A car, a pedestrian, and a really big puddle.

Archeron

Walking home last night, I got caught in a bit of a rainstorm. Got soaked to my skin, and was about half a mile from home. I hadnt noticed the big long deep puddle on the road beside me, and when I did become aware of it, it was a little too late. Somebody driving by had manouvred into it in such a way as to send a nice big mucky tidal wave straight over me.

As I stood at the side of the road waving my fist in a comical Mr McGoo kind of way, (and laughing at myself as well because as I stood there waving angrily, someone else drove through it and soaked me again) I thought, what kind of person drives through a puddle, just to soak a stranger? I'm fairly sure it was deliberate as the car was about 2 inches from the path when it splashed, and its a wide road, so driving that close to the edge is not nessecary. In fairness, it didnt really bother me too much as all it did was make me wetter, and a little bit muckier.

So, if you're driving along and you see somone perfectly in range beside a nice big mucky road lake. Do you make a conscious effort NOT to soak them, or do you just do a nice loud MWAHAHAHA and coat them in a nice wet mucky/oily layer? Does it depend on the circumstances?

To date, I've always made an effort to avoid soaking innocent pedestrians, but now I feel I'm due some vengeance...mwahahahaha.

MarkR

Well, you certainly brightened two strangers day! Bad form though. Funny though, cause it wasn't me.

As you said you were already soaked to the skin, so you couldn't have gotten any wetter. Maybe a little more dirty, with a little dog poop in your hair, but whats a little dog poo between friends?

digitally-yours

well some one should be very ashamed of themselves.

as you said it was deliberate.I believe if it wasent deliberate he should have stopped and appologised to you but doing not so makes it suspecious.

I avoided one time this senario by using umbrella and got away with it.

But makes me think why some one would do it ? unless you are a waster and have no life

I wouldnt make anyone unhappy coz i aint happy !

miamee

Oh that was nasty!! I'd always be very careful to avoid any puddles that were likely to soak someone

humanji

Happened to me a while ago, but I had the last laugh as the guy who diliberately splashed me was looking back at me laughing and ploughed into a tree. He wasn't going fast enough to do any major damage, but I did enjoy sauntering past him and smiling

Saruman

As far as i know this is illegal and if you got their reg numbers they could be done for it!! I cant be certain but im pretty sure thats the case!! Of course the chances of the gardai actually bothering is another matter.

wba88

Yeah i heard it was illegal aswell. I avoid puddles mainly coz its bad for the car (a big pothole could be hidden underneath -then ur ****ed!).

me and the biz

Saruman wrote:

As far as i know this is illegal and if you got their reg numbers they could be done for it!! I cant be certain but im pretty sure thats the case!! Of course the chances of the gardai actually bothering is another matter.

haha its illegal?


This happened to me once. Was not a happy camper cos he got me real good, as in I was completely soaked from head to toe. Wasn't nice having to sit on a bus for 45mins home and then walk home in that state.

Steyr

Thats true if you get their reg number and report them they can be done for it.

Fast_Mover

Ya, i'v heard it was illegal aswell!

Has happened to me before on my way to college..grrrr!!
Was in college for 5hours n'all before i could go home!

Femelade

i did it once and didnt realise until i was told after..i drive for a company and there are usually a few of us in a row at a time... one day when we got to our destination , one of the girls who was driving behind me told me i had completely soaked this poor girl from head to toe...apparntly she just started laughing and my friend from the jeep behind me just gave her a sympathetic smile and a shoulder shrug....oopsie!

admiralofthefleet

last year some bastard in a truck drenched me when i was out walking at nite, so a while later i was driving through bakers corner and spotted two lovely power walkers and drowned them with a direct hit, the looks on their faces, thats it though i wont do it again

mikemac

Just once when I was a barman in college.
We did a graduation dance for the local secondary school so as per procedure, I could not sell any spirits and had to ask everyone for ID.
I took abuse all night but I was expecting that.

On my way home I passed a group of people leaving in their tuxedos and gowns and splashed them.

Not proud of it now but I was cursed at all night by drunk teenagers and reacted childishly.
Totally forgot about it until this thread.

digitally-yours

micmclo wrote:

Just once when I was a barman in college.
We did a graduation dance for the local secondary school so as per procedure, I could not sell any spirits and had to ask everyone for ID.
I took abuse all night but I was expecting that.

On my way home I passed a group of people leaving in their tuxedos and gowns and splashed them.

