Road closed as people refuse to give way
Discussion
DuncanM said:
The woman in the convertible was terrified from all the bullying towards her, no one talked to her in a calm and polite manner did they?
How do you know - the video only picked up about 15 minutes into an incident that could have been resolved in 30 seconds - not wonder people were getting angry by that point.Regardless of whether or not the old bloke should have been on the road or not - the fact of the matter is - she could have easily resolved the situation, but instead chose to inconvenience a lot of other people by digging her heels in - to prove what?
Moonhawk said:
How do you know - the video only picked up about 15 minutes into an incident that could have been resolved in 30 seconds - not wonder people were getting angry by that point.
Regardless of whether or not the old bloke should have been on the road or not - the fact of the matter is - she could have easily resolved the situation, but instead chose to inconvenience a lot of other people by digging her heels in - to prove what?
To prove she's s stuck up Regardless of whether or not the old bloke should have been on the road or not - the fact of the matter is - she could have easily resolved the situation, but instead chose to inconvenience a lot of other people by digging her heels in - to prove what?
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Jimboka said:
Anyone stuck behind could have turned around & taken a less than 5 minute diversion. But the drama queens wanted to make a fuss and be all over YouTube, as is the way. They all deserve each other.
Not really - I think Oldfield Road is closed between Forlease Road and the A4, so the only way round would have been all the way back to Hibbert Road, and then to Braywick Roadclarkey said:
Jimboka said:
Anyone stuck behind could have turned around & taken a less than 5 minute diversion. But the drama queens wanted to make a fuss and be all over YouTube, as is the way. They all deserve each other.
Not really - I think Oldfield Road is closed between Forlease Road and the A4, so the only way round would have been all the way back to Hibbert Road, and then to Braywick Roadhttp://roadworks.org/
I wonder if the road was closed on that particular day - might explain why people didn't re-route.
A new poster has just picked up on an ancient related thread here about PCNs
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Reminds me a little of the stubborn 'me! me! me!' attitude I encountered the other day...
My house is off a narrow private track which is about 100 yards long and has one passing place.
Just as I entered off the main road I see a car at the other end so stop expecting her to pull in to the passing place which is, at this point, 5 yards to her left. But no, incredibly she drives straight past it and comes straight at me and I'm thinking "what are you going to do now, love ? I'm not backing out into the flow of traffic..."
Once clear to her that I'm not backing up, in a temper she flings the wheel to the left and grounds her little hatchback on a very large rock - one of many that line the left side of the lane, to dissuade parking. These are quite prominent, unless your observational skills are non existent.
Oops !
A few months ago a similar idiot had PARKED her car in the middle of the lane, preventing me (or anyone else) from leaving for work. A call to plod who then call the RK, and 15 mins later she comes flapping shamelessly from a nearby house muttering that the handbrake must have failed....."and rolled uphill ?" Was my response....
stty attitudes everywhere...
My house is off a narrow private track which is about 100 yards long and has one passing place.
Just as I entered off the main road I see a car at the other end so stop expecting her to pull in to the passing place which is, at this point, 5 yards to her left. But no, incredibly she drives straight past it and comes straight at me and I'm thinking "what are you going to do now, love ? I'm not backing out into the flow of traffic..."
Once clear to her that I'm not backing up, in a temper she flings the wheel to the left and grounds her little hatchback on a very large rock - one of many that line the left side of the lane, to dissuade parking. These are quite prominent, unless your observational skills are non existent.
Oops !
A few months ago a similar idiot had PARKED her car in the middle of the lane, preventing me (or anyone else) from leaving for work. A call to plod who then call the RK, and 15 mins later she comes flapping shamelessly from a nearby house muttering that the handbrake must have failed....."and rolled uphill ?" Was my response....
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tty attitudes everywhere...
T5XARV said:
Once clear to her that I'm not backing up, in a temper she flings the wheel to the left and grounds her little hatchback on a very large rock - one of many that line the left side of the lane, to dissuade parking. These are quite prominent, unless your observational skills are non existent.
Oops!
So did she have to reverse back up?Oops!
Johnnytheboy said:
Neil H said:
"Just wow" at you thinking the woman is being 'bullied' because people asking her to move - when she's deliberately blocking the road for no good reason.
...and the old guy hasn't? Halb said:
Johnnytheboy said:
Halb said:
The old fella seems to have lost his senses temporarily through fright/confusion.
Bit worrying, given he's in charge of a car...Moonhawk said:
clarkey said:
Jimboka said:
Anyone stuck behind could have turned around & taken a less than 5 minute diversion. But the drama queens wanted to make a fuss and be all over YouTube, as is the way. They all deserve each other.
Not really - I think Oldfield Road is closed between Forlease Road and the A4, so the only way round would have been all the way back to Hibbert Road, and then to Braywick Roadhttp://roadworks.org/
I wonder if the road was closed on that particular day - might explain why people didn't re-route.
Halb said:
Johnnytheboy said:
And yet it's not understandable in the case of the woman?
Correct, she doesn't appear to be either in a panic or scared enough to want to close herself off from those stood by. This is evident.Johnnytheboy said:
Halb said:
Johnnytheboy said:
And yet it's not understandable in the case of the woman?
Correct, she doesn't appear to be either in a panic or scared enough to want to close herself off from those stood by. This is evident.I would need to place myself in the situation of the people held up...is it easier to try and help the old man to back his car, or try and placate the woman. I would probably think worse of the woman in if I had been held up.
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