I think this is the first time I am posting in a forum here. Today I really feel the need to express my experience...
I learned my lesson today. In traffic I get by times kind of frustrated because of other participants taking what I believe is my right. In most of those cases I don't back off, telling myself if I start doing that I dont get anywhere at 8 in the morning, in SD-traffic. (another reason is that I just get irritated when people think to overrule my rights.
However today I took a shortcut somewhere in the city, using the area of a public institution. The area is guarded by guardians at each exit. They know me, they also know I am using the terrain of the institution as a short cut and told me that it s not problem. On the terrain of the institution I had to make a turn. From the opposite direction a driver in a little jeep came, also to make a turn, he was directed where I was coming from and vice versa.
While he was cutting the corner he met me half wayhis turn (me also turning. Like said before, I dont like give up my (supposed) rights and so I broke but did not go back. I was perfectly at the right side of the street, he was obviously not. He stares at me like: GO BACK, and I stare back like: FORGET IT!. Then I show him how much space he has at my left hand and that he is supposed to take the turn completely and not like that. After a few seconds he goes a few meter s back, puts his car back in D and HITS ME RIGHT IN THE FRONT, actually considerably hard. He went back in reverse and took off...almost flying in another direction leaving towards one of the exit. My mouth almost dropped on my knees. When I get out of the car he is already on his way out. I shout to the guards: STOP HIM....one runs after him, but he is too fast. another is contacting the guard at the gate...but also too late. The guy is gone...and noone could even take his licenseplate.
In the meantime I have severe damage in my recently bought Toyota...and I learned a lesson not to stand my rights.....someone who gets in his mind to do something like that, might also use a gun if he had one.
Thank God he did not have one (seemingly) and that I learned to be more carefull with only material damage...a suggestion to everyone (especially foreigners): do not stand your rights in traffic at all cost. It's not worth it and people are VERY VERY tensed right now (thanks to hipolito, i guess)
gr. Mauricio
I learned my lesson today. In traffic I get by times kind of frustrated because of other participants taking what I believe is my right. In most of those cases I don't back off, telling myself if I start doing that I dont get anywhere at 8 in the morning, in SD-traffic. (another reason is that I just get irritated when people think to overrule my rights.
However today I took a shortcut somewhere in the city, using the area of a public institution. The area is guarded by guardians at each exit. They know me, they also know I am using the terrain of the institution as a short cut and told me that it s not problem. On the terrain of the institution I had to make a turn. From the opposite direction a driver in a little jeep came, also to make a turn, he was directed where I was coming from and vice versa.
While he was cutting the corner he met me half wayhis turn (me also turning. Like said before, I dont like give up my (supposed) rights and so I broke but did not go back. I was perfectly at the right side of the street, he was obviously not. He stares at me like: GO BACK, and I stare back like: FORGET IT!. Then I show him how much space he has at my left hand and that he is supposed to take the turn completely and not like that. After a few seconds he goes a few meter s back, puts his car back in D and HITS ME RIGHT IN THE FRONT, actually considerably hard. He went back in reverse and took off...almost flying in another direction leaving towards one of the exit. My mouth almost dropped on my knees. When I get out of the car he is already on his way out. I shout to the guards: STOP HIM....one runs after him, but he is too fast. another is contacting the guard at the gate...but also too late. The guy is gone...and noone could even take his licenseplate.
In the meantime I have severe damage in my recently bought Toyota...and I learned a lesson not to stand my rights.....someone who gets in his mind to do something like that, might also use a gun if he had one.
Thank God he did not have one (seemingly) and that I learned to be more carefull with only material damage...a suggestion to everyone (especially foreigners): do not stand your rights in traffic at all cost. It's not worth it and people are VERY VERY tensed right now (thanks to hipolito, i guess)
gr. Mauricio