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What really grinds your gears?

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Diogenes May 2023 1:20pm, 9 May 2023 78,766 posts	Quote Pin Diogenes The sort of people that like to tell you that you've got a brake light out.
ChrisHB May 2023 1:53pm, 9 May 2023 22,441 posts	Quote Pin ChrisHB Why, Dio? How else will you find out?
Diogenes May 2023 2:37pm, 9 May 2023 78,769 posts	Quote Pin Diogenes Yes, but it's the sort of people who tell you Chris, they're annoying. They're the same ones who like to tell you where you can and can't park on a public street or how you should be tending your garden.
Diogenes May 2023 2:39pm, 9 May 2023 78,771 posts	Quote Pin Diogenes [Also, I don't really want to know, it just gives me another job to do.]
Little Nemo May 2023 2:49pm, 9 May 2023 13,556 posts	Quote Pin Little Nemo Finishing a walk at 4.99 miles.
LazyDaisy May 2023 3:41pm, 9 May 2023 38,187 posts	Quote Pin LazyDaisy [Also, I don't really want to know, it just gives me another job to do.] But I suspect your gears would be even more ground if a traffic cop decided that was the reason he was going to pull you over.
ChrisHB May 2023 3:51pm, 9 May 2023 22,443 posts	Quote Pin ChrisHB I certainly tell people about failed lights if I can, but not how or where to park unless they are looking helpless. OTOH I am strongly tempted to hold up a hairdrier at motorists who drive at 50-60 past the school on our road. Or anywhere else.
Diogenes May 2023 4:04pm, 9 May 2023 78,774 posts	Quote Pin Diogenes But I suspect your gears would be even more ground if a traffic cop decided that was the reason he was going to pull you over. I don't know that anyone has ever been pulled over for one brake light out unless the driver was committing some other offence or it was one of many other signs that a vehicle was unroadworthy, or they were just looking for an excuse to pull over that specific driver on suspicion.
Diogenes May 2023 4:05pm, 9 May 2023 78,775 posts	Quote Pin Diogenes [sorry, was meant to put square brackets around that one]
Duchess May 2023 8:07pm, 9 May 2023 7,980 posts	Quote Pin Duchess I certainly tell people about failed lights if I can, but not how or where to park unless they are looking helpless. OTOH I am strongly tempted to hold up a hairdrier at motorists who drive at 50-60 past the school on our road. Or anywhere else. [ While marshalling at a checkpoint alongside the A82 last summer, I gave one of the team a large water pistol to play with. Amazing how many drivers suddenly realised they were in a 30 mph zone… ]