The 2024 Rendezvous

[John Elwin]

Originally Posted by John Elwin

Now, now Gerard! The French drivers are not that bad - ever been to Britain?

Having said that, I (or rather we) did something I never thought I would ever do - report another driver.

A Renault Trafic mini-bus turned out of a school ahead of us & soon became apparent all was not well. It's a twisty road & he was travelling far too fast for a van - it wasn't long before he started putting the nearside rear wheel into the ditch, almost losing it at least once. When we came to Avesnes-le-Comte he drove straight through a group teenagers on a pedestrian crossing, then stopped & shouted at them (they'd done nothing wrong). Back out of town he again had a couple of grassy moments, at which point Michele said she had seen enough & was going to call the Gendarmerie. Literally whilst she was on the 'phone he drove straight through a red light, & then at the next village was out of control through the 'bus stop' chicane at the village entry, almost T-boning a Clio coming the other way. Fortunately, as we approached a roundabout where the road crosses a dual carriageway, I spotted blue lights coming the other way - as they came one side of the roundabout the mini-bus went the other but they spotted him & did a very quick u-turn & stopped him.

We didn't stop but when I returned two hours later the mini-bus was still there so I assume they had nicked him for something.