Best Karma witnessed?
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Many moons ago I was visiting a mate in Sheffield. We had gone out for a drive round the surrounding countryside and came across a bit of a queue. Chav and his mate in the Capri (see I said it was a while back) decided that waiting in the queue was beneath them so they took to the other side of the road and drove round the left hand bend to overtake everyone. Five minutes later and we get to the cause of the queue, there was a lorry turning right into a side road. And there on the verge was a Capri with the entire passenger side caved in stem to stern. Passenger was now sunk down in his seat trying to go un noticed by the queue of cars now driving past all honking and waiving whilst the driver was shuffling his feet, head down talking to the lorry driver.
As a child I remember being sat in the car in heavy traffic on a motorway. Suddenly a car comes sailing past on the hard shoulder (impatiently undertaking 3 lanes of near stationary traffic). Parents made some unfavourable remarks about this behaviour and almost immediately a police car comes flying up the hard shoulder after them. 
we past them further down the road being booked. Glorious.
we past them further down the road being booked. Glorious.Many moons ago I got stuck behind a car doing just over 40 in a 60 limit, A36 going towards Salisbury, couldn’t overtake due to traffic coming the other direction. For those that know the road there are a couple of villages just before Salisbury with 30 limits, one of which has a speed camera. Said camera must have been set to trigger at 40, Mrs 40mph special failed to slow down and got flashed.
Minor karma I know as I was still stuck behind them until Salisbury.
Minor karma I know as I was still stuck behind them until Salisbury.
A year or two ago I joined an NSL A-road off a roundabout and a little further down I spotted a white Cupra Ateca pull onto the same road behind me, cue 10-20 seconds later and my rear window was full of CUPRA badge and right on my rear bumper, obviously trying to egg me on and test out the grunt of his new fast SUV.
I was in a little Clio RS, and ahead I saw the car in front indicating right and start position themselves into the centre turn lane, but I quickly saw that they didn't merge 'enough' over and still had two wheels on the main carriageway, I saw the gap was wide enough for me but..you guessed it..not wide enough for the Cupra. I passed by at NSL whilst they had to put the anchors on and come to a complete stop, last I saw was the spec that was the front 3/4 of the white lump sitting static waiting for the car to make their turn!
I was in a little Clio RS, and ahead I saw the car in front indicating right and start position themselves into the centre turn lane, but I quickly saw that they didn't merge 'enough' over and still had two wheels on the main carriageway, I saw the gap was wide enough for me but..you guessed it..not wide enough for the Cupra. I passed by at NSL whilst they had to put the anchors on and come to a complete stop, last I saw was the spec that was the front 3/4 of the white lump sitting static waiting for the car to make their turn!
ChevronB19 said:
Robertb said:
I recall spending ages in a queue on a motorway in France, when a BMW comes steaming down the hard shoulder, presumably to try to get off at the next junction.
A few minutes later, the BMW reversed back up the hard shoulder, escorted by a police car, to rejoin the queue some way back.
I approve of this, even though it probably breaks some H&S rules. Get nicked by cops, bA few minutes later, the BMW reversed back up the hard shoulder, escorted by a police car, to rejoin the queue some way back.
ked, fined, then have to suffer the scorn/schadenfreude of your peers - all of them.
Travelling back from York down the A1, weather was pretty grey and miserable and i'm plodding along at sensible speed. The lanes merge from 3 down to 2 and there's some heavy traffic ahead so I stay in lane 3 until the point of merge.
But no an MG4 shoots up my inside and refuses to let me in, i'm not bothered so leave him to it and the next car lets me in. We crawl for 5 minutes or so and the road begins to open up.
Mr MG clearly wants to assert his EV dominance and takes off like a scalded cat, what he doesn't see is the large patch of standing water the car in front of him avoided and he hits it at what must be a good 75mph, the MG hits the water, slides and does a nice little tank slapper until he stands on the brakes and pulls into lane 1.
