Driving Fast Through Villages

No - I didn't. So, why did you? You tailgated me dangerously for quite a distance, giving out rude gestures when I slowed down. You sped past me on a corner. You were going about 45 mph as you rounded the bend into the village. You would have killed a child outright.

This is something that really happened to me. I'd been out hiking for a bit, and was on my way home. I was followed dangerously closely by someone driving an older MR2. He's out there now, no doubt speeding again.

I'm still really surprised that, given how much knowledge that people have of how easily cars can kill, that they still go far too fast. Frankly I was saddened by this experience and it took some of the pleasure away from driving, so I may not have too many positive articles for a while.

Scary Undertaking Drivers

I was a little worried the other evening when I was driving back from a relatives' house. On the inside, on a sliproad in fact, a guy was going maybe double the 30mph, he then crossed in front of me in his modded Subaru Impreza and shot off into the third lane, seemingly oblivious to the speed cameras (or the 50mph sign).

This was one of the most dangerous things I've seen in a while, and it kind of holds up to my theory that the later it gets, the weirder the things are that people do on the road. I guess it comes with the territory, or maybe it's just a case of the nutters getting up at 2pm, having their breakfast or whatever then driving off to score some drugs. Either way, there are places to drive in such a manner and they tend to sealed track days, rather than the average British road.