Dangerous things people do when driving

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The other day were were travelling by car along the A14 at peak time. There was this biker weaving in and out of all shapes and forms of vehicles. About 20 mins later we saw him fly up into the air, must've been about 15 feet and Oh how we laughed!

I hear you. My personal favourite is people who do not indicate. In fact it incenses me so much that I have now taken to screaming things like "They are not there to decorate your car you know" at the top of my lungs everytime some moron almost runs me over or cuts me up. While I am aware this is a pointless and probably childish exercise, it does help to cheer me up!

like changing lanes with no indicator or going left from the outside lane of a roundabout or driving in the rain with no lights on or driving at night with no lights or when tooted for being in the wrong the v sign grow up and learn to drive

Two years ago while driving down the M50 in Dublin, Ireland, I noticed through the rear window of the car in front of me, a man using his electric shaver. Nothing unusual about that except he was keeping the hand holding the shaver still and moving his head around it.

Women are the worst for silly things whilst driving. Only the other day I noticed a woman applying eyeliner whilst driving. I was so shocked by this that I dropped my mobile phone.....which landed in my coffee between my legs, scalding my testicles.....which made me jump, dislodging the cigarette from my mouth.....that burnt a hole through a page in my diary causing me to miss an important eye test!!!!!

Saw a little gem on the TV a couple of nights ago. One of those "Fly on the Wall" police programmes. Some guy got stopped for wandering all over the road and driving very slowly, His excuse:

"Sorry officer but I was trying to understand the instructions my mate was giving me over my mobile phone".

Duhh.......

OK, now that TV is coming to a mobile phone near you, who is talking bets on the increase in accidents during (a) the next football biggie; (b) 'gripping' Eastenders episode (mind you, we should be well safe from that!).

We love our sat-nav. We call her 'Arwen'. You would not believe what wonderful new lanes we have found in our motorhome, though having told her that we are a "lorry". Its marvellous being able to pick blackberries while we drive along.When we finally arrive at our destination, hair standing on end, thanking our lucky stars no-one decided to came along the lane towards us!, we say "oh look , there's the motorway, you can see it plainly from here!!!" I don't think my map reading skills are redundant quite yet!!

For God's sake, S, if you must speak tongue in cheek at least have the decency to wind the window up, it's almost impossible to hear what you are saying when you are travelling at 90mph.! I would also remind readers that it is most disrespectful to read a book whilst speaking to someone on the phone, not to mention a tad dangerous whilst driving. Behind the wheel, I normally dictate letters to the council in answer to complaints from my neighbour, Fess: And ninethly..............

A few years ago I was stopped by a motorcycle cop. He asked “do you know what speed you were doing when you passed that car”. I replied “Nope, I never look down at the dashboard when overtaking, I keep my eyes on the road, that's how I was able to see you in the rear view mirror”. At a loss for words he noticed the Times crossword on the passenger seat and said “surely 4 across is “.........”, to which I replied “and I would have got that, had I not been interrupted by being pulled over, you stupid b*****d.

I jest, but do not be tempted to read the Daily Mail letters to the editor whilst waiting for the level crossing barrier to go up. By the time you have read the fourth “ 'ere wot planet is 'e on”, you will be sound asleep, only to be awoken by a cacophony of car hooters.

I now tow a red phone box on a trailer behind my 4X4, always pulling over and taking care to switch off the engine, before taking a call. The phone box is also handy for when I get cut short on a long journey, in time honoured fashion.

Fred from Finchley,

I second your comment about a passing car at 90+

Either he feels the need to exaggerate his point to get himself heard...

Or he himself must have been driving at close on 88-92MPH & have better than 20/20 vision in order to tell what he was reading.

If it was the latter, maybe the original poster could let me know what novel it was, what page the guy was on and, in his opinion, is it worth me going to our local library to get a copy?

(tongue firmly in cheek of course :-)

Fess must have extremely good eyesight and reactions, not only to be able to read the speedo of a passing car (90mph?), but also to distinguish the type of book the driver was holding (a novel?). However I think it was a bit far fetched when he or she witnessed someone driving whilst speaking on 4 mobile phones at once!: “The walk takes me about 8 minutes and at peak times I don't think I've ever managed to do it without seeing some self centred oaf blithely chattering on a mobile - the record is no less than four.” Joking aside, I entirely agree with Fess’s gripe - but aye lad, I bet his or her neighbours are inundated w’ 1etters fr’m council.