Just been home to collect the post, and cant believe what i just saw.........over the past few weeks i have noticed a fair few folk, especially women !! (no offence) sitting really close to the steering wheels.
It actually cracks me up when i see this cos it just looks daft, but this morning, i was sitting about 75 on the dual carriageway, and out pulls this new style clio from a petrol station right in front of an arctic in the inside lane, which then had to slam on his brakes, causing him to lock-up and drift towards MY lane and me in my van ! (Thank god not the Supra)
Thank god he got control and came back into his lane, and my heart dropped out of my throat........and i continued down the outside lane, alongside the Clio.........which was now sitting about 40mph in a 70 limit, with an arctic right behind her........and to my amazement i see a woman in her 40's sitting literally RIGHT UP AGAINST THE STEERING WHEEL, seat adjusted as far forward and upright as possible, seatbelt stretched to the max, with the steering wheel raised up right in front of her chest.
Surely to god this cant be safe ?? I mean if she had a head-on collision theres no way in hell she wouldnt get hurt or killed by that coming into her chest / abdomen. She was honestly like 2-3inches MAX off of the steering wheel, and more to the point TOTALLY OBLIVIOUS to what had just happened, staring with maximum concentration about 5 feet in front of her car gazing at the road in front of her, Driving along at 40mph quite the thing, having just pulled out without even looking into the path of a 15+ Tonne fully loaded arctic.
This REALLY REALLY gets me angry, cos its dumb stupid ignorant people like this who are the cause of a lot of extremely bad motorway accidents, and they dont even realise the peril they cause !!
Unbelievable that people like this are actually sitting so close to a steering wheel and yet there is nothing to say its dangerously close.......yet you get a £40 fine if you dont wear a seatbelt !!
Rant over lol.