Not proud of it now but I was cursed at all night by drunk teenagers and reacted childishly.
Totally forgot about it until this thread.

well done !!!! i am thinking how can u forget a thing like this !!! i am sure if they would have caught you that night then it would have been even harder to forget

Healio

I know a lad who actually got a girlfriend out of doing this. Apparently he didnt notice the puddle when he went through it and soaked this girl, being the gentleman that he is he offered her a lift to wherever she was going, they got talking and the rest is history.

biko

Been the splashee a few times and sometimes the splasher when it couldn't be avoided. I will slow down/swerve to avoid splashing someone but if road is empty I will even speed up to get a good tidal wave going .

rogue-entity

Meh, if the road is wide enough or there is no oncoming traffic, I just swing around the large puddles, there not good for the car, and I dont want to balls up my tires by hitting a nasty pothole. If I couldnt avoid the puddles, I slow down so that I can avoid splashing anyone or doing any damage to the car. Mostly because my car is pretty much a dodge-em with a roof :P

humanji

humanji wrote:

Happened to me a while ago, but I had the last laugh as the guy who diliberately splashed me was looking back at me laughing and ploughed into a tree. He wasn't going fast enough to do any major damage, but I did enjoy sauntering past him and smiling

Nice.

Geek Nose

Archeron wrote:

what kind of person drives through a puddle, just to soak a stranger?

I do. Whenever possible!

arseagon

A few years ago I was driving along a road, it was dry but had been raining heavily so lots of surface water. On the footpath ahead to the left of me were a group of girls. When they saw me approaching one of them jumped out to the edge of the path right next to a huge puddle. I guessed they were playing dares or something like that so I gladly obliged. Hit the water so hard I managed to soak all the girls not just the one that jumped out. Best driving experience of my life

Mossy Monk

never do it

happened me twice and isnt nice

muppetkiller

Yip it is illegal ...if you get the reg you can have them done for driving without Due Care etc...

Hagar

It is illegal. It comes under "Driving without due care and consideration".

It can be a criminal offence. There are three categories of illegal driving, dangerous, careless and inconsiderate. The last is more technically defined as driving a vehicle in a public place without reasonable consideration for other persons using the place. Driving in a manner to cause water to drench a pedestrian has resulted in convictions in the past, certainly in the UK anyway. Think it would be a hard one to prove though. If you feel strongly enough, get a reg no next time...

tensecyclist

Inconsiderate driving is really a pain to pedestrians. Such drivers feel like kings and queens of the road. Sad to think though, that such drivers do the act, off they go and never bother to apologize. They only leave stinking smell of mockery seems to me.:(

Geek Nose

IMO, if someone is dumb enough to not be aware of their surroundings, and stand beside a big huge puddle, then it's natural selection! It's never happened to me, because I'm always aware of my surroundings.

fly_agaric

Geek Nose wrote:

it's natural selection!

So it's "natural" to deliberately drive through puddles to soak pedestrians/cyclists? Or is only "natural selection" if you do it because you are A Force Of Nature?

Backtoblack

Archeron wrote:

Walking home last night, I got caught in a bit of a rainstorm. Got soaked to my skin, and was about half a mile from home. I hadnt noticed the big long deep puddle on the road beside me, and when I did become aware of it, it was a little too late. Somebody driving by had manouvred into it in such a way as to send a nice big mucky tidal wave straight over me.

As I stood at the side of the road waving my fist in a comical Mr McGoo kind of way, (and laughing at myself as well because as I stood there waving angrily, someone else drove through it and soaked me again) I thought, what kind of person drives through a puddle, just to soak a stranger? I'm fairly sure it was deliberate as the car was about 2 inches from the path when it splashed, and its a wide road, so driving that close to the edge is not nessecary. In fairness, it didnt really bother me too much as all it did was make me wetter, and a little bit muckier.

So, if you're driving along and you see somone perfectly in range beside a nice big mucky road lake. Do you make a conscious effort NOT to soak them, or do you just do a nice loud MWAHAHAHA and coat them in a nice wet mucky/oily layer? Does it depend on the circumstances?

To date, I've always made an effort to avoid soaking innocent pedestrians, but now I feel I'm due some vengeance...mwahahahaha.

i do my utmost not to do that to anyone. Its been done to me and it sucks ass!!!
Do onto others as you would like them to do onto you.
... and what goes around comes around - so watch out.
And all those wise owld sayings!!

Geek Nose

fly_agaric wrote:

So it's "natural" to deliberately drive through puddles to soak pedestrians/cyclists? Or is only "natural selection" if you do it because you are A Force Of Nature?

No, it's natural selection that people with slower aptitudes get pwned!

nlgbbbblth

The road I walk home everyday is prone to big puddles. I usually try and avoid being beside the puddles when there's traffic coming. Sometimes if I'm caught adjacent to one I'll signal to the car to slow down. They usually do.
If I get splashed I give the car driver the finger.

While walking down Appian Way in the mid 1990s I saw a guy around ten yards in front of me get splashed by a taxi driver who deliberately drove full-force through the puddle. However the pedestrian gave chase, caught up with him at the lights and pulled him out of the car. A scuffle ensued and the taxi driver came off badly.

Dudess

humanji wrote:

Happened to me a while ago, but I had the last laugh as the guy who diliberately splashed me was looking back at me laughing and ploughed into a tree. He wasn't going fast enough to do any major damage, but I did enjoy sauntering past him and smiling

Fantastic! Oh it's lovely when sh!theads like that get their comeuppance! OP, the person that did that to you was an absolute dick, and fairplay to you for being able to laugh. I'd have lost the plot.