I have only been back in the UK since Monday afternoon after seven weeks away and I had to drive back from Stansted Airport to Manchester. Apart from the lack of car traffic, there was nothing unusual about the trip. Having heard about speeding drivers being caught I kept my maximum to a GPS indicated 75mph and averaged 60mph over a 210 miles trip which included a pit stop.
But in the last two days driving on local motorways and trunk routes around Manchester I have seen some totally stupid driving. Lots of weaving in and out of lanes, at high speed and bullying cars to "get out of my way!". I was trying to check on the ethnicity of the drivers to add gristle to my own prejudices, but frankly all the idiots I saw were white males between 25 and 40.
With the lack of traffic, there is no need to speed to acheive a better than average journey time.
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