In a story this morning there was enough fodder released for me to go off on a bit of a rant about one particular species of driver. Is there something about the white-van-driver that’s inherent? Can we expect crazed tattooed men to cut us up at every junction, screaming blue murder with a fist from the window?
There appears to be a certain amount of sense in the midst of our van-driving fiends:
“Van drivers know more about tyres than any other road user, according to a new study.
A survey of 1,500 motorists, by van insurance retailer Swinton Commercial, found that 97% of van drivers knew how to change their tyres compared to just 76% of car drivers.” Found at Etyres.co.uk.
So maybe there’s something in this? We could go with the benefit of the doubt, perhaps? After a long day of work the man in his van would like nothing more than to get home for a cup of tea and a quick tyre change. It’s US that are the problem, we mustn’t upset the system.
I remember when I first started driving and my Dad told me to keep an eye on my tyres because of how much money I could save on fuel. When I couple this with the assumption that the majority of van-drivers are working for a bigger company, I can only assume that they’re actually saving a little more money to pocket for themselves as they do better than the assumed consumption.
If this IS true, then surely this means that white-van-drivers are not only hectic to drive alongside at the best of times, but are infact driving faster, more efficiently (in terms of racing-line, at least) and keeping a check on the tyres to cheat their employers out of more money?!
Haha. On the other hand of course, it could be that I’m just waffling, and that there’s no correlation between road traffic accidents and white-van-men, eh? Maybe we could give it a little test by getting some cheap van hire and playing around with the idea for a couple of days. If I can get hold of something that looks white-van-man’ish and drive as sensibly as possible, will it be assumed that I’m seconds away from going hell for leather?
Here’s another classic “I’m a blogger with a pipe-dream” scenario for any of you to try!
The white-van-man van hire extravaganza. I’m driving a white-van but it’s not for the man!
