Published on 12, July, 2020
I love classic cars for many reasons. Their styling is beautiful, their mechanical features were mostly astonishing for the time and I’ve owned several classics all of which I loved. Anyway… one thing I really detest about modern cars is their lights, especially the LED day runner lights they all seem to have because if they hit a dip or bump, it looks like they flash which can cause mistakes as I found out today.
Suddenly the realisation set in. I felt rotten.
I felt like an absolute jerk. The woman behind was part of the funeral procession and I broke in to it. Not intentionally, though I should have seen the hearse first but I still feel bad about it. This is one of the main reasons I hate driving because I misunderstand things and I cause disruption without really meaning to because I’m trying to process so many things at once.
Suffice to say, I got off that road ASAP. At the next turning I took it, sadly a stretch that led to a duel carriageway adding an extra 17 miles to my journey home, not what my Immortal needs as it’s missing like the devil, but perhaps I deserved it for pulling out in front of the funeral car.
You made a mistake, we all do, make silent appologies and be more aware in future, thats the best anyone could ask of you. I find funeral processions difficult as they always have to go so slow, for what reason I don't know and I always get caught up in one when I'm in a hurry.
I agree that modern car lights are confusing, espcially the bright LED ones, cars with higher driving positions than mine often comes up behind and momentarily blind me. Then there's all the things other drivers don't do, like dip their headlights at night, don't know what their indicators are for, park on double yellow lines, by a zebra crossing and the one that bugs me on our narrow often single track roads, is knowing where reverse gear is. Why do they drive past a passing place by a couple of car lengths, stop and expect me to reverse? Often they've got bigger cars than me, 4x4's and stuff, they're mostly tourists I think, as few people living on the island would buy a big badge low slung car that almost wider than the roads or have a 4x4 thats not battered and covered in mud or worse.