to have lost my temper with this stranger

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I keep thinking about this and worrying I was being stupid.

DD and I were running for the bus and were clearly going to catch it until a driver swung fast off the road onto the pavement to park right across it nearly knocking dd over. It was only because I grabbed her and pulled her back he didn't hit her but it was a matter of an inch or two and she was crying in real shock. He got out of car completely ignoring us and started to unstrap his child from back.

I went up and first said I thought he owed us an apology, then when he ignored us got so angry I started shouting at him then burst into tears too. He just told me to calm down and stop being silly and it was all I could do to stop myself hitting him though obviously I didn't..

I had to walk away before I assualted him I was so angry Keep wishing I'd kept my calm, taken his number plate, got a photo and let the police deal with it.

Was I being unreasonable, did I overreact? If it helps your judgement dd is 6 and I'm 14 weeks pregnant (not that he'd have known that)

He was a thoughtless prick, yanbu.

You were frightened, and reacted the way you did because of it. He wa sa twat, because he saw that he'd scraed the shite out of you, and still didn't apologise

The only unreasonable thing you did not not to twat the bloke. I probably would have done.
Well done for reporting him.
YANBU.

Bloody hell. I have lost the ability to type. Apologies.

He actually drove into the pavement? YANBU.

Without that detail though but sounds an awful lot like the two of you just ran into the road. It's not very clear either way.

Parking on pavements is dangerous and not legal. I would have been upset too. NU. A car swung onto the pavement the other day as me and DS were walking along. So dangerous.

Shouting and crying doesn't help but not suprising if you got a fright and pg to boot. Poor you and he sounds like a dickhead.

YANBU why on earth was he parking on the pavement?

It doesn't matter how old or pregnant anyone is, he was driving irresponsibly in a way that endangered people and could easily have killed someone. I think you were quite restrained. I also wish you had taken all the details and alerted the police. It might still be worth contacting them, you can describe him and the car.

He drove onto the pavement and almost ran over your child.

I would report it to the police. There may be cctv.

How DARE he tell you to calm down and stop being silly.

AND he had his own child in the back seat...

Can you remember the colour or make of the car?

I assume he parked on pavement because he was picking his child up from school opposite which always has over crowded carpark. The road itself has double yellows.

We were definitely not in the road

Is pavement parking legal in that area?

cna't remember anything except car was purple and driver was Asian. Not much for the police to go on really :(

Happens all the time near us as we live near 2 schools and a nursery. The level of dangerous and selfish parking is terrible. These are people with their own kids clearly not giving a damn about anyone elses.

If he's a parent of a child at that school that narrows the field a great deal. Purple cars aren't that common. Report it.

You must have gotten a terrible fright. You should report it anyway, there could be cctv around the place to identify the car. Next time he could succeed in running over a child. Selfish bastard.

"Calm down dear..."

Complain to the school?

cna't remember anything except car was purple and driver was Asian. Not much for the police to go on really

Purple's not that common, surely?

Anwyay, what a complete knobhead. How dare he not at least apologise for scaring your DD and you!

YWNBU at all to throw a fit.

I reported a father who was driving on the pavement/patch of grass outside the school. They (police) took it seriously and sent someone to speak to him. He hasn't done it since. You need to report it.

What an idiot.

I shouted (in fear and warning) when a man reversed nearly into my legs out of a drive way. If it had been a child he would never have seen them and could have killed them. I got a "calm down" response from him too. Some people cannot admit when they have made a mistake.

I bet he was embarrassed because he knew he had been a prick, couldn't bear to apologise because it would mean admitting this fact to you and himself. Too proud.
Aghh.