Today's driving masterclass
Posted: Wed May 01, 2019 1:41 pm
Pootling along on an A road this morning I'm behind a brand spanking new M4 (they've really made the backend/spoiler curvy haven't they?) and some wee van. Going down a long hill there's solid white lines on our side and two lanes up the hill. The M4 was getting twitchy at the van only doing the speed limit so I was expecting a special move in to oncoming traffic, which he thought about but obviously thought better of it.
Bottom of the hill and there's a junction on the left for traffic to join at a give way. There's a council luton van hurtling down there... He's going to stop though right? Nope, he's clearly not going to stop. Pulls right out in front of the van who slams his brakes on and jumps on the horn flashes his lights.
Tail-gating genius in the M4 slams the anchors on and jumps on the horn. Everyone starts to drive off but horns are still on. So the council van decides to just stop in the middle of the road so he can hang out his window and flick the bird at the traffic. My doors are locked, so I'm golden. But then he drives off.
We're now in single carriageway on a busy morning with traffic both ways. The council van for some reason has all his orange lights to presumably let us all know he's very unhappy that his shitty driving wasn't appreciated. Cue the cock womble in the M4 who now does live up to the stereotype I thought was and decides to overtake the innocent van and the council prick. Except there's now decent space between them all and there's traffic coming the other way.
Of course that didn't deter him so he swings out, barely gets past the council van causing two cars coming the other direction to brake and swerve off in to the verge to avoid being hit.
M4 doesn't stop and council van takes this very personally and speeds off to try and catch him. As tempted as I was to follow them to see the ensuing fisticuffs when they hit the bypass Q, I was late for an appointment.
I know all this can be filed under the "cool story bro" category, but honestly, shit like this just happens and nobody will get pulled up for it, no lessons will be learned and it will all repeat. Meanwhile, the local police frequently sit on that exact stretch of road, near the top, to see if they can get anybody for speeding.
* and relax *
Bottom of the hill and there's a junction on the left for traffic to join at a give way. There's a council luton van hurtling down there... He's going to stop though right? Nope, he's clearly not going to stop. Pulls right out in front of the van who slams his brakes on and jumps on the horn flashes his lights.
Tail-gating genius in the M4 slams the anchors on and jumps on the horn. Everyone starts to drive off but horns are still on. So the council van decides to just stop in the middle of the road so he can hang out his window and flick the bird at the traffic. My doors are locked, so I'm golden. But then he drives off.
We're now in single carriageway on a busy morning with traffic both ways. The council van for some reason has all his orange lights to presumably let us all know he's very unhappy that his shitty driving wasn't appreciated. Cue the cock womble in the M4 who now does live up to the stereotype I thought was and decides to overtake the innocent van and the council prick. Except there's now decent space between them all and there's traffic coming the other way.
Of course that didn't deter him so he swings out, barely gets past the council van causing two cars coming the other direction to brake and swerve off in to the verge to avoid being hit.
M4 doesn't stop and council van takes this very personally and speeds off to try and catch him. As tempted as I was to follow them to see the ensuing fisticuffs when they hit the bypass Q, I was late for an appointment.
I know all this can be filed under the "cool story bro" category, but honestly, shit like this just happens and nobody will get pulled up for it, no lessons will be learned and it will all repeat. Meanwhile, the local police frequently sit on that exact stretch of road, near the top, to see if they can get anybody for speeding.
* and relax *