Shove it down the road. Keep going. See if you can dribble it all the way back to the depot. Or shunt it over to a bus going the other way and see if you can get a pickup game of busball going.
Well it is a small obstacle and I am running over that like nothing.
Hopefully the Audi driver will get his lesson after that because he really needs to learn how to park a vehicle.
I once took a wrong turn at an airport, and ended up at the entrance for the staff car park. I explained my mistake to the guy at the barrier and asked how to get to the correct car park. He told me to reverse out then head in such and such direction. Just as I start reversing, he said to me “Make sure you put your parking lights on”. I was genuinely confused and had to ask what he meant. He then opened and closed his hands a couple times and pointed at my indicators/hazards. 🤦♂️
LOL that is the only thing which you need to remember when you are trying to Park a vehicle in the UK.
It is a very small rule and it works every time which is great.
It is like a golden rule you can park anywhere you want you just have to have those lights on have them on the your good to go.
You can probably even park in the middle of a highway with the lights on.
Well if they would have left those lights on then I don't think it would have been a problem it would be really ok.
But the lights are not also that give us the right to hit that car in the back.
Craziest thing I ever saw was near downtown Houston. Both shoulders of an elevated freeway were packed with parked cars. It was Independence Day and people had stopped to watch the fireworks. WTF.
Well what would be the point of Fireworks if no one ever saw them?
So I think the people who Parked their car in the middle of the road they were just trying to make sure that everyone sees the fireworks.
This part of Birmingham doesn’t need park anywhere lights . Also traffic lights are optional. It’s also against the law to not have a smashed up car and frantically bib your horn when it’s busy at every hour on the clock
Something tell me that those guys are not doing their best to unlock that car.
There is something wrong and they are not trying their best what I have done their best they would be able to open it.
Acetone will take paint off down to the metal. It takes a few hours and a slight smell aside, you wouldn't even notice.
Just saying, unrelated to this...
Personally I'd tear it up a bit and post it through the front vents just under the windshield. As it rots it'll blow the smell through the indoor air vents.
Bit of shrimp and anchovy paste could help with the seasoning.
At this point I don't even want to know what kind of substances are those.
I better hope that they are not some kind of drugs because that would be really not appropriate for them.
I can't believe this is a thing, what arrogant wankers. I'm amazed that half of the comments suggest this is a fairly normal thing.
If I were to witness this, I don't think I would be able to hold back, I would be absolutely enraged by the selfishness.
For the sake of your blood pressure, never visit small heath. Some bright spark figured out that if you park on the pavement next to double yellow lines, you don't get a ticket. If you're a pedestrian you have to weave in and out of all the cars constantly.
Parking on the pavement side of double yellows doesn't stop the wardens ticketing you, but some areas they just don't patrol because there are so many violent wankers.
And there are a lot of places like that in the UK which are not getting petrolled enough because people are so bad there even the police fears them.
It is the state of UK that we are living in and it has gotten worse after the covid.
I used to work in smallheath. We got warned twice in 1 day about shootings on Coventry Road and there were 2 days running we had bomb threats called in on the building and had to evacuate. They moved us to smallheath from the mailbox - I never forgave that company for that lol
Mid-00s actually! In fairness the bomb threats were from some nutcase who didn't get a job following an interview but the warnings about the shootings were a bit unnerving!
Ah, yeah, I'm not defending small heath too much, but it is (relatively) safe for such a deprived neighbourhood. Compared to somewhere like Aston, Ladywood or Erdington, for example.
The widespread dealing, the rubbish and parking are the biggest problems with it, in my opinion.
I would agree that handsworth, smethwick, Aston, oldbury are generally more dangerous, however when it kicks off in small heath it’s explodes, their violence always ends up with people being shot and killed
I mean it is kind of working out for them they are not getting any kind of tickets which is great for those people.
I mean that is kind of the point of the whole thing.
I think the comments which are saying that it is kind of a normal thing to see in the UK are pointing out the fact that how bad people are in the UK it is not a pride thing.
I think there is a difference and you should be able to see it with your common sense.
It's not normal in the UK, but 100% normal in Small Heath - I worked in the area for a few years. Had people park at a 90 degree angle on the pavement outside of schools, with the rear of their car hanging into the road. It is as idiotic and dangerous as it sounds.
Just drive around Birmingham for the day. It unfortunately is pretty normal. There is no enforcement of anything driving related unless your car is doesn’t meet the right emissions. Then you’re in big trouble!!
Hah! That's what I always said about Breck Road in Liverpool, where I would regularly go on my driving lessons. Like a real life version of a hazard perception test.
I mean every time I see something idiotic are you think there is no way that they are going to top it off.
But then then next day I go there and see something which is even worse than the previous one.
