Road Rant

Top Five Road Rage Catalysts

Just when you thought you’d seen every top five or ten list in the world, here comes another to prove you well and truly wrong. Whether lazily touring the countryside or circling the city center looking for the cheapest hostels in Dublin, road rage is all around us and we share some really common triggers. Don’t ask me where on Earth the statistics come from by there’s no doubting they really hit the nail on the head – just try and NOT relate to one of these beauties. 5 – Drivers Not Flashing their Hazards to Say ThanksYes it is the little things that make all the difference and we should be able to forgive and forget, but when you let that bus in out of the good nature of your heart and he doesn’t thank you…I’m guessing you’ll not be wishing the driver a pleasant journeyAccept that some people will never return the good favours received and don’t let this disappoint you. Continue to be the gold-hearted driver and avoid the negativity by all means.

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Accident prone? Get off the road

The presence of a large number of vehicles on congested roads makes it virtually impossible to manage the flow if a single driver commits a mistake. I was recently involved in a traffic jam that occurred simply because the driver of a reasonably large vehicle had misjudged the space between the divider and small vehicle to his right. The end result was that he crashed into the small vehicle and the divider at the same time.

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One crazy delivery guy

As per usual I was on the road again all week due to my insane job and equally insane boss. On a side note I have got to say that my boss truly is doing my head in recently, he is proper mental and I just don’t know what to do about him anymore. I was thinking, has anyone seen that film, Horrible Bosses that came out recently? OK, so I was actually considering killing my boss, only thinking about it, that is ok isn’t? Nothing wrong with a little bit of murder role play in my mind. Chill out guys I would never actually do it, obviously…

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The Dangers of Night Travelling in Nigeria

The road badly tarred, the night fallen, curvy highway that makes only about fifty metres in front visible; and yet a speeding driver. Such is the menace experienced by night travellers of the so called luxurious buses in Nigeria. Many have described Nigerian motor highways as death traps, while some prefer to call it highway to the grave. Most of these roads are not properly tarred which on its own is a big risk for your life. Imagine roads like that coupled with the different kinds of drivers whom many people have described to be insane. In fact, a Governor once ordered that reckless commercial bus drivers within his state be tested at Psychiatrist hospitals after which they are made to pay the hospital bills and then the fine of their recklessness.

I was in Nigeria recently; I had come to spend my holidays with my parents. Somehow there was no internet in the place I lived and since I urgently wanted internet to apply for UK teaching jobs, hoping to have a job as soon as I come back to the UK, I used one of the local buses to make it to a friend’s place to use the internet. All I can say is that I was totally terrified sitting in the bus and I had to ask my friend to drop me back home.

The luxurious bus drivers usually convey travellers between long distance journeys. They are usually big, so they have quite a large number of passengers who risk their lives to travel the night with them. Passengers also have limited choice as plane fares are quite high. The drivers have also pointed out the unpredictability of late night road robberies as their reason for driving at such speed. People must travel, and the drivers must as well feed their family, but many have lost their lives to road accidents due to bad roads and reckless driving. What then do we do? Government should increase road security and improve the condition of the highway. The truth however is that all this is easier said than done.

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Fancy Cars – They Do Not Make ’Em Anymore

If you love automobiles and want to know more about the vehicles owned by the rich and famous, stop walking around shopping malls checking out ortak jewellery. Log onto the internet to search for automobiles that were owned by the kings of India. The kings of India were one of the richest kings in the world.

The Nizam of Hyderabad was reputed to be the richest person on the planet. Not surprisingly, these kings pampered themselves when it came to automobiles. How does a gold plated Rolls Royce sound? One would expect this heavy contraption to travel at a very slow speed. After all, gold plating is not a light thing, right? However, the King was so demanding that he had an engine built that was so strong that it could push the vehicle at speeds in excess of seventy miles per hour. Of course, this is what the king claimed.

Another king had modified the automobile and designed it on the lines of the royal throne of United Kingdom. The only difference here was that this was a mobile throne that would help the king travel from one place to another without getting off his royal seat. There were dozens of vehicles that would be purchased for the women that the king maintained. Of course, the official queen would get the most of glamorous and luxurious automobile because her status and position demanded so. What these kings lacked in technology and advancements , they made it up with lavishness and innovation.

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Mclaren to defend the pride of UK

One of the few automobile companies that not owned by third parties has the heavy reponsibility of trusting the UK auto industry and save and grow the manufacturing base it has in the UK – Mclaren- the proud creators of the Mclaren Mercedes F1 car, the Mclaren MP4-12C and the Mclaren F1 (street car). Though the list is short, its a lot that has gained world popularity faster than any other brand for the time it has come into existence.
They are the only team to put up a consistent fight in the Formula 1 ever since the team made its debut performance. There were only 2 teams before the 90’s that truly competed for the cup, it was either Mclaren or Williams. Besides getting better at formula 1, the other responsibility that the company has to shoulder is to sell the best quality cars world wide. Production in the UK currently accounts to 12% of UK’s production, it is still the biggest and the most vital industry. Heavy reliance on the service industry like banks has left UK vulnerable as it heavy relied on only one source without hedging the risk. Although the UK is no more grounds for cheap labor, but it is grounds for the high technological advancement, specialization of work and coming up the best the technology can offer. Companies like Mclaren are the Brains, china is labor.
Although the UK can no longer produce things like display cabinet furniture for cheap as the labor costs are high, it can at least specialize and focus on areas where other economies cannot excel.

