Just Bliss!

This is really addressed to all those people out there that own a 4WD car and seem to forget that this makes their car better suited to being off the road than, say, a saloon. This lunch as I was driving down a pretty narrow country road in Kent, some Honda owner decides that despite the fact that the road was only wide enough for one-and-a-half cars and there was plenty of opportunity for them to move into the verge, they were going to force me off the road.

Now I KNOW that the CR-V has 4WD capabilities and a higher ground clearance than my car. Surely, given their commanding view of the road, they know this too. They bought the car after all. Your car is better suited to getting up on that verge whereas getting off the road because of your attitude is more likely to damage mine.

It would only have taken a few moments to move over, get on the verge and let me pass but NO. Perhaps feeling a sense of empowerment and self importance because of their vehicle’s size, I was essentially forced to get off the road and into the rough gutter and listen to an unhealthy metallic clunk as I did so.

What is the point in getting a car with off-road ability, nice chunky tires and high-clearance if you’re going to insist upon only driving on the tarmac all the time even at the expense of other people’s cars?! Surely the shcool run isn’t that perilous these days that you feel you need the extra assurance when dropping the kiddies off?

If you have a 4wd and a car on the same narrow bit of road doesn’t, do the decent thing and use it, please.