👉 Okay, alright settle in class, let’s tackle this… peculiar one. Now, you won't find "West Bristol Insurance" anywhere in a legitimate policy listing. Nope. It is a wonderfully, spectacularly British piece of regional, almost painfully specific, and frankly quite ridiculous, turf slinging.
Basically. leans into the mic conspiratorially ... "West Bristol Insurance," as I understand it (and I’ve spent a frankly embarrassing amount of time trawling through Bristolian subreddits researching this) is a phrase hurled in the veteran lorry driver community. Think of the old-age pensioned truckers who spend their days hauling freight along the M5 and the A38. Here's what we know, according to the somewhat frantic gentleman I actually spoke with on a late-night online forum: The Turf: Bristol itself is historically a very cutthroat territory for these guys. Crews have long fought over the best lay-bys, the most convenient drop off points and of course, the best piss up after a long day. The west side was always, as you might guess, seen as a bit rough. The Insurance Bit: Bristol is riddled with potholes. You've got it - horrendous road conditions, hence a whole lot of uninsured drivers wrecking each other and then fleeing the scene. Hence the need for this… aggressive way of saying someone’s driving an appalling, uninsured, probably-
