to not feel like apologising at all now

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I drove my car a little too fast earlier out of where I live as I was distracted and not really being considerate.
I was in the wrong. It wasn't more than 10mph but it's still wrong as I couldn't see clearly around the corner I pulled.
Unfortunately a male neighbour witnessed this and began to aggressively scream/shout at me through my car window about what a fucking idiot I am.
I said 'sorry' in a not very apologetic tone but he continued to SCREAM. I drove off.

Anyway from experience with other neighbours I am quite sure this isn't the last he will say on the matter as the last neighbour this happened to, he went round, knocked on the door and yelled more, but I now do not want to apologise in fact I am quite annoyed I didn't run him over.

I won't speed again and be more considerate but AIBU to not apologise to someone who is so aggressive and nasty?

How about saying
'You are right; I was wrong to be driving too fast and I apologise and won't do it again. You, however were also wrong in the way you spoke to me'
Say it all, calmly and in a dignified way and walk away. Do not engage in any discussion or argument, just walk away. Do the right thing and apologise and behave decently now, regaining what is left of the moral high ground.

In my street the limits 20mph

Unless he is a Police Officer (pretty unlikely) and he comes to your house say 'it is absolutely none of your business' and firmly shut the door. Apologising will make him worse and what are you apologising to him for anyway, it's not like you ran over his toes.

I would not have even apologised to him in the first instance. Regardless of whether he was shouting or not. I do not think from your OP that you've wronged him personally.

You know you should have been driving with more care and hopefully will now keep this in mind next time you drive your car.

I do not think you need to apologise to him if it is only a case of him perceiving you had driven too fast. You didn't nearly knock him down or cause him to move over or anything therefore you haven't done anything wrong to him that needs an apology. He simply observed your driving.

However, you have already apologised. Do not even think about apologising again. You don't owe him anything else. He is not in charge of you or your street. Pandering to him will only increase his own self-importance.

You sound as though you know you made a mistake and you'll think on next time, so try to just move on now.

amy as i was taught by my instructor

its a limit not a target

To be fair, if Mr Angry has a reputation for confrontation, give him some. He sounds like a bully. Call 101, explain your mistake and say that despite your apology, the man was shouty and aggressive. Say that you are nervous about what further action he could take and would they have a word to explain you are sorry but you can’t face anymore aggression. Lets see if he likes confrontation when it involves police officers.

As for the posters saying they would have yelled too, really?? So have you lot never made a mistake? I certainly have and at 10mph it’s not as if she was doing doughnuts outside a primary school.

YABVU and you sound rather nasty and aggressive yourself!

If someone shouted at me through my window for whatever reason I would tell them to Feck Right Off, how dare they scream at you like that, when he is perfect , then it might be ok, but probably not even then .

Thanks Etta. I'm a lover not a fighter. Just felt like running the angry man over for a brief moment

He didn't come round. I think it's probably going to be left as it is

I wish people would admit to their mistakes more readily, and genuinely acknowledge them.

It sounds like the OP got defensive and shouted back at the neighbour.

So they will now be enemies for the next few years...

Good result!!

I didn't shout. I said sorry in a kind of flat, irritated way. And I didn't have a right old go back or anything.

He's already someone I avoid like the absolute plague after hearing him rip 3 layers of skin of my neighbours face with his yelling last year.

A lot of perfect drivers on MN tonight!
Personally, I would not apologise a second time. What would it achieve? Should you write out a 1000 word essay on the wrongs and evils of driving 10 MPH?
I'd deny everything. and I mean everything. How could you e speeding when you weren't even in the county that day. I wouldn't get very confrontational about it either-just vaguely confused as to why he thinks such AWFUL behaviour can be in any way linked to you.
(In fairness, I can be a it of an asshole in the face of a bully)

livia more his reaction....do you really need that explained to you?