Carrot turns one tomorrow.
One year with her has made me like her even more. She's just such a fabulous car to drive and I think I want to grow old with her.
In all seriousness though, after one year on the road, I've come to realise one thing.
There are a lot of bullies on the road.
I'll be honest and admit that I'm kind of a stickler for the rules. I'm not a very confident driver and as such prefer to stick to the speed limit just so that firstly, I do not get booked and secondly, I simply believe it's safer for me.
The trouble with that though is that nobody else in the entire city of Sydney seems to drive at the speed limit.
Under normal circumstances, I'm left alone in the left lane to putt-putt up the road while everybody else overtakes me. However, when there is only one lane on the road, things get just a tad hairy.
Almost every time I'm driving in a one lane road and have a car behind me, it will invariably be right up my boot, which basically means if I were to brake suddenly, I will undoubtedly get rammed in from behind.
Why do people tailgate?
Tailgating does not make me go faster. It makes me more nervous, which means I've got a higher chance of getting into an accident, which will involve them since they're basically right there behind me.
But every time I have a car behind me that cannot overtake me, I get tailgated.
Whatever happened to following at a safe distance?
Whatever happened to respecting others?
Whatever happened to being safe?
Are we all really in that much of a hurry that 10 minutes make such a big difference?
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