Not saying thank you to courteous motorists

[jimharri]

I'm not saying I don't, but why do I need to thank someone for driving to the minimum standard expected to pass a driving test?

Good manners? Yeah, I know. What a crazy, radical concept. I'll try not to let it happen again!

 

[jimharri]

Well they would tell you that. Hardly fucking morse code is it.
If I go through a camera I'm telling everyone within a mile down the road.

We have mobile speed cameras over here. At least out in the sticks where I live. I've always wondered what the accepted distance is before you stop flashing oncoming drivers. You're hardly going to be doing it 10 miles up the road, are you?

 

[Fiftyyearsandcounting]

What was the fine and points for?
I thought the whole reason for speed cameras was to deter speeding. Isn't warning somebody by flashing your lights doing just that?

Obstructing an officer in his duties apparently - or similar wording.

 

[Tuearts right boot]

Obstructing an officer in his duties apparently - or similar wording.

Parking a removal lorry right in front of the camera would be a bone of contention aswell

 

[Stephen230]

Well they would tell you that. Hardly fucking morse code is it.
If I go through a camera I'm telling everyone within a mile down the road.

Do what you like. I was just answering a question. Although the Highway Code isn’t a legal document in itself. The vast majority of direct orders in it are backed up by laws.

 

[MCFC_ Phil]

There must be some on here that belong to that group as so many people seem to do it
The amount of times I have right of way and delay my journey by a second or 3 and use a bit more wear and tear in my brake pads and discs to allow people out when I have right of way and get completely blanked
Not hard to raise a hand or even a knod of the head in acknowledgment of my gesture
So my question is to those that can’t say thank you is is it a conscious effort that you refuse to have simple manners and wish to portray some kind of image or do you believe it isn’t necessary and I’m a moaning b@*!#d ?

This is the problem. You have right of way for a reason, read the Highway code. I get so pissed off when someone slows down to let someone out of a side street when they have right of way. I actually get annoyed if someone lets me go when they have right of way, its confusing and can cause accidents

 

[journolud]

Sometimes

 

[Trevor Morley's Tache]

This is the problem. You have right of way for a reason, read the Highway code. I get so pissed off when someone slows down to let someone out of a side street when they have right of way. I actually get annoyed if someone lets me go when they have right of way, its confusing and can cause accidents

Highway Code, Rules 146, 147 & 151 are worth a read. People seem to have lost the ability to anticipate what other road users intentions are, and instead if driving progressively, both in acceleration and slowing down they end up accelerating and braking harshly.

Anyone who gets so upset by other road users that it effects their decision making process perhaps need to take a break from driving as they become a danger to themselves and others at that point.

 

[Tuearts right boot]

Interestingly on my last speed awareness course we were asked when we last read the highway code, when I was 17.....

 

[RadcliffeRick]

Sometimes

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