Today's Complete Commuter C*** is a return to my roots - this sort of driving is what "drove" me to start documenting this stuff. It all stems from people having no sense of sharing the road, people who believe that the only thing that is important is for them to get to their destination as fast as possible, and that everyone else on the road is an impediment to that. So - approaching the M56 slip on the M60, there is a filter lane which I am in. About 1/4 mile from the junction, I see a black octavia minicab pull in from the outside lane into the next lane ( no signals, so I can't tell his intentions). I wait for a bit - leaving a gap, but then, as he makes no attempt to pull in - I move past him, as the filter lane is travelling faster at this point in time. As the junction approaches, the filter lane splits in two, and I move into the outside lane of the two, at the same time as the minicab comes blasting past me, with indicators on, and decides to squeeze into the gap in front of me, not seeming to care that he was leaving it a little late, or, more importantly, that the 206 in the inside lane of the slip, was in the middle of pulling into the gap also. Cue two cars halfway into the lane in front of me - me backing right off, and wishing that I had a camera to share the evidence for the inevitable accident. Fortunately, just before impact both realised that the others were there, and swerved away - the octavia almost taking out someone blamelessly pottering along in the inside lane of the M60. This sort of driving is so common, and it really pisses me off. There's just no need.
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