If you were driving a blue mondeo at 6:20am on N11...

Then you could be the driver I almost hit because I was driving like a fcuking idiot.

I'm sorry.

Driving toward town on N11 this morning, using bus lane (out of hours), had gone a different way to usual and realised my turn off was closer than I realised, so I moved in behind a car in the left hand driving lane, missed the car in the overtaking lane in my blindspot and moved in front of him. He naturally blasted me out of it and flashed me the whole way to my turn off, and then stopped beside my car to which I obviously apologised profusely.

Absolutely fuming with myself that I would make such a fcuk up, just shows how a split second with your eye off the ball can be disastrous. For that minute this morning I was the exact kind of driver that causes road rage and accidents. And thank fcuk he was quick enough to react to my stupidity.

Keep your eye on the road lads. And on the offchance the other driving is reading - you're right - I'm a dick.

ectoraige

You're only allowed give out about other drivers here, I'm sure a mod will be along shortly to move this to personal issues.

Stay safe out there.

NickDunne

Fair play. 1 bad move doesn't make you a dick driver. We all get those moments that quickly snaps us out of autopilot :-D

Bigcheeze

Blowing horn to prevent a collision and flashing the lights once fine. If the other driver stopped on the n11 (doesn't sound like good driving) and used bad language towards you then to hell with them they've lost control of themselves and are in no position to take the high ground.

You admitted you were wrong, everyone makes errors of judgment driving and fortunately most of the time we get away without an accident.

savagethegoat

did you have your fog lights on as well?

savagethegoat

savagethegoat wrote: »

did you have your fog lights on as well?

When I bought the car, the guy was showing me where switches were etc. He said "I always leave the fogs on cos they look cool". I nearly handed him the keys back :P

Anyway no more of that talk or I'll be banned

dr.fuzzenstein

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dr.fuzzenstein

dr.fuzzenstein wrote: »

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I was not so polite I'm afraid.

dr.fuzzenstein

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I was not so polite I'm afraid.

Personally I think if someone does something daft, I might beep and flash, but it would have to be quite drastic. And then it's only to make the other driver aware he/she's done something daft. Why some people completely lose the rag over small incidents, I don't know. OK, it's not like I've never lost the run of myself, but those were very few and very extreme situations*. As far as I'm concerned, I am happy to be put in my place if I do something wrong, but if someone keeps throwing a sh*t-fit over it and jumping up and down like a monkey, I would definitely tell him to Foxtrot Oscar.

* One was me stuck behind a tractor on a narrow country lane, arsehole 2 inches from my bumper and the tractor deliberately making itself as wide as possible. It's one of those boreens that the local farmer regards as his personal property, so he will leave obstacles on the road, deliberately drive slow and hold people up (or even park on it for a few hours) and every field has massive, professionally printed signs about bulls and CCTV on the gate. As our already angry mini convoy reached the T junction, I was gearing up to overtake the tractor while it was also turning right, even as it was turning. The guy behind me had the same idea, so overtook me and the tractor, while we were all turning right onto a main road. There then followed me chasing him, waving various fingers and fists at him, while he first booted it and then stood the car on it's nose to get me to run into him. That is where I swerved out and overtook him instead, which did nothing to calm him down, so he was following me beeping and flashing, followed by my own brakecheck. I think it was only because my GF was with me and he also had a female passenger, we didn't get out and come to blows. That incident (and a massive bollocking from my GF) prompted me to re-evaluate my attitude on the road. I have to say this was a long time ago (15 years or thereabouts) and I have calmed down a lot since. (Yes, I am the mellow and relaxed Zen version of myself today ) I'm most definitely not proud of the above incident. It was so bad, I still remember it vividly. I am still working on becoming a calmer, more relaxed person every day. Not easy in today's stressful world. :pac:

CorkMan_

Everyone makes mistakes. Everyone. It's when you don't apologise that you become a dick.

I try not get too worked up (have learnt not to after 19 years of driving) but what riles me is when someone does something stupid etc. and either give you the finger if you flash or beep or don't bother to give a quick wave or flash of the hazards to say sorry.