Minor complaints thread (18 Viewers)

[Kermit McDermott]

Totally driver responsibility. I can link you too the legal text if you like

I know. I certainly don't want to knock anybody down, & to do that I have to watch some people like a hawk, because they seem to be paying no attention. Either on the phone, never looking over their shoulder, they turn and walk without checking . I'm very aware when out walking, never wear headphones ect..you have to have your wits about ya.

 

[Kermit McDermott]

insert 'not sure if serious' gif.

Oh it's serious. There's some amount of dozy bastards out there.

 

[ann post]

I know. I certainly don't want to knock anybody down, & to do that I have to watch some people like a hawk, because they seem to be paying no attention. Either on the phone, never looking over their shoulder, they turn and walk without checking . I'm very aware when out walking, never wear headphones ect..yo

Yeah look in public people do things that are not based around placating every passing car and the law is very much leant that the driver mode is that of 'due care and attention' - there is no exception for public behaviour here, it's just the contract you enter with a driving licence. If it were a case that you could drive without paying attention, you'd be breaking the law if something went wrong. Nobody ever reads you this in driving lessons in my experience but it is the law you'd hypothetically be confronted with.

Road Traffic (No. 2) Act 2011, Section 4

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[magicbastarder]

Oh it's serious. There's some amount of dozy bastards out there.

yeah, but they don't owe you a thanks for 'looking out for them'. that's your job as a driver.

 

[Kermit McDermott]

I think they should be paying attention when crossing roads ect...its kind of important.

 

[ann post]

I think they should be paying attention when crossing roads ect...its kind of important.

Not if you are driving legally

Sorry for trashing your minor complaint with facts.

 

[Kermit McDermott]

I'm aware of the legal responsibilities, I'm saying people should have a bit of awareness of their surroundings. They'll live longer.

 

[pete]

I’ve had pedestrians walk into my car while I’ve been stopped waiting to make a right turn on a busy road, so yeah - some people are fucking idiots and no amount of driver responsibility will protect them from themselves.

 

[pete]

I’ve also cycled into the back of a parked car, so let’s not leave the precious cyclists out of this either.

 

[pete]

Oh and last night someone overtook me while I was going around a roundabout - by driving straight across it. So drivers can get fucked too.

 

[ann post]

If you were working for any multinational and went whinging because you couldn't regularly breach your contract every time you did something they'd yeet you the fuck out the door within days.

Somehow when it's your own society and a contract you signed and carry in your pocket which is also a code written in the blood of people who've either been injured or died it's a valid course of behavoir.

like fuck it is.

Thats my minor complaint, though it was major the time i got hit by a bus.

 

[Cormcolash]

Remember that time Pete turned right and ruthlessly ran that pedestrian over?

 

[pete]

All I’m saying is I don’t think “All road traffic accidents involving a vehicle and a pedestrian are automatically the fault of the vehicle driver” is an accurate interpretation of the law.

 

[Kermit McDermott]

insert 'not sure if serious' gif.

I see what I did there.........I'm brutal for typos

 

[magicbastarder]

 

[Jerry Twig]

I’ve also cycled into the back of a parked car, so let’s not leave the precious cyclists out of this either.

People who overtake on the inside in a narrow bike lane, or say shit like "on the left" instead of investing in a simple bell.

 

[Cormcolash]

I would have said "on the right" but I was worried about people saluting me

 

[Jerry Twig]

I would have said "on the right" but I was worried about people saluting me

Boom boom.

 

[magicbastarder]

i took a photo earlier, with my hand in it, and only after i posted it to instagram i realised my hand looks old.

 

[Denny Oubidoux]

The weather, ffs