What happenend to the "sorry wave"
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I accept I'm no a driving god and if I make a minor mistake, maybe misjudging closing speeds while pulling out of a junction etc I'll give a humble hand up "sorry I was wrong" wave to the other vehicle if they have to alter their speed.
Am I the only person that does this now? Two cases this weekend, approach a roundabout, car coming from the opposite side starts indicating left to exit well before my entrance, I start to pull out carefully then put the brakes on as he continues around right, I point to his indicator, he sticks his finger up at me!
Second case, on a dual carriageway in lane 2, in moderate traffic with both lanes moving at the same pace the car next to me starts drifting towards me, when it gets really close I hit the horn and it swerves back into it's own lane, driver stares ahead as if they haven't even realised I'm there!
If people say sorry you just forget the incident straight away, if they make a mistake and just abuse you all you think about for the next 10 minutes is running them off the road, pinning them in their car and beating them until their body is limp and lifeless.....I digress.
Has anyone else noticed this?
Am I the only person that does this now? Two cases this weekend, approach a roundabout, car coming from the opposite side starts indicating left to exit well before my entrance, I start to pull out carefully then put the brakes on as he continues around right, I point to his indicator, he sticks his finger up at me!
Second case, on a dual carriageway in lane 2, in moderate traffic with both lanes moving at the same pace the car next to me starts drifting towards me, when it gets really close I hit the horn and it swerves back into it's own lane, driver stares ahead as if they haven't even realised I'm there!
If people say sorry you just forget the incident straight away, if they make a mistake and just abuse you all you think about for the next 10 minutes is running them off the road, pinning them in their car and beating them until their body is limp and lifeless.....I digress.
Has anyone else noticed this?
Yep.
I always wave when I've made a mistake, or done something that may have inconvenienced them.
But, I have noticed a lot of jerks in the work who'd rather fight to the death than admit they had made a mistake.
My guess is it comes from the advice we're all given about being in a crash.
Never admit it was you fault.
I'm sure we've all been told that, I'm sure some of us have given that advice and would do again.
But it permeates into all areas of driving and life.
Some people just refuse to admit they have made a mistake.
I always wave when I've made a mistake, or done something that may have inconvenienced them.
But, I have noticed a lot of jerks in the work who'd rather fight to the death than admit they had made a mistake.
My guess is it comes from the advice we're all given about being in a crash.
Never admit it was you fault.
I'm sure we've all been told that, I'm sure some of us have given that advice and would do again.
But it permeates into all areas of driving and life.
Some people just refuse to admit they have made a mistake.
Traffic is so busy around here if you waved every time you offended someone you'd need an elbow replacement before you reach 30.
Drivers seem a lot more distracted and rude than ever before, lot of people using mobiles oblivious to whats going on around them.
I find a friendly "I'm sorry wave" is normally met with a w
ker sign or the Vees now so I don't bother.
Drivers seem a lot more distracted and rude than ever before, lot of people using mobiles oblivious to whats going on around them.
I find a friendly "I'm sorry wave" is normally met with a w
ker sign or the Vees now so I don't bother.Big E 118 said:
approach a roundabout, car coming from the opposite side starts indicating left to exit well before my entrance, I start to pull out carefully then put the brakes on as he continues around right, I point to his indicator, he sticks his finger up at me!
Indicators at roundabouts are a lottery, you simply can't trust them, which makes me wonder why even have them.People indicate left when going straight on
People indicate left when turning right.
People indicate right when going straight on.
They do all this in St Helens, where I believe there is a lot of inbreeding, some do correctly indicate right when turning right (taking a 3rd exit) BUT from lane 1 of a dual carriageway. I now know to make allowances for these people if I happen to be in lane 2 and going straight on.
If they are indicating left, they never take it, they also like to straight line roundabouts, a lot.
I agree, what makes me angry too, is when you get abuse if you dare point out there errors. So best not to.
henrycrun said:
These days any kind of hand gesture gets interpreted the wrong way and just leads to inflammation of the situation
^^ThisIf it's an old lady I might wave a sorry, but I don't want my gesture to be misinterpreted by some nutter who follows me home and batters me to death with a baseball bat.
Well, if I make a mistake I'll wave sorry as I always do if I do something wrong. I've recieved a few apologetic gestures, mistakes do happen no problem. Never had the finger though!
Last month a guy in the wrong lane cut me up, I gave a pap to let him know where I was. He rolled his window down and que the nonsensical arguement to why I was in the wrong
(I should've checked my mirrors, even though he was infront of me ) tard.
Last month a guy in the wrong lane cut me up, I gave a pap to let him know where I was. He rolled his window down and que the nonsensical arguement to why I was in the wrong
(I should've checked my mirrors, even though he was infront of me ) tard.
jamei303 said:
henrycrun said:
These days any kind of hand gesture gets interpreted the wrong way and just leads to inflammation of the situation
^^ThisIf it's an old lady I might wave a sorry, but I don't want my gesture to be misinterpreted by some nutter who follows me home and batters me to death with a baseball bat.
king hell, you're the daily wail incarnate! Are you really such a hysterical jessie that you can't stick your hand up to say sorry in case you're murdered?66comanche said:
fking hell, you're the daily wail incarnate! Are you really such a hysterical jessie that you can't stick your hand up to say sorry in case you're murdered?
+1king hell, you're the daily wail incarnate! Are you really such a hysterical jessie that you can't stick your hand up to say sorry in case you're murdered?Im pretty sure the human race hasn't reached the retarded levels of not being able to distinguish between, "s
t, sorry mate, my fault" and "why did you do that, you stupid wker"Back on topic, i always stick a hand up and wave, and give a little nod of the head and say sorry. Its usually when i go from the st220, to a diesel astra, and still think i can make it into the tiny gap on the roundabout.
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tty diesel astra with a turbo the size of a carrot.Had to do it the other month, came over brow of hill on country to be greeted by a woman on a horse, This being ph I know I should have told her the roads was for cars not horses, and that if she can afford a horse she should buy her own field to exercise it on. But I didn't I gave a very sheepish wave, and now slow down for the brow everytime just incase now, even at 10pm.
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