Originally Posted by
VivoPerLei
The amount of purely defensive driving one must do here is exhausting.
I agree, especially in London. There are flashes of politeness/consideration but generally I find that you have no choice but to drive quite aggressively or you will be waiting forever. However, there are some drivers who take aggressiveness/selfishness to an unbelievable level. I can guarantee that on 1 out of 2 journeys I will come across a car coming out of a side road that will be blocking an entire lane of traffic....they seem to have no issue bringing 2 lanes of traffic to a standstill just so they can turn onto the road even though they don't have right of way. It happens so frequently.....yesterday I came across this 5 times during my 15 min commute to work. Plus there's the undertaking, the tailgating, even people driving the wrong way down one way streets....it makes driving a very tiring experience as you have to be hyper alert all the time.