to make a little sign for this woman?

[TandB]

I have ranted on a previous occasion about the morning rat-run through our village so very quick summary:

Single track roads - short-cut to city - I am apparently only person who needs to go opposite direction during rush-hour - majority of people coming the other way clearly think I am unreasonable for driving through my own village and glare and head-shake at me - I am cross.

Obviously it is the holidays now, so the school run traffic is missing which makes life much easier. However, there is one woman who I see every single time. She drives very fast on a narrow, twisty road with several blind bends so I finish up crawling around corners in case she comes hurtling the other way. She flatly refuses to back up even a couple of feet to the nearest passing space, and she makes no attempt to move over so that both cars can pass without scraping through the hedge. So I finish up reversing to the next passing space with her driving about 6 inches off my front bumper with a face like thunder, and then as soon as the road widens at all, she squeezes past, glaring at me all the time and shaking her head.

Bearing in mind the following:

1. I live here and have as much right to leave the village as she does to cut through it.

2. I drive a very small car which causes minimal obstruction.

3. I don't drive dangerously fast.

4. I am the one reversing and getting off the road.

would I be unreasonable to make a little sign saying "The next time you shake your head at me will be the last time I reverse for you. I can sit here all day - how about you?"

Would probably be unreasonable to add "cowbag" at the end, I suppose.

at Quiettiger!

Country roads
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Take extra care on country roads and reduce your speed at approaches to bends, which can be sharper than they appear, and at junctions and turnings, which may be partially hidden. Be prepared for pedestrians, horse riders, cyclists, slow-moving farm vehicles or mud on the road surface. Make sure you can stop within the distance you can see to be clear. You should also reduce your speed where country roads enter villages.
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Single-track roads. These are only wide enough for one vehicle. They may have special passing places. If you see a vehicle coming towards you, or the driver behind wants to overtake, pull into a passing place on your left, or wait opposite a passing place on your right. Give way to vehicles coming uphill whenever you can. If necessary, reverse until you reach a passing place to let the other vehicle pass. Slow down when passing pedestrians, cyclists and horse riders.
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Do not park in passing places.

The Higway code : from direct gov website

sorry, the point of that was a) to re-mark my place
and
b) to give you some ammunition.
Maybe you could present her with a copy?

makes zombie costume
bakes biscuits

Shall I bring the pombears?

well, someone's got to!

iirc, at christmas, there were not enough.

Make a sign!!

If you lived by me I'd be pretty sure I know the woman you are talking about. Do you think she has a sister?

I could be a zombie for the day, and I fancy a day trip

I want to come [wails]. Do you think I could get DH to do the school and playgroup run (without a car as I'll have it!)? [vigilante emoticon]

so funny

Could you hire a large caravan to tow behind you?
After she has been forced to reverse, you crawl past her so she gets an excellent view of the helpful posters you have thoughtfully plastered on the sides of the caravan (NB a horse trailer could do if the lane is too small for a real whoppa/Winnebago).

"The countryside welcomes careful female drivers in xxx (insert make and model of her car)."

"Reversing - easier than you might think."

"Thank you for not driving like an a*rse"

PigeonPie - do a deal with your DH. Leave him the car and you can be a passenger in mine.

We could have radios and callsigns like on Smoky and the Bandit!

Marking my place.

Can't wait to see how this turns out :)

oh, please take photos and post 'em here!!!

OlerandWider - I have both a horsebox and a 6 berth totally mahoosive caravan.

Unfortunately I can only tow one at a time, so again, if anyone wants to come borrow the other, I'll take the other

Ok, we have zombies, cows, flasks,pombears, a Winnebago, car with caravan, hoofingly huge horsebox and a combine.

I think we have ourselves a convoy!

Breaker one nine to OP. Do you copy?

I cannot wait until tomorrow. I really hope you teach.this woman a lesson.

This is hilarious! Yes, photos please!

You had better not give in and reverse tomorrow!

Don't you dare reverse panda Don't do what I do, do what I say

She can't reverse, there's Winnebago, car with caravan, hoofingly huge horsebox and a combine, innumerable 4x4s

and a street party...

well we all got peckish and got the picnic blankets out.

marking place

Do you want 2 tractors and a tractor with a silage trailer? Can supply on request.

with silage in??? (please say yes!)