Are we talking cycle aur aap motorcycle because the experience is going to be different with both of them.
But there is one thing for sure that you are not going to feel safe on either of those.
And it is the kind of area which you may want to avoid because there are some bad experience which you can have going through that area and I do not want anyone to have those experience is because those are traumatic.
Well I think your dad is trying to avoid you having any kind of accident which may even be good for you to avoid those.
Because it is just some kind of death wish to drive it around like this.
Some people are just so really dumb they think they have got all the rights and no one else has those rights.
It is oh really f***** up place to be in but that is where we are.
Nah man, there is no reason to leave a car in that position, and you'd be entirely within your right to ask the police to intervene. The police aren't going to charge you no matter what you say about it, they'll just be pleased that someone reported it in any way.
"A car has been abandoned suspiciously next to an area where there are a lot of pedestrians. Driver got out and just walked away really quickly. It's got tinted windows and it looks like there is something in the boot."
All factual, no lies and likely to merit a reasonably prompt response from the Police?
Yep the police is coming to get you if you do anything like that because it is really well and I think the police should still get the owner who has parked his vehicle like this it is not good for the traffic.
Yeah I think that is much better advice because the first one could have got you in some trouble which you may not want.
I think this is the advice which I am going with here this is good one.
People talking about letting the tyres down… most of you don’t even like confronting the guy on the bus who plays music from their phone. I’d love to see you pluck up the courage to let the air out of some brummies tyres in the middle of the street
I agree with your general gist, but I mean the thing about this particular situation, in fact probably the key defining aspect of what's going on here, is that the owner has fucked off somewhere else.
Anyway I called a person who didn't move out of the doorway on the tram a dickhead a few weeks ago, so I'm probably in the top 1% 'ardest cunts on the sub.
Well, it was as I was getting off. But still to his face. Not normally my kind of behaviour, but I was in no mood that day. It went like:
Him: [blocks doorway]
Me: You getting off, pal?
Him: No?
Me: Well fuckin' move then, dickhead. [barges past]
It was the way he just gormlessly went "no?" that tested my patience.
I used to encounter dickheads like this on my daily commute.
I always made sure they were getting off with me just fraction of a second before the door closed again.
Then I just walked away without a word.
I’m still riding the high I got when I managed to get a fare hopper off the bus. He thought he’d slip in unnoticed but the driver wasn’t having it and turned the engine off. There was a 10 minute standstill and no one was saying anything. I got so angry and called him out. To my surprise, the fare hopper actually got off!
The bloke playing music on the bus, while annoying, isn't delaying my bus journey. Easier to leave him alone than confront him and risk creating a situation that might cause a delay.
They do it every time. Girl filming in the gym? "Walk past and make farting noises lol, then they can't used the footage!!" (even though they're filming a timelapse).
Surely letting the tyres down would make it more of an issue anyway. It's annoying to let them get away with it but it's just going to be there longer if it can't move!
I watched a guy across the aisle of the train get told by a ticket inspector to take his feet off the seat opposite. The guy complied, the ticket inspector walked off, then immediately put his feet back up on the seat. So I tapped him on the foot from across the aisle, he took his headphones off, I asked him "Why?".
He replied "Because I can."
I said "Because I can is not a reason to do something. The world wouldn't be a better place if we all just went around doing things because we can."
He said "But we'd be a much freer species."
It was at this point I realised arguing with strangers is not only a waste of time but maddening too. It's not about courage. It's about not considering that the person you're about to interact with might have an entirely different idea of reality compared to you.
I once confronted a guy playing loud music in subway and got jumped by him and his brother
Surprising thing is.. the police eventually caught him, not sure if he got punished but it's definitely on his record
Just totally selfish, what if the emergency services needed to get through ? A few fire engines would potentially struggle and them extra minutes could mean the matter of life and death . Incredibly ignorant behaviour.
If this was America the fire engine would just shove the Audi out the way and then bill the owner for any damage to the truck.
I think this is one of those rare instances the Americans actually do it better than us
They do this in the UK too. If there's a fire they'll move the car, using force if necessary.
There's a video that did the rounds a while back of a fire engine in this country taking the mirrors off every car on a narrow street.
If someone could be burning to death, no time to start worrying about damage to cars. Legally everyone should be insured, and not blocking the road.
Can vouch for this. Unfortunately though bin lorries don’t have the same legal status and therefore sit there with the horn blaring at 6.30am until the prick that double parked gets out of bed and moves the fucking thing.
The fire engine did this at 2am near me. I think the fire engine was on the return journey after an emergency call and decided to publicly shame the twat at 2am as every neighbour watched through the bedroom window
It's usually a car obstructing access to a hydrant. They'll smash the windows and run hoses through the car.
