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I dont think it is just roundabouts but the whole standard of driving. I live in the worst area for bad drivers (i saw a survey thing that proved this the other week and i am sure the southern guys will agree) and not wishing to be ageist but the worst offenders are those with, shall we say, more experience. This isnt just the old coggers but middle aged (an normally women more than men i am afraid to say) who some totally oblivious to what is going on around them.
My worst personal experience (i dont count all the silly twats trying to carve me up or generally getting themselves in the wrong place when i was in a lorry. If i hit them i know who was coming off worse) was a warm summers day on the A35 between Christchurch and Lyndhurst. For those who dont know this is the main road across the new forest linking the M27 turn off to Lyndhurst and the area east of Bournemouth.
With a clear road for 1/2 mile on a straight i pulled out to overtake the people carrier doing 40 in a national speed limit. behind this was another car. as my front passenger window draws alongside the following car's rear 1/4 and without signal she starts moving out leaving me nowhere to go. i lean on the horn and decide as another car is behind me overtaking to keep my toe down and keep going as the road is still clear ahead. only as she notices me alongside by now does she swerve back into her lane missing me by a rizla paper at most.
Now comes the best bit. as i pull up for the que (about 5 miles further down the road) for the drop down into Lyndhurst the woman driver now leaps out her car and comes running down the road to my window. She begins shouting at me ranting how i nearly ran her off the road and all. I turned off my car, stepped out and then in a clear polite manner informed her that the highway code says you give way to Vehicles on the right already overtaking you. I asked her if she would do the same on a dual carriageway and she looked at me as if i was mad. I then suggested she might want to return her license to cornflakes and get a proper one.
I mean holding a Commercial license (having an hgv license and also being tested to drive the coastguard blue light vehicles) i pride myself on my driving and it saddens me to see that standards have slipped so far.
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