Honda Car Forum

On 12 Apr 2007 17:47:23 GMT, Adrian <toomany2cvs@gmail.com> wrote:

>Ian Dalziel (iandalziel@lineone.net) gurgled happily, sounding much like
>they were saying :
>
>>>>>Pedestrians have every right to walk on the road and are expected to
>>>>>walk on the left facing traffic.
>
>>>> Make that "on the right" and I'm with you.
>
>>><points to ".ca" in his email address...>
>
>> <points to "uk." in the name of the group I'm reading...>
>
><points to the other four groups in the list - all of which are full of
>left-pondians>

Did he or did he not post to uk.rec.driving?

--

Ian D

Ian Dalziel (iandalziel@lineone.net) gurgled happily, sounding much like
they were saying :

>>>>>>Pedestrians have every right to walk on the road and are expected to
>>>>>>walk on the left facing traffic.

>>>>> Make that "on the right" and I'm with you.

>>>><points to ".ca" in his email address...>

>>> <points to "uk." in the name of the group I'm reading...>

>><points to the other four groups in the list - all of which are full of
>>left-pondians>

> Did he or did he not post to uk.rec.driving?

Not in this thread, no, Ian...

On 12 Apr 2007 18:00:33 GMT, Adrian <toomany2cvs@gmail.com> wrote:

>Ian Dalziel (iandalziel@lineone.net) gurgled happily, sounding much like
>they were saying :
>
>>>>>>>Pedestrians have every right to walk on the road and are expected to
>>>>>>>walk on the left facing traffic.
>
>>>>>> Make that "on the right" and I'm with you.
>
>>>>><points to ".ca" in his email address...>
>
>>>> <points to "uk." in the name of the group I'm reading...>
>
>>><points to the other four groups in the list - all of which are full of
>>>left-pondians>
>
>> Did he or did he not post to uk.rec.driving?
>
>Not in this thread, no, Ian...

Ah shit. It's been a hard day.
Now, where am I again?

--

Ian D

Ian Dalziel (iandalziel@lineone.net) gurgled happily, sounding much like
they were saying :

>>> Did he or did he not post to uk.rec.driving?

>>Not in this thread, no, Ian...

> Ah shit. It's been a hard day.
> Now, where am I again?

<checks group line>
alt.dogs.hyundai, I think.

On Thu, 12 Apr 2007 16:52:35 +0000, Adrian wrote:

>> He stops and comes back to confront me....
>
> Not surprised. You've just committed criminal damage.

No he didn't. He overbalanced while trying to avoid a car being driven at
him and - most regrettably - hit it with the stick he was carrying.
officer.

Ian

Ian Johnston (ian.groups@btinternet.com) gurgled happily, sounding much
like they were saying :

>>> He stops and comes back to confront me....

>> Not surprised. You've just committed criminal damage.

> No he didn't. He overbalanced while trying to avoid a car being driven
> at him and - most regrettably - hit it with the stick he was carrying.
> officer.

Ah, yes, of course...

Just like the tosser in the car didn't *deliberately* swerve at him -
heavens, no, why on earth would he do that? And, of course, he was coming
back to apologise when the nasty man threw stones at his car all
unprovoked.

Adrian wrote:
>
> D
> But he missed you.
>
> > I whacked the side of the guy's car.
>
> And that was ****ing stupid, too.

I suppose I could have just jumped off very narrow shoulder of the road and
let the asshole get away intimidating. After all, he was was in a big metal
car and I apparently had no business being on the road.


> > He stops and comes back to confront me....
>
> Not surprised. You've just committed criminal damage.

And so has he. I am entitled to react.



> > Knowing that he he about to do something dumb to intimidate me, I
> > stepped back and picked up a handful of 3/4inch gravel off a driveway.
> > As the guy approached me he swung toward me. I guess he wasn't
> > expecting me to whip a handful of gravel at his car when he did that.
>
> Just as well he didn't lose control of the car, eh? Wouldn't *that* have
> been funny...?

Yes.

> I hope you're *really* proud of yourself...
Yes :-)

Dave Smith (adavidsmith@sympatico.ca) gurgled happily, sounding much
like they were saying :

>> > I whacked the side of the guy's car.

