On 7 Feb 2006 08:07:47 -0800, "Kev" wrote:


Alex Heney wrote:
On 7 Feb 2006 04:20:08 -0800, "Kev" wrote:


You are a moron for not reversing once into that situation.

Who said that I didn't reverse once into the situation. I drive around
a bend in the road and I am confronted by a small bus heding towards me
wrong side of the road passing parked cars. I immediately stop along
side a parked car to my RH side. The bus passes a large space, that he
could have pulled into had he chosen to do so, to face me bumper to
bumper.
I have to make sure that the road behind is clear, it is dark and I
reverse up, the engine has stalled so I have to restart the engine
before doing so.The drivers reponse is, ****ing moron don't you know a
psv driver can't reverse. Well actually I didn't know and quite frankly
I don't give a damn that I don't know.

I obviously did not see the situation,. so I don't know whether I
really was reasonable for him to pull into the space.

Take my word for it, this was a large enough space for him to pull
into. Do not forget that it was dark so he would have seen my lights
from around the corner. I saw his lights and stopped but was already
along side parked cars.

But again, it being dark would make it much harder for him to judge,
or possibly even see the space (Possibly he was dazzled by your lights
- even assuming they were dipped)

In my view, it being dark gives him more excuse for not pulling in
himself, although not for any later outburst.


But whether it was or not, for you to then suggest he should be the
one to reverse *is* moronic.

I haven't at any time suggested that he reversed. Please refer to any
text that suggested that I said that.

Fair enough.

I was making the assumption that there was at least *some* reason
behind his reaction, however OTT it may have been.

If what you say above is true, then the only reason behind it was
basically down to the fact that it took you a while to move, due to
stalling (which he probably didn't know), so he assumed you were
expecting him to reverse.



And you must have made such a suggestion for him to be telling you he
is not allowed to.

I said nothing to him, his outburst was unprovoked

How on earth do you "know" that falsehood?


Don't understand, what falsehood.

The falsehood that you wrote, but then snipped from the reply just so
that you could "not understand".

Namely "Well al least we all now know that you support violence and
aggression and fowl language rather than do what is expected."



Of course I don't. And I would be amazed if what actually happened
was even close to being as simple as you paint it.

But if I was driving something several times as large as the other
vehicle, with seriously restricted rearward visibility, and had got
into a situation (whether by my mistake or his), then I would expect
the other vehicle to be the one who reverses.

Which is what happened so why was it necessary to swear and threaten
violence but then some people are mentally deranged and jumped to
violence at the slightest provocation but then you indicated in the
same situation you would have reacted as the bus driver did.


Liar.

Are you in the habit of telling people they are ****ing morons if they
happen to get in your way or do you just whack them one without the
insult.

Neither, of course.
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Alex Heney, Global Villager
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