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Mum been hit from behind, what to do now?

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  • Rossy.
    Rossy. Posts: 2,484 Forumite
    Why is it when somebody is blatantly in the wrong they still bleat on as if they were right?

    Threads like this are starting to get on my t!ts.

    If we all drove with more caution and consideration half of the road issues would be gone.

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    .Does that mean we are all inbred
  • derrick wrote: »
    the traffic police saw nothing wrong with my driving

    How do you know that?

    You don't listen to us so why should we believe you listened to them.

    My bet is the police took the attitude of say as little to him as we can and he'll fcuk off and we can go for a coffee and cake.
  • JQ.
    JQ. Posts: 1,919 Forumite
    Perhaps you could explain why you were tailgating the Toyota, if not to block the Audi from merging-in-turn. In my books that's poor driving, the only person not merging-in-turn was you.

    I'm quite sure the police had quite a good laugh at your road warrior antics.
  • Inactive
    Inactive Posts: 14,509 Forumite
    JQ. wrote: »
    I'm quite sure the police had quite a good laugh at your road warrior antics.

    Indeed, I wouldn't be surprised if they didn't keep a note of his registration number as well, just for the record.;)
  • Inactive wrote: »
    Indeed, I wouldn't be surprised if they didn't keep a note of his registration number as well, just for the record.;)

    No need he'll come again. He's going have a good crash soon.
  • Rossy.
    Rossy. Posts: 2,484 Forumite
    Gene_Hunt wrote: »
    No need he'll come again. He's going have a good crash soon.

    And blame another motorist
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    .Does that mean we are all inbred
  • derrick
    derrick Posts: 7,424 Forumite
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    JQ. wrote: »
    Perhaps you could explain why you were tailgating the Toyota, if not to block the Audi from merging-in-turn. In my books that's poor driving, the only person not merging-in-turn was you.

    I'm quite sure the police had quite a good laugh at your road warrior antics.


    I was not tailgating! the speeds at that time were about 15-18 mph, I was about 12-15 feet behind the Toyota, and as we both should have been accelerating I would have automatically adjusted the distance as the speed increased, there was actually no need for the Toyota to be going that slow given they were the lead car with nothing in front of them, the Audi was half my vehicles length behind my front bumper, he undertook 2 vehicles, the correct procedure is to merge in front of the vehicle you are in front of, in this case the Audi should have merged behind me as I was the lead vehicle, i.e in front of him, instead he chose to undertake both vehicles causing both the Toyota and me to brake, (against the HC as I quoted earlier).

    I would, (and have),driven exactly the same way even if the Audi had been a marked police car, as I had the right of way on both occasions, both incidents, whatever the car were bad driving by the by changing lane when not safe to do so, I was already in lane 2 on each occasion and he should have waited until I had passed. If that is the way you lot drive, then it is you that need more driver training.



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  • If you were doing 15-18 in lane 2 and the Audi 30 in lane 1 then he did nothing wrong.

    You are in the wrong.
  • Inactive
    Inactive Posts: 14,509 Forumite
    derrick wrote: »
    then it is you that need more driver training.



    .

    Strange that we have all come to the same conclusion about your bad driving, you seem to be the only person that finds it acceptable.


    Think about it.
  • derrick wrote: »
    I would, (and have),driven exactly the same way even if the Audi had been a marked police car,


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    What given it loads on the horn and swore at him?
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