Another M..A..D Statistic

[WildCat]

Apparently the RAC has identified a new lurgy out there ...

MOTORWAY ANXIETY DISORDER

Of 1000 motorists surveyed - a third stated that they "go out of their way to avoid a motorway!"

Apparently - wimmin are most affected by this disorder.....

Any views on this little snippet heard on radio coupla minutes ago?

Presenter claimed he had seen woman "cleaning her teeth whilst driving on M4" today .....

New slant on the mirrors for the lippy, and using handy whilst driving

[Peter Ward]

So 1/3 of drivers shouldn't be on the road. Perhaps we could use this as a test of competence?

On the other hand, if that 1/3 suddenly started using motorways to keep their licences things could get very "interesting"....

We should be very grateful to the "toppest scientist" for listening to the radio when working.

[WildCat]

I like working from home for change - should get preggers more often. Can read papers, listen to radio, be contrary on subject of Handys sort out tiffs amongst the kittens (who have driven up the wall....)

So far - e-mail & server at base camp has gone "orf" - nearly got into car to go to base to sort it all out and play around down there. But kitten no 5 decided to knock three bells out of me instead


Now my info has finally arrived ... by secure dely instead.... so much for technology here ...Und now shall be working most of evening till midnight at least instead....Ho hum....

But Peter - nervousness begets numptiness which leads to - accidents....

[Peter Ward]

So perhaps motorways are our safest roads because the worst 1/3 of drivers won't use them? If only we could get the next worst 1/3 off them as well (of course we're all in the top 1/3).

[DJFish]

Pulled out of a motorway service station into 40mph(ish) traffic, after a fashion went to overtake the car in front so nimbly pulled in behind some people carrier which was going a wee bit faster, quite close but slower so was expecting it to gain some ground and open up a bit of a gap, the car behind said people carrier was still a fair way behind so no problem you'd think?

Bird driving people carrier sees me pull in behind her and jams on the brakes, obviously has a word with hubby who starts screaming and gesticulating through rear window, bird then signals left, brakes again, bloke keeps screaming, bird straddles centre line, puts hazards on, bloke keeps screaming, bird nearly takes someone out in lane 1 because she's using both lanes at once so slams brakes on again, bloke keeps screaming, pulls back into lane two, then back into the middle of the road again.

At some point she moves over and I blat past ASAP as frankly I don't like being near folk like that, and I may have been a bit close behind at first but was expecting her to just carry on as most normal folk do, but we were going so slowly anyway I never even had to touch my own brakes (only cover them, I don't believe in braking on motorways if I can possibly avoid it).

I'd hazard a guess at M.A.D or PMT, or something, either way I was glad I wasn't in their car for a whole day of that!

Cheers
Dave

[Pigeon]

I go out of my way to avoid motorways... because they're so boring, and they wear out the middle of my tyres.

[Mr2Mike]

Pigeon said:

I go out of my way to avoid motorways... because they're so boring, and they wear out the middle of my tyres.

Don't over-inflate them then! Agree with them being boring though. I avoid them if there is a good bit of A/B road to use instead i.e. one with lots of overtaking opportunities.

[wiggy001]

DJFish said:

Pulled out of a motorway service station into 40mph(ish) traffic, after a fashion went to overtake the car in front so nimbly pulled in behind some people carrier which was going a wee bit faster, quite close but slower so was expecting it to gain some ground and open up a bit of a gap, the car behind said people carrier was still a fair way behind so no problem you'd think? Bird driving people carrier sees me pull in behind her and jams on the brakes, obviously has a word with hubby who starts screaming and gesticulating through rear window, bird then signals left, brakes again, bloke keeps screaming, bird straddles centre line, puts hazards on, bloke keeps screaming, bird nearly takes someone out in lane 1 because she's using both lanes at once so slams brakes on again, bloke keeps screaming, pulls back into lane two, then back into the middle of the road again. At some point she moves over and I blat past ASAP as frankly I don't like being near folk like that, and I may have been a bit close behind at first but was expecting her to just carry on as most normal folk do, but we were going so slowly anyway I never even had to touch my own brakes (only cover them, I don't believe in braking on motorways if I can possibly avoid it). I'd hazard a guess at M.A.D or PMT, or something, either way I was glad I wasn't in their car for a whole day of that! Cheers Dave

She was obviously talking on her phone at the time then...