To the guy in the little Peugeot who tried to road rage me on the M4 tonight…
…if you’re going to do that, first you need to learn to drive, then you need to learn what the limits of your car are.
The reason I slowed down in the first place was because there were some roadworks and I could see a lorry full of workmen had just stopped, there was a reason they’d coned off two lanes…they started getting out just as I was passing. So flashing me for slowing down wasn’t really particularly useful.
Then moving out into the middle lane to overtake me was a little premature considering that it takes me seconds to get back up to cruising speed while it takes you minutes.
And if you’re going to pull in front of me and slam on your brakes its a lot more effective if you pull in close and your brakes are better than mine, as it is I could predict exactly what you were going to do and had already moved into the next lane by the time you were slowing down, so I didn’t even have to bother with the brakes. All of which is a shame since it takes you such a long time to get back up to speed.
Oh, and the bright lights thing really doesn’t work, most modern cars have mirrors with some kind of antiglare mode.
Still, good luck with your insurance company – you’ll be needing it if you carry on driving like that.
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