I am a C*ck for not giving way to a pedestrian.
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Ill just show you the scene:
I had just visited the bank and was parked where the BMW is (lower right corner), I check my mirrors and pull out, In the distance (in the corner of the bus stop marking) I see a bloke making progress into the road so I ease off expecting him to jog, he acknowledges me and goes to stop, I in turn go to accelerate again only for him to continue walking again. This is like that thing where you "dance" with someone in the street, you go right, they go right etc.
In the end I just stopped and let him walk in front of me - I gave him a look of bemusement as in "what are you doing? you clearly seen me and this is a road" he then starts gobbing off something at me rather angrily, he moves out of the way so I wind the window down to hear his opinion. It was at this point I noticed how tasty the guy looked, a 45-50 yo old school doorman type. The exchange went a little something like this:
Him: “What are you doing? You could see me crossing the road you d*ck!”
Me: “You also seen me coming why did you continue to walk in front of me?”
Him: “I had already started crossing the road, If I am in the road already its my f*cking right away not yours”
Me: “That’s funny, I thought roads were for cars, theres also a pedestrian crossing 20 metres away (by the saab in the pic) and you were not actually in the road, you were in the bus stop”
Him: “IT WAS MY RIGHT AWAY – I WAS ALREADY IN THE ROAD YOU F*CKING C*CK”
To which I just laughed and pulled off. Considering it was only 20m away from where I pulled off you can imagine the speed involved (15mph max) so it wernt as If I really gunned for him. And the turn of events clearly showed that I had acknowledged the threat he posed by slowing first and then eventually stopping.
Did he actually have the right away?
I had just visited the bank and was parked where the BMW is (lower right corner), I check my mirrors and pull out, In the distance (in the corner of the bus stop marking) I see a bloke making progress into the road so I ease off expecting him to jog, he acknowledges me and goes to stop, I in turn go to accelerate again only for him to continue walking again. This is like that thing where you "dance" with someone in the street, you go right, they go right etc.
In the end I just stopped and let him walk in front of me - I gave him a look of bemusement as in "what are you doing? you clearly seen me and this is a road" he then starts gobbing off something at me rather angrily, he moves out of the way so I wind the window down to hear his opinion. It was at this point I noticed how tasty the guy looked, a 45-50 yo old school doorman type. The exchange went a little something like this:
Him: “What are you doing? You could see me crossing the road you d*ck!”
Me: “You also seen me coming why did you continue to walk in front of me?”
Him: “I had already started crossing the road, If I am in the road already its my f*cking right away not yours”
Me: “That’s funny, I thought roads were for cars, theres also a pedestrian crossing 20 metres away (by the saab in the pic) and you were not actually in the road, you were in the bus stop”
Him: “IT WAS MY RIGHT AWAY – I WAS ALREADY IN THE ROAD YOU F*CKING C*CK”
To which I just laughed and pulled off. Considering it was only 20m away from where I pulled off you can imagine the speed involved (15mph max) so it wernt as If I really gunned for him. And the turn of events clearly showed that I had acknowledged the threat he posed by slowing first and then eventually stopping.
Did he actually have the right away?
I don't know why you expect people to run. Are you *that* important that people must clear the way for you?
The right of way isn't an issue - you could see what was happening but reacted in exactly the same way as 90% of the driving population would, and conjured an argument out of fresh air, just like 90% of people would.
If you were a better driver there'd have been no confrontation and you'd have known that you belong in the elite 10% of better drivers.
In my humble opinion.
The right of way isn't an issue - you could see what was happening but reacted in exactly the same way as 90% of the driving population would, and conjured an argument out of fresh air, just like 90% of people would.
If you were a better driver there'd have been no confrontation and you'd have known that you belong in the elite 10% of better drivers.
In my humble opinion.
Mazdarese said:
Symbolica said:
I would've just let him go personally and not bothered to enter into a conversation over it, what's the point?
This.Let him cross, chuckle to yourself at the 'dancing' momemt, then drive on home.
No anger, no thread on here, no problem.
Peace, man.
I wont be losing sleep
Tuvra said:
Ill just show you the scene:
I had just visited the bank and was parked where the BMW is (lower right corner), I check my mirrors and pull out, In the distance (in the corner of the bus stop marking) I see a bloke making progress into the road so I ease off expecting him to jog, he acknowledges me and goes to stop, I in turn go to accelerate again only for him to continue walking again. This is like that thing where you "dance" with someone in the street, you go right, they go right etc.
