WHO'S BEING AWKWARD ?

So here we are, nearly 18 months on from when I first started taking driving lessons and I’m still just that, a learner.

And I put it down to the fact that while my careful and steady driving style might well stand me in good stead of passing I still feel that sometimes I make silly little mistakes that I would rather iron out now before daring  to take to the road without the safety net of an instructor and dual controlling to fall back on.

I know that once behind that steering wheel of my own vehicle I will be the sole protector of the safety and wellbeing of my passengers and I have every intention of doing that to the best of my ability.

It may have taken me three attempts to pass my theory test but at least now I know I’m well versed in the rules of the road and one in particular sticks in my mind after coming up in every practise test I did online and the ones I took for real.

It’s one that comes up so often that I’m surprised that it gets forgotten so easily when after months of revising I reckon I could recite it in my sleep.

So what is the rule of which I speak , the one which gets broken daily by people who will sit behind me on a lesson bemoaning the fact that I shouldn’t be allowed on the road if I can’t drive properly then quite openly commit the cardinal sin of road safety cos they “ know what they’re doing “.

I speak of course of that oft flouted and much argued rule of the yellow zig zag lines accompanied by the motto “school –keep clear “.

Theory test answers state quite clearly that you should never stop on this area but outside every school there is always someone who thinks that they’re the exception to it, taking up that space on the pretty primary coloured pattern so they can get nearer to the school to save their child having to walk a little further with no care as to the dangers to anyone else’s safety.

And nowhere was it best demonstrated than in the attitude of the driver who took offence at us obeying the rules as my other half gave our sons their Friday afternoon lift home from school last week.

As our car approached the local primary school the lollipop lady stepped out into the road to allow the children and parents on their way home to cross safely so we stopped behind the vehicle in front and waited patiently.

Not waiting quite so patiently on our left however was a gent getting quite irritated at being boxed in on his chosen parking spot.

So annoyed was he at having to wait a few seconds, he took it upon himself to storm up to our car, wrench the driver door open and bellow and swear in front of not only our kids but all the little ones passing by as to why we were being so ******* awkward by not getting out of his way.

Which was a bit rich coming from someone whose vehicle was parked right on the school keep clear area trying to barge through traffic that was obeying the laws of road safety.

So one more time if you please sir, explain again who exactly was being the awkward one here?