So apart from ranting I'm afraid that I just have to accept that a lot of other drivers just don't give a toss about anything or anyone else on the road and, if I try to pass them I assume that they will try to kill me by doing something unpredictable. Or I have to go out early or late and avoid the traffic as best I can.
G&T time I think.....
Yes, they are out to get you, consciously or unconsciously. Half of them don't actually want to be driving, they just have no other way to get from A to B.
First lesson from a "Bike-safe" Instructor:
"Assume every other vehicle on the road is driven by a homicidal idiot who wants to kill you"
Second Lesson:
"Imagine an ellipse round your bike. It should go forward to the point where you can stop, each side of you the width of the lane and behind half the distance in front.
If ANYTHING enters the ellipse take action to remove it: you can go faster, slower, stop, whatever. But get the threat away from you."
Both lessons work just as well when driving.
