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From: John on 9 May 2010 12:45 A bloke stopped his car to wave someone out of a filling station - in doing so, he blocked the path of a car that was turning out of the other side of the road to tuck in behind him - which blocked my path travelling in the opposite direction (on a clear road). He had stopped about 30 feet short of the car that he wanted to allow out of the filling station and became abusive when I beckoned for him to pull forward a bit. Why don't these good natured drivers use their rear view mirrors before changing the priorities of the road? Similar things happen regularly near a busy traffic light controlled junction. Someone near the front of the platoon of cars let though by the traffic lights will decide to stop to let someone out of a side turning (traffic light avoidance rat-run) - leading to cars being caught in the junction when the lights change. Again - a bit of sense and use of the mirror might lead to them deferring their good deed.
From: Mr. Benn on 9 May 2010 13:06 "John" <Who90nospam(a)ntlworld.com> wrote in message news:2FBFn.13490$rS7.214(a)newsfe05.ams2... >A bloke stopped his car to wave someone out of a filling station - in doing >so, he blocked the path of a car that was turning out of the other side of >the road to tuck in behind him - which blocked my path travelling in the >opposite direction (on a clear road). He had stopped about 30 feet short of >the car that he wanted to allow out of the filling station and became >abusive when I beckoned for him to pull forward a bit. > > Why don't these good natured drivers use their rear view mirrors before > changing the priorities of the road? > > Similar things happen regularly near a busy traffic light controlled > junction. Someone near the front of the platoon of cars let though by the > traffic lights will decide to stop to let someone out of a side turning > (traffic light avoidance rat-run) - leading to cars being caught in the > junction when the lights change. Again - a bit of sense and use of the > mirror might lead to them deferring their good deed. I had some woman driving in front of me at about 30mph perform (almost) an emergency stop to let someone else out of a side road, not realising that several cars behind her had to brake rather sharply. Again, rear view mirror not used I assume.
From: FrengaX on 9 May 2010 13:33 On May 9, 5:45 pm, "John" <Who90nos...(a)ntlworld.com> wrote: > A bloke stopped his car to wave someone out of a filling station - in doing > so, he blocked the path of a car that was turning out of the other side of > the road to tuck in behind him - which blocked my path travelling in the > opposite direction (on a clear road). He had stopped about 30 feet short of > the car that he wanted to allow out of the filling station and became > abusive when I beckoned for him to pull forward a bit. > > Why don't these good natured drivers use their rear view mirrors before > changing the priorities of the road? > > Similar things happen regularly near a busy traffic light controlled > junction. Someone near the front of the platoon of cars let though by the > traffic lights will decide to stop to let someone out of a side turning > (traffic light avoidance rat-run) - leading to cars being caught in the > junction when the lights change. Again - a bit of sense and use of the > mirror might lead to them deferring their good deed. People don't use their mirrors. I've lost count of the times that the car in front of me will slow right down from a reasonable speed to allow someone out when, if only they'd looked, they'd have seen an empty road behind (apart from one car - me). Why inconvenience themselves and me when there's absolutely no need?
From: Halmyre on 9 May 2010 14:06 In article <9fc54e77-bce8-4493-a9a4-dd1faf7a7244(a)d39g2000yqa.googlegroups.com>, hnkjqrh02 @sneakemail.com says... > On May 9, 5:45 pm, "John" <Who90nos...(a)ntlworld.com> wrote: > > A bloke stopped his car to wave someone out of a filling station - in doing > > so, he blocked the path of a car that was turning out of the other side of > > the road to tuck in behind him - which blocked my path travelling in the > > opposite direction (on a clear road). He had stopped about 30 feet short of > > the car that he wanted to allow out of the filling station and became > > abusive when I beckoned for him to pull forward a bit. > > > > Why don't these good natured drivers use their rear view mirrors before > > changing the priorities of the road? > > > > Similar things happen regularly near a busy traffic light controlled > > junction. Someone near the front of the platoon of cars let though by the > > traffic lights will decide to stop to let someone out of a side turning > > (traffic light avoidance rat-run) - leading to cars being caught in the > > junction when the lights change. Again - a bit of sense and use of the > > mirror might lead to them deferring their good deed. > > People don't use their mirrors. I've lost count of the times that the > car in front of me will slow right down from a reasonable speed to > allow someone out when, if only they'd looked, they'd have seen an > empty road behind (apart from one car - me). Why inconvenience > themselves and me when there's absolutely no need? > A variation on that is that the car in front is slowing down to turn right, and actually stops to let somebody else turn right from the side street. -- Halmyre This is the most powerful sigfile in the world and will probably blow your head clean off.
From: ChelseaTractorMan on 10 May 2010 04:29
On Sun, 9 May 2010 10:33:21 -0700 (PDT), FrengaX <hnkjqrh02(a)sneakemail.com> wrote: > Why inconvenience >themselves and me when there's absolutely no need? It produces a calm polite atmosphere on the roads, lets have more "unnecessary" courtesy. -- Mike. .. . Gone beyond the ultimate driving machine. |