GreenGiant 287 Posted September 4, 2015 I haven't had a pop at pedestrians for a while, so it's time to move them up the slapping order.This week, chugging along, minding my own business, window open, I saw a family group starting to cross the road:Mother (I assume) pushing buggy containing infant. Child aged about 5 on a scooter. Another child aged around 10 chatting on her phone(!).As I approached (slowly) the mother started to go in front of me (pushing the baby out first, obviously), realised that it wasn't safe and pulled back. Unfortunately, the other 2 were just following blindly and on they went..... Panic ye not, dear friends, as I had anticipated such an outcome and stopped without any harm coming to anyone.As the window was open, I remarked to the child on the phone that perhaps she should pay a bit more attention to the traffic whilst crossing.OMG. The mother exploded with rage. Who the eff was I to tell her effin kids how to cross the road? Its her phone and she can use it if she wants. It's eff all to do with me.Well, I said, if and when your child does that again and it doesn't end quite so well and she has to be scraped off the front of my car and the police are knocking on your door giving you the bad news, whose fault will you want it to be? Because if you want it to be my fault then it has everything to do with me, because I'm trying to help save her life. Which is clearly more than you're doing.In an ideal world, she would have taken a moment to fully reflect on the situation, appreciate the issues and thank me for the words of wisdom and also for being vigilant enough to have prevented a tragedy.We don't live in an ideal world.I was reminded of the film 'Scanners' as I watched the colour of her face reach the ultraviolet end of the spectrum. Then I just shut the window and did as she suggested I should. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cornish Guy 45 Posted September 4, 2015 Welcome to the New World where people are no longer responsible for their own actions! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
j4ck100 12 Posted September 4, 2015 Currently driving about in a w212 e class and admittidley for some reason the dipped lights aren't amazing but my god I was driving late at night down an unlit section of road and at the last minute I saw a man walking on the edge of the road with no lights or anything, and there was a pavement which he could have been on. Talk about asking for it. Gave him a long blast of my two tone horn to try and cement in his head that it's not clever. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GreenGiant 287 Posted September 4, 2015 Yep. You kill him - your fault.And I bet he gave you the finger as you passed. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
j4ck100 12 Posted September 4, 2015 Probably! Wearing all black as well, completely insane Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wheelerdealer1 91 Posted September 6, 2015 We could take the Chinese approach! http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/foreigners/2015/09/why_drivers_in_china_intentionally_kill_the_pedestrians_they_hit_china_s.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
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