>> And that was ****ing stupid, too.

> I suppose I could have just jumped off very narrow shoulder of the
> road

You either needed to do that anyway, or you didn't need to do that at all.

After all, he missed you, didn't he?

> and let the asshole get away intimidating.

Umm, yes.
What's to be gained from anything else? Oh, yeh, you left the whole mess
even more shaken...

>> > He stops and comes back to confront me....

>> Not surprised. You've just committed criminal damage.

> And so has he.

What property of yours did he damage?

> I am entitled to react.

No, you aren't. Not in law.

>> Just as well he didn't lose control of the car, eh? Wouldn't *that*
>> have been funny...?

> Yes.

Let's hope you'd have been laughing from your hospital bed, if he'd lost
control and hit you. Not from a coffin.

>> I hope you're *really* proud of yourself...

> Yes :-)

Like I said. ****ing stupid. The pair of you.

Adrian wrote:
>
>
> > I suppose I could have just jumped off very narrow shoulder of the
> > road
>
> You either needed to do that anyway, or you didn't need to do that at all.
>
> After all, he missed you, didn't he?

We swerved toward me.
>
> > and let the asshole get away intimidating.
>
> Umm, yes.
> What's to be gained from anything else? Oh, yeh, you left the whole mess
> even more shaken...

I walk down this road almost every day, and sometimes at night. He has not
dared to do it again. I don't know where you live, but around here, car
drivers are not allowed to threaten pedestrians like that.



> What property of yours did he damage?
>
> > I am entitled to react.
>
> No, you aren't. Not in law.

Yes, in law. He threatened me verbally, and then came back and threatened
me physically by swerving at me at high speed. That is assault, and I am
entitled to react. He got a handful of gravel thrown at his car and he
left. He used a 2,000 lb automobile to threaten me because I dared to walk
on the side of the road. I used a few ounces of gravel to ward him off.
Which do you figure used excessive force?


> >> Just as well he didn't lose control of the car, eh? Wouldn't *that*
> >> have been funny...?
>
> > Yes.
>
> Let's hope you'd have been laughing from your hospital bed, if he'd lost
> control and hit you. Not from a coffin.

I don't know where you got the impression that I was standing in the middle
of the road when I threw it.
>
> >> I hope you're *really* proud of yourself...
>
> > Yes :-)
>
> Like I said. ****ing stupid. The pair of you.

I guarantee you that he did not repeat that stunt.

Dave Smith (adavidsmith@sympatico.ca) gurgled happily, sounding much
like they were saying :

>> > I suppose I could have just jumped off very narrow shoulder of the
>> > road

>> You either needed to do that anyway, or you didn't need to do that at
>> all.

>> After all, he missed you, didn't he?

> We swerved toward me.

Yes, dear. And you either needed to get out of his way or you didn't.
Since you apparently didn't dive for the ditch, but didn't get flattened,
then we can assume that it wasn't necessary.

<thinks>
You aren't actually under the impression waving your stick changed the
trajectory of his car, are you?

>> > and let the asshole get away intimidating.

>> Umm, yes.
>> What's to be gained from anything else? Oh, yeh, you left the whole
>> mess even more shaken...

> I walk down this road almost every day, and sometimes at night. He has
> not dared to do it again. I don't know where you live, but around
> here, car drivers are not allowed to threaten pedestrians like that.

Nor here. Nor are peds allowed to belt cars with big sticks.

Perhaps he hasn't been down that road at the same time as you since?
Perhaps he wasn't a local?


>> >> Just as well he didn't lose control of the car, eh? Wouldn't
>> >> *that* have been funny...?

>> > Yes.

>> Let's hope you'd have been laughing from your hospital bed, if he'd
>> lost control and hit you. Not from a coffin.

> I don't know where you got the impression that I was standing in the
> middle of the road when I threw it.

I don't know where you got the impression that a vehicle stays in the
middle of the road when the driver loses control whilst swerving.

>> >> I hope you're *really* proud of yourself...

>> > Yes :-)

>> Like I said. ****ing stupid. The pair of you.

> I guarantee you that he did not repeat that stunt.

So that's one ****wit that's learnt from it. Only one more to go.