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Apr 22, 2024 17:25:28 GMT
Post by onlyMark on Apr 22, 2024 17:25:28 GMT
I was involved in a road rage incident in the UK when I was there for the canal trip. It's just come back to mind.
In the UK and it's not country specific I think, but if there are two lanes entering a roundabout and two lanes exiting it, you can, if say going straight on, enter in the left lane or the right lane and exit the roundabout in the same lane (or if you are in the right lane, exit in the left lane if there is no traffic to consider on your inside).
I was in the left lane and kept to the left lane and exited straight on. But within 50 metres or so the right lane ended and had arrows pointing to the left to move over to the left lane.
As I exited a young bloke in a Range Rover drove quickly around me in the right lane and started to overtake me but ran out of room when the lane ended. He then swerved in front of me. I had to brake sharply otherwise he would have hit me side on. I naturally expressed my displeasure by sounding my horn. He stopped suddenly and was by now in neither lane, just angled across both.
I came to a stop and he jumped out his car as angry as an angry thing.
He expressed his displeasure at me apparently for not letting him in as I should have done. Besides the fact I had no time to do so he also shouted and was swearing at me saying he had a pregnant woman in the car.
I told him a) he should look in the Highway Code and b) maybe he shouldn't be driving like a twat then if she was there.
He was adamant he had the priority to move from the right lane to the left and I had to give way to him. Every other word was fuck though.
I told him again to look in the Highway Code and you'll find out you are wrong. (There are words to the effect of, "The car in the lane that is ending must yield to the car in the lane that continues forward".) No, he said, he was right. I must give way to him.
It devolved into tit for tat as to who was right and I suggested maybe we should call the Police then.
He was quite willing until I pointed out I would show them the dash cam footage, directed his attention to it on the windscreen, and we'll see what they say.
After a round of fucks I got the impression he wasn't willing to do so any more, so I reversed a back a little and drove around and past him leaving him there.
I wouldn't be surprised if his wife/girlfriend gave him an earful. I would like to know though if he ever looked at the Highway Code to try and verify his belief but I also suspect he would have told his mates all about it and one of them said, "Just wait a second...."
I'd like to think so.
In the UK and it's not country specific I think, but if there are two lanes entering a roundabout and two lanes exiting it, you can, if say going straight on, enter in the left lane or the right lane and exit the roundabout in the same lane (or if you are in the right lane, exit in the left lane if there is no traffic to consider on your inside).
I was in the left lane and kept to the left lane and exited straight on. But within 50 metres or so the right lane ended and had arrows pointing to the left to move over to the left lane.
As I exited a young bloke in a Range Rover drove quickly around me in the right lane and started to overtake me but ran out of room when the lane ended. He then swerved in front of me. I had to brake sharply otherwise he would have hit me side on. I naturally expressed my displeasure by sounding my horn. He stopped suddenly and was by now in neither lane, just angled across both.
I came to a stop and he jumped out his car as angry as an angry thing.
He expressed his displeasure at me apparently for not letting him in as I should have done. Besides the fact I had no time to do so he also shouted and was swearing at me saying he had a pregnant woman in the car.
I told him a) he should look in the Highway Code and b) maybe he shouldn't be driving like a twat then if she was there.
He was adamant he had the priority to move from the right lane to the left and I had to give way to him. Every other word was fuck though.
I told him again to look in the Highway Code and you'll find out you are wrong. (There are words to the effect of, "The car in the lane that is ending must yield to the car in the lane that continues forward".) No, he said, he was right. I must give way to him.
It devolved into tit for tat as to who was right and I suggested maybe we should call the Police then.
He was quite willing until I pointed out I would show them the dash cam footage, directed his attention to it on the windscreen, and we'll see what they say.
After a round of fucks I got the impression he wasn't willing to do so any more, so I reversed a back a little and drove around and past him leaving him there.
I wouldn't be surprised if his wife/girlfriend gave him an earful. I would like to know though if he ever looked at the Highway Code to try and verify his belief but I also suspect he would have told his mates all about it and one of them said, "Just wait a second...."
I'd like to think so.