24-07-2014, 07:17 AM
Is it just me or has the standard of driving in general got worse the past couple of years?
Last night, coming past a sliproad I moved to the right lane to let a few people get down the sliproad easier. One of them was a lad in a black A4. After the sliproad I indicated to change lanes to the left, and he floored it to try and stop me changing lanes. I got across before he got there to get the usual arm-waving and light-flashing, and then he pulls into the right lane and stops level with me to scream a load of abuse at me. So I shoted something along the lines of "That wouldn't have happened if you'd not tried to undertake me you lady garden! If it's a problem, come off at the next junction and we'll have a word!" and he dropped a gear and floored it down the 40mph duel carriageway at 70-80mph after screaming "Wanker!!!" at the top of his voice...
This morning on the drive back to work, I've seen a black BMW undertake 6 cars at 100-110mph on a 70mph dual carriageway past a school, then nearly run a Sharan off the road forcing back into the right lane before the roundabout...
A woman trying to change lanes on a 40mph dual carriageway before a slip road, and another woman speeding up and slowing down to stay alongside her and block her...
A taxi tailgating me at 45 in a 40 when I was overtaking on the same dual carriageway, and I mean really tailgating me, couldn't even see his grille...
A bloke moving across into the gap between 2 lanes to stop a motorbike filtering...
Countless peiople doing double the speed limit in a built up area, not indicating, changing lanes without looking, cutting across 3 lanes into sliproads at the last moment, tailgating, and more road rage than I have ever seen...
Has the general standard of driving got worse, or are people these days just so ignorant, self-obsessed, selfish and discourteous that it shows in how they drive?
Last night, coming past a sliproad I moved to the right lane to let a few people get down the sliproad easier. One of them was a lad in a black A4. After the sliproad I indicated to change lanes to the left, and he floored it to try and stop me changing lanes. I got across before he got there to get the usual arm-waving and light-flashing, and then he pulls into the right lane and stops level with me to scream a load of abuse at me. So I shoted something along the lines of "That wouldn't have happened if you'd not tried to undertake me you lady garden! If it's a problem, come off at the next junction and we'll have a word!" and he dropped a gear and floored it down the 40mph duel carriageway at 70-80mph after screaming "Wanker!!!" at the top of his voice...
This morning on the drive back to work, I've seen a black BMW undertake 6 cars at 100-110mph on a 70mph dual carriageway past a school, then nearly run a Sharan off the road forcing back into the right lane before the roundabout...
A woman trying to change lanes on a 40mph dual carriageway before a slip road, and another woman speeding up and slowing down to stay alongside her and block her...
A taxi tailgating me at 45 in a 40 when I was overtaking on the same dual carriageway, and I mean really tailgating me, couldn't even see his grille...
A bloke moving across into the gap between 2 lanes to stop a motorbike filtering...
Countless peiople doing double the speed limit in a built up area, not indicating, changing lanes without looking, cutting across 3 lanes into sliproads at the last moment, tailgating, and more road rage than I have ever seen...
Has the general standard of driving got worse, or are people these days just so ignorant, self-obsessed, selfish and discourteous that it shows in how they drive?
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