I'm guessing I'm in the wrong?? What's wrong with ppl!!
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Scootersp said:
How did they get the chance to take off? Interested in after the 'contact' did he then reverse? if that was the only passing place then you can't have pulled over so how did the cars behind go past you both? or was the passing bay big enough for you both? just trying to picture it?
I had to get the cars behind me to reverse about 100f to where it opened back up and then I reversed back to give my details after he came to me with his phone in hand with the police on the lineYou only pay the excess if you claim for your own car so it sounds like there's nothing to worry about. Wait for insurance to contact you and just be honest with them about what happened and let them deal with it, chances are this tosser won't want years of hiked premiums if there isn't any damage so he won't even claim.
My wife had a similar issue last year she’s not soft runs her own company an wouldn’t back down to this cock . I receive phone call from her as he was getting aggressive. By chance it turns out we were literally 2 streets away on on a demolition job. So 5 vans one grab wagon an 12 heavily built men later he decided it was better to move than his car end up in the grab wagon . We got a round of applause which was amusing his face was a picture .
siovey said:
Saw this happen once. The non aggressor (and the driver in the right) just switched off his engine, got out and locked his car up. He then walked off, past the other idiot who soon got the message and reversed to let everyone past. 
If I was to go back that's exactly what I would have done!HarmeetJohal1 said:
That's the problem, he was like I have all the time in the world, as he mouthed stuff to me and put his arms behind his head...
I'm a happy go lucky window cleaner, anyone else would have pulled him from his car and done what his parents should have...
You should have leathered him.I'm a happy go lucky window cleaner, anyone else would have pulled him from his car and done what his parents should have...
HarmeetJohal1 said:
All sorted now.... Bill was £60 and we went half as we were both in the wrong
Him for being a douch and me for reacting to it
Decent result given the circumstances, lessons to be learned on both sides.Him for being a douch and me for reacting to it
I had a similar situation last year when moving house, I was driving a large rented van but on a residential road (my old road, where I'd lived 15 years) and the wally up ahead shot straight past a large gap and insisted I reverse back halfway up the road which I wasn't prepared to do, especially considering it was a large vehicle I wasn't used to and he was in a hatchback. I ended up turning the engine off and waiting, thankfully my wife who was next to me agreed with me so was happy to play along with the game.
The bloke decided to start filming me, so I calmly turned to my wife and asked her to film as well and to not say anything. I wind the window down and yell 'Oi! Councillor! Not the best driving attitude from our local labour candidate, and using your phone whilst driving too!'. He lives on my old road and I knew exactly who he was, needless to say he went bright red and reversed sharpish. Very satisfying.
I use a single track bit of road every day and I would say this happens at least three times a week. If you catch school run it's absolute carnage with Land Rovers everywhere and people screaming at each other. I had a woman refuse to take her disco into the passing place because it was wet and muddy and suggested I drive my lowered Clio up a muddy bank to let her pass. When I pointed out it wasn't physically possible for me to do this and there were 300 cars behind me she did eventually relent. Sometimes you just have to sit there until they give up as there is just nowhere else to go or get a rougher looking van! They virtually jump into hedges as the see you coming!
Had a bloke genuinely call me four eyes the other week for being unable to find the evaporate button in my Volvo so he could continue unheeded which did amuse me.
Had a bloke genuinely call me four eyes the other week for being unable to find the evaporate button in my Volvo so he could continue unheeded which did amuse me.
siovey said:
Saw this happen once. The non aggressor (and the driver in the right) just switched off his engine, got out and locked his car up. He then walked off, past the other idiot who soon got the message and reversed to let everyone past.
That option is open to both parties! I remember a thread on here where a driver refused to reverse a few feet as 'they couldn't' after a stand off locked up the car and walked home! 
I drive single track roads every day.
Often I will have to reverse even when the other person is closer to a passing spot. It's annoying, but sometimes you just have to suck it up. I can't imagine a situation where I would just sit there blocking the road like a child.
I'm not putting the blame on you, the other person sounds like a bigger eejit (from your description of course), but you both behaved like twunts.
Often I will have to reverse even when the other person is closer to a passing spot. It's annoying, but sometimes you just have to suck it up. I can't imagine a situation where I would just sit there blocking the road like a child.
I'm not putting the blame on you, the other person sounds like a bigger eejit (from your description of course), but you both behaved like twunts.
You said you didn't know if you made contact or not.
