To be angry at 4X4 drivers who think its funny to splash pedestrians with slush?

[Ripeberry]

Not much traffic moving today due to almost 7 inches of snow. Lots of people walking on the pavements
A group of people were in front of me and a driver was coming along quite slowly up behind us and suddenly speeded up and went really close to the edge of the pavement where there was big mounds of slush and covered those poor people head to foot in black slushy snow!
Suppose they thought it was funny .
There is a law against that with puddles, maybe they should also mention slush!
Another new hazard of a snowy winter to think about.

THEY PROBABLY couldn't see you in their 4x4

Oh no, they saw the people and SPEEDED UP on purpose to splash everyone else. I escaped thank goodness.
It's just that the only cars on the road were 4X4s not that they are always driven by nutters!

I have a theory.
I think they're oh so excited that about once every 25 years we get the kind of weather that might justify having a 4x4!! And then they realise that good drivers can manage perfectly well in a normal size car in icy weather, and that some people even manage to walk in ice and snow.
And so it dawns on them that they are the idiots for paying out loads of road tax on their gas guzzlers,and they feel a bit stupid and think they might feel better by splashing a few people.

They are very stupid wankers.

YANBU.

This behaviour is very irritating/unreasonable.

However, larger vehicles, when they drive close to the kerb (inc lorries and buses etc) are also helping to clear snow from larger areas of the roads which is a good thing)

Too true Violethill!

Erm doesn't that depend on where you live?

DH was grateful for his non 4x4 but biog gas guzzler when sriving in the dark towards south wales at 6.30 am returning from work. If you live in somewhere really rural a 4X$ has a purpose.

Mind, if you live in Kensington you are, almost certainly, an over spending wally.

I would be pissed off with any driver who splashed slush on pedestrians, regardles of what car they drive.

YANBU. Twats.