I cruise past at 70mph giving him a little wave and a chuckle, his passenger looked to be giving him quite the grilling and I didn't see him again after that
But no an MG4 shoots up my inside and refuses to let me in, i'm not bothered so leave him to it and the next car lets me in. We crawl for 5 minutes or so and the road begins to open up.
Mr MG clearly wants to assert his EV dominance and takes off like a scalded cat, what he doesn't see is the large patch of standing water the car in front of him avoided and he hits it at what must be a good 75mph, the MG hits the water, slides and does a nice little tank slapper until he stands on the brakes and pulls into lane 1.
I cruise past at 70mph giving him a little wave and a chuckle, his passenger looked to be giving him quite the grilling and I didn't see him again after that
driveaway said:
Hi everyone, I thought I'd ask you guys what is the best karma situations AND road rage, you witnessed (with your own eyes) on the road, NOT INVOLVING YOU.....?
Israel’s response to the pogrom has to be on the list.Edited by driveaway on Thursday 23 May 14:14
Another is when years ago I saw a man run out into the road chasing and apparently about to attack a woman who get wiped out by a car that was speeding. I reckon it was doing about sixty when it hit him, and got him when he was about a yard from her.
It was nearly enough to make me believe in God.
Early 90s and I'm heading up to Glasgow on the A74. It was snowing heavily and the road was down to 1 lane, everyone crawling along at around 30mph.
Everyone except the numpty who thought he could cope speeding up the outside lane through the snow. About a mile later he was getting tooted at by everyone as he got out of his car at the top of the banking where he'd spun off. Dressed in just a business suit, he'd have a long cold walk to the nearest emergency phone!
Everyone except the numpty who thought he could cope speeding up the outside lane through the snow. About a mile later he was getting tooted at by everyone as he got out of his car at the top of the banking where he'd spun off. Dressed in just a business suit, he'd have a long cold walk to the nearest emergency phone!
Utter knob in an XC90 on the A27, heavy rain & standing water brake checks a wagon. I was genuinely dumbfounded at how stupid someone could be.
I spotted them later weaving in & out of traffic & undertook me while obviously using their phone…
…a couple of miles later I see them pulled over by a marked police car.
I spotted them later weaving in & out of traffic & undertook me while obviously using their phone…
…a couple of miles later I see them pulled over by a marked police car.
MKnight702 said:
Many moons ago I was visiting a mate in Sheffield. We had gone out for a drive round the surrounding countryside and came across a bit of a queue. Chav and his mate in the Capri (see I said it was a while back) decided that waiting in the queue was beneath them so they took to the other side of the road and drove round the left hand bend to overtake everyone. Five minutes later and we get to the cause of the queue, there was a lorry turning right into a side road. And there on the verge was a Capri with the entire passenger side caved in stem to stern. Passenger was now sunk down in his seat trying to go un noticed by the queue of cars now driving past all honking and waiving whilst the driver was shuffling his feet, head down talking to the lorry driver.
Are you sure it wasn't a Delorean rather than a Capri?! They caused the queue by crashing, but crashed by overtaking the queue?! It doesn't add up unless time travel is involved.tomsugden said:
I was driving in London in a bus lane, during hours when you are permitted to do so. I saw a parked car ahead so indicated to pull out, whereupon the woman to my right accelerated up to the car in front of her to block me. The car in front of her braked abruptly and she slammed into the back of it. My path into the lane was now cleared so I moved over with a cheery wave.
Brilliant!Doesn’t it annoy some people when you use the bus lane in the permitted hours! Morons
gshughes said:
MKnight702 said:
Many moons ago I was visiting a mate in Sheffield. We had gone out for a drive round the surrounding countryside and came across a bit of a queue. Chav and his mate in the Capri (see I said it was a while back) decided that waiting in the queue was beneath them so they took to the other side of the road and drove round the left hand bend to overtake everyone. Five minutes later and we get to the cause of the queue, there was a lorry turning right into a side road. And there on the verge was a Capri with the entire passenger side caved in stem to stern. Passenger was now sunk down in his seat trying to go un noticed by the queue of cars now driving past all honking and waiving whilst the driver was shuffling his feet, head down talking to the lorry driver.
