Leith Green Posted June 11, 2022 Share Posted June 11, 2022 On 10/06/2022 at 11:16, Big Rider said: Instead of a wave of acknowledgment I got f**k all from either of the c***s. I applaud your anger, the drivers of these campers should be forced to sleep outside as midge food. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted June 11, 2022 Share Posted June 11, 2022 Camper van drivers probably get so much abuse on the first half of their Highland adventure that they avoid eye contact forever after. If not, they should do. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
microdave Posted June 11, 2022 Author Share Posted June 11, 2022 I crossed the bealach na ba from the Strathcarron side a few years ago. On the way up I reversed into a passing place on my left with a massive drop on that side. I don't think my mouth has ever been as dry as it was at that moment. f**k doing it in anything bigger than a Clio. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Rider Posted June 11, 2022 Share Posted June 11, 2022 7 hours ago, sophia said: I think you might have confused snootiness with grim concentration and perhaps the aftermath of the terror at the prospect of reversing the ill-sized box into the ditch. There's a degree of etiquette on single track roads that involves various inputs such as uphill / downhill, number of vehicles, size of vehicle, judging speed and distance so you're not stopping too early or late, etc and it's a skill lost on many. I hear what you were saying. I've been on single tracks for years and everyone used to wave and show some courtesy. These were a couple of camper van gimps in a daft wee convoy in standard van-sized identikit VWs and they were acting the fanny. The convoy thing they were doing showed me they had know idea about etiquette. I flashed them to let them know it was under control and I'd do the difficult bit by reversing. I went into the lay-by bit and all they had to do was drive straight past me. The easiest bit was to give a simple wave of acknowledgement which neither of them could do. The c***s. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'WellDel Posted June 11, 2022 Share Posted June 11, 2022 19 minutes ago, Big Rider said: I hear what you were saying. I've been on single tracks for years and everyone used to wave and show some courtesy. These were a couple of camper van gimps in a daft wee convoy in standard van-sized identikit VWs and they were acting the fanny. The convoy thing they were doing showed me they had know idea about etiquette. I flashed them to let them know it was under control and I'd do the difficult bit by reversing. I went into the lay-by bit and all they had to do was drive straight past me. The easiest bit was to give a simple wave of acknowledgement which neither of them could do. The c***s. I think since the whole covid and 'holiday at home' thing, there's been a massive rise in camper van hire and numbers of people on the road with these things for their first time. Going from an average sized car to one of these takes a wee bit of getting used to, even the moderately sized ones and particularly on tight and winding roads. Still absolutely no excuse for not giving you a wee wave of acknowledgement. c***s. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sophia Posted June 11, 2022 Share Posted June 11, 2022 6 minutes ago, Big Rider said: I hear what you were saying. I've been on single tracks for years and everyone used to wave and show some courtesy. These were a couple of camper van gimps in a daft wee convoy in standard van-sized identikit VWs and they were acting the fanny. The convoy thing they were doing showed me they had know idea about etiquette. I flashed them to let them know it was under control and I'd do the difficult bit by reversing. I went into the lay-by bit and all they had to do was drive straight past me. The easiest bit was to give a simple wave of acknowledgement which neither of them could do. The c***s. Aye but you have already admitted to a "stand off". That vignette of two way passive aggressive behaviour is detrimental to efficient progress and difficult to retrieve. Also, you have not mastered, unless I'm mistaken, the skill of mind-reading. Also, one of the cultural norms is not to wave. To wave is ostentatious and not in keeping with the expected courtesy. A simple raised forefinger from the top of the steering wheel grip is sufficient. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Rider Posted June 11, 2022 Share Posted June 11, 2022 1 minute ago, sophia said: Aye but you have already admitted to a "stand off". That vignette of two way passive aggressive behaviour is detrimental to efficient progress and difficult to retrieve. Also, you have not mastered, unless I'm mistaken, the skill of mind-reading. Also, one of the cultural norms is not to wave. To wave is ostentatious and not in keeping with the expected courtesy. A simple raised forefinger from the top of the steering wheel grip is sufficient. Oh I raised a finger right enough..... