Why are some people so rude!!

Over Clocker

Over Clocker

Over Clocker

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Was just driving home from work, turning left at a left filter light, where the light from the opposite side was red. All of a sudden as I was already turning left, an old man on a cycle from the opposite directions turns right RIGHT INFRONT of my car!! I did an emergency stop and he went accross the front of my car with inches to spare!! I beeped as I stopped.

Anyway, I was in a good mode and I thought seeing he was an old man (looked about 70 or more), i'll be nice and just drive on.

But then, as i pass him, slowly and wide, he tells me to "**** off with your beeping you ****"

I was stunned, absolute disgrace, felt like swerving left and knocking him over!!!

Mal
 
A cyclist recently cut me up on a roundabout then had the nerve to give me a telling off when I honked my horn at him. Probably didn't help that I was driving a Corsa and wearing a cap, but I told him to learn how to signal and drove off.
 
Moral of the story, always have a crook lock next to you, ready to lean out and clip 'em round the ear hole.

I feel your pain, just the other day, driving into my local Asda, was a middle aged man leaving said car park , but driving head on towards me. He stop and nonchantly shrugs his shoulders and gives me the international hand gesture of go away quickly

Me being me screamed at him "IN THIS COUNTRY WE DRIVE ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE OF THE ROAD IF YOU DON'T WANT TO BE BLUGEDNEONED WITH MY SHOE MOVE YOUR [insert expletive here] .

He promptly did. :confused:
 
it REALLY gets on my nerves when this kind of thing happens. Twice in the last couple of weeks cars coming onto roundabouts have failed to give way to their right to me (also in a car). I then beep my horn and they give a load off!
Fair enough, we all make mistakes and all I expect is an apologetic look as if to say 'sorry mate, made a mistake' but no I get called a ****** for breaking and not smashing my car into the passenger side of theirs! :rolleyes: :confused:
 
Mr Nice said:
Moral of the story, always have a crook lock next to you, ready to lean out and clip 'em round the ear hole.
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I find a keyboard works better.
 
I've often wondered, people in the UK seem to use their horns a lot. To vent their frustration and even just to say hello.

Why not stick to using the horn for a reason, i.e. to let the idiots know they are about to hit you and that you are there. Which is there intended purpose.

I don't see the point in beeping afterwards and creating a situation.
 
I beeped my horn to aware the other drivers of my presence - that's what the highway code states its for iirc.
 
I don't like the acts of driving vengence. Alright so you make a mistake and they have to brake or swerve or somthing, BEEEEP. Ooops oh alright sorry; but then to tailgate you shaking their fists with their beams on, it makes you want to brake very hard and claim off their insurance just to spite them...
 
Some people just shouldn't be on the road, last week I was going straight on at a round about, yet someone decided that just as I got onto the roundabout, he would make a go for it, and I had to slow down in order to let him through and avoid a collision.
Nothing shocking there, but what happened next - he stops (on the roundabout) and just sits there looking at me for about 10 seconds, he looked like he didn't know what to do, and then drives off :confused:
 
thebrasso said:
I've often wondered, people in the UK seem to use their horns a lot. To vent their frustration and even just to say hello.

Why not stick to using the horn for a reason, i.e. to let the idiots know they are about to hit you and that you are there. Which is there intended purpose.

I don't see the point in beeping afterwards and creating a situation.
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Take it you've not driven in many countries then :D In many places people do litterally beep their horn every 20 seconds!!

Anyway, I beeped my horn to wake him up so that he didn't ride his cycle into the front of my car........
 
AS bad as the stupid bint that carved me up yesterday

coming down the A8000 towards the roundabout, roadworks going on big sign saying use BOTH lanes merge ahead so theres me pootling down the empty outside lane at a nice 30 mph passing a mile of stationary traffic on the inside lane, get half way down when this stupid mare in a galaxy swerves out and nearly clips us, needless to say i was not amused, and proceeded to throw a benny at her,

the sign says use BOTH lanes what part of this do all these morons in a mile long tailback not understand? and as for the bint in the galaxy she can think herself lucky i had the kids with me or i would have smacked her one.

just because she's too stupid to understand rules of the road and is ****** that i didnt wait for 40 minutes in a tailback

pfft

rant over :)
 
Over Clocker said:
Take it you've not driven in many countries then :D In many places people do litterally beep their horn every 20 seconds!!

Anyway, I beeped my horn to wake him up so that he didn't ride his cycle into the front of my car........
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Try driving in India..... was there for 2 weeks came back and my hand was stuck to the horn button....
 
Over Clocker said:
Take it you've not driven in many countries then :D In many places people do litterally beep their horn every 20 seconds!!

Anyway, I beeped my horn to wake him up so that he didn't ride his cycle into the front of my car........
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Nope, I've only driven in the UK.

I just don't see the point in beeping the horn as a reprimand after something has happened.
 
thebrasso said:
Nope, I've only driven in the UK.

I just don't see the point in beeping the horn as a reprimand after something has happened.
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I used it to warn him, therefore averting him riding into my car and him getting injured and needing hip replacement ;)
 
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