{"id":2725,"date":"2010-02-10T13:09:27","date_gmt":"2010-02-10T13:09:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brennigjones.com\/blog\/?p=2725"},"modified":"2010-02-10T13:10:53","modified_gmt":"2010-02-10T13:10:53","slug":"listen-up-fuckwits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brennigjones.com\/blog\/?p=2725","title":{"rendered":"Listen up, fuckwits"},"content":{"rendered":"

You know who you are.<\/p>\n

Drivers on the M40 motorway – through Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire , that’s who. Or ‘bad drivers on the M40’ might be more accurate.<\/p>\n

Here’s the news.<\/p>\n

Some days – not all days, sure, but just now and then – I will be driving down (and returning back up) the\u00c2\u00a0aforementioned\u00c2\u00a0motorway.<\/p>\n

And if you either do not know what the law says about motorway driving (or you do know what it says but you choose to ignore it), or if you are simply just incapable of changing lanes, be warned.<\/p>\n

I am on the case.<\/p>\n

I am on *your* case.<\/p>\n

I am going to find a way to fix up my new digital videocam, and attach it to the dashboard of my car.<\/p>\n

And I am going to record your incapabilities.<\/p>\n

I’m also going to publish them to the world on YouTube.<\/p>\n

And guess what?<\/p>\n

I’m going to include your registration number.<\/p>\n

Why am I going to do this?<\/p>\n

Because the sights I saw on the M40 this morning terrified the absolute fucking daylights out of me.<\/p>\n

So here’s a primer:<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. Keep to the left-hand lane at all times, *unless* you are actually overtaking another vehicle<\/li>\n
  2. If you need to overtake another vehicle, move from the left-hand lane in to the 1st overtaking lane<\/strong> and complete the\u00c2\u00a0manoeuvre.<\/li>\n
  3. When you have finished overtaking, see 1. above<\/strong><\/li>\n
  4. If you need to overtake a vehicle which is itself in the 1st overtaking lane because it is overtaking a slower vehicle, move in to the 2nd overtaking lane and complete the manoeuvre.<\/li>\n
  5. When you have finished overtaking, see 1. above<\/strong><\/li>\n
  6. There are no exceptions to these rules.<\/li>\n
  7. BMW and Mercedes drivers are not, contrary to popular misconception, subject to a different set of laws.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Thank you.<\/p>\n

    And have a nice day.<\/p>\n

    p.s. I am back!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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