Today was the great day, the student set off with her last essays for this academic year in the little AX. As she proceeded up the round she went under a railway bridge to find the whole road filled with 38 ton articulated lorry. Not a parked one either, one that was doing a fair old lick. Since the AX lacks an ejector seat she had to go for plan B and over the grass verge she went at about 50.
Of course i was taking the kids to school myself and soon I had a similar experience with, presumably the same chap, in the 806, taking emergency action to avoid a crash. At least she was alone, I had a carfull of people saying things like "goodness me" and "gosh". Ok so maybe the words were a bit stronger.
This has set the pattern for the day. Cars driven by serious responsible looking people have come pouring round corners at speeds measured in Mach numbers. I have gone from defensive driving to death is coming round the bend at the speed of light.
What on earth is wrong with every one?
Sedate 4x4's have hurtled into view in the middle of the road leaving no room for anything. Going up a steep and twisty hill we met yet another artic coming the other way at rally car pace.
Verges have been driven, hedges climbed, field entrances dived into. I really cannot convey the madness that has been our local road system. I feel really lucky to be alive but, lets be positive now, at least all essays are safely gathered in...
This has posed herself with a dilemma no more psycho social approaches, ethics, values, law and procedure, professional codes, all done away with till next term. Tonight she read 100 pages of what she described as mindless drivel.. Part of me is wondering if she is missing the academic books already.
Tomorrow, she says, she is gardening.
Thats Ok with me, at least I will not be expected to drive, anything.
R
Of course i was taking the kids to school myself and soon I had a similar experience with, presumably the same chap, in the 806, taking emergency action to avoid a crash. At least she was alone, I had a carfull of people saying things like "goodness me" and "gosh". Ok so maybe the words were a bit stronger.
This has set the pattern for the day. Cars driven by serious responsible looking people have come pouring round corners at speeds measured in Mach numbers. I have gone from defensive driving to death is coming round the bend at the speed of light.
What on earth is wrong with every one?
Sedate 4x4's have hurtled into view in the middle of the road leaving no room for anything. Going up a steep and twisty hill we met yet another artic coming the other way at rally car pace.
Verges have been driven, hedges climbed, field entrances dived into. I really cannot convey the madness that has been our local road system. I feel really lucky to be alive but, lets be positive now, at least all essays are safely gathered in...
This has posed herself with a dilemma no more psycho social approaches, ethics, values, law and procedure, professional codes, all done away with till next term. Tonight she read 100 pages of what she described as mindless drivel.. Part of me is wondering if she is missing the academic books already.
Tomorrow, she says, she is gardening.
Thats Ok with me, at least I will not be expected to drive, anything.
R
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It has been a day like that here- it must be just general numpty driving.
On the way to Cardiff today we avoided the jams and took to the lanes-people going too fast to avoid the craters in the road, coming round bends in the middle of the road (one large van and one yummy mummy in her shiny 4x4 with a load of kids, among others)and general inconsiderateness ebverywhere.
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