Call his bluff on the dash cam and deny any contact took place. Inform your insurance of the situation and that you are not responsible and let them sort it out.
If you lose, it wont cost you any more but will take months and he will be the one finding things frustrating.
I can just hear him, 'Mummy, its not fair Mummy'.
Call his bluff on the dash cam and deny any contact took place. Inform your insurance of the situation and that you are not responsible and let them sort it out.
If you lose, it wont cost you any more but will take months and he will be the one finding things frustrating.
I can just hear him, 'Mummy, its not fair Mummy'.
Was in Cornwall last year on holiday towing our caravan to a site...single track road and met a (non articulated) milk tanker coming the other way. He, despite having only just passed a passing place, refused to back up. It was literally a mile to the junction onto this road behind me and no passing places...
I ended up having to detach the caravan and turn everything around, manually in the case of the van, hook it all back up and drive back to the junction to let him past...
fortunately at least 2 of the people waiting behind me stopped to help and we all told the ruck driver what we thought of his attitude...
He sat for at least 30 mins while we manoeuvred to turn around using a farmers' gate entrance...Would have taken him about 30 secs to reverse!
I ended up having to detach the caravan and turn everything around, manually in the case of the van, hook it all back up and drive back to the junction to let him past...
fortunately at least 2 of the people waiting behind me stopped to help and we all told the ruck driver what we thought of his attitude...
He sat for at least 30 mins while we manoeuvred to turn around using a farmers' gate entrance...Would have taken him about 30 secs to reverse!
fushion julz said:
Was in Cornwall last year on holiday towing our caravan to a site...single track road and met a (non articulated) milk tanker coming the other way. He, despite having only just passed a passing place, refused to back up. It was literally a mile to the junction onto this road behind me and no passing places...
I ended up having to detach the caravan and turn everything around, manually in the case of the van, hook it all back up and drive back to the junction to let him past...
fortunately at least 2 of the people waiting behind me stopped to help and we all told the ruck driver what we thought of his attitude...
He sat for at least 30 mins while we manoeuvred to turn around using a farmers' gate entrance...Would have taken him about 30 secs to reverse!
Half an hour, that's quite a wait. I ended up having to detach the caravan and turn everything around, manually in the case of the van, hook it all back up and drive back to the junction to let him past...
fortunately at least 2 of the people waiting behind me stopped to help and we all told the ruck driver what we thought of his attitude...
He sat for at least 30 mins while we manoeuvred to turn around using a farmers' gate entrance...Would have taken him about 30 secs to reverse!
I wonder what the longest one of these stand offs has lasted. Anyone on here beat that?
Drew106 said:
I drive single track roads every day.
Often I will have to reverse even when the other person is closer to a passing spot. It's annoying, but sometimes you just have to suck it up. I can't imagine a situation where I would just sit there blocking the road like a child.
I'm not putting the blame on you, the other person sounds like a bigger eejit (from your description of course), but you both behaved like twunts.
Yep, the correct response. Behaving in a bad-tempered manner and escalating to violence won't turn out well - as enticing as it is to do so. Some might think the chap deserves a slap, he well do, but delivering such invites criminal proceedings against you as he has your registration and witnesses in this case and as the OP found out, bumping the car just leads to insurance issues. Often I will have to reverse even when the other person is closer to a passing spot. It's annoying, but sometimes you just have to suck it up. I can't imagine a situation where I would just sit there blocking the road like a child.
I'm not putting the blame on you, the other person sounds like a bigger eejit (from your description of course), but you both behaved like twunts.
Simply reverse, lose no extra time and move on with life. If you can't reverse due to other vehicles, just wait it out.
There are people out there who actually cannot reverse- not because they have no reverse gear (possible of course!) but just due to incompetence, to which they cannot admit.
As a parallel, I saw a young guy trying to reverse into a parking space near my house. He was doing that backwards and forwards shuffle, not actually getting nearer to the kerb. After a bit, and worrying about my neighbours' cars, I went out and told him exactly what to with that round thing in front of him.
To be fair to him, he was happy to accept help, so he doesn't sound much like OP's chap!
As a parallel, I saw a young guy trying to reverse into a parking space near my house. He was doing that backwards and forwards shuffle, not actually getting nearer to the kerb. After a bit, and worrying about my neighbours' cars, I went out and told him exactly what to with that round thing in front of him.
To be fair to him, he was happy to accept help, so he doesn't sound much like OP's chap!
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