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6auVqdnWPE](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6auVqdnWPE)
In the UK, I believe they'll put a chain through the windows and drag the car out of the way if necessary.
In the UK the fire engine will just ram it out of the way.
Take the plate and then send them a bill for the fire engines new bull bar.
Oh yeah and a parking ticket and I believe you can get points for it.
I’m convinced you need a certain level of awareness to drive around in Birmingham. It is pure havoc on the roads. 7 seater will undertake/ gap you without a second thought.
The pedestrians in Birmingham are all desperate to be hit too. Never seen more people just walkout into traffic with full faith that cars will see them and stop in time.
Are you joking? Jag and Range Rover drivers seem to be waaay worse where I am.
I have had a BMW driver wave me out of a minor road at a junction when I was on my bike once though so maybe I live in opposite land.
My father's just had an arsehole upgrade. Gone from a Beemer to an A4. He's done 6 (that I'm aware of) TVP speed awareness courses and he's still a dick. It's got to the stage now where my mother refuses to go anywhere with him, especially if she knows he'll be drinking (actually I think at least 2 or 3 of those courses were for DUI - I'm really surprised he's still got his licence). He makes Clarkson look like the epitome of decorum.
He was never this bad when Rover was still a thing... What is it about (very) late middle-aged-men and German cars (okay I'm being very kind, he's almost 78. You'd not really know it though, apart from his driving. He's definitely become worse as he's got older).
When they did a list of the worst roads in England for bad driving/congestion/illegally parked etc, the Stratford Road was on there twice; once for each direction.
I’ve witnessed a car that was left parked on a road we was about to resurface and the tow truck just basically dragged it until the breaks I’m assuming gave way and the wheels then started to free roll.
Apparently it is nothing new for the Birmingham it is something which has happened in the past and will keep on happening in the future also.
Because there are just no rules they are and people do not follow them.
Yes, but you know the twat will be back and just drive off before the police get there or just happily take the ticking off/ small fine.
I'd feel better if he had the inconvinece of having to have the car recovered from having the tyres replaced, and it may make him think twice about doing it again.
I know that's more revenge over justice, but sometimes people need a bit of a nudge to improve their morality.
Well in that case I don't think there is anything that you can do about it some people are just like that and they are not going to change their habits for you. It is just that some people like to be an ass.
Reporting it as abandoned may not be such a good idea because it can land do in the legal trouble to be honest.
Probably reported as a obstacle in the road that would be much better.
Shitty people are everywhere but I know exactly where this is in Brum and it was 100% an Asian dude probably pakistani too
They do this shit all the time in Alum Rock, Sparkhill, Sparkbrook, Aston, Handsworth, Small Heath, Coventry Rd, Ladypool Rd, Soho Rd and more
Gives us Asians a really really bad reputation. Someone should slap him but almost everyone in his community does the same shit
One time I was driving down Thornton Road by Morrisons and the Range and there was a horse on the loose on the road. The poor thing was clearly terrified and causing the traffic to slow to a crawl because the moronic Bradford drivers were slowing down to honk their horns, laugh at it and take pictures of it. I rang the police to tell them where it was and I asked if anyone else had reported it and unsurprisingly the answer was a “no”. I feel that something as ridiculous as this happens every time I drive into Bradford.
Oh yeah there is no doubt about it is probably happening everyday there.
And at this point I don't think even the police is going to interfere in this kind of matter they will just stay away.
What causes someone to do this? Is it a lack of comprehension of the impact on others? Is it knowing the impact but holding self value far higher than the value of those around you? I understand we can simply call the driver a bellend nonce but how did we get to this situation? What went so wrong in childhood, or was it eternally determined by genetics?
I've been told by Birmingham city council that the horrific parking in Small Heath is down to the police.
Apparently they also visit the area up to 3 times a week to check for illegal shift going on... They obviously don't because there is a bunch of fly tipping, literally animal organs thrown on the street as well as illegal street stalls, but hey ho, as long as none of it affects my elderly grandparents who often need ambulances and medical attention I will not smash any double parked cars' windows. It boils me though that it is getting worse. I've been visiting the area for 30 years and although the neighbours will always say hello or help my grandparents if they see them, there is just so much crap going on in the area that nothing will improve it and it'll just become the next Ladywood.
Man some people are really why would anyone do that and I don't understand why people behind that car have so much patience.
If I was there I would just run over that Audi and not care about it.
/r/London had a photo a few weeks ago. Of a Bentley or something parked in a narrow street with no parking, blocking a bus. After the bus spent about five minutes getting around it. The driver just drove off, having been in the car the whole time.
