To be annoyed at this old lady

[5had03]

So I pulled into my street driving home from my parents house earlier today, two DC in the back of car.

As I was driving down the street at no more than 20mph (mainly because of car wrecking speed bumps) an old lady with a walking stick suddenly came from behind the back of a lorry straight into the road.

Well thank goodness I saw her quick enough and stopped the car almost instantly so I didn’t hit her. I put my hand up in courtesy but didn’t feel I did any wrong.

However, this lady then begins to wave her walking stick towards my direction and shouting ‘you young drivers now days do not know how to drive and need to slow down’

She was an old lady so I wasn’t going to shout back at her but during the day it’s annoyed me more and more. SHE walked into the road without checking, I was not speeding, at 29 I do not class myself as a young driver!

I wear a shawl quite often and I'm 27!

Start a campaign OP to ban anyone over 70 crossing roads alone. That'll teach em.

Just limbering up before I jump out again

Wow some people!

I have read the guidelines.

In my eyes my choice of words are fine. I don’t have a problem with old, oops, elderly people in general. I was just a little upset at the reaction from this ELDERLY PERSON when to me, she should NOT have stepped out from behind a lorry into a road no matter what road it was on!

Looking good KurriKurri.

I've still got it Pag

The gap couldn't have been that small if a person with a walking stick could get through.

Describing someone as old is not breaking talk guidelines for fuck's sake.

I hit a car wrecking speed bump at 20 yesterday. Never again! Took it at literally walking pace today, they're unbelievably vicious!

Me too

No one should step out from behind a lorry op true. No need to use the term 'old lady' in your op 3 times though.

Kurri

I think the point about not saying old woman is if it isn't relevant, why say it? Would you have mentioned somebody's colour or religion if it wasn't relevant?

Are you just pretending to be dense?

There is no need to say she was old, or elderly. Geddit?

There has to be an assumption of capacity. The elderly don't need someone making their decision about risk unless they lack capacity. Extremely controlling and ageist to say you'd supervise them.

Entirely your fault as the driver.

I do...but I think the point has been laboured now.

I love a nice shawl. I have many and I'm not over 50 yet.

I wear mine back to front like this, though! (That's not me. I might be old enough to be her mum)

I was obviously speaking to the Op not Pictish.

i'm getting on a bit.

Back in the day, I found it so much easier to tell whether posts were gormless or goady, total twit or trolly.

Just can't tell any more.

'but I think the point has been laboured now.'
69 posts? That's hardly 'laboured' by mn standards. If it got to 5 pages you'd maybe have a point.

you young drivers now days do not know how to drive and need to slow down

sorry, but this makes me think you were going faster than you thought hence her reaction.

Was it one of these ladies?

But how would you have described me OP? I once had some stupid twat come hurtling down our very quite road, (semi-rural), on a bend, as I was crossing (my house is on the bend and I was crossing where was safest). She started yelling at me for not being telepathic enough to know she was going to come speeding down. I'm not old, I'm in my 30s. My age is no more relevant than this old lady's in the OP.

I'm not saying you're a stupid twat OP just that the lady in my scenario was.

Could the reason it's possibly been bothering you all day is because she may have had a point? Let it go OP.

OP, I would leave this thread to rumble on without you now. It's entered into the realm of Planet Mumsnet from where there is no return.

But how would you have described me OP? I once had some stupid twat come hurtling down our very quite road, (semi-rural), on a bend, as I was crossing (my house is on the bend and I was crossing where was safest). She started yelling at me for not being telepathic enough to know she was going to come speeding down. I'm not old, I'm in my 30s. My age is no more relevant than this old lady's in the OP.

But I wasn’t speeding and always aware of my speed, I was 20miles under the limit