There should be a law against inpatients

[Landy110]

I came up behind a line of three cars at a roundabout this afternoon and the first car drove off but the second car didn't. Two blokes crossing the road were talking to the driver, very breifly, and as they went to the front of the vehicle to push it back out of the intersection (broken down) the young female driver of the car in front of me started blasting her horn.
As the two blokes started pushing the car back to angle park it the girl drove forward and around the car on the left. Right in the path of the pushed vehicle. She missed it by inches.
People on the footpath were telling her to settle down but she must have believed the world was about to end because she had no time to loose. She drove one block and parked.
The poor old bloke in the broken down car looked a bit rattled.

I suppose I should have taken down her rego number and reported her for road rage but she wasn't that agressive.

People just need to take a chill pill.

[Slunnie]

She must be visiting the town..... hopefully.

[mudmouse]

Well there is! Unnecessary use of horn/warning device - over $100 plus points (i think).

It should include a kick in the bum for being so bloody impatient. I hope that's not typical in Orange - such a nice town. You expect it in Sydney, where the horn is used for everything BUT a warning device.:(

Matt.

[Slunnie]

I've hardly seen it in Orange. Most people here are usually pretty relaxed, some a little too relaxed at times!

[Lotz-A-Landies]

There should be a law against inpatients

And I thought this was a thread about hospitals and waiting lists? :D

[ATH]

Must have been written impatiently.

[It'sNotWorthComplaining!]

I came up behind a line of three cars at a roundabout this afternoon and the first car drove off but the second car didn't. Two blokes crossing the road were talking to the driver, very breifly, and as they went to the front of the vehicle to push it back out of the intersection (broken down) the young female driver of the car in front of me started blasting her horn.
As the two blokes started pushing the car back to angle park it the girl drove forward and around the car on the left. Right in the path of the pushed vehicle. She missed it by inches.
People on the footpath were telling her to settle down but she must have believed the world was about to end because she had no time to loose. She drove one block and parked.
The poor old bloke in the broken down car looked a bit rattled.

I suppose I should have taken down her rego number and reported her for road rage but she wasn't that agressive.

People just need to take a chill pill.

My sister was caught at roundabout at Black Rock Vic the other week in peak hour traffic, it was hard for her to enter the intersection due to oncoming traffic on her right. She patiently waited for her time to move and this idiot kept blasting his horn at her., and making obscene gestures through his front window at her.
Eventually he tried to pass her on the left side and at the same time was hurtling abuse towards her. He then proceeded to drive into a parked car. PRICELESS... :D

[dullbird]

i gave my horn a go this morning.....guess that makes me inpatient:)

A women in front of me was driving along wth the flow of traffic 3 lanes we ere on the inside lane closest to the shops when all of a sudden she pulls over to the left slightly and double parks!! waiting to pick someone up I beeped my horn as she gave no one any warning in a busy lane there was like at least 15 cars all bunched up behind me.. so she moved 2 meters forward and stopped again!! So I beeped my horn again only because there was a left hand turn into a side street 50 yards in front of her thoughtless cow

[Lotz-A-Landies]

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A women in front of me was driving along wth the flow of traffic 3 lanes we ere on the inside lane closest to the shops when all of a sudden she pulls over to the left slightly and double parks!!
...You must have been in my suburb - it seems that it is complulsory to double park, or even triple park and in one way streets the double and triple parking is a slalom course if you can move at all. :mad: :mad: :mad:

I won't be racist an attribute it to one particular religious group.

[Slunnie]

I won't be racist an attribute it to one particular religious group.

Bloody Athiests. :rocket:


Oh hang on.... that cant be right. :lol2:

[abaddonxi]

Sorry to say, but maybe we're the worst.

Saw a Defender driver a few weeks ago speeding in a school zone while overtaking on the left in the parking lane.

Simon

[V8Ian]

I was a passenger with my particularly considerate FiL, a number of years ago. Impatient oaf behind started playing tunes on his horn, even though there was a line of stationary peak hour traffic in front of us. FiL calmly get out of the car and wanders round it. As the traffic starts to move off the oaf appears to be having a coronary, FiL calmly says to him "Mate the way you were carrrying on, I thought you could see something wrong with my car, sorry, didn't mean to hold you up."

A gem:Rolling:

[Panda]

:Rolling::Rolling::Rolling:Classic!


