Driving (Part 1)
This may turn into a very long rant about the state of driving on the UK's roads. Several things were annoying me on a long drive back from Lincolnshire at the weekend.
(1) Coach drivers
If you have a very long coach, you should be driving in a similar way to a lorry, not pretending you are a car and nipping out in front of other cars into the fast lane. Apart form anything else, you've probably got 50 other lives dependent on your driving.
(2) Cars overtaking slowly
This one frequently annoys me. Imagine you are driving down a mtorway or dual carriageway, and you are coming up behind a lorry or slower vehicle. You can't overtake as there is someone in the next lane just behind you. Behind them, there is empty road with a load of cars in the background. How come the car that is overtakig manages to go so slowly past you that the space behind them fills up, and when then finally crawl past you there is another stream of cars you have to wait for. Anticipation is all very well, but you assume that the car in the outside lane is going about 5 mph faster than they actually are (to allow a safe margin for error), so you don't overtake. When you realise that you could have gone, its too late and they are next to you. For miles. And finally when there is a gap, all the cars flying up behind you pull out before you have a chance, as you are now travelling at the speed of a small stuffed gecko behind the original lorry.
I might just carry this one on later.
(1) Coach drivers
If you have a very long coach, you should be driving in a similar way to a lorry, not pretending you are a car and nipping out in front of other cars into the fast lane. Apart form anything else, you've probably got 50 other lives dependent on your driving.
(2) Cars overtaking slowly
This one frequently annoys me. Imagine you are driving down a mtorway or dual carriageway, and you are coming up behind a lorry or slower vehicle. You can't overtake as there is someone in the next lane just behind you. Behind them, there is empty road with a load of cars in the background. How come the car that is overtakig manages to go so slowly past you that the space behind them fills up, and when then finally crawl past you there is another stream of cars you have to wait for. Anticipation is all very well, but you assume that the car in the outside lane is going about 5 mph faster than they actually are (to allow a safe margin for error), so you don't overtake. When you realise that you could have gone, its too late and they are next to you. For miles. And finally when there is a gap, all the cars flying up behind you pull out before you have a chance, as you are now travelling at the speed of a small stuffed gecko behind the original lorry.
I might just carry this one on later.
posted by Jonathan | Tuesday, December 07, 2004
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