Believe me, it has absolutely nothing to do with age. It is a combination of poor training and the dreadfully inadequate policing of our roads and the fact that almost all plods can't be bothered to stop folk for anything other than speeding.
I am sick of calling the non-emergency number to report police cars in front of me following cars with dead lights, doing nothing. Zilch! Car turns off, plod drifts on back to the station for tea and medals. Too much hassle I guess, paperwork on top of paperwork.
Other driving 'norms' that are a disgrace are rear-view mirrors angled down so the driver can see the precious ones in the back seat (how sweet), drivers braking every time a vehicle comes the other way even on straight and wide roads, brake lights flashing constantly as cars approach even the slightest bend, on the way in, on the apex (which doesn't exist at the stupidly slow speeds these eejits drive) and even on the way out, hands on the wrong side of the wheel while cornering (no wonder so many cars go out of control when drivers have no leverage or micro-control over the steering), driving on dip at all times at night so following cars have no idea of the road ahead, drivers spending more time looking at their passenger than the road ahead, cars trying to 'push' me over the speed limit in 30's and 40's (that always works doesn't it), folks waiting till the car ahead of them at traffic lights pulls away before they realise the lights have changed.....
The average road user has absolutely no idea of the abilities of the car they are driving, no concept of the rules of the road and certainly not the courtesy of the road; hell, even police drivers are taught to acknowledge other road users who let them out at junctions. Bring in mandatory re-tests for all road users and do it now!
Ha zoos! What a bloody old grump I am turning into
