Driving Theory Test

Respect - you have hit the nail on the head FatBoy - and sadly it is in short supply on our roads nowadays.

And the thing that is forgotten more than anything, is that the person driving the vehicle is fallible - anyone can make a mistake; its how other people react to that mistake that often matters more than anything else. Like everything else nowadays, sadly its generally a blame culture, with no consideration given to the circumstances.

Only this morning, I was on a very busy two lane roundabout, and there was a car on my offside who had apparently gotten himself in a bit of a fix, as he put his left indicator on as we were approaching the exit that I was about to take. I could have continued to follow my lane and take the exit, which would have either forced the fellow on my offside to miss the exit completely or see his vehicle collide with the offside of mine as he attempted to get to the desired exit; instead, I slowed and moved to my left which allowed him enough room to cut in front of me and get off where he wanted.

I lost all of a second and a half by slowing, so it was no biggie - and rather than getting annoyed at him for his mistake, I remained calm and we both got where we wanted to go with the minimum of fuss - surely it feels better to help someone even in a small way than it does to highlight their failure?