Would a little common decency have hurt?

[Weezapleeza]

My nephew lost control of his R/C car and it went into the road. A few seconds later a woman in a Discovery ran right over it but apparently without batting an eyelid. She didn't slow down or stop either before or after. It was like she'd just flattened it in passing. Then the acknowledgement came. A couple of minutes later she pulled up outside the drive, wound down her window, and asked him the most incredible question. "Did you enjoy that?" She was furious, and rude, and he was in tears. That seemed to give her an answer but all she did then was drive off again. No apology, nothing. AIBU to expect better?

[quote Ostryga]@JamesMiddletonsMarshmallows your mum is amazing!! That is exactly how things should have gone here - maybe not with cake baking, but still.[/quote]
She loves any excuse to bake a cake, I swear if the Brown Shirts had popped round to terrorise us she'd have said "Now what's your favourite cake? Because I bet I have the ingredients" it was an outstanding moment of parenting as she really drilled it into us after how dangerous that was an all the things likely to happen.

So what if child was playing near road where he probably shouldn't

He’s 12 years old
If he hasn’t learned road sense by now then this woman has done him a big favour - you will be flattened if you run out in front of a car.

@Haveyouallgonequitemad

What an absolute nasty bitch. So what if child was playing near road where he probably shouldn't thats what they do he could have been told off no need to flatten his toy and then gloat and bitch about it. I get she may not have been able to stop but to come back and do that she is no better than cruella de ville I would have taken her number plate and probably screamed at her and possibly kicked her car evil witch

Really? what would you have done with her number plate? And echoing the posters who say if the toy was stationary and the car had enough time to see it and stop, why did the dn not have the time to reverse the r/c car?

@MsTSwift

The truly hilariously bonkers response that the poster would buy the kid a new toy is too funny. Utter virtue signalling!

Not at all. If it had been a small child distraught about his car I’d have replaced it. Nothing virtue signalling about it. It’s just what I’d do. It’s fine that you wouldn’t.

I have a 12 yo boy. He’s still my baby, but he’s nearly as tall as me and I’m becoming aware that where I see my little boy who still likes to cuddle up and watch films and wind my dressing gown ties around his fingers when he’s tired, other people see a scary teenager. In some ways I suppose he is both and neither of those.

I imagine that’s what’s happened here. The driver had a nasty shock and assumed the evil teen did it on purpose. Meanwhile you see a little boy with a broken toy.

I don’t expect any one of the three of you had any bad intentions.

The age of DN is irrelevant, the driver was driving, and ran over a toy, to swerve could’ve taken out a cyclist, pedestrian or hit another vehicle, to brake suddenly could impact the safety of the driver and any passengers. You and or DN were definitely in the wrong.

She was a bullying cunt to say that to him. Hope she crashes her stupid Discovery.

Jeezus, What on earth is wrong with you?

This thread is bonkers!

@nimbuscloud

looks like OP is well aware that the fault was on her side... no need for the pile on

No, she still thinks the driver was at fault for being rude and mean.

Agree, there wasn't a hint of giving an apology in her op either, the blame was entirely placed on a woman who wouldn't risk herself and others to save a toy

@Lalliella

She was a bullying cunt to say that to him. Hope she crashes her stupid Discovery.

What on earth is going on in your head?

@Haveyouallgonequitemad

What an absolute nasty bitch. So what if child was playing near road where he probably shouldn't thats what they do he could have been told off no need to flatten his toy and then gloat and bitch about it. I get she may not have been able to stop but to come back and do that she is no better than cruella de ville I would have taken her number plate and probably screamed at her and possibly kicked her car evil witch

Someone shouts at your child for playing on the road and you would have kicked her car?

There is literally zero logic in your entire post!

@Haveyouallgonequitemad

What an absolute nasty bitch. So what if child was playing near road where he probably shouldn't thats what they do he could have been told off no need to flatten his toy and then gloat and bitch about it. I get she may not have been able to stop but to come back and do that she is no better than cruella de ville I would have taken her number plate and probably screamed at her and possibly kicked her car evil witch

I think you maybe need to make an appointment with your GP

@Lalliella

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You hope a woman possibly does because she didn't risk her life to save the toy of a 12yo?

There are some right weirdos on MN these days

A 12 yr old should know better than to play with toys by a road side. I'd have been pretty angry if I'd heard something go under my wheels too and I'd not had the time to react appropriately and stop safely or maybe it simply was not possible to stop at that time. I very much doubt she thought "I'll have that toy at ground level, more like she was looking for traffic.

@Haveyouallgonequitemad well I think you might have...

I did start off with some sympathy, until I read he was 12 and not 2!!

@Haveyouallgonequitemad

What an absolute nasty bitch. So what if child was playing near road where he probably shouldn't thats what they do he could have been told off no need to flatten his toy and then gloat and bitch about it. I get she may not have been able to stop but to come back and do that she is no better than cruella de ville I would have taken her number plate and probably screamed at her and possibly kicked her car evil witch

Aye of course you would. You're so hard you are.

You and your DN need to take accountability for your actions. The driver was not at fault, and had every right to be annoyed and, as others have said, may well have been in shock

@Purplerayhan 4 years from being able to marry?! What the fuckity fuck has that got to do with owt?? He's also 4 years from being 7 he could have learning difficulties have a mental age of 2 and it doesn't make it OK for a grown woman that doesn't know him from anywhere to speak to him like an absolute bitch fgs you lot are eeeevil

If you go to page 9, you can see that the OP has come to a fairly reasonable place about this incident.

@Lockheart hard?? No that is the bitch woman driving the car I stick up for people that can't stick up for themselves a grown woman against a 12 year old playing with a toy is bullying

I’d be pretty sure that at 12, he was in perfect control of the car. I’d also bet that he was playing chicken with real cars on the road, because that’s the kind of stupid, unthinking thing that kids that age do.

I am a very good and experienced driver. I have had a child’s toy come out from the kerb and under my wheels, closely followed by the small child, who I had to swerve to miss. I was terrified, and very badly shaken up. I don’t blame the woman for being incredibly angry, especially given the child involved was really very much old enough to know better. I’ll bet it took her a while to be able to even get out of the car or make her legs move. As a driver, you’re always aware that potential hazards are everywhere, but when they materialise, it is still a huge shock.

I hope your nephew has learned a lesson today.