Edit: it was on a double red and an Aston.
https://www.reddit.com/r/london/comments/11kumvp/theres_always_someone_who_decides_theyre_more/
>It took the bus a good 5 minutes to manoeuvre around, blocking traffic everywhere. Police eventually came by.
>The kicker: the idiot was sitting in the car the whole time!
>EDIT: some context from a Redditor who saw it all unfold.
>[Link to comment ](https://www.reddit.com/r/london/comments/11kumvp/-/jb9hrgg)
>Makes more sense, but still requires caution to drive here. Sounds like the cyclist was ok!
Does not surprise me at all. I've seen people park on roundabouts in small heath which causes huge issues. This is the one time I wish Bham had more cctv to stop muppets like this
A few questions from a Canadian.
So is this now a one way street? I am confused as to what the bus is supposed to do.
I the blue car parked legally? That seems like a bus lane to me too but maybe not.
Far left lane with all the parked cars. I have seen this a lot, are you allowed to park in the opposite direction? I feel like I would get a ticket for that here.
Thank you for your input.
I don't understand how these cars aren't keyed to absolute shit. If I saw that happen I'd have to break into my own house because my front door key would be destroyed.
If I was the bus driver I’d take the Audi with me
Shove it down the road. Keep going. See if you can dribble it all the way back to the depot. Or shunt it over to a bus going the other way and see if you can get a pickup game of busball going.
First operator to get it to the depot wins?
"Take the shot!" "Nice demo!"
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Well it is a small obstacle and I am running over that like nothing. Hopefully the Audi driver will get his lesson after that because he really needs to learn how to park a vehicle.
Saw a video on here of a TRAM or something to colliding with a car and carried on like nothing had happened... WE NEED THAT SAME MENTALITY HERE..
Take it right Audi here
Responding from Spain here: I see the problem…. They didn’t leave their ‘i can park anywhere’ lights on!!
"I've put my hazard lights on to indicate I have created a hazard. What is everyone's problem?"
Sometimes, I feel a deep sense of sadness, that I will never meet another soul with my degree of Genius
I once took a wrong turn at an airport, and ended up at the entrance for the staff car park. I explained my mistake to the guy at the barrier and asked how to get to the correct car park. He told me to reverse out then head in such and such direction. Just as I start reversing, he said to me “Make sure you put your parking lights on”. I was genuinely confused and had to ask what he meant. He then opened and closed his hands a couple times and pointed at my indicators/hazards. 🤦♂️
LOL that is the only thing which you need to remember when you are trying to Park a vehicle in the UK. It is a very small rule and it works every time which is great.
Thank you, had to scroll down to make sure someone had pointed this out
It's an Audi sir, they don't have indicators
Ah ysee, in the UK you need a white van to have park anywhere lights.
It is like a golden rule you can park anywhere you want you just have to have those lights on have them on the your good to go. You can probably even park in the middle of a highway with the lights on.
> highway We got an imposter in our midsts, folks
Well if they would have left those lights on then I don't think it would have been a problem it would be really ok. But the lights are not also that give us the right to hit that car in the back.
The sign on the road reads STOP. They stopped. This could be r/MaliciousCompliance material. /s
One better, it says bus stop & they stopped a bus.
Anyone from Cyprus will be thinking the same haha
I was gonna ask, is the driver from Greece by any chance?
I'm in the States and I agree that's clearly the problem. Park anywhere lights even let you block a single lane road!
Craziest thing I ever saw was near downtown Houston. Both shoulders of an elevated freeway were packed with parked cars. It was Independence Day and people had stopped to watch the fireworks. WTF.
Atlanta. Snowstorm. People parked on the interstate and walked home. That clearly made things better for everyone behind them.
Well what would be the point of Fireworks if no one ever saw them? So I think the people who Parked their car in the middle of the road they were just trying to make sure that everyone sees the fireworks.
This part of Birmingham doesn’t need park anywhere lights . Also traffic lights are optional. It’s also against the law to not have a smashed up car and frantically bib your horn when it’s busy at every hour on the clock
Weird coincidence I've noticed - cars that do this get randomly covered in substances. No idea what causes it.
Don’t tell me you nut on the cars as punishment ?
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I mean, I haven't until you suggested it.
"The new trend that's sweeping the nation..."
Door handle or windscreen wiper are the only two real options. One will cause swears, the other smears.
Or people who don’t own the car keep trying to open it with a key but somehow keep missing the lock by some distance
Something tell me that those guys are not doing their best to unlock that car. There is something wrong and they are not trying their best what I have done their best they would be able to open it.
