Drivers that mess up then shout abuse
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I despair at people. On the rare occasions I slip up - pull out on someone, forget to indicate or whatever, I put my hand up and make an attempt to acknowledge my mistake.. It's only good manners after all.
More and more though I see people that have cocked up and been beeped turning round effing and jeffing and pounding their horn in return. Tonight I had a woman turning right across me in into an already queuing car park leaving her blocking the road. When I threw my hands up in despair her husband shouted abuse at me, shouting 'where's she supposed to go' etc. Which was kind of my point. t
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Anyway. When did almost every driver except me lose all sense of how to drive and become blind to their mistakes. Hanging's too good.
More and more though I see people that have cocked up and been beeped turning round effing and jeffing and pounding their horn in return. Tonight I had a woman turning right across me in into an already queuing car park leaving her blocking the road. When I threw my hands up in despair her husband shouted abuse at me, shouting 'where's she supposed to go' etc. Which was kind of my point. t
t.Anyway. When did almost every driver except me lose all sense of how to drive and become blind to their mistakes. Hanging's too good.
spanky3 said:
I despair at people. On the rare occasions I slip up - pull out on someone, forget to indicate or whatever, I put my hand up and make an attempt to acknowledge my mistake.. It's only good manners after all.
More and more though I see people that have cocked up and been beeped turning round effing and jeffing and pounding their horn in return. Tonight I had a woman turning right across me in into an already queuing car park leaving her blocking the road. When I threw my hands up in despair her husband shouted abuse at me and shouting 'where's she supposed to go' etc. That was kind of my point. tt.
Anyway. When did almost every driver except me lose all sense of how to drive and become blind to their mistakes. Hanging's too good.
I'd similar a little while ago. Driving through a town - twin lanes up each side. I was in the RH lane, because i was turning right further up the road. Car parked in LH so car that was travelling in the LH lane sees the parked car ahead and concludes its her god given right to just swing in to the RH lane without looking - almost in to the side of me. So i blared the horn she swerved back in to her lane then blared HER horn and gave ME the wMore and more though I see people that have cocked up and been beeped turning round effing and jeffing and pounding their horn in return. Tonight I had a woman turning right across me in into an already queuing car park leaving her blocking the road. When I threw my hands up in despair her husband shouted abuse at me and shouting 'where's she supposed to go' etc. That was kind of my point. t
t.Anyway. When did almost every driver except me lose all sense of how to drive and become blind to their mistakes. Hanging's too good.
ker sign. 
So i stopped the car got out an went back and basically explained i had saved HER from fking driving in to the side of ME so why was i the wker??? No answer of course, and her husband sat in the passenger seat with his head down 
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t.Had similar, cut up badly when the road was clear behind me - I hooted and got a load of shouting / hand signals.
So I overtook, stopped and got out to ask what they were thinking.
I was expecting a young lad - I found a middle aged woman frantically locking doors and windows, who didn't say a word.
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So I overtook, stopped and got out to ask what they were thinking.
I was expecting a young lad - I found a middle aged woman frantically locking doors and windows, who didn't say a word.
I
Saw an old Transit try to queue jump at a roundabout last week - used the right-only lane to try and jump straight ahead - and the guy in the correct lane saw him coming and didn't leave him any space. Instead of backing off, the Transit whacked the raised kerb, bounced over the lane divider and came to a stop on the wrong side of the road, blocking traffic, and had an argy-bargy with driver who (quite rightly IMO) didn't let him in. They must have been at it for about 20 secs or so (ages when you're in traffic) and he didn't seem to give a fk that he was blocking traffic coming the other way. If you're going to try and do something like that, be ready to backout/abort it.
I await the comments saying "the other guy should have let him in" but fk him; that's what his tttish behaviour relies on.
k that he was blocking traffic coming the other way. If you're going to try and do something like that, be ready to backout/abort it. I await the comments saying "the other guy should have let him in" but f
k him; that's what his tttish behaviour relies on.I was following some guy hogging the outside lane of the m25 with his fog lights on. Usually I'd just overtake so I don't need to see his fog lights. After few miles I flashed my lights and fog lights at the self appointment policeman. He pulled into lane three letting me by, he had steam coming out of him, giving me the finger and greasing the pole sign. He was mad!
