I had a day off today, and travelled down to Wiltshire to do a bit of shopping. Both going down, and coming back, there was one thing about many other drivers that was driving me nuts.<\/p>\n
Why is it that – when on motorways or fast roads – other drivers feel the need to creep past you and then cut in just in front and slow down?<\/p>\n
I lost count of the times it happened. In one particular case I was driving on the M69 doing a steady 70mph. In my mirror I could see this car in the distance and over a period of maybe\u00a020 minutes it was either a constant distance behind or gaining on me very slowly. I was moving between the left and middle lanes as other traffic dictated, which is why I noticed him – and the M69 is a fairly quiet motorway whenever I’m on it. Eventually – and after having not moved from the middle lane at any point during his lengthy gain on me, even though he could have\u00a0– he moved past, going a few miles per hour over the limit, and pulled in in front of me\u00a0so that the gap was maybe a quarter of what it should have been at the speed we were travelling at, and slowed down! Behind me it was completely clear.<\/p>\n
My only option for safety reasons was to slow down or move out.<\/p>\n
How do they ever manage to pass their tests? Some of them shouldn’t be allowed to breed, let alone go out unsupervised in a car.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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