Half-term has a strange way of making the world feel like a slightly calmer place. For once, the roads are actually clear, and it is almost tempting to imagine that traffic rules are being obeyed everywhere. Spoiler, they are not, but at least you can see the gaps between the chaos. Cars aren’t parked on zig-zag lines, they are not blocking corners, and nobody is just sitting in the middle of the road for twenty minutes having a chat. It is bliss, and it makes driving feel almost… normal. Almost.