This ridiculous footage shows a woman blocking a tunnel for 40 minutes because 'reversing out of it would mean giving up her right of way'.

The incident took place on Forlease Road in Maidenhead and occurred when an elderly man failed to give way to the woman in his Mercedes Benz when driving into the narrow tunnel.

The woman, clearly aggrieved by the inconsiderate driving, decided to stand her ground and out of principle refused to reverse to make room for the man to pass.

The incident occurred when an elderly man failed to give way to the woman in his Mercedes Benz

However, for reasons unknown, the elderly man was unable to manoeuvre his car from the tunnel, and unbelievably the pair stood off against each other for three quarters of an hour.

A video of the incident shows infuriated motorists exiting their cars and approaching the woman in her convertible Mercedes to plead with her to reverse out of the way.

Speaking to MailOnline, Brad Haverly, 30, who shot the footage, said: 'The woman was ignoring the comments that came her way and was in her own little world, adamant that she was in the right.

'Legally she was in the right but I think the video shows quite clearly the older man was two thirds of the way through and she committed to driving through too late and should have given way.'

At the start of the video, which begins 10 minutes into the stand-off, one man can be heard saying to the woman 'look, this fella is scared out of his wits,' while gesturing to the elderly man.

The woman decided to stand her ground and refused to reverse to make room for the man to pass

Infuriated motorists approached the woman in her convertible Mercedes to plead with her to reverse out of the way

He can then be heard sarcastically asking the woman how old she is before walking off frustrated at being unable to make her see sense.

Fifteen minutes into the stand-off and the woman still has no intention of moving her vehicle out of the way. A look at the road behind her shows traffic extending around the bend.

Five minutes later an angry man approaches the woman and says: 'There are mums around here trying to get their kids from school.'

He then swears in disgust before acknowledging that the elderly man, who appears to be shocked by the incident, is terrified inside his car.

Later in the video a woman approaches the lady and says: 'My teenage daughter and her friend are walking home and if anything happens to them it will be your fault.'

A look at the road behind the woman blocking the tunnel showed a build up of traffic extending around the bend

The elderly man was unable to manoeuvre his car from the tunnel, and the pair stood off against each other for three quarters of an hour

The man who had previously argued with the woman then approaches the elderly man's car and asks other people to help him guide the driver out of the tunnel.

A bystander explains that the driver will crash into the wall if asked to reverse and the man responds by saying that he should not be on the road.

He then approaches the man's car window and shouts at him that the police are going to take his license away if he is unable to back up.

The terrified man nods understandingly but appears too frightened by the incident to even begin attempting to manoeuvre his vehicle.

A man approached the eldery man's car window and shouted at him that the police were going to take his license away

A number of motorists asked the woman to move out of the way so that they could collect their kids from school

Meanwhile another motorist walks towards the woman's car and says: 'I have to pick up my daughter, please.' But the driver ignores him.

Thirty minutes into the ordeal and the man eventually attempts to reverse his car but almost crashes straight into the woman's convertible.

A group of men then see the elderly man back, and shout in panic as he veers off the road without control and heads towards the wall of the tunnel.

The driver then straightens back up in the road but despite his failed attempt to get out of the way, and the fact his confidence is no doubt entirely depleted, the lady still refuses to cut him any slack.

A group of men helped the elderly man back, and shouted in panic as he veered off the road without control and headed towards the wall of the tunnel

The video concludes with the man eventually managing to reverse out of the tunnel in a straight line and the motorists returning to their vehicles.

Mr Haverly said: 'I think the swearing and shouting contributed to the fact that the man was unable to reverse out of the tunnel and also an inability to drive.

'People offered to move his car for him but he was too petrified and spoke to the people around him through a small gap in the window.'

Commenting alongside the clip on YouTube, the video maker also noted that the police were called but both motorists had left the area before they arrived.