Let them jump up and down and gesture at you. Who cares?
A couple of examples been posted of people getting out to tell the other driver the errors of their ways. This seems to be quite an aggressive thing to do as well.
Not a perfect driver or gesture free zone myself but you never know who you're walking up to, just as they don't know who's walking up to them.
Making gorilla arm gestures at enraged transit van drivers is always funny though.
A couple of examples been posted of people getting out to tell the other driver the errors of their ways. This seems to be quite an aggressive thing to do as well.
Not a perfect driver or gesture free zone myself but you never know who you're walking up to, just as they don't know who's walking up to them.
Making gorilla arm gestures at enraged transit van drivers is always funny though.
People hate to admit a mistake even thought we are all human and make mistakes.
I can recall being in a supermarket car park with my other half driving, windows were down as it was a nice day (apart from being in Tesco!). Anyway we're sitting in a row of cars waiting to leave and a car directly to our left, in a space starts reversing. We are literally behind him and my other half hits the horn as he didn't show a sign of stopping.
His window is down and shouts something out the window, I replied with "Just look where you're going" his response....."Why don't YOU look where you're going". Even though we weren't moving and he was reversing at a stationery car directly behind him.
It's rare but it does happen that someone puts a hand up to a mistake and it totally defuses the situation.
I can recall being in a supermarket car park with my other half driving, windows were down as it was a nice day (apart from being in Tesco!). Anyway we're sitting in a row of cars waiting to leave and a car directly to our left, in a space starts reversing. We are literally behind him and my other half hits the horn as he didn't show a sign of stopping.
His window is down and shouts something out the window, I replied with "Just look where you're going" his response....."Why don't YOU look where you're going". Even though we weren't moving and he was reversing at a stationery car directly behind him.
It's rare but it does happen that someone puts a hand up to a mistake and it totally defuses the situation.
I've noticed this more and more too. I definitely make mistakes from time to time and hold my hands up to them. Back last summer some old guy pulled across me on a roundabout so I gave him a blast on the horn and he properly lost his mind. I then spent the next 10 minutes winding him up across town. I imagine he needed to lie down in a darkened room when he got home 
Happened to me yesterday, bike in front indicates to pull in to a property and slows a bit sharply, a car is trying to back out of the same place so he stops and lets the car out. I come to a complete stop leaving space for them to sort out who is coming and going, bloke behind in a fiesta wasn't paying attention and very nearly rear ended me, he toots his horn, I get an evil look from the biker. All in a 30 road with good visibility.
Reversing car goes, biker pulls in, I pull in 100 yards down the road after clearly indicating, idiot behind shouts out his belief that I self fornicate and continues on down the road. Biker sees I was only down the road and comes for a chat "You got a problem?" no mate, it was the bloke behind me. "Oh, sorry mate. I thought you were aggro."
All quite unnecessary.
Reversing car goes, biker pulls in, I pull in 100 yards down the road after clearly indicating, idiot behind shouts out his belief that I self fornicate and continues on down the road. Biker sees I was only down the road and comes for a chat "You got a problem?" no mate, it was the bloke behind me. "Oh, sorry mate. I thought you were aggro."
All quite unnecessary.
m444ttb said:
I then spent the next 10 minutes winding him up across town. I imagine he needed to lie down in a darkened room when he got home
(Still can't post smilies on this f
king st mobile site, so had to enter it fking manually.)Not that I make any mistakes, but on the rare occasion, I try and signal am apology. Usually a Homer "doh" slap on my forehead.
Edited by SlimJim16v on Saturday 27th May 16:43
Back when I used to drive vans multidropping drinks I learnt a good lesson.
I was early 20s, hot and bothered and generally fed up. I went to reverse out of a drop and nearly bumped into an oncoming car. I blasted the horn in protest.