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Bad Mood Boosts By ’Bad Driver Alert'Antenna

Not all the time I spend on the road finds me in a good mood. A particularly frustrating client meeting or an irate and unreasonable boss often leaves me in a bad mood. I make it a point to be very careful when driving in a bad mood. Crashing into the guy in front of me just because my boss yelled at me does not make sense. However, my bad mood fine tunes my sense of identifying mistakes that other drivers make.

Driving and talking on the cell phone simultaneously is the worst irritant. The individual driving with just one hand on the wheel will obviously have poor reflexes. Further, bulk of the attention is away from the road and on the conversation. Thirdly, such individuals never bother to drive on the side. They always insist on driving in the middle of the road blocking the way for others for no fault of theirs. Repeatedly hitting the horn is of no use.

I come close to losing my temper when such an individual finally moves aside only to glare me for my rude honking. I often wish VW leasing agreements clearly specified that a driver who uses the cell phone when driving is a moron.

Another dangerous type of driver is the one who drifts from one end of the road to another without any regard for other drivers. They do it for no rhyme or reason. I prefer overtaking such persons and stay ahead to avoid paying for their bad driving.

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Slow and dangerous

I know that driving slowly theoretically improves your safety and the safety of others, but let me ask you something: in this unbelievably dynamic and fast-moving world that we live in, who has the time and nerves to drive slowly. My old uncle always tells me to keep the speed limit and never to break the road rules, but I guess that if you are someone like me, who spends more time on the road than in his own house, it is simply inevitable to break the rules. Anyways, I am just coming from a long drive and I want to share with you-my readers- something that nearly cost me my life. So…, I was speeding on the M1, trying to get my cargo delivered to the Leeds bio diesel supplier on time, when suddenly a black VW Golfs made an unexpected move to the right. At that time, I was tuning in the new radio I got for my truck-mp3,DVD a really nice piece of tech. Anyways, the point is that I was distracted for a bit and when I moved my eyes back on the road, I suddenly glimpsed this VW golf, driving with at least 30mph slower than me. I immediately hit the brakes but then the truck started to wobble, my vision suddenly became blurred and I thought that I was going to hit that VW and make a huge mess on the motorway. Everything was moving very slowly, like I was watching it on a slow-motion video. After a few blinks I saw that the VW was on a safe distance from me and that my hands were shaking like leaves. I managed to take a deep breath and continue with my journey. One more story to write down on my blog, I said to myself.

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What is a car?

A standard definition (not text book) for a car is its a chassis on four wheels what takes you from point A to point B. Others would start with the engine and steering and the gear box and what not. Some would dull out of the conversation and say ’grow up! Your one of those types aren’t you – its just a car’. For me a car is a passion, a living beast, a friend, a family and soul mate. It takes you on journeys, it shows you the world, it says things to you without saying a word.
It carries the emotions of you, sweat, your tears, the happiness, the good times your have and had in the car. It a vehicle, a vessel of hopes in dreams, it takes you to your final destination, it is symbolism of where you’ve been, where you want to be, what you have, what you are and what you cherish. It’s isn’t just a vehicle to be categorized into ’mear machine’. It doesn’t cry, it doesn’t laugh but it works for you, it takes care of you, it believes in you, the driver, the one who will take care of her and keep her close you heart. It’s like your house, the place where your share your sanctuary with your family, or maybe a perfect getaway for a single living alone, but its there for you to take shelter, to protect you from the cold nights and the dry sunny days. May it be decored with second hand furniture of Dot Maison homeware , home is home.
A car is never just a car.

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Insure and go. Better then Insure and die.

Apart from cyclists, the most annoying thing that’s ever happened to me is getting the back of my brand new Audi A7 driven into by a guy who wasn’t insured.

That’s right. A Ford Focus decided to plough its way into the boot of my car and after I’d gotten over the initial swearing and cursing bit of my rage, I went to exchange insurance details with the other driver. He seemed like a perfectly normal everyday guy – suit wearing, middle class, slim with a hint of a beer belly showing around his midriff. I was fully prepared to be nice, grit my teeth and smile just so I could get things sorted out as quickly as possible. He looked at me blankly when I asked for his insurance details. That was when I had to close my eyes, sit down and count to ten.

I can’t repeat what I said to Gary (that was his name by the way) when he began explaining that he didn’t have any current insurance details as it was his girlfriend’s car and he was just borrowing it for the day as his car had suffered a puncture that morning. Whilst I was imagining what Gary’s head would look like with a lamp post shoved in the middle of it, I began to wonder if this problem was something that happens more often then we realise.

The police told me that it was getting more and more common for drivers to be uninsured or in Gary’s case borrowing cars from their partners without being insured on them. It makes me so angry! How can people be so stupid and let’s face it, inconsiderate to their fellow drivers?! I don’t understand it! Gary told me that he didn’t think it would be a problem driving without being insured as he was only using the car for a day and besides car insurance was getting more and more expensive. He didn’t want to waste money. Everything went a bit fuzzy after that.

It took ten minutes and the intervention of two policemen before I calmed down enough to be able to go over to Gary and explain to him that actually if you shopped around car insurance wasn’t as expensive as he thought it was. In fact I told him that if he bothered to look he could find a good car insurance quote from many different companies including supermarkets like Asda. I walked away after that as I couldn’t look at Gary’s face without thinking how good it would look with my fist planted squarely in the centre of his nose.

It just gets on my nerves. I swear to God that I’m going to kill the next driver who tells me that he doesn’t have insurance. Actually I won’t kill them, I’ll follow them closely then accidentally drive into the back of their boot and tell them I don’t have any insurance. See how they like it.

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