Are they getting worse?
I have been travelling further than usual to work just recently, a 25 mile run along the A1M, M18, M1 and Sheffield parkway. I have hated most of this driving. I am not used to this type of driving.
A few examples:
1. Travelling down the A1, about half a mile before the M18 turnoff. Traffic wasnt light, moving at about 40mph in lane 1, about 60 in lane 2. I was fairly close to the car in front, and a van squeezed into the gap. I say squeezed, because he caused me to brake. This was bad enough. The car behind me saw this, flashed his lights, and angrily sped past me and the van, and shoved in front of the van at the 300m marker, as "revenge?". I couldnt believe my eyes.
2. Coming off the M1S onto the Sheffield parkway, its a left turn, exit 1 of the roundabout. Both lanes of the sliproad can lead onto the parkway. I was in the left behind a lorry. The right lane was empty (I dont like using it because its quite narrow here). Just as I and the lorry exited the RA, I decided to overtake him, I put on my signal and looked in my mirror, just in time to see a Skoda flying round the corner off the roundabout at about 50mph. I had started to turn out, and had to jerk back in when I saw him. Had I started my manoeuvre and pulled out, he would have had to brake very sharply, and probably hit me.
3. On a single carriageway road close to my house in a small town centre, A van parked on the right pulled out in front of me and into the road-end opposite, to turn around. He caused me to brake and appeared to be stopping in the road end, waiting to pull out into the traffic on my side. I think he expected me to let him out. I didnt. The car behind me let him out. I might have done the same, but he caused me to brake. I wasnt slowing down further to let him out. Anyway, he was now behind me, so he decided to vent his frustration at me by following very closely with full beam lights on, weaving from side to side. This actually scared me, he was very close. Anyway, I turned off ahead and he carried on.
People not signalling to change lanes on m-ways
People staying in the middle lane of m-ways
People not signalling to exit/enter m-ways
Why are people getting more and more inconsiderate behind the wheel?
I have been travelling further than usual to work just recently, a 25 mile run along the A1M, M18, M1 and Sheffield parkway. I have hated most of this driving. I am not used to this type of driving.
A few examples:
1. Travelling down the A1, about half a mile before the M18 turnoff. Traffic wasnt light, moving at about 40mph in lane 1, about 60 in lane 2. I was fairly close to the car in front, and a van squeezed into the gap. I say squeezed, because he caused me to brake. This was bad enough. The car behind me saw this, flashed his lights, and angrily sped past me and the van, and shoved in front of the van at the 300m marker, as "revenge?". I couldnt believe my eyes.
2. Coming off the M1S onto the Sheffield parkway, its a left turn, exit 1 of the roundabout. Both lanes of the sliproad can lead onto the parkway. I was in the left behind a lorry. The right lane was empty (I dont like using it because its quite narrow here). Just as I and the lorry exited the RA, I decided to overtake him, I put on my signal and looked in my mirror, just in time to see a Skoda flying round the corner off the roundabout at about 50mph. I had started to turn out, and had to jerk back in when I saw him. Had I started my manoeuvre and pulled out, he would have had to brake very sharply, and probably hit me.
3. On a single carriageway road close to my house in a small town centre, A van parked on the right pulled out in front of me and into the road-end opposite, to turn around. He caused me to brake and appeared to be stopping in the road end, waiting to pull out into the traffic on my side. I think he expected me to let him out. I didnt. The car behind me let him out. I might have done the same, but he caused me to brake. I wasnt slowing down further to let him out. Anyway, he was now behind me, so he decided to vent his frustration at me by following very closely with full beam lights on, weaving from side to side. This actually scared me, he was very close. Anyway, I turned off ahead and he carried on.
People not signalling to change lanes on m-ways
People staying in the middle lane of m-ways
People not signalling to exit/enter m-ways
Why are people getting more and more inconsiderate behind the wheel?
