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>> No. 3386 Anonymous
10th August 2015
Monday 5:21 pm
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Is there an "I'm sorry" hand signal?

I just almost caused a little fender bender, turned onto a road and she appeared out of nowhere. Must of been in my blind spot but it was entirely my fault for not checking it.

Obviously I felt really bad about this but was in front of her afterwards, so my signalling options were flash my hazards or wave my hand. But those are usually a "thanks" which would just make me look like a snarky cunt. My other option would be to try to improvise a hand signal but decided whatever I did would just look like my hand was spazzing out.

Eventually I took the "Look straight forward and pretend they're not right behind you" option. But is there some kind of clear way to say "I fucked up, sorry"?
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>> No. 3387 Anonymous
10th August 2015
Monday 5:50 pm
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You pull a face like this and hold a hand up to say sorry.
>> No. 3388 Anonymous
10th August 2015
Monday 7:06 pm
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>>3387
OP says he was in front of her.

Holding your hands up while looking in the rear view mirror is probably the best you can do.

I don't think there's an easy answer to this problem. There was a documentary about body language fronted by John Cleese that explained a major cause of road rage is an inability to see other drivers' faces, as when we bump into each other in person we automatically pull apologetic expressions.
>> No. 3389 Anonymous
11th August 2015
Tuesday 3:00 am
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>>3386
Holding your hand up. If you really want to grovel and show just how much of a pussy-whipped wimp you are, then get out of the car, start crying and crawl on all fours while shouting "sorry mum, I swear I love you, I promise I will get 3 A's and become a doctor. Please mum, don't take my phone from me, I'm 18 mum, my mates will laugh at me. Mum please, I will make you proud come 14th of August, just let me enjoy this summer. I swear I will kill myself if I fail mum. I ain't a Paki, but I will kill myself mum."
>> No. 3390 Anonymous
11th August 2015
Tuesday 3:31 am
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I think holding up your hands is good enough. I don't think flashing or waving will be seen as snarky, more like "thank you for tolerating my abhorrent motoring".

While we're here the other day I tried to do a three point turn and it took about seven, and also I managed to stall. All while holding up a police van. I flashed my hazards AND did a hand wave thing that I think translated as "sorry officers, I'm not drunk"
>> No. 3391 Anonymous
11th August 2015
Tuesday 7:31 am
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>>3389

Good luck on your resits, racistlad.

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