to be driven to swearing in tesco's by **%$£!! teen boy driver!!!!!!

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I am generally a laid back person not known for public outbursts... leave that to my hot headed dh.

Today however I was waiting at a crossing on a busy road, I had pressed the button the light had changed I was starting to cross and a crappy red metro shot through the red... I saw the passengers and driver (all teenage boys what a cliche!) staring back at me staring at them so they knew what they had done and to whom (I had dd in buggy).

I was on my way to tescos which means walking into the car park which is where the teens were going as well. Normally I would not be confronted with the whoever had nearly run me over that day - but they got of the car and were laughing and joking with each other directly behind me so by the time I got to the entrance I literally had steam coming out of my ears I was soooo angry!!!

I kind of flipped and swung my buggy round to face them making them stop in their tracks and yelled 'Sorry did I nearly run you over then!!?? F*ing idiots' then I stormed into the shop behind them.

I went and hung around in the veg isle till i calmed down as I didn't want another encounter and i knew I would not see them there!

So was I ott - I think I probably was but having worked in transport and road safety policy I know all about Road Traffic accident stats and how many children are killed on our roads each year - I fear for my childrens safety when idiots are given licences.

I wouldn't worry about it I once called a man a "c*nt" in HMV because he pushed n front of me in a que. Not my normal style but he was an arrogant prat.

no yanbu, maybe next time he will pay more attention when he is driving, i would have been fuming as well. perhaps i would have been calmer if it was only me but i would have seen red if i had my dd in the buggy.

I have a form of unstoppable verbal diarohhea with those type of people too, dont worry about it.

you should have taken the licence number and reported them to the police - only useful if you can random random letters & number in a sequence

thank you- I do really think you should not be given a full licence till you are 25 or something. I remember how many accidents my driving friends were involved in when aged 17-21.

I think you were brave and hopefully it'll make at least one of the boys realise how dangerous their actions were.

not wrong to have a go at them i would have done the same, but i'm a 22yr old guy and am a safe driver. and in my experience (only my personal experience i know stats are against me) i see far worse driving from older people than i do most of my mates (although there are 1 or 2 i wouldn't get in a car with.)

You would only have made your point if they realised it was you they had nearly run over.

I don't think you made your point enough! I would have said something to them about jumping the red light!

Or wait till they went in Tesco and let their tyres down!

Well done for confronting them my fellow Smiths fan..I don't think you were harsh enough!

I would have tried to completely embarrass them at the same time, not quite sure how I would have done that though.....possibly asking in a very loud voice whether they had actually ever read the highway code, or were they aware of the road law stating that red light meant 'stop'.

God no that not bad - I once told an old lady that she was probably one of those vile smelly old ladies who sit on the bus flashing their *** at people because they don't have the decency to shut their legs - she pushed in front of me in the queue knowing their was a long queue and I was pregnant angry and craving.

Bitch knew she had overstepped the mark I can tell you!

This is so not me though believe me please!

lol Twinkie1 - what did the old lady say in return?

Nothing - I was very prettily dressed as was at a party and had to pop out to satisfy my craving and I do use my poshest voice when I shout at people so being shouted at by a tall, immaculate very heavily pregnant woman is probably quite intimidating for a 4ft skinny old lady!

God I will have to go to confession this weekend and then will have to track her down and apologise won't I?

MrBod - thank you for making your point - It is unfair to tar all younger drivers with the same brush but unfortunately statistics do show a higher accident rate for 18-25 yo (hence higher insurance) perhaps more time needs to be spent at school educating teenagers to be safer drivers. In my job for a London Borough I was involved in road safety projects for younger children but more attention needs to be given to the older pupils.

I should have given more thought to what i said but I knew they knew who i was - and i was incoherent with anger

Twinkie - I will never cross you!!! lol

yep that is the one downside of being young, older people skipping you in line for checkouts/tills. and then you get looked at like a thug because you're the 20 something guy berating a little old lady i a supermarket.