Incredible, contains some bad language

Lots of this vids on line similar, seems a majority of German car drivers, Must be high on the extra emissions .....
 
Par for the course these days.
 
Who had right of way? If the silly old sod can't reverse, then there should be doubts that he should be behind the wheel of a car on the road anyway.
 
nilagin said:
Who had right of way? If the silly old sod can't reverse, then there should be doubts that he should be behind the wheel of a car on the road anyway.
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Have to agree with that, if he couldn't reverse, down what looked to be a straight road, then he really shouldn't have been driving but god knows what the woman was thinking? Would be interesting to know who did have right of way but it really doesn't excuse her behaviour.
 
jakeblu said:
Have to agree with that, if he couldn't reverse, down what looked to be a straight road, then he really shouldn't have been driving but god knows what the woman was thinking? Would be interesting to know who did have right of way but it really doesn't excuse her behaviour.
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Fro what I can tell, she had right of way but she could've just reversed back and saved everyone else a lot of time.
 
Shear madness and insane.
 
fabs said:
Fro what I can tell, she had right of way but she could've just reversed back and saved everyone else a lot of time.
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But she shouldn't have to if she had right of way. I had a similar situation several years ago, a bus driver decided to overtake parked cars even though he could see well in advance I was travelling towards him with right of way. He just stopped got out of his seat claiming he wasn't allowed to reverse unaided. I was already right in the kerb, I very nearly switched off the engine and lock the car with the intention of just leaving the car there. He was a right smarmy git too. I twas only because he developed a queue of cars behind him and no one was behind me that I eventually moved. We were there a good 10 minutes or more though.
 
nilagin said:
But she shouldn't have to if she had right of way. I had a similar situation several years ago, a bus driver decided to overtake parked cars even though he could see well in advance I was travelling towards him with right of way. He just stopped got out of his seat claiming he wasn't allowed to reverse unaided. I was already right in the kerb, I very nearly switched off the engine and lock the car with the intention of just leaving the car there. He was a right smarmy git too. I twas only because he developed a queue of cars behind him and no one was behind me that I eventually moved. We were there a good 10 minutes or more though.
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Cant see the point in that to be honest, yeah it can p!$$ you off and be annoying but why give yourself the grief, just reverse back and let him through. It was the same with the woman, ok she might have had right of way but look at the inconvenience they've caused everyone else, for what? To prove a point? Just back up and go about your business, life is far to short to waste minutes over such a trivial matter.
 
jakeblu said:
Cant see the point in that to be honest, yeah it can p!$$ you off and be annoying but why give yourself the grief, just reverse back and let him through. It was the same with the woman, ok she might have had right of way but look at the inconvenience they've caused everyone else, for what? To prove a point? Just back up and go about your business, life is far to short to waste minutes over such a trivial matter.
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But there are two who can back up, she shouldn't have to and effectively had a queue of cars behind her. If she did in fact have right of way, he should have backed up and if he is incapable of reversing, he doesn't fulfill the requirements to hold a license and shouldn't be driving anyway.
 
nilagin said:
But she shouldn't have to if she had right of way. I had a similar situation several years ago, a bus driver decided to overtake parked cars even though he could see well in advance I was travelling towards him with right of way. He just stopped got out of his seat claiming he wasn't allowed to reverse unaided. I was already right in the kerb, I very nearly switched off the engine and lock the car with the intention of just leaving the car there. He was a right smarmy git too. I twas only because he developed a queue of cars behind him and no one was behind me that I eventually moved. We were there a good 10 minutes or more though.
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As @jakeblu says, why not just reverse if you are able to? Yes, he was in the wrong but to just sit there when you don't have to is being bloody minded at best. Yes, you had right of way but so what? It wasn't going to change anything and would just end up p***ing a lot of other people off unnecessarily. To quote the old saying, be the better man.
 
