BMW Driver....just how they get their bad reputations.
Posted: Sun Jul 08, 2012 12:08 pm
So, yesterday morning, Liz and I (in seperate cars) set off from very near the flooded river Axe in East Devon to try and make our way home from the deluged south of England to sunny Wales.
Anyway, biblical qualtities of rain had fallen and were still descending. Roads were running like streams, fields were flooded and pouring over the roads. We were covering a number of B and U class roads until we got to Taunton, with a brief excursion on the A303 (whish was flowing like Niagara in places
So, we 'forded' several flooded roads (right on-the-limit stuff) until in our mirrors, on one of the narrow B roads (an old Roman road) we each caught a glimpse of a green BMW E46 saloon. Now, there was standing water, flooded areas of tarmac and ditches so we were in a long line of traffic doing 10-15mph. He passed us each, in turn, ducking in and out as approaching vehicles made 'tender' progress. He passed me at about 40mph, looking back at the 'smart' BMW he was leaving in his wake. I gave him the wave of recognition reserved for such considerate motorists I somehow hoped he would stop as I was in the mood for a discussion on his driving skills, or alternatively, I hoped to see him 'parked' in one of those flooded ditches without having harmed other road users.
ing idiot
What the trip home did hammer home to us both was the ineptitude of many drivers in such conditions. We spoke to a guy in a saloon car who had 'broken down' whilst fording one of the flooded areas as some twonk in a 4x4 came through against him and flooded his engine with the wash. We also witnessed drivers pushing fellow motorists off the high side of the road and into the deeper water...some were towing caravans which were like mulberry bridges with the amount of water they were displacing. It was utterly ridiculous, when all that was needed was a little thought and consideration.
Rant over. feel better now
Anyway, biblical qualtities of rain had fallen and were still descending. Roads were running like streams, fields were flooded and pouring over the roads. We were covering a number of B and U class roads until we got to Taunton, with a brief excursion on the A303 (whish was flowing like Niagara in places
So, we 'forded' several flooded roads (right on-the-limit stuff) until in our mirrors, on one of the narrow B roads (an old Roman road) we each caught a glimpse of a green BMW E46 saloon. Now, there was standing water, flooded areas of tarmac and ditches so we were in a long line of traffic doing 10-15mph. He passed us each, in turn, ducking in and out as approaching vehicles made 'tender' progress. He passed me at about 40mph, looking back at the 'smart' BMW he was leaving in his wake. I gave him the wave of recognition reserved for such considerate motorists I somehow hoped he would stop as I was in the mood for a discussion on his driving skills, or alternatively, I hoped to see him 'parked' in one of those flooded ditches without having harmed other road users.
ing idiot
What the trip home did hammer home to us both was the ineptitude of many drivers in such conditions. We spoke to a guy in a saloon car who had 'broken down' whilst fording one of the flooded areas as some twonk in a 4x4 came through against him and flooded his engine with the wash. We also witnessed drivers pushing fellow motorists off the high side of the road and into the deeper water...some were towing caravans which were like mulberry bridges with the amount of water they were displacing. It was utterly ridiculous, when all that was needed was a little thought and consideration.
Rant over. feel better now