One single thing that makes you think "knob" Vol 3
Discussion
9mm said:
We're not talking about taxi drivers.
As for the suggestion that I park elsewhere for the night - no thanks.
The problem is the twunt who is incorrectly parked. Any inconvenience subsequently caused is as a result of his or her inconsiderate action. If anyone's upset by my use of the horn they can take it up with the inconsiderate parker.
Accommodating these people, say by parking somewhere else, just reinforces their selfish behaviour.
Nope, the problem is you.As for the suggestion that I park elsewhere for the night - no thanks.
The problem is the twunt who is incorrectly parked. Any inconvenience subsequently caused is as a result of his or her inconsiderate action. If anyone's upset by my use of the horn they can take it up with the inconsiderate parker.
Accommodating these people, say by parking somewhere else, just reinforces their selfish behaviour.
From my flat I can't hear an incorrectly parked car and more importantly neither can my sleeping baby. I can however hear some twunt leaning on their car horn, as can everyone within a hundred metre radius.
Your last point seems to offer a choice: accommodate these people and reinforce their selfish behaviour or accommodate your selfish behaviour. Frankly, there's no choice to be made, their unselfish behaviour is quieter.
Now stop pipping your car horn in residential areas late at night before someone decides they can't tolerate your selfish behaviour and selflessly shares a brick with your car's bonnet from their 4th floor balcony.
The Gemco van driver who approached this roundabout
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in the left lane, indicating right.
Then went to the right lane on the roundabout before taking the straight ahead turn (still indicating right)
Perhaps if he'd put the f
king phone down he'd have been able to drive properly!
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in the left lane, indicating right.
Then went to the right lane on the roundabout before taking the straight ahead turn (still indicating right)
Perhaps if he'd put the f
king phone down he'd have been able to drive properly!Hackney said:
9mm said:
We're not talking about taxi drivers.
As for the suggestion that I park elsewhere for the night - no thanks.
The problem is the twunt who is incorrectly parked. Any inconvenience subsequently caused is as a result of his or her inconsiderate action. If anyone's upset by my use of the horn they can take it up with the inconsiderate parker.
Accommodating these people, say by parking somewhere else, just reinforces their selfish behaviour.
Nope, the problem is you.As for the suggestion that I park elsewhere for the night - no thanks.
The problem is the twunt who is incorrectly parked. Any inconvenience subsequently caused is as a result of his or her inconsiderate action. If anyone's upset by my use of the horn they can take it up with the inconsiderate parker.
Accommodating these people, say by parking somewhere else, just reinforces their selfish behaviour.
From my flat I can't hear an incorrectly parked car and more importantly neither can my sleeping baby. I can however hear some twunt leaning on their car horn, as can everyone within a hundred metre radius.
Your last point seems to offer a choice: accommodate these people and reinforce their selfish behaviour or accommodate your selfish behaviour. Frankly, there's no choice to be made, their unselfish behaviour is quieter.
Now stop pipping your car horn in residential areas late at night before someone decides they can't tolerate your selfish behaviour and selflessly shares a brick with your car's bonnet from their 4th floor balcony.
But, I would also like to have seen all the neighbours getting out their pitchforks and tar/feathering the guy who deliberately parked in the wrong space. He was the knob.
I'm sure he heard the first toot and ignored it. So as far as I am concern its all his fault.
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Hol said:
9mm and I don't usually see eye to eye on parking as I feel that parent and child spaces are for a good reason.
But, I would also like to have seen all the neighbours getting out their pitchforks and tar/feathering the guy who deliberately parked in the wrong space. He was the knob.
I'm sure he heard the first toot and ignored it. So as far as I am concern its all his fault.
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I shall try once more. It is extremely basic ethics.But, I would also like to have seen all the neighbours getting out their pitchforks and tar/feathering the guy who deliberately parked in the wrong space. He was the knob.
I'm sure he heard the first toot and ignored it. So as far as I am concern its all his fault.
End...
(1) The fact of the knob having parked in your space has happened. It is in the past. It was a wrong as between you and the knob. That is clear.
