Increase in pedestrians trying to slow you down?
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In the last few days, whilst driving sensibly and within the speed limits, I have been flagged, waved at by pedestrians who are clearly of the impression I am going too fast. This morning's was quite funny. I was doing 40 in a 40, nothing else on the road and a bloke walking his dogs without turning round starts flapping his arm up and down (if he had been in a car it would have indicated he intended to slow down). I didn't slow and he then turns and flaps both arms. Thinking he was an escaped nutter I politely smiled and gave him a wave, whereby he flicks two fingers at me. Now obviously I am travelling at 40mph so he has been gesticulating for a couple of hundred yards.
Two days ago I am doing 25mph down a country lane and another bloke flags me down and actually tells me I am going too fast. He had trouble understanding that I was on a NSL road and only doing 25mph yet he had every right to walk down the middle of it without a care in the world.
What causes this bizarre behaviour, and anyone else getting this?
Two days ago I am doing 25mph down a country lane and another bloke flags me down and actually tells me I am going too fast. He had trouble understanding that I was on a NSL road and only doing 25mph yet he had every right to walk down the middle of it without a care in the world.
What causes this bizarre behaviour, and anyone else getting this?
elster said:
Is there a nut house near you?
As I've never been flagged by a pedestrian to slow down.
Oh it's happened to me several times.....doing 35mph in a 40mph and having a load of fat chav women shouting from there garden at me to slow down. As I've never been flagged by a pedestrian to slow down.
Proceeding up a quiet lane at about 25mph because you can't see around the corner.....daft bint comes screaming around a corner with her kids in the car, doesn't brake in time, leaving me to hit the anchors and do and emergency stop....she then proceeded to wind down her window and rant that I was going to fast.
To be honest I think there is now an attitude that if you are driving anything other that a s
tty old volvo or a prius you MUST be going too fast. Anyway isn't this one for the general section? Seems to sensible for in here?
Timmy35 said:
elster said:
Is there a nut house near you?
As I've never been flagged by a pedestrian to slow down.
Oh it's happened to me several times.....doing 35mph in a 40mph and having a load of fat chav women shouting from there garden at me to slow down.As I've never been flagged by a pedestrian to slow down.
No, but I did have some retard in an MX5 nearly wipe me, the Mrs & the two kids out in Aldi car park in Bradley Stoke on Saturday. Came haring down the carpark, passing a car (on the right hand side) that was turning right into a space, and missing us by inches as we waited for said car to pull into the space.
I refrained from any reaction at the time as the 2 kids were with me, but once they were in the car, & as I took the trolly back I told him if he does that to us again he'll be eating through a straw for thenext 6 months.
I refrained from any reaction at the time as the 2 kids were with me, but once they were in the car, & as I took the trolly back I told him if he does that to us again he'll be eating through a straw for thenext 6 months.
Edited by TheDetailDoctor on Tuesday 14th October 15:03
Edited by TheDetailDoctor on Tuesday 14th October 15:04
I think sound is a factor.If the car you are driving sounds fast they react in the way you mentioned. Had this outside a school. School mum, very loudly and slowly, " S L O W W --- D O W W N" me with window down " S H U T ----- U P".
Edited by 911motorsport on Tuesday 14th October 15:06
Possibly indirectly with those obnoxious "20's Plenty" signs that seem to sprouting up in the surrounding villages like Autumn mushrooms.
Feck off, 30 is the limit. Look, it even says so on the nice sign you've tied yours to. In fact if it hadn't been for all the unwanted street furniture you're putting up all over the place I might have been able to keep more of an eye on the road last week and thus wouldn't have run over your terrier.
Aren't these "20's Plenty" signs illegal anyway?
Feck off, 30 is the limit. Look, it even says so on the nice sign you've tied yours to. In fact if it hadn't been for all the unwanted street furniture you're putting up all over the place I might have been able to keep more of an eye on the road last week and thus wouldn't have run over your terrier.
Aren't these "20's Plenty" signs illegal anyway?
911motorsport said:
I think sound is a factor.If the car you are driving sounds fast they react in the way you mentioned. Had this outside a school. School mum, very loudly and slowly, " S L O W W --- D O W W N" me with window down " S H U T ----- U P".
