One in five drivers surveyed say they're having trouble getting back into the habit of driving after doing so few miles during the coronavirus lockdown, with stalling and forgetting to indicate ranking in the top five errors mentioned.

https://www.honestjohn.co.uk/news/driving-1/2020-06/a-fifth-of-drivers-admit-struggling-to-get-to-grips-with-driving-as-lockdown-eases/

That sounds to me like a normal day in any major conurbation.

Sounds like how 1/5 of people normally drive....don't think they have just forgotten now! :-)

I`ve seen more accidents at crossroads and roundabouts than there was before the lockdown, so its possible that people just approach them much faster than they should or just dont look?

tailgating is much worse now than it was, and some are downright dangerous about it, more than ever imo

A guilty pleasure of mine is watching video compilations of bad driving/crashes on YouTube. I have noticed in quite a lot of the US ones, you get text up on the screen 'explaining' what has happened (as if it wasn't obvious), from the person who supplied the footage. But the thing is, when you watch it, so often, the person who is supplying the footage has contributed to the accident/near miss happening!. Through speeding up to stop someone cutting in, speeding up to stop someone pulling out from a side road or whatever!. You have to wonder if these people have actually watched the footage back themselves before submitting it, let alone before adding comments accusing the other driver of being the only person at fault.

But as for current, or lockdown driving, i have witnessed driving more reckless than usual (which wasn't great anyway!). About 15 miles south of me there is a notorious accident blackspot where two very busy local roads join. Both single carriageway, so just a 'normal' junction, heavy traffic during commuting times mean it can be a nightmare, especially so in the moring where the traffic is all heading south towards Aberdeen. What makes it worse is that the junction is on a bend, not blind as such, but not great to see exectly what is happening. About 6 months ago, signs with flashing lights were installed to get traffic to slow down, and this does seem to have helped. But a couple of weeks ago i was heading south when a VW Golf overtook me on the bend at the junction and as it happens, a cyclist was heading in the opposite direction, he had to take evasive action!. Then literally a couple of miles on (same day), another near miss where a car heading north overtook an articulated truck causing southbound traffic (including the numpty who overtook me at the junction) to have to brake!.