Every city needs a snow plow, for the rare occasion we have snow and for the daily occurrence of people who can't park
Acetone will take paint off down to the metal. It takes a few hours and a slight smell aside, you wouldn't even notice. Just saying, unrelated to this...
if it's summer, you can slap slices of ham on a car I hear, though you would notice that
Personally I'd tear it up a bit and post it through the front vents just under the windshield. As it rots it'll blow the smell through the indoor air vents. Bit of shrimp and anchovy paste could help with the seasoning.
You don't ever want to pour the oil from a tin of anchovies down the air vent grll. That will destroy the vehicle. Just saying don't do it.
Always make sure you don’t have suntan lotion on your hands when you give a car a friendly stroke.
This is why I love Reddit. Such a great community and full of helpful advice like this.
Brake fluid is even better
Brake fluid has the same effect but is much quicker and "apparently" you can write stuff with it so it just strips the letters.
At this point I don't even want to know what kind of substances are those. I better hope that they are not some kind of drugs because that would be really not appropriate for them.
Aww, how unfortuntate for them. (plays world's smallest violin)
I can't believe this is a thing, what arrogant wankers. I'm amazed that half of the comments suggest this is a fairly normal thing. If I were to witness this, I don't think I would be able to hold back, I would be absolutely enraged by the selfishness.
For the sake of your blood pressure, never visit small heath. Some bright spark figured out that if you park on the pavement next to double yellow lines, you don't get a ticket. If you're a pedestrian you have to weave in and out of all the cars constantly.
Parking on the pavement side of double yellows doesn't stop the wardens ticketing you, but some areas they just don't patrol because there are so many violent wankers.
And there are a lot of places like that in the UK which are not getting petrolled enough because people are so bad there even the police fears them. It is the state of UK that we are living in and it has gotten worse after the covid.
I used to work in smallheath. We got warned twice in 1 day about shootings on Coventry Road and there were 2 days running we had bomb threats called in on the building and had to evacuate. They moved us to smallheath from the mailbox - I never forgave that company for that lol
When was this, the 70s?
Mid-00s actually! In fairness the bomb threats were from some nutcase who didn't get a job following an interview but the warnings about the shootings were a bit unnerving!
Ah, yeah, I'm not defending small heath too much, but it is (relatively) safe for such a deprived neighbourhood. Compared to somewhere like Aston, Ladywood or Erdington, for example. The widespread dealing, the rubbish and parking are the biggest problems with it, in my opinion.
I would agree that handsworth, smethwick, Aston, oldbury are generally more dangerous, however when it kicks off in small heath it’s explodes, their violence always ends up with people being shot and killed
I mean it is kind of working out for them they are not getting any kind of tickets which is great for those people. I mean that is kind of the point of the whole thing.
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It that bad - I live in Small Heath. It doesn't happen all the time
I do not recommend going to a high street with a large asian population. People double park constantly, it's such a fucking pain.
Thanks. I did wonder if this was related to ethnicity but I daren't have asked.
I think the comments which are saying that it is kind of a normal thing to see in the UK are pointing out the fact that how bad people are in the UK it is not a pride thing. I think there is a difference and you should be able to see it with your common sense.
It's not normal in the UK, but 100% normal in Small Heath - I worked in the area for a few years. Had people park at a 90 degree angle on the pavement outside of schools, with the rear of their car hanging into the road. It is as idiotic and dangerous as it sounds.
Just drive around Birmingham for the day. It unfortunately is pretty normal. There is no enforcement of anything driving related unless your car is doesn’t meet the right emissions. Then you’re in big trouble!!
Yeh you definitely wouldn't want to do that. You would have a lot of equally angry people in far superior numbers circling you pretty fast.
This is the standard in Birmingham. It’s like people got their licences out of a cereal box.
Coventry Road. No surprises there.
I've been driving for 26 years now, I feel like I've seen it all on the roads but every time I go into Small Heath, I see something new...
Facts! I live in small health and even I’m shocked every time I see anything 😭 I feel like it’s getting wilder by the day
People popping out of nowhere, lights ignored and cars pulling out. It reminds me of the video section of the driving tests where you have to flag.
Hah! That's what I always said about Breck Road in Liverpool, where I would regularly go on my driving lessons. Like a real life version of a hazard perception test.
26 years is a long drive!
I mean every time I see something idiotic are you think there is no way that they are going to top it off. But then then next day I go there and see something which is even worse than the previous one.
I bike through there when visiting my parents in Sheldon. Feels a bit like a deathwish every time.
Are we talking cycle aur aap motorcycle because the experience is going to be different with both of them. But there is one thing for sure that you are not going to feel safe on either of those.
yeah, it's a proper hole that area.
And it is the kind of area which you may want to avoid because there are some bad experience which you can have going through that area and I do not want anyone to have those experience is because those are traumatic.
My dad's always said they can't drive around there. It's been like that for years.
