Grannymar ~ Yep. I often hear the I can’t understand kilometres excuse from folks under 40 who were never taught miles etc. in school. The other common one is I can’t see the km/h figures on the speedometer – should they be driving at all if their eyesight is so poor?

In the same way, people complain about the amount of provisionally licensed drivers on the roads who haven’t a clue how to drive and are a danger to themselves and others. In the same breath they’ll criticise the decision to not allow provisionally (or should i say unlicensed) drivers to drive on their own because it means their son can’t drive the new car he just bought, what a waste of money and what’s the poor boy to do, people in rural areas are fecked etc. Then they’ll probably tell you laughing about the way it took them four attempts to pass the test themselves.

Did you ever see the council with their ‘pothole filler’? Its an absolutely ridiculous contraption, it fills in the potholes until the first car passes over it and then it’s a hole again!