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came off the road early today having had enough so far today I have had to do 3 full emergency stops for cars pulling out to overtake parked cars despite my vehicle coming the other way past the parked cars including one where i actually braked so hard I left skid marks on the road ! plus 18 other incidentts with drivers charging through recklessly Did everyone oversleep this morning or have i just had a very unlucky day !

Yep, kicked it in the head about 11:00am to many tvvats out there today.

approaching a right turn off a main road into a country lane, i pulled into a central "reserveration" with signals on, there was a queue of cars waiting to get out, as i had a gap approaching in the oncoming traffic with me moving at about 5mph i started to turn right and a car waiting in the lane shot straight out across my bows to get over to my left and carry on

we missed by about 5 inches, i had 2 pupils in for school


on the way home i was followed up a country lane by a honda CR (R reg) to a junction where we were both going right

as i pulled out he pulled out UP MY RIGHTHAND side to get in front of me

indicating seems optional whereas tailgaiting seems mandatory, suddenly taxi drivers and whitevanmen are looking the good drivers!

Don't forget the women taking their kids to school with the Sat Nav on.

Whatever your problems were yesterday, are today, or will be tomorrow & in the days to come, just read this tweet copied & pasted from bbc.com live on-line news & your problems pale into insignificance.

0725: Allan B Beaton II from Cardiff, UK tweets: "It makes everything that I could possibly complain about today irrelevant and actually selfish. Each rescued miner is a miracle and a blessing."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-11489439

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I worked underground for 10 years, i was glad to get out and glad none of mine will ever work down a pit again

Nice to see some good news my grandfather was a coalminer and it destroyed his health he was determined none of his children or grandchildren would follow him down a mine very dangerous proffession

complete opposite today apart from a bus pulling half out a junction and then stopping and the usual 4x4's parking awkwardly people seemed to be so much more relaxed and calm out there much easier driving conditions !

6.30pm last night a Stag ran onto the road in front of my car, i stopped but the stag kept running and caved my wing in, not a good day, the insurance said its a fault accident, no replacement car and £500 excess. So a couple of hundred quid out of pocket after it has been repaired ny a friend. All the two women that were following me were interested in was Is the stag ok, not if i got my hands on it .....

I am getting sick of people coming down slip roads and then immediately
pulling out into the next lane at nowhere near the appropriate speed.A woman nearly wiped me out today on the A38 at Burton,then the silly cow shakes her head at me

The problem with slip roads or more to the point drivers using them is the slip road does not give automatic right to join the road at the end of it and some drivers just don't realise this.

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Note to self: Just because it pops into my head does NOT mean it should come out of my mouth!!

The whole point when joining from a slip road is to concentrate, make sure you know exactly what's around you, adjust your speed accordingly, WITHOUT USING YOUR BRAKES TO GET YOURSELF & OTHER ROAD USERS INTO TROUBLE, & go!!

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looking in mirrors and indicating would be a start..............