On my way back from my spin classes, I regularly drive down a stretch of road called the Princes Highway which, whilst it is the main road between Sydney and Melbourne, is often just single lane. This has caused me to learn new coping techniques on account of the fact that you often get learners doing 80kph (50mph) down there - or worse still, some ignorant twat who just loves holding people up for no good reason.

The speed limit on that stretch of road is 100kph (60mph) which is the national average speed limit on main roads outside towns. It often feels painfully slow to travel at that speed on roads that are often straighter than anything the Romans made. So when you get some old twat doing 70kph, you either shrug in a Buddha like way or - if you’re like me, you swear a lot and bide your time until there’s an opportunity to overtake - at which point you lower the window and flip the bird as you drive past Miss Daisy.

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