Just witnessed the most bizarre argument in a Petrol Station

[0000]

JS1500 said:

...the police who asked me to switch my fog lights off “I didn’t even know they were on” said I, and tried the fog light switch which was stuck in the ‘on’ position somehow...

So you're one of the bds! Get in your car so I can reverse at you too!

[dirkgently]

NewRulesPaul said:

Welcome to dorset, this is a daily thing nowadays, no one knows how to drive and when they do it's poor at best...ohhh and it's everyone elses fault that they're a st driver

That is because Dorset is now full of Londoners who have brought there manners with them.

[MarkRSi]

Lots of angry people about.

Hopefully they'll do it to the wrong person, then this'll happen;

https://youtu.be/1ixEHDWqrzI?t=28s

[angels95]

Rawwr said:

Derek Smith said:

I was on the M40 in the middle lane. I was in my Chimaera, outside me was a Cerbera V8. We were having a bit of a chat via handsignals. A Renault 5 almost sat on the bumper of the Cerb, this at a bit over 70mph, and flashed headlights.

Now I not suggesting this is the correct response, but:

The Cerb driver waved goodbye to me, dropped a gear or two, revved the engine (a delightful scream from the exhaust) and dropped the clutch. Clouds of smoke streamed from the rear tyres, leaving two black lines in the outside lane. The Cerb shot off into the distance.

The Renault driver must have thought that the Cerb driver had braked as she'd stamped on hers. To her, the Cerb must have seemed like it was rocket powered.

She came past a couple of minutes later staring straight ahead.

Be careful who you tailgate.

...because you might be tailgating a prick in a Cerbera?

Make that a lane-hogging prick in a Cerbera.

If some selfish tt was hogging the outside lane whilst having a chat to someone in the car next to them, I'd be making sure they got out the fking way as well.

[Mr Alan]

angels95 said:

Rawwr said:

Derek Smith said:

I was on the M40 in the middle lane. I was in my Chimaera, outside me was a Cerbera V8. We were having a bit of a chat via handsignals. A Renault 5 almost sat on the bumper of the Cerb, this at a bit over 70mph, and flashed headlights.

Now I not suggesting this is the correct response, but:

The Cerb driver waved goodbye to me, dropped a gear or two, revved the engine (a delightful scream from the exhaust) and dropped the clutch. Clouds of smoke streamed from the rear tyres, leaving two black lines in the outside lane. The Cerb shot off into the distance.

The Renault driver must have thought that the Cerb driver had braked as she'd stamped on hers. To her, the Cerb must have seemed like it was rocket powered.

She came past a couple of minutes later staring straight ahead.

Be careful who you tailgate.

...because you might be tailgating a prick in a Cerbera?

Make that a lane-hogging prick in a Cerbera.

If some selfish tt was hogging the outside lane whilst having a chat to someone in the car next to them, I'd be making sure they got out the fking way as well.

But they were already doing more than the speed limit of 70

[johnpsanderson]

Mr Alan said:

But they were already doing more than the speed limit of 70

So? "The other person was wronger" is the kind of attitude that leads to the kind of grief people have described here surely? Personally I don't like having someone appear in my mirrors at warp speed when i'm already 'making progress' but I do get out of their way if/when I can - it's no skin off my nose if they get there quicker!!!

[InitialDave]

Can we all just agree that, either way, the story would've been much better had the Renault opened the taps and fked off as soon as the TVR appeared to be getting out the way?

[Blakewater]

Moonpie21 said:

So just to add my story of driving crazies...

I was following a small Korean car, an i10 or something along a 60 mph road at a very reasonable distance. Anyway they start signalling left and slowing down for a turn I slow down as well, there are cars following me at a safe distance. The car stops dead on a main road to let a confused driver out of the turning they are about to turn in to, it takes a while as the driver is crossing our lane to go the other way. I beep my horn, at the car because stopping on a main road to let someone out is just stupid and puts me and my family at risk of being rear ended. Car moves off then stops out gets this lady must be late 60's walks down the middle of the road shouting at me. I roll down my window, poke my head out and in a loud voice ask her if she is stupid and explain she is standing in the middle of a 60 mph road on a slight bend where oncoming traffic may not see her and hit her. She carries on shouting in the middle of the road she was only doing something nice etc etc. I patiently explain it only takes the person behind me not expecting a complete stop and a moments distraction to potentially cause an accident I don't want my baby in. She totally didn't get it. Eventually gets back in and drives off, I felt like following her home and telling her significant other she was a menace, but then again I'm not a loon.

So, she was turning left and waited for the person turning out of that junction to turn right? Was it a narrow turning and she had to wait for him to pull out? Why else would she stop and wait for him to pull out and go? I appreciate it was dodgy but if she had to make that narrow turn and the other guy was in the way, what else could she do?

[Mr Alan]

johnpsanderson said:

Mr Alan said:

But they were already doing more than the speed limit of 70

So? "The other person was wronger" is the kind of attitude that leads to the kind of grief people have described here surely? Personally I don't like having someone appear in my mirrors at warp speed when i'm already 'making progress' but I do get out of their way if/when I can - it's no skin off my nose if they get there quicker!!!

I agree I was being flippant to the poster sounding all Billy big balls with the cerbera driving lane hogging prick comment

[stuttgartmetal]

Everyone's a c nt
There you go.

Can someone ring the Highway Code, and have that added to their publication.
In the fly leaf.

[Troubleatmill]

Every day in my commute...

