As a country we are not known for our fantastic weather, you do not hear the sun drenched chaps of southern france saying “You know what I fed up of the weather round here, lets visit England”, and do you know why? Because our weather sucks.<\/p>\n
Now we’ve established that it should be fair to assume that as a nation we should be used to bad weather and especially rain. Lots of rain. It rains lots here (Unless you live down south, hee hee standpipes), its cold and generally not reet gud. Soooo. On to the point. Why… when it rains do England’s roads grind to a horrible depressing standstill??? The reason for this rant as you may have guessed is because i have just been caught in such a situation. This morning it took me 65 minutes, (thats a whole 5 minutes more than an hour!), to make a journey that usually takes 35 minutes.\u00c2\u00a0 You want to know why? Probably not, but I’m going to tell you anyway… because the people of engalnd inexplicable becoume mushy brained morons at the first sign of moist air. Thats why.<\/p>\n
Why do we need flashy signs telling us to do 40 mph on the motorway? Spray? Isn’t that what windscreen wipers are for? or am I being naieve? OK so its not safe to be bombing along at 90 in the wet, cos brakes and grip aren’t as good but 40? On a motorway? And that brings me to another point… why is it that when there is a temporary speed limit in force does there always seem to be someone in\u00c2\u00a0front who like to do 10mph LESS than the already unnecessarily low limit, usually a beige volvo being driven by colin with his driving gloves and flat cap on?<\/p>\n
I guess what I’m getting at is IF YOU CANT DRIVE IN THE RAIN THEN YOU SHOULDN’T HAVE A DRIVING LICENCE. Why should my journey take me nearly twice as long because you’re scared of getting water on your windscreen. If you MUST drive then use the smaller routes to drive at 4mph not the motorway… Leave that to people who have brains.<\/p>\n
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