Peoples attitude to broken down cars!

durham_girl

I once broke down on a busy road in rush hour traffic. The blimming car chose to do it when I'd stopped in a queue next to a traffic island. When the traffic started moving again I couldn't get going again. I got out to push by myself and the bloke behind me (in a Landrover ) started to lean on his horn because he couldn't wait to get past. It took me ages to push it past the island and not one of the t0ssers beeping their horn got out to help, although the Landrover driver got a two fingered wave as he went past

The_ICT_Engineer

Maybe he owns a Roll's, They never break down, Only fail to proceed.

burnleymik

To be fair to the guy I see lots of idiots pulling over in the stupidest places to chat on their mobiles, using hazards as a licence to stop wherever they feel like it. Often it's dangerous and mostly it's just completely inconsiderate to other road users.

That said, once you explained he should have apologised and backed off.

Badger_Lady

burnleymik wrote: »

To be fair to the guy I see lots of idiots pulling over in the stupidest places to chat on their mobiles, using hazards as a licence to stop wherever they feel like it. Often it's dangerous and mostly it's just completely inconsiderate to other road users.

Are you sure, though?

burnleymik

Badger_Lady wrote: »

Are you sure, though?

Never can be I guess, but it's an easy conclusion to draw when you see someone with hazard lights on, in a strange/dangerous place to stop, talking on a mobile phone.

Leory

Badger_Lady wrote: »

My attitude to them is always, "Take one look at my vehicle. It's an antique. Either respect that or clear orf!"

They can't clear off though can they if you're '''right in the middle of the f*cking road!!''

Silver-Cat

burnleymik wrote: »

Never can be I guess, but it's an easy conclusion to draw when you see someone with hazard lights on, in a strange/dangerous place to stop, talking on a mobile phone.

If I saw that, which I often do, I would presume they had broken down and were calling AA, RAC, mate to tow you away etc.

After all isn't that the first thing you would do?
Not everyone is Mr T and can pull / push the car somewhere safer...

burnleymik

Silver-Cat wrote: »

If I saw that, which I often do, I would presume they had broken down and were calling AA, RAC, mate to tow you away etc.

After all isn't that the first thing you would do?
Not everyone is Mr T and can pull / push the car somewhere safer...

I used too, but people are so inconsiderate to other road users these days, I now auto assume they stopped to take a call (unless the car is an old wreck)

biscit

Silver-Cat wrote: »

If I saw that, which I often do, I would presume they had broken down and were calling AA, RAC, mate to tow you away etc.

After all isn't that the first thing you would do?
Not everyone is Mr T and can pull / push the car somewhere safer...

You don't need to be Mr T. But you do need to be more than one person. It's very hard to push and steer a broken down car by yourself. And a lot of people couldn't push a car themself.

If I was a pedestrian going past a broken down car and not in a rush, then my first instinct would be- is it realistic to offer to help push that car out of the way?

burnleymik wrote: »

Never can be I guess, but it's an easy conclusion to draw when you see someone with hazard lights on, in a strange/dangerous place to stop, talking on a mobile phone.

True, I know we all jump to conclusions and have reactions to situations. I know I do.

But it is nice to put aside our gut, knee-jerk reactions to a situation and think it through sensibly and logically, giving the other person the benefit of the doubt. I'm as guilty as anyone of jumping to conclusions, but I hope I never pretend my jumped to conclusions are in any way to be considered reasonable.