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Seriously where have I admitted that?
Driving up the M66 this afternoon and just north of Bury the outside lane merges into the middle lane reducing the road from 3 to 2 lanes. I was in the third lane behind a black VW van as we were passing slower traffic and when he moved over I passed him and started to move into the middle lane just before the outside lane merged.
I had just about got myself into the middle lane when a car on he inside lane pulled out to begin to overtake the car they were behind. The car was moving considerably slower than I and obviously hadn't seen me given how close I was when it pulled out in front of me so I went round it just nipping in before the chevroned area marking the end of the outside lane.
Well I got a full display of horn and lights from the car despite the fact he had pulled out on me..... why do people do that?
It just reminded me that you see it quite often where someone does something stupid and then gets irate at the poor driver they have just nearly caused an accident with.
It's very odd.
Lack of advance vision and poor reading of the road - especially when travelling at speed (3rd lane which is always, yes always, reserved ONLY for overtaking where safe) and your repeated mentions of 'just' and 'nipped'.
If you wish me to proceed, I will.
FWIW - I know for a fact what Derek does for a living and what he has had to endure in his daily grind to earn a coin.
Most of the gut-wrenching and vomit-inducing trauma he deals with is due to people thinking that they acted 'just in time' and 'it's the other guy's fault'.
Nobody has ever been late for their own funeral by taking an extra 5 minutes to make sure they get there.
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