I would like to see the introduction of instant driving bans for even the most minor of driving offences and roadside beatings for some of the more serious. Repeat offenders should be shackled to nearby lamp posts and any member of the public should be allowed kick them in the head.
I would also advocate that those drivers that stick to speed limits and obey the rules of the road should be allowed to fit forward facing cannons to their vehicles.
]]>Maybe the following story will reduce the problem and discourage the tailgaters. I agree with you about moviing over. We have a 12 mile stretch of two lane road through mountains with grades and turns. I pull over even if it means pulling into a driveway where I have to come to a complete stop.
Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad trucks ?
Great story ! The other day a guy driving an oxygen delivery truck who was sick and tired of his job and sick and tired of big monster pickup trucks tailgating him came up with a solution as he set out for his last run.
He rigged up a release valve trigger for several of the large tanks, so that the resultant cloud of oxygen would go directly backwards into the grille of the offending truck.
When the pure oxygen went into the air intake of the trucks he sucker-baited, the mix was so rich and powerful that the trucks blew up their engines. I heard he managed to blow up at least four or five before he ran out of oxygen. Being a good guy, he still made his deliveries to his patients of their normal requirements.
]]>Trust me, TW, it’s not just southerners — although I’ll grant you, the most scared I have ever been on UK roads was in Alderley Edge. That was worse than driving in Boston.
Drivers in Boston, incidentally, seem to have a fairly straightforward philosophy. Drivers at point A wish to be at point C, and it is totally the responsibility of any drivers in points B1, B2, etc. to just get out of their way. o_O
]]>Chris: Thank you for reassuring me the UK was not alone in being populated with idiots and suicidal maniacs. As for going metric, we seem stuck in an odd situation, where both systems are used in an almost arbitrary fashion. I think it is unlikely we will go to metric road speeds in my lifetime though…
]]>Anyway, this is certainly not unique to the UK. I could write mountains about the people who don’t understand that the left lane is for passing, not squatting (in your SUV, while talking on your cell phone), only to cut across 3 lanes when it’s time to exit.
]]>FWIW, I live just south of Aberdeen, and trust me, the driving up here is pretty scary too. More and more in just the last year (and I am sure this is not just confirmation bias!) Aberdeen drivers seem to have started regarding stopping at red lights as being optional, for example. And indicator lights are evidently for *other* people to use, too…not these drivers.
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