Numpties on the roads

I nearly had 3 accidents today 2 withing half a mile of each other, all because people pulled out of junctions without looking. The first one a side road joins a main road, I saw this person going quite fast and thought they didn't look like they were going to stop, so I slowed down, good job I did as the car didn't stop, the driver didn't look, I was about 2 car lengths behind them. Then it happened again very similar thing and again in a car park.

Am I the only person who tries to swivel my head like an owl when pulling out of a car park? Most people just seem to pul out and trust that others aren't going to hit them. It was things like this that made me give up driving for a few years because I couldn't cope with the stress and was having terrible nightmares. I dont' have nightmares now, but I do wonder how some people don't have more accidents, or maybe incedents would be a better word, because there's nothing accidental about what thier doing, it's just thoughtlesseness.

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  • Totally, I think being hyper-vigilant helps on the roads, and just assuming everyone else is going to be an idiot helps, not I've still had people bump/scrape/crash into me.

    Country roads are a nightmare this time of year for delivery van drivers!

    And doing get me started about the bl**dy pheasant!! Dumped on the road by lazy landowners, they are the draftest known creatures imaginable. If I didn't hate hurting other living things, it's tempting to plow on, as the poor stupid things are just going to be shot anyway. 

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  • Totally, I think being hyper-vigilant helps on the roads, and just assuming everyone else is going to be an idiot helps, not I've still had people bump/scrape/crash into me.

    Country roads are a nightmare this time of year for delivery van drivers!

    And doing get me started about the bl**dy pheasant!! Dumped on the road by lazy landowners, they are the draftest known creatures imaginable. If I didn't hate hurting other living things, it's tempting to plow on, as the poor stupid things are just going to be shot anyway. 

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