Are you sure it wasn't a Delorean rather than a Capri?! They caused the queue by crashing, but crashed by overtaking the queue?! It doesn't add up unless time travel is involved.- lorry waiting to turn right causes queue
- chap in capri overtakes queue not knowing this as it is around the bend
- as he goes past lorry, lorry turns and hits him...
dudleybloke said:
On the m6 South of Birmingham and its almost at standstill and some knob is doing about 50 on the hard shoulder.
It passes an unmarked traffic cop who immediately pulls out after him with blues and twos on and by the time I drive past him he's in the back of the police car blowing into a breathalyser.
Along the same lines. Heading North towards Stanstead on the M11. Traffic at an absolute standstill, when an Audi A8 went whizzing past up the hard shoulder. I'm guessing it was a private hire/chauffeur driven car on the way to the Airport. Traffic began to move and then stopped again. No idea how it happened but the same car drove straight past again on the hard shoulder. All of a sudden, up ahead, I witnessed a set of blue lights come on. A few minutes later I saw said Audi and a marked Police car stopped on the slip road at Junction 8 which felt quite pleasing.It passes an unmarked traffic cop who immediately pulls out after him with blues and twos on and by the time I drive past him he's in the back of the police car blowing into a breathalyser.
Beetnik said:
Vandalism is wanton destruction - it wasn't. As stated he (and we) thought he could get past. When he found out he couldn't he wasn't in a position to reverse out without also causing damage. Hence Karma...
But then he left without leaving his details and you all took part in his “disappearance”.Meanwhile the guys who parked like a t
t had god knows how many £ of damage.Having been the victim of many many keyings and other parking mishaps where no note was left, I can say that this really sucks and I hope karma comes back to bite all involved.
Double karma? Reverse karma?
I used to live up a single-track road, and had to drive vans regularly down them, and it was a tourist place.
One week we had a group of chavs staying at the local campsite, ragging at daft speed around the narrow road and causing issues for other road users.
Friday night I was late back, met said chav on a blind corner in the woods. I stopped. As did car following me.
Chavvy lads in the Fiesta ST did not and gracefully slid into the ditch and carried on until a larger tree brought them to a halt, alongside the car behind me.
The car behind me driver got out and flashed her ID as the local copper off duty...
I don't know exactly what happened, but the car sat in that ditch over a week.....rumor was the driver was pissed as well...
One week we had a group of chavs staying at the local campsite, ragging at daft speed around the narrow road and causing issues for other road users.
Friday night I was late back, met said chav on a blind corner in the woods. I stopped. As did car following me.
Chavvy lads in the Fiesta ST did not and gracefully slid into the ditch and carried on until a larger tree brought them to a halt, alongside the car behind me.
The car behind me driver got out and flashed her ID as the local copper off duty...
I don't know exactly what happened, but the car sat in that ditch over a week.....rumor was the driver was pissed as well...
Years ago heading north on the M3 between Bracknell and the M25. A couple of miles before the M25 junction I was approached from behind by a gentleman in a new Lexus who took umbrage at my presence in his lane, despite the road being quite crowded. I, as a humble peasant should, pulled over as soon as I could and off he went.
Oh how I laughed when I saw him perched on the barrier between the south slip and the M3 a few moments later.
Oh how I laughed when I saw him perched on the barrier between the south slip and the M3 a few moments later.
Not road rage but about 30 years ago I was driving across Snake Pass with my then GF in my Vauxhall Chevette and was passed by a lad about my (then) age in a Capri who proceeded to take more and more risks, overtaking on blind bends and basically driving like a bit of tt. I mentioned to her that we’d pass his accident later.
Lo and behold, about 10 minutes later, we went round a corner to see said Capri facing us with its back end in a ditch and the young lad looking almost as sheepish as the sheep beside him. Fortunately only his car and his pride were dented.
t. I mentioned to her that we’d pass his accident later.Lo and behold, about 10 minutes later, we went round a corner to see said Capri facing us with its back end in a ditch and the young lad looking almost as sheepish as the sheep beside him. Fortunately only his car and his pride were dented.
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