verbally abused by roadwork man
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Had an incident today, basically local road is being re surfaced whilst staying open so traffic lights etc, on one side. get to a through road leading onto the main road. there is a sign saying road closed Access only. but i can see its not blocked in any way and i wanted to drive down it to look at a house for sale. So i drove by looked at house. could see clear at end, so proceed to junction with road with road work and lights on.
to be stopped by a furious workman. (I will call him a Cone putter outer) He starts ffing and jeffing at me calling me a ffing silly b XXXch etc. so agressive i didnt even wind down my window. i dont often get intimidated but this time i was concerned. He then proceed to threaten to get me three f
king points on my licence. etc. and started the write down the cars no plate. he refused to give me his name and carried on verbally abusing me. He then wrote down the sponsors numbers on my car(boyfriends car_ he is a racing driver) i couldnt drive off as i was at the head of the traffic Q. So i had to wait for the light to turn green again.
was very stressed........... with afterhthought i should have taken a photo of him or refused to move and called 999.
what should i have done?
I have been back passed and taken the no of the van etc.
Can he really try to get me prosecuted when it was a geniune mistake. i couldnt turn around at this point, so just had to sit there and listen to his torraid of abuse.
I reckon he was piddled off with others doing this and saw me as a woman as an easy target.
should i report him to his company for verbal abuse?
or should i just let it ride.
to be stopped by a furious workman. (I will call him a Cone putter outer) He starts ffing and jeffing at me calling me a ffing silly b XXXch etc. so agressive i didnt even wind down my window. i dont often get intimidated but this time i was concerned. He then proceed to threaten to get me three f
king points on my licence. etc. and started the write down the cars no plate. he refused to give me his name and carried on verbally abusing me. He then wrote down the sponsors numbers on my car(boyfriends car_ he is a racing driver) i couldnt drive off as i was at the head of the traffic Q. So i had to wait for the light to turn green again.was very stressed........... with afterhthought i should have taken a photo of him or refused to move and called 999.
what should i have done?
I have been back passed and taken the no of the van etc.
Can he really try to get me prosecuted when it was a geniune mistake. i couldnt turn around at this point, so just had to sit there and listen to his torraid of abuse.
I reckon he was piddled off with others doing this and saw me as a woman as an easy target.
should i report him to his company for verbal abuse?
or should i just let it ride.
Report it to his company and then let them know you are informing the police, and then do that 
Ok you made a mistake, but there's no need to be abusive towards you. Same happened to my sister a year ago and luckily I was in the car behind (following her to an mot) so managed to sort the chap out.
Sorry to hear of the incident, problem is that it doesn't require much brainpower to put a cone out I guess!
Ok you made a mistake, but there's no need to be abusive towards you. Same happened to my sister a year ago and luckily I was in the car behind (following her to an mot) so managed to sort the chap out.
Sorry to hear of the incident, problem is that it doesn't require much brainpower to put a cone out I guess!
drive this at him ..........Davey S2 said:
jessica said:
what should i have done?
Not driven down a road which had big 'Road Closed' signs at the start of it?This should be reported, any company should be informed about theor employees acting in an unneccesarily abusive and intimidatory manner.
I very much doubt 'cone putter outer' would have the ability to get you 3 points, I would definately report him to his company. However it may just fall on deaf ears. I work in the utilities industry (and shame on me) we have to close roads now and again. I have never heard of any of our gangers get points on peoples licences.
Make a complaint It may lead to some action, letters are usually better than phone calls in my experience.
Matt
Make a complaint It may lead to some action, letters are usually better than phone calls in my experience.
Matt
Monki said:
Report it to his company and then let them know you are informing the police, and then do that
Ok you made a mistake, but there's no need to be abusive towards you.
This man's on the money. Ok you made a mistake, but there's no need to be abusive towards you.
And if he was working on a road (as opposed to a private driveway) at the time, make a formal complaint to the council responsible for the area in question, as he will be either council employee (unlikely) or contract staff.
Ensure that you DO inform the police, and that you DO complain to both his company and the council. Letting this sort of thing happen unchallenged is the short road to openly permitting it.
Oli.
ludo said:
Davey S2 said:
jessica said:
what should i have done?
Not driven down a road which had big 'Road Closed' signs at the start of it?This should be reported, any company should be informed about theor employees acting in an unneccesarily abusive and intimidatory manner.