The car stops and a man get out. Righto then sunshine, are we going to have a row?! Oh, no it's a well dressed elderly chap. He comes up and politely apologised for his driving; I meekly apologised for mine whilst feeling an inch high.
Hence forth I was and am Mr calm and pleasant!
One chap used to deal with angry people by blowing them a kiss. It rarely calms things down.
I was early 20s, hot and bothered and generally fed up. I went to reverse out of a drop and nearly bumped into an oncoming car. I blasted the horn in protest.
The car stops and a man get out. Righto then sunshine, are we going to have a row?! Oh, no it's a well dressed elderly chap. He comes up and politely apologised for his driving; I meekly apologised for mine whilst feeling an inch high.
Hence forth I was and am Mr calm and pleasant!
One chap used to deal with angry people by blowing them a kiss. It rarely calms things down.
Had 2 of these yesterday:
First, woman was blocking exit from retail park and realised her mistake, bs Jed up a bit so I could squeeze through and off in the other direction. She held her hand, I did the same, both smiled and got in with our day.
Second, alive ride Tesco delivery van saw me coming but didn't want to sit in the queue he was in so drive completely into my side of the road and drove at me, then shouted obscenities (when I used the horn to let him know of my presence
)
He got reported, for being a dangerous muppet in a company stickered up van......
First, woman was blocking exit from retail park and realised her mistake, bs Jed up a bit so I could squeeze through and off in the other direction. She held her hand, I did the same, both smiled and got in with our day.
Second, alive ride Tesco delivery van saw me coming but didn't want to sit in the queue he was in so drive completely into my side of the road and drove at me, then shouted obscenities (when I used the horn to let him know of my presence
)He got reported, for being a dangerous muppet in a company stickered up van......
this one always sticks in my mind - hermiston gait slip road on to Edinburgh bypass (back before they did all the lane filter type stuff) - I went straight to the overtaking lane to pass the slower vehicles in front, guy in front decides to do the same without indicating so I have to slam my brakes on - figured he probably didn't realise my car was quite quick (chipped 200sx) so didn't hit the horn, flash lights or make any gestures - live and let live. After he pulled in and I started overtaking him, he got really angry, gesturing to the side of the road etc. I blew him a kiss in response and he got really angry - so I waved my arms at him in a kind of wiggle dance pisstake. He started beating st out of his steering wheel, going properly mental as I carried on my way. Weird thing was, at that point all rage was directed at his own car and not me - he didn't try to follow me, swerve at me or anything, just beat on it like a ginger stepchild.
t out of his steering wheel, going properly mental as I carried on my way. Weird thing was, at that point all rage was directed at his own car and not me - he didn't try to follow me, swerve at me or anything, just beat on it like a ginger stepchild. At a junction once. The car in front didn't move on green so I beeped him. Cue a load of hand waving out of the car. I got out, walked up. He said he couldn't go because his exit wasn't clear. Fair enough, I could see that, but I said how about giving an indicator so I have a fighting chance. He smiled, said yeah OK, we both went on our merry way.
Doesn't happen often enough.
Doesn't happen often enough.
I think some keep water bottles handy in their car so they can lob those too.
Best one I had was a young blud who did the favourite trick of going up the right hand lane in traffic to the front to try to cut across left.
When I didn't let him in he forced his way in front of the car in front, stopped in junction, was giving it all the hand signals and stop/start revving like mad- then got half way out of the window and threw a bottle a water.
Strange people driving with all that pent up aggression and anger.
I believe the police gave him a visit based on dashcam evidence
Best one I had was a young blud who did the favourite trick of going up the right hand lane in traffic to the front to try to cut across left.
When I didn't let him in he forced his way in front of the car in front, stopped in junction, was giving it all the hand signals and stop/start revving like mad- then got half way out of the window and threw a bottle a water.
Strange people driving with all that pent up aggression and anger.
I believe the police gave him a visit based on dashcam evidence
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