Barred from caravan forum.

[screenman]

Please look at this,

On a store carpark this mornng parked nose in and in front of a wall. Miles away in conversation with swmbo, put in D instead of R and pressed accelerator lightly. The car moved a fraction, brakes came on and then engine stopped. Breathed a sigh of releaf then thanked VW for anti collision system.

My reply was,

Driving without due care, not good. Good job it was not reverse what with that young toddler behind you. Sorry but telling me how clever your car is does nothing for me.[/quote]
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Was I that wrong to point out that attention should be paid by the driver at all times that they are in control of a car.

 

[Jimidh]

Every driver in the world has put their car in the wrong gear at some point - nor did he slam the foot on the accelerator and attempt to speed off.

So probably a bit too judgmental and pompous to be honest.

 

[steve50]

I can understand your reply regarding the driver and due care and attention and all that BUT like several other people on THIS forum you tend to come across as deliberately antagonistic. The way I read it he was breathing a sigh of relief that the car had not gone forward into the wall because of the anti collision system, you were not there , you did not see what happened, you did not see anyone behind his caravan. Why did you feel the need to give an arrogant reply like that?

 

[screenman]

Every driver in the world has put their car in the wrong gear at some point - nor did he slam the foot on the accelerator and attempt to speed off.

So probably a bit too judgmental and pompous to be honest.

Yeh! I suppose it was, I think they knew I am a cyclist which does not help.

 

[screenman]

I can understand your reply regarding the driver and due care and attention and all that BUT like several other people on THIS forum you tend to come across as deliberately antagonistic. The way I read it he was breathing a sigh of relief that the car had not gone forward into the wall because of the anti collision system, you were not there , you did not see what happened, you did not see anyone behind his caravan. Why did you feel the need to give an arrogant reply like that?

My son has been out to 7 of the first 13 fatalities on Lincolnshire roads caused by bad driving this year, maybe these thing play on your mind.

The post just stank of smidsy to me.

 

[screenman]

I can understand your reply regarding the driver and due care and attention and all that BUT like several other people on THIS forum you tend to come across as deliberately antagonistic. The way I read it he was breathing a sigh of relief that the car had not gone forward into the wall because of the anti collision system, you were not there , you did not see what happened, you did not see anyone behind his caravan. Why did you feel the need to give an arrogant reply like that?

I know it is a bit odd how I come across like that in my writing as I try not too, sometimes.

 

[Crackle]

Motorhome and caravan forums are bastions of the intolerant ( I got banned from one too).

 

[steve50]

Please look at this,


My reply was,

Driving without due care, not good. Good job it was not reverse what with that young toddler behind you. Sorry but telling me how clever your car is does nothing for me.

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Was I that wrong to point out that attention should be paid by the driver at all times that they are in control of a car.[/QUOTE]

Look at your reply, first you tell the guy he is driving without due care (are you a policeman)..................... then you go on to make a remark about a toddler behind him that he "might" have hit had he gone into reverse.........., then you get sarcastic (thats the way it comes across) about the safety features of his car......................and you expect him not to be peed off at you????

 

[threebikesmcginty]

Badge of honour?

 

[screenman]

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Was I that wrong to point out that attention should be paid by the driver at all times that they are in control of a car.

Look at your reply, first you tell the guy he is driving without due care (are you a policeman)..................... then you go on to make a remark about a toddler behind him that he "might" have hit had he gone into reverse.........., then you get sarcastic (thats the way it comes across) about the safety features of his car......................and you expect him not to be peed off at you????[/QUOTE]

Yeh I know I was a bit harsh, funny thing is I got 3 likes on it before it was removed.

 

[jonny jeez]

Was I that wrong to point out that attention should be paid by the driver at all times that they are in control of a car.

no

but then, that's not what you did. it may have been what you meant but its not what you typed.

 

[Vapin' Joe]

I think Screenman's reply to the guy was fair comment. Too many people now have cars which are loaded with safety gadgets and they become lazy drivers who get used to driving with reduced attention on the road and conditions because they start to rely on the car getting them out of trouble - till one day when it all goes wrong.

 

[Pale Rider]

I would ban the pair of you for poor spelling and grammar.

 

[screenman]

I would ban the pair of you for poor spelling and grammar.

ows that then!

 

[Dirk]

Bloody caravanners!
Ban the lot of them, blocking the roads, dawdling along, getting in the way.
Pensioners are the worst, wearing their stupid socks and sandals!
Blight on the landscape, the lot of them!*




*Typed while sitting in my caravan, in North Somerset, chilling out with a nice glass of red.