{"id":3103,"date":"2010-09-03T09:34:44","date_gmt":"2010-09-03T08:34:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\/injury-lawyers-blog\/?p=3103"},"modified":"2010-09-03T09:34:44","modified_gmt":"2010-09-03T08:34:44","slug":"the-big-drive-home-oh-the-joys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\/injury-lawyers-blog\/2010\/09\/03\/the-big-drive-home-oh-the-joys\/","title":{"rendered":"The BIG Drive Home&#8230;Oh The Joys"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\/injury-lawyers-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/woman-driving-home.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"woman-driving-home\" width=\"300\" height=\"299\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-3104\" \/>It\u2019s 5pm and you\u2019ve just tuned into the radio, for the \u2018big drive home\u2019. Within minutes it\u2019s time for the travel news, which kindly informs you that there has been another pile up on the M1, which means you\u2019ll be <strong>queuing in traffic<\/strong> for a good few hours. <\/p>\n<p>This means that you\u2019ll be using <strong>more petrol<\/strong>, which is costing you <strong>more money<\/strong>. But I\u2019m guessing at that moment in time that\u2019s the least of your worries. All you can think about is getting home and sitting in front the T.V with a nice cuppa tea, <strong>unless it\u2019s close to pay day and your tanks showing red<\/strong>. <\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s what runs through my mind every day I finish work. I jump in the car, and rush off home. Happily singing along to the tunes on the radio generously picked out by my favourite DJ on my chosen radio station.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>A typical drive home consists of me driving four junctions down the M1, and believe me that can get repetitive. I often find myself going off into my own little day dream, just watching the cars go by. <strong>That\u2019s not a good thing when I\u2019m driving 70mph<\/strong>. <\/p>\n<p>Luckily I\u2019ve never been <strong>involved in an accident<\/strong>, I say that touching wood. Well apart from the one time I reversed into my mum\u2019s car whilst waving to her and the cats. <strong>But that doesn\u2019t count<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>I mean, don\u2019t get me wrong, I\u2019ve had a few lucky escapes. I think I\u2019m the type of driver people enjoy pulling out on, then again I\u2019ve been known to do that a few times. <\/p>\n<p>The thing about driving that makes me laugh the most is how <strong>angry people get<\/strong>. Everyone, at some point in their driving life must have experienced some <strong>form of road rage<\/strong>. I think the aluminium box we\u2019re sat driving in goes to our heads.<\/p>\n<p>It gives us an <strong>air of confidence that makes us feel invincible<\/strong>, that we can say whatever we like to other drivers because our aluminium bubble protects us. <\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s like that DVLA advert that shows everyone walking around on the street shouting at one another&#8230;then it says THINK because you wouldn\u2019t do that on the street so don\u2019t do it in your car.<\/p>\n<p>I think that there should be a <strong>happy driver\u2019s day<\/strong> where everyone on the roads, smiles at each other&#8230;.and shouts nice things, like I like your hair or your cars clean. Then again I do live in a <strong>dream world<\/strong> after all&#8230;    <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s 5pm and you\u2019ve just tuned into the radio, for the \u2018big drive home\u2019. 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