Everyday i have to overtake several vehicles on our crappy national roads heading to and from college.. (two lane roads).

I’m not talking like one or two, i’m taking about a dozen each way, so about 20 per day. Most are tractors or slow moving lorries/vans and you get the odd car for no apparent reason, who just decides to stay well below the speed limit..

Anyway, coming home today, for the first ever, i didn’t have to overtake one single vehicle.. every car was bombing along nicely at 100km/hr, with just the odd stop due to someone turning off into a sideroad.. so long may that continue… no stress, no pressure, everyone comfortable and all legal.

It’s what i’d call the perfect drive home

However as usual, i have another idiot story to tell from this morning..

A guy pulls out of a side road and is slow enough to build up speed (fair enough, that’s understandable), so i slow gradually, acknowledging he needs time to build up speed… he then pulls in to the hard shouler as if to say – pass me out, i can’t get up to speed quickly enough and i’ll let you on your way…

So i decide to overtake as he’s only doing about 70km/hr at this stage and i’m travelling at 100km/hr, slowing down to maybe 90km/hr. So i’ve a clear road ahead, indicate, pull out etc.. and then the fun starts…

The car i’m overtaking – who beckoned me to overtake him and moved into the hard shoulder, puts the boot down just as i’m level with him.. extremely dangerous and forces me to either brake or accelerate hard to get past him…i chose the latter option and put the boot down to get past as i thought it was the safer option, but admittedly i would have smashed the speed limit, probably doing about 120km/hr to get past.

All thanks to the eejit who thought he’d have a bit of fun playing me into oncoming traffic, a potential head on collision at 200km/hr or more Once i got past i immediately slowed back to around the 100km/hr mark and low and behold the car i’d overtook pulls way back, certainly not doing the 120km/hr he’d forced me into doing.. ok, so maybe i should have braked as i knew i was breaking the limit, but i did have a clear stretch ahead, plus there were a few cars behind so i’d then force them into braking etc.. which may have been more hazardous..

I just can’t wait until i get operation dash cam up and running as you guys will see for yourselves the sort of crap that goes on here on a daily basis..