ASL vehicle offender

just what kind of car were you in that does your head in?? a Lada?

thing is, I didn't get in my head, even after an hour, peace and quiet inside a warm comfortable vehicle with music, compared to enduring the rain, cold, feeling every lump on the road, using all your energy cycling to get to your destination, while being soaked and smelly by the time you arrived etc.?

that's why I'm placid when I drive, even if the car is an Renault hatchback from the 80's.

I wasn't annoyed by what kind of car I was in. I was annoyed by having to be in it at all. If you run a car, you can avoid using it in London ... until you need to go to the garage.

Being placid in London traffic is no mean feat. It took me 1 hour and ten minutes to drive about 6 or 7 miles.

A mate of mine used to bravely claim that he enjoyed driving in London--very rarely privately, mostly for his job. I have no reason not to believe him--but a lot of people who drive simply haven't experienced cycling enough. One they do, many realise that being warm and comfortable while wasting their time isn't the best way of going about organising their personal transportation.

Exactly.