Delayed [Update]
Posted: Fri 15 August, 2008 Filed under: Cynicism, Driving, Thoughts 2 Comments »Following on from yesterday’s post and my further comments about it in the same post, I had a look at the distances involved etc. today.
[Mr X] drove for no less than five and a half miles on the wrong side of the A14. At 6am. Now that takes some dedication – or at least dedicated stupidity.
In my opinion, it’s actually pretty hard (and particularly on the section of road in question) to get on to the wrong side of the dual carriageway. Even the roundabout turnoff to get on the off sliproad (in order to get on to the wrong carriageway) would involve an extremely sharp angle off the roundabout – unless you go down the proper ‘on ramp’ sliproad, then decide to do a bloody great U-turn to get on and go the wrong way. Either way, it’s (again) a pretty dedicated manoeuvre.
Looking at the site of the accident this morning, it’s also interesting (in an academic way) to see that there was only one set of skid-marks on the road – and that they were leading up to the crash site by the truck that was going the correct way up the road.
I’m no expert on these things – and make no claim to be – but all the same, the entire incident smacks to me of some pretty major dedication to the cause of driving on the wrong side of the road.
Mind you,in mitigation there’s also this twunt from yesterday’s news who did the same kind of thing having decided he wasn’t going to pay a toll at the Severn Road Bridge. At that point, words fail me.
think its dedicated stupidity some of the things ive seen on the road at late make me think ive been lucky that ive only had one car crash in my 13 years or driving, only the other day i was driving on the main road and ther was a car waiting to come onrto the main road but rather than just wait he just pulled out on me i only just missed him, my driving is quite good till skytower gets in the car with me and for some reason he makes me so nervous dont know why he just dose lol
I’m glad it’s not just me who wonders how people end up driving the wrong way down motorways and dual carriageways. There must be some very *ahem* “special” people driving in this country.