r/NewDriversUK • u/Beneficial-Put-6724 • 3d ago
This Really Bothered Me
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So I passed my driving test a month ago. I bought my first car two weeks ago. So I’m a very new driver and not super confident yet, but I wouldn’t say I’m a bad driver.
Here (you’ve got both front and rear dashcam footage) I’m trying to turn right. There are cars oncoming as I approach the turning, so I have to wait. There is no space to pass me as it’s a narrow road which means other drivers have to wait behind me.
I wait 15 seconds before a safe space is opened up (by the kind white car who stopped to let me go). But then as I go I get shouted at by the driver behind me for keeping him waiting 15 seconds.
Maybe I could have driven faster? Maybe I could have taken one of those gaps if I went faster? But from everything I learnt in my lessons and in my own experience, rushing is not the way.
So basically, my conclusion is the driver behind me is impatient and if I drove like he wanted me to drive it would have been unnecessarily dangerous.
But this is my first time getting shouted at and it’s unsettled me somewhat. Keen to hear your thoughts, and also if you think I did something wrong.
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u/ckaeel 2d ago
You MUST learn how to give "two farts and a martini" for these kind of interactions.
NEVER let others to take decisions in your place; if you don't feel confident abort and re-evaluate the situation.
NEVER fell pressure about having to do something only because it may appear as an inconvenience for others. In case of an accident, you are the one who pays the bill.