What has happened to driving standards this Easter?

[jon-]

I generally look forward to Easter, not for the chocolate, or for the long weekend (though that's a bonus) but for the 2 weeks of stress free commuting.

Usually, my 20 mile commute turns back into the 25 minutes of relaxed motorway cruising it should be, not the 50 minutes of cocksocks it is when the kids are in school. Bliss. It makes me happy inside.

So why the fk was last week one of the worst weeks commuting this year, and the ttbaskets that didn't manage to put themselves into a wall / ditch in the previous 7 days are now trying to do it, via me, this week.

I swear I've magically invented the invisible car. I've had lorries trying to squash me on roundabouts, spotty teenage gimps changing lanes into me, coffin dodgers pulling out, dozy blonde mini driving wizard sleeves thinking sitting in the RHL at 70 is fine just because there's a roundabout in 3 fking miles, gays in 206CC's doing their hair in the rear view mirror and missing a complete light cycle, MLMs intentionally speeding up boxing me in on the motorway just because I undertook them, the list is endless. And that was just my drive home last night.

Why hasn't the ratio of good drivers to capacious sausage wallets gone down as usual. I'm losing the will to live.

[DrTre]

Some inventive insults there. Top banana.

Cant' say I'd noticed the drop in standards tbh but I've not driven much/long distance this week.

[bull996]

Not just you-I noticed this too.

Seems there was no let up for the last 2 weeks at all!

[louiebaby]

9/10.

Good work. Inventive insults made up for lack of swearing.

[troc]

I think Easter is one of the holidays where the Sunday-drivers all come out for an extended 4 day, 35 mph pootle around the country.

[Super Veloce]

I noticed this some "wannabe gangster" old baldy in his 300C firstly drove out infront of me on jct10 of the M40 roundabouts, then when I over took him (politely and widely due to his fecking awful driving). He decided to give me the bird???? when I slowed down in front of him to politely blow him a kiss and offer a hug* to the "wannabe" he slows right down and avoids getting more than 5 carlengths near me.

So Wannabe gangster obviously was more of a



My point is why, he had the whole family in the car, and just dug himself a whole, my thought always is what if that car was a gun wheelding psyco or his Mum?

Twunt!

This was the main experience 10mins into a 90 min journey...

Talking to my Dad he noticed the driving easter was frankly terrible,

• I actually do this as it seems to either confuse people or just make them so angry the speed off but always makes me feel good.

Make Road love not Rage!

[The Wookie]

troc said:

I think Easter is one of the holidays where the Sunday-drivers all come out for an extended 4 day, 35 mph pootle around the country.

I think it's that combined with fuel prices diverting limited brain power away from the eyes and to the right foot

[PabloTeK]

I nearly ended up with an E60 in my front offside on Sunday, some bloke thought he could change lane... when my car was in that piece of space and time. Gave a press of my (hilariously bad) horn and he gave me the middle finger . Now this was on J24 of the M1, a get-in-lane roundabout. The best bit was the lane he was already in meant he could go where he wanted to go!

Oh, and I saw a Fiesta that had rammed what I think was the back of an E30, the BMW looked ok but the Fiesta might have been sort of on fire...

[Jayho]

I couldnt agree more, during the easter, i was still effortlessly making my commute as there was no longer much traffic... but there was stupid van driver who decided to change lanes on the dual carriage way roundabout right infront of me, just to let his mate out who was at the other entrance!!! I was peed off to say the least, had to break heavy, just had enough time to flash him, drove past him, looked through and he was laughing his head off! I was very angry at this point, but then reminded me of the good which was to come from the rest of the stress free commute. Relaxed the rest of the way until some blond couldnt decide if she wanted to be on the right lane or left lane, as i was on the right lane, when she moved in i thought i'd pick up my speed a little, then she decides to pull out! again heavy braking... then she moves in again, i decide ok i really have to speed up and pass her as its more of a hazard staying near her... as i was picking up my speed, yet again she pulls out, but this time sitting in the middle of two lanes!!! eventually she moved back in and i was given enough time to actually pass her...

[aka_kerrly]

Strangly me and my neighbour were only talking about how great the roads have been the last week and how amazed we are at how many lazy fkers drop their kids off at the school gates. Ive cut nearly 15min off my average journey time in the morning and manage a good 5-10mpg more.

However the last 2 days going into work and yesterday on the way home i followed a convoy of 20+ cars sat behind a tractor doing 30 in a NSL and no one would bloody overtake which wound me up a bit.

dave

[jon-]

Schools need to shift opening times, old people need to be retested every 5 years after 65 and I need to be legally allowed to drive over any one that does something stupid.

louiebaby said:

9/10.

Good work. Inventive insults made up for lack of swearing.

Why thank you. I thought I'd try less swearing and more creative insults.