Was tootling along a straight empty road this morning, slowing down to negotiate large speed humps every few feet, when I noticed a small Postman Pat style red van ducking and weaving impossibly close behind me, which hadn't been visible as even a speck on the horizon a few seconds earlier.
As we approached a row of cars parked along the opposide side of the road, this maniac started trying to overtake. It was completely obvious he wouldn't have room, so I speeded up slightly to dissuade him.
Nothing daunted, he then charged onto the opposite pavement and bombed along this between the parked cars and the garden walls, and in fairness he was gaining on me as I continued driving the conventional way on the road.
But in his haste to drive a five foot wide van down a five foot one inch gap, at 40 MPH, he overlooked one small detail - Side mirrors, his own and those on the parked cars. I couldn't see exactly what happened but there was a terrific crash and rending noise, and I would guess the parked cars all had a huge gash gouged down their driver's sides, and as the lunatic popped out the other end and bounced back onto the road, he had smashed his passenger side window. and had a gash down his van.
After an uncertain second or two, he then went hairing off down a side street to the right and that was the last I saw of him, but not before I got his reg number.
I'm sure it's no more than a coincidence that there's a gypsy site a mile back down the road, not far from my lodgings, and unthinkable that anyone from there would be driving well over the limit at 8:30 in the morning.
As we approached a row of cars parked along the opposide side of the road, this maniac started trying to overtake. It was completely obvious he wouldn't have room, so I speeded up slightly to dissuade him.
Nothing daunted, he then charged onto the opposite pavement and bombed along this between the parked cars and the garden walls, and in fairness he was gaining on me as I continued driving the conventional way on the road.
But in his haste to drive a five foot wide van down a five foot one inch gap, at 40 MPH, he overlooked one small detail - Side mirrors, his own and those on the parked cars. I couldn't see exactly what happened but there was a terrific crash and rending noise, and I would guess the parked cars all had a huge gash gouged down their driver's sides, and as the lunatic popped out the other end and bounced back onto the road, he had smashed his passenger side window. and had a gash down his van.
After an uncertain second or two, he then went hairing off down a side street to the right and that was the last I saw of him, but not before I got his reg number.
I'm sure it's no more than a coincidence that there's a gypsy site a mile back down the road, not far from my lodgings, and unthinkable that anyone from there would be driving well over the limit at 8:30 in the morning.
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