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To have been ever so slightly pleased to have accidently annoyed this driver?

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Taz1212 · 24/09/2014 17:09

I had to take DD to the dentist yesterday. It's around 10 miles away and for the whole trip I had a black Mondeo right up my arse. I was driving at exactly the speed limit the whole way, but was clearly too slow for Mr Impatient- at the one set of lights, he was so close to me my parking sensors were having conniptions.

Close to the dentist, the road widens so it could be two lanes, but the left side is a very long marked parking bay which was completely empty. The car in front of me was also going to the dentist so they signalled left and pulled in to park. I also indicated left and pulled in. Poor Mr black Mondeo didn't realise it was a parking bay and thought it was a left lane and also pulled in and came to a full stop behind me. He didn't work this out until I'd gathered my stuff and sent DD out the passenger side at which point he revved his engine and pulled back into the Main Street while shaking his fist at me.

I am bad, aren't I for taking just the slightest bit of satisfaction at his annoyance after he'd been a complete arse the whole way along the road? Grin Blush

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CaptainHammer · 24/09/2014 17:25

Not bad at all, I would be chuckling to myself in this instance!

redexpat · 24/09/2014 17:26

Grin I love a bit of natural justice!

FunkyBoldRibena · 24/09/2014 17:26

Ha ha ha - excellent.

hiddenhome · 24/09/2014 17:31

Lol, that's funny Grin

MrsSquirrel · 24/09/2014 17:34

Grin He shook his fist at you? What a twunt! YANBU

ThirdPoliceman · 24/09/2014 17:41

This reminds me of the time I was driving home with a young man in a car behind me. I say behind me but TBH it felt like he was in the back seat he was so close. My road was a right turn a few yards before a roundabout. I indicated well in advance that I was going to turn but he clearly hadn't noticed as I was lip reading him telling me to "fucking go faster". Anyway I thought he was going to hit me so I booted it and then took my turning. He booted it too and shat himself when he realised I was stationery (stationary?) luckily I had turned just as he braked to a shuddering halt. Then he got rammed by another young man behind him.........

guggenheim · 24/09/2014 17:42
Smile

I made an aggressive blokey driver very,very cross the other day. A humungous lorry needed to come into the lane I was in,he indicated,so I let him in. Not going to argue with anything that size,plus I have no problem with sharing the road.

Bloke behind me lost the plot,ranting waving arms,let go of the steering wheel to wave arms. Aggressive prat.

I thought about giving him a v sign or blowing a kiss but just gave a cheery smile and a wave back at him.Looked like he was going to burst!

AdamLambsbreath · 24/09/2014 17:59

Every time someone aggressively overtakes me only to be halted by a set of traffic lights, a roundabout or a 30 zone 100 metres later, I feel like giving them a big wave as I pull up behind them.

I never do though, just in case they're a potential road rage murderer.

MaidOfStars · 24/09/2014 18:08

I have no problem with sharing the road
Yesterday, I witnessed a lady do that "La la la, I can't see you indicating and trying to switch into my lane" to the car in front of me, who simply needed to cross from one crawling/stationery lane to the other. She was looking everywhere except at him, and magically managing to keep her car at the exact position to block him moving across.

And then, hurrah, she drops back and he starts to move over, his nose is now in her lane, there is clear space in front of him, all good.

But no, she revs her car and accelerates sharply alongside him again, except now it is necessary that she takes evasive action to avoid him and has to half-enter the very narrow hard shoulder in order to maintain her position.

Anyway, he got in behind her and my lane started to move. As I went past her I looked across and mouthed something mean at her. Then had to cross my fingers that the traffic flow didn't deliver her adjacent to my car. It didn't but I locked my doors anyway.

Taz1212 · 24/09/2014 20:40

I am not alone! That makes me happy. Grin

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