Best poetic justice you've seen
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What's the best example you've seen of fate delivering a completely unconnected slap in the face to someone who has done something daft or inconsiderate on the road?
I'm not talking about anything as obvious as someone going too fast then crashing as a result, but when someone does something naughty and fate gets them back another way.
This was occasioned by the best one I've ever seen a week or so ago.
On a narrow country lane, from a turning that leads to a posh school, a haughty-looking woman in a Golf Estate pulled up to the line, eyeballed that I was approaching then just pulled out right in front of me.
I was just on the verge of muttering under my breath at her rudeness when her boot popped open, and being an estate went all the way up to its above-roofline position.
The best bit was her reaction. I'm thinking for her a bit here, but she appeared to decide that having pulled out on me she could hardly pull over and shut the boot, so she just kept driving.
At which point the boot lid started bouncing languidly up and down. In the mirror I could see that her face was getting tenser and tenser. But for the next half mile until I turned off, she just kept on going.
I'm not talking about anything as obvious as someone going too fast then crashing as a result, but when someone does something naughty and fate gets them back another way.
This was occasioned by the best one I've ever seen a week or so ago.
On a narrow country lane, from a turning that leads to a posh school, a haughty-looking woman in a Golf Estate pulled up to the line, eyeballed that I was approaching then just pulled out right in front of me.
I was just on the verge of muttering under my breath at her rudeness when her boot popped open, and being an estate went all the way up to its above-roofline position.
The best bit was her reaction. I'm thinking for her a bit here, but she appeared to decide that having pulled out on me she could hardly pull over and shut the boot, so she just kept driving.
At which point the boot lid started bouncing languidly up and down. In the mirror I could see that her face was getting tenser and tenser. But for the next half mile until I turned off, she just kept on going.
Snowy winter of erm...2010 I think it was and I'm driving slowly, through the snow in the RRS.....i was going to rescue a mate who'd stuck his car in a hedge.
I see a Toerag in my rear view mirror. And I can almost feel him chuntering away, "effing, blingy RRS owner, can't deal with snow...idiot" and he overtook me.
Next tight bend I get to - he's stuck his toerag in a hedge.
LOL
I see a Toerag in my rear view mirror. And I can almost feel him chuntering away, "effing, blingy RRS owner, can't deal with snow...idiot" and he overtook me.
Next tight bend I get to - he's stuck his toerag in a hedge.
LOL
Boydie88 said:
This thread has great potential, sadly the only justice I've seen are people driving like tossers on motorways and then 10 minutes later they're sat on the hard shoulder having a chat with the Police as you cruise past.
On the motorway last night the misses was overtaking a string of well packed cars that were in the middle lane when a white range rover sport sat up her ass flashing her out of the way, there wasn't sufficient room to pull in safely so she cracked on to his annoyance. When we pulled in he bombed off at about 100mph.10 minutes later we came past him in a cloud of steam in the hard shoulder.
I proceeded to wind the window down, pointed out with a massive childish 'weyyyyyy' he gave me the finger. I was laughing half way home. Revenge is sweet.
You mean like when someone pulls out onto a roundabout in front of me, making me brake, and then someone pulls out in front of them at the next exit and makes them brake?
Or is this more like the pH poster last year who witnessed a few people who had crashed in the snow and said how its their own fault and they should all learn how to drive, and then a little while later, still in the snow, crashed his Impreza and blamed oil on top of ice or something?
Or is this more like the pH poster last year who witnessed a few people who had crashed in the snow and said how its their own fault and they should all learn how to drive, and then a little while later, still in the snow, crashed his Impreza and blamed oil on top of ice or something?
Best one I saw was a chavved up corsa outside the nearest chippy, trying to show off to the neighbourhood 15 year old girls by reving the nuts off said corsa. Then they built the revs up, dumped the clutch and shot backwards, catching the rear bumper on a bollard and tearing it off. Serves him right for being a tool.
I was a couple of cars back behind a woman in a new Mini who was carving people up as we approached a set of traffic lights on a two lane road. When they stopped, the driver of the car in front of her got out and headed towards her window. "Uh oh", I thought. Until I saw him show her his warrant card and give her a good talking to. 
Driving down a narrow side-street; chap coming the other way decides, rather than wait for me to drive to the end of the road(he'd just turned into it) floored it and, forcing me to brake hard, so he could cut the corner to a side turning on my left. Trouble being, a police car was approaching the junction and, the chap had to slam on his brakes to avoid hitting said PC. BIB were getting out to have a 'chat' as I left the junction. 
As a passenger: The car I was in was cut up at the very end of a dual carriageway at extremely high speed (TBF we weren't exactly going slowly ourselves) by someone desperate to get in front before it turned back into a 2-way carriageway, scaring the bejaysus out of us as he 'came from nowhere' and narrowly missed us as he pulled in front ... and then promptly saw a flash a short distance down the road as he triggered a speed camera.
Also had the bonus of alerting us to the presence of said camera giving my mate enough warning to slow.