I was a passenger with my particularly considerate FiL, a number of years ago. Impatient oaf behind started playing tunes on his horn, even though there was a line of stationary peak hour traffic in front of us. FiL calmly get out of the car and wanders round it. As the traffic starts to move off the oaf appears to be having a coronary, FiL calmly says to him "Mate the way you were carrrying on, I thought you could see something wrong with my car, sorry, didn't mean to hold you up."

A gem:Rolling:

[3toes]

Some years ago when I was at school there was a father who used to stop a little way before the zebra crossing and let kids out. They then walked to the crossing and waited for him to pull out and move forward to the crossing. Once he was at the crossing and stopped the kids would then cross the road to school.

On this day there was someone in an Alfa who must have been in a hurry to be somewhere important. After repeatedly sounding the horn at the car which had dared to stop at the crossing it then proceeded to pull out and overtake the static car just missing the kids who were now on the crossing. Que kids and people on the footpath screaming as they though it was going to be messy. Net gain from this for the Alfa was to be stopped about 200 metres further down the road at the back of the traffic waiting for the lights to change.

Up to this point I was not aware that a Series 3 Land Rover (have to admit it would have been nearly new at the time) was capable of smoking the tyres when taking off from a standing start. The Land Rover proceeded very quickly down the road and stopped only when its left hand front corner came into contact with the right hand side of the Alfa about the rear door / wheel area. Bull bar (old style steel cow catcher type) did its job and Alfa was not going any further that day or I think a few weeks as it looked seriously bent. Land Rover backed off with no visible damage and vanished down a side street.

Alfa driver was very upset however did not have the rego number of the hit and run Land Rover and no witness would back him up.

[olbod]

3toes, thats the stuff I like to hear.
Fists are put on the end of your arm to be used and R M Williams boots are good for kickng in panels, eh.
Trouble these days is that people think fists are for *******.:D

Personally, I hate all cities and large towns. If it has more than two dogs and no hitchng rail and water trough along the footpath, its too uncouth and uncivilised.
Past time to move.

Cheers.

[Landy110]

Yeah alright, I hadn't had enough coffee and used the wrong "patience"
I've been stressed over the money I'm spending on the defender at the moment so give me a break.:D

No I don't see that sort of thing too often here but what I am seeing more and more is people running red lights.

The correct procedure is that when the amber light shows you should stop if you can safely. This is what I do in Orange but I have learned not to in Sydney because it is not safe to do so because the driver behind you sees an amber light as a cue to accelerate.
Unfortunately this practice seems to be creeping into Orange as well.:mad:

[ATH]

You're forgiven Landie, this time anyway.
Bit dangerous braking too hard at lights in Perth as well as nearly all drivers speed up to get over before they go red.
Plenty of broken glass and plastic bits at most lights.
I blame it on the fact there are far too many of them at every insignificant junction where someone has to wait a couple of minutes, they plant their damn traffic lights.
They plant them not far from roundabouts as well especially fairly close to shopping centres as the "commercial interests" pay for them, obviously to increase a bit of impulse buying.
This has a ruinous effect on traffic flow at the roundabout when large blocks of cars all arrive at the same time instead of in fairly spread out lines.
There's no overall road planning, they take each junction seperately without taking into account all the various ways of allowing reasonable free flowing traffic, just plant another set of lights and that's it.
No wonder drivers get frustrated and put their foot down.
Grrrr.
Alan.

[stevo68]

And I thought this was a thread about hospitals and waiting lists? :D Not trying to take the ****.......but I have read the thread 3 times.....trying to work out where inpatients/ hospitals came into the equation. Did this scenario happen at a hospital.....on the way.....etc. Gave up as it was doing my head in....... and getting very impatient about it;)....but noooowwwwww I understand.

Regards

Stevo

[Lotz-A-Landies]

Not trying to take the ****.......but I have read the thread 3 times.....trying to work out where inpatients/ hospitals came into the equation. ...

The title "There should be a law against inpatients"!

The word inpatients is the word used to describe people admitted into hospitals for treatment. Similarly the word "outpatients" the people not admitted but coming to hospital for treatment.

The word that should have been used was impatients! (The "im" meaning people who are not patient same usage as in the word impolite for people who are not polite i.e. barge into things.)

