Threatening driver caused crash?

noelphobic

SammiRoyle wrote: »

was very frightened along with my partner considering we are early 20s and he was a big man in his 40s or so. My partner being terrified then reversed

I'm a bit puzzled as to how the ages of the parties concerned are relevant. If anything I would have thought an older person would possibly feel more threatened by younger people, especially if there was 2 of you and only one of him.

auroan

SammiRoyle wrote: »

Just to get some opinions, today myself and my partner were on our way out, he was driving. We turned a corner, not letting a car out as we were in a rush.

The people blaming the OP for the angry person.... where did it say they pulled out in front of the angry person.

It says they didn't let him out.... as in from a side road to join the road they were traveling on ?

Honestly some people.....

DUTR

auroan wrote: »

The people blaming the OP for the angry person.... where did it say they pulled out in front of the angry person.

It says they didn't let him out.... as in from a side road to join the road they were traveling on ?

Honestly some people.....

You are assuming the OP is telling the truth, realistically this is what I believe happened, the OP's partner was in a hurry and pulled out of a junction with little consideration for other vehicles already on the road they were joining, the car which they pulled out on managed to pass them, the OP's partner then decided to flash their headlights and sound the horn (RR in itself) and then when the traffic came to a queue, the rest of events described occured.

Bravehearted_2

Sooo your partner's fault.

Why reverse? Why not drive on?

You've taken their reg for nothing. And you might want to leave out the sob pregnant story bit as it is absolutely irrelevant to the events - even if you were going into labour and rushing to hospital.

1886

In my fifteen years of driving I've had a couple of run-ins with other drivers. From my experience I think the best thing to do is ignore other people if they are flashing you, blowing the horn etc.

I've had people flashing their lights at me before because I'm doing 30mph on a 30mph road.

Buellguy

1886 wrote: »

In my fifteen years of driving I've had a couple of run-ins with other drivers. From my experience I think the best thing to do is ignore other people if they are flashing you, blowing the horn etc.

I've had people flashing their lights at me before because I'm doing 30mph on a 30mph road.

Although my personal favourite was passing a guy (on my motorbike) who was doing 40 in a 60 in his nice brand new LR Discovery. No problems, nice and safe, no flashing of lights, horn, gestures etc. Gets into a 30 limit so I slow to 30, next minute he is 2 ft behind me flashing his lights and sounding his horn. !!!!!! there is a speed limit in this village for a reason - it's called kids and pedestrians.

Easy answer - well I just slowed to 20 and then 15

(oh and I can almost see the conversation later - b****y bikers going everywhere so fast LMAO)

auroan

DUTR wrote: »

You are assuming the OP is telling the truth, realistically this is what I believe happened, the OP's partner was in a hurry and pulled out of a junction with little consideration for other vehicles already on the road they were joining, the car which they pulled out on managed to pass them, the OP's partner then decided to flash their headlights and sound the horn (RR in itself) and then when the traffic came to a queue, the rest of events described occured.

So you're mystic meg then ? How about basing your offer of opinion to the OP on what they described rather than just what you assume or have made up.

:idea::doh:

DUTR

Any update on this episode?

prowla

The rules of the road specify right of way, and anything else is discretionary.

It seems to me that there are two things here:
a. A possible assault /road rage.
b. Hitting an innocent 3rd parties car.

(b) Is what you pay insurance premiums for, and sadly that may just be something you have to accept.

(a) You have a witness to (a) and it's up to you if you want to try and take it further.

Wig

heartbreak_star wrote: »

Why, if the doors were locked, did your partner panic?

Why should you be more frightened because you're pregnant?

Sadly, this isn't a rare occurrence - I had someone cut me up coming off a main roundabout, the way he drifted over the lanes I wondered if he'd dozed off so I just gave a gentle beep on the horn. He stopped on a dual carriageway to get out and give me what for - I locked the doors and ignored him completely.

The police gave him an official warning (I know, not much) but hopefully he'll think twice in the future. If they find this guy I hope they have a word too!

HBS x

So you were behind him also coming off the roundabout, and in order for him to 'cut you up' you must have been doing some speed & acceleration, intending to over take him? Or you were in the lane 2 of the roundabout took the same exit & you were slightly behind him in his blind spot.

If you drive like that around roundabouts you can expect someone in front of you, -who had, seconds earlier, thought they were the only one on the roundabout- to change lanes without being thouroughly careful. Not to mention that looking in mirrors on corners of roundabouts would not necessarily show you the car behind in the other lane.

On exits of roundabouts when you are in the second lane you always should expect the driver on lane 1 to pull out to lane 2. and you should be ready to brake or you should accelerate past (whilst expecting this to happen), it's much safer to wait for the 'straight' before overtaking. And when they do pull out, one thing I don't do is beep the horn, because it is -to me- an understandable mistake and I am always expecting them to do it.