Standoff

I have been in a stand-off on a country lane. I get pretty p****d of when a car coming towards me can see me (I can see him/her so no question about it) and is right by a passing place, but does not pull in and just ploughs on straight at me, expecting me to stop and reverse to a passing place behind me.

On one occasion this involved me backing round a blind bend on the one-track lane. I was so annoyed that I just got a book from the passenger seat and sat and read it till he reversed to the passing place. Stroppy c*w, that's me! I had/have never done such a thing before or since.

It happens all the time on these lanes - some people do not even slow down when another car is coming - they just assume the other person will stop and reverse.

My brother, who is an unbelievable petrol-head and drives thousands of miles all round the world, is terrified driving our lanes!

What a terrible video! Keep the camera still!!

What bloody selfish prats the pair of them. They should be ashamed of the themselves. I have no sympathy at all.
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If you can't reverse carefully out of that, you should get someone else to guide you or assist you. However if you can't reverse when needed IMO you are not safe to drive. A reverse out of that tunnel is far easier than parking.

This nearly happened to me on Saturday when I was driving over a narrow bridge at the same time as a man in a big car coming in the other direction. We both stopped and eyeballed each other. Then another car came up behind me and my adversary gave up and reversed. Confrontation avoided.

I saw that clip on Facebook too, and echo Nelliemoser's opinion.
I also wondered unworthily if the whole thing was a set-up?

The only time we have been involved in a stand off was on a narrow farm road in Belgium, where we, in a Mini, met the biggest turkey I have ever seen in my life. In full feather, it almost filled the width of the road. It sat in front of us and refused to move when we drove towards it, in fact it ran at the car at one point! I said to DH " get out and shoo it!" He said "No bloody fear!" And we reversed back up the track the way we had come, pursued by the bird, until we reached the junction!

Another one now. I see the Daily Mail got straight to the nub of the problem: tattoos and ginger hair.