(2) But now the decision at hand is this - should you (a) park somewhere else like a grown up or (b) do something that may get the twunt to come out but will certainly wake up and inconvenience everyone else too?
(3) That decision is a separate matter. It can be analysed in isolation. This is obvious if you ask what the other people have to do with the knob parking in your space - nothing. Their interests are only relevant to your separate decision of whether or not to lean on the horn.
(4) If you choose to lean on your horn, you are putting your own interest in parking in your beloved space ahead of the interests of a lots of people in not being bothered late at night. That is an extremely selfish and unethical decision to take.
This is why I can say both "the knob shouldn't have parked in your space" and "you are a complete knob for leaning on your horn". I might add this - the knob parking in your space might have caused no inconvenience to anyone (as you might not have needed it that night), whereas the knob leaning on his horn is bound to cause inconvenience to lots of people.
Your logic, and that of 9mm, is pretty much "Bob hit me so I can close my eyes and punch whoever happens to be near me when I swing my arms around in a fit of cry babyism."
Hol said:
9mm and I don't usually see eye to eye on parking as I feel that parent and child spaces are for a good reason.
But, I would also like to have seen all the neighbours getting out their pitchforks and tar/feathering the guy who deliberately parked in the wrong space. He was the knob.
I'm sure he heard the first toot and ignored it. So as far as I am concern its all his fault.
End...
Totally agree with ORD.But, I would also like to have seen all the neighbours getting out their pitchforks and tar/feathering the guy who deliberately parked in the wrong space. He was the knob.
I'm sure he heard the first toot and ignored it. So as far as I am concern its all his fault.
End...
And...
If the milkman doesn't leave your milk in the morning do you go and get your car out to lean on the horn to disturb / annoy / wake all your neighbours?
Would you do it if a dog s
ts on your lawn?But you would for someone parking in your space?
What if an ambulance parked in your space, would you do it then?
Ambulances & Milkmen? You might as well say Aircraft carriers and alien spaceships. Perhaps even a car chase or gunfight.
Will Idres Elba be in it?
(And by the way, I wasn't even there! So how could I have leaned on MY horn FFS
).
And for the record. I disagree with both of you.
You need to accept that, breath......, chill a bit, and move on with your own lives.
Will Idres Elba be in it?
(And by the way, I wasn't even there! So how could I have leaned on MY horn FFS
).And for the record. I disagree with both of you.
You need to accept that, breath......, chill a bit, and move on with your own lives.
Edited by Hol on Tuesday 14th July 16:02
Agreed.
But this wouldn't be PH if one of us didn't at least burst out crying or insult everyone / suggest they aren't real car enthusiasts.
I'll do it this time: you are all wkers and don't really like cars...mumble mumble...something about Mumsnet...mumble mumble...frozen sausages.
Done.
But this wouldn't be PH if one of us didn't at least burst out crying or insult everyone / suggest they aren't real car enthusiasts.
I'll do it this time: you are all w
kers and don't really like cars...mumble mumble...something about Mumsnet...mumble mumble...frozen sausages. Done.
Swanny87 said:
jogger1976 said:
The driver of the E Class bimbling along in lane 2 of the M1 today at probably no more than 50mph(He was being overtaken by HGV's, so I'm assuming this). When I passed him he was fiddling with his sat nav. He then took off like a stabbed rat, undertaking me and forcing his way into lane four, where he positioned himself inches of the bumper of the Mondeo in front, before undertaking several cars and repeating the process
Knob in the Ford Fusion who nearly caused a massive, possibly fatal, accident, when he pulled straight onto the M1 from the hard shoulder this evening. Thank god people were paying attention. Kudos to the driver of the Latvian registered Iveco and the guy driving the Sprinter van who managed to swerve out of the way of the stupid tosser.
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Female jogger running down the middle of a busy main road, with her back to traffic, while wearing massive "Beats" headphones. Not only was she putting herself at huge risk, she was also causing a massive tailback, which she was completely oblivious to.
