This morning i came across an interesting sight. It was truly one of those things that you would never expect to see. Right up there with the news of Tony Blair having a sex change operation, and his wife Cherie looking attractive! It just won't happen!
I passed a car this morning who had had a puncture and was at the side of the road. Nothing out of the ordinary here. BUT... on closer inspection the person trying to change the wheel was not using a wheel nut tool. they were using a fork!!! A standard steel cutlery set type of fork!! I presume therefore that they had used the wheel nut tool to eat a philly cheese steak, or in some other way got the two things confused. what other possible reason could there be? I would have stopped to offer assistance, but i was too busy laughing. Thinking about it, i should have offered to provide a desert spoon and a knife, to complete their set!
I would guess they are still at the side of the road now. I will let you know tomorrow if they are, and the resulting amusement!
What a crazy world!
Wednesday 29 February 2012
Friday 24 February 2012
Cyclist Takes Revenge on Rude (?) Driver
There has been a video posted on MSN today of a cyclist taking is revenge for a driver being "apparently" rude.
Check it out here:
I am on the drivers side on this one. The silver car was not entirely at fault, its not as though he intentionally went to ram the bike off the road. The cyclist got into his blind spot, and where as he probably should have seen the cyclist sooner and stopped, he didn't get to the point where the cyclist was rammed off the road. There was still a few few feet of space! Just me thinking this? The cyclist more than likely was having a bad day, perhaps he was turned down for sex the night before, or woke up and found a badger had eaten his weetabix? Basically he should be made to pay for the damage to the car.
Check it out here:
I am on the drivers side on this one. The silver car was not entirely at fault, its not as though he intentionally went to ram the bike off the road. The cyclist got into his blind spot, and where as he probably should have seen the cyclist sooner and stopped, he didn't get to the point where the cyclist was rammed off the road. There was still a few few feet of space! Just me thinking this? The cyclist more than likely was having a bad day, perhaps he was turned down for sex the night before, or woke up and found a badger had eaten his weetabix? Basically he should be made to pay for the damage to the car.
Wednesday 22 February 2012
Texting whilst Driving!
On my way to work this morning I noticed a girl behind me in a silver Corsa who appears to have her eyes shut. I thought that perhaps she had managed to get hold of the only Corsa that can drive itself, whilst the owner catches up on some sleep. These are seriously the thoughts that go through my mind!
That appeared not to be the case though. She was in fact obviously looking down at something. Now either there was something very interesting going on by her feet such as a fight between some flies, or a weird shaped pebble or she was texting on her mobile phone. the likely one being the latter here, as she was looking up from her phone about one every 10 seconds to check she hadn't crashed into something whilst texting someone, or sending naked pictures to people.
This made me worried. Not because of the naked pictures, but because of the fact she was likely to smash into the back of my car. The traffic was slow and i needed to brake a fair bit, and as i did so i could see she was getting close to my car, and then braking once she'd realised what was happening. Luckily after about 10 mins i turned off but this is a disaster waiting to happen. She could very easily lose concentration and plough into the back of a car, or run a pedestrian over. It is times likes this i wish i had a set of blue lights and a police siren to properly scare the crap out of people who are pure driving idiots.
Don't text whilst driving. It is likely to end in death and / or injury and likely to land you in prison also.
That appeared not to be the case though. She was in fact obviously looking down at something. Now either there was something very interesting going on by her feet such as a fight between some flies, or a weird shaped pebble or she was texting on her mobile phone. the likely one being the latter here, as she was looking up from her phone about one every 10 seconds to check she hadn't crashed into something whilst texting someone, or sending naked pictures to people.
This made me worried. Not because of the naked pictures, but because of the fact she was likely to smash into the back of my car. The traffic was slow and i needed to brake a fair bit, and as i did so i could see she was getting close to my car, and then braking once she'd realised what was happening. Luckily after about 10 mins i turned off but this is a disaster waiting to happen. She could very easily lose concentration and plough into the back of a car, or run a pedestrian over. It is times likes this i wish i had a set of blue lights and a police siren to properly scare the crap out of people who are pure driving idiots.
Don't text whilst driving. It is likely to end in death and / or injury and likely to land you in prison also.
Saturday 18 February 2012
Another slow driver! Arrrghhhh
Here's an example of one of the many slow drivers i have to deal with everyday!!
doing 30 / 35- mph max on a 60mph road. The weather was fine, it was light and the road was otherwise very light on traffic! You can easily do 70mph down this road.
Arrrrghhhh!! More than likely just out for a Sunday drive, on an errrr Friday
I didn't go for an ovetake - in case you are wondering. There was some oncoming traffic!
doing 30 / 35- mph max on a 60mph road. The weather was fine, it was light and the road was otherwise very light on traffic! You can easily do 70mph down this road.
Arrrrghhhh!! More than likely just out for a Sunday drive, on an errrr Friday
Friday 10 February 2012
Overtaking behaviour
There has been some brilliant opportunity for some overtaking this week due to several people wanting to crawl along at ridiculously slow speeds on the way back from work. Honestly, India will have conquered how to build a Mcdonalds on the moon, before some of these people will make it home!
One person decided they would do 35mph on a 60mph road, with a long straight. The car behind that hesitated and wanted to stick behind it, sniffing its rear exhaust. So i went for it and overtook both of them. No hastle, so fuss - overtaken safely and made it home before the next Ice Age. That was Tuesday.
Wednesday, another one decided they would do 40mph on a 60mph road. I didn't hesitate, i went for it and overtook as soon as it was safe, and again all was well.
No doubt it was me who was seen as the reckless driver here - but i was not taking risks, i was completely safe. If you don't think its safe, don't do it. If you hesitate, don't do it. Only perform an overtake if you are sure you can keep control of your car.
If you get overtaken constantly, surely you should be thinking "perhaps i should go a bit faster?"
One person decided they would do 35mph on a 60mph road, with a long straight. The car behind that hesitated and wanted to stick behind it, sniffing its rear exhaust. So i went for it and overtook both of them. No hastle, so fuss - overtaken safely and made it home before the next Ice Age. That was Tuesday.
Wednesday, another one decided they would do 40mph on a 60mph road. I didn't hesitate, i went for it and overtook as soon as it was safe, and again all was well.
No doubt it was me who was seen as the reckless driver here - but i was not taking risks, i was completely safe. If you don't think its safe, don't do it. If you hesitate, don't do it. Only perform an overtake if you are sure you can keep control of your car.
If you get overtaken constantly, surely you should be thinking "perhaps i should go a bit faster?"
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