95% of the time - lane 1 is empty.... every 1 mile is a truck doing 56-60mph
95% of the time - lane 2 is filled with sheep doing 60 mph who refuse to move into lane 1 after an overtake.
95% of the time - I am in lane 3 stuck behind a dearth of other traffic doing 65 mph.

I am coming to the conclusion - I should get out of my bed 10 minutes earlier... and just stay in lane 1.

Britain's road's are full up. ( Should this be in NP&E)?
Am I doing this right?

[mattyn1]

I can only speak for myself but when I do long motorway runs, and it is rarely as it takes me so frigging long to get to a motorway, but I do make a point of going back into the LH lane after an overtake. Apart from following the rules, if nothing else it gives me something to do so I avoid getting bored.

I do, however like to tut and shake my fat head at those MLMs. I might even waggle my finger if any react to my fat head shaking!!

[havoc]

0000 said:

JS1500 said:

...the police who asked me to switch my fog lights off “I didn’t even know they were on” said I, and tried the fog light switch which was stuck in the ‘on’ position somehow...

So you're one of the bds! Get in your car so I can reverse at you too!

This DOES explain why almost every Audi you see has fog lights on...

[Bill]

stuttgartmetal said:

Everyone's a c nt
There you go.

Can someone ring the Highway Code, and have that added to their publication.
In the fly leaf.

Less beautiful, but just as accurate.

[Europa1]

Troubleatmill said:

Every day in my commute...

95% of the time - lane 1 is empty.... every 1 mile is a truck doing 56-60mph
95% of the time - lane 2 is filled with sheep doing 60 mph who refuse to move into lane 1 after an overtake.
95% of the time - I am in lane 3 stuck behind a dearth of other traffic doing 65 mph.

I am coming to the conclusion - I should get out of my bed 10 minutes earlier... and just stay in lane 1.

Britain's road's are full up. ( Should this be in NP&E)?
Am I doing this right?

No, I'm not sure you're not doing this right - if there is a dearth of other traffic in lane 3, you surely won't be stuck at 65?

Edited by Europa1 on Wednesday 1st March 09:21

[culpz]

In all fairness to Mr Polo GTI, whoever he is, he does sound like the innocent one here.

However, if what angry-woman says actually appears to be true, you really shouldn't brake-test anyone just because they're tailgating you. You're just asking for an accident to happen.

[Superflow]

Mine from a couple of weeks ago.

I pull into the local Shell station at the rear right pump,in front of me is a silver Astra with a gentleman in his fifties standing at the rear of his car,as we make eye contact he shakes his head at me,oh i think as i climb out i notice the pump in his car and the dials indicating he has stopped midway through.He then points to a white Seat Leon at the pump to the left of him and explains the driver, a young asian lad has been locked in the petrol station and the pumps shut off as he is refusing to pay,i can see the irate lad furiously waving his arms about strutting back and forth shouting at the cashier and manager in the shop.At this point a young "lady" climbs from the Leon and screams at Astra man across the forecourt "he's not f*cking refusing to pay,they won't take his f*cking card and what's it f*cking got to do with you anyway" This sets Astra man off,

Astra man - Well nobody can fill up now because your friend won't pay.

Leon lady - I told you they won't take his f*cking card,and he's not my friend he's my f*cking boyfriend.

At this point they move closer,so i point to the camera's as both are losing it now,and shouting in each others faces at which point i return to my car and drive off,comedy gold.

[warcalf]

It's a crazy place the world of motoring!

However I think a lot of people are quick to criticise other people's driving before considering the quality of their own. Which is where all these mental people come from!

[L500]

I had one last week. I pulled in to my local Shell. It has 3 x 2 pumps, i.e. 3 to fill on left sided tanks, and 3 to fill on the right. I took the last right hand tank available. A woman pulled in behind me, and rather than holding back to see who might be closest to leaving, decided to park within an inch of my rear bumper.

I could see she was already rattled. Annoyingly for her, the guy next to me, on another right hand pump moved away, and was quickly filled by another customer coming into the petrol station. I was on empty, so it took a few mins to top up. She was staring at me as if it's my fault how long it takes to fill a tank.

I topped up, closed my fuel filler, locked the door, and went in to pay. We've all timed the petrol station tills wrong, and this was one of those days. I was 4th in the queue, only one lady on the till, and she was serving an elderly gent who was struggling with his pin. Behind him, a couple of labourers waiting to order hotdogs (don't get me started on that one though!).

Whilst waiting, I could see the lady attempt to reverse, as another station had become free, but she had lost out to that one also. So, back to an inch of my rear bumper she came. Then, to my absolute dismay, she gets out of her car, grabs the pump I'd been using, and tried to make it reach to her own car. I quickly advised the lady behind the till, and a message was sent over the tannoy - which she ignored, but it turned out the pump didn't reach her car anyway.

I eventually paid, walked back to my car (around the back of her car, as I couldn't get between hers and mine), and down went her window. "How long does it bloody well take you to fill up" she shouted. "I'm sorry" I said, "I didn't realise it was you that the world revolves around". She shouted some expletives, I didn't react, instead, got back into my car and made putting my seat belt at least a minute.

Never ceases to amaze me the class of some people. She was middle aged, nice Beemer, well dressed. Just completely and utterly up herself.

[Steven_RW]

[quote=havoc]

You embarassed him. (Well, you caused him to embarass himself)

So his ego is dented, particularly if his partner was in the car.
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I believe this is a key issue. Pointing out people have done something stupid, or indeed letting them work it out themselves can result in them blowing a fuse. The simple programme in their head just doesn't have a response and they lose it.