Just had to punch a bloke in B&Q

Overload · 9 Apr 2006 at 17:35

What car were you driving at the time of the incident?

cleanbluesky · 9 Apr 2006 at 17:36

Dublove said:
I was gonna crouch down and say something to him but I thought better of it.

"This is what happens when you **** with a stranger..."

bitboy · 9 Apr 2006 at 17:36

These pedestrian crossings are far from huge. Either you missed there intentions to cross or they literally threw themselves in front of your vehicle. From whats been posted I'm really not too sure what one occurred?

However, to side with dirtydog et al, this guy saw fit to key your car. He had to expect a reaction, regardless of who was to blame.

Curio · 9 Apr 2006 at 17:38

Hmm, I've have mixed feelings on this one. As somebody who doesn't drive I constantly get annoyed by thoughtless drivers who seem to think that once they're inside their precious metal killing machine they have complete right of way.....over everything.

However, if this went down exactly as the OP stated then I'm on his side. You can't just walk out without looking, even on a zebra crossing. The idea is that you stop, see if there's a car coming, if there is you make sure he's seen you and is stopping, then you cross.....maybe with a little nod or a wave if you're feeling generous. It's not rocket science. If you walk out in front of a moving car without looking then you deserve a blast of the horn. If you then chase after the car and damage it then you deserve a punch in cake-hole as well. As long as you didn't go to town and seriously hurt the guy I think that's acceptable. Of course this will turn into a "keyboard warrior" versus "moral crusader" issue, but really, some things in life can be sorted out on the spot....and this is one of them

Just as long as you didn't see them in plenty of time but deliberately drove aggressively to make a point of saying "me man. me have car. you don't make me wait two seconds". In that case any sympathy I have for your cause would fast disappear.

cleanbluesky · 9 Apr 2006 at 17:40

Curio said:
Hmm, I've have mixed feelings on this one. As somebody who doesn't drive I constantly get annoyed by thoughtless drivers who seem to think that once they're inside their precious metal killing machine they have complete right of way.....over everything.

May just be you mate, as soon as I learned how to drive I found it very easy to get people to stop by walking in front of them as long as they can see in advance I'm going to do it... unless they're turning into a road, that really gets them then

Curio · 9 Apr 2006 at 17:44

Six6siX said:
I didnt beep my horn but i stopped abruptly close to them and they jumped and the guy started mouthing off at me, nice language too...I just looked at him and shook my head and drove off.

I would have mouted off at you as well. That's what I'm on about. What's the big deal - could you not have waited two seconds without having to drive at them and intimidate them? Was your house on fire? Were you late for a date with Jessica Alba?

cleanbluesky · 9 Apr 2006 at 17:45

Curio said:
I would have mouted off at you as well. That's what I'm on about. What's the big deal - could you not have waited two seconds without having to drive at them and intimidate them? Was your house on fire? Were you late for a date with Jessica Alba?

It depends, the most legitimate use of the horn according to authority is to alert others to your presence...

if the diagram is correct, then beeping was a very appropriate action to inform the pedestrians of where they were and the presence of a vehicle...

Cueball · 9 Apr 2006 at 17:47

Talking about right of way... in S.America, if you're in a car you have right away.

People have been run down in S.America, even when the lights were red. The drivers there really don't stop for anyone or anything, unless it's either a) another car, or b) a bigger vehicle.

Curio · 9 Apr 2006 at 17:49

cleanbluesky said:
It depends, the most legitimate use of the horn according to authority is to alert others to your presence...

if the diagram is correct, then beeping was a very appropriate action to inform the pedestrians of where they were and the presence of a vehicle...

He said he didn't beep. Beeping would have been the correct course of action. Driving towards a family with kids and then stopping abrubtly, when you could have slowed down early and beeped, certainly was not.

cleanbluesky · 9 Apr 2006 at 17:50

Curio said:
He said he didn't beep. Beeping would have been the correct course of action. Driving towards a family with kids and then stopping abrubtly, when you could have slowed down early and beeped, certainly was not.

Sorry, thought you were takling about the Op

Dublove · 9 Apr 2006 at 17:52

Overload said:
What car were you driving at the time of the incident?