Cobra said:
We must be about due for the priority over on coming vehicles v the right of way argument
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TBH, I've never understood the point of that argument. Everyone knows what you mean when you use either term and anyone who doesn't understand one probably probably won't understand the other anyway.
 
fabs said:
Everyone knows what you mean when you use either term
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But as you know there is a difference and I bet some Lawyers make a lot of money, and some insurance companies save a lot of money over it when there is a collision ;)
 
fabs said:
As @jakeblu says, why not just reverse if you are able to? Yes, he was in the wrong but to just sit there when you don't have to is being bloody minded at best. Yes, you had right of way but so what? It wasn't going to change anything and would just end up p***ing a lot of other people off unnecessarily. To quote the old saying, be the better man.
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When you get into a situation like that yourself rational thought goes out the window. Those p'd off people had no right to be having a go at the woman as if she was in the wrong. All it does is make matters worse and you become even more obstinate. I've noticed there seems to be an abundance of silly old farts who are incapable of driving properly now and they all seem to be driving big old silver Mercs.
 
nilagin said:
When you get into a situation like that yourself rational thought goes out the window
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I have been in a similar situation a few times and yes, at first, I was shouting that I had right of way/priority but I've still backed down when I realised the other person wasn't going to. To let it get to 40 minutes is just ridiculous

nilagin said:
Those p'd off people had no right to be having a go at the woman as if she was in the wrong
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I agree although, from what I can tell, the other driver was rather unresponsive so they may well have been trying to get her to be the better "man".
 
Maybe they should design an auto reverse system similar to the auto park system they already have. Looks like a good optional extra for so people.
 
fabs said:
I have been in a similar situation a few times and yes, at first, I was shouting that I had right of way/priority but I've still backed down when I realised the other person wasn't going to. To let it get to 40 minutes is just ridiculous



I agree although, from what I can tell, the other driver was rather unresponsive so they may well have been trying to get her to be the better "man".
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Stop using up all Steve's quotation marks. :naughty:
 
We've got an almost identical set up on the entrance into our village - and you'd be amazed how many times I see exactly that situation develop.
The biggest problem with ours is the vehicles that have priority approach the tunnel from around a bend, so quite often a car has already started to enter the tunnel from the opposite direction before you become visible to them - and of course you get the arses who don't want to wait and just shove their way through.

jakeblu said:
Cant see the point in that to be honest, yeah it can p!$$ you off and be annoying but why give yourself the grief, just reverse back and let him through. It was the same with the woman, ok she might have had right of way but look at the inconvenience they've caused everyone else, for what? To prove a point? Just back up and go about your business, life is far to short to waste minutes over such a trivial matter.
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Exactly this.
Frankly, whenever I find myself in that position I'd prefer to spend 5 seconds backing up, even if I'm in the right, instead of 20 minutes arguing.
I've got far better things to do with my time TBH.

neil_g said:
both as bad as each other.

why she was getting more grief from the rubberneckers i do not know.
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Yep. Both as bad as one another - although I think the reason she was getting more grief was that whether she was in the right or not, she had the capacity to resolve the issue with just a few seconds of her time whereas the old guy clearly wasn't capable of doing anything about it without assistance.
 
Unbelieveable :rolleyes: Why didn't someone just back up the man's car if he was unable to do so!

Personally, I think she should have stopped being a prat and took the 5 seconds to reverse and not cause so many people so much grief.
 
johnnypanic said:
Unbelieveable :rolleyes: Why didn't someone just back up the man's car if he was unable to do so!

Personally, I think she should have stopped being a prat and took the 5 seconds to reverse and not cause so many people so much grief.
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She didn't cause anyone any grief. That was all down to the old fart.
 
johnnypanic said:
Unbelieveable :rolleyes: Why didn't someone just back up the man's car if he was unable to do so!
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To be honest from what I could see the old guy looked like a rabbit caught in the headlights. I think it was 30 mins before he would even wind down his window!
 
nilagin said:
She didn't cause anyone any grief. That was all down to the old fart.
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Of course she did. o_O Regardless, if she was in the right or wrong, if she had have taken 5 seconds to move her car, all those people would not have been stuck in an unnecessary traffic jam.
 
nilagin said:
She didn't cause anyone any grief. That was all down to the old fart.
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Can't quite agree with that.