Oh yes, I think they confuse the dump valve sound from my celica for the car breaking the sound barrier 
Cpn Jack Spanner said:
I'm actually surprised that no-one has waved or shouted at me, the benefits of a 4x4 being that you can do 30 in a 30. Always thought that the car would look rather unwieldy bucking over speed bumps at this speed, but not a single stare of disgust . . . and I'm really trying 
Not hard enough. Swerve towards them and then away at the last minute. That should get some angry fists waving.merc_man said:
Possibly indirectly with those obnoxious "20's Plenty" signs that seem to sprouting up in the surrounding villages like Autumn mushrooms.
Feck off, 30 is the limit. Look, it even says so on the nice sign you've tied yours to. In fact if it hadn't been for all the unwanted street furniture you're putting up all over the place I might have been able to keep more of an eye on the road last week and thus wouldn't have run over your terrier.
Aren't these "20's Plenty" signs illegal anyway?
They have a whole site dedicated to their cause!!!Feck off, 30 is the limit. Look, it even says so on the nice sign you've tied yours to. In fact if it hadn't been for all the unwanted street furniture you're putting up all over the place I might have been able to keep more of an eye on the road last week and thus wouldn't have run over your terrier.
Aren't these "20's Plenty" signs illegal anyway?
http://www.20splentyforus.org.uk/
ETA: Not safe for those with blood pressure problems!
Edited by 911motorsport on Tuesday 14th October 15:15
I've been waved at a couple of times!
Most recently whilst driving through a tiny hamlet in North Yorkshire. I was in 2nd, doing about 20mph and this old boy nearly throws himself under my wheels waving at me! Weird thing was, the hamlet was so small there wasn't even a speed restriction through it, it was still NSL. So tempted to go back and attempt to drive through at 60!
Time before that was when I was out with the 7's. 12 cars in a row blatting through the countryside round a nice open right hand bend. Up on the hillside are some walkers, who almost break into a sprint to get down to the road in time to wave angry fists at us. Dropped a cog, gave it beans and a suitable wave back!
Mike
Most recently whilst driving through a tiny hamlet in North Yorkshire. I was in 2nd, doing about 20mph and this old boy nearly throws himself under my wheels waving at me! Weird thing was, the hamlet was so small there wasn't even a speed restriction through it, it was still NSL. So tempted to go back and attempt to drive through at 60!
Time before that was when I was out with the 7's. 12 cars in a row blatting through the countryside round a nice open right hand bend. Up on the hillside are some walkers, who almost break into a sprint to get down to the road in time to wave angry fists at us. Dropped a cog, gave it beans and a suitable wave back!
Mike
911motorsport said:
I think sound is a factor.If the car you are driving sounds fast they react in the way you mentioned. Had this outside a school. School mum, very loudly and slowly, " S L O W W --- D O W W N" me with window down " S H U T ----- U P".
How loud your car is definitely makes a difference.Edited by 911motorsport on Tuesday 14th October 15:06
I conducted a series of experiments with a female friend that proved this to me. I picked a specific corner, and over a few days, with her in the passenger seat, went through it in different gears. She's a fairly nervous passenger, and I found that at 30mph in 2nd gear she screamed at me to slow down, ranting about how I was going to kill us both, but at almost 50mph in 5th she didn't even notice.
I had to go over a mini ford (not a car, ones of those things were a river supposedly rushes over the road but around here it's merely a trickle), a bloke was on it with his 2 year old, feeding the ducks, so I stopped at the top for a few seconds to let him move said toddler out of the way and then went down the dip with the clutch down and my other foot on the brake, simply letting gravity do it's job.
As I went by the guy shouted "fking slow down next time".
I was very tempted to shout back "get off the bloody road next time" but simply drove on as I don't think he was the sort of chap who would refrain from hitting a lady.
As I went by the guy shouted "f
king slow down next time".I was very tempted to shout back "get off the bloody road next time" but simply drove on as I don't think he was the sort of chap who would refrain from hitting a lady.
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