Interlink driver - aggressive, tailing, horn honking stain

Sally_A

No, as a broker we have no control re the underwriters decisions/rating, but many a fleet manager is grateful for a scary letter from us to whip the employee back into shape.


Better to nip it in the bud before insurers take a heavy hand.

powerful_Rogue

Sally_A wrote: »

No, as a broker we have no control re the underwriters decisions/rating, but many a fleet manager is grateful for a scary letter from us to whip the employee back into shape.


Better to nip it in the bud before insurers take a heavy hand.

So as I said originally, you are acting above your station by threatening to increase premiums and/or cancel the insurance.

Its not your job to do that of the fleet manager and if I ever received a letter like this from an insurance company - business or personal, I would be causing uproar.

Sally_A

Not going to argue with you as obviously a ticking off/warning puts you in aggressive/defensive/arsey mode.


Many a fleet manager is grateful if we do their dirty work/ letters for them. A letter from us is an opening gambit for them to discuss driving habits with employees.

powerful_Rogue

Sally_A wrote: »

Not going to argue with you as obviously a ticking off/warning puts you in aggressive/defensive/arsey mode.


Many a fleet manager is grateful if we do their dirty work/ letters for them. A letter from us is an opening gambit for them to discuss driving habits with employees.

Whos arguing? I thought we was having a discussion? Im certainly not being aggressive/defensive or arsey.

Again, that is the job of the fleet manager, not the insurance company. You have already stated you have no power/authority of increase premiums or cancel insurance.

Im challenging you to this unorthodox behaviour and if anyone is getting defensive without defending themself that would you.

topdaddy_2

Its not clear what the complaint is about. The car stopping in the wrong lane under the wrong traffic control light was in the wrong but interlink driver gets a complaint?

missg2210

Reading this I just wonder if people have too much time on their hands. Some of the things people complain about are just ridiculous. Maybe also take a moment to think about how many targets this driver has to make and when there are some bad drivers on the road getting in peoples ways.

hollydays

missg2210 wrote: »

Reading this I just wonder if people have too much time on their hands. Some of the things people complain about are just ridiculous. Maybe also take a moment to think about how many targets this driver has to make and when there are some bad drivers on the road getting in peoples ways.

Being scared while you are driving is NOT ridiculous.

Who cares about his targets. It in no way excuses intimidating women.
Since when was undertaking a good idea?

powerful_Rogue

hollydays wrote: »

Being scared while you are driving is NOT ridiculous.

Who cares about his targets. It in no way excuses intimidating women.
Since when was undertaking a good idea?

How do you know it wasnt a female driver in the van?

Who's to say the van driver undertook? Could have been a two lane road in which the OP was hogging the inside lane wheras the van driver was correct as to pulling into the outside lane until he needed the outside lane.

*Kat*

powerful_Rogue wrote: »

I can see both sides of this.

So the car in front of you stopped incorrectly at a set of lights that were not for your lane of traffic? I would also use the horn like the van driver did.

For the rest of your post, depends what you mean on tailgating? If he was tailgating as you say, as soon as you slowed down in the first instance his van would have gone up your @rse - So i dont think he was traveling as close to you as I think your depicting.

You class yourself as an experienced driver. In my opinion, people that do that are often the worst on the road.

Lol, what? He started using his horn the second I slowed down, why do you think he did that? Did he not see the Vauxhall Vectra in front of me had stopped? This is NOT normal or acceptable behaviour.

And yes, the car in front of me had stopped because they thought they had a red light. I could understand a small beep beep to alert the driver (or me?) that the light wasn't for them, but it wasn't. It was a 10 second beep, and continuous beeps while we were moving.

He was an aggressive and inconsiderate driver, and I don't think people that can't control their tempers should be on the road if they are going to behave in that manner.

Why would you assume that I am "worst on the road"? For saying I am an experienced driver? I am. I'm not someone who just passed their test last month and may be nervous in front of other cars.

I did nothing wrong in this situation, and I'd appreciate it if you kept your assumptions to yourself.

*Kat*

missg2210 wrote: »

Reading this I just wonder if people have too much time on their hands. Some of the things people complain about are just ridiculous. Maybe also take a moment to think about how many targets this driver has to make and when there are some bad drivers on the road getting in peoples ways.

Clearly I have too much time on my hands. Heaven forbid I complain about a driver who was aggressive towards me with his driving. Not that it's dangerous or anything. Not that it's intimidating or anything.
I just want to go out and complain about ALL the drivers that ever offend me on the roads, as I have nothing better to do with my time.

I don't give a flying !!!! about his targets. I am not someone he can assume to intimidate because he has targets. I have places to be, people to see, and I do not behave that way and I don't expect other people to behave that way on the roads either.