I hate you so much right now - non indicating rushing drivers

OK so there are two things I was absolutely desperate to blog yesterday but as one is a work in progress I am going to hold back on the biggest scandal ever to be blogged until such time as things have been clarified.... so watch this space for an interesting blog soon.

The second issue faded from my concerns overnight - but this morning - it has come flooding back - with a slightly different spin on it. Now as I think about it in the warm cosiness of the office it is making my blood boil even now.

Last night I was sitting in a pile of traffic in Dock Street trying to turn onto the Highway. I had plenty of time to look at the model shop, the nursery, the mission, and a pile of estate agents as it took quite some time to travel so little a distance.

At the junction that happens to be a crossroads the road widens to two lanes so I pulled into the left lane as I intended to turn left. This seems sensible enough - right?

What I wasnt ready for was the van that shot down the right hand lane to cut me up and turn left at the junction.

If you want to turn left sit in the left-hand lane. If you want to turn right sit in the right hand lane, if you want to go straight ahead go in either lane but be aware if someone wants to turn right you could be stuck behind them for a while. I think that is a fair basic understanding of
road etiquette. The van pulled right in front of me and I had to stop and throw the breaks on quite hard. I was not ready for that at all!!

I am aware that at 4pm people want to get home, but that driver has no idea what effect their appalling manoeuvre had. the driver probably believes that they are an excellent driver - they are certainly at the very least reckless.

What would have happened if I had gone straight ahead at that junction?

Now I will be driving with extra care at that junction to prevent such things happening again - and even I know that cautious drivers are not always the best as it means others have to take evasive action.

Was this situation a one off? No

This morning coming into work I was driving along the a13 to come to work and found there was another reckless driver who didn't indicate and was equally devilish with the road lanes.

There was this high lorry with some kind of crane/grab mechanism. Without warning the lorry pulls out from the middle lane to the outside lane --I throw on my breaks as the fit is kind of cosy. The vehicle finds it is not progressing fast enough in the fast lane and cuts back across two lanes to the slow lane. The lorry passes another vehicle - or two and pulls back out
to the middle lane. At no point in any of these manoeuvres has the lorry indicated, and watching this happening ahead of me I am aware that car after car hits the breaks as a result of a big old blue lorry suddenly appearing in front of it.

So, what was going on? From where I stood it looked like a clear indication of one reckless driver who didn't use his indicators, broke the speed limits, and caused reactive driving from a whole group of other road users. It is this kind of rushing and non-use of indicators that are major reasons for accidents occurring. So help me twice in two days - will drivers ever realise how close they are to causing accidents? Shame on them for not realising.