everyone from a fully loaded widebody on two shuttles is not my problem.
My username is very old and I don't feel like changing it. 🤪
My username is very old and I don't feel like changing it. 🤪
Jul 14, 2022, 5:36 pm
#308
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Jul 14, 2022, 10:50 pm
#309
fomerly known as LandingGear (not Landing Gear)
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This thread used to be about DYKWIA encounters. Of late, we started sounding here like DYKWIA ourselves 
Jul 14, 2022, 10:53 pm
#310
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Jul 14, 2022, 11:35 pm
#311
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Jul 15, 2022, 1:21 am
#312
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Motorways have bends if you've not noticed. I was almost involved in a nasty accident when a lorry went round a bend to be confronted with a van stopped in lane 1. The lorry had 2 options... plough into the back of the van, or pull out into lane 2 (where I was). He chose the 2nd option 
Fortunately, I was awake enough to slam my brakes on and he just missed me.
Death traps.
Fortunately, I was awake enough to slam my brakes on and he just missed me.Death traps.
Jul 15, 2022, 1:51 am
#313
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Motorways have bends if you've not noticed. I was almost involved in a nasty accident when a lorry went round a bend to be confronted with a van stopped in lane 1. The lorry had 2 options... plough into the back of the van, or pull out into lane 2 (where I was). He chose the 2nd option Fortunately, I was awake enough to slam my brakes on and he just missed me.
Death traps.
Fortunately, I was awake enough to slam my brakes on and he just missed me.Death traps.
Jul 15, 2022, 2:09 am
#314
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Motorways have bends if you've not noticed. I was almost involved in a nasty accident when a lorry went round a bend to be confronted with a van stopped in lane 1. The lorry had 2 options... plough into the back of the van, or pull out into lane 2 (where I was). He chose the 2nd option Fortunately, I was awake enough to slam my brakes on and he just missed me.
Death traps.
Fortunately, I was awake enough to slam my brakes on and he just missed me.Death traps.
Jul 15, 2022, 2:14 am
#315
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Both are a hazard. Smart motorways are no such thing and are definitely dangerous. Another example of a bright idea with absolutely no thinking beyond the end of the decision makers’ noses.
The manoeuvres forced on faster traffic behind a hogger are unnecessary and increase the potential for collisions.
I have no idea which causes more damage but I know what the Highway Code says and with a few exceptions drivers should keep left unless overtaking.
I guess we’re well OT now.
The manoeuvres forced on faster traffic behind a hogger are unnecessary and increase the potential for collisions.
I have no idea which causes more damage but I know what the Highway Code says and with a few exceptions drivers should keep left unless overtaking.
I guess we’re well OT now.