Flash flash!

[andymadmak]

So, I'm wafting up the A38 this morning and come up behind two articulated lorries, one in each lane, side by side, doing the 55.5mph v 56mph passing manouevre. I'm chilled though (thats Jaaaaaaaaaag for you) so I'm happy to wait for the prostitute murderers to finish their duel.
Then, behind me appears an old fart driving a newish Ford Fiesta. Flash Flash go his headlights, Flash flash. I'm slightly incredulous. He can see (I presume) that there is no way faster for anybody given our trucky toreadors ahead. Flash flash again, indicate (RH) Flash flash. Eventually the lorries fall back into single file and I accelerate smartly past, as does Mr Fiesta who then slows down and sits just in front of the trucks (I can see this in my mirror)
By now I'm narked. All wafty Jag pleasures are gone... why on earth do people do stuff like that?

[davidspooner]

Chill ignore and relax!

[oldcynic]

He's irritated at being stuck in a Fiesta for longer than is absolutely necessary. Waft on and ignore him.

[V88Dicky]

Brake test the stupid cont

[louiebaby]

V88Dicky said:

Brake test the stupid cont

Yeah, cause an accident around 2 articulated lorries. Good idea.

:rollseyes:

[RemainAllHoof]

andymadmak said:

two articulated lorries

...

Flash Flash go his headlights, Flash flash. Flash flash again, indicate (RH) Flash flash.

...

why on earth do people do stuff like that?

It's a clever piece of irony contrasting good literary composition with very basic Morse code. Clearly, you didn't get the joke.

[Pork]

Plonker.

If he can't see that there are trucks in front of you, I feel sorry for him.

Pull over, let him flash the trucks until his heart is content (then, probably get stuck behind him sitting in Lane 2 doing 60 (assuming its NSL and he thinks 60 is the limit).

[madbadger]

Some poeple cannot plan ahaed further than 1 car.

Don't let them get to you. Think of the flash as a moron indicator.

[V8mate]

He may well have felt that his flashing was for the benefit of the lorry drivers. You just happened to notice it.

Not an excuse, just probably what was happening.

[Digger]

Hopefully I wouldn't have but I know I would have been mightily tempted to reverse roles and just flash him back. Purely for my own amusement.

[durbster]

Hmm... first thing I would do is check my rear lights, underneath the car and tyres. How do you know he wasn't trying to let you know about something?

Or maybe it was your Aunty Vera just saying hello

[EDLT]

Some people are tards. Being a tard doesn't restrict you from owning a driving license.

[andymadmak]

durbster said:

Hmm... first thing I would do is check my rear lights, underneath the car and tyres. How do you know he wasn't trying to let you know about something?

Or maybe it was your Aunty Vera just saying hello

Auntie Vera, whom I loved dearly, died last year. Thanks for being so insensitive............

[wombat172a]

Pull in, let him over take you, pull out, and apply the flash-flash to him. See if he can make the gap or whatever he was expecting you to do. Let him lead by example.

[stewy68]

Don't worry, he'll probably die soon.

[Bonefish Blues]

V8mate said:

He may well have felt that his flashing was for the benefit of the lorry drivers. You just happened to notice it.

Not an excuse, just probably what was happening.

Possibly so - I had someone (genuinely) do this behind me yesterday as we were queueing to turn right. He flashed a guy to turn in front of me.

Range Rover Sport driver.

[durbster]

andymadmak said:

Auntie Vera, whom I loved dearly, died last year. Thanks for being so insensitive............

Then perhaps it was a vision - to tell you your offside rear brake light's out.

[Chris71]

andymadmak said:

That's Jaaaaaaaaaag for you

Were you watching BBC3 last night too?

I had a guy get really irate at me recently. I'd just overtaken a couple of slow moving cars on a very long straight and I was approaching a third car at the head of the queue. A Fiesta had now appeared at the far end of the straight coming in the opposite direction, but it was miles off so I hovered in the 'wrong' lane for a second while I pondered whether to overtake the next car as well or pull in there. A split second later I decided to pull into the (large) gap and wait for the oncoming car to go past. It was by no means a close run thing and I actually had enough time to reflect on the fact I could easily have made it past the extra car by the time Fiesta Man went past flashing his lights and giving me the finger with has face contorted into an expression previously only seen on gargoyles.

Even in an ordinary hatch back it would have been a perfectly safe and courteous manoeuvre. In a 5-litre Chimaera it was positively pedestrian.

[andymadmak]

durbster said:

andymadmak said:

Auntie Vera, whom I loved dearly, died last year. Thanks for being so insensitive............

Then perhaps it was a vision - to tell you your offside rear brake light's out.

The Jaaaag informs me of such inconveniences.
In fact the car was fine. Fiesta bod just being a myopic berk

[cpl_payne]

First thing I thought of when I read the title of the thread.



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