Driving a Seven in modern day Traffic

[Reckless Rat]

Well I drove to the Nîmes Auto Retro this morning, a round trip of just over 90 miles. Car ran perfectly. I took the "old" road to avoid the fast dual carriageway part of the N106. Driving into Nîmes and round the "rocade" (ring road) was fairly uneventful. Traffic was fairly light on the way there but heavier on the way back. I had no issues whatsoever until I got to the entrance to our village. They've done a traffic calming scheme, French-style, with chicanes speed bumps and Berlin cushions. The first obstacle (right next to the medical centre in case anything happens) is a narrowing, which restricts the flow to a single lane, with priority for incoming traffic. I was already into the narrow section when a numpty in a battered old Merc 190 decided he'd try and have a go against the priority. I don't think he could see past the end of the bonnet and we almost had a head-on. Fortunately the brakes and the horn on my RP work well and he was forced to back off and get out of the way. He did, acknowledge defeat graciously. The bloke behond him also had to back up because he also had a lack of forward observation. That's life. No-one was hurt and he'll probably take more care next time.

I did have the video on at the time so it well evidenced.

I've also got some video footage of me in action on the "old" road and in the Nîmes traffic if you're interested. Just uploading them to You-Tube