{"id":8883,"date":"2012-04-27T19:31:32","date_gmt":"2012-04-27T19:31:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.diaryofanadi.co.uk\/?p=8883"},"modified":"2012-04-27T19:31:32","modified_gmt":"2012-04-27T19:31:32","slug":"beat-the-learner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diaryofanadi.co.uk\/?p=8883","title":{"rendered":"Beat The Learner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s not a new game, but it is getting more common these days.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBeat the Learner\u201d is where the driver of a car which has no right of way under any <strong>normal<\/strong> circumstances has such a tiny brain that they work on the principle that if the other car has L plates on it then they can just do whatever they feel like.<\/p>\n<p>I had one tonight &#8211; it was a yucky grey SAAB (reg. no. <font color=\"#800000\">X436 XAL<\/font>). I approached traffic lights w<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 180px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 180\/47;margin: 5px 10px 5px 0px; display: inline; float: left\" title=\"Ugly grey SAAB - X436 XAL\" alt=\"Ugly grey SAAB - X436 XAL\" align=\"left\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.diaryofanadi.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/x436xal.gif\" width=\"180\" height=\"47\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" \/>hich had just changed to green, intending to turn left. This dickhead saw me coming, processed the information in his (or her) tiny mind at half speed, and when they arrived at the condition \u201cit\u2019s got L plates\u201d, they decided that meant they could go &#8211; and turned right across my path.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s worth pointing out that once they turned they then proceeded to drive at well in excess of 30mph all the way through Ruddington, forcing their way past parked cars in the face of oncoming traffic. They turned towards Clifton and that was the last I saw of them.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s also worth pointing out that there was a child in the passenger seat &#8211; a young girl aged 10 at most. So as well as being a rubbish and dangerous driver, they are also extremely unfit parents. 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