WMMJT (What made me Jump Today)

[Jelster]

So there I am, driving the works van down the A303 en route to Exeter, when a bloody huge Giant House Spider climbs out of the air vent and walks across the dash, right next to the steering wheel.....

For a few seconds I was guilty of "Driving without due care and attention" as I watched it stop (I'm sure it was sizing up my fingers) and then walk down to the other end of the dash......

I'm not normally "scared" of spiders, but it did make me jump when it pulled itself out of the side air vent.....

 

[simon ess]

I've heard that the most deadly spider in Australia is a huge, non venomous one that likes to lurk behind car sun visors and freak out drivers.

 

[Nod]

So there I am, driving the works van down the A303 en route to Exeter, when a bloody huge Giant House Spider climbs out of the air vent and walks across the dash, right next to the steering wheel.....

For a few seconds I was guilty of "Driving without due care and attention" as I watched it stop (I'm sure it was sizing up my fingers) and then walk down to the other end of the dash......

I'm not normally "scared" of spiders, but it did make me jump when it pulled itself out of the side air vent.....

I hope you took the blighter back up the 303!!!

 

[lindsay]

I had a similar scare the other day, spidey wasn't huge but big enough, crawled across the passenf=ger seat and dopwn into the footwell to go who knows where? He had obviously been in the cat box that I had taken from the garage to bring one of the moggies to the vet. Pity she hadn't spotted him, he'd have been dinner!

 

[lugworm]

Not today, but a few years ago.
I was turning over the back garden of our newly acquired house, chucking all the stones and bits of builders rubbish to one side.
About three quarters of the job done, I picked up what I thought was a stone, and was just about to throw it onto the pile when......it moved in my hand.
I have never been so close to screaming as I was at that moment.
Turned out it was a toad !!

 

[mj4456]

Idiot in a white van pulled off the pavement nearly into us, wife’s side of car!, swerved and hit the horn at the same time, two coats away from impact. No mirror, signal and manoeuvre from him.

 

[Jelster]

Idiot in a white van pulled off the pavement nearly into us, wife’s side of car!, swerved and hit the horn at the same time, two coats away from impact. No mirror, signal and manoeuvre from him.

There's a sign in my works van that says "Highway Code does not apply to vans..." (Joke)

I had a chap in a Fiesta pull out in front of me today (again on the A303) while going up a steep hill. Do these idiots not realise that diesel vans need momentum? Slowing me down on a hill means I have to fo down 1, maybe 2 gears and start the long slog all over again.

Another pet hate is people who struggle to reach 45mph on a single carriageway NSL. If you can't (or won't) travel at a decent speed, then don't drive. These people often drive through 30's at 40 though, perhaps they only have one speed....

 

[AgentOrange76]

They have one throttle position im sure, quite often they manage 45 on the down slope and slow to 30 on an incline.

 

[Nod]

There's a sign in my works van that says "Highway Code does not apply to vans..." (Joke)

I had a chap in a Fiesta pull out in front of me today (again on the A303) while going up a steep hill. Do these idiots not realise that diesel vans need momentum? Slowing me down on a hill means I have to fo down 1, maybe 2 gears and start the long slog all over again.

Another pet hate is people who struggle to reach 45mph on a single carriageway NSL. If you can't (or won't) travel at a decent speed, then don't drive. These people often drive through 30's at 40 though, perhaps they only have one speed....

Cruise control, set to the maximum speed they know they can take that road at.