Gentlemanly Driver Ahead
Posted: 22 Jul 2015, 10:35
Returning from Grantham yesterday I caught up with an Austin A7, have to say that even with its' slow progress I was more than happy following it apart from when it had to negotiate a hill which left a plume of blue exhaust smoke which was somewhat smelly but then, on approaching a flyover the driver by means of using a hand signal indicated that he was slowing down and allowed us to pass and continue our journey unhindered. (I forgot that I had the microphone switched on and the reason I sounded the horn was as a means of thanking him for pulling over to allow me to pass)
The driver appeared only a few years younger than the car he was driving but what struck me more than anything else was the gentlemanly manner of his driving and of his unselfishness when other vehicles were following at reduced speed. The road I was on is the A607 but is more like a 'B' Road due to the amount of blind bends and is, in places, quite narrow especially through some of the villages and overtaking is very limited.
Secondly, whenever I see an Austin A7 it always reminds me when I was four years old and my father owned one before he became Sales Director of British Nylon Spinners, it even had an indicator arm that popped out between the doors either side instead of having to give hand signals. Just out of interest I had to use hand signals on my driving test in the sixties so when and why was it phased out?
I can remember the time when he was teaching my mother to drive and because the steering was quite heavy she could not turn it quickly enough before crashing through the wooden doors of the garage opposite out home, my father was gutted especially when he realised it needed a new front mudguard come wing!! From then on she had an instructor and used his car though it wasn't until the sixties when we were living in Nottingham that she took her driving test.
Anyway, back to the story, only a few minutes later and on taking a hump back bridge with a blind bend immediately after it I was met by a van wandering over the centre line markings of the road towards me!! he made no attempt to correct but instead continued straddling the white lines as we passed. This is one reason I fitted a camera to the car but I have noticed that a lot of drivers when taking a right hand bend always appear to drive towards the centre of the road regardless of approaching vehicles and whether or not the view around the bend is restricted. Just makes me extremely angry that some drivers are totally oblivious to the poor standard of driving that they display.
Have to apologise about the video but it is in HD but does not appear to be very good from where I am viewing, at home it comes out High Def but via Photobucket it appears nowhere near??
http://vid1379.photobucket.com/albums/a ... 2so78u.mp4
Poor Road Positioning
Regards
Nigel.
The driver appeared only a few years younger than the car he was driving but what struck me more than anything else was the gentlemanly manner of his driving and of his unselfishness when other vehicles were following at reduced speed. The road I was on is the A607 but is more like a 'B' Road due to the amount of blind bends and is, in places, quite narrow especially through some of the villages and overtaking is very limited.
Secondly, whenever I see an Austin A7 it always reminds me when I was four years old and my father owned one before he became Sales Director of British Nylon Spinners, it even had an indicator arm that popped out between the doors either side instead of having to give hand signals. Just out of interest I had to use hand signals on my driving test in the sixties so when and why was it phased out?
I can remember the time when he was teaching my mother to drive and because the steering was quite heavy she could not turn it quickly enough before crashing through the wooden doors of the garage opposite out home, my father was gutted especially when he realised it needed a new front mudguard come wing!! From then on she had an instructor and used his car though it wasn't until the sixties when we were living in Nottingham that she took her driving test.
Anyway, back to the story, only a few minutes later and on taking a hump back bridge with a blind bend immediately after it I was met by a van wandering over the centre line markings of the road towards me!! he made no attempt to correct but instead continued straddling the white lines as we passed. This is one reason I fitted a camera to the car but I have noticed that a lot of drivers when taking a right hand bend always appear to drive towards the centre of the road regardless of approaching vehicles and whether or not the view around the bend is restricted. Just makes me extremely angry that some drivers are totally oblivious to the poor standard of driving that they display.
Have to apologise about the video but it is in HD but does not appear to be very good from where I am viewing, at home it comes out High Def but via Photobucket it appears nowhere near??
http://vid1379.photobucket.com/albums/a ... 2so78u.mp4
Poor Road Positioning
Regards
Nigel.
EricT