Roman Travers: Shouldn't we all aim to be professional drivers regardless of what we're in control of?

One of the key benefits of any vehicle that's well branded with company logos, is that when you see appalling acts of stupidity unfolding around you on our roads, created as a by result the selfish acts of drivers in these vehicles, you know exactly who to call.  

Yesterday I had to drive from central Auckland to one of the southern suburbs and back again.

I was surprised at some of the deplorable acts of driving I saw buy those that call themselves professional drivers, as well as those by people who just don't care about anyone else, but themselves. 

The first incident that captivated me was a bloke on a dirt bike wearing a ski mask; the unsubtle uniform of a potential bank robber, before I realised that there was no helmet in his costume paraphernalia. Another ACC statistic waiting be collated.  

Given a green light, I moved into the intersection, only to realise that several vehicles were clearly in a rush and proceeded to run the red light.  

I can only presume that their vehicles contained melting ice cream or women whose waters had broken, and perhaps had babies being delivered on their back seats.  

On my journey home, I was tailgated by a well sign written commercial truck fully laden with a few tons of topsoil, driving in a similar fashion to Scott Dixon in the Indy cars final lap.  

Although showing great dexterity, he also displayed great stupidity as he weaved through the traffic, failing to use his indicators, clearly annoyed at the amount of traffic impeding his propensity to win whatever race he thought he was in. 

I've always thought that sticking to the speed limit and keeping as left as possible is the best way to avoid so-called professional drivers like this bloke.

Once I had arrived home, I called the trucking company whose name was hard to miss, and let them know about the driver. I have no idea whether anything was done, but doing nothing never seems to be the right reaction either does it? 

Whether you're a van driver, a ute driver, a courier driver, a taxi driver, a tiny truck driver or in one of the hugely intimidating truck and trailer units, shouldn't you be setting the standard for all of us to aspire to as drivers? 

I wonder how many other people are prepared to call the police or the companies advertised on these vehicles, to let them know just how appalling some of their drivers are?  

Whenever I'm driving, I try to focus on simply surviving, but shouldn't we all aim to be professional drivers regardless of what we're in control of? 

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