Today I drove my car more carefully than...
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... a learner driver with a bootful of liquid nitroglycerin.
The reason being I was transporting my wife's entry to a work charity bake off competition. She had got over excited and baked some monstrosity that was too large for any container we had. I drove to our place of work on my own with this cake on a glass cake stand supported as best I could by coats to stop it sliding around in the rear passenger foot-well of my car.
Honestly I don't think I have ever been so nervous or careful of sudden braking and cornering, I stayed at 29 in the 30's left plenty of room was probably a much "better" in the eyes of legislation, probably not to other road users (one particular lady in a white Seat trying to mate with my rear bumper) driver than I am typically.
I don't believe I was being a pest or causing any danger or being distracted by the movement of the cake (it was in the back I couldn't see it and didn't attempt to for this very reason). But it did highlight to me how complacent I have become with everyday driving. It was nothing like the Top Gear bowl of water challenge over the Belgian Pave, there was no danger of a wet crotch for starters, but it did get me to think and serve as a reminder.
What has made others throw out the unofficial rule book on driving safely with the flow of traffic? For my drive to work it seems like I had the homemade version of an insurance black-box with me. I now no longer know what the right balance is, I am sure it is somewhere in-between these two states.
I was careful but probably not as extreme as this the first time I had a baby (it wasn't mine so couldn't knock up another one) to transport in my car.
The reason being I was transporting my wife's entry to a work charity bake off competition. She had got over excited and baked some monstrosity that was too large for any container we had. I drove to our place of work on my own with this cake on a glass cake stand supported as best I could by coats to stop it sliding around in the rear passenger foot-well of my car.
Honestly I don't think I have ever been so nervous or careful of sudden braking and cornering, I stayed at 29 in the 30's left plenty of room was probably a much "better" in the eyes of legislation, probably not to other road users (one particular lady in a white Seat trying to mate with my rear bumper) driver than I am typically.
I don't believe I was being a pest or causing any danger or being distracted by the movement of the cake (it was in the back I couldn't see it and didn't attempt to for this very reason). But it did highlight to me how complacent I have become with everyday driving. It was nothing like the Top Gear bowl of water challenge over the Belgian Pave, there was no danger of a wet crotch for starters, but it did get me to think and serve as a reminder.
What has made others throw out the unofficial rule book on driving safely with the flow of traffic? For my drive to work it seems like I had the homemade version of an insurance black-box with me. I now no longer know what the right balance is, I am sure it is somewhere in-between these two states.
I was careful but probably not as extreme as this the first time I had a baby (it wasn't mine so couldn't knock up another one) to transport in my car.
Berkshire bred said:
Sorry I don't normally do these posts but really, all of that to tell us you drove a cake somewhere.
I thought this was a motoring forum where we talked about speed, nice cars or at the very least something remotely interesting. Maybe I am expecting to much.
Just an effort to amuse, I will save hitting the start new post button until I have something more appropriate to post. I will look out for Alfa Romeos to bait on my way home.I thought this was a motoring forum where we talked about speed, nice cars or at the very least something remotely interesting. Maybe I am expecting to much.
As for takeaway runs, always go twos up for those. I had to throw away car mats after a carelessly sealed Tupperware of fish soup leaked all over the footwell, I managed to convince myself the smell never really went. I was happy to see the back of that car.
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