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fourstardan

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6,147 posts

166 months

Friday 15th August 2025
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Yes, I've finally cracked and done it as I'm fed up with it.

Driving out of a Main B road out of my town, car in front abruptly stops, it becomes apparent someone has driven at speed when moving across the opposite side of the road (with no indicators), then driven up the verge narrowly missing both of us.

I thought they were being chased or something it was that bad.

Looked like an elderly woman driving.


megaphone

11,423 posts

273 months

Friday 15th August 2025
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No one likes a grass

Sebring440

3,033 posts

118 months

Friday 15th August 2025
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fourstardan said:
Yes, I've finally cracked and done it as I'm fed up with it.

Driving out of a Main B road out of my town, car in front abruptly stops, it becomes apparent someone has driven at speed when moving across the opposite side of the road (with no indicators), then driven up the verge narrowly missing both of us.

I thought they were being chased or something it was that bad.

Looked like an elderly woman driving.
I hope your "report" is better-written and clearer than that, because no one has a clue what you're on about.


InitialDave

14,238 posts

141 months

Friday 15th August 2025
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megaphone said:
No one likes a grass
fourstardan said:
then driven up the verge narrowly missing both of us.
Maybe they just liked that particular patch of it.

Sticks.

9,571 posts

273 months

Friday 15th August 2025
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Sebring440 said:
I hope your "report" is better-written and clearer than that, because no one has a clue what you're on about.
On a B road the car n front abruptly stopped because an oncoming car approached at speed and had to take to the verge to miss them both.

Red9zero

10,154 posts

79 months

Friday 15th August 2025
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I often think about reporting people, then decide I can't be bothered downloading the clip from my dashcam, so tut loudly, shake my head and go about my day.

Richard-390a0

3,199 posts

113 months

Friday 15th August 2025
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fourstardan - one star report!

119

16,505 posts

58 months

Friday 15th August 2025
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fourstardan said:
Yes, I've finally cracked and done it as I'm fed up with it.

Driving out of a Main B road out of my town, car in front abruptly stops, it becomes apparent someone has driven at speed when moving across the opposite side of the road (with no indicators), then driven up the verge narrowly missing both of us.

I thought they were being chased or something it was that bad.

Looked like an elderly woman driving.
What?

Riley Blue

22,828 posts

248 months

Friday 15th August 2025
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Reported for avoiding an accident? I see...

_Hoppers

1,569 posts

87 months

Friday 15th August 2025
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Riley Blue said:
Reported for avoiding an accident? I see...
More likely reporting the person that "has driven at speed when moving across the opposite side of the road (with no indicators), then driven up the verge narrowly missing both of us"

LosingGrip

8,594 posts

181 months

Friday 15th August 2025
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Google the police area and Op Snap. They may have a reporting service.

fourstardan

Original Poster:

6,147 posts

166 months

Friday 15th August 2025
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LosingGrip said:
Google the police area and Op Snap. They may have a reporting service.
Yes, that's where I've done it.

ImbackYo

495 posts

34 months

Friday 15th August 2025
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How could they have driven towards you and up a verge? Was the verge in the middle of both lanes?
My brain hurts.

JagYouAre

590 posts

192 months

Friday 15th August 2025
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Red9zero said:
I often think about reporting people, then decide I can't be bothered downloading the clip from my dashcam, so tut loudly, shake my head and go about my day.
laugh glad I'm not the only one.

Downloading footage from my dash cam is such a faff that it's basically reserved for actual insurance need or if I see something hilarious I have to share with a mate (like the time I narrowly avoided squashing what must be the luckiest squirrel in the country, or the time I saw a guy drift his 997 to his roundabout exit in rush hour traffic).

MustangGT

13,631 posts

302 months

Friday 15th August 2025
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_Hoppers said:
Riley Blue said:
Reported for avoiding an accident? I see...
More likely reporting the person that "has driven at speed when moving across the opposite side of the road (with no indicators), then driven up the verge narrowly missing both of us"
Which could have been the result of a puncture or similar. Driven at speed could mean anything, no speed = stationary. Was it in provably excess of the limit? is a question for the OP. Extremely unlikely.

Dave.

7,787 posts

275 months

Friday 15th August 2025
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bad company

21,267 posts

288 months

Thursday 21st August 2025
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So should I report this guy driving along Upper Thames Street, City of London this afternoon while texting?




RotorRambler

760 posts

12 months

Thursday 21st August 2025
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Mikey would

M11rph

1,025 posts

43 months

Thursday 21st August 2025
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bad company said:
So should I report this guy driving along Upper Thames Street, City of London this afternoon while texting?
No. He may have been calling the emergency services to report some weird foot fetishist photographing him in a threatening manner.

His biggest "crime" is driving barefoot and having Birkenstocks in the passenger footwell.



bad company

21,267 posts

288 months

Thursday 21st August 2025
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M11rph said:
bad company said:
So should I report this guy driving along Upper Thames Street, City of London this afternoon while texting?
No. He may have been calling the emergency services to report some weird foot fetishist photographing him in a threatening manner.

His biggest "crime" is driving barefoot and having Birkenstocks in the passenger footwell.
I agree, I won’t dob him in though I told him that I would. That’ll give him something to think about for next few weeks.


Edited by bad company on Thursday 21st August 22:00