02-10-2021, 03:58 PM
I think this is the issue with all the built in safety features that drivers can get to think themselves invincible.
Years ago it used to be said about Volvo drivers that, with all the safety features and crumple zones, they drove them (the big models at least) like tanks – though I can’t say I noticed it myself.
What I liked about driving the van was I got a lot of courtesy from other commercial vehicle drivers. You would be frequently waved out into the road by other vans and (even) lorries. They’d allow you to cross the line of traffic in front of them and things like that whereas you’d be there ages in a car. When I got into a car I noticed the difference a lot. Of course, there’s always been a thing about white van man, or should that be man driving a white van...
Years ago it used to be said about Volvo drivers that, with all the safety features and crumple zones, they drove them (the big models at least) like tanks – though I can’t say I noticed it myself.
What I liked about driving the van was I got a lot of courtesy from other commercial vehicle drivers. You would be frequently waved out into the road by other vans and (even) lorries. They’d allow you to cross the line of traffic in front of them and things like that whereas you’d be there ages in a car. When I got into a car I noticed the difference a lot. Of course, there’s always been a thing about white van man, or should that be man driving a white van...
Nick
