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I know this subject has been discussed several times, but this afternoon I was subjected to one of the most stupid drivers I’ve ever come across, and there have been many.

I was driving along Montrose Avenue (20 mph speed limit) and, I admit, I was being a bit norty as I was speeding at 23 mph, roughly the same speed as the cars in front of me. I was being tailgated by a Mercedes and I just knew he was going to do something stupid. When you’ve been driving as long as I have (45 years) you get a “feeling” – a “sixth sense” - that something is about to happen, you just know, and you prepare yourself.

Well, this idiot decided I wasn’t going fast enough so, at the first mini roundabout he overtook me at a great rate of knots (about 40) on the wrong side of the roundabout to get in front of me, only to find himself behind the car I’d been following at 23 mph. He must have gained at least, oh, about 20 seconds of his travel time, used a lot of fuel doing so and had to anchor up hard behind his next “slow” driver. All I could do was laugh my head off!

Aw! Baby wanted to be first, and who am I to deny him his life’s little pleasures!

Tell us about your experiences of stupidity on the road.