Was this you ?

[Billy]

https://www.facebook.com/143233165824638/posts/1273454869469123/

 

[soulstyledevon]

https://www.facebook.com/143233165824638/posts/1273454869469123/

Looks like standard DSG Lag...
Will catch out everyone at some point

 

[Billywizz]

Looks like they need to retire from driving

 

[soulstyledevon]

Looks like standard DSG Lag...
Will catch out everyone at some point

Coupled with stop/start activation.
You need about 5 seconds from releasing the foot brake, the engine starting, gears engaging, traction and actually moving...
This stop/start stuff is dangerous IMO

 

[Joker 1299]

Coupled with stop/start activation.
You need about 5 seconds from releasing the foot brake, the engine starting, gears engaging, traction and actually moving...
This stop/start stuff is dangerous IMO

It was a T5 so no stop/start function. Maybe it was a manual and he was waiting to enter the roundabout in neutral (and with the handbrake on). These manual gearboxes are dangerous IMO

 

[WelshGas]

A. T5's have Stop-Start
B. Cali was already moving
C. Low sun directly into the Cali drivers eyes

 

[LisaKent]

I cant get it to load as I dont use Facebook

 

[ArunAlec]

Maybe a sticker warning other motorists that the vehicle has DSG, like in the early days of Disk Brakes?

 

[Gary&Heather]

I can honestly hold my hand on my heart and definitely say it wasn't me

 

[Alan Andrews]

Registration : DE63SVN


We have all done this to some extent at some time!

 

[WelshGas]

Nothing wrong with DSG or Stop Start.
Not difficult to take on any high end 4x4 from the lights . Frequently overtake Range Rovers/ Porche Cayennes on a steep 2 lane hill with a 90 degree bend on the A48 and can certainly beat them from the lights at the bottom to lead the procession up the hill.

 

[GillianC]

https://www.facebook.com/143233165824638/posts/1273454869469123/

I really don't think that putting things like this on facebook is helpful at all. It may have been someone hiring a vehicle who was not familiar with it. Lets hope that the people who post such things don't make any mistakes themselves! They must be perfect to be so intolerant

 

[Amarillo]

I really don't think that putting things like this on facebook is helpful at all. It may have been someone hiring a vehicle who was not familiar with it. Lets hope that the people who post such things don't make any mistakes themselves! They must be perfect to be so intolerant

Good post Gillian. We have all made misjudgments when driving.

I’ll never forget the half hour I spent driving on the wrong side of the road in the extreme north of Norway after a comfort break.

I did the same for about 30 seconds on a residential street in Sevenoaks soon after our return to the UK.


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[Rich20]

I bet a lot of people would not pass if they were retested. Mistakes happen, fortunately no one was hurt as the other driver reacted and stopped.

 

[Nolan]

Granted the Van driver shouldn't be (and probably isn't) proud of that driving but I'm always amazed at the attitude of some drivers on busy large roundabouts where they expect to carry as much speed as possible. I'd like to think that most of the time I'm watching people coming onto the roundabout and anticipating that I might sometimes have to slow.

I think part of the issue is modern cars accelerate and handle better so the margins are smaller.

 

[soulstyledevon]

To many people driving too.
The road networks are struggling with the shear volume of traffic. I bet 90% of journeys are needless/laziness.

Driving is far to affordable...!!!

 

[ArunAlec]

Granted the Van driver shouldn't be (and probably isn't) proud of that driving but I'm always amazed at the attitude of some drivers on busy large roundabouts where they expect to carry as much speed as possible. I'd like to think that most of the time I'm watching people coming onto the roundabout and anticipating that I might sometimes have to slow.

I think part of the issue is modern cars accelerate and handle better so the margins are smaller.

I think the combination of higher performance cars and faster road layouts when added to a lack of consideration is making driving a far more combative affair.

 

[ArunAlec]

To many people driving too.
The road networks are struggling with the shear volume of traffic. I bet 90% of journeys are needless/laziness.

Driving is far to affordable...!!!

Get the poor off the roads and onto public transport!

 

[westfalia]

It looks like a Beach

 

[Verity]

Granted the Van driver shouldn't be (and probably isn't) proud of that driving but I'm always amazed at the attitude of some drivers on busy large roundabouts where they expect to carry as much speed as possible. I'd like to think that most of the time I'm watching people coming onto the roundabout and anticipating that I might sometimes have to slow.

I think part of the issue is modern cars accelerate and handle better so the margins are smaller.

This was a dodgy bit of driving, but I used to live in a village just off the A1 in Cambridgeshire. I had to get rid of one car as it wasn't spritely enough to pull out onto the roundabout during rush hour, and I can't count the number of times I nearly ended up on the front of a lorry like the toy on Toy Story 3 as the 40 tonners used to barrel down the A1 and hope no-one wanted to go round the roundabout and into our village. Thank god we've moved, because I found it extremely stressful getting in and out of the village. I pitied my poor lad having to take driving lessons and having to complete that manoeuvre successfully as a novice!

 

[soulstyledevon]

Get the poor off the roads and onto public transport!

That’s the spirit...

But seriously, I see to many people who drive to our local shops which is a 10minute walk, 3 min bike ride but insist on sitting in traffic, paying for parking and clogging up the roads unnecessarily.

Until car ownership becomes more expensive and public transport and cycle infrastructure improves greatly, I can’t see an end to silly car journeys.

We desperately need to follow the route of the Dutch.

 

[motacyclist]

Certainly our previous 180 4M DSG gave us some anxious moments trying to slot into gaps, and by the time it got going at the lights everyone else was gone! The one we have now has no such issues and in retrospect I think we should have taken the other one back.

However, according to MyCarCheck this one’s a 140 Beach and it doesn’t have the suffix -A in the description, which designates automatic, so odds are it’s a manual.

 

[Amarillo]

That’s the spirit...

But seriously, I see to many people who drive to our local shops which is a 10minute walk, 3 min bike ride but insist on sitting in traffic, paying for parking and clogging up the roads unnecessarily.

Until car ownership becomes more expensive and public transport and cycle infrastructure improves greatly, I can’t see an end to silly car journeys.

We desperately need to follow the route of the Dutch.

Better than punish drivers for driving, reward those who walk or cycle. Teenagers already get free/subsidised bus transport, so why not vouchers towards a bike or associated equipment.


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[Bellcrew]

Better than punish drivers for driving, reward those who walk or cycle. Teenagers already get free/subsidised bus transport, so why not vouchers towards a bike or associated equipment.


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Only in London do under 18 get subsidised/free transport, same for 60 + "pensioners", Nearly everywhere else public transport is limited and expensive for all except perhaps pensioners over 65 on buses only.

 

[soulstyledevon]

Better than punish drivers for driving, reward those who walk or cycle. Teenagers already get free/subsidised bus transport, so why not vouchers towards a bike or associated equipment.


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We first need to build an adequate cycling infrastructure.
Then we need to offer ebikes at a more affordable price point. I was checking some out the other day.
£4K for a semi electric push bike. Don’t get me wrong, it was brilliant. But I couldn’t get me head round the price.
If this cycle had been half the cost, I would have took it home.