WHAT THE FUCK???!!!!

[Highway Dave]

I think the second one is warning of breathing in the vapours or swallowing the fuel lol
I laughed because I know it’s probably too late in peters case

 

[WhatsThisFor]

I think the second one is warning of breathing in the vapours or swallowing the fuel lol
I laughed because I know it’s probably too late in peters case

I thought the second one was wear your CPAP
And the first one was stroke the grass

 

[Highway Dave]

I thought the second one was wear your CPAP
And the first one was stroke the grass

Like I said , too late lol

 

[RuskinStreet]

Van drivers are often 'on a mission' because they want to get from A to B to do some work at B and hoping to get an early finish. Some of them sometimes seem out of their depth / comfort zone drivng vans if they're more used to the Fiesta they drive the rest of the time. A lot of van drivers are pushy on the road so are breaking the 'do not try to dominate on the road' highway code rule.

That said, there's a balance between being cautious and making progress. When you're learning you're expected to need to be more cautious / err on the side of cautious until you've gained enough experience to be cautious and make good progress at the same time. Maybe the van driver or other following drivers would think you were being over cautious to the extent of not increasing safety but not making decent progress, not knowing that you were getting used to driving an automatic.

We would fail a basic learner driving test by doing something unsafe or to a far lesser extent by not making good enough progress. But would fail an advanced driving test by not being polished at pre-empting hazard situations and by not making good enough progress, the advanced driver might be expected to make better progress than the basic learner while at the same time being safer than the basic learner.

I've been in cars with drivers who drive a manual car OK and smoothly but drive an automatic a lot worse and a lot less smoothly. E.g. Drive like other drivers and passengers would hope and expect they would drive a manual, enter corners at a speed that they can keep a bit of power on going around the corner to better plant the vehicle and lessen that sideways push in the seat G force feeling but not anticipate the lesser engine braking in an auto so enter a corner a bit quick then either coast around it or brake mid corner, etc. Random increases / decreases of speed, etc. But the real eye opener is when it comes to manouvering... They could probably do a 3 or 5 point turn on a hill no problem and never overshoot how far they intended to move in a manual, never do the rolling in the wrong direction thing. But put them in an automatic and they're all over the place, overshooting how far they intended to move and rolling in the wrong direction. Even more 'fun' if the automatic has a foot parking brake instead of a hand parking brake or if the parking brake doesn't work properly.

I tell people who are new to slushbox automatics that if they don't feel they have the same level of vehicle control in an automatic compared to driving a manual they should try left foot braking in an automatic. Then even if the parking brake is a bit week they can prevent the rolling around during manouveres on a hill with left foot on the brake while applying a bit of throttle. It's another trick in the box for smooth driving and sporty driving too.

An automatic gearbox is supposed to take some of the work out of driving but to a lot of people it seems an automatic gearbox makes driving more work because coming from manual gearboxes they assume they should handle the brake and accelerator pedal pretty much the same as they do in manual cars except they don't need to press a clutch pedal... when they might be better off handling the brake and accelerator pedal a bit differently in the automatic if they try it and practice it, but they never try or practice it so just assume they will always have less control in an auto compared to a manual.

There was a time when slow drivers were pulled over and made to wait as the commuters made a dash for the Mersey tunnel at clocking off time. I drive my motorhome annoyingly slowly round sharp bends and roundabouts because a) the front wheels foul the arches (new springs needed methinks) and b) it lurches like the Queen Mary. I annoy the fuck out of myself but I always give the impatient the opportunity to pass the moment the road ahead is clear.
When my boot is on the other foot and I'm behind such a vehicle, I bide my time, no rush, what's the hurry? Then again I'm not an Amazon driver on 60p a parcel....