Country Drivers

I can see you nodding before I begin as no doubt you know I am about to vent my frustration at having to share the road with the delightful country driver. Yes I know I live in the county so should have seen it coming but honestly I never gave it a thought!

I have taken up a job where 3 days a week I drive 100km to work whick takes about 75minutes. Unfortunately I am forced to share the road with country drivers, who for some reason think its a sin to actually drive the speed limit, or for that matter even to drive anywhere near the allowed speed. If you are thinking "whats the rush?", my reply is to re read the first sentence in this paragraph! 75 minutes has turned into 90 minutes which is a long time to get to work ! Whats more its a one lane road the WHOLE way ! I am going to develop an ulcer if I have do this much longer!

If I am not in a rush (remember I am from Sydney so of course am in a rush) I do find myself bemused as I navigate local towns and find all of a sudden the car in front either does a complete U turn without so much as a slight indication, or out of nowhere a car pulls out in front of me, the driver obviously oblivious of the reason why cars have rear vision mirrors. Then they usually continue to drive on at about 20km an hour on a ONE lane road! Almost as good as the country pedestrian that randomly decides to step onto the road regardless of oncoming traffic (PS traffic here means more than 2 cars on a road - gridlock is when more than 3 cars are waiting at an intersection facing different directions)

The other day on a main road coming home from work a van pulled out from a left side road, right in front of me, forcing me to stop literally right under the driver side window. I sat stunned (and grateful I was able to stop) with my palms upturned in an exasperated, questioning gesture and stared intently at the driver waiting for his shock at our near collision. He continued to drive, gazing above the height of my car, oblivious of my presence right under his nose! Imagine if he was in the city and did that?

I guess the upshot is, if you have read my earlier blogs, they are helping me avoid more speeding fines but they may cause me to perform other illegal actions lol ! I will keep you posted x