Lately I’ve been seeing, on the drive to work, a couple of vehicles that belong to Midland Felt Roofing.
They travel in the same direction as me, from the Kirtlington area of Oxfordshire, in to Milton Keynes.
I don’t know where the Midland Felt Roofing lorries are heading, because – thankfully – I lose them once the A421 opens up in to national speed-limit Dual Carriageway, just west of Milton Keynes.
I say ‘thankfully’ because one of the Midland Felt Roofing lorry drivers in particular does not know the meaning of the simple two-word phrase ‘too close’.
He’s clearly never heard of the Stopping Distance table.
He is unaware of the road safety phrase ‘Only a fool breaks the two second rule‘.
And at speeds of up to 60mph, he travels so close to me that the gap between the rear of my car and the front of his lorry is less than 1/25th of a second.
I say he’s unaware of this rule because, if I am unable to read his numberplate in my mirror because I can’t see it – because it is tucked up underneath the line of the boot of my car – then he’s clearly breaking the rule.
So it’s time to break out the CarCam again, to allow me to record just how fucking amazing (not) the lorry driver(s?) of Midland Felt Roofing are.
I’ll post the evidence of what I see on YouTube. And I’ll send a link to Midland Felt Roofing.
And to the Thames Valley Police.
But I won’t send a link to You’ve Been Framed, because this isn’t even remotely funny.
I’m just glad I’m in my car, not on the Bandit.