Just had a most pleasant 'road rage' incident.

London. Raining.

Stand still traffic and the roundabout is the usual line of cars with those from the right edging in and the straight-on's trying to edge ahead and ignore the cars with right of way.

For the most part it's going ok with the one/one (zipper) system. I'm coming onto the roundabout. The red straight on car lets the white car (coming in) in front of me go so I leave him and move to go behind him. Normal zipper method.

Red BMW has other ideas and zooms in to close the gap, but since we're all stopped I'm right next to him.

So I look at him, get his attention and try to indicate/describe the one/one zipper system we all know well.

After a while he winds down his window and I mine. He chuckling says he doesn't know sign language, I chuckle too and we have a chat, wish each other a good day. He lets me go (as he should) and we carry on.

Was a nice start to a grey rainy London day!

Posted Sep 8, 2026, 8:33 AM UTC

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