Report that, could have been caught on CCTV. Usually I wouldn't say 'report this or report that' but if it's as bad as you make it out to be then they should be off the road... forever!Knob in the Ford Fusion who nearly caused a massive, possibly fatal, accident, when he pulled straight onto the M1 from the hard shoulder this evening. Thank god people were paying attention. Kudos to the driver of the Latvian registered Iveco and the guy driving the Sprinter van who managed to swerve out of the way of the stupid tosser.
.Female jogger running down the middle of a busy main road, with her back to traffic, while wearing massive "Beats" headphones. Not only was she putting herself at huge risk, she was also causing a massive tailback, which she was completely oblivious to.
Edited by jogger1976 on Monday 13th July 20:50
I think I'd have to be quite selective about what I report as there's no end of st driving on that stretch and I'd probably overwhelm whoever deals with the calls if I was phoning in every five minutes
Just for clarification, would I contact the Highways Agency or phone 101 re the CCTV footage? The angry little man I encountered earlier.
Set of lights with 2 lanes going straight on, merging into one after the lights. Long line of traffic in the inside lane, so I go to the outside lane. This childish little burke immediately takes exception, and I can see him edging forward waiting for the lights to change. When I pull in in front of him, with loads of room to spare, he gives me the full beam treatment.
Do people like that literally not know the rules of the road? What is wrong with using all the available lanes as opposed to sitting in one long line? Why do some people see someone merging in front of them as such an issue?
Set of lights with 2 lanes going straight on, merging into one after the lights. Long line of traffic in the inside lane, so I go to the outside lane. This childish little burke immediately takes exception, and I can see him edging forward waiting for the lights to change. When I pull in in front of him, with loads of room to spare, he gives me the full beam treatment.
Do people like that literally not know the rules of the road? What is wrong with using all the available lanes as opposed to sitting in one long line? Why do some people see someone merging in front of them as such an issue?
scrubchub said:
The angry little man I encountered earlier.
Set of lights with 2 lanes going straight on, merging into one after the lights. Long line of traffic in the inside lane, so I go to the outside lane. This childish little burke immediately takes exception, and I can see him edging forward waiting for the lights to change. When I pull in in front of him, with loads of room to spare, he gives me the full beam treatment.
Do people like that literally not know the rules of the road? What is wrong with using all the available lanes as opposed to sitting in one long line? Why do some people see someone merging in front of them as such an issue?
Probably nowt to do with roadcraft and everything to do with ego. He is worried that anyone who 'beats' him at the lights will think he is less of man and has a small knob. Set of lights with 2 lanes going straight on, merging into one after the lights. Long line of traffic in the inside lane, so I go to the outside lane. This childish little burke immediately takes exception, and I can see him edging forward waiting for the lights to change. When I pull in in front of him, with loads of room to spare, he gives me the full beam treatment.
Do people like that literally not know the rules of the road? What is wrong with using all the available lanes as opposed to sitting in one long line? Why do some people see someone merging in front of them as such an issue?
knitware said:
Short and sweet.
I’m cycling to a roundabout and a few yards from the give way to go straight over when a Mini overtakes me and imediatly turns left across my brow to take the left exit.
The road was empty, I had clear visibility to go straight over, I was travelling at 20 mph and I wouldn’t have hindered him I was a gnats away from being taken out for no obvious reason.
Just a knob driver.
Ey? same again this morning, different car though. He ovetook and stopped to my right after realising I'm goin straight on, he then made a left turn...I’m cycling to a roundabout and a few yards from the give way to go straight over when a Mini overtakes me and imediatly turns left across my brow to take the left exit.
The road was empty, I had clear visibility to go straight over, I was travelling at 20 mph and I wouldn’t have hindered him I was a gnats away from being taken out for no obvious reason.
Just a knob driver.
jogger1976 said:
Female jogger running down the middle of a busy main road, with her back to traffic, while wearing massive "Beats" headphones. Not only was she putting herself at huge risk, she was also causing a massive tailback, which she was completely oblivious to.
There was a cyclist wearing a pair of these the other day and pulled out in front of an Ambulance on an emergency call out. Completely oblivious to the world. The Ambulance only just missed the idiot. Similar to road users on the phone. Instead of giving them a fine and points take their phone away until they pay the fine or after seven days let SO19 use it for target practice.
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