Being called a fucking knob?

[RainbowsAndCrystals]

I'll try and keep it short. Driving up a road to turn left onto a busy road. Cars parked on the left so it's almost always one lane, and people turning down into the same road I am.

I drive up by the parked cars, woman in front indicating. Then she stops, a few cars start building up behind me.

She then gets out of her car storms up to me and says I'm a fucking knob and I could see she was indicating to park there.

I really couldn't, she was indicating as if she was turning left at the end of the road.

I said I didn't and that as there's someone right behind me, and another car trying to turn into the road there was literally no where I could go.

She carried on ranting so I put the window up on her.

[eurochick]

She was wrong to be aggressive but it’s annoying. You made an incorrect assumption.

This happened to me recently. I spotted a space on the wrong side on the road down a side street. I went past it, had to do quite a complicated manoeuvre to turn and get back to where it was but on the right side of the road. I indicated correctly. Twat in a Range Rover drove right up my backside, blocking the parking space. I put my reverse light on along with my indicator and gestured to what I was trying to do but she was gurning at her own face in the mirror and completely oblivious. I lost the space.

[steff13]

If she was reversing, weren't her lights on to show that?

[JonSnowsWife]

What's so hard to understand people?

The fact that someone apparently decided to park on the corner of a junction by the sounds of it. I'm not struggling to understand it, I'm struggling to believe it. I've never witnessed anyone reverse back along a straight road (so why would they be trying to?) and then sidle into a parking space either.

[ScissorBow]

In this situation I would have stopped before the parking space. Put my hazard lights on. Inched forward and turn off the hazards and indicate left. When I do that people don't pull up behind me blocking the space because they're aware I'm going to do something unexpected because of the hazards and the left indicator then shows my intentions. Works 100% of the time. Indicating left towards the end of a road indicates you will be turning left at the end of the road. So she is the knob as you cannot be reasonably expected to have read her mind and intentions in the way she expected you to. YANBU.

[ptumbi]

I had this -with a learner! It had stopped at the end of our road, a T-junction. Just stopped. I waited as I was turning left. The know-car behind me, overtook both of us and turned right - unable to see wither way.

I waited. And waited, L-car just sat there. Eventually the instructor sort of waved his arm around his head; I assume he wanted me to go round. I didn't, I couldn't see either way. I waved back. trying to indicate that they get the fuck outtta the way round the frigging corner and then pull in.

Which they did, after about 15 minutes. FFS. . .

[speakout]

I would have assumed there was a chance that she was trying to park and not turn left, so I would have left her enough room to do that.

I hate it when someone crowds me like that when I am trying to park, especially if parking is in short supply and I have been looking for a while,

She was wrong to swear but you were not being considerate OP.

[Squarerouteofsquirrel]

It would be difficult to stop and get yourself into reverse gear fast enough on any road with a flow of traffic, it’s a bit of a stupid manoeuvre to do unless you can see there’s no one behind you.

Taxi drivers, or entitled twunts seem to favour it.

[ILostItInTheEarlyNineties]

I agree about the reversing lights. Indicating and putting your car in reverse is how to demonstrate you're backing up to other drivers surely.

[speakout]

I don't know how long you have been driving OP- but that is the kind on mistake a new driver often makes..

Sorry if that's not the answer you wanted to hear.

[seven201]

You were being a knob, but not a fucking knob. I too have got annoyed when I’m trying to parallel park then someone comes up right behind you so everyone is stuck until one of you gives in.

[StaplesCorner]

If you'd done something terrible like nearly run her over or totalled her car, then yeah maybe she should get out and start calling the knobs. However, it was just a misunderstanding, and had she got out and picked the wrong person she could have lost more than a parking space.

How can it ever in anyone's eyes be ok to start a fight, to deliberately leave your vehicle in the road and get in someone's face, about something so trivial, however angry you feel you had to have a second of self awareness.

[JonSnowsWife]

Which they did, after about 15 minutes. FFS

[Laiste]

We need a diagram to see how close you both were to the end of the road but ... were her reversing lights on?

To be honest if you don't have time to stop and get into reverse before the car behind is already right behind you then you just don't get to back into your chosen spot. The cars behind can't all levitate!

[Laiste]

I'll tell you what's really annoying while we wait for OP - when you stop to let someone coming towards you through a gap and the fucking car behind you just whizzes around and overtakes! Grrrr.

[khajiit13]

Not your fault OP. Sounds like she was trying to park far too close to the junction anyway.

[TuttiFruttiCutie]

I call for a diagram

Though to be fair I do understand what happened. She was obviously trying to park in an awkward spot- one of those things and although she was rightfully miffed she shouldn’t have kicked off- just move on love

[howrudeforme]

Mmmmm, I’ve recently moved to s’fend and freaking horrified by local driving.

I had woman in huge car tailing me so close she couldn’t see my indicators. Her chav driving. She got out the car and ‘had a go’. I couldn’t be bothered to argue - not worth it.

I personally hang back a bit these days to allow car in front to do what it needs to do.

[NotAgainYoda]

You should have said" I'm not a fucking knob; you're a fucking knob"

That would have made you the Winner

[PoisonousSmurf]

I wish someone would invent cars that can slot in sideways...

[Gatehouse77]

In this scenario she would have been better off using her hazard lights, which is what I would do. Then others are more likely to leave a distance and then you can put your reverse lights on to indicate your manoeuvre.

I don't think you acted like a knob, she did.

[Laiste]

Yes to the hazard lights. People do go round rather than get behind.

[WetsTheVet]

The fact that someone apparently decided to park on the corner of a junction by the sounds of it. I'm not struggling to understand it, I'm struggling to believe it. I've never witnessed anyone reverse back along a straight road (so why would they be trying to?) and then sidle into a parking space either.

You've never seen people parallel park on a high street for example?! Er, ok then.

[JonSnowsWife]

@wetsthevet no I've never seen someone reverse back along a busy road approaching a junction just to go back into a parking spot.

This wasn't a high street. This was before a Junction according to the OP.

[RainbowsAndCrystals]

I don't know how long you have been driving OP- but that is the kind on mistake a new driver often makes..

What someone right at the end of a junction indicating left making me presume that she was going to turn left must mean I'm a learner driver? Ok. Can't all be mind readers can we.

[KickAssAngel]

I failed my first driving test for this. The car ahead of me was going past a line of parked cars, with a left turn just ahead. They indicated left, then immediately went into reverse towards me. I stopped before they hit me, but there wasn't enough space for them to get into the one empty parking space.

Apparently, I should have anticipated that they could have wanted to get into the parking space, rather than taking the left turn that was just ahead of them.

In RL, we tend to drive according to what is most likely rather than leaving space/time for any and all possible maneuvers. Yes, you blocked her from parking, but she shouldn't be swearing at you. A sigh, then driving round the block or going to the next parking, is the normal response.

Nowadays, if I'm the driver wanting to park, I stop before the parking space, indicate, use my arms to point into the space, then try to park.