Keep your eyes on the road, your hands upon the wheel (Jim Morrison)

I accidentally met a woman today who gives the rest of us women drivers a bad name. I stopped to assist as there was no one else around.
She had parked her car, unintentionally, in a culvert. Sedan cars aren't designed to travel over or through culverts so it came to a rapid stop. So did the drivers' face when it kissed the steering wheel. This would not have happened had she been wearing her seatbelt.
While waiting for the ambulance, I asked if she had swerved for another car, dog, whatever. She could not say. I did notice the contents of her handbag strewn all over. Guess what she was clutched in her hand? Her mascara!
Well lady, you won't be needing the mascara for the next few weeks because you're going to look like a raccoon.

Number Plate

He is are nice too.

The Monday Commute

Low score today. Only three veld fires, one T-boned ambulance and two maSkoros on the side. Did get a surprise though. Got pulled over by Metro. Guess the strike is really over. Anyway, expecting the usual bribe request but, instead, got told to drive safely and make sure I come to a Complete Halt at the stop street. No fine. The stop street in question is on a back road and provides safe passage to someone's driveway (who must be hellofanimportant) and a dead end. I predict speed bumps soon followed by a boom gate. This will be the result of some poor innocent daring to stop at this stop street and getting rear ended by the queue who habitually sail though.

Special message to chap in white ford sierra skedonk. Either your car is unroadworthy or you are unroadworthy. Rapidly steering from side to side over two lanes is not normal. This is unnerving for the rest of us on the road. Go away. Scrap your car. Get a walking permit. Just get the hell off the road.

Bigfoot

I need to Upgrade my bakkie like this. It would make my commute so much more fun, especially when the taxis try to cut me off or stop suddenly.

Pot holes (yeah, those slag gates) won't be a problem anymore.

Undercover parking could be a challenge.

Bite me.

Almost killed by someone else's STUPIDITY

I am SO MAD but happy to still be in the land of the living and being able to write this.
Driving home from work today. Single lane traffic. White Golf in front followed by overlong articulated truck followed by empty brick transport truck (type with crane) and then myself. Traffic moving slowly so when the road opens up to two lanes, the Golf and articulated keep left and I follow the brick truck on the right, both of us accelerating to pass. The Golf (@$$hole) decides to turn right (yeah, from the left lane), no indicator (naturally) and stops dead in our lane because there is oncoming traffic. Brick truck and myself hit brakes. Have to because we can't move left or right. The brick truck's backend sways from side to side. I'm still treading the brakes to the floor, tap style to avoid a skid, changing down super quick, somehow manage to hit the emergency lights too and preparing handbrake... then the articulated truck swerves onto sand shoulder to avoid swerving brick truck. I sense the impending jackknife but, miraculously, the driver accelerates out of it. Engines screaming, tires squealing, dust and smoke. Unbelievably, the motorists behind see what's happening and fall back. @$$hole is oblivious to this scenario and still parked sideways (no, I don't know why), sans indicators, in our lane. I stopped a metre behind the brick truck. Whew! The articulated moves on and the traffic behind allows me to pass on the left. When I do pass, I see the brick truck has managed to stop a balls hair from the Golf, who is still unaware of the 5m high 20 ton truck, now less a couple inches of rubber, kissing his right side.
Here's the punch. The road that @$$hole wants to turn into is a one way... yes, you guessed right.
Will the guys that developed ABS brakes please accept my prayer of thanks.
Ditto those patient dudes that put up with me every so often at Advanced Driving school.
Ditto the two truck drivers that kept it cool.
As for the @$$hole in the white Golf... if you want to commit suicide, do it at home. I hate you.

BTW did you know you don't get insurance discount anymore for Advanced Driving?