Civility costs nothing..

[JonnyFive]

I was always told by my Dad that Civility Costs Nothing..

Is no one told that these days? Or is everyone just a grumpy bd?

So often now you let someone out of a turning, wait for traffic coming though past parked cars, move over from your lane to let another car join from a sliplane.. No thanks, wave, hazards, nothing.

Its actually surprising when someone does say thanks!

[cuprabob]

They don't even see you. If you hadn't stopped or let them in, they would have ran into you.

I share your sentiments and always wave.

[vixen1700]

Absolutely, a slight raise of the hand/finger is all that's needed. Some people just seem to have an ostrich mentality (that 's what it looks like to me) of staring straight ahead when you let them out/pass.

The same braindead fking morons who inhabit lane 2 & 3 of motorways when lane one is empty.

fking bds, the lot of them, they make me wanna kill them.

[porschemanpat]

vixen1700 said:

The same braindead fking morons who inhabit lane 2 & 3 of motorways when lane one is empty.

+1

[Dave Hedgehog]

i always thank people

[telecat]

Depends I try to allow people to get out without me stopping and will allow other cars in in queues unless the pillock in front has let 15 in or they are just trying to be pushy.

[SuperchargedVR6]

JonnyFive said:

Its actually surprising when someone does say thanks!

In a similar vain, I was so shocked at being flashed onto the DC by a HGV last night, I almost stalled the car.

Normally, they resolutely bolt themselves to the ISL and never move over for anything.

As for letting folk out of junctions and being let out yourself, I always find Fridays are free for all. People seem in a better mood as it's the weekend. Come Monday morning, it's back to the death stares, tailgating and the drive angry types.

[JonnyFive]

vixen1700 said:

Absolutely, a slight raise of the hand/finger is all that's needed. Some people just seem to have an ostrich mentality (that 's what it looks like to me) of staring straight ahead when you let them out/pass.

The same braindead fking morons who inhabit lane 2 & 3 of motorways when lane one is empty.

fking bds, the lot of them, they make me wanna kill them.

Exactly.

But, it can also backfire on you.. I flashed an Audi coming onto a slip lane, brake lights come on, *flash flash*, still brake lights (Getting near to the end of the slip lane now) *flash flash flash flash* - STILL fkING BRAKING!

fk off now, you had your chance. Which in turn means I've come to nearly a stop because I'm not sure if the fking idiot is going to just dive into my lane when they get to the end of the slip lane.

I always say thanks, always let people out if it's convenient to. Even if it was my right of way, I still say thanks, flash of the lights/wave.

[steve singh]

5 second rule in driving.

If you try and help someone (e.g. Give way, slow down to let them join a slip road as they have lacked the required foresight to merge appropriately, let a waiting pedestrian cross the road) and they haven't reacted they've lost the opportunity i gave them.

Always say thank you.

[Pints]

JonnyFive said:

I always say thanks, always let people out if it's convenient to. Even if it was my right of way, I still say thanks, flash of the lights/wave.

Even when it's your right of way or a merge-in-turn?

I usually do but it does sometimes feel silly if it's my right of way anyway.
I've been reconsidering this of late.

[folos]

The other night I counted 52 cars (ish, I started counting after about 20) that passed me in the space of four minutes of solid indicating that WOULD NOT let me out from a bus stop in a bus - many of them bunched up at the nearby roundabout to prevent me from coming out. I had a senior manager commuting home on the bus so couldn't just pull out - my next stop wasn't for about four miles so I would have held no one up!

Arrgh!

[AW35]

JonnyFive said:

I was always told by my Dad that Civility Costs Nothing..

Is no one told that these days? Or is everyone just a grumpy bd?

So often now you let someone out of a turning, wait for traffic coming though past parked cars, move over from your lane to let another car join from a sliplane.. No thanks, wave, hazards, nothing.

Its actually surprising when someone does say thanks!

Depends where you drive, contempt breeds contempt. So if you go to Lewisham and drive around for a while you will have a far different experience to driving around Malmsburry on the wold.

[pops and bangs]

Does my head in too. But it's manners in general, you can hold the door open coming out of a petrol station and people don't say thanks either.

I've found a lot of it depends on the area, the worse the area the less manners you get. When I'm in say edmonton the majority don't say thanks, and driving standards are absolute crap.

[HTP99]

I will always acknowledge with either a friendly wave or a flash of the hazards, even if it's my right of way.

To be fair most people that I encounter acknowledge me if I let them out etc, with the exception of bus drivers, I hate them they are so arrogant sitting up high looking down at me, I can't stand them.

[GC8]

Pints said:

Even when it's your right of way or a merge-in-turn?

I usually do but it does sometimes feel silly if it's my right of way anyway.
I've been reconsidering this of late.

I still do, to positively reinforce their correct behaviour.

[real4star]

I always wave thanks, usually with a raised left hand visible from either direction.

[Pints]

GC8 said:

I still do, to positively reinforce their correct behaviour.

Very good point.

[Jasandjules]

JonnyFive said:

I was always told by my Dad that Civility Costs Nothing..

Is no one told that these days? Or is everyone just a grumpy bd?

So often now you let someone out of a turning, wait for traffic coming though past parked cars, move over from your lane to let another car join from a sliplane.. No thanks, wave, hazards, nothing.

Its actually surprising when someone does say thanks!

Agreed.

I say "you are welcome"

What is interesting though is in my experience it is the middle aged lady in the new merc/audi that doesn't say thanks whilst white vans and those in boy racer machines invariably do!

[Obiwonkeyblokey]

HTP99 said:

I will always acknowledge with either a friendly wave or a flash of the hazards, even if it's my right of way.

To be fair most people that I encounter acknowledge me if I let them out etc, with the exception of bus drivers, I hate them they are so arrogant sitting up high looking down at me, I can't stand them.

[Issi]

I used to work in a pub, and when some 4rsey chap would come in and bark 'Fosters!' at me, I'd say 'And what's the magic word?' as if I'm talking to a toddler.

Nearly every time they'd mumble 'Fosters please', and then shuffle off.