In 2 car convoy on Saturday with family. Car in front has my 6 month old nephew on the back seat, with a baby on board sign in the rear window.
White van overtakes me and goes in my gap between me and car in front.
Then second car overtakes me and goes in that gap. On 2 lane bit car moves offside to see if they can overtake van. Van diver is leaning out of window with middle finger out because he doesn’t want to be overtaken.
Next thing, and this is a 60mph road, he’s about a foot from the rear of the car that’s got my nephew in. If they would have had to stop suddenly or even just slow down a bit suddenly the van would have been in the back no question.
Now I know it’s just a guy probably just finished work and wants to get home, but it’s hardly just a mistake is it.
I’ve got dash cam footage which shows the company name and van reg.
In two minds whether to inform his company or not…
Although I’m a great believer in what happens on the road stays on the road and we are all capable of moments of Incredible stupidity without a thought of the consequences I would probably let this go, no one was hurt no need for the drama.
Now the counter to that is by doing nothing what if this bloke causes a pile up between a bus full of nuns and kittens next week.
Following another loved one does give one the feeling we need to be more protective and I dare say you eased off to give more space but at the same time felt the rage building because some idiot was endangering a youngling family member.
In reality we should feel that way about everyone but hey hoo.
What you deceide to do is your choice. Me I’d lean towards letting it go but I wasn’t there.
Let it go. Nobody was hurt despite gross stupidity and it’s doubtful it will actually get followed up on by the police anyway unless there’s dashcam footage in which case something might come of it
toonsy:
Let it go. Nobody was hurt despite gross stupidity and it’s doubtful it will actually get followed up on by the police anyway unless there’s dashcam footage in which case something might come of it
I know the police won’t be interested, I was thinking more just informing his company of their drivers standards whilst in a company vehicle…
Inclined to keep this sort of thing to yourself and make your own choice.
Would this thread have arisen if it wasn’t your nephew in the car?
No your right it wouldn’t. But I probably wouldn’t have been paying attention to how close he was to a car in front. As long as I know I can stop that’s all I’d normally be bothered about.
Rowley010:
In 2 car convoy on Saturday with family. Car in front has my 6 month old nephew on the back seat, with a baby on board sign in the rear window.
White van overtakes me and goes in my gap between me and car in front.
Then second car overtakes me and goes in that gap. On 2 lane bit car moves offside to see if they can overtake van. Van diver is leaning out of window with middle finger out because he doesn’t want to be overtaken.
Next thing, and this is a 60mph road, he’s about a foot from the rear of the car that’s got my nephew in. If they would have had to stop suddenly or even just slow down a bit suddenly the van would have been in the back no question.
Now I know it’s just a guy probably just finished work and wants to get home, but it’s hardly just a mistake is it.
I’ve got dash cam footage which shows the company name and van reg.
In two minds whether to inform his company or not…
Sounds like a typical day on UK roads to me. I guess you don’t do much driving. And I’m struggling to see what relevance a “baby on board sign in the rear window” has to do with any of it. Are you expecting people to drive differently because you have your 6 month nephew in the vehicle? Newsflash for you : people will continue to drive the same as they’ve always done and plastering your car with silly stickers is not going to change that.
Remove the sticker, enjoy a nice cold beer and move on with your life.
toonsy:
Let it go. Nobody was hurt despite gross stupidity and it’s doubtful it will actually get followed up on by the police anyway unless there’s dashcam footage in which case something might come of it
I know the police won’t be interested, I was thinking more just informing his company of their drivers standards whilst in a company vehicle…
They will be. Both of them want their collar felt. It makes me smile how indignant people can get about drink driving and rightly so but this dangerous and aggressive behaviour is somehow not worth bothering with? ■■■■■■■■■ are taking their time to catch on that there’s lots of cameras about these days so they’re obviously not the sharpest tools in the box making them that bit more dangerous in my experience.
Rowley010:
In 2 car convoy on Saturday with family. Car in front has my 6 month old nephew on the back seat, with a baby on board sign in the rear window.
White van overtakes me and goes in my gap between me and car in front.
Then second car overtakes me and goes in that gap. On 2 lane bit car moves offside to see if they can overtake van. Van diver is leaning out of window with middle finger out because he doesn’t want to be overtaken.
Next thing, and this is a 60mph road, he’s about a foot from the rear of the car that’s got my nephew in. If they would have had to stop suddenly or even just slow down a bit suddenly the van would have been in the back no question.
Now I know it’s just a guy probably just finished work and wants to get home, but it’s hardly just a mistake is it.
I’ve got dash cam footage which shows the company name and van reg.
In two minds whether to inform his company or not…
Newsflash mate, the world doesn’t revolve around you and your baby on board sticker.
Rowley010:
with a baby on board sign in the rear window.
Im sure they are the worst for crap parking and cutting in front of lorries before red lights or roundabouts when they could stay in the lane they are in and take the exit they want still but it shortens your braking area and rolling up to stopped traffic. Also seen them a foot off the back of a lorry on the motorway just waiting to rear end the lorry because they wont see it coming. But then I get annoyed when they are in the second lane matching the speed of the truck…
As soon as I read the title and even before I’d clicked on it I’d already decided that I’d let it go, and that’s before I’d read the circumstances.
