Rules of the road

Aylesbury_Duck

n217970 wrote: »

Once upon a time, after a minute or so of waiting at a T junction to turn left into standing/crawling traffic I made the decision to "force" my way in. A Landrover Defender was so determined that I was not to get in they actually drove straight into the back of the car in front of them. Hilarious (for me at least).

With a name like that, they felt obliged to.

SuzieSue

Aylesbury_Duck wrote: »

with the risk of weeks or even months of hassle and expense.

Make that years when you take account of your increased premiums.

mark1959

What colour was the van?

aggi

judging by driving probably this

Samsung_Note2

As a man with a mean stare once said ""Do you feel lucky punk"".

You might have felt justified in giving van man a beep of your horn...Van man might have felt justified slamming into you and stabbing you to death.

Yes its unlikely but scary thing is,it does happen...or you have someone pull up behind you when arriving home.

Road rage can come out of now where,so maybe in future be the bigger man and flash him him and give hima friendly wave.

Deastons

aggi wrote: »

!!!8217;can!!!8217;t beat them, join them!!!8217;

I'm surprised you remember all that!

I sometimes drive a car and sometimes a van, and I would argue I drive the same in both.

I'm amazed in the difference in other people's driving around me. I'm overtaken much more when in the van, and people are quick to pull out in front of me. I guess the perception is that vans are slower and van drivers don't deserve being polite to.

The OP should have just let the driver in. Even the phrase "starts to veer into my lane" suggests the OP sees the road ahead as theirs, and they'll decide whether or not someone else is allowed to use it.

NBLondon

Deastons wrote: »

the phrase "starts to veer into my lane" suggests the OP sees the road ahead as theirs,

or possibly it's just a short-hand phrase for "the lane I am currently travelling in". What we can't tell without being there is whether there was a suitable gap for the van to move into or not and hence whether the OP was being impeded. There seem to be plenty of people (in all forms of transport) who have forgotten what Mirror, Signal, Manoeuvre actually means and assume that all three can take place simultaneously and that the blinking light means "I am going there NOW so watch out" rather than "I intend to move/turn to the left/right".

As for perception of vans... You're probably right - many people just see a box that is blocking their way/view and want to get away from it. Plus stereotyping... a minority of van drivers behave like anal sphincters so others assume the majority will do the same.

waamo

This sounds like a typical road rage incident.

IamNotAllowedToUseMyName

The other thing car drivers need to remember is that like lorries, vans are a nightmare to see backwards out of, van drivers do need to rely on cooperation at times.

Car_54

NBLondon wrote: »

There seem to be plenty of people (in all forms of transport) who have forgotten what Mirror, Signal, Manoeuvre actually means

Including yourself, it seems. It's MirrorS, plural.