Blib said:
Davey S2 said:
jessica said:
what should i have done?
Not driven down a road which had big 'Road Closed' signs at the start of it?Blib said:
Davey S2 said:
jessica said:
what should i have done?
Not driven down a road which had big 'Road Closed' signs at the start of it?She did obey the sign. She required access.
ludo said:
Davey S2 said:
jessica said:
what should i have done?
Not driven down a road which had big 'Road Closed' signs at the start of it?This should be reported, any company should be informed about theor employees acting in an unneccesarily abusive and intimidatory manner.
So you ignored a traffic order by "mistake" but admit that "you could see it was clear", and got caught out.
I'd chalk this one down to experience, and don't drive up any more road closures. It sounds like he overreacted, but if you hadn't driven down there, he wouldn't have had the opportunity.
I'd chalk this one down to experience, and don't drive up any more road closures. It sounds like he overreacted, but if you hadn't driven down there, he wouldn't have had the opportunity.
jessica said:
Had an incident today, basically local road is being re surfaced whilst staying open so traffic lights etc, on one side. get to a through road leading onto the main road. there is a sign saying road closed Access only. but i can see its not blocked in any way and i wanted to drive down it to look at a house for sale. So i drove by looked at house. could see clear at end, so proceed to junction with road with road work and lights on.
to be stopped by a furious workman. (I will call him a Cone putter outer) He starts ffing and jeffing at me calling me a ffing silly b XXXch etc. so agressive i didnt even wind down my window. i dont often get intimidated but this time i was concerned. He then proceed to threaten to get me three fking points on my licence. etc. and started the write down the cars no plate. he refused to give me his name and carried on verbally abusing me. He then wrote down the sponsors numbers on my car(boyfriends car_ he is a racing driver) i couldnt drive off as i was at the head of the traffic Q. So i had to wait for the light to turn green again.
was very stressed........... with afterhthought i should have taken a photo of him or refused to move and called 999.
what should i have done?
I have been back passed and taken the no of the van etc.
Can he really try to get me prosecuted when it was a geniune mistake. i couldnt turn around at this point, so just had to sit there and listen to his torraid of abuse.
I reckon he was piddled off with others doing this and saw me as a woman as an easy target.
should i report him to his company for verbal abuse?
or should i just let it ride.
Report it.to be stopped by a furious workman. (I will call him a Cone putter outer) He starts ffing and jeffing at me calling me a ffing silly b XXXch etc. so agressive i didnt even wind down my window. i dont often get intimidated but this time i was concerned. He then proceed to threaten to get me three f
king points on my licence. etc. and started the write down the cars no plate. he refused to give me his name and carried on verbally abusing me. He then wrote down the sponsors numbers on my car(boyfriends car_ he is a racing driver) i couldnt drive off as i was at the head of the traffic Q. So i had to wait for the light to turn green again.was very stressed........... with afterhthought i should have taken a photo of him or refused to move and called 999.
what should i have done?
I have been back passed and taken the no of the van etc.
Can he really try to get me prosecuted when it was a geniune mistake. i couldnt turn around at this point, so just had to sit there and listen to his torraid of abuse.
I reckon he was piddled off with others doing this and saw me as a woman as an easy target.
should i report him to his company for verbal abuse?
or should i just let it ride.
My 4-months pregnant wife was treated to something similar a couple of weeks ago. Road half closed, side roads 'access only' she went down one to use the newsagents, got chased by an 'operative' who told her it wasn't for 'popping to the shops' which was interpersed with plenty of expletives and assignation as to the parentage of the child.
She got the contractor and the road name and was really shook up, there's were tears at home.
Rang through to the council, reported the contractor and road name and left it in no uncertain terms that they had 72 hours to take action and report back or I would be reporting the contractor to the Police.
I got a letter back from the Clerk of Works office of the contractor apologising unreservedly and that appropriate steps had been taken. A Roads & Traffic officer also called to say they had words with the contractor as well.
I suggest you do the same, most contractors just get on with the job, these are just ill-educated oafs that need taking down a peg or two. If people let this kind of thing slide, they keep doing it.
Timsta said:
Blib said:
Davey S2 said:
jessica said:
what should i have done?
Not driven down a road which had big 'Road Closed' signs at the start of it?She did obey the sign. She required access.
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