Driving standards, or lack of, in the UK today

Morning,

not one of my usual topics (don't worry the adult nature of my blog will return .....) but every time I think it can't get worse, it does.

The standards of people's driving in the UK is getting worse, quickly. It is heading to being as bad as driving in some places in Europe - I have driven in France, Germany, Italy, Cyprus and other places, and I would say Cyprus and Italy are the worst. But we are catching up!

Just yesterday, I was driving home in the rain - soaking wet roads and rain falling, with a van sitting so close behind me I couldn't see its grill or even all of its headlights, and we were travelling at 70mph down a dual carriageway. If I had had to break hard, he would have been on my back seat.

then, driving through a housing estate, go over the brow of a blind hill, to go down the hill to find a car half over the central white line (yes there is a clear and recently re painted  central line for a change) so had to break and swerve as he had no intention of either slowing down or getting back onto his own side of the road. 5 mins later going round a corner, another car crossing the central line - at least he did swerve back.

And lastly, bearing in mind I only travelled about 15 miles, a car comes out of his driveway, looks left AWAY from the traffic that would hit him first and then pulls out without even looking the other way - so horn blaring and swerving round him, as did the car behind me. Lucky the other lane was clear wasn't it.

Now, all of these vehicles were British registered, so can't jump to the foreign driver blame game - some of them are atrocious and I am guessing have yet to take a UK driving test, but many of ours are just as bad..

No licence? Don't car? Arrogant? Badly taught? (they can't all have had bad instructors!)

Yes, our roads aren't in a good shape and in many places the lines have worn away. But we all know the rules of the road, and to stick to our own side and look before we do anything... doesn't seem o happen anymore

Anyway, rant over (not even mentioned that funny orange flashing thing) and must ehad out to face the traffic again

laters xx

Great weekend

Weather was a bit sad yesterday, overcast n wet. But, as it rained over night last night today has turned out to be a wonderful day. Been out in the garden, now sitting with a cold beer watching the German Grand Prix. And to make it better the Maclaren car's are finally racing! Hamilton got off to a fantastic start, then lost it due to a rear puncture! Still, all good and the race isn't over yet!

Wimbeldon - has the roof made it or ruined it?

Sitting here watching Murray on Centre Court at Wimbledon.

The roof is closed as it rained ealier, well when I say rained a few drops for a few minutes - not the normal wimbledon downpour!

Yes, it has meant they can play later and so not stop play, but is it the same?

Has the roof ruined the wimbledon experience?

Driving in the rain

Why oh why do people have to drive like total idiots in the rain? All you have to do is drive NORMALLY!!!! Maybe just leave a slightly bigger gap between car's, but that's it. Drives me nuts when people drive very slowly, very cautiously, very erratically. This is what makes driving in the rain more dangerous, not the rain itself or the wet roads!

Awake early today

woken up really early today, and it's back to the good old normal British weather. it's raining! and by the looks of things it's been raining for most of the night. Guess we should have known the sunshine wouldn't, and couldn't, last! LOL Never mind, it's still nice and warm, and it's keeping the garden watered so saves me a job HAHA Anyway, enough before I start to ramble on in my semi awake state... time for breakfast, the most important meal of the day. Wouldn't you agree?