The usual suspects are back out in force to name a few
Cars cutting you off
Being brake checked
Jumping 3 lanes to beat you to the exit slip
Matching your speed coming off a slip instead of speeding up
Sitting at the arse end of your trailer
Ignoring your indicators
Sitting at 40/45 through roadworks that are 60
Sitting up your arse for miles on end
General sense of hurried carnage
Single cars parked in the middle of lay-bys
For the whole of April I don’t think I got annoyed once by another driver. I could count with my hand the amount of times I was cut off, brake checked etc etc. It was great. Parking was not a problem either.
I really hope that the employers who have found that their employees can be just as productive and professional from working at home give them the choice to do so to ease up the traffic. I am dreading the carnage that awaits in a few weeks once businesses start to creep open. Rush hour could be a thing left in the past
thehighlandscot:
The usual suspects are back out in force to name a few
Cars cutting you off
Being brake checked
Jumping 3 lanes to beat you to the exit slip
Matching your speed coming off a slip instead of speeding up
Sitting at the arse end of your trailer
Ignoring your indicators
Sitting at 40/45 through roadworks that are 60
Sitting up your arse for miles on end
General sense of hurried carnage
Single cars parked in the middle of lay-bys
For the whole of April I don’t think I got annoyed once by another driver. I could count with my hand the amount of times I was cut off, brake checked etc etc. It was great. Parking was not a problem either.
I really hope that the employers who have found that their employees can be just as productive and professional from working at home give them the choice to do so to ease up the traffic. I am dreading the carnage that awaits in a few weeks once businesses start to creep open. Rush hour could be a thing left in the past
I agree pal
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I have said this for years, since the introduction of the fax machine and dial up internet, half of the mobile sales reps could have been replaced, since facetime, zoom, skype and teams, there is hardly any need to go to the office or to the customers premises, let the nurses and doctors drive to work, fire fighters, home carers, cleaners, the car mechanics, lorry drivers and builders, anything physical, they need to be on the job.
The confectionery and snake oil salesman, merchant bankers, accountants can work from home, cyclists don’t need to go to the office in bright Lycra, a hazard in itself.
Saw my first bit of road rage for a long time this morning; stuck in a queue of traffic ( yeah I know 
) when an arrogant car driver decided to overtake the stationary traffic on the wrong side of the road and force his way in. The lorry driver in front of me was having none of it and blocked him out. Thus ensued the usual fist shaking and verbal abuse etc. I even put my boots on 'cos I quite fancied a bit of a ruck.
I then noticed that the lorry driver had his hi vis on so immediately decided to side with the car driver and help him kick the ■■■■ out of the lorryist! Sadly it all came to naught as they went their separate ways.
thehighlandscot:
For the whole of April I don’t think I got annoyed once by another driver. I could count with my hand the amount of times I was cut off, brake checked etc etc. It was great. Parking was not a problem either.
Approaching Thelwall from the south 3 weeks ago and seeing 4 empty lanes in my mirror at 4.30 on a Friday afternoon (yes, it actually happened) was a truly bizarre sight.
It’s got a bit busier in most parts of the country recently, there seems to be more ‘essential’ travel taking place, although why a roofbox and bikes strapped to the back of the car forms part of an essential journey escapes me.
The Covid pandemic has brought misery to so many.
But, oh, those beautiful quiet roads . . .