Driven to Distraction

The quality of driving in Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire is quite frankly appalling. You have to wonder which lucky dip some of these tubes found their driving licences in. I could be here all night with examples but in general here's my biggest bugbears:

Lack of indicators. Are these things optional extras in the car showrooms of the North East? Roundabouts are negotiated at break neck speed with no indication to fellow road users which exit they are about to use. Junctions are negotiated in the same manner. Frustrating and dangerous in equal parts.

Driving on "B" and Unclassified roads. There are two types of clown on these roads. The first is the 10 miles an hour crawler. They will have a line of traffic behind them like the safety car in a Formula 1 race, but they will not under any circumstances pull over and let them past. The other is Mr Arrogant. Mr Arrogant is usually driving a 4x4, BMW or Audi. He is normally morbidly obese. He drives at 60mph on single track roads, on the wrong side of the road, and will not move over for anyone else. He will tailgate anyone who is travelling at a "normal" speed for these types of road. If anyone gets in his way he will sound his horn, flash his headlights and swear at them. The only good thing is you can see his blood pressure rising - it will not be long before he drops down with a heart attack.

The 10 miles an hour crawler can also to be seen on "scenic" routes like the North and South Deeside Roads. The people who go for a "wee run" on these roads sit at 20mph and seem oblivious to the fact that some people actually live out in these parts and might actually have things to do. These people drive me to distraction - they have nowhere to go and all day to go there.

There just does not seem to be a happy medium with speed. It's either people driving so slow that cyclists are overtaking them or absolute nutters overtaking on blind corners at 80mph. What is wrong with sitting at 50-60mph? What's the problem with driving as you were taught, Mirror, SIGNAL, manoeuvre? Some people's brains seem to go into neutral when they get behind the wheel.

Today's music is from the Cars - "Drive". What else really after this post? Pompous 80s Rock Balladry at it's finest!