A clear indication?

  When I first started driving I was so nervous. I would feel panicky and worried that terrible things would happen to me; obviously not good, however I over came that and am now a confident driver. I actually hate being a passenger with a passion, apart from the travel sickness, it’s the fact that I have to watch other people drive poorly. In our family road rage seems to be a common theme; Dad, older sister and myself=pure rage! Usually I am a fairly laid back person but the minute I am stuck behind some mindless plonker I get a little irritated.

  One thing I have noticed since driving around Eastbourne is the lack of indicating. By not doing a simple action it can have such dangerous consequences. Indicating not only alerts other drivers, but also pedestrians, as to where you intend on going. This doesn’t happen in Eastbourne, I think around 90% of drivers don’t know how to use theirs. I am constantly on the indicator purely because it comforts me to know that I have shown others where I am going so if, for some reason, there is some sort of problem I know I have given clear signal as to what I am doing.

  I have made a list of cars that I have no intention on buying, purely through the lack of indicators that are on those cars; surely it can’t be the actual driver’s fault?! No, I doubt that greatly, it’s definitely the car, so I now know never to get one of around 20 different types of car. Maybe I should write to the manufacturers and tell them that they have been building cars without indicators? What if the actual drivers haven’t even realised? This could cause uproar! I must do my bit to protect others against these menaces that are producing cars without correct fittings. I guess I could also mention the cars that only ever seem to have full beam lights on…

  There are only two categories you can possibly be part of, either;

 You, the driver, have the common sense and lack of care as a dead lettuce leaf,

Or

 Your car manufacturer needs to be notified of the terrible mistake they have made in production.

  We all know it won’t be the manufacturer so, perhaps, before you turn on to another road, around a roundabout or into a parking space let the rest of us know, or you will either have a crash or, potentially, seriously injure a passer by. Just saying…

Miss C x