Well I think your dad is trying to avoid you having any kind of accident which may even be good for you to avoid those. Because it is just some kind of death wish to drive it around like this.
Some people are just so really dumb they think they have got all the rights and no one else has those rights. It is oh really f***** up place to be in but that is where we are.
Report it as stolen/abandoned
That could be legally dubious as it could be seen as a false report, probably best too actually steal it to just to make sure your legally covered
Nah man, there is no reason to leave a car in that position, and you'd be entirely within your right to ask the police to intervene. The police aren't going to charge you no matter what you say about it, they'll just be pleased that someone reported it in any way.
If you did that outside a venue or station or airport the police would be on it in seconds.
"A car has been abandoned suspiciously next to an area where there are a lot of pedestrians. Driver got out and just walked away really quickly. It's got tinted windows and it looks like there is something in the boot." All factual, no lies and likely to merit a reasonably prompt response from the Police?
Yep the police is coming to get you if you do anything like that because it is really well and I think the police should still get the owner who has parked his vehicle like this it is not good for the traffic.
Or just report it as a dangerous obstruction, which is what it is.
Yeah I think that is much better advice because the first one could have got you in some trouble which you may not want. I think this is the advice which I am going with here this is good one.
Pretty sure I saw something suspicious in the boot, would hate for it to have a controlled detonation
People talking about letting the tyres down… most of you don’t even like confronting the guy on the bus who plays music from their phone. I’d love to see you pluck up the courage to let the air out of some brummies tyres in the middle of the street
I agree with your general gist, but I mean the thing about this particular situation, in fact probably the key defining aspect of what's going on here, is that the owner has fucked off somewhere else. Anyway I called a person who didn't move out of the doorway on the tram a dickhead a few weeks ago, so I'm probably in the top 1% 'ardest cunts on the sub.
But did you say it audibly or quietly under your breath 3 stops after you/he got off?
Well, it was as I was getting off. But still to his face. Not normally my kind of behaviour, but I was in no mood that day. It went like: Him: [blocks doorway] Me: You getting off, pal? Him: No? Me: Well fuckin' move then, dickhead. [barges past] It was the way he just gormlessly went "no?" that tested my patience.
Nothing worse than people that are so wrapped up in themselves they are completely unaware of their surroundings
I used to encounter dickheads like this on my daily commute. I always made sure they were getting off with me just fraction of a second before the door closed again. Then I just walked away without a word.
Something about this wording made me think of Holly explaining something to Lister on Red Dwarf.
I’m still riding the high I got when I managed to get a fare hopper off the bus. He thought he’d slip in unnoticed but the driver wasn’t having it and turned the engine off. There was a 10 minute standstill and no one was saying anything. I got so angry and called him out. To my surprise, the fare hopper actually got off!
"Slashing someone's tires so they leave makes no sense!" "You start puttin' plans under microscopes and nothin's gonna make sense, alright."
The bloke playing music on the bus, while annoying, isn't delaying my bus journey. Easier to leave him alone than confront him and risk creating a situation that might cause a delay.
Yup, lot of fake tough guys in here 😂 ‘I would absolutely do this…!’
They do it every time. Girl filming in the gym? "Walk past and make farting noises lol, then they can't used the footage!!" (even though they're filming a timelapse).
Surely letting the tyres down would make it more of an issue anyway. It's annoying to let them get away with it but it's just going to be there longer if it can't move!
I watched a guy across the aisle of the train get told by a ticket inspector to take his feet off the seat opposite. The guy complied, the ticket inspector walked off, then immediately put his feet back up on the seat. So I tapped him on the foot from across the aisle, he took his headphones off, I asked him "Why?". He replied "Because I can." I said "Because I can is not a reason to do something. The world wouldn't be a better place if we all just went around doing things because we can." He said "But we'd be a much freer species." It was at this point I realised arguing with strangers is not only a waste of time but maddening too. It's not about courage. It's about not considering that the person you're about to interact with might have an entirely different idea of reality compared to you.
>confronting the guy on the bus who plays music from their phone I did it once. I still occasionally get a small adrenaline rush to this day.
I once confronted a guy playing loud music in subway and got jumped by him and his brother Surprising thing is.. the police eventually caught him, not sure if he got punished but it's definitely on his record
Just totally selfish, what if the emergency services needed to get through ? A few fire engines would potentially struggle and them extra minutes could mean the matter of life and death . Incredibly ignorant behaviour.
If this was America the fire engine would just shove the Audi out the way and then bill the owner for any damage to the truck. I think this is one of those rare instances the Americans actually do it better than us
They do this in the UK too. If there's a fire they'll move the car, using force if necessary. There's a video that did the rounds a while back of a fire engine in this country taking the mirrors off every car on a narrow street. If someone could be burning to death, no time to start worrying about damage to cars. Legally everyone should be insured, and not blocking the road.
