The "Sh*t Driving Caught On Cam" Thread Vol II
Discussion
Dark85 said:
Please say I need a Parrot?
Merging in turn is not a difficult concept and the Swift driver is a total cock for trying to prevent it.
But there wasn't any signs saying to merge(That I could see). It seems to carry on in two lanes. Is there any obligation to let someone in under that circumstance?Merging in turn is not a difficult concept and the Swift driver is a total cock for trying to prevent it.
Serious question, I'm fully aware most would let him in anyway out of courtesy.
FraserLFA said:
Dark85 said:
Please say I need a Parrot?
Merging in turn is not a difficult concept and the Swift driver is a total cock for trying to prevent it.
But there wasn't any signs saying to merge(That I could see). It seems to carry on in two lanes. Is there any obligation to let someone in under that circumstance?Merging in turn is not a difficult concept and the Swift driver is a total cock for trying to prevent it.
Serious question, I'm fully aware most would let him in anyway out of courtesy.
FraserLFA said:
But there wasn't any signs saying to merge(That I could see). It seems to carry on in two lanes. Is there any obligation to let someone in under that circumstance?
Serious question, I'm fully aware most would let him in anyway out of courtesy.
You sir are the very reason there are signs in bathrooms saying "Please use the paper to Wipe your arse", but hey, that's Norfolk for you Serious question, I'm fully aware most would let him in anyway out of courtesy.
heebeegeetee said:
The onus should be on both to merge.
Quite. Funnily enough I had a similar problem today. Two lanes merging to one at a set of lights in a nearby town centre. The ATS is red on my approach, lane 1 has half a dozen stationary cars. Lane 2 has just one car, so I blend into lane 2 and slow it right down anticipating a change. The lights go green, and the car at the front of lane 2 is well away with the lead car of lane 1 a couple of feet behind. They merge (lane 2 then lane 1) so I aim to slot in behind the lane 1 guy (a la 'zip merge'), but the Corsa driver next to me apparently takes exception and plants her throttle. Being a (presumably) 1.nothing litre it made a lot of noise but not much happened so I maintained course to maintain the zip merge. She then tried to push me off the road by swiping sideways at which point I dropped the hammer (2.0 TSI) and left her behind. She then proceeded to follow me for over a mile, hanging off my rear bumper and pointing and me, shouting and shaking her head at me every time we stopped at lights. Did I mention she was at least in her late 70s? I just ignored her of course, eventually giving her a cheery wave after she went full mental at the last stop at lights before she turned off. Never known anything like it. I don't know if she had a medical condition or was just so blind/ignorant she thought she was in the right. Funny, though.
That Fiesta driver needs some time in a 6x4 to think about what he did...
Dark85 said:
Merging in turn is not a difficult concept
It may be more difficult than you think, since that wasn't a merge in the sense we'd usually use that word.I'd have let him in as well, but there was never really a gap there. The van driver should have held back when it became clear what was happening. It's interesting to me that he, and you, it would seem, think he had a right to that space.
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Edited by imdeman87 on Thursday 29th September 22:43
Cyclist ignores pedestrian crossing and pedestrian makes a point:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxSN7S2rPCg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxSN7S2rPCg
apotts said:
Cyclist ignores pedestrian crossing and pedestrian makes a point:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxSN7S2rPCg
Ped is being an arse. The requirement is for the cyclist to give way, not to stop. If the ped had kept going the cyclist would have simply passed behind them. The ped is of course entitled to suddenly change direction on the crossing, but it's a bit of s trick. I bet the ped wouldn't have tried that with a car.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxSN7S2rPCg
jamei303 said:
apotts said:
Cyclist ignores pedestrian crossing and pedestrian makes a point:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxSN7S2rPCg
Ped is being an arse. The requirement is for the cyclist to give way, not to stop. If the ped had kept going the cyclist would have simply passed behind them. The ped is of course entitled to suddenly change direction on the crossing, but it's a bit of s trick. I bet the ped wouldn't have tried that with a car.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxSN7S2rPCg
jamei303 said:
matchmaker said:
No, cyclist is being an arse. He was approaching the crossing far too fast.
If you were in a car on a mini roundabout and you saw someone approaching far to fast, would you go round again and try and hit them?pinchmeimdreamin said:
rainmakerraw said:
at which point I dropped the hammer (2.0 TSI) and left her behind.
You really should be careful carrying tools whilst driving it could have gotten stuck under a Pedal.matchmaker said:
No, cyclist is being an arse. He was approaching the crossing far too fast.
Not really; cyclist had eyes, there was a gap and the handlebar thingys allow you to point your vehicle through the gap...if the twerp pedestrian had just of carried on instead of channelling John Rambo all would have been well.Gassing Station | General Gassing | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff