{"id":173,"date":"2008-09-11T00:48:57","date_gmt":"2008-09-10T22:48:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.diaryofanadi.co.uk\/?p=173"},"modified":"2023-07-25T23:37:52","modified_gmt":"2023-07-25T22:37:52","slug":"road-signs-there-to-be-ignored","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diaryofanadi.co.uk\/?p=173","title":{"rendered":"Road Signs: There To Be Ignored"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

First thing this morning I was on my way to my first lesson of the day when I had to suddenly brake. Two old dears in a silver car (FL53 YNO<\/strong>) had decided the No Right Turn sign (opposite) – on a bend with solid ‘no overtaking’ lines both sides – didn’t apply to them, and the safety issues it was designed to address were not relevent when they<\/em> turned right there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then tonight there were two stunning examples of stupidity. I was with a pupil and we were turning right from major to minor. The pupil was just about straight, having turned into the road, when a silver pratmobile (YH02 NFU<\/strong>) actually cut the corner completely and overtook us. It sped off at considerably greater than the 30mph limit for the area. It’s also worth noting that the pratmobile had a huge dent in the back. Clearly, the peanut-brain driving it had exceeded the limits of his capabilities – small as they obviously were – on at least one other occasion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The same pupil was on a 60mph road when we were dangerously and unnecessarily cut up by an Audi – what else? – (VA04 EUW<\/strong>), which then sat in front of us. My pupil asked ‘why did they do that? What was the point?’ A hard question to answer without including a few home truths.<\/p>\n\n\n\n