Driver behaviour

[Sleeper]

I'm currently on a short break in Norfolk having brought our modest 3.2mtr 2 berth caravan here behind my Ford Kuga. The caravan is so light it's like pulling a medium size trailer.
On the way here along, twice the same driver pulled the same stupid stunt.
Single carriage way A Road.
In front of me, she would indicate and pull over to the RH of the two lanes to enter a roundabout. Both times the lane is clearly marked right turn only and I'm in the left lane marked left/straight ahead.
First roundabout we both pull away and she is so slow going around that I'm almost beside her on the left to take my exit when she suddenly, without indicating, swings to the left to exit, forcing me to brake hard as she muscled in.
When she tried it a little later at another roundabout I was even further ahead of her so she had to yield or go up on the traffic island.
She was deliberately getting into the wrong lane and then driving so ridiculously slowly.
After the 2nd time she hung back about 1/4 Mile before finally turning off.....

The clue is the word " she".

John

[les]

You’ve never come across an idiot ‘he’ ?

[geoberni]

You’ve never come across an idiot ‘he’ ?

On the same stretch of road I saw an old 12 plate Ford Galaxy do the same thing. Except she tried it with a 40ft HGV. She went from being in front of it to behind it.....
I did wonder if the 2 women were just bad at driving in convoy......

[POMMReg]

What makes me laugh is these fancy sports cars who'll drive for miles behind a slower vehicle, rather than hang back, see whether road ahead is clear & wait for a point to overtake.

[ndevans]

What makes me laugh is people in faster cars thinking I want to race them away from the lights.

Wow, aren't you the big man eh? Just beaten a Morris Minor from a standing start, obviously something to crow about.

Think it through. If I wanted a fast car, I wouldn't be driving a Morris Minor would I? And for my money, the sooner they are out of the way the better.

[Classiccars]

It may not be fun to some but going slower is a lot safer and less stressful.Sit back and enjoy the ride and get there safe and sound.

[myoldjalopy]

It may not be fun to some but going slower is a lot safer and less stressful.Sit back and enjoy the ride and get there safe and sound.

Agreed, too many 'speed freaks' out there!

[Sleeper]

“It's not the destination, it's the journey”

John ;-)

[les]

Sounds like another way of saying ——- ‘ travelling is better than arriving’ ? A quote that applies not only to car journeys !
How often do you dream of something with longing and if/when it’s achieved, it not as good as the dream !

[stuffedpike20]

I have been interested in driver behaviour for a long time, and have read books about the subject.

To oversimplify the subject, I think you could split drivers into two categories....the TRAFFIC, and SELDOM drivers. The TRAFFIC is made up of drivers that drive daily, commute to work, or work as drivers. SELDOM drivers are what used to be unkindly called 'Sunday drivers'; who do not drive regularly.

The TRAFFIC are like one large organism behaving with a common mindset. Often on programmes about Motorways, or the Police, you will hear the commentator say...'They are going to have to stop the TRAFFIC!' , as if it is like parting the Red Sea or some other miracle. The TRAFFIC is all powerful.

Here is the point....the TRAFFIC tolerate and forgive each other's anti-social and illegal driving behaviour, but SELDOM drivers are appalled by
such behaviour.

I am lucky enough to have never been part of the TRAFFIC, although I have come close. For a few years in the 90's I had a short commute to work. I found myself behaving badly toward other drivers, and trying to get to work, or home as fast as I could; and being anti-social in the process.

I have a friend who used to be a SELDOM driver. He worked from home and used his traveller for shopping and driving the kids round. It was a pleasure to be in the car with him. He then got a job with a long commute, got a more modern car, and became part of the TRAFFIC. He has since been on 3 speed awareness courses, and being in the car with him is a white knuckle ride.

One sad statistic that I read is that there are approximately 1,700 traffic related deaths in the UK each year....and if bends in roads are straightened out, and hidden dips filled in and roads improved, there would still be approximately 1,700 deaths because bad driver behaviour is the main cause.