Did I do something wrong?

khcomp

' I'm cautious because of people like this. Some people are honestly not aware that others are even on the road, and 22 years without an accident now...I'm not trying to break that record.'

Must be doing something right, friend...

nortong

Herzlos wrote: »

He's an Audi driver, there's no point trying to figure out a reason.

Could've been worse, just think you could have had the pleasure of a BMW moron.

dannyrst

parking_question_chap wrote: »

Yeah I second this.

You didnt do anything wrong, but if waiting for more than a minute start to edge out and hope somebody lets you do. Even edge out all the way if there is a big gap in the traffic coming from the right.

Idiot.

Seen ambulances get blocked by people doing this before. I'm sure they don't mind though because waiting for more than a minute is ridiculous isn't it?!

Strider590

contrivant wrote: »

22 years without an accident now...I'm not trying to break that record.

There was an old guy local to me who got caught several times going the wrong way down a dual carriageway, he hadn't had an accident in over 40 years. He continued to drive the wrong way down this road out of shear bloody mindedness, because at the minor road where he pulls out from the central reservation had been blocked off to prevent accidents.

When someone says they gone xyz years without an accident, the first thing into my head is "yeah, but how many have you left in your wake".

Silver-Surfer_2

Strider590 wrote: »

If your small car is on my ditherers list (most small cars), i'd not even give you a chance, i'd be past at the first opportunity.

This is not a slight on you, but I believe in overtaking whenever the opportunity is there, because should that driver end up behind a really slow driver I know they won't overtake and I know i'm either going to be stuck for miles or i'll be facing an overtake the length of a large truck (not something I want).

On my way to and from Wales a few weeks back, I had a 3 hour drive ahead of me (based on speed limits), I worked out that if I got stuck behind ditherers doing 40mph, my journey would take 4hrs+. The way I see it, forcing other drivers to extend their time on the road by over an hour is very unreasonable and highly inconsiderate.
So I was literally leaping frogging past cars all the way, ensuring I didn't end up 20 cars back from some muppet with no chance at getting past. Some people got upset, some people flashed their lights or sounded their horns, but in all honesty every single overtake was worth it.

There was a strider who used to post driving videos on utube.

He drove like a right !!!!.

facade

Strider590 wrote: »

When someone says they gone xyz years without an accident, the first thing into my head is "yeah, but how many have you left in your wake".

The old joke is

"Never had an accident. Seen hundreds mind......"

robbies_gal

loving the idiot responses about pulling out half way

happens to me alot i just love being blocked by ignorance

if you do this in a test you fail unless theres a specific part for you to sit in

anyone does this i give them a long press of my horn

OP u didnt do anything wrong youre in a different car to the audi and hes a knob

GwylimT

We have a bad junction near my flat, someone turning right edged out and blocked traffic coming from the right, as a result I sat waiting for eight minutes, as thats how long it took for a gap big enough for them to pull out to be available, even then it was fairly tight.

This happens quite regularly, my record waiting time is seventeen minutes. Unless there is a specific box to wait in, edging out is selfish and considered a dangerous fault on a driving test.

OP, you did the right thing. The other driver is very selfish, those actions could easily lead to an accident.

Norman_Castle

Strider590 wrote: »

On my way to and from Wales a few weeks back, I had a 3 hour drive ahead of me (based on speed limits), I worked out that if I got stuck behind ditherers doing 40mph, my journey would take 4hrs+. The way I see it, forcing other drivers to extend their time on the road by over an hour is very unreasonable and highly inconsiderate.
So I was literally leaping frogging past cars all the way, ensuring I didn't end up 20 cars back from some muppet with no chance at getting past. Some people got upset, some people flashed their lights or sounded their horns, but in all honesty every single overtake was worth it.

On my way from Wales to Birmingham last week I had a 2.5 hour drive ahead of me (based on speed limits). I expected some delays as it was Friday afternoon. I overtook some slower drivers and was overtaken by some faster drivers. There were no dramas between me and other drivers. The drive took just over 2.5 hours. The biggest delay was congestion close to my home. Apart from the surprising lack of congestion, I expected much worse, this was an average drive for me.

Have you ever wondered why many of your journeys seem to involve conflict of some sort? Whats the common denominator?

RichardD1970

Silver-Surfer wrote: »

There was a strider who used to post driving videos on utube.

He drove like a right !!!!.

What, you mean this bloke?

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTj-oC-2FI90HUvDgswrUhg