I think it would just be preferable if we did away with any rules for the road. 'Drive on the left' is wholly unnecessary (and frequently ignored anyway) so let's just do away with it. A 'free for all' seems to sit well with our society today, so why should driving be any different? We wouldn't be able to accuse anyone of being selfish then, just everyone going about their legitimate business.
I do agree above though, those that can't abide by a set of principles (or even just the simple: 'drive on the left') seem to have consideration inverse (ly!) proportional to their ego. Chucking the rules would eliminate this.
Aggression and deliberate discourtesy are far more dangerous. Just sit back and put a nice bit of music on...
Some older people here would struggle with both.
We could do a driver awareness course for this sort of thing. Oh, wait, that already happens for certain offences
On a serious note, I do think there is a need to consider some kind of re-testing. It happens for age-related driving of heavier/bigger vehicles, so why not cars?
Because so many people don’t know how to use roundabouts?Why do threads about driving always end up going round incircles?
Trying to instil better driving habits into motorists is an exercise in futility because the majority are not at all interested in driving. They just want to get where they're going, and don't give a sh*t about other motorists beyond getting annoyed by everyone who gets in their way.
,............it appears to me that women aged 17-45 are most likely to be using their mobile while driving.
Why do threads about driving always end up going round in circles?
the most noticeable annoyances are:
https://www.nextbase.com/en-gb/national-dash-cam-safety-portal/Maybe a dashcam would help? Or don't police care about third party evidence?
For me:
Following the car in front too close
The one that gets me is when I’m in the right hand lane in a queue of other cars overtaking slower traffic on inside lane. I can’t pull over and I can’t go faster, but I still get a twunt in a black Range Rover up my rear with his lights flashing, arms waving and spittle on his windscreeen. What does he (it always is a he) expect me to do? There’s a car in front of me and a car to my left. My reaction is to slow right down, and get slower and slower until the cars on the inside have undertaken us and there is an actual gap I can pull into. Not sure how this benefits the twunt, but what other option has he given me?On duals and mways that triggers a few reactions from me. A larger gap to the vehicle ahead, a dab of the brakes, a long squirt of screenwash.
On single carriageway, I drive slower and slower and Sllloooooooooowwwerrrrr. Eventually they might cotton on.
When I had a 911, people would drive very strangely if I appeared behind them. I’d be in no hurry, well back, but some would almost drive into fields to get out of my way!
This is because women are better at multitasking. Many I know can talk, drive and get lost all at the same time.