An Irish motorist was left in a very awkward situation after she gave a one-fingered salute to an unmarked police car
The Police Service of Northern Ireland said the unmarked car seen the woman driving in the Coleraine area of Derry and that her lane discipline was "far from good".
When the police officers sounded their horn to avoid a collision,the woman replied by flashing her middle finger at them
The officers pulled the woman over to have an 'awkward conversation' she insisted that she had only been waving at them
The PSNI recounted the amusing anecdote in a post on Facebook.
"An awkward silence is one of the worst things ever and even more so when police officers are standing at your car window and you know exactly why they are there," a PSNI spokesperson wrote on the PSNI North Coast Facebook page.
"That was the deafening silence we heard this evening when we had to stop a motorist who’s lane discipline was far from good.
"She seemed to think that the roundabouts two lanes belonged to her and that our unmarked car did not belong there.
"As we sounded the cars horn to signal our presence and prevent a collision she decided to wave at us frantically using just one finger!
"When we stopped to have that awkward conversation with her she claimed she was just waving at us.......... #soundsofsilence
"Motorists please remember your lane discipline and remember the way to signal a motoring mistake is not using one finger."
