Posted by Ronan on Mar 10, 2007 in Uncategorized | 0 comments
I was driving back home this morning and I got stuck behind a very cautious L-plater* (not being sexist) she was crawling ~70 km/h and wasn’t really sure how to drive steadily between the two white lines. On the way back home there aren’t many chances to overtake but that didn’t stop the guy behind me (a non L-plater) who was for a couple of miles inspecting my rear tyres. He was completely unsighted and pulled out with an oncoming car speeding towards him. I hit the breaks to make more space between the L-driver and me. The L-driver panicked and also hit the breaks, wobbled and nearly lost control. The idiot (oblivious to what was going on) felt he could pass both of us and this caused the oncoming car to career off the road to allow him pass. It was a close call. A few km later the L-driver pulled in – I presume to calm down. The rule of not tailgating someone is simple. Only a fool breaks the two second rule. If you tailgate you don’t get a clear view of the road and sooner or later you will be unlucky and attempt to overtake someone for the last time.
An indication of the carnage on the road in 2007 can be found here
* IMHO there are two types of L-platers 1/ cautious ones and 2/ absolute crazy insane L(oon) drivers. The first type are generally fine – they are learning to drive and are wary of things – however over cautious ones can be dangerous. It’s the second type that are really dangerous. They believe they are _good_ drivers and believe they own the roads. They speed, drive aggressively, ignore indicators … wait a minute this reminds me of someone senior in the group!!