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Is it hard being an expert in everything?
Your bad driving encounters
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Had a close call today on the bike near my workplace. IMO Lorry drivers are the most attentive on the road but you have bad apples everywhere and I happened to encounter one today. Was doing about 20-25 in a 30 due to mild traffic. Clocked the lorry and gut feeling said to watch out for it.
Lorry was to my left ahead on a Turn Left only lane. I am on going straight ahead. As we approached the traffic lights, the Lorry driver went straight leaving me with no choice but to brake emergency else it was me crashing into the island where the lights were. Didn't want to react but blipped the throttle with clutch in to make him aware. Overtook him where the lane splits but the guy was way towards the right which was unusual. Just did a disappointed hand gesture and moved on. (No middle finger or anything)
Lorry was to my left ahead on a Turn Left only lane. I am on going straight ahead. As we approached the traffic lights, the Lorry driver went straight leaving me with no choice but to brake emergency else it was me crashing into the island where the lights were. Didn't want to react but blipped the throttle with clutch in to make him aware. Overtook him where the lane splits but the guy was way towards the right which was unusual. Just did a disappointed hand gesture and moved on. (No middle finger or anything)
Spent most of my way to work questioning if people even learnt to drive, one guy tailgating a bus resulted in it doing 20MPH for a good mile until the penny dropped... also amusing once he turned off the bus driver put his foot down a bit, which I knew he would as I regularly get behind that bus.