306gti6

BITBOY said:
These pedestrian crossings are far from huge. Either you missed there intentions to cross or they literally threw themselves in front of your vehicle. From whats been posted I'm really not too sure what one occurred?

Its hard to describe, my diagrams as best I can make it to scale, but I did see them before they stepped into the road. At the time I thought I'm on the crossing almost over there's no way they will walk out. Except they just carried on walking so I brake and beep at the same time. If i had kept on moving I doubt I would have seen him dissapear under my wheels more like I would have rolled over his feet.

The way i'm looking at it is you wouldn't step out of a car thats 10feet away doing 30mph & you wouldn't step out infront a car doing 5mph 2 feet away. Especialy without looking. Not to mention my car is pretty much covering all the white zebra markings.

Six6siX · 9 Apr 2006 at 17:52

Curio said:
He said he didn't beep. Beeping would have been the correct course of action. Driving towards a family with kids and then stopping abrubtly, when you could have slowed down early and beeped, certainly was not.

I didnt beep because I figured, wrongly apparently, that some people have so little common sense as to walk out into a road without looking for traffic. Yes, a road, in a carpark - no padestrian crossings, nothing.

Please tell me how to slow down early and beep in the space of 1-2 metres.

AJUK · 9 Apr 2006 at 17:53

Mohinder said:
I had a fight in B&Q once. One of the staff came up to me and asked if I wanted decking, so I got the first punch in and legged it.

Mwuhahahahahahahaha!

This thgread gets five stars from me just for that comment, superb.

Dublove, I would have done the same thing. The bloke may have been angry because you beeped your horn (which he clearly deserved) but there is no need for him to inflict criminal damage on your motor. A punching is the only response in that situation, fair play to you.

willd58 · 9 Apr 2006 at 17:53

Ha, i love all the people in here saying that the OP's a brute and a tool. Come on, if we were all in a club and i punched your sister/wife/daughter would you stand there and call the police, cry a little, and be a let everyone walk all over you or would you act?

Ok, different circumstances, but the OP can either go on with a keyed car and the shame of letting someone do that to him, or sort the guy out. Me personally, if id have had the guy on the ground, i dont think id have stopped.

ironman · 9 Apr 2006 at 17:54

OMG will half the people in this thread listen to themselves, the guy who scratched the car deserved to have his face re-arranged, I wish there were more people like the OP, then maybe there would be less cocky ***** about.

As for two wrongs don't make a right, who says punching the guy in the face is wrong? When it's not deserved maybe so, but otherwise it couldn't be anymore right.

Good on you mate, I would have done the same thing and scratching his car would have been icing on the cake. I'm proud of you and my old man would be too, he has always taught me not to take any crap off anyone and he has 'lived' with some of the most dangerous people in Britain so I tend to take note of what he says

willd58 · 9 Apr 2006 at 17:56

gurdas said:
OMG will half the people in this thread listen to themselves, the guy who scratched the car deserved to have his face re-arranged, I wish there were more people like the OP, then maybe there would be less cocky ***** about.

Its a shame, but as this thread shows, theres some right cowards/pushovers about. No wonder so called chavs walk around and cause trouble asif they own the place, theres no one about to stand up to them.

Foghorn Leghorn · 9 Apr 2006 at 17:56

cleanbluesky said:
It depends, the most legitimate use of the horn according to authority is to alert others to your presence...

if the diagram is correct, then beeping was a very appropriate action to inform the pedestrians of where they were and the presence of a vehicle...

Spot on, the car horn is supposed to be used for alerting others to your presence. Unfortunately the more stupid members of society seem to thing it is the car language equivalent of "oi!! get your fat family off my road, **** head!!". This is then when problems escalate.

Fog

FincH · 9 Apr 2006 at 17:59

Hmms.

I don't really agree with violence, but he did damage your car which was out of order.

I'd probably have had words rather than used my fists to communicate.

nomad · 9 Apr 2006 at 18:01

if the car was already on the crossing, and started crossing it with no pedestrians waiting then the car has the right of way. If the OP was already driving over it and these people then started using it they they were in the wrong, end of.

I used to have a foul temper and really dont anymore, but I would not stand for someone keying my car, anyone who would is a damn coward imho.

jimbobaggies · 9 Apr 2006 at 18:06

gurdas said:
...who says punching the guy in the face is wrong?

The law...