This is to make me feel better....

So there I am waiting to turn left out onto a main road. I'm at the end of a street where you can only turn left.

For those who know the Putney area... this is a left turn out of St Johns Avenue (off Carlton Drive) onto Putney Hill.

Anyway... traffic going up Putney Hill was heavy, so I'm waiting for a gap. After waiting for no more 30 seconds I heard a car horn go off, and to be honest I didn't pay much attention to it.

A small gap in the traffic appears, but I decide not to go. I can see the traffic lights down at the Putney crossroads are have changed, and the blue Vectra coming up Putney Hill is the last car.

I wait for the Vectra to pass and pull out to the left onto Putney Hill.... the next thing I know is a white (Isuzu looking thing) mounting the pavement next to me, cuts half across the pavement and road and straight in front of me!

I thought he was blocking me off so I stop the Scoob in mid turn. I then watch this dick complete is 'Urban 4x4' manoeuvre and calmly drive up Putney Hill.

Normally at this point I would be flashing my lights, calling him a wukin funt, have the Scoob locked in 1st gear and be after him, but I was so shocked at his level of arrogance... and the fact he could of taken the front of my car off ...I did nothing but drive on as normal.

Even when I got up alongside him at the next roundabout I couldn't be bothered to look across.

So.... if you know G81 UJN, a white 4x4 Isuzu looking thing from around the Putney/Wandsworth/Wimbledon area being driven by a man with glasses, tell him that pavement during School term time is usually full of kids and Mums.

And... one day someone a lot larger than me will not take it on the chin like I did.

J.

 

It's interesting how episodes like this can literally make your blood boil eh..? I don't know the area but I know there are plenty of idiots out there. Thankfully, what goes around comes around and the offending idiot will either a) like you say, rub someone else up the wrong way and get a slap, or hopefully b) will be involved in a very serious RTA where only he's involved and die a slow and painful death.

Justice will be served. I know... harsh but fair.

Jonts.

 

i take it he was a big lad then..

 

He looked big, but I guess at the time I must of thought.... anyone who drives over the pavement at a junction to get in front of car has got to be a 'nutta', so don't approach.

J.

 

good idea....you never really know who your going to come across..... there is always someone, somewhere a little bigger, maybe tougher and with allot less care for his fellow man.... i'm a big lad but tend to keep my temper when coming across idiots on the road.... will they side swipe me for flashing them up and so on.... i know a few people that i wouldn't want to have react at me for chasing after them.... lol

 

Fair play, he was obviously a proper ****. Theres no need to get lumped by the prat is there, isuzu 4x4 prob a pikey anyway

 

Hope he dos'nt read this, he'll be hunting you down now, for putting his number plate and description on here.

 

There are so many arrogant people behind the wheel of these unnecessarily large 4x4s. They seem to think they are a cut above. I see it day in, day out. Granted, some are polite enough but they are heavily outweighed by those who are complete *****.

I nearly got rammed into the central reservation by one on the M6 a while ago because I wouldn't get out of the poor mites way . The motorway traffic was very heavy at the time, I was in the fast lane doing 80ish mph. There was a queue of cars in front of me all doing the same sort of speed, it was just a case of 'go with the flow and wait your turn'.

Pompous 4x4 driver in my rear view mirror was having none of it though, after he'd initially steamed up behind me no doubt to intimidate me, he then started flashing his lights to get me to budge. Where was I to go though? Every lane was full! In the end the smallest gap emerged in the middle lane and he decided to floor it and undertake me. He then forced his way in front of me causing me to brake very sharply, if I hadn't he would have had my nearside front wing off, he was that close!!

What a w@nker!!

There are plenty more encounters I've seen/had with these things, but this was by far the worst. I hate the things and 90% of their drivers with a passion.

Rant over.

*Extra thick flamesuit ready to deploy*

 

Its ok, we'll protect you, won't we guys?.
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Seriously though, what a plonker to cut across the pavement like that!!!

 

Forgot to include that it was also a 'G' plate Isuzu Trooper. Strange eh! This one was a goldish colour though.

 

Jilly Cooper drivers are usually *****

 

"man wearing glasses", I assume he DIDN'T go to specsavers!!!

 

Anyone who drives a ISUZU has gotta be

Anyone else find there scoob attracts nutters like a magnet, I never got this when I was in my nice sensible Astra estate. Its like they see a scoob and go into a different mode and what is it with Chavs in saxo's or ******* Fiesta or Focus ST's that think they'll try and prove something with their stupid stripes over the body and bonnet like a skunk... whats all that about

I'm with you Sqn Ldr... I just dont bother wasting my fuel or Clutch anymore on them. Its much better fun playing with stuff like Porsches, TVR's and the like

 

I watched a complete **** sucker down my road the other day make a manouvre which just made me want to bite my steering wheel in anger.

Whilst sat at the back of a queue of 15-20 cars waiting to turn left onto a busy road from our residential street in rush hour, some knobber who came up behind me decided he wouldnt wait like everyone else, and proceeded down the wrong side of the road to overtake all 15-20 cars, then forced his way out and went left across the car who was just turning out!!!!! ****!!!

 

Coming onto a roundabout the other day, I'm looking right (as you do) and as there is room to pull out, I start to accelerate. Half way around the roundabout, I'm looking left at the other lanes coming in to see an old man (I think) on a 50cc (I presume) scooter looking at me directly in the face. He then proceeds to pull out straight in front of me looking at me as he's doing it, causing me to almost stop to a standstill? Im thinking "WTF?", shout at him (although he obviously couldn't hear me) and he sticks his finger up at me?

FFS I was fuming! What do you do in this situation? An old man on a bike with a hairdryer motor sticking his finger up at you for driving around a roundabout! He was obviously in the wrong as you don't pull put on a roundabout if there is something coming! (obviously) I could understand if he was in a Pagani Zonda Type F as he would of left me plenty of room but being in something with about 12bhp and then giving me the finger sort of p!ssed me off a bit.

I know exactly what you mean though, you just don't know who you are messing with these days and can't be too careful. I could of followed him to find out he was an absolute psycho!

 

The road is full of people who must believe they're more important than everyone else.

Like the geezer who pulled out in front of me to join a roundabout on while I was already on it and then at next junction shouted at me for not slowing down? Er, who's got right of way?

And almost every night onthe road home, long slip road on to a busy dual carriageway, a few people think it's OK to jump the queue on the slip by going down the hard shoulder to the left.

And finally, 2 nights ago, Fiesta on inside lane doing 60 in a 70 zone, so artic pulls out to pass him, whereupon Fiesta man stays in line with the lorry, for about 2 miles, then coming to a slight downhill section, gradually pulls in front of the lorry on the inside... Lorry then pulls back in, releasing a backed up flood of traffic into the now completely clear for next 2 miles road.

 

I average about one "incident" like this every day (victim not perp ) and sometimes I can let it go, and other times I does my head in.

One time I was going straight at a r-bout from the left lane and a tw@t on my right went left without indicating. If I had braked, I'd have hit him so I was forced left also and then I got the finger for being alongside and him not being able to be in the inside lane !!!!

I've said it before, but compulsory retesting might help - and it could ease congestion. Failing that, and to paraphrase Mr Clarkson, sinpers on motorway bridges could do the trick.

 

Indeed, but don't these people consider that the above cuts both ways! What if he'd done something stupid like that and the other party had chosen not to setttle with a few well chosen words? What if he'd got out the car with a meaty steering lock?

NS04