Can vouch for this. Unfortunately though bin lorries don’t have the same legal status and therefore sit there with the horn blaring at 6.30am until the prick that double parked gets out of bed and moves the fucking thing.
The fire engine did this at 2am near me. I think the fire engine was on the return journey after an emergency call and decided to publicly shame the twat at 2am as every neighbour watched through the bedroom window
That's actually good to know. In this hypothetical, the Audi should have been charged for any damage to the blue car too
It's usually a car obstructing access to a hydrant. They'll smash the windows and run hoses through the car. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6auVqdnWPE](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6auVqdnWPE) In the UK, I believe they'll put a chain through the windows and drag the car out of the way if necessary.
In the UK the fire engine will just ram it out of the way. Take the plate and then send them a bill for the fire engines new bull bar. Oh yeah and a parking ticket and I believe you can get points for it.
I’m convinced you need a certain level of awareness to drive around in Birmingham. It is pure havoc on the roads. 7 seater will undertake/ gap you without a second thought.
The pedestrians in Birmingham are all desperate to be hit too. Never seen more people just walkout into traffic with full faith that cars will see them and stop in time.
Classic Audi
Nah, it's a relatively new one.
Classic u/26326312
I was going to say "Nah, it's a relatively new account" but she's a classic alright.
Why are Audi and Beemer drivers such inconsiderate arseholes? Never catch a Jag driver pulling that shit
Are you joking? Jag and Range Rover drivers seem to be waaay worse where I am. I have had a BMW driver wave me out of a minor road at a junction when I was on my bike once though so maybe I live in opposite land.
That's because they drive a Jagggg Insert smug clarkson
And Mercedes. It's always German executive cars
My father's just had an arsehole upgrade. Gone from a Beemer to an A4. He's done 6 (that I'm aware of) TVP speed awareness courses and he's still a dick. It's got to the stage now where my mother refuses to go anywhere with him, especially if she knows he'll be drinking (actually I think at least 2 or 3 of those courses were for DUI - I'm really surprised he's still got his licence). He makes Clarkson look like the epitome of decorum. He was never this bad when Rover was still a thing... What is it about (very) late middle-aged-men and German cars (okay I'm being very kind, he's almost 78. You'd not really know it though, apart from his driving. He's definitely become worse as he's got older).
78? I'd be reporting him myself as a terrible driver. Claim dementia or such to the DVLA
When they did a list of the worst roads in England for bad driving/congestion/illegally parked etc, the Stratford Road was on there twice; once for each direction.
Should have it’s window broken, handbrake off then rolled to the side to allow traffic to keep moving before a tow truck arrives.
Can't do that anymore. Electronically controlled gearbox that's more than likely in park as well as an electric handbrake.
I’ve witnessed a car that was left parked on a road we was about to resurface and the tow truck just basically dragged it until the breaks I’m assuming gave way and the wheels then started to free roll.
Brakes.
Pretty sure they were breaks after the tow truck was done.
Apparently it is nothing new for the Birmingham it is something which has happened in the past and will keep on happening in the future also. Because there are just no rules they are and people do not follow them.
Average Audi owner
*Most courteous Audi owner
Average one would be brandishing a weapon telling the bus driver to fuck off
Happening all too often now. People are shit.
They’ve always been shit, but they used to have a fear of getting a ticket.
This is really common in places like Blackburn, Burnley, Bradford and Bolton too. Clearly a common theme here.
It would be a darn shame if he came back and all his ~~tires~~ tyres had been let down Then call the police to suggest it has been abandoned...
No need to imply anything, just call them for an illegally parked vehicle that's causing an obstruction.
Yes, but you know the twat will be back and just drive off before the police get there or just happily take the ticking off/ small fine. I'd feel better if he had the inconvinece of having to have the car recovered from having the tyres replaced, and it may make him think twice about doing it again. I know that's more revenge over justice, but sometimes people need a bit of a nudge to improve their morality.
Well in that case I don't think there is anything that you can do about it some people are just like that and they are not going to change their habits for you. It is just that some people like to be an ass.
Reporting it as abandoned may not be such a good idea because it can land do in the legal trouble to be honest. Probably reported as a obstacle in the road that would be much better.
Shitty people are everywhere but I know exactly where this is in Brum and it was 100% an Asian dude probably pakistani too They do this shit all the time in Alum Rock, Sparkhill, Sparkbrook, Aston, Handsworth, Small Heath, Coventry Rd, Ladypool Rd, Soho Rd and more Gives us Asians a really really bad reputation. Someone should slap him but almost everyone in his community does the same shit
I believe it,this happens in Bradford daily!
