Sadly this is all too common. What you, me, and many other decently skilled drivers do during the course of everyday driving, or in exceptional situations like you mention is often seen differently by other types of drivers.
Your idea of maximising vision is possibly much like mine.....use as much road as possible when it's safe to do so, thereby maximising your vision and visibility is a good thing.
But, some old goat tips up and declares that "you were all over the road".
Even though that 'old goat' can hardly see beyond it's spectacles with lenses the size of dormer windows.
It's bloody unfair but the oldies seem to have an unwritten rule that their speed is everyone's speed.
I get so f...in. cross when I get a Corolla leap out in front of me (having had 2 miles to do so anyway). Then it proceeds at 37.5mph.
That's OK. And then I overtake ASAP. Very quickly, and back on my own side in not much more than five seconds, having caused no problem at all to ANYONE.
And then the light flashing and fingers skyward starts.
These are old people that think they deserve respect.
They can **** RIGHT OFF if they can't even see out of the ****ing car. And dont' they dare ever raise a finger to me again. |