The Cheek Of It!
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Imagine this, me and the girlfriend are waiting to cross the road outside GAP in Piccadilly Circus this lunchtime. I wait for the lights to turn red, the green man appears and I cross the road - then a banged out old Merc comes out of nowhere, runs the red light narrowly avoiding us both, and has the audacity to beep his horn! 
I'm not impressed.
I'm not impressed.
sa_20v said:
Imagine this, me and the girlfriend are waiting to cross the road outside GAP in Piccadilly Circus this lunchtime. I wait for the lights to turn red, the green man appears and I cross the road - then a banged out old Merc comes out of nowhere, runs the red light narrowly avoiding us both, and has the audacity to beep his horn!
I'm not impressed.
Thought most traffic lights had cameras on them in the smoke?
Myself and 4 other blokes were on the way to the pub after work, looking for a cab along bishopsgate. The little green man made an appearance, so we walked accross the road. A cyclist ploughed straight into one of my mates. He eventually got up and started banging on about howe we didn't look etc, and received both barrells from all of us.
Anyways, he gets up and carries on...We jump in the cab and head off (in the same direction) We passed him in the cab, and never made eye contact. Then 5 mins later whne we got out of the cab, on the wrong side of the road, we only knocked off the same bloke with the cab door... Now, I now you shouldn't laugh....but
Anyways, he gets up and carries on...We jump in the cab and head off (in the same direction) We passed him in the cab, and never made eye contact. Then 5 mins later whne we got out of the cab, on the wrong side of the road, we only knocked off the same bloke with the cab door... Now, I now you shouldn't laugh....but
sa_20v said:
Imagine this, me and the girlfriend are waiting to cross the road outside GAP in Piccadilly Circus this lunchtime. I wait for the lights to turn red, the green man appears and I cross the road - then a banged out old Merc comes out of nowhere, runs the red light narrowly avoiding us both, and has the audacity to beep his horn!
I'm not impressed.
well worth noting for posterity on an internet forum
chilli said:
we only knocked off the same bloke with the cab door... Now, I now you shouldn't laugh....but
Nice one.
Got a mouthful from some two wheeled tw@t the other day for making him slam his brakes on by stepping into the road, the git soon shut up when I pointed out the "one way" signs. Some people are complete arses.chilli said:
A cyclist ploughed straight into one of my mates. He eventually got up and started banging on about howe we didn't look etc...
we only knocked off the same bloke with the cab door...
sounds like somebody didnt practice what he was oh-so-ready to preach!
No you shouldn't laugh (until he's cycled off)
rich1231 said:
Imagine this, me and the girlfriend are waiting to cross the road outside GAP in Piccadilly Circus this lunchtime. I wait for the lights to turn red, the green man appears and I cross the road - then a banged out old Merc comes out of nowhere, runs the red light narrowly avoiding us both, and has the audacity to beep his horn!
I'm not impressed.
well worth noting for posterity on an internet forum
Yup, and if the guy would like to make himself known I'm quite happy to give him a lesson in what red looks like!
chilli said:
Myself and 4 other blokes were on the way to the pub after work, looking for a cab along bishopsgate. The little green man made an appearance, so we walked accross the road. A cyclist ploughed straight into one of my mates. He eventually got up and started banging on about howe we didn't look etc, and received both barrells from all of us.
Anyways, he gets up and carries on...We jump in the cab and head off (in the same direction) We passed him in the cab, and never made eye contact. Then 5 mins later whne we got out of the cab, on the wrong side of the road, we only knocked off the same bloke with the cab door... Now, I now you shouldn't laugh....but
I will then ! chilli said:
Myself and 4 other blokes were on the way to the pub after work, looking for a cab along bishopsgate. The little green man made an appearance, so we walked accross the road. A cyclist ploughed straight into one of my mates. He eventually got up and started banging on about howe we didn't look etc, and received both barrells from all of us.
Anyways, he gets up and carries on...We jump in the cab and head off (in the same direction) We passed him in the cab, and never made eye contact. Then 5 mins later whne we got out of the cab, on the wrong side of the road, we only knocked off the same bloke with the cab door... Now, I now you shouldn't laugh....but
Well done that man!
Er, those men.
Increasingly common I am afraid.!!!
A belicia beacon crossing near me is notorious for motorists not stopping. You can stand there, one foot on the road, and drivers will just keep going! In fact they look you in the eye and try and run the crossing!!! I can believe those who genuinely miss seeing you - but for the ones to look you in the eye and then run it anyway.... well they deserve the book throwing at them... not that there are any police around!
People are far to busy and important to care for mere mortals such as you and I. We are simply plebs in comparison with their important world and how dare we potentially hold them up by crossing the road.... the Highway Code is there for the breaking, right?
Or they are just a bunch of C
t's.....
A belicia beacon crossing near me is notorious for motorists not stopping. You can stand there, one foot on the road, and drivers will just keep going! In fact they look you in the eye and try and run the crossing!!! I can believe those who genuinely miss seeing you - but for the ones to look you in the eye and then run it anyway.... well they deserve the book throwing at them... not that there are any police around!
People are far to busy and important to care for mere mortals such as you and I. We are simply plebs in comparison with their important world and how dare we potentially hold them up by crossing the road.... the Highway Code is there for the breaking, right?
Or they are just a bunch of C
t's.....sa_20v said:
Imagine this, me and the girlfriend are waiting to cross the road outside GAP in Piccadilly Circus this lunchtime. I wait for the lights to turn red, the green man appears and I cross the road - then a banged out old Merc comes out of nowhere, runs the red light narrowly avoiding us both, and has the audacity to beep his horn!
I'm not impressed.
On that exact same junction a couple of years ago a honda moped thing with a trainee cabbie doing the knowledge nearly took me out jumping the light as I was crossing. I offered up some abuse, he turned around to reciprocate and drove straight into the back of a stationary black cab just the other side of the lights
A few years back I was in a van in london sitting in traffic. A volvo came out of a side road and MADE a gap in the stationary traffic by hitting a Fiat Punto and shunting it forward by about half a car length. When the Punto driver got out of her car to investigate the Volvo driver, also a woman, just started screaming at her, like it was her fault! The 2 of us in the van were absolutely gob smacked!
Jon H
Jon H
Andy Mac said:
Sounds simple... merc driver made the mistake of thinking the lights were on green, and beeped you as he thought you were walking out when you shouldn't be...
An elderly chap made that error with me - and sent me ten feet into the air. I landed on my back. Everything ached for weeks.
Poor old fellow stopped and was mortified - but he was certain he'd seen the green light. So was I. How could we be sure who was wrong.
Anyway - no permanent injuries so I told the (very nice) plod attending that I didn't want the old fellow getting into any trouble...
Don said:
Sounds simple... merc driver made the mistake of thinking the lights were on green, and beeped you as he thought you were walking out when you shouldn't be...
An elderly chap made that error with me - and sent me ten feet into the air. I landed on my back. Everything ached for weeks.
Poor old fellow stopped and was mortified - but he was certain he'd seen the green light. So was I. How could we be sure who was wrong.
Anyway - no permanent injuries so I told the (very nice) plod attending that I didn't want the old fellow getting into any trouble...
Highly commendable in this horrible litigious "someone must be at fault" society we have now.
Nice to know some people out there are still human
I hope I have the goodwill to do that myself should something similar happen to me
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