Folk, it’s actually easier to drive well

See this guy? He's doing it wrong.

As anyone paying attention to me on TwitBook will have noticed I’ve had some… “issues” with People recently.  A lot of this has stemmed from driving.  The last few days (noticeably more so than previous recent driving) I’ve seen some terribly, aggressive, inconsiderate and down-right dangerous driving from people of all ages, races, genders and manufacturer of car (that’s right – this isn’t an Audi / BMW driver rant!).
What’s really getting to me is how much more effort it takes to drive in this manner.  I don’t care how urgent someone thinks their journey is I can guarantee them that it is not important enough to risk their life, my life and the life of the family in their car – OH yes, I’ve been seeing men and women with young children in their car driving in an amazingly dangerous way.

In my opinion it’s time to make this behaviour something that’s socially unacceptable.  We need to attach a stigma to this in the same way that smoking is becoming increasingly stigmatised. People that are know to drive like this need to be shunned by their friends and family.  <controversial>Heck if they’re seen driving without consideration with children then social services really ought to be informed!</controversial>.

So my plea is simple.  To the morons who take little consideration of the considerable worth of their life, the lives of their passengers and of other road users (be they in cars, cycles, bikes, foot, horse, hover board, soon-to-be-retired Space Shuttle) I say stop being dicks, start behaving in a manner fit for Humanity and calm the FRAK down.

To everyone else I say if you know someone who drives badly, or you are a passenger of such ilk, don’t sit by quietly wincing while your are carted around at great peril mere inches from the car in front.  Speak up – SHAME these drivers.  If you don’t and then you may consider yourself just as responsible for the lives these people destroy.

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