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15 November 2004 Stupid truckersThere's probably something in the unwritten law of blogs that says they shouldn't be employed as a substitute for road rage, but here goes. I don't particularly enjoy driving up and down the single-carriageway A41 every day. I especially dislike it when stuck behind a lorry doing 45mph all the way from Aylesbury to Bicester. It's "f*ckin' simple economics" (ackn. GLC) that if the lorry pulls over into a layby to let the queue past, he'll arrive at his depot just one minute later, while 20 of us get home 10 minutes earlier. You do the math. But do they pull in? Do they arse. Better still is the BP lorry in the queue who, halfway along the 500yd stretch of dual-carriageway at Kingswood, decided he'd overtake, too; started to pull out; caused at least four cars to brake sharply; then realised the bleeding obvious that he wasn't going to make it, pulled in again, having neatly scuppered everyone else's chances of getting past. (It's a conspiracy, I'm telling you.) Or the Cooper Callas trucks who thought it would be a laugh to overtake each other very, very slowly, and thereby almost caused a head-on collision. And yes, this is a rant, but I do actually pull over myself. If I'm on a road I don't know and am therefore driving slowly - or, for whatever reason, can see there's someone who wants to get past - I'll pull into the next layby and let them through. A little bit of considerate driving saves road rage and reduces congestion. It's very, very easy. Therefore this occasionally updated blog entry will serve to record the companies which employ those exceptionally stupid truckers. Thank you for listening. CommentsHola! I do enjoy a good rant. I'll link to your blog, thereby massively increasing the size of your readership (un entendre et demi). Posted by The Mortal Wombat on 16.11.04 13:55 | |
