Going round the bend in Stoke-on-Trent

My favourite road/cemetery, the part of the M6 which borders Stoke-on-Trent provided me with yet another moment of horror within the last 24 hours.
Every day you take your life in your own hands as you negotiate what must be the most dangerous road in Britain, if not the world.
So there I was, heading north away from Stoke-on-Trent watching the speeding lorry drivers swaying across the lanes and the 4x4 lunatics doing 120mph (I was driving at a sedate 70mph) when a flashing sign caught my eye.
It took a few brief seconds to realise what the words meant. They simply said: "Oncoming traffic".
Next to this was the advice to travel at 20mph. I slowed and the 4x4s and lorries went faster, overtaking me on the inside and outside lane (they would have driven through me if I they could).
My only thought was that as I travelled north, a vehicle was hurtling towards me at 80mph...No-one else seemed bothered as they headed away from Stoke-on-Trent.
Fortunately, the old bill had spotted a car travelling south on the northbound carriageway. I caught a glimpse of the driver, with his BMW (need I say more) pointing towards me as I passed.
For a moment I considered pulling up and punching the driver for putting us all at risk through his sheer studpidity, but decided it was better to leave it to the police to deliver the right kind of justice.
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