YOU know, sometimes I think I could fill this column every week just by writing about driving habits that really annoy me.
I'd probably run out of vehicle-related vitriol sooner or later, but this week let me just ask this question: fog lights - what do you think they're for?
Now I will admit there's a clue in the name.
But many, many drivers appear to drive cars equipped with seemingly identical devices called "rain lights" or "it's getting a bit dark, isn't it? lights".
Baffling, if not to say dazzling.
And it doesn't take much of a leap in logic to see that people using their fog lights in non-foggy conditions are the root cause of all road crime and accidents.
At least, it doesn't if you apply the same sort of logic on display this week over a couple of live television moments.
First, we've had the frankly hilarious hysteria in the good ol' USA over Janet Jackson and Justin Timberlake's half-time entertainment during the Superbowl.
This, just in case you've missed it, involved Justin "accidentally" exposing Janet's breast in a dance routine.
It's the sort of thing Sid James and Babs Windsor perfected 30-odd years ago, and so decidedly tame that most British papers didn't think twice about popping the relevant picture on their pages.
But apparently the Superbowl - two teams of overly-large men running directly at each other, as far as I can fathom - is a Holy Icon of American culture, so Janet's "wardrobe malfunction" is a sign of the end of civilization.
Also heralding the end of times is, it seems, John Lydon's outburst on I'm a Celebrity... a programme which is so ingrained in the national media that I know all about it without ever having seen an edition.
Imagine: a former Sex Pistol swearing on live television!
Who could have seen that one coming?
Admittedly, Lydon did use one of the more unpleasant words, but I didn't notice the sky raining fire or anything.
Yet by the furore that's followed, you'd think being exposed to a bit of mild nudity and coarse language on the telly is going to turn us all into violent criminals.
It's true that these sorts of things upset people; that's why we have certain standards of behaviour.
But let's not imbue them with more importance than they really have.
After all, I find drivers who use their fog light unnecessarily at least as offensive as Mr Lydon's language - but it's not the end of the world as we know it, is it?
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