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newbornbairn Posted June 11, 2022 Share Posted June 11, 2022 1 hour ago, sophia said: A simple raised forefinger from the top of the steering wheel grip is sufficient. Ah, the "Teuchter Salute" 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Empty It Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 I crossed the bealach na ba from the Strathcarron side a few years ago. On the way up I reversed into a passing place on my left with a massive drop on that side. I don't think my mouth has ever been as dry as it was at that moment. f**k doing it in anything bigger than a Clio.We go to Applecross every year and despite the massive signs either side saying not suitable for campervans and caravans I'm yet to cross it without encountering some arsehole in their rental campervan. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ekhibee88 Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 On 10/06/2022 at 11:07, coprolite said: People joining motorways at ridiculously low speeds. Stuck on a slip behind an old c**t* who didn't get above 45 before joining a busy M5. I managed to hang back a bit and join the pack of frantically swerving vehicles behind him. *didn't actually see the offending driver but the car was a weird looking thing in an unusual colour (sort of tobacco). Along with salmon, aquamarine and taupe that's a colour exclusive to elderly drivers. Was it a Honda Jazz perhaps? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strichener Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 39 minutes ago, Ekhibee88 said: Was it a Honda Jazz perhaps? ^^^Drives a Jazz. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alta-pete Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 13 hours ago, sophia said: Also, one of the cultural norms is not to wave. To wave is ostentatious and not in keeping with the expected courtesy. A simple raised forefinger from the top of the steering wheel grip is sufficient. My £1 says you drive an Isuzu or HiLux pick up. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alta-pete Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 Or a wee Peugeot Partner post van. Fastest thing on four wheels on the single tracks up the West Coast. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Empty It Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 My £1 says you drive an Isuzu or HiLux pick up. [emoji6]Offt pickup truck drivers are definitely on par with BMWs & Range Rover drivers. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Florentine_Pogen Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 2 hours ago, Ekhibee88 said: Was it a Honda Jazz perhaps? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bairnardo Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 The number of c***s iv seen taking the first exit off a roundabout, with no indicator on the last few days.... Absolute worst c***s of the road. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjamin_Nevis Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 2 hours ago, Empty It said: 2 hours ago, alta-pete said: My £1 says you drive an Isuzu or HiLux pick up. Offt pickup truck drivers are definitely on par with BMWs & Range Rover drivers. They're worse. Nothing screams divorced da' more than a massive pickup truck. Re the campers thing, one of life's greatest pleasures is making one of the c***s reverse their hired box on wheels 100yards back up a single track road. When this happened to me, I was about 500yards past a passing spot on twisty road, this old duffer only had less than a yards to go back. He started gesturing at me to go reverse. Tired after a particularly brutal hillwalk, I couldnt be arsed and sat there, sparked up a fag and waited. After a minute of impasse i pointed in the vague direction of the space he'd passed. He eventually relented and reversed back, sadly not into a ditch, the old c**t. He looked quite furious when I passed him, especially as I didn't wave. Glorious. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arch Stanton Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 10 minutes ago, Bairnardo said: The number of c***s iv seen taking the first exit off a roundabout, with no indicator on the last few days.... Absolute worst c***s of the road. No, the ones who turn right (eg third exit) with no signal are far worse. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bairnardo Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 26 minutes ago, Arch Stanton said: No, the ones who turn right (eg third exit) with no signal are far worse. Na cos you usually have to wait on them anyway unless you are going first exit, and its the type of roundabout wheres there's space to do that. Cunto turning left with no signal means you could have been out and away in any direction, but you are waiting, because they are a lazy c**t 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmca Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 33 minutes ago, Arch Stanton said: No, the ones who turn right (eg third exit) with no signal are far worse. Or the ones who indicate left and don't take the 1st exit. Bugger all idea what the hell they're doing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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