Road closed as people refuse to give way

Road closed as people refuse to give way

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Charlie1986

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2,016 posts

134 months

Thursday 24th September 2015
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Einion Yrth

19,575 posts

243 months

Thursday 24th September 2015
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Seems to me that neither of them should be in possession of a licence.

Eighteeteewhy

7,259 posts

167 months

Thursday 24th September 2015
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Umm, uh, ....


W T actual F


Mental?

Chimune

3,164 posts

222 months

Thursday 24th September 2015
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Assholes behaving like assholes is not news.
Why let it bother you ?

The Mail pays Katie Hopkins to wind its readers up.
Why read a paper that does that ?

Beati Dogu

8,863 posts

138 months

Thursday 24th September 2015
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It's in the Telegraph too:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newsvideo/viral-vi...


The guy seemed a bit senile. Pity the police took too long to get there. Either way they both need to be spoken to and the old guy needs to be checked out by a doctor.

Johnnytheboy

24,498 posts

185 months

Thursday 24th September 2015
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The woman is stubborn.

The man is incapable.

The latter is (IMHO) worse.

dudleybloke

19,718 posts

185 months

Thursday 24th September 2015
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Johnnytheboy said:
The woman is stubborn.

The man is incapable.

The latter is (IMHO) worse.
+1

XM5ER

5,087 posts

247 months

Thursday 24th September 2015
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An incapable force meets an impossible object.

Result. A very British queue.

Nick Grant

5,409 posts

234 months

Thursday 24th September 2015
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By tomorrow we will know thier names and how much the cars and thier houses are worth.

gruffalo

7,509 posts

225 months

Thursday 24th September 2015
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I am pretty sure that the single lane part is traffic light controlled so one of them probably jumped a red light.

Nick Grant

5,409 posts

234 months

Thursday 24th September 2015
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Why didn't the people behind just make a U turn and go down Oldfield Road, rather than waste 40 mins arguning with them?

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/search/Forlease+Road...

moustachebandit

1,264 posts

142 months

Thursday 24th September 2015
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Could have been resolved pretty quickly if it wasn't for Mr Aggro in the Hi Vis getting his knickers in a bunch. The old geezer clearly had an issue with reversing, maybe he has a bad back / neck - wouldn't have taken much to make a friendly offer to reverse the car for him.

Moonhawk

10,730 posts

218 months

Thursday 24th September 2015
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For them to come to a stop where they did in the tunnel - the guy must have already passed the give way road markings on his side before the woman reached the "priority over oncoming traffic" sign on hers.

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.5195973,-0.71352...

They guy was obviously having difficulty reversing, but did have a go by the looks of it - but IMO the woman should have reversed as she had a shorter distance to cover and her reverse was far less complicated - the guy would have to have reverse around a bend.



Europa1

10,923 posts

187 months

Thursday 24th September 2015
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Moonhawk said:
For them to come to a stop where they did in the tunnel - the guy must have already passed the give way road markings on his side before the woman reached the "priority over oncoming traffic" sign on hers.

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.5195973,-0.71352...

They guy was obviously having difficulty reversing, but did have a go by the looks of it - but IMO the woman should have reversed as she had a shorter distance to cover and her reverse was far less complicated - the guy would have to have reverse around a bend.
Difficulty? He couldn't reverse in a straight line, let alone around a bend. You have to wonder if he should be driving at all. Also being discussed at length here:
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

BuzzBravado

2,944 posts

170 months

Thursday 24th September 2015
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Nick Grant said:
By tomorrow we will know thier names and how much the cars and thier houses are worth.
And some glum looking faces with arms crossed from the bystanders.

Moonhawk

10,730 posts

218 months

Thursday 24th September 2015
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Europa1 said:
Moonhawk said:
For them to come to a stop where they did in the tunnel - the guy must have already passed the give way road markings on his side before the woman reached the "priority over oncoming traffic" sign on hers.

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.5195973,-0.71352...

They guy was obviously having difficulty reversing, but did have a go by the looks of it - but IMO the woman should have reversed as she had a shorter distance to cover and her reverse was far less complicated - the guy would have to have reverse around a bend.
Difficulty? He couldn't reverse in a straight line, let alone around a bend. You have to wonder if he should be driving at all. Also being discussed at length here:
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...
Whether he should be on the road or not is a separate issue

The fact that he was apparently unable to reverse meant her refusal to do so was nothing but bloody mindedness and achieved nothing. If he is suffering from dementia or something - just what point was she trying to prove - and could he have understood it anyway?

Foppo

2,344 posts

123 months

Thursday 24th September 2015
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Why did nobody asked the old man to move up and back the car out for him?

Or drag the ignorant female out put her in the boot of her cabriolet to the nearest dump?

Zod

35,295 posts

257 months

Thursday 24th September 2015
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The woman seemed to be getting an easier ride. Did the blokes think they might be in with a chance?

He clearly couldn't drive in reverse. I suspect she couldn't either.

Difficult to be certain from the video, but it looked as if they should have been able to get past each other if both could drive.

rohrl

8,712 posts

144 months

Thursday 24th September 2015
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She had the right of way.

He should have reversed and if he's incapable of doing so he should have his licence revoked.

s3fella

10,524 posts

186 months

Thursday 24th September 2015
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What a of a woman