Reporting a Driver

[hopelwillis]

This morning I was waiting to join a dual carriageway, when a company van was approaching, obviously I know he is under no obligation to move over to the right hand lane to let me in, but seeing as he was the only other vehicle on the road, I did raise my arm in a questioning manner as to why he chose not to. I then joined the road after he had gone past and forgot all about it. I came to over take the van some time later where he decided that he would move into the right hand lane, blocking me from passing, there were no other cars on the road at this time so it was clear he had moved to the right hand lane to block me on purpose. I moved over to the left hand lane and sat back, he was probably waiting for me to try and do an illegal undertake, but as I’m not as much of an idiot as he clearly was, I left it. He then moved back over to the left hand lane again in front of me. I moved over to the right to overtake, your van driver then moved the van into the middle of the road swerving. I overtook him, looked over to see him laughing and continued on with my journey. The driver then decided that his actions hadn’t been funny enough and decided to tailgate me for the remainder of the journey before he turned off
Luckily we were the only people on the road otherwise he could have caused an accident.

I want to report him, but with no evidence is there much use?

[hopelwillis]

I managed to get his reg, and I have sent an email to the company. He must have forgotten he had the company’s name in very large writing all over his van… idiot.

[hopelwillis]

All that jazz said:

Or you could just learn how to drive instead of blaming everyone else for your own shortcomings.

Find it hard to see how my ability to drive has anything to do with his behaviour 10-15 minutes down the road.

I stopped, and waited, no other traffic on the road bar me and him. My gesture was not an angry one, nor was I forcing myself onto the dual carriage way. I mearly wondered why he didnt. More a shrug of the shoulders.

I joined the road after him and then forgot about it. What he chose to do later on is completely him.

Whether you are taught to move over or not, I'm sure most of us will, if safe to do so, move over.

Edited by hopelwillis on Wednesday 5th August 12:56

Edited by hopelwillis on Wednesday 5th August 12:59

[hopelwillis]

All that jazz said:

Sounds like you definitely need to learn how to drive. If you have to "stop and wait" on a slip road then you lack observation and anticipation skills. You should adjust your speed to merge with the traffic on the main carriageway without causing them to alter their course or speed. Seems quite clear from your post that you did none of the above and were in your own little world expecting everyone else to accommodate your crappy driving and it didn't end well for you. I also doubt you're telling us the whole story as the van driver would not made those blocking manoeuvres without provocation imho.

The joining part in question is not a slip road, its a give way. Which I did.

[hopelwillis]

btcc123 said:

First you said you raised your arm in a questioning manner and then changed your story to a shrug of your shoulders.I am guessing it was either the coffee bean shake,two fingers or just the one.

No change of story. It was a raise of the arm in a questioning manner, sort of like you would shrug your sholders, but you cant really see a shrug of the shoulder from a car, so my arm was raised.

I still dont think any of this condones his behaviour later on down the road.

[hopelwillis]

All that jazz said:

.. after the event.

I call BS.

So hold on, now you are thinking that I stopped, joined the road at the give way, and 2 seconds later, I was tangled up with him as he swapped form left to right.. all at the speed ofjust under 70mph. Yeah ok clearly "BS" I dont know about you but stopping my little 1.4 car, and then catching up to a van doing the speed limit isnt going to be instant.

Even if I had (at the give way) honked my horn and flicked him the V sign (which you are assuming I did), his actions of deciding to play with traffic LATER on down the road were dangerous and could have killed someone.

Edited by hopelwillis on Thursday 6th August 11:28

[hopelwillis]

All that jazz said:

Poke a hornet's nest and you're likely to get stung.

Oh wait..

Wow, just wow. You seriously condone his actions on the road, and you say I need to go to advanced driving courses.. Book yourself on one mate

[hopelwillis]

All that jazz said:

No you are. You are focusing on a van driver that he happened across 10-15 mins down the road (by his own admission). You're seriously trying to tell me that the van driver will even remember his car and still be apoplectic with rage after TEN to FIFTEEN minutes? The OP even admitted that it took him that long to catch up as he "only" has a 1.4. It probably wasn't even the same van. The only point worthy of any mention in this thread is the OP can't drive for st and he has a broken car that he needs to get fixed as it's clearly unroadworthy if it can't catch up with a van in 15 minutes ffs.

Really? Now apparetly my car is broken.. Get a grip. This has nothing to do with my car.
"It probably wasnt the same van" - so then that makes what he did even worse, as this would have made it a complete stranger playing with the traffic?

I wasnt trying to "catch up" with the van. Like I have already said, I had forgotten about it and cracked on with my lesiurely drive to work. I didnt time how long it took as I wasnt expecting to see the van again. But you continue to say its BS - wouldnt suprise me if you are someone who would act in the exact same way as the van driver.

[hopelwillis]

[quote=All that jazz]

I find it EXTREMELY UNLIKELY that any driver would still be apoplectic with rage from what is claimed to be a mere "raise of my arm" that happened "10-15 mins" earlier and start weaving all over the road, thus I would bet a considerable amount of money that the OP is talking st and it didn't happen anything like he said. In fact given his post count and it being the school holidays it probably didn't happen at all.


So now you must be lying if you are relatively new to PH.
Great Logic