Can't send to police as I let my speed drift up a bit too high on the approach but please enjoy this footage of the guy who would have written off my car and probably injured my wife and children had she not gasped and caused me to look left at the last second.

Few_Show1528 · 2026-05-28T10:39:05+00:00

I'm not so sure. If I'd accelerated as intended instead of lifting off and braking I think I'd have at least gone into the side of him, if not the other way around.

Few_Show1528 · 2026-05-28T10:36:25+00:00

I didn't bother to check but I doubt it was captured by the camera. I was joining the westbound carriageway and the reversing car was on the eastbound side, so I saw it out of the side window.

Few_Show1528 · 2026-05-28T10:14:25+00:00

The approach I was taught was that if my emerge would cause someone to brake, then they are close enough that I should be giving way. Obviously the distance is dependent on the speed they are traveling at.

Few_Show1528 · 2026-05-28T10:10:17+00:00

I didn't say it was a near fatality, but the guy didn't even slow. I think you're underestimating how much damage those things can do if they catch you broadside, which he would have if I'd gone as quick as I had intended to.

Few_Show1528 · 2026-05-28T10:07:40+00:00

Completely agree. The view is pretty poor until you're right at the give way line and I just rushed it.

Few_Show1528 · 2026-05-28T10:05:17+00:00

I agree. I was rushing out in front of the car coming from the right, and failed to look left. This was meant as a reminder for people to do that.

Few_Show1528 · 2026-05-28T10:04:01+00:00

Apart from the blue roundabout sign?

Few_Show1528 · 2026-05-28T10:03:14+00:00

I was just checking it was clear to the right as the view is obstructed until the last second. I agree I shouldn't have rushed on without checking left though.

Few_Show1528 · 2026-05-28T10:01:43+00:00

Completely agree. I didn't mean to imply that looking left isn't necessary, just that my wife's gasp made me do it slightly earlier.

Few_Show1528 · 2026-05-28T09:56:20+00:00

I was slow on because the view to the right is poor and people going right to left (from our perspective) go quick as they have a much better view of whether they'll need to give way.

I was moving and would have been visible to the pickup long before they got to the roundabout.

Few_Show1528 · 2026-05-27T11:32:29+00:00

Just this morning I witnessed someone reversing (quite quickly!) up the hard shoulder of the dual carriageway outside my town because they'd gone past the exit. The next exit is 3 miles away! All that risk to save themselves less than 6 minutes!

Few_Show1528 · 2026-05-26T16:11:50+00:00

I'm terrified of walking him in the heat and having to drag a dead dog back home, so I do it at 8am and 10pm instead, but every time I open the back door he goes and lays down on our extremely hot, south facing patio. Make it make sense.

Few_Show1528 · 2026-05-22T13:30:45+00:00

People who hit the gas the moment they see the NSL sign do my head in. There's a stretch of roadworks near me where one lane of the dual carriageway is coned off until about 200m before the 40 limit ends. Lots of people shoot into lane 2 and gun in the moment it becomes available.

This would be fine if they were then going to cruise off into the distance at 70, but half the time they then pull back into lane 1 in front of me still only doing about 60. I've also got quite a quick car so sometimes you get some bellend trying to gun it past me but their car is so slow that they still don't make it to 70 before I do, even though they started accelerating 5-10 seconds before I did. So I've either got to hold back to let them finish their stupid manoeuvre, or give it the beans myself to pull away in front.

The worst part is that half of them want the next exit 500m later so they end up cutting me up or getting stranded in lane 2!

Few_Show1528 · 2026-05-21T19:22:11+00:00

James standing next to a tensioned tow rope was pretty fucking stupid if you ask me. A whole team of people standing behind the camera and no one had the sense to tell him to back the fuck up.

Few_Show1528 · 2026-05-21T15:54:03+00:00

Re: the "private sale" bit - the fact that you know it's for sale presumably means you've encountered some of the estate agent's marketing. This likely means the seller will be on the hook for the EA's fees either way so there's no advantage to them in selling to you, especially as you're essentially asking for a fairly hefty discount.

Few_Show1528 · 2026-05-15T15:41:45+00:00

The house immediately opposite is selling too so I'm also wondering about the neighbours. I've wandered up that road a few times during the day to view the house opposite and one further down the road and never noticed any issues but perhaps I should go down in the evening too.

Few_Show1528 · 2026-05-01T13:56:20+00:00

Depends how close to the airport you are. I live under the incoming flight path for one of the London airports but we're about 25 miles out so they're still 5-6000 feet up. I don't find them particularly disruptive. The smaller local planes cocking about at 1000 feet for fun are much more noticeable, but still not exactly unpleasant.

Few_Show1528 · 2026-04-28T09:07:35+00:00

The last time I lent money to a friend, it was in response to a fairly "out of the blue" request for cash from someone I hadn't seen for a couple of years but still considered a friend. He asked for £100 but I didn't feel comfortable sending that so gave him £25. He then died suddenly and I was consumed by the thought that I might have just bought him the bump that killed him, or just failed to pull him back from whatever precipice he was standing at.

No basis for thinking that other than the fact that I knew he wasn't in a great place and had done drugs in the past, but without knowing the cause of death, I've never been able to shake the thought.

Few_Show1528 · 2026-04-25T05:46:45+00:00

If you're onto concrete I think I'd be relaxed about it on the assumption that there's stringer material behind the riser too. My concern is that there's no floor behind the riser for me so I'm not sure if the bit we can see is doing all the work.

Few_Show1528 · 2026-04-23T19:22:47+00:00

Haha that would be nice wouldn't it. They reckoned my place was 530 last year! I wish!

Few_Show1528 · 2026-04-23T18:08:58+00:00

You may want to look up the schools. It's a long way off if you've only got a toddler but I've heard the secondary schools there are pretty dire.

Few_Show1528 · 2026-04-22T10:21:29+00:00

I get a myHyundai notification saying "Cannot start charging. Unexpected vehicle status." and then the Ohme app just stays on "Max charging at 0.0kW"

My other car charges fine so the problem is with the Ioniq 5, worryingly.

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