Bad Drivers
Wednesday 1st October, 2008 10:06 Comments: 1
There's usually at least one person every morning that annoys me on my drive to work. I don't suffer from road rage, but people do try my patience. Sometimes it's the person that drives everywhere at 35mph, or the person that accelerates really slowly when the lights turn green, or the person that stops in the "KEEP CLEAR" section of the roundabout.
Today's culprit was an old woman that drove 30mph along a 40mph stretch of road. Most of my journey is along a 40mph road where people often drive at 30mph. This is often the difference between arriving at work around 5 minutes early (and getting a parking space) and 5 minutes late (and having to double park). As soon as the road became a dual carriageway, I safely overtook her and continued my journey to work at my usual pace, glad that I'd only been slightly delayed.
About a minute later, as I approached a junction, I could see some weird swerving going on behind my car. The green fiesta driven by the woman was dancing in front of a big black car and she was shaking her head. I didn't see exactly what had happened, but I would probably side with the male driver of the black car as I can't really think of a scenario where he'd be at fault. I suspect he may have driven up behind her too quickly for her liking, which is unsurprising when she's (presumably) still driving at 30mph in a national speed limit section (70mph).
In front of me, the stream of cars were driving over the yellow hashes and appeared to be slowing down. The lights changed to amber and I had a decision to make:
In my rearview mirror I could see the woman in the green fiesta was now shaking her head at me. The woman that was previously driving 30mph in a 40mph section (with several 40mph signs) was judging me. Clearly - in her presumably warped mind - I made the wrong decision, and caused her to brake sharply. As I sat at the line, I could see the traffic backed up to the yellow hashes. I think I made the right decision.
Today's culprit was an old woman that drove 30mph along a 40mph stretch of road. Most of my journey is along a 40mph road where people often drive at 30mph. This is often the difference between arriving at work around 5 minutes early (and getting a parking space) and 5 minutes late (and having to double park). As soon as the road became a dual carriageway, I safely overtook her and continued my journey to work at my usual pace, glad that I'd only been slightly delayed.
About a minute later, as I approached a junction, I could see some weird swerving going on behind my car. The green fiesta driven by the woman was dancing in front of a big black car and she was shaking her head. I didn't see exactly what had happened, but I would probably side with the male driver of the black car as I can't really think of a scenario where he'd be at fault. I suspect he may have driven up behind her too quickly for her liking, which is unsurprising when she's (presumably) still driving at 30mph in a national speed limit section (70mph).
In front of me, the stream of cars were driving over the yellow hashes and appeared to be slowing down. The lights changed to amber and I had a decision to make:
- drive through the amber light and stop in the yellow hashed area of a motorway junction
- brake and stop at the white line
In my rearview mirror I could see the woman in the green fiesta was now shaking her head at me. The woman that was previously driving 30mph in a 40mph section (with several 40mph signs) was judging me. Clearly - in her presumably warped mind - I made the wrong decision, and caused her to brake sharply. As I sat at the line, I could see the traffic backed up to the yellow hashes. I think I made the right decision.
Darrell - Wednesday 1st October, 2008 11:23 Quite right! She was probably so intent on annoying the guy behind, she hadn't even noticed that you'd stopped. When I first passed my driving test and wanted to use my parents' car, my Dad said to me, \"I'm not worried about you. It's just that everyone else on the road is an idiot!\" How true!!!