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From: Harry Bloomfield on 19 Nov 2009 16:13 Chris Bartram pretended : > To be fair, I don't know. I'd make a judgement call at the time. I think I'd > probably get clear of them as fast as I could. A very sensible answer. I actually covered the horn and the lights and was ready to react with the brakes. With no valid reason to put the brakes on it would have been my fault had I suddenly slowed on the off chance he/she would swap lanes again. As he swapped lanes over the chevrons, I braked hard and luckily no one hit me from behind. -- Regards, Harry (M1BYT) (L) http://www.ukradioamateur.co.uk
From: Eccles on 19 Nov 2009 16:14 Mike P <privacy(a)privacy.net> wrote: > On Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:52:23 +0000, Steve Firth grumbled: > >> Mike P <privacy(a)privacy.net> wrote: >> >>> How long have you been driving Harry? I see stuff like that >>> regularly on and around the M25 and M4 towards London. >> >> If one watches Chennel 4 from time to time one may note the station >> ident clips one of which features a display of similar standards of >> driving. > > Is that not BBC? - where the car cuts across from L3 across the > hatchings and onto the M25 slip at the M40 Southbound/M25 junction > leaving a couple of black marks in the process? > > Mike P No it's Channel 4 as Steve said. The BBC idents are fixated on circular images if you hadn't noticed. Peter
From: Mike P on 19 Nov 2009 16:27 On Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:33:24 +0000, Harry Bloomfield grumbled: > Mike P wrote : >> Well, quite. Following someone you've twigged is an idiot, then being >> surprised when they do something idiotic is, well,idiotic. > > In the same circumstances you would done what? I'd have made a judgement at the time. Got past them as soon as safely possible probably and given them a wide berth. > 1. Carried on and kept the risk in mind, as I did. > > 2. Braked from 70 down to maybe the 15mph he/she was doing and risked > being the cause of an accident by my braking with no obvious reason. If you were doing 70 and they were doing 15 you'd have caught and passed them very quickly, so I'm not sure your analysis adds up.. Mike P
From: Steve Firth on 19 Nov 2009 16:41 Mike P <privacy(a)privacy.net> wrote: > Is that not BBC? - where the car cuts across from L3 across the hatchings > and onto the M25 slip at the M40 Southbound/M25 junction leaving a couple > of black marks in the process? Well.. I'd agree with you, if it wasn't for the fact that the roadworks signs form a giant number 4 which might be a FoB clue.
From: Mike P on 19 Nov 2009 17:17
On Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:41:32 +0000, Steve Firth grumbled: > Mike P <privacy(a)privacy.net> wrote: > >> Is that not BBC? - where the car cuts across from L3 across the >> hatchings and onto the M25 slip at the M40 Southbound/M25 junction >> leaving a couple of black marks in the process? > > Well.. I'd agree with you, if it wasn't for the fact that the roadworks > signs form a giant number 4 which might be a FoB clue. That just shows how often I pay attention to the telly then, my mistake. Mike P |