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Whilst doing TERRIBLE motor-commute this morning, I'm stuck in this traffick jam @ White Mare Pool roundabout, which is a bad bottleneck in thee NE ov engerland, right? It's a dual-carriageway, 2 lanes per side, and I'm in the left lane. Up ahead (about 4 cars ahead) in the right lane is a big articulated trux0r. To his left is a silver Focus. The driver ov thee focus puts his right indicator on and starts to slowly move across. Towards the truck. He keeps moving, and the truck isn't getting out of his way (it can't actually, because it's in a traffic jam) I'm watching this, thinking, he's going to see the truck, and stop. Then I'm thinking, he must actually be in front of the truck, but it just looks like he's alongside. But no, he keeps going, until he drives into the side of the truck, impacting on one of the rear wheels of the tract0r unit. So, he swerves off to the left again, and then to the righ, pulling in in front of the truck, which has to stop. As I edge past (speed of traffick movement = less than 5mph) I see thee driver ov thee focus getting out, looking angry. He starts shouting at the lorry driver - "look what you did to my car!" He is really pissed off! I didn't see what transpired thereafter, b/c I had to keep going. I can't think of any way this was the truck driver's fault. Either he didn't see the truck, in which case he shouldn't be driving at all (it was a big truck, and judging by where he hit it, it wasn't in his blind spot, besides, ford focii have wing mirrors, no?) or he thought his business was so much more important that the truck should have GOT OUT OF HIS WAY, like 0BVIOUSLY. God, some people are so bloody stupid. I can hardly wait 'till the weather improves, so I can get back to using the bloody bike, on cycle paths, away from teh fux!|\|g morning circus maximus. Gah.

Pashmina (Pashmina), Friday, 10 January 2003 13:57 (twenty-three years ago)

Plus, if yer going to try aggressive driving techniques, trying it on w/an articulated lorry, when yer in a ford focus is a bit bloody daft.

Pashmina (Pashmina), Friday, 10 January 2003 13:59 (twenty-three years ago)

Yeah, but the result kind of serves them right. I love bikes. I found mine recently.

Andrew Thames (Andrew Thames), Friday, 10 January 2003 14:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Norm - what's happened to yr bike?

Dr. C (Dr. C), Friday, 10 January 2003 15:24 (twenty-three years ago)

Sorry - didn't read on - you're waiting for the weather to improve. Softy.

Dr. C (Dr. C), Friday, 10 January 2003 15:25 (twenty-three years ago)


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