Letterbox windscreen scraping
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mjr
Comfy armchair to one person & a plank to the next
- Location
- mostly Norfolk, sometimes Somerset
Take photos. Ideally with GPS tagging enabled. Get the number plates in. Tweet local roads police with the location. Shame them into action.
Profpointy
Legendary Member
there was a nice phrase in the winter driving guide our company car drivers got. Most of it was usual po-faced platitudes, but "don't drive off like a tank comander" was a brilliant image making the point rather well
Arjimlad
Tights of Cydonia
- Location
- South Glos
Stop them with extreme prejudice until they clear their sodding windows !
Refuse to share the road with such idiots.
Refuse to share the road with such idiots.
mjr
Comfy armchair to one person & a plank to the next
- Location
- mostly Norfolk, sometimes Somerset
How are you gonna do that? You can't flag them down because they can't see...
CanucksTraveller
Macho Business Donkey Wrestler
- Location
- Hertfordshire
Indeed. In a previous job (as a military policeman) I was walking along a road early one morning, fully hi-viz’ed up, and I saw a car emerge from a car park with a tiny letter box cleared from the layer of thick frost on the windscreen. As he was just setting off (and because he couldn’t see sh*t) he was travelling fairly slowly, maybe 10-15mph. I stepped into the gutter to perform my best, formal “STOP” signal. The driver carried on past, so I thumped the side window with my palm as he drove by, to attract his attention. He finally stopped, getting out of his car in an extremely angry state, and proceeding to subject me to verbal abuse for daring to touch his car. A line familiar to many cyclists I know!
I wouldn’t advise trying to stop these idiots on foot or cycle, as a cyclist just stay well clear if you can, and hope that if they hit something it’s something inanimate like a tree. Or another tank commander.
Arjimlad
Tights of Cydonia
- Location
- South Glos
Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
Just throw yourself across their bonnet, and wait for the compo to roll in.
sanddancer
Senior Member
- Location
- N/Wales
I noticed it driving home from work this morning at 07:10.
(Ten minutes to scrape and demist )
There was the odd cyclist about and a beautiful twilight sky. I thought about the enjoyable ride I had missed in the brisk frost along the river and reprimanded myself on ones laziness.
the drive took slightly longer as I drove at a slower pace even though my 4x4 has near new top of the range goodyears on all 4 corners (ice is ice)
I ignored the tools who drove so close behind as to almost share my boot space.
Slowing for a cyclist until a gap so I could give plenty of room to overtake.
And I noticed the other idiots. The lad with his face pressed against the windscreen trying to get a view, and various other bellends with low degrees of screen views and complimenting iq's .
And then, turning right at an awkward double junction, a cyclist waiting at the first. I waited and let him go, he nodded,
I figured I only had two long streets left with road humps and traffic calmers so I can keep a safe pace behind him.
But the woman with the glasses and bathroomesque windscreen caught him up and overtook only to cut in front of him at the traffic calmer
At least he could see to have more chance of avoiding fools.
My 15 minute drive home only took an extra few minutes but I made it
in about the time it would of taken to cycle, albeit not getting run down by some chancer.
(Ten minutes to scrape and demist )
There was the odd cyclist about and a beautiful twilight sky. I thought about the enjoyable ride I had missed in the brisk frost along the river and reprimanded myself on ones laziness.
the drive took slightly longer as I drove at a slower pace even though my 4x4 has near new top of the range goodyears on all 4 corners (ice is ice)
I ignored the tools who drove so close behind as to almost share my boot space.
Slowing for a cyclist until a gap so I could give plenty of room to overtake.
And I noticed the other idiots. The lad with his face pressed against the windscreen trying to get a view, and various other bellends with low degrees of screen views and complimenting iq's .
And then, turning right at an awkward double junction, a cyclist waiting at the first. I waited and let him go, he nodded,
I figured I only had two long streets left with road humps and traffic calmers so I can keep a safe pace behind him.
But the woman with the glasses and bathroomesque windscreen caught him up and overtook only to cut in front of him at the traffic calmer
At least he could see to have more chance of avoiding fools.
My 15 minute drive home only took an extra few minutes but I made it
in about the time it would of taken to cycle, albeit not getting run down by some chancer.
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mjr
Comfy armchair to one person & a plank to the next
- Location
- mostly Norfolk, sometimes Somerset
Do you mean "complementary" or were they giving their IQ points away, you bellend?
sanddancer
Senior Member
- Location
- N/Wales
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mjr
Comfy armchair to one person & a plank to the next
- Location
- mostly Norfolk, sometimes Somerset
Well, it's not like motorists kill anyone, is it(?)
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Gixxerman
Guru
- Location
- Market Rasen
Here are a couple of very good examples. They really need to fine / give points out to these fools.
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hmT471DLrw
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hmT471DLrw