I had the misfortune on both of Friday and Sunday of driving into central London from south London. I'm sure that the roads are worse than they were. Just couldn't resist having a moan about:
- Drivers who don't understand the politeness about filtering in turn from two lanes into one and think it's OK to superglue themselves to the vehicle infront of them at your expense. I had this with a double decker bus on the way home on Friday. I'd slowed to allow one bus out, and the second then insisted on nearly taking the side off my car. Nice.
- The pratt who looked like he was turning right at a junction, who I'd pulled up behind, then simply put on his hazards, got out of his car and wandered off to see his missus. Note that his car was absolutely no where near the kerb at the time.
- The 35mph people. Going through a 30mph zone (e.g. a busy pedestrian littered road) and they break the speed limit, yet hit a 50mph zone and they're STILL stuck at 35mph. Have they never heard of "making effective progress".
- The number of drivers who couldn't be bothered to indicate and let you know they're turning until you're at a junction and then can't find a sensible way around them.
- The drivers who simply don't understand basic level road signs like "bus lane Mon-Fri", meaning that as it's now Sunday, that we can actually use the lane.
- The drivers with zero lane discipline who meander around lanes at will, particularly so when going across a roadabout with multiple lanes.
- The drivers coming out of side roads who think it's OK to pull into the road, when traffic in the lane they're pulling into is clearly stopped and all they'll do is stop traffic coming the other way.
- The traffic light grand prix brigade. I kid you not that I had a little old lady in a Honda Jazz storm away from the lights on Sunday. I wouldn't mind but I just can't be bothered to get involved in this stuff anymore, so haven't actually tried against anyone in months. I would have let her go anyway, so why the need to get to the next traffic jam so quickly?
My drive to and from on Sunday took around 3 hours, by which time I was wondering where to procure a book on stress management.
It really was a great advert for public transport.
- Drivers who don't understand the politeness about filtering in turn from two lanes into one and think it's OK to superglue themselves to the vehicle infront of them at your expense. I had this with a double decker bus on the way home on Friday. I'd slowed to allow one bus out, and the second then insisted on nearly taking the side off my car. Nice.
- The pratt who looked like he was turning right at a junction, who I'd pulled up behind, then simply put on his hazards, got out of his car and wandered off to see his missus. Note that his car was absolutely no where near the kerb at the time.
- The 35mph people. Going through a 30mph zone (e.g. a busy pedestrian littered road) and they break the speed limit, yet hit a 50mph zone and they're STILL stuck at 35mph. Have they never heard of "making effective progress".
- The number of drivers who couldn't be bothered to indicate and let you know they're turning until you're at a junction and then can't find a sensible way around them.
- The drivers who simply don't understand basic level road signs like "bus lane Mon-Fri", meaning that as it's now Sunday, that we can actually use the lane.
- The drivers with zero lane discipline who meander around lanes at will, particularly so when going across a roadabout with multiple lanes.
- The drivers coming out of side roads who think it's OK to pull into the road, when traffic in the lane they're pulling into is clearly stopped and all they'll do is stop traffic coming the other way.
- The traffic light grand prix brigade. I kid you not that I had a little old lady in a Honda Jazz storm away from the lights on Sunday. I wouldn't mind but I just can't be bothered to get involved in this stuff anymore, so haven't actually tried against anyone in months. I would have let her go anyway, so why the need to get to the next traffic jam so quickly?
My drive to and from on Sunday took around 3 hours, by which time I was wondering where to procure a book on stress management.
It really was a great advert for public transport.
( because I know when the lights WILL change)
