Monday, 21 September 2009

Things that make you go 'hmmm'

Just a quick couple of additions to the area's 'Hall of Shame':
Driving with Stephanie on the 40 mph Distributor Road that encircles the south of Inverness. A single carriageway and she is keeping up to 40mph, but approaching a roundabout. We are going straight ahead (1st exit). The driver of a black Land Rover Discovery (SG57GWE) is on the right hand lane of the roundabout, but decides that there is no problem overtaking us just as we are about to exit the roundabout. A traffic island means that there is NO ROOM to do this so Stephanie has to brake sharply to avoid having our front right wing being taken off. Of course, the traffic is slowing down for Inshes roundabout, ahead, so the driver put himself, his passengers, Stephanie and I at risk for the sake of being an extra 5 seconds further ahead.
Amazingly, an almost identical thing happened a couple of lessons later, when a red Saab (Y201VVG) did exactly the same thing at a different roundabout.

If you really MUST get 5 seconds further ahead, DON'T pick the single exit lane of a roundabout to overtake.

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