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@Greasy_Slag
I swear its the weather, dark mornings and the constant doom and gloom in the papers and on the radio!
Half the drivers haven't woken up, and those that had should just get back in bed!
I had two great near misses in 10 minutes on the way in.
1 white van driver fly past me, knicking my arm, then anchoring the breaks and turning left right across my line. i was so impressed at the speed i danced around his outside i forgot to get annoyed. sadly matey in the golf behind racing him also was surprised at my reaction speed and had to anchor the brakes on before he laid me flat against the back doors of the white van. I liked to think he was praising my skills...
2 bus pulled out on a roundabout and continued to drive at me. i ended up heading down the wrong side of the road to get around the front of the pecker.
Again i believe said bus driver saw my early deft skills and decided to test me again.
If this happened in france instead of swapping evil glares we would have got out of our vehicles, thrown our arms about in a euro frenzy lit a cheap strong cigarette and fucked before driving off in disgust.