Diana

[martinozcmax]

And I thought this was a thread about hospitals and waiting lists? :D

This is a most unfair thread. not everyone can be treated in day care ! Have a heart !! :p

[Lotz-A-Landies]

The word is impatience.:)Cooper

Yes, you are correct.

You must however remember, it was not me who wrote the original title and correcting grammar instead of pointing out a completely wrong word would be getting too pedantic.

After all, being a health professional, laws against "patients" directly affects my career and is the reason that I looked at the thread. Had I thought it was about road rage I may not have bothered to open the thread.

Diana :)

[martinozcmax]

The title "There should be a law against inpatients"!

The word inpatients is the word used to describe people admitted into hospitals for treatment. Similarly the word "outpatients" the people not admitted but coming to hospital for treatment.

The word that should have been used was impatients! (The "im" meaning people who are not patient same usage as in the word impolite for people who are not polite i.e. barge into things.)

Diana

English the most confusing and difficult language in the world to master. I always remind myself other peoples lack of English grammatical or spelling skills are outweighed by being able to understand the meaning of the message.

Anyone who has English as a second language has my instant respect. I struggle with it as my first (and only) language. :D :D

Have a good weekend guys/gals

Martin

[George130]

I was a passenger with my particularly considerate FiL, a number of years ago. Impatient oaf behind started playing tunes on his horn, even though there was a line of stationary peak hour traffic in front of us. FiL calmly get out of the car and wanders round it. As the traffic starts to move off the oaf appears to be having a coronary, FiL calmly says to him "Mate the way you were carrrying on, I thought you could see something wrong with my car, sorry, didn't mean to hold you up."

A gem:Rolling:
My dad used to do this.
Once he even got out grabbed the fire extinguisher walked up to the guy and asked where's the fire?:D

[V8Ian]

The title "There should be a law against inpatients"!

The word inpatients is the word used to describe people admitted into hospitals for treatment. Similarly the word "outpatients" the people not admitted but coming to hospital for treatment.

The word that should have been used was impatients! (The "im" meaning people who are not patient same usage as in the word impolite for people who are not polite i.e. barge into things.)

Diana
Ron has competition ;):D
PS Owner//Driver southbound on Monday, I've read it now.

[martinozcmax]

My dad used to do this.
Once he even got out grabbed the fire extinguisher walked up to the guy and asked where's the fire?:D

Fantastic !:)

Unfortunately I suspect if you did that nowadays the impatient kid who stabs you would use the fire extinguisher in your hands as proof you were going to attack him with it and get off scotch free to boot. :(

[rmp]

This thread is a good example of Why Spelling Still Matters ;-)

[Pedro_The_Swift]

I agree Robert,,
however you as a professional might have a slight bias,,,;):p

[Dmmos]

A few months ago I was rear ended in Glebe, got out of the car and exchanged details with the other guy, all was good (he drove away) except my car couldn't be driven (the body work was pushing into the wheel), which was pretty bloody obvious to everybody (with hazards on, a great big chunk of the car mangled, and glass on the road).

The car was diagonally across a two lane street, however there was ample room for people to go around on either side. The number of people who honked was spooky, but the worst was when I was on the phone to the NRMA on the side of the road, and a bloke in a Commodore drove up, sat behind and started beeping, yelling out to me. I said (quite calmly) that there had been an accident, and it couldn't be moved, to which he continued beeping and shouting out to move it.

:censored: :censored: :censored:

Not long after I saw a girl who had broken down on the Harbour Bridge (in the far left lane, her bonnet was up), and people were beeping at her as they drove past - :mad:

It's not so much the lack of courtesy afforded by so many drivers these days, but rather the lack of raw intelligence.

PS. It's off topic, but who owns the White Defender with the number plate AULRO? I parked behind it in St Leonard's recently, looked gorgeous!

[George130]

Would be over 10 years ago now but I came up on an accident in Canberra in a heavy downpoor. An old bloke in his 70's and a little asian woman were trying to push the cars off the road while everyone was honking and driving around them, including in front of the cars. I stopped blocking 2 lanes at an angle:twisted:. Casualy waled up and helped them move the cars. I then waled back to my van and lite a smoke while one guy was yelling at me to move. I just looked at him and told him if he wanted me to move quick then next time get out and help. Till then f off.

Felt good after.

[Dmmos]

Felt good after.

Amen.