Driving home from work tonight I was almost run off the road not once, but twice ... by the same sodding driver.
The first time we were on the dual carriageway. She overtook me on the right hand side whilst signalling left, and then swerved in front of me. So close that she was already partly in my lane before she'd cleared the front of my car. There had been a car in front of me signalling and slowing to turn off so she almost collided with that one as well. All this at 60mph. I braked hard to avoid her and then leaned on my horn because the red mist was beginning to descend. We carried on down the road a bit with her still endlessly signalling left until I flashed my lights at her. That meant she stopped signalling but failed to turn off her blinding and unnecessary foglight.
We then carried on home on single carriageway roads and she certainly wasn't shy of the accelerator. When we reached the next town, about 15 miles further along, the road widens into 3 lanes as it approaches a roundabout. She signalled left and went into the left hand lane (where I also wanted to go) and then drifted into the middle lane before swerving back into the left hand lane and missing me by inches again. This time I braked hard and leant on the horn for a lot longer. I last saw her dithering around in the middle of the road as I escaped round the roundabout and breathed a sigh of relief.
It doesn't sound bad written down but she certainly scared me tonight. I was furious! I appreciate she may not have known where she was going (sat nav stuck to the windscreen a clue there), but that is no excuse for not looking out of the windows to see where everyone else is on the road.
Having sat behind her for a hefty proportion of my journey home I couldn't help but have her registration plate imprinted on my eyeballs. It's tempting to share, but probably against the guidelines!
And breathe!