To the woman...

[Steve_Perry]

...who was driving a black VW Polo directly behind me on the drive into work this morning.


YES. I let buses out of bus-stops!! Get used to it.

From her reaction ( I was watching her in my RVM) you'd think I had robbed her house or committed mass homocide against her nearest and dearest. She had swear words streaming from her mouth and was gesticulating wildly, all for adding 10 - 20 seconds to her journey time. I wonder about some people.

I just totally ignored her Damn Merc drivers eh? What ever next? Stopping for pedestrians?

S.

 

[pammy]

shocking behaviour by you there Steve - how could you do such a thing - so thoughtless for those behind you you know why she was mad don't you - she was trying to catch the bus She was aiming for a park and ride to be nice and environmentally friendly and you made her miss the bus

 

[Aswall]

The bus was towing her and you'd driven over the rope

 

[scotth_uk]

Steve, you and I think alike. Be nice, then watch the rear view. ;-)

 

[Doodle]

Should have let her gone charging past, then you'd have had a front row seat as the stupid heifer concertinas the thing into the back of the bus.

 

[Lowvento]

lol thats wicked, i had that too for letting a person go past before i turned right across his lane, the guy in my rear view was gesturing all sorts, so i kind of missed my drive, went round the block as he was in a traffic jam, and came back in front, he was apologetic when i asked what his fkin problem was .. oh well ..

 

[Simon]

The bus was towing her and you'd driven over the rope

LOL

 

[pinball]

Yeah - Rise above it - ignore her and the aggro - when it happens to me I go into super slow motion mode.
" God was a woman.....until she changed her mind "

 

[Satch]

This is one of the great advantages of the much maligned monster 4x4.

You can hear something behind you, perhaps see the odd bit of commotion in the RVM or WM but otherwise remain in blissful ignorance of their pointless fury.

On Sunday afternoon some idiot white capped yoof in a Barryboy Polo was really in a hurry to get past my dog infested Land Cruiser on a narrow twisty country road. No way was I going to let him do so for the simple reason that it is a 20mph limit at that point and there were two horse riders coming towards me. So I stopped until the horses had passed.

For maybe a minute he shouted and screamed and blew his horn but I could see nothing. Horses getting close by that point so I engaged reverse. Went very silent then.

 

[Flash]

For maybe a minute he shouted and screamed and blew his horn but I could see nothing. Horses getting close by that point so I engaged reverse. Went very silent then.

- He probably needed to change his pants afterwards.

Had a similar sceanrio in the Sprinter - when reverse gear is enagged it gives audible bleeping for the whole duration (extra option). The car behind backed off and kept back a very long distance afterwards and no hand gestures were made by its ocupants who were sticking their heads out of the windows prior to that and I could see them clearly from my wing mirrors shouting all sort of abuse

 

[tim.100]

- He probably needed to change his pants afterwards.

Had a similar sceanrio in the Sprinter - when reverse gear is enagged it gives audible bleeping for the whole duration (extra option). The car behind backed off and kept back a very long distance afterwards and no hand gestures were made by its ocupants who were sticking their heads out of the windows prior to that and I could see them clearly from my wing mirrors shouting all sort of abuse

Good Land Rover trick - t/box in neutral, engage reverse, drop clutch, rev engine. LR then rolls from side to side with reversing light on. Dixon-Bate tow hitch means idiots can safely rear-end the car - these tow hooks are known to puncture engine blocks.

 

[mark.t]

rock

when you get the revving right you carn't half puts the into most people i have used that one my self :bannana:

 

[nickmann]

Many moons ago I fitted a reversing light to my g'friends old banger of a Pug 104. It was on a switch on the dashboard.

The funniest thing in the world was to stop at the lights, then make a big show of not being able to get into first. Then finally with a loud grating noise (half-clutching it) slip it into 1st, and simultaneously flick the reversing light switch. Start revving engine and watch the driver behind go from looking worried and tooting a bit to panicking and getting out to tap on the window. Happy days