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From: MrBitsy on 2 May 2010 13:25 On 01/05/2010 20:15, Brimstone wrote: >>> You say he chose to be a fuckwit. What should he have done? >>> >> Drive safely. >> > Another "suggestion" without any useful advice. > > Was he stopped in the zig-zags before or after the pedestrian > crossing? If after, what is unsafe about that? Stopping on the zig-zags, before or after the crossing, creates a hazard that may take an approaching drivers attention away from the crossing. -- MrBitsy
From: JNugent on 2 May 2010 13:26 MrBitsy wrote: > On 28/04/2010 15:54, JNugent wrote: [in response to:] >>>>> Given that there may be a good reason for him *reversing* into the >>>>> driveway (eg so he doesn't have to reverse out into busy traffic) I >>>>> wonder what he should have done differently? Not tried to park in >>>>> his driveway at a time when there was heavy traffic which prevented >>>>> him completing the manoeuvre without having to wait? >>>> Where should he have parked the car, then? >>>> I agree that he could have driven in forwards. >>> Waited before the zigzags and then move forward. By waiting on the >>> zigzags, he was creating a danger to other road users. >> You're in pole position for Answering A Different Question From The >> One Asked. > Eh? You don't even understand that I asked a question and you answered a completely different one?
From: Brimstone on 2 May 2010 13:40 "MrBitsy" <ray.keattch(a)infinity.com> wrote in message news:6LmdnZUay8s6KEDWnZ2dnUVZ8qFi4p2d(a)giganews.com... > On 01/05/2010 20:15, Brimstone wrote: >>>> You say he chose to be a fuckwit. What should he have done? >>>> >>> Drive safely. >>> >> Another "suggestion" without any useful advice. >> >> Was he stopped in the zig-zags before or after the pedestrian crossing? >> If after, what is unsafe about that? > > Stopping on the zig-zags, before or after the crossing, creates a hazard > that may take an approaching drivers attention away from the crossing. > As would obstructing the free flow of traffic whilst he reverses in to his driveway.
From: MrBitsy on 2 May 2010 17:54 On 02/05/2010 18:26, JNugent wrote: > MrBitsy wrote: > >> On 28/04/2010 15:54, JNugent wrote: > > [in response to:] >>>>>> Given that there may be a good reason for him *reversing* into >>>>>> the driveway (eg so he doesn't have to reverse out into busy >>>>>> traffic) I wonder what he should have done differently? Not tried >>>>>> to park in his driveway at a time when there was heavy traffic >>>>>> which prevented him completing the manoeuvre without having to wait? > >>>>> Where should he have parked the car, then? >>>>> I agree that he could have driven in forwards. > >>>> Waited before the zigzags and then move forward. By waiting on the >>>> zigzags, he was creating a danger to other road users. > >>> You're in pole position for Answering A Different Question From The >>> One Asked. > >> Eh? > > You don't even understand that I asked a question and you answered a > completely different one? Clearly he doesn't have to park elsewhere, so he just needs to park safely into his own driveway. -- MrBitsy
From: JNugent on 2 May 2010 18:18
MrBitsy wrote: > On 02/05/2010 18:26, JNugent wrote: >> MrBitsy wrote: >> >>> On 28/04/2010 15:54, JNugent wrote: >> >> [in response to:] >>>>>>> Given that there may be a good reason for him *reversing* into >>>>>>> the driveway (eg so he doesn't have to reverse out into busy >>>>>>> traffic) I wonder what he should have done differently? Not tried >>>>>>> to park in his driveway at a time when there was heavy traffic >>>>>>> which prevented him completing the manoeuvre without having to wait? >> >>>>>> Where should he have parked the car, then? >>>>>> I agree that he could have driven in forwards. >> >>>>> Waited before the zigzags and then move forward. By waiting on the >>>>> zigzags, he was creating a danger to other road users. >> >>>> You're in pole position for Answering A Different Question From The >>>> One Asked. >> >>> Eh? >> >> You don't even understand that I asked a question and you answered a >> completely different one? > > Clearly he doesn't have to park elsewhere, so he just needs to park > safely into his own driveway. So you actually agree with my implied statement that he should NOT have to park elsewhere, no matter what time of day it is, and my observation that he could drive in forwards (irrespective of the "no reversing out of a drive" wisecracks one usually gets in this sort of discussion)? |