Which one of us is the D*ckhead?

Both I'd say.

him for giving the finger and you for posting it here

You could have stopped.

Family with children trying to cross road.

If I had to go one way or the other, I'd say you but I wouldn't be too harsh on you in saying that.

My logic is that he was stopped and flashing lights for a considerable time. Long enough for you to assess the situation and it doesn't seem you did so, or chose to attempt to do so.

The family trying to cross could have possibly picked a better spot but there doesn't seem to have been one anywhere near them on what is clearly a busy road.

I would also lean in his favour in that given the queue behind him, it looks like he had been stopped for a while and was probably frustrated that no one was accommodating the pedestrians. He probably served that finger to more than just yourself.

The rules of the road say that you should not drive in a manner which prohibits you being able to stop safely, it says nothing about locations where you'd expect to see a car at a complete stop. The only person at fault in your scenario was the person who was not able to stop safely.

Cars have dominance when it comes to the transport of people way more than they should have.

Times are changing, the quicker the better.

I laughed at the zooming , nice work on the video edit.

In situations like this, the camera car driver will often feel shamed into stopping even if it isn't the right thing to do. As it was pedestrians trying to cross in this case, I probably would have stopped and let them but if it was a car exiting a side road, no. I have been berated by virtue signalling good samaritans on at least one occasion for this.

Once the pedestrian puts their foot on the roadway they have priority but that also relies on decisiveness on the pedestrian's part. Many dither/loiter.

Don't think so, given that you referred to the way in which the rules of the road were written. In the scenario you detailed who else contravened the rules of the road as they exist?

The idiot flashing his lights and creating a hazard.

Who exactly was unable to stop safely? I see nothing that suggests the car couldn't have stopped if they deemed it necessary. The point is that some clown flashing his lights is not a de facto reason to stop.

Follow the rules of the road and everybody knows where they stand. Step outside them and confusion and chaos will follow.

Personally, I'd have opened my window and stopped whilst giving the appropriate hand signal, I'd also have turned on my hazards. 10 seconds later, we'd have all been on our way again, the family having safely crossed the road. No big deal, I've encountered such a scenario more than once. Life seems a little nicer when we try to help each other.

Hes the dick head trying to be a good goody two shoes but could cause an accident . Dont think you should have his regards no - writing

Clown 🤡 driving flashing his light.

there is no pedestrian crossing there and technically speaking they shouldn't be crossing the road there.

??? Presumably they're trying to cross there precisely because there's no crossing. You are not supposed to cross a road within 15 metres of a pedestrian crossing, there is very clearly no such crossing available to them. The people crossing the road have done nothing wrong.

The OP could very easily have slowed down safely. If a guy coming against you is frantically flashing his lights, would you not do so anyway?

At best, they're both d*ckheads. If we have to choose, putting this very trivial incident on the internet clinches it for the OP.

This. I hate dickheads who yield their right of way and then get annoyed when I ignore them. Happens a lot on small flat roundabouts. They are prob doing it as some other dickhead before ignored their right of way on the same roundabout.

Assuming you're making that up for comedic effect, But if not, I'd love to have that much free time on my hands.

It's not trivial in the slightest.

By coming to a complete stop and signalling to the pedestrians, the truck driver is implying that they actually have control of the situation, when in truth they barely have control of traffic on their side of the road. They were far more interested in flashing his lights and giving the OP the finger, than looking for motorbikes or cyclist who could be overtaking on their left.

They're putting the pedestrians under pressure, as the pedestrians are now holding up eight vehicles when they may have been perfectly happy to wait, causing eight vehicles to come to an unnecessary stop, and generate at least eight opportunities for rear endings.

Yes the road is 50km/h, but it's sandwiched between 100km/h zones on both sides, so people following the OP and flatbed are likely to do more than 50km/h. Illegal, but reality, and good drivers know this.

Crest of a hill, unsighted bend, low light, no-overtaking zone, lots of other traffic - plenty of reason not to come to a full stop.

Crest of a hill, unsighted bend, low light, no-overtaking zone, lots of other traffic

It's very clearly broad daylight and I'm not seeing the crest of any hill. Regardless, the OP has the traffic regulations on his side, that's not in dispute, but equally this is the sort of thing you encounter every day on the roads, I'm really struggling to see how this merits putting it up on boards.ie and YouTube with the guy's reg number and phone number clearly visible.

So again, there's a pair of d*ckheads in it.

Though his intentions were good

he actually put that family in danger

see this crap constantly

surely there’s a pedestrian crossing along the road?

dashcam man couldn’t see the family until he was near on to of them