Ethics of not helping agressive drivers

MugMugs

Tec Diver wrote: »

I get that from time to time, I never let them in. They get angry, but hopefully they learn a lesson. Nothing more has ever come of it either.

Do you mind me asking you how you think you would feel if somebody was not permitted back in and as a result met an oncoming truck as a result ?

Would you pity the potential fatialy wounded drivers family ? How about the truck driver ?

Tec Diver

MugMugs wrote: »

Do you mind me asking you how you think you would feel if somebody was not permitted back in and as a result met an oncoming truck as a result ?

Would you pity the potential fatialy wounded drivers family ? How about the truck driver ?

Ok, in a dangerous situation I would let them go, or apply brakes to let them get out of the way. But when they deliberately go into the wrong lane just so they don't have to wait like everyone else then I won't, if it's safe to do so

Blazer

Tec Diver wrote: »

I get that from time to time, I never let them in. They get angry, but hopefully they learn a lesson. Nothing more has ever come of it either.

very dangerous as well...you're better off and much safer to allow them back onto the right hand side of the road...
As much as I'd like to do it I don't for safety reasons...

JJJJNR

This usually happens to me every day on the way to work and as all the BMW owners are saying here don't get worked up and aggrivated just let them in..

Gophur

Four times, last night, I had to flash cars, in the over-taking lane of a motorway, to allow me past.
No doubt I was the "aggressor" to some of those people.

mawk

Gophur wrote: »

Four times, last night, I had to flash cars, in the over-taking lane of a motorway, to allow me past.
No doubt I was the "aggressor" to some of those people.

No thats a reasonable situation. People should not be driving in the overtaking lane. Certainly not at 80kph X-|

Its people overtaking either when the overtaking lane ends, or there is no overtaking lane, and when they have no space to do so forcing me to brake and give them my asphalt.
Thats when my gears get ground.

Tea drinker

Gophur wrote: »

Four times, last night, I had to flash cars, in the over-taking lane of a motorway, to allow me past.
No doubt I was the "aggressor" to some of those people.

depends on the situation, you haven't said anything that automatically rules that out. If someone is already overtaking and making progress at 120-130 km/h then trying to push them out of your way is aggressive and unnecesarily distracting.

Of course someone "planking" at 80 in the overtaking lane warrants a good flashing.

brendansmith

mawk wrote: »

p.s ill thank anyone who can guess the car he drove.

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