The old guy was in the wrong. The situation shouldn't have happened in the first place and if it did he should have been the one to back up.
And from what we see in that clip, he quite possibly shouldn't be driving.
Regardless of all that, it happened and he was clearly incapable of rectifying it.
She had it completely within her power to resolve the issue and let all those people get on with their journey - the only thing stopping her was sheer stubbornness.
 
SarahLee said:
The biggest problem with ours is the vehicles that have priority approach the tunnel from around a bend, so quite often a car has already started to enter the tunnel from the opposite direction before you become visible to them -
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We have a similar situation here, not caused by a tunnel but people parking end to end, in the road, so there is no gap to dive into to avoid on coming tragic, as its a slow right hander with hedges on the right hand side,
as you approach a major-ish road your view is restricted somewhat, but the people coming off the road, its a left hand bend, with the parked cars on their off side, and they have a much better view.
But they will still insist in proceeding to face of on coming traffic as its their "priority". Even though going the other way, you are "committed" and have no where to go.
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ive seen some great fights in our street were traffic has come head to head like this with neither side backing down...the council went and spoilt it a couple of years ago by making it a one way system...people still occasionally go up it the wrong way and cause problems...but thats a whole new thread
 
johnnypanic said:
Of course she did. o_O Regardless, if she was in the right or wrong, if she had have taken 5 seconds to move her car, all those people would not have been stuck in an unnecessary traffic jam.
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SarahLee said:
Can't quite agree with that.

The old guy was in the wrong. The situation shouldn't have happened in the first place and if it did he should have been the one to back up.
And from what we see in that clip, he quite possibly shouldn't be driving.
Regardless of all that, it happened and he was clearly incapable of rectifying it.
She had it completely within her power to resolve the issue and let all those people get on with their journey - the only thing stopping her was sheer stubbornness.
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No that just makes the pair of you as bad as the people in the video making out that she is in the wrong for being right. They could just as easily have got in their cars turned around and gone another way, but they just decided to vent their frustrations on the wrong person. They probably only picked on her as she was a woman and blonde. By the looks of it the silly old fart couldn't tell the difference from 1st and reverse anyway.
 
Well, mercedes is Spanish for "mercies". Perhaps we should make allowances for them. :D
 
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nilagin said:
No that just makes the pair of you as bad as the people in the video making out that she is in the wrong for being right. They could just as easily have got in their cars turned around and gone another way, but they just decided to vent their frustrations on the wrong person. They probably only picked on her as she was a woman and blonde. By the looks of it the silly old fart couldn't tell the difference from 1st and reverse anyway.
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Hey, don't hold back on my account, you just say what you mean :p

Unfortunately, my world just isn't that black and white. She may not have been at fault at the start of the incident, but her decision to do nothing to resolve it IMO makes her just as responsible for how the situation developed as he was.
And no, it has nothing at all to do with her being blonde or female :lol:

I simply can't comprehend how stubbornly proving a point over something that insignificant is more important than inconveniencing myself and dozens of other people for 40 minutes or more.
The old guy may have been the one to move in the end, but seems like a pretty hollow victory to me.
 
Neither of them can drive if they couldn't get past each other in the tunnel, plenty of space :rolleyes:
 
SarahLee said:
Hey, don't hold back on my account, you just say what you mean :p

Unfortunately, my world just isn't that black and white. She may not have been at fault at the start of the incident, but her decision to do nothing to resolve it IMO makes her just as responsible for how the situation developed as he was.
And no, it has nothing at all to do with her being blonde or female :LOL:

I simply can't comprehend how stubbornly proving a point over something that insignificant is more important than inconveniencing myself and dozens of other people for 40 minutes or more.
The old guy may have been the one to move in the end, but seems like a pretty hollow victory to me.
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Like I said, she didn't inconvenience anyone. As for the soppy blonde tart moaning about her teenage kids having to walk home from school, well she just needs a slap.;)
 
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