I think I have seen the daftest reason for an angry driver tonight. 
His only quibble appeared to be that I was not breaking the law!
There is a road in Surrey that extends from the M3, all the way to Hampton Court, the A308. Lovely wide road, no accidents I am aware of, however some idiot in the council decided that it would be a great idea to make a good mile or so of it into a 20mph speed limit, and the rest into a 30. Should definitely all be a 40, but rules is rules, and I don't want any points.
So, this evening I was pottering (is there any other word?) through the 20mph bit, wondering if I should even be in 3rd gear, when I see lights approaching behind me. This idiot then sat right on my back bumper, revving the nuts off his engine. Look down at the speedo, 22mph in a 20 limit... oooh, I was even speeding! I resisted the temptation to stop and tell him "There appears to be something wrong with your clutch, matey"
So it goes into a 30 limit, I speed up to 30. He carries on doing the same. When it eventually got wide enough to have a buslane, he undertakes me in this lane, pulls alongside and starts shouting something out of his window. Unfortunately my window was shut so I couldn't hear what he was saying, but I would love to have heard his "beef" with my driving. He looked REALLY p*ssed off as well!
So, here is the topic: if you were the kind of person who took offence to people obeying the road traffic laws, what would you have been shouting at me?
His only quibble appeared to be that I was not breaking the law! There is a road in Surrey that extends from the M3, all the way to Hampton Court, the A308. Lovely wide road, no accidents I am aware of, however some idiot in the council decided that it would be a great idea to make a good mile or so of it into a 20mph speed limit, and the rest into a 30. Should definitely all be a 40, but rules is rules, and I don't want any points.
So, this evening I was pottering (is there any other word?) through the 20mph bit, wondering if I should even be in 3rd gear, when I see lights approaching behind me. This idiot then sat right on my back bumper, revving the nuts off his engine. Look down at the speedo, 22mph in a 20 limit... oooh, I was even speeding!
I resisted the temptation to stop and tell him "There appears to be something wrong with your clutch, matey"So it goes into a 30 limit, I speed up to 30. He carries on doing the same. When it eventually got wide enough to have a buslane, he undertakes me in this lane, pulls alongside and starts shouting something out of his window. Unfortunately my window was shut so I couldn't hear what he was saying, but I would love to have heard his "beef" with my driving. He looked REALLY p*ssed off as well!
So, here is the topic: if you were the kind of person who took offence to people obeying the road traffic laws, what would you have been shouting at me?
