luxury cars
Why are they called luxury cars? Is it because you have the luxury of knowing that no matter how much of an ass you drive like, you know people will avoid hitting you to save the expense?
That sounds awful. I generally make it a habit not to hit people when I drive - a habit which I am pleased to say I have never broken. A couple posts, yep (who puts a white post in front of a white wall that ends just under your windscreen I ask you?), the odd bush or two, sure, and even a few curbs. But, knock on wood, thus far I have avoided pedestrians, cyclists, other cars and buses, despite some notable attempts on the parts of others.
One of my biggest pet hates is people who don't indicate. It takes not even a second to whack your indicator on, yet can save so much damage. Having been in a car with a friend who promptly drove into the back of someone through a third driver's failure to indicate, maybe I notice this even more. And it makes me so angry. That time, the driver at fault drove off, unaware that his laziness had just caused an accident.
Yesterday I nearly ended up in an accident through someone's inability to indicate coupled with their stupidity over lane discipline on a roundabout. Let's refresh. To go left or straight over, you stay in the LEFT HAND lane. To go right (and sometimes straight, if it's a dual carriageway) you go in the RIGHT HAND lane. Easy, right?
Well clearly whomever was driving the black Jag I nearly drove into must've been sleeping the day he (yes, I saw the driver, it was a man) was taught about roundabouts. Otherwise:
1) he never would have pulled out as I was approaching;
2) he would have been indicating what direction he intended to take; and
3) he never would have been going right from the left hand lane, nearly causing me to go into the side of him as I was trying to leave the roundabout.
Fast braking and a good bit of horn action more than likely saved me, my lovely boyfriend and my wee car. And I know Mr "I'm-too-cool-for-school" wanker Jag knew what he was doing as, yes, he checked over his shoulder (which is how I know it was a he).
Raises some questions. Common sense dictates that, god forbid, had I hit him it would not have been my fault - I was indicating and in the right lane. He was in the wrong lane and apparently forgot how to indicate. But what would the insurance companies view on it be? Technically, my car was a bit behind him (having slowed after boy's nagging as he envisioned this happening) so my car would have been the one at the back, traditionally the driver who is deemed at fault. Being young and relatively skint (I survive dammit, and that's ok for me...for now), I couldn't afford for it to be challenged.
It angers me that this is not the first time that something like this has happened to me, but this time was definitely much closer than last time. Are people really that complacent about driving that they just don't care about the rules anymore?
It scares me more when I'm out on my scooter. I'm fine and in control. It's the other drivers that scare me. There seems to be an in-built notion that non-cars are second-class vehicles, as it were, and are ok to tailgate (like I can go any faster that 30mph at 50cc), undertake on roundabouts and on merging lanes. And yes, beeping your horn at me will of course magically make me drive faster. Moron.
Still avoiding the hairy topic of 4x4s...but know that you are on my list....
Update on mammary discrimination:
These comments from my best friend (who happens to be male)-
Do you think 'men' want women to 'drink a pint and eat meat' to please them?
Also do you really think that 'men' buy into Nuts and FHM magazines? Real men aren't confused we know whats real and whats not and dont buy into bullshit magazines like them.
This is why he is my best friend. He knows what is real, and what is not. I apologise to any men out there that I may have offended with my sweeping generalisation.
And badyogi, cheers for the tip on Gap pants. Will be checking the place out next time I need jeans...
On a separate note, just got back from seeing MI3 - much, much better than number 2. And note the strategic use of wind turbines - maybe I missed something in my earlier post when I dismissed wind farms in cinema....
That sounds awful. I generally make it a habit not to hit people when I drive - a habit which I am pleased to say I have never broken. A couple posts, yep (who puts a white post in front of a white wall that ends just under your windscreen I ask you?), the odd bush or two, sure, and even a few curbs. But, knock on wood, thus far I have avoided pedestrians, cyclists, other cars and buses, despite some notable attempts on the parts of others.
One of my biggest pet hates is people who don't indicate. It takes not even a second to whack your indicator on, yet can save so much damage. Having been in a car with a friend who promptly drove into the back of someone through a third driver's failure to indicate, maybe I notice this even more. And it makes me so angry. That time, the driver at fault drove off, unaware that his laziness had just caused an accident.
Yesterday I nearly ended up in an accident through someone's inability to indicate coupled with their stupidity over lane discipline on a roundabout. Let's refresh. To go left or straight over, you stay in the LEFT HAND lane. To go right (and sometimes straight, if it's a dual carriageway) you go in the RIGHT HAND lane. Easy, right?
Well clearly whomever was driving the black Jag I nearly drove into must've been sleeping the day he (yes, I saw the driver, it was a man) was taught about roundabouts. Otherwise:
1) he never would have pulled out as I was approaching;
2) he would have been indicating what direction he intended to take; and
3) he never would have been going right from the left hand lane, nearly causing me to go into the side of him as I was trying to leave the roundabout.
Fast braking and a good bit of horn action more than likely saved me, my lovely boyfriend and my wee car. And I know Mr "I'm-too-cool-for-school" wanker Jag knew what he was doing as, yes, he checked over his shoulder (which is how I know it was a he).
Raises some questions. Common sense dictates that, god forbid, had I hit him it would not have been my fault - I was indicating and in the right lane. He was in the wrong lane and apparently forgot how to indicate. But what would the insurance companies view on it be? Technically, my car was a bit behind him (having slowed after boy's nagging as he envisioned this happening) so my car would have been the one at the back, traditionally the driver who is deemed at fault. Being young and relatively skint (I survive dammit, and that's ok for me...for now), I couldn't afford for it to be challenged.
It angers me that this is not the first time that something like this has happened to me, but this time was definitely much closer than last time. Are people really that complacent about driving that they just don't care about the rules anymore?
It scares me more when I'm out on my scooter. I'm fine and in control. It's the other drivers that scare me. There seems to be an in-built notion that non-cars are second-class vehicles, as it were, and are ok to tailgate (like I can go any faster that 30mph at 50cc), undertake on roundabouts and on merging lanes. And yes, beeping your horn at me will of course magically make me drive faster. Moron.
Still avoiding the hairy topic of 4x4s...but know that you are on my list....
Update on mammary discrimination:
These comments from my best friend (who happens to be male)-
Do you think 'men' want women to 'drink a pint and eat meat' to please them?
Also do you really think that 'men' buy into Nuts and FHM magazines? Real men aren't confused we know whats real and whats not and dont buy into bullshit magazines like them.
This is why he is my best friend. He knows what is real, and what is not. I apologise to any men out there that I may have offended with my sweeping generalisation.
And badyogi, cheers for the tip on Gap pants. Will be checking the place out next time I need jeans...
On a separate note, just got back from seeing MI3 - much, much better than number 2. And note the strategic use of wind turbines - maybe I missed something in my earlier post when I dismissed wind farms in cinema....
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