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@Crucial said in Grumpy Old Man:
@Crazy-Horse said in Grumpy Old Man:
Flashing isn't supposed to be about telling you it's safe to go. The person flashing is telling you they are giving you the space to turn if you think it is safe to do so. The responsibility is still on you to make sure there is no more through traffic.
Tell that to the idiots that get all antsy when you wave a “thanks but no thanks” at them.
The point is that in that situation you can’t actually tell how safe it is until pulling out.
Sometimes you can just straddle that one lane until you can see more but sometimes (esp in UK) you have to edge into the opposite lane just to be able to see.Maybe we all need a diagram so all on the same page?
I don’t think we need a diagram to agree you have won the GOM thread, no!
Feel free tho, will certainly help cement your victory!
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@MajorRage said in Grumpy Old Man:
@Crucial said in Grumpy Old Man:
@Crazy-Horse said in Grumpy Old Man:
Flashing isn't supposed to be about telling you it's safe to go. The person flashing is telling you they are giving you the space to turn if you think it is safe to do so. The responsibility is still on you to make sure there is no more through traffic.
Tell that to the idiots that get all antsy when you wave a “thanks but no thanks” at them.
The point is that in that situation you can’t actually tell how safe it is until pulling out.
Sometimes you can just straddle that one lane until you can see more but sometimes (esp in UK) you have to edge into the opposite lane just to be able to see.Maybe we all need a diagram so all on the same page?
I don’t think we need a diagram to agree you have won the GOM thread, no!
Feel free tho, will certainly help cement your victory!
GTF of my lawn!
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@voodoo said in Grumpy Old Man:
@antipodean said in Grumpy Old Man:
@taniwharugby said in Grumpy Old Man:
@antipodean depends which way they are turning, if they are travelling the same way as you, then you creating the gap means it is pretty safe, against the flow I come to a stop if I can see the opposite road is clear too, otherwise I'd not flash them to come out if the opposite side is still flowing.
There's plenty of examples on this YouTube channel of cars being left a gap and flowing into oncoming traffic they can't see. I've witnessed it myself numerous times. Even a car turning right across one lane of traffic can impact a cyclist or motorcycle neither cage driver can see. It's dangerous.
Happened to our nanny a year ago. She was driving our kids, turning right across 2 lanes into a car park on the other side of the road. Car in the lane next to her waved her across, and she went, got plowed into by a car in the 2nd lane, that neigltherbhad seen.
neigltherbhad is an outstanding word. I'm stealing it.
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@Crucial said in Grumpy Old Man:
@Crazy-Horse said in Grumpy Old Man:
Flashing isn't supposed to be about telling you it's safe to go. The person flashing is telling you they are giving you the space to turn if you think it is safe to do so. The responsibility is still on you to make sure there is no more through traffic.
Tell that to the idiots that get all antsy when you wave a “thanks but no thanks” at them.
The point is that in that situation you can’t actually tell how safe it is until pulling out.
Sometimes you can just straddle that one lane until you can see more but sometimes (esp in UK) you have to edge into the opposite lane just to be able to see.Maybe we all need a diagram so all on the same page?
Will there be arrows? I'm keen if there's arrows.
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@JC said in Grumpy Old Man:
@voodoo said in Grumpy Old Man:
@antipodean said in Grumpy Old Man:
@taniwharugby said in Grumpy Old Man:
@antipodean depends which way they are turning, if they are travelling the same way as you, then you creating the gap means it is pretty safe, against the flow I come to a stop if I can see the opposite road is clear too, otherwise I'd not flash them to come out if the opposite side is still flowing.
There's plenty of examples on this YouTube channel of cars being left a gap and flowing into oncoming traffic they can't see. I've witnessed it myself numerous times. Even a car turning right across one lane of traffic can impact a cyclist or motorcycle neither cage driver can see. It's dangerous.
Happened to our nanny a year ago. She was driving our kids, turning right across 2 lanes into a car park on the other side of the road. Car in the lane next to her waved her across, and she went, got plowed into by a car in the 2nd lane, that neigltherbhad seen.
neigltherbhad is an outstanding word. I'm stealing it.
my fat fingers are unrivalled
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@JC said in Grumpy Old Man:
@NTA said in Grumpy Old Man:
First day of school holidays.
13yo Daughter unit informs me that she potentially has a boyfriend.
Tell her if she gets one you're going to get one too, same age and everything.
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@JC said in Grumpy Old Man:
@NTA said in Grumpy Old Man:
First day of school holidays.
13yo Daughter unit informs me that she potentially has a boyfriend.
Tell her if she gets one you're going to get one too, same age and everything.
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@mariner4life said in Grumpy Old Man:
@JC said in Grumpy Old Man:
@NTA said in Grumpy Old Man:
First day of school holidays.
13yo Daughter unit informs me that she potentially has a boyfriend.
Tell her if she gets one you're going to get one too, same age and everything.
Calm down. He'll be 18 for sure.
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@JC packing shelves at Woolies and with a clapped out corona. Extra cred for a mullet!
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@Paekakboyz said in Grumpy Old Man:
@JC packing shelves at Woolies and with a clapped out corona. Extra cred for a mullet!
... for now. @NTA will surely upgrade his daughter's baby daddy to a 90s WRX.
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@Victor-Meldrew said in Grumpy Old Man:
@nzzp said in Grumpy Old Man:
@Victor-Meldrew said in Grumpy Old Man:
Fluffybunny car drivers who crawl or even stop halfway round a tight corner ahead of you
Car drivers who want to turn right across two lanes of traffic at rush hour with no turning lane. Usually it takes a minute or two before they give up and move on, as if it's a surprise that RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC IS HEAVY. Ah, the joys of big city living
Rarely have that problem in the UK as people will almost always flash/stop to let you turn. We all moan, but UK drivers are generally pretty considerate.
It's the fluffybunnies who still won't turn when flashed who give me the shits....
Man, you learn quick in Thailand that flashing lights from oncoming traffic screams "I'm not even slowing down fluffybunny, let alone stopping to let you in!!"
Flashing lights over there means "don't you fucken dare"
Interesting cultural differences eh?😉
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@Paekakboyz said in Grumpy Old Man:
@JC packing shelves at Woolies and with a clapped out corona.
I had a 1981 Toyota Corona.
@JC said in Grumpy Old Man:
@Paekakboyz said in Grumpy Old Man:
@JC packing shelves at Woolies and with a clapped out corona. Extra cred for a mullet!
... for now. @NTA will surely upgrade his daughter's baby daddy to a 90s WRX.
Should anything like that happen, I will upgrade him to an unmarked grave.
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@NTA ha ha then you know exactly what's on this young lothario's mind!
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@Paekakboyz said in Grumpy Old Man:
@NTA ha ha then you know exactly what's on this young lothario's mind!
Bunch of hypocrites.
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