Self imposed 24hr driving ban

[wemorgan]

This afternoon my driving was shocking. Wrong lane, misreading other cars intention. The final straw was when I considered to overtake a woman hesitating at a cross-road, I got half way, back out and stalled the car. I still had other errands to run, but went home instead admitting that my usual IAM, ROSPA, A1++ driving standards were not happening. Then lit a fire and made a cup of tea to relax. Odd how it can all go so wrong some days.

 

[Dieselman]

As you're off the road, open some beers and a decent Red.

 

[flango]

I agree a nice shiraz usually brings a return of the skills not the same day though, happens to us all at some point

 

[wemorgan]

My mitigating circumstance was that I had just shopped at Aldi (yes I am a pleb) but a £5 free range chicken is too good to refuse.

 

[Dieselman]

My mitigating circumstance was that I had just shopped at Aldi (yes I am a pleb) but a £5 free range chicken is too good to refuse.

Was it still flapping around in the car, hence you were distracted?

 

[wemorgan]

yes that's it - I was too busy reading the plucking instructions to focus on the driving

 

[grober]

If you had the latest Benz it would have been flashing the "ol teacup" at you big time as Attention Assist would have gone into "WTF mode"

 

[trapperjohn]

Real men dont read plucking instructions.

On days like this my buddy would have said. "You're bio-rhythms are out mate, take a chill pill"

 

[flango]

yes that's it - I was too busy reading the plucking instructions to focus on the driving

Is there a typo in that post

 

[Ted]

So it was YOU then!!

Apologies for the rude gestures from mrs Ted.

 

[Mr. B]

You're not alone.

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[markjay]

Real men dont read plucking instructions.

On days like this my buddy would have said. "You're bio-rhythms are out mate, take a chill pill"

Google 'Brazilian for Chicken'.

 

[Deleted member 65149]

My driving was abysmal too yesterday. Hooked it out of bounds off the par 5 7th then twice found the lake at the 9th.

 

[V12]

I too wasn't having a great time with driving yesterday. I stopped at a red light and all of a sudden it came over me and I opened the door and vommited.
Turned around and went home straight away.
No dodgy aldi chickens were involved though!

Sent from my GT-I9300 using MBClub UK

 

[219]

We all have our off-days .

Some never have good days .

 

[Paul/]

This afternoon my driving was shocking.... Odd how it can all go so wrong some days.

The key thing is that you were aware that you made a mistake or misjudgement. Being diligent, this disconcerted you and perhaps preyed on your mind, subconsciously leading to another lapse. Everyone makes mistakes and has off-days, be glad that you actually notice, acknowledge and react to yours- there's many a person out there doing far worse, far more often- and who is probably oblivious to it!

 

[w124nut]

At least you realised that you were having a bad day and took the correct action. Some drivers are oblivious to the mistakes they make on a daily basis and are not always aware of the devastation they leave in their wake.

Edit: Oh dear, I did not read the previous posting which says more eloquently what I have just written!

 

[jaymanek]

Hope you didnt burn the house down!

 

[renault12ts]

I bet the Muntjac wished you'd stayed off driving for 48 hours.

 

[wemorgan]

It's been a clumsy few days for sure. For good measure I also lightly burnt my hand on Sunday picking up a hot cup from the microwave. I should have stayed in bed.