Mexican Stand-off

[Sandra6]

Cycling home from town yesterday I went along West Walls (for those of you who know Carlisle)
It's a two way road but it narrows to the width of a single car.
Just as I get to the speed bump where it really pinches in I can hear a car behind speeding up, and I'm thinking "really?" But yes, he passes me -close!
Then just ahead I see another car, parked in the entrance to a yard or something, not quite on the road but not totally off it, but ready to pull out and I think "really?" And yes, he pulls out -straight into the path of the other car.
So they both stop, And I stop. And they look at each other. And I look at them both (well their cars, I couldn't really see the drivers) And I say "jeez you are stupid" and cycle around and between them and on my way. Look back and they're still sitting there, staring at each other.
I did consider stopping to see how long it took for somebody to actually give an inch but thought that would've been too sad.

 

[Spinney]

Bit unfair to mexicans....

 

[Sandra6]

Apologies to any Mexicans.

 

[asterix]

You only had 2 idiots. You need 3 for a proper mexican..

 

[robjh]

Your comment to them was spot-on

 

[Tanis8472]

Feckless idiots

 

[BigonaBianchi]

Typical...

 

[twentysix by twentyfive]

Muppetts indeed. Sometimes I do wonder what, if anything, goes on their tiny minds.

You did right @Sandra6 - just got on with your day

 

[Cletus Van Damme]

West Walls I remember that shitty road when I used to live at Carlisle. Used to often go down that way to go to the Twisted Wheel nightclub.

 

[Silver Fox]

It's funny how people behave like that when wrapped up inside their cars. If they were pedestrians I bet it would be a case of ' After you mate' . 'No, after you mate, sorry for getting in your way'

 

[Saluki]

I saw a nice standoff the other week while walking through town. A large Bentley came up the one way street while an elderly gent in an old Fiat Panda 4x4 was going the other way, the correct way down the street. The bentley owner bibbed his horn - a lot. The Panda gent got out a newspaper and began to read it. The Bentley guy got out and rapped on his window saying "I've got a Bentley mate" and the Panda gent carried on reading his paper and turned the radio up. Bentley guy rapped on the window some more. Panda gent was not budging and quite right too. I stood and watched until the police showed up around 20 minutes after the initial meeting, and breathalised the bentley guy and then put him in a police car and took him away. WPC looked quite chuffed to drive the bentley.