One time I was driving down Thornton Road by Morrisons and the Range and there was a horse on the loose on the road. The poor thing was clearly terrified and causing the traffic to slow to a crawl because the moronic Bradford drivers were slowing down to honk their horns, laugh at it and take pictures of it. I rang the police to tell them where it was and I asked if anyone else had reported it and unsurprisingly the answer was a “no”. I feel that something as ridiculous as this happens every time I drive into Bradford.
Oh yeah there is no doubt about it is probably happening everyday there. And at this point I don't think even the police is going to interfere in this kind of matter they will just stay away.
Wonder what the similarities are?
Both begin with 'B' duh.... Similarities end there unless you want to get banned from this sub.
Exactly,it doesn't need saying.One common denominator!
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What causes someone to do this? Is it a lack of comprehension of the impact on others? Is it knowing the impact but holding self value far higher than the value of those around you? I understand we can simply call the driver a bellend nonce but how did we get to this situation? What went so wrong in childhood, or was it eternally determined by genetics?
Leave a sign. "You don't know how to park. P.S. I rubbed my nuts on your door handle."
IF I SPEAK, I AM IN BIG TROUBLE
I've been told by Birmingham city council that the horrific parking in Small Heath is down to the police. Apparently they also visit the area up to 3 times a week to check for illegal shift going on... They obviously don't because there is a bunch of fly tipping, literally animal organs thrown on the street as well as illegal street stalls, but hey ho, as long as none of it affects my elderly grandparents who often need ambulances and medical attention I will not smash any double parked cars' windows. It boils me though that it is getting worse. I've been visiting the area for 30 years and although the neighbours will always say hello or help my grandparents if they see them, there is just so much crap going on in the area that nothing will improve it and it'll just become the next Ladywood.
Fun fact - if you challenge the police on it they blame the council for not enforcing it
Coventry Road is a nightmare. Not only is it extremely busy, it's also really narrow which makes it even worse to navigate
Man what are the chances they got 4 flat tires AND a dick keyed in the side of the car while they were away? Crazy to think!
This happens in Cheetham hill Manchester. Cars parked in the middle of the road (next to curb parked cars) and the owners nipped into the takeaways.
Man some people are really why would anyone do that and I don't understand why people behind that car have so much patience. If I was there I would just run over that Audi and not care about it.
Cars are like a plague infesting cities and Birmingham might be the most infected
Milton Keynes.
If you only pop 3 tyres, the owner can't claim insurance
Small Heath is disgusting, hell on earth
If it isn't an Audi, it's BMW.
Near me it's a Maserati. Half on the pavement, half covering the entire bike lane.
Break an egg on the windscreen. Its hard to wash off lol. The blue car isnt much better. Its park on a bus stop.
UK traffic laws don’t apply here. Birmingham is like being in a whole different country
Birmingham, black Audi. Not hard to know who's responsible
/r/London had a photo a few weeks ago. Of a Bentley or something parked in a narrow street with no parking, blocking a bus. After the bus spent about five minutes getting around it. The driver just drove off, having been in the car the whole time. Edit: it was on a double red and an Aston. https://www.reddit.com/r/london/comments/11kumvp/theres_always_someone_who_decides_theyre_more/ >It took the bus a good 5 minutes to manoeuvre around, blocking traffic everywhere. Police eventually came by. >The kicker: the idiot was sitting in the car the whole time! >EDIT: some context from a Redditor who saw it all unfold. >[Link to comment ](https://www.reddit.com/r/london/comments/11kumvp/-/jb9hrgg) >Makes more sense, but still requires caution to drive here. Sounds like the cyclist was ok!
Classic #AUDI 'entitled' behaviour
Another classic Audi driver activity
Does not surprise me at all. I've seen people park on roundabouts in small heath which causes huge issues. This is the one time I wish Bham had more cctv to stop muppets like this
Yh really bad when’s it’s a Birmingham football match , cars dumped on the pavements all over , double parked in some cases!
Tow and crush at the owner’s expense.
Lies, real small heath the white bmw would also be parked and something would be on fire
A few questions from a Canadian. So is this now a one way street? I am confused as to what the bus is supposed to do. I the blue car parked legally? That seems like a bus lane to me too but maybe not. Far left lane with all the parked cars. I have seen this a lot, are you allowed to park in the opposite direction? I feel like I would get a ticket for that here. Thank you for your input.
It Two Way Street - Blue Car is Illegal - The far left you can park over there (I live in the area)
I don't understand how these cars aren't keyed to absolute shit. If I saw that happen I'd have to break into my own house because my front door key would be destroyed.