I've been driving for a while now, the best part of 30 years, and I seem to be getting increasingly frustrated with the standard of driving in this country. Up until fairly recently I use to travel 35-45k a year on business, but thankfully I now have a reasonably short commute on a mixture of A roads and motorway.
However, despite the fact I'm no longer racking up the miles I seem to be experiencing more and more drivers that in my opinion simply shouldn't be on the road. The worst culprit for me at the moment is the driver that can't appear to get up to speed when joining a motorway. I'm literally seeing this on a daily basis and it's downright dangerous. 40mph when you're trying to merge with vehicles doing 55-70mph is a recipe for disaster. Then once you're finally on the motorway you've got the middle lane dwellers, the special ones that seem to think that because there's a lorry in the inside lane half a mile up the carriageway that it's their god-given right to hold up the entire motorway.
After leaving the motorway and back onto the A roads you then get the suicidal emergers. You know the type, they seem to wait until you're almost upon them before pulling out of a side road, their mind seemingly stuck between two thoughts and inevitably they make the wrong decision which equates to a quick stamp on the middle pedal. You wouldn't mind so much, but half the time they don't even bother to put their foot down in order to evade a rear-end collision! This leads us nicely on to my final bugbear, the over-hesitant, the dithering driver waiting for a gap the size of the QE2 before emerging from a roundabout, totally oblivious to the huge queue lining up behind them. Honestly, if you're that indecisive I'm afraid there's no room for you on our overcrowded road network.
Anyway enough of my ranting, what winds you up on the road?
TLDR There's too many ***** on the road!
However, despite the fact I'm no longer racking up the miles I seem to be experiencing more and more drivers that in my opinion simply shouldn't be on the road. The worst culprit for me at the moment is the driver that can't appear to get up to speed when joining a motorway. I'm literally seeing this on a daily basis and it's downright dangerous. 40mph when you're trying to merge with vehicles doing 55-70mph is a recipe for disaster. Then once you're finally on the motorway you've got the middle lane dwellers, the special ones that seem to think that because there's a lorry in the inside lane half a mile up the carriageway that it's their god-given right to hold up the entire motorway.
After leaving the motorway and back onto the A roads you then get the suicidal emergers. You know the type, they seem to wait until you're almost upon them before pulling out of a side road, their mind seemingly stuck between two thoughts and inevitably they make the wrong decision which equates to a quick stamp on the middle pedal. You wouldn't mind so much, but half the time they don't even bother to put their foot down in order to evade a rear-end collision! This leads us nicely on to my final bugbear, the over-hesitant, the dithering driver waiting for a gap the size of the QE2 before emerging from a roundabout, totally oblivious to the huge queue lining up behind them. Honestly, if you're that indecisive I'm afraid there's no room for you on our overcrowded road network.
Anyway enough of my ranting, what winds you up on the road?
TLDR There's too many ***** on the road!
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Still in my forties, so hopefully not completely washed up just yet!