To the Blue XR Ute-driving Friggin Idiot - Hallam, 7:30pm, Monday, 22nd October

[MADDER]

Me and Mrs Madder, heading west in the left-lane of the wet 3-lane Princes Hwy approaching Hallam road, green-lights, slow white van far in front.

Traffic from left can merge with care and join the Hwy at anytime.

Said Frigging Idiot in dark blue XR Ute decides they will merge with no care and beat said white van and get themselves into the far lane poste-haste. At this point I slow down and direct my attention to the red HSV that appears might do the same thing (the HSV wisely stays where it is). Incidentally, I am being overtaken by a Focus that decides my sub 80km/h speed is too slow in this wet weather.

Once I safely cross the lights I see the XR Ute out of control in an ever wider snake down the road barely missing (and barely being missed by) other traffic as its effective speed is about 50km/h and decreasing as it continues to snake and lose traction. Ute driver does not entertain the idea of lifting off the power and thinks they can steer their way out of the problem.

Eventually they end up ninety degrees to traffic and spear onto and over the 3m-wide traffic island into the opposite 3-lanes of the Hwy which are thankfully empty.

If you are reading this or if you have boasted to any of your friends that are reading this...make no mistake;

YOU ARE A FRIGGIN IDIOT. :

BTW: I wondered about the $200-300 increase in my insurance premium this year. Could it be because I am driving an XR8 Ute with silly number-plates? But it is the same XR8 Ute with the same silly number-plates as the 2 years before, when the premiums were much lower. Could it be that some XR Ute drivers are coming to grief? My suspicions were tonight confirmed.