In these insufferable times of enforced moral sobriety, spiritual ‘wellness’, healthy living and safety and security, we ought to spare a thought for those drivers out there who keep getting gridlocked because granddad is too terrified of driving at anything but 20 mph under the speed limit.

In these prim, preppy and culturally-sensitive times where people are mortified of saying anything untoward or expressing any individuality lest it molest the delicate sensibilities of a minority group, let us spare a thought for those drivers who just want to get somewhere on time and not have to deal with karozzini or public transport buses travelling at the speed of smell. These lumbering behemoths congest the roads and test the patience of motorists who would then end up being blamed for speeding when they finally manage to shake off these obscenity-inducing buses.

Instead of being tagged as road menaces, perhaps those drivers who lay on the gas pedal more than they should are merely dazzled by that rarest of all rare birds: an open stretch of road.