I’m pretty old school in matters like this and would much prefer to deal with it on the spot by pushing my thumbs into the eyes of the van driver. Having said that I absolutely understand how having a relation endangered by this type of driving would upset someone, as indeed it would me. I don’t really believe that most (with a few exceptions) companies really bother following this sort of thing up, they may pay lip service to the person calling to complain and may tell their driver to wind his neck in, but that’ll be about it.
So as I say, much better to be proactive at the time, the painful lessons are the ones we take more notice of.
Maybe we do all take more notice if our loved ones are at risk than strangers? And many of us are more protective of towards kids.
So should be ignore dangers towards our own kids, or be a bit more caring towards others?
Franglais:
Maybe we do all take more notice if our loved ones are at risk than strangers? And many of us are more protective of towards kids. So should be ignore dangers towards our own kids, or be a bit more caring towards others?
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Years ago when I did C2 foodservice work I was delivering to a school and the entrance for the kitchen was in the staff car park so you would reverse off the road into there blocking the cars in. Near the end of the delivery the deputy head came out flapping she was late for a meeting so I need to move, I said in 5mins I will be gone, but she had to go and it was an important meeting about child abuse and that’s when I dropped this beauty,
“I don’t have kids so im not that fussed about child abuse”
Save to say I got a bit of an ■■■ kicking back at work and had to go to a powerpoint presentation just for me on customer service presented by the big dog of customer relations
Baby on board sticker usually is a sign of driver who can’t drive for toffee. The general consensus is bellends use those stupid things. I hope you take it out when you don’t have one onboard.
the maoster:
I don’t really believe that most (with a few exceptions) companies really bother following this sort of thing up, they may pay lip service to the person calling to complain and may tell their driver to wind his neck in, but that’ll be about it.
Yeah I worked (long term placement through an agency) for one of those ‘exceptions’ many moons ago, I was driving a 7.5 tonner for a door company (pre C and C+E days) and a very well to do lady pulled up alongside me at a two lane roundabout exit and she shouted across via her open passenger window in her best entitled tea and crumpets voice “I wish to be in that lane” I just stared at her and said “ok, so why are you in that lane then?” shook my head and then wound up my window, traffic started to move again at that point and off we all went and I turned left as I’d intended (hence the reason I was in the left lane at roundabout), a minute or so later the aforementioned lady came past me (duel carriageway) and pipped her horn at me (I’m assuming she had to go all the way around the roundabout to then be able to come off of said exit) anyway no drama’s or road raging, no gesticulating coffee beans or counting with fingers just carried on the day and never gave it another thought.
Yeah I suppose I could have let her in front of me, if I’d really had the mind too but as an early 20’s ‘youf’ I was slightly irked by her pushy arrogant demand (plus she wasn’t young and fit - sorry but it’s true, no matter how ‘PC’ we’re supposedly meant to be these days) but other than the remarkably uncocky (for a young lad) reply and the shake of the head I made no deal or issue out of it.
Got back to the companies yard at the end of the day, fuelled up, checked run list for the next day said “see ya” to the lads in the warehouse after a bit of a natter as you do and went home.
Phone call about an hour or so after I got home from the agency telling me I’d been pulled off the (very cushy and good money) door contract because the door company had received a complaint regarding a road incident with a very shaken up and distressed lady earlier that day! No if’s, no buts, no ‘my side of the story’ just ended… binned… done… Agency told me they’d try and find me other work but no way would I get back on with door company, I told them to stick the agency and the door company up their arse (early 20’s ‘youf’ coming out in full force now) and slammed the phone down. (hah you could actually still slam phones down then, now you have to press the red button with vigor and it doesn’t have anywhere near the same satisfaction)
■■■■■■ off wasn’t the word
(sorry, that turned out to be a much longer and in-depth post than I initially intended )
Conor:
Baby on board sticker usually is a sign of driver who can’t drive for toffee. The general consensus is bellends use those stupid things. I hope you take it out when you don’t have one onboard.
I dont think a sticker has any bearing on how people drive, they were designed to let emergency services know that there may be a small person on board who cannot help themselves in the event of an emergency.
Conor:
Baby on board sticker usually is a sign of driver who can’t drive for toffee. The general consensus is bellends use those stupid things. I hope you take it out when you don’t have one onboard.
I dont think a sticker has any bearing on how people drive, they were designed to let emergency services know that there may be a small person on board who cannot help themselves in the event of an emergency.
Newsflash for you : people will continue to drive the same as they’ve always done and plastering your car with silly stickers is not going to change that.
No if’s, no buts, no ‘my side of the story’ just ended… binned… done… Agency told me they’d try and find me other work but no way would I get back on with door company, I told them to stick the agency and the door company up their arse (early 20’s ‘youf’ coming out in full force now) and slammed the phone down. (hah you could actually still slam phones down then, now you have to press the red button with vigor and it doesn’t have anywhere near the same satisfaction)
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