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' Professional' Drivers
One usually associates the word 'professional' with someone who is skilled at their craft. I think that someone who is a professional driver should take a pride in their driving and set us all a good example in every aspect of their work. The roads would be a lot safer.
Professional drivers I admire ( and this is a personal view of course) are HGV artic drivers, but they don't come top because of their frightening habit of driving in my boot , especially when going downhill - and I am not a dawdler. Bottom of my list comes the 'White Van Man' brigade who seldom indicate at roundabouts and display all the aggressive characteristics of a Rotweiller. Perhaps controversially, I nominate London Black cab drivers as the best of the bunch. They cannot afford to be off the road through accident repairs, they don't tailgate and they keep moving. OK they do a lot of 'u' turns, but that is the nature of the job; if you were a passenger you wouldn't like it if your driver put on an extra mile in order to go in the opposite direction. Comments, guys ?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Unfortunately too much emphasis is placed on meeting tight deadlines in this day and age, stress builds up resulting in road rage and accidents. Considering the mileage put in by professionals accident rates are very low, but stress related cardiac and other problems are high. Long working hours, often dependant on overtime for a decent take-home pay, also take their toll. By the age of 50 many professional drivers are burnt out. It really is a young man's game nowadays, possibly with a less "mature" outlook, but true professionals still take a pride in their driving skills.
Perhaps the government or the unions should do more to improve their conditions.
respect to other road users the passengers would soon
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