Road rage incident learner driver

TK Lemon wrote:

Why are L plates like a red rag to a bull. Mr. Lemon wants to call the Gardaí but I'm afraid it'll only backlash on us.

What a crappy experience, I'm driving a good few years, and still regularly cut out, some drivers are complete arseholes. I had a driver do a riverdance during a driving lesson, my instructor proceeded to calmly lean over me to respond with a similar response, twas funny, I got a laugh anyway. You should really inform the gardai, that's unacceptable behaviour, please don't give up the driving, it's worth it, best of luck

I want tk lemon now, damn you!

The driver was a plank, but Mr Lemon shouldn’t have got out as it only inflamed the situation further.
People are gonna beep at you on the road, it’s a part of motoring, stick with it!

bubblypop wrote: »

While ignoring people who sit on their horns works well, this case is different.
Is you have their reg number, then I would report it.

It's not acceptable for that driver to threaten violence against anyone & he needs to know that.

Agreed, report him. Sounds like a completely over the top reaction especially as you displayed L plates. Just remember he was once a learner driver. People seem to forget that.

It's horrible behavior from any driver but don't let it put you off .
Tbh they'll be out there for all the years in the future you'll be driving. Best thing is stay in the car, try to relax and ignore the crappy carry on from such morons.

No one was born knowing how to drive, anyone can cut out any time.
Good luck with the driving.

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

Never ever get out of your car, plenty have ended up dead with this approach. Just ignore the beeping, will annoy them even more.

"plenty"

Seriously, a little over the top.

Can you point to one incident in Ireland over the past 20 years.

There have been two I believe in the uk in the past ten years and both led to long prison sentences.

Put it this way, it is HIGHLY unlikely for such outcome. You've a better chance of winning the lottery twice in one week.

Daily mail hysterical nonsense is not something to base your life on.


For the op, 100% make a report to gardai.

Mr Lemon was only trying to defend his missus because he was bitter about the other guy squeezing on the horn.


I know I know sorry but all I can picture is actual Lemons sitting in the car.

Dust yourself off and get back behind the wheel. The more you drive, the less you conk out!


I know it's a horrible feeling when something like that happens. On my 4th lesson, I conked out on the north quays and couldn't restart as I panicked. Cue furious beeps galore. I was mightly pissed at the instructor for bringing me into city centre traffic but it's probably the quickest way you learn.

There are a lot of assholes on our roads but the majority of Irish drivers are courteous. When I was less experienced, I used to give drivers like yer man the middle finger but that would usually enflame the situation (eg they'd perform a dangerous overtake/tailgate afterwards).

Now I completely ignore them and it does wonders for your blood pressure.

Ta ceist agam wrote: »

Mr Lemon should have just got out and taken a pic/video of the tossers car and gone straight to Garda ststion, that'll quiten him down. As much as I hate phones, by simply videoing a situation scares tossers like this away!

While beeping the horn is illegal, in most circumstances, getting out to record someone beeping their horn is a complete over reaction. The accompanying driver should have been reassuring the learner so that they can pull away not getting out of the car confronting the other driver.

This is something i can relate to as recently i have started to learn how drive in a manual car. I have a full automatic licence from a different country which i converted into an Irish licence. In the first 2-ish months i was beeped 7 times for not taking off like Nigel Mansell in Silverstone at various lights. My beep to beeped ratio was ridiculous. Now i wanted to get out and point at the L-plate... but to do this would result in a fight which isn't worth it.

When im cycling i despise motorists, pedestrians and other cyclists. When i drive i despise other motorists, pedestrians and cyclists. Its like because people are secure in a car they believe they can behave in any way they like. What all these road users have in common is that they are living, breathing human beings, who we all know can be as*holes. If this pandemic doesnt wipe us out we can be hopeful that the impending climate change disaster followed by a biodiversity collapse will finish us off and we can embrace sweet sweet death. Then we wont have to deal with each other.

Until then, report the driver and continue to take lessons / keep driving. The only way to stop cutting out, embarrassing as it is, is to continue driving and improving. In time, you will become those drivers we all despise.

Best of luck