I was driving to my evening lesson last night along the Nottingham Road between Gotham and Clifton (5.45pm). Just before Clifton, there is a small link (Barton Lane) on the left, which joins the A453 to Nottingham Road – it is famously used a a rat run by people attempting to skip the queues on the A453 at the Crusader Island.<\/p>\n
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Anyway, Nottingham Road has a national speed limit. I was cruising along, and about half a mile in advance was already watching the traffic coming out of Barton Lane (it’s flat farmland all around). As I got cloer and closer, you had the usual “last minute” merchants desperate not to have to wait a few seconds longer (mainly vans).<\/p>\n
But the prat in the silver Audi (reg. no. LX08 XGA ) forced me to slam on my brakes – there was absolutely no way he was safe to go. I’m pretty sure that apart from his genetic abnormality (possessed by ALL Audi drivers), he did it because “it was only a learner”.<\/p>\n
Behaviour like this causes deaths. It is virtually attempted murder – a new driver or learner (if it hadn’t have been me driving) could have reacted entirely differently, and with far more serious results. These people ought to be taken off the roads permanently.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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