Cars and Shopping Trollies.....

Had a theory for a while now that supermarkets are a big factor in the dumbing down of peoples driving abilities....

As they have gotten bigger, and more plentiful, is seems that the conection between the trolley and the car has gotten closer as peoples ability to know, or even care, where there trolley is in relation to anyone or anything else is getting transfered to the road....

In the supermarkets people blindly swing trollies about behind them blocking off isle while, supossibly, looking at an item...... or they blindly charge our of an isle with no consideration for cross traffic...... or just simply stop and natter right across the end of an isle...

And finally in the car park, although most people do put them back in the racks, some just leave them scattered wherever or, even worse, just let them roll away into another car, lamp post or person.....

So that's NO spacial awareness......  NO lateral thinking and NO care or consideration for anyone or anything around them....

Yesterday was an perfect example of this...... (and easily the hundredth time I've seen this happen and the second time involving a police car.......)

The Norwich Rd in Ipswich is quite simple one long queue of traffic, in both directions, for most of the day.....

So I am heading into town..... at 10 miles an hour.... slipping the clutch, as usual, on the Buell....

Spot this Volvo, hundred yards away, coming out of town wanting to turn right and, as usual, no body letting him turn...... 

When the car that's two in front of me simply stops and puts on his right indicator.... just a he,s passed the, already, stopped Volvo.......

Speechless........ where can we go..... where can he go.... who can anyone go..... 

As the driver had had no thought about letting the Volvo turn first and he simply just sat there expecting a gap to suddenly materialise so he could drive on unhindered......

Speechless.....

What the idiot had done though was to pull up alongside a police car........

So..... the nice policeman wound down his window...... Reached across to the other car and tapped on its window........ Which was duly wound down.....

Nice policemans repeatable comment.....        Are you a complete idiot.......

Silence…........

Nice policeman's unrepeatable, and correct, explanation of events …........ (Insert own comments here...) followed by MOVE IT...... NOW....

Silence..,...

The blue lights did a quick spin......

Then he stalled it......

Then the wipers went on..... front and rear....

Then he kangeroed off.....

Laughed..... Nearly fell off the bike........

The nice policeman was still laughing to, when I passed him....

So, guys n gals, don't queue across a junction and please think....

IF I LET SOMEONE OUT MAYBE THEY WILL LET ME OUT..... 
                        (not the other way round)