In the end I just stopped and let him walk in front of me - I gave him a look of bemusement as in "what are you doing? you clearly seen me and this is a road" he then starts gobbing off something at me rather angrily, he moves out of the way so I wind the window down to hear his opinion. It was at this point I noticed how tasty the guy looked, a 45-50 yo old school doorman type. The exchange went a little something like this:
Him: “What are you doing? You could see me crossing the road you d*ck!”
Me: “You also seen me coming why did you continue to walk in front of me?”
Him: “I had already started crossing the road, If I am in the road already its my f*cking right away not yours”
Me: “That’s funny, I thought roads were for cars, theres also a pedestrian crossing 20 metres away (by the saab in the pic) and you were not actually in the road, you were in the bus stop”
Him: “IT WAS MY RIGHT AWAY – I WAS ALREADY IN THE ROAD YOU F*CKING C*CK”
To which I just laughed and pulled off. Considering it was only 20m away from where I pulled off you can imagine the speed involved (15mph max) so it wernt as If I really gunned for him. And the turn of events clearly showed that I had acknowledged the threat he posed by slowing first and then eventually stopping.
Did he actually have the right away?
Interesting, I had a similar experience...I had just visited the bank and was parked where the BMW is (lower right corner), I check my mirrors and pull out, In the distance (in the corner of the bus stop marking) I see a bloke making progress into the road so I ease off expecting him to jog, he acknowledges me and goes to stop, I in turn go to accelerate again only for him to continue walking again. This is like that thing where you "dance" with someone in the street, you go right, they go right etc.
In the end I just stopped and let him walk in front of me - I gave him a look of bemusement as in "what are you doing? you clearly seen me and this is a road" he then starts gobbing off something at me rather angrily, he moves out of the way so I wind the window down to hear his opinion. It was at this point I noticed how tasty the guy looked, a 45-50 yo old school doorman type. The exchange went a little something like this:
Him: “What are you doing? You could see me crossing the road you d*ck!”
Me: “You also seen me coming why did you continue to walk in front of me?”
Him: “I had already started crossing the road, If I am in the road already its my f*cking right away not yours”
Me: “That’s funny, I thought roads were for cars, theres also a pedestrian crossing 20 metres away (by the saab in the pic) and you were not actually in the road, you were in the bus stop”
Him: “IT WAS MY RIGHT AWAY – I WAS ALREADY IN THE ROAD YOU F*CKING C*CK”
To which I just laughed and pulled off. Considering it was only 20m away from where I pulled off you can imagine the speed involved (15mph max) so it wernt as If I really gunned for him. And the turn of events clearly showed that I had acknowledged the threat he posed by slowing first and then eventually stopping.
Did he actually have the right away?
I had just visited the bank and was parked where the BMW is (lower right corner), I check my mirrors and pull out without looking at what is happening in front of me, In the bit of road I am about to occupy (in the corner of the bus stop marking) I see a bloke crossing the road so I ease off and wait for him to finish, he acknowledges me with a thumbs up and a smile.
I am not a gay man, yet It was at this point I noticed how tasty the guy looked, a 45-50 yo old school doorman type.
I just laughed and pulled myself off.
DullBoy said:
Interesting, I had a similar experience...
I had just visited the bank and was parked where the BMW is (lower right corner), I check my mirrors and pull out without looking at what is happening in front of me, In the bit of road I am about to occupy (in the corner of the bus stop marking) I see a bloke crossing the road so I ease off and wait for him to finish, he acknowledges me with a thumbs up and a smile.
I am not a gay man, yet It was at this point I noticed how tasty the guy looked, a 45-50 yo old school doorman type.
I just laughed and pulled myself off.
So hilarious you had to say it twice?I had just visited the bank and was parked where the BMW is (lower right corner), I check my mirrors and pull out without looking at what is happening in front of me, In the bit of road I am about to occupy (in the corner of the bus stop marking) I see a bloke crossing the road so I ease off and wait for him to finish, he acknowledges me with a thumbs up and a smile.
I am not a gay man, yet It was at this point I noticed how tasty the guy looked, a 45-50 yo old school doorman type.
I just laughed and pulled myself off.
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