As a driver there have been a couple of occasions where I've witnessed someone driving like a complete pillock and then saw them pulled up 10 minutes later down the road by the police. Not enough sadly.
Also had the bonus of alerting us to the presence of said camera giving my mate enough warning to slow.
As a driver there have been a couple of occasions where I've witnessed someone driving like a complete pillock and then saw them pulled up 10 minutes later down the road by the police. Not enough sadly.
Instant Karma here: Yaris closes gap and doesn't let a car join the traffic, and gives the driver of the camera car a hand signal. Karma bites
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQKWwLRfITs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQKWwLRfITs
Driving my 106 I noticed the exhaust was sounding quite loud, I pulled onto a roundabout in traffic quite quickly (mis-judging the car coming around the roundabouts speed I was going to make him slow) so I slipped the clutch and lanched to get out of his way.
My exhaust fell off. I bet quite a few people had a very hard laugh at my expense
My exhaust fell off. I bet quite a few people had a very hard laugh at my expense
1 - 25-odd years ago, I was driving up the A19, heading for Newcastle Airport and, unfamiliar with the approach to the Tyne Tunnel, ended up in the wrong lane so, along with many other cars in front and behind, put on my turn indicator and attempted to filter in to the substancial gap in the lane beside me.
As I did so, (and looking over my shoulder) I realised that the driver behind me, in the other way, had accelerated hard, presumably in order to close the gap. I moved away from the other lane and the other driver flew past, smack into the (now) stationary car in front of him...
2 - On the classic route to Le Mans in 2001, we were overtaken by someone in a Ferrari at substantial speed, on single carriageway, with oncoming traffic, ultimately forcing traffic in both lanes to take avoiding action - this process being repeated further down the road.
10 minutes down the road, we see the same car on the side of the road, driver out and "in discussion" with gendarmes... Needless to say, they were greeted by a stream of vehicles beeping, with occupants laughing mercilessly.
As I did so, (and looking over my shoulder) I realised that the driver behind me, in the other way, had accelerated hard, presumably in order to close the gap. I moved away from the other lane and the other driver flew past, smack into the (now) stationary car in front of him...
2 - On the classic route to Le Mans in 2001, we were overtaken by someone in a Ferrari at substantial speed, on single carriageway, with oncoming traffic, ultimately forcing traffic in both lanes to take avoiding action - this process being repeated further down the road.
10 minutes down the road, we see the same car on the side of the road, driver out and "in discussion" with gendarmes... Needless to say, they were greeted by a stream of vehicles beeping, with occupants laughing mercilessly.
Not poet justice as such, more me biting to someone else being a cock. On the way to somewhere one morning down a dual carriage way an old slightly rough looking 911 (complete with turbo badge) appears 2 inches off my rear bumper from nowhere. I'm doing just over the speed limit overtaking a line of cars so stick to it and ignore the tosspot for a while.
I then allow myself to get wound up, as I pull over having overtaken the others I see Mr old Porsche driver weaving to show that he wants me to hurry up. So I did, dropped it a gear and booted it and proceeded to pull away as he rung the neck of his battered old car. The look on his face when I backed off and he finally came past was hilarious, even funnier when I saw he had the full on mullet hair cut to complete the 80's wannabe look.
I then allow myself to get wound up, as I pull over having overtaken the others I see Mr old Porsche driver weaving to show that he wants me to hurry up. So I did, dropped it a gear and booted it and proceeded to pull away as he rung the neck of his battered old car. The look on his face when I backed off and he finally came past was hilarious, even funnier when I saw he had the full on mullet hair cut to complete the 80's wannabe look.
Lemans Party said:
Instant Karma here: Yaris closes gap and doesn't let a car join the traffic, and gives the driver of the camera car a hand signal. Karma bites
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQKWwLRfITs
Haha great video. Although people that pull out assuming someone will let them in are fhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQKWwLRfITs
king annoying but that Yaris could easily have let him in there and only crashed as a result of gunning it to close the gap, brilliant.I was driving a 1980 Pontiac TransAm one Friday night a loooong time ago.
It was the tackiest car I've ever owned and had TURBO TRANS-AM written all over it basically begging to be raced, but because it'd lunched it's turbo motor previously it was running a 150 BHP 4.9 N/A engine. It was fun but was all show.
Anyway, bloke in a R5 Turbo was dancing all over my bumper so close that I couldn't see his bonnet behind the spoiler never mind his headlights. We exited onto a dual carriageway off a roundabout and while futile I floored it and for once in it's life the damned thing actually girded it's loins and took off.
R5 man took the overtaking lane but my bit of fun was quickly pissed on by a bus in my lane so off tore R5 giving me the finger out his passenger side window.
I pulled in behind him and let him go...
...for about 300 yards when something under his bonnet atomised and was left all over the road in clouds of white smoke!!
I sauntered past grinning. He wasn't best pleased!
It was the tackiest car I've ever owned and had TURBO TRANS-AM written all over it basically begging to be raced, but because it'd lunched it's turbo motor previously it was running a 150 BHP 4.9 N/A engine. It was fun but was all show.
