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I got one today which was a classic.........
Driving through a built up area, cars parked on the left. No room to move across the carriageway so have to pull in behind the parked cars on the left to let the cars coming the other way through. Behind me is a guy in a BMW. He pulls in begind me to let the other cars through too. Then all of a sudden, a red Rover 600 comes charging through past us all, with cars coming the other way, straight in front of us all that are waiting AND the already parked cars and stops all the traffic coming the other way, rather dangerously I might add.
The road junction was less than 150 yds away, so as soon as the cars pull past us, I pull out and accellerate up to to the red Rover as fast as I could and "gesture" to him through his mirror. He obviously sees this and then puts his hand up in apology, like he didn't mean it and hadn't realised the situation. I also see at that point that the guy is plainly over 80 yrs old and has NO clue what he was doing, which makes me believe that he truly DIDN'T know what he was doing. Which makes me even MORE mad cos it was something that was very dangerous and he plainly didn't know what he was doing until it actually had happened.
I then pulled left into the juntion behind him, where he promptly decides to drive at no more than 30 in a national speed limit, then pulls off onto a slip road at the same speed. I go past him on the right, all ready to give the hand gestures and the obligatory "shout-at-nothing-cos-he-can't-hear-you" and he plainly does the "I-am-going-to-look-straight-ahead-cos-it-will-look-like-I-haven't-seen-him" thing and drives straight on.......
I am such a big advocate of getting everyone tested again to drive over the age of 70 cos if this guy was anything to go by today, then he was plainly a menace to the road..............
Makes me SOOOOOO mad...............
Driving through a built up area, cars parked on the left. No room to move across the carriageway so have to pull in behind the parked cars on the left to let the cars coming the other way through. Behind me is a guy in a BMW. He pulls in begind me to let the other cars through too. Then all of a sudden, a red Rover 600 comes charging through past us all, with cars coming the other way, straight in front of us all that are waiting AND the already parked cars and stops all the traffic coming the other way, rather dangerously I might add.
The road junction was less than 150 yds away, so as soon as the cars pull past us, I pull out and accellerate up to to the red Rover as fast as I could and "gesture" to him through his mirror. He obviously sees this and then puts his hand up in apology, like he didn't mean it and hadn't realised the situation. I also see at that point that the guy is plainly over 80 yrs old and has NO clue what he was doing, which makes me believe that he truly DIDN'T know what he was doing. Which makes me even MORE mad cos it was something that was very dangerous and he plainly didn't know what he was doing until it actually had happened.
I then pulled left into the juntion behind him, where he promptly decides to drive at no more than 30 in a national speed limit, then pulls off onto a slip road at the same speed. I go past him on the right, all ready to give the hand gestures and the obligatory "shout-at-nothing-cos-he-can't-hear-you" and he plainly does the "I-am-going-to-look-straight-ahead-cos-it-will-look-like-I-haven't-seen-him" thing and drives straight on.......
I am such a big advocate of getting everyone tested again to drive over the age of 70 cos if this guy was anything to go by today, then he was plainly a menace to the road..............
Makes me SOOOOOO mad...............
mr50bmg said:
What means this word "twinpiping"? Also please describe all-important tosser gesture.
"Twinpiping" is when someone drives round a rounabout more than is necessary, just for the fun of cornering. Only done when there is no other traffic on the rounabout.
Tosser gesture is a hand movement to suggest tugging, flogging the dolphin, wanking, spanking the monkey etc.
Unfortunately I'm one who has to actively force himself to not get wound up by these things as I tend to react in a way which is more stupid than the initial actions of some moron. These days if someone is driving 2cm from my rear bumper, I give them a chance to adjust their distance (sometimes you can get too close by mistake), if they persist, I slow down more and more which has the excellent affect of getting them incredibly aggravated! If they try to overtake...I nail it to leave them hanging in the outside lane. This is by no means clever, but very satisfying, and i do pull over at the first opportunity to let them past.
When someone gets aggro with me, I prefer a big smile and wave, it either chills them out a bit, or really really annoys them!
When someone gets aggro with me, I prefer a big smile and wave, it either chills them out a bit, or really really annoys them!
minidiva said:
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If I may be so bold; you absolute PRAT.
Who's to say the guy wasn't a nutter with a shotgun? Or a pikey with no care in the world? Or a rock hard ba$tard that would ram your car into the armco get out and royally kick the sh1t out of you?
There is one sort of driving that I detest more so than tailgating and being an idiot, and that's the sort of driving that you are proudly exclaiming above. You have no idea what people in this world are like and you only have to look at the news each night to see examples of DEATH by road rage. Not a scratch on your pretty little car, but DEATH.
Next time, don't be such an egotistical prat, let the guy overtake you and have no more to do with him.
My dad once taught me, and this will always stick with me;
dad said:
Do you want this guy to be a part of the rest of your life?
....and when someone wants to jump in a queue in front of you, roll out the red carpet.
Someone wants to burgle your house, open the door for them and let them in...you never know what kind of nutter they may be.
TBH Tony I sort of agree with your sentiments that it's not worth the aggro, but I find your comments a bit over harsh and 'doormat' like. Just my opinion though...
Someone wants to burgle your house, open the door for them and let them in...you never know what kind of nutter they may be.
TBH Tony I sort of agree with your sentiments that it's not worth the aggro, but I find your comments a bit over harsh and 'doormat' like. Just my opinion though...
sp60 said:
Someone wants to burgle your house, open the door for them and let them in...you never know what kind of nutter they may be.
Abso-bloody-lutely! If a burgular came to your house would you fight him? Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying give the guy the keys to your front door but if I wake up with a knife to my throat, feck that, nick all he wants. Do you want to lose your tv, stereo and your car or do you want to be on the news the following day?
My comments above were exactly how I feel about this sort of thing. Never has a sentence been more apt; It's not big and it's not clever.
sp60 said:
...and 'doormat' like...
I can see why you say that, but it must be put in context. One must not drive along the road letting out every person and yielding as soon as a car gets within 15m - far from it - and driving in this day and age requires progress to be made with an element of assertivness (notr I did not say aggression there).
The original story was none of that; it was antagonistic. And it's that sort of attitude that I believe is the wrong one. Being assertive is one thing, being antagonistic is plain foolish.
No I would not just let a burglar come into my house and steal my stuff, IMHO it's all about weighing up the risk.
If someone breaks into my house and i confront them, until i see a weapon, I am not going to let them get away with anything. This will be a different situation for every person, anyone who is not comfortable with confronting an intruder, should not do it, simple. If you ignore the statistically tiny percentage of horror stories you hear on the news, you will probably find that most would be theives and burglars are chancers and want no aggro, and so will take off at the first sign of trouble. If you simply bend over and let them in, it opens the door to many many more people to have a go as it is an easy earner, and as we all know, they are unlikely to get caught and even if they do there are plenty of laws to help criminals.
Please don't take this out of context. I am not that advocating everyone should fight to the death to defend their property, I think you are right that you should always be more than over cautious in these situations, but you seem to be suggesting that people should simply roll over and let the aggravators have their way in every situation, which i personally find to be rediculous.
Sorry this has gone a bit O/T, but this is something that bugs.
If someone breaks into my house and i confront them, until i see a weapon, I am not going to let them get away with anything. This will be a different situation for every person, anyone who is not comfortable with confronting an intruder, should not do it, simple. If you ignore the statistically tiny percentage of horror stories you hear on the news, you will probably find that most would be theives and burglars are chancers and want no aggro, and so will take off at the first sign of trouble. If you simply bend over and let them in, it opens the door to many many more people to have a go as it is an easy earner, and as we all know, they are unlikely to get caught and even if they do there are plenty of laws to help criminals.
Please don't take this out of context. I am not that advocating everyone should fight to the death to defend their property, I think you are right that you should always be more than over cautious in these situations, but you seem to be suggesting that people should simply roll over and let the aggravators have their way in every situation, which i personally find to be rediculous.
Sorry this has gone a bit O/T, but this is something that bugs.
TonyHetherington said:
sp60 said:
...and 'doormat' like...
I can see why you say that, but it must be put in context. One must not drive along the road letting out every person and yielding as soon as a car gets within 15m - far from it - and driving in this day and age requires progress to be made with an element of assertivness (notr I did not say aggression there).
The original story was none of that; it was antagonistic. And it's that sort of attitude that I believe is the wrong one. Being assertive is one thing, being antagonistic is plain foolish.
Agreed, gone a bit O/T and rantish!
I get aggravated on the road like anyone else, but if someone has irritated me to the level where I'm compelled to shout or raise a finger or two, then they've 'won' the battle regardless of who's car has come out in front. I just don't get let myself that riled, as it takes ages for me to simmer down, and little incidents of road aggro aren't worth it. I'd have let the RR past, and would have entertained myself by watching his antics from behind. The guy/gal was obviously a complete t
t, and I would have simply wanted his/her caw away from me as soon as possible.
I draw the line at burglary (and vandalism), though. In those instances, I'm the lunatic with the shotgun, and to hell with whoever is trying to nick or destroy my stuff - be they big, small, or in multiples.
Edit - My new Exige S arrived yesterday, and is being Zymol-prepped as I write this. I'm collecting it on Wednesday! Yippee.
t, and I would have simply wanted his/her caw away from me as soon as possible. I draw the line at burglary (and vandalism), though. In those instances, I'm the lunatic with the shotgun, and to hell with whoever is trying to nick or destroy my stuff - be they big, small, or in multiples.
Edit - My new Exige S arrived yesterday, and is being Zymol-prepped as I write this. I'm collecting it on Wednesday! Yippee.
Edited by loach on Friday 30th June 10:47
TonyHetherington said:
sp60 said:
Agreed, gone a bit O/T and rantish!
I think we've met in the middle somewhere
Anyway enough of this O/T-ness....Loach just got an Exige S delivered! Bravo!
Indeed
Loach....Lets see some pics of the new beast then....
Seen a few of these recently, love them, especially the nut job noise they make
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