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.

Definitely yell 'hyena!!' - that will freak out the opposition!

Ooo, gutted have to wait until Friday! Place marking :)

Just to mark my place which we wait...

I have got out of my car before and reverse parked a random womans car for her. She was blocking the whole high street and starting to get into a heated flap. The only way was to do it for her. She was mortified but relieved. The driver behind me slow clapped when I got back in my car. I gave him the Vs. Not mature in anyway, but a fairly international gesture. Twit.

you can use one of \link{http://www.iwantoneofthose.com/led-car-sign/index.html\these} to get your point across op

bumping.......

SEA - I want one! Can you make it swear?

I love the sign but did anyone else scroll down and see the glow-in-the-dark Loo roll?

not marking place

I can offer up my FIL who drives a cement mixer and can reverse like a demon due to having to reverse it up to deliver the cement to whatever random address in Devon!

I am very amused at the thought of the woman who will unknowingly come out of her driveway on Thursday morning, happily oblivious to the fact that thousands of people are a) aware that she drives like a twat b) currently plotting on ways to sort her out.

Bit too far for me but with this amount of deranged zombies mumsnetters you will surely be able to pick her car up and move it back up the road, then she won't have a choice. Can you imagine her surprise?

I remember driving through a tiny village on holiday once. I could see a tractor with a big trailer coming so I pulled into a gap at the side and waited patiently. Of course there were people behind me who couldn't be bothered and went past me and tried to squeeze past the tractor but there really wasn't room and the road got all jammed up. I had a lovely view of the drama unfolding in front of me which ended with the tractor ripping half the roof off a lovely cottage. I felt really sorry for the tractor driver, he was only a young lad and hadn't done anything wrong.

blimey Pixel

It pisses me right off when people aren't aptient.
I remember once, having to pull onto a grass verge for an ambulance, and after the ambulance had past, all the cars behind me just pulled off around me instead of waiting their turn.

have you seen those giant, coloured eyelashes you can now fit to your headlights? Maybe you can get a set of those that will stare the other woman out until she submits and reverses?

.... and, and, and, perhaps you can get someone to wire them up so that when she obliges they'll give her a friendly wink.
I'm getting carried away now, aren't I?. Perhaps stick to Plan A with the sign.

I am practicing my non-moving stance. This morning I was carrying a heavy case of files down a flight of stairs into an underground station, obediently following the big "Keep Left" signs and holding onto the handrail. A woman decided to ignore said signs and reject the entirely empty staircase to her left in order to march up the stairs and stop in front of me, waiting for me to move myself and my case out of her way.

I did not move. I practiced my "Really? You think?" face until she tutted and went round me.

I was proud.

You need a series of signs, a la Andrew Lincoln in Love Actually, e.g.

"Good Morning!"
"Lovely day isn't it?"
"No rush love, I've got a book"
"Look for the "R" symbol on your gear stick"
"That's it, just a little more"
"Well done, that wasn't so bad was it?"
"Thanks! See you tomorrow"

Excellent idea Zachary!

Thursday, then?

I am now paranoid that one of the following will happen:

1. I don't see her
2. I meet her right beside a passing space so there is no issue
3. I meet her when I am 2 feet away from a passing space so I would have to be a complete cow not to reverse.

and hoards of MNetters all over the country will be disappointed.

I love Zachary's cards!

(and have neatly segued into a placemark. Nice!)

Or she has a passing fit of politeness and reverses herself!

That would be truly disappointing! I would have to make a thank-you gesture. I am not sure I could bring myself to do it!

You could hold up your "Well done, that wasn't so bad was it?" sign

Good point!

marking my place. I live in Somerset, where are you, I could be a roaming zombie, sign holder?

If she does reverse, you need to give her a little polite round of applause and then a sarcastic smile as you drive past. If you dont meet her at all, I, for one, will be GUTTED.