Anyway, bloke in a R5 Turbo was dancing all over my bumper so close that I couldn't see his bonnet behind the spoiler never mind his headlights. We exited onto a dual carriageway off a roundabout and while futile I floored it and for once in it's life the damned thing actually girded it's loins and took off.
R5 man took the overtaking lane but my bit of fun was quickly pissed on by a bus in my lane so off tore R5 giving me the finger out his passenger side window.
I pulled in behind him and let him go...
...for about 300 yards when something under his bonnet atomised and was left all over the road in clouds of white smoke!!
I sauntered past grinning. He wasn't best pleased!
About five years ago, I was driving from Lichfield towards the M42. Just before joining the motorway, there is a short 2 lane stretch. I was in the outer lane behind a lorry overtaking nose to tail lorries in L1, i.e very busy.
Behind me was a middle aged chap with his wife in a Focus. He started flashing his headlights at me, trying to get me to out of his way. Where I was meant to go, I don't know.
A little gap did open as we approached the main roundabout for the M42 and I pulled in and let him past. On joining the roundabout I then watched him try to tussle with the afore-mentioned lorries as he looked to be making for the south-bound entry slip (4th exit). He was being a real cock at this point, cutting them up etc. He got it all wrong and they joined forces to force him off at the second exit.
I joined the motorway at the 4th exit and carried on. At the time, they were doing a few upgrades and there was a temporary 50mph limit on one stretch enforced with Gatsos. As I coasted down to 50mph on seeing the AMPLE warning about this, I saw the muppet in the Focus hove into view in my rear-view mirror, doing about 80mph I suppose. He failed to see the Gatso and..... 'flash flash', cue brake lights....
I overtook him a bit further on when we were back up to the normal limit. He seemed a bit subdued by then. I laughed my tits off at him as I passed.
Behind me was a middle aged chap with his wife in a Focus. He started flashing his headlights at me, trying to get me to out of his way. Where I was meant to go, I don't know.
A little gap did open as we approached the main roundabout for the M42 and I pulled in and let him past. On joining the roundabout I then watched him try to tussle with the afore-mentioned lorries as he looked to be making for the south-bound entry slip (4th exit). He was being a real cock at this point, cutting them up etc. He got it all wrong and they joined forces to force him off at the second exit.
I joined the motorway at the 4th exit and carried on. At the time, they were doing a few upgrades and there was a temporary 50mph limit on one stretch enforced with Gatsos. As I coasted down to 50mph on seeing the AMPLE warning about this, I saw the muppet in the Focus hove into view in my rear-view mirror, doing about 80mph I suppose. He failed to see the Gatso and..... 'flash flash', cue brake lights....
I overtook him a bit further on when we were back up to the normal limit. He seemed a bit subdued by then. I laughed my tits off at him as I passed.
10 years ago, bunch of early 20s lads, mate driving a new Clio but a 1.2 8v with only 60 bhp and some blingy 15" alloys.
At the lights alongside us is a K-plate Cavalier, completely standard but with at least 50% more power than us (and probably the occupants aren't as er ... powerfully built as us either).
We know we're going to lose any race so mate takes it easy. Cavalier revs the nuts off, lurches forward, and within about 5 feet lunches a driveshaft. We wave, disappear in the distance and an hour later they're still there looking increasingly frustrated.
At the lights alongside us is a K-plate Cavalier, completely standard but with at least 50% more power than us (and probably the occupants aren't as er ... powerfully built as us either).
We know we're going to lose any race so mate takes it easy. Cavalier revs the nuts off, lurches forward, and within about 5 feet lunches a driveshaft. We wave, disappear in the distance and an hour later they're still there looking increasingly frustrated.
J28 M1, road works on island, several lanes of traffic merging into the remaining space available.
Everyone had got it sussed, merge in turn working wonderfully for once.
Except for Golf man, who was determined that I was not going to merge in turn in front of him, so he drove as close as possible to the bloke in front of him. Not worth bothering about, let him go and merge in behind him.
He was so busy looking in his mirror and giving the usual that he didn't notice the slow moving queue had stopped so he rear ended the bloke in front a low speed. Can't go round them as solid queues in all lanes. No damage done, so they (and we) set off again.
Fark me sideways we've only done about another 25 metres when it all happens again, Golf man still peering in mirror issuing threats, queue stops, Bonk!
Everyone had got it sussed, merge in turn working wonderfully for once.
Except for Golf man, who was determined that I was not going to merge in turn in front of him, so he drove as close as possible to the bloke in front of him. Not worth bothering about, let him go and merge in behind him.
He was so busy looking in his mirror and giving the usual that he didn't notice the slow moving queue had stopped so he rear ended the bloke in front a low speed. Can't go round them as solid queues in all lanes. No damage done, so they (and we) set off again.
Fark me sideways we've only done about another 25 metres when it all happens again, Golf man